^£Y*»llIMVt» Editorials Hurricane editori­ Fran Curci goes als, page 4 back to Tampa, page 8 5to uTnratt&= I Vol. 48 No. 15 Friday, November 10, 1972 Nov^yaa,] LIBRARY! ^ Calendar Kevision Ushers In Fall 73 By JANIS FRAWI.EY campus approval agencies. extended about a week. Stu­ Changes in Ihe opening and Of Tha Hurrlcana Staff He said that when these ap­ dents return to begin the closing dates of each summer After over four years of proval agencies agreed on a spring semester. session is the only way hard work, student pressure revision, it became possible which they will be affected and red tape, the UM aca­ to put it into effect. Under the new calendar, by the new calendar. demic calendar revisions the spring semester will dis­ have been finalized UM stu­ "The obvious advantage of miss around May 3. This will Under this system, classes dents will finish the fall se­ Ihe early semester calendar give students seeking sum­ will start before Labor Day mester of 1973 before Christ­ is that it eliminates a round mer employment an early in order to get the sufficient mas. trip ticket home for many of start. number of class and exam UM students," Smith said. days into the academic year. In September of 1969, Students attending the Stuart Weiss, then Under­ Many UM instructors feel first summer school session The fall semester of 1973 graduate Student Govern­ that the two weeks of classes will start almost immediately will be the transition period. ment (USG) treasurer, sub­ following Christmas vaca­ after the spring semester clo­ "The semester had to he mitted a revised academic tions are a waste of time. ses. squeezed in order to make calendar which would pro­ Students returning to classes "A student may attend the the change," Smith said. vide for finals to be given be­ after a two week break prove first summer session and still fore the winter recess. rather unproductive, except The second '73 summer be out by the same time the in preparing for finals. session will continue into "This revision is past due spring semester is out under August under the traditional in becoming a reality," Weiss Operating under the new the present calendar," Smith Continued On Page 2 said at that time. •..stem Christinas vacation is said. ...,,.,.,. ,... ,,... ., . ,. ... George Smith, UM regis­ I fr*ru *1 trar, notes that under the present system UM classes are suspended for winter ra- cess, after which students re­ turn to school for another one to two weeks of classes SEC Constitution —Hurricane Photo by DAVE ROMASCO and examinations, followed hy a break between the fall The Great Lake Diekinson dents complain that they can't manage to walk on water as and spring semesters. they try to ford their way down Dickinson Dr. after a rain. Water, water everywhere, in the pool, in Lake fVsceola, in Always on their toes, students who have found that they In the November 11, IIM.II the parking lots and even in "Lake Dickinson," newest of can't accomplish that feat have gone back to the Bible for edition of the Hurricane, UM's great lakes. Students have made famous many aquat­ some better ideas. Now they part the waters as they zoom C. M. Kromp, associate pro­ Approval Pending ic sports including goldfish swallowing, but many UM stu- down the road in their cars. fessor in the industrial engi­ neering department, stated, By DEBBIE SAMEI.SON committee would appoint a concerts to be approved and "It seems quite absurd to me Nawt Editar temporary chairman from the reviewed, too many SEC how students are loaded with members of the committee. members were not well In­ A constitution for the Stu­ homework for the holidays Kevin Poeppelman, chair­ formed," Poeppelman said. Administration Still Undecided and on top of that, the stu­ dent Entertainment Com­ man of the SEC constitution­ Poeppelman said that dents are faced with final mittee (SEC) will be brought al committee and parliamen­ exams one week after they up for ratification at the Stu- tarian of SBG said that pro­ under the present system return to school. This guar­ there is no system of checks d e n t Body Government viding for the chairman to be On Latest Feminist Demands antees that the student will appointed by a certain date and balances in respect to (SBG) Senate meeting Mon­ he frustrated during the will help SEC get better con­ hiring set-up crew, security whole vacation instead of day. The constitution, if rati­ By CHUCK GOMF.i top administration posis. spokesman said. "However, no move to name 20 women certs. or the signing of contracts Of Tha Hurrlcana Stalf being mentally relaxed and fied will provide for the first to the f>0 male-membered and that many chairmen Terming Stanford's re­ none of the information was enjoying a visit with family The new constitution sti­ Demands by feminist Board nf Trustees. time