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Party out of bounds Lethargic law Promised land Can the Rathskeller survive fn the wake of the re Lawyers and law students discuss the problems of The Miami Hurricanes left their mark on Brigham cent raids by the Florida Division of ABT? facing a sleepy jury Young, 41-17, and now have Nebraska on their minds. Ir M* Aceent~-page9 Sports — paga 10 THE MIAMI UI-JUCANE,' Volume 66, Numberri 26 i University of Miami TsMnMCMIII UM may give New adult degree Army the boot offered By GLORIA GONZALEZ By LIA FISH Stall Wriler und SUSAN M. SMITH Seeking to expand, the University of Miami is asking the U.S. Ol the stall government to withdraw its Army Reserve units from the armory lo cated at 5H01 San Amaro Drive. More than 700 people have re UM hopes to use the property for academic expansion, said Alan sponded to an ad publicizing a Fish, assistant vice president for business services. bachelor of continuing studies de "On June 7, 1950, we leased three acres of land on campus to the gree which the University of Mi federal government at the cost of one dollar. The lease on the land will ami placed in The Miami Herald. expire June 30, 2000," Fish said. The School of Continuing Stud The government built the ar ies will offer the degree this mory on the land to train cadets spring to adult part-time students in the Army Reserve. Library at a substantially reduced rate of "This arrangement was mutu tuition, said Dr. Arthur Brown, ally beneficial to both the govern director of collegiate studies at ment and UM," Fish said. "It pro to close the School of Continuing Studies. vided the government a facility The bachelor of continuing for the Army Reserve and UM a studies will offer courses from conduit for the cadets to enroll in for repairs several colleges and schools with KMDL" in the University. The program is This occurred at a time when designed for adults who have the school was very young and By AMY ELLIS been unable to attend college be needed more students to enroll, Assistant New.s EiliUir cause of work or who started col Fish said. Now, UM wants the six lege but never completed their Army Reserve units currently us undergraduate degrees. ing the armory to leave so it can In order to install a new air "We want to make UM accessi use the land. conditioning system and replace ble to local adults who can only "We want the land because we lights and ceiling tiles on the first attend courses at night," said Dr. will be needing it for our Master three floors, the University of Mi Dennis Tarr, dean of the School Plan," Fish said. Although Fish ami Otto G. Richter Library will of Continuing Studies. "Adult, was not sure what would replace close for two weeks over the part-time students between the the armory, he explained, "this is winter break, according to Direc ages of 25 and 45 are becoming a a current revision of our Master tor of Libraries Frank Rodgers. new majority in higher educa Plan, bul it has always been the Rodgers said the decision to tion." University's intention to utilize close completely from Dec. 19 Brown said more than 20 appli property (or academic purposes." through Jan. 2 was made to en cations have already been pro- Lt. Col. Kobert Graf, chairper sure the work would be complet e.rt**ew?e_. ##«, fleafe* hv hope* for a to son of the military sciences de ed as quickly as possible. tal of 50 to 60 students for the partment, said, "No one is really "We just weren't convinced of spring semester. sure what it |UM| would use the the service we could give under Classes will be offered in the land for. Some feel that it would these conditions," Rodgers said. late afternoon and evening to en be used for a new enrollment The renovations will cost the able those who work full-time to building or as an expansion to one University about $2.2 million, attend school part-time, Brown of the colleges." Rodgers said. said. To be eligible, students must According to Fish, the Univer According to Rodgers, the pre have been away from school for sity made an unsuccessful at sent air conditioning system is at least one year. tempt to relocate the Army Re obsolete and needs to be replaced. UM first offered the program serve units to Homestead in 1985. "It's a very dangerous situation about five years ago, but discon "At that time, the government when most of the equipment, if it tinued it because of lack of partic was in the process of building were to break down, could not be ipants, Brown said. new reserve facilities in the Per- replaced," Rodgers said. "The program has been com rine area. The government said This danger was realized two pletely overhauled," Brown said. that it did not want to make two summers ago when a large fan in "Forty-seven percent of all stu moves at the same time," Fish the system malfunctioned and no dents in the United States are in said. replacement parts weTe avail schools of continuing studies." Although the new facility able. Rodgers said a new part had The cost is $495 per three credit should be ready for occupancy in to be manufactured. course, Brown said, adding that the first quarter of 1989, "It still "We knew before the mess of many UM employees will proba isn't clear what government in two years ago that the system bly join the Bachelor of Continu tentions are concerning the ar was old and inefficient, but the ing Studies program, since they mory on campus," Fish said. fan breakdown really sent the receive tuition remission. Besides the reserve units, message that something needed The normal course load for con whose members are actually offi to be done," Rodgers said. tinuing students is six to nine cers, the Reserve Officers Train "The University is financing MIKE ROY/Hurricane Slalf credits. Students often take five ing Corps, comprised of students, this project, knowing that with to seven years to earn their de also uses the armory for training every year of operation, we will Battlin' baskets grees, Brown said. and storage. The ROTC is a de be generating savings because it's Brown added that the school University of Miami forward Eric Brown deflects a shot made by UCLA guard may offer weekend classes and partment in the College of Arts going to cost a lot less to run," Kevin Williams at Thursday's game. For more on the game, please see page 10. and Sciences. Rodgers said. off-campus classes during future semesters. Currently, over 200 UM stu In addition to the new air con Although the program does not dents are Army ROTC cadets. ditioning system, the renovation offer a major as other undergrad They use the armory facilities will include replacing the lights uate programs do, it offers a 30- more than twice a week, Graf and ceiling tiles on the first three credit area of concentration com said. floors. Class schedule revised parable to a major. Concentration Graf also said because the Rodgers said the new lights areas include: literature and lan ROTC is part of UM, it does not will be better for studying and have any claim or guarantees to guage, politics and public affairs, will also eventually pay for them economics and business, behav use the armory. Instead, the gov selves through more efficient op Classes will begin later starting in fall 1989 ernment allows the ROTC to ioral studies, Latin American eration. The new ceiling tiles studies and women's studies. lease space and use government should reduce noise in the library. equipment and facilities when By MAUREEN McDERMOTT "Student organizations are best served by the Distribution requirements com prise 54 to 60 credits, including not in government use. "The present tiles do not do Contributing Editor free hour," Stebbins said. He explained that many anything to absorb sound," Rod groups held meetings during that time. courses in English, math, foreign "This arrangement only guar language, history, science, hu antees us the space that we actu gers said. "The high quality, University of Miami administrators decided Fri Stebbins said he was looking forward to seeing acoustic tiles won't pay for them day to eliminate the Tuesday/Thursday free period how the change would work, as SG had also re manities, fine arts, philosophy ally lease, but the government al and literature. lows us to use things like field selves, but they will give us a bet and to change time slots for all class sections effec ceived complaints about the current free period. equipment when it is not being ter library." tive fall 1989. The remaining credits are in used," Graf said. "We would need Administrators designed the free period, from terdisciplinary courses in five In order to accommodate stu categories: ideas and inquiry, the our own repelling tower and dents who need to use library ma 12:05 to 1:10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and im large open areas for drilling cere plemented it this semester to provide meeting times New times creative imagination, science and terials, Rodgers said the hours on human values, historical under monies. Instead, we use the ar Dec. 17 and 18 have been extend for programs such as the University Lecture Series. Monday/Wednesday/Friday classes mory to fill a lot of those needs." Dr.

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