regulations for the com­ spent too much in these sponse as "unacceptable" verified with the University." and friends." pulates the responsibilities Roxcy Bolton thai a woman mittee and Ihe spending of areas. Ms. Bolton demanded a sec­ "This is nonsense," the of the c ommittee members as be named as dean of the Law The Herald article also their over $100,000 budget. being attending all concerts ond meeting with Harry spokesman said. "We would In February, 1970, UM The constitution states School and that 20 women said a woman would be Hood Bassett, chairman of kave to fire half the board President, Dr. Henry Stan­ and meeting of SEC with named to the post of assis­ The constitution lays down that all booking for concerts instead of two be appointed the UM Board of Trustees, now to meet such a demand. ford, appointed an ad hoe only six unexcused absences tant to the President to re- rules for the formation of the must be approved by a ma­ to the board of trustees have and James S. Billings, chair­ And ..that's impossible be­ committee composed of six permitted. The senate would v I e w sex .discrimination SEC and th* chooalnf. of th* jority of Site members. man of tire trustee nominat­ cause many are serving three faculty administrators, three have trie rigiM to recaTI fallen by the wayside in the cases. chairman of the committee. ing committee. year terms." faculty members and one stu­ any member in violation of latest round of feminists vs. Four at-large members will Stanford denied the ap­ dent, to investigate the pro­ the attendance policy. A provison has been made UM administration clashes. be elected during the spring In that meeting Ms. Bol­ pointment and said there was Among other demands posal to change the calendar. to hire the University set-up elections; two at-large mem­ ton's demands were again re­ made hy the feminists were According to Weiss, Dr. "The reason we're putting crew at a saving of between no need to create such a post bers will be elected during ferred to the Women's Rights that a woman be named to Stanford had promised to an­ this requirement on atten­ $30O-$50O per concert ac­ An article in The Miami when the Women's Rights the fall election; a secretary Commission. head a curriculum depart­ nounce his decision concern­ dance is because in the past cording to Poeppelman. Herald last Sunday reported Commission was already selected by the four members ment (of 75 departments, one ing the calendar bv March 1, SKC members have not at­ Booking under the consti- that UM law professor Dr. handling infractions against of the committee elected in "It seems Ms. Bolton de­ is a woman) and that the 1970. tended a lot of these concerts Minette Massey was to be women's rights on campus. the spring and the chairman. cided to make up some infor­ University cease paying dues and when it came time for Continued On Page 2 named Law School dean as mation and give it to a re­ Further, an administration to civic organizations with "I'm frustrated that the part of a "top secret conces­ porter," an administration spokesman related, there is all-male members. administration is thwarting The selection of the chair­ sion." the attempts nf the students man is now left up to the dis- to change policy on the cam­ c ret ion of the president of Fituiiwial Support jfoggfgj pus," Weiss said in 1970. However, an administration SBG and the ratification of "The favorite trick of the ad­ the Senate would also have SBG Initiates spokesman said no conclu­ ministration is stalling." to be approved by the other sive decision had yet been two executive officers being made as to who would fill He felt that the adminis­ made within two weeks of Lack Of Funds Peril tration's stalling was unfair the installation of the new the post. Often mentioned to the students and faculty Soia Mentschikoff, a visiting committee. New Programs since 93% of the students law professor and considered nearly 60% of the 400 facul­ (This year's SEC chairman, by President Nixon to fill a By NANCY LUCAS tees will be open to all stu­ ty members questioned fa­ Jeff Bloom (Raven), was not SBG Tutorial Project Of Tha Hurricana Staff dents," Poeppelman said. Supreme Court vacancy, said vored the new calendar. brought up for ratification the spokesman, is believed to However, Smith pointed In an effort to get more I bey are from the SW Miami until October.) He said students will have By DAVE TEPPS volunteers from the UM nut that the calendar could students involved in Student be first in line for consider­ Hgrntana Rapartar the opportunity to actively area, from homes nf illiterate Cuban Federation and not be changed until the revi­ If the chairman is not rati­ Body Government (SBG), participate in the rule-mak­ ation if a female is chosen A tutorial program, initiat­ Omega Psi Phi.