Volume 55, Numbe Tuesday, October 30, 1979 Phone 284-4401 $100,000 Pumped Into CARS Registration Lines USBG Student Survey To Shrink By '81 SURVEY STRONGLY • • STRONGLY QUESTION AGREE By PETER S. HAMM EE DISAGREE DISAGREE Hurrlcana staff Writar The UM Budget Committee allocated $100,000 for the development of 1 USBG is a viaable and accessible organization on campu*. 6 24 88 sv a Computerized Advanced Registration System (CARS) on Friday. The al­ DPI location was in response to a memorandum from the Undergraduate Stu­ 2. USBG has done well in the past. 13 95 30 2 dent Body Government (USBG) released on Thursday. "We have directed the Registrar to move ahead in an effort to obtain costs of the system," Provost Clyde Wingfield said. 3. USBG is doing wad this year 28 86 34 * "We have reserved $100,000 for the program. This won't be enough 4. SEC provides quality entertainment on campus. 22 78 49 7 for the system, but it should cover costs for this academic year," 5. SEC provides sufficient entertainment on campus. 12 73 56 11 Wingfield said. Registrar Sid Weisburd said that 6. My dorm is a comfortable place to live. 15 54 21 11 the system, which has been at the proposal stage since 1972, would 7. Tha athletic department is worth the money spent in 78/79. 9 18 59 67 create "central control" in the cur­ rent registration system and would 8. The Athletic department deserves full support of the student body. 35 63 39 21 eliminate many of the lines that stu­ dents face at registration. 9 Our faculty ha» positive attitudes in their dealings with students. 10 The target date that is currently 113 28 4 In effect will push for a system completion by fall of 1981. 10. Our faculty are effective teachers. 10 102 40 6 This action is the first allocation of funds that the project has ever 11. The tuition rebate program is worthwhile. 10 -.6 3 received. Weisburd was reached at home for comment on the allocation, and it was the first time he had heard of the move. Students Polled On Campus Issues; "If they allocated $100,000, that's a good beginning. It shows committment for the process. But it's not enough," Weisburd said. According to USBG President Beach Final Results Tallied In Survey Paul Novack, the current evaluation of the cost of the system stands at $350,000. tion." dealing with Athletic spending," By AMY JACOVES Novack released a memorandum According to the survey more than half to the members of the Budget Com­ Campus Hurrlcana SUM Writar "The only thing that happily surprised of the students felt that the Student Enter­ me was that the faculty scored well with mittee on October 25 to press for tainment Committee (SEC) was "providing action to be taken on the new sys­ the students,"said Rubin. tem. By DEBBIE GOLDBERG Over the past few weeks the Under­ quality sufficient entertainmer.t on cam­ Question nine dealing with WVUM The memorandum asked that the Hurrlcana Staff Writar graduate Student Body Government pus." showed "surprisingly good results consid­ Budget Committee immediately de­ (USBG) has been conducting a survey of velop "a specific project structure, a The possibility of converting the "I wasn't surprised with the results. I ering that most of the students polled were old Miami Beach City Hall to a the students on campus. was glad that a majority of the students are off-campus and this would have an adverse specific charge, a specific project director, and a specific timetable," branch of UM has been discussed since at least the spring of 1978. According to Alan Rubin, USBG Sena­ aware that they're doing a good job," effect," Rubin said. and added that "CARS has become tor and chairman of University Affairs and Rubin said. Students were strongly in favor of the an item that we cannot afford to be At that time, former Miami Beach City Manager, Southern, Student Services, the survey reached 244 Tuition Rebate sponsored by USBG. Rubin without. A CARS program will be a Regarding question eight about the talked with Provost Clyde Wing­ students. said that there should be strong considera­ tremendous addition to the Univer­ Athletic Department 30 percent of the stu­ field about the Miami Beach branch. "I was especially glad to see that sity and will make life easier for dents disagreed with the deficit spending tion toward this program next year. faculty, administrators, and espe­ An article in the Sun Reporter enough students took the time to fill out later in the year stated that Miami and 44 percent strongly disagreed with the "Since this survey went so well, USBG cially students." the questionaire and showed their interest plans to conduct other surveys as they be­ Beach Mayor Leonard Haber in­ deficit. "I just hope that the project re­ tended for the Beach campus to in the affairs of the University," Rubin come necessary so that students can have a ceives top priority, and that it serve as a supplement to the main said. "They seemed to be aware of most of "I hope that the administration will voice in student government," Rubin con­ moves ahead quickly. Our system campus. of registration needs this major the issues facing USBG and the administra­ look closely at the results of the questions cluded. overhaul to become efficient and ef­ However for the past year and a half, there has been no further men­ fective," Novack said. tion of the proposed Beach campus. Novack was then asked whom he believed would be the most logical "I think the campus is feasible as a school for continuing studies but VP Hits Campus Issues choice to direct the project. it is not probable now," Wingfield "I think that Sid Weisburd would said. be the logical choice, since he is the one most familiar and most respon­ The Provost said that since the sible for our registration system. proposal was made, nothing new has been done. "The budget committee is re­ Butler Highlights USBG Meeting UM President Henry King Stan­ sponding to a critical need. These efforts should not go unnoticed," ford said that the limitations of space in the existing building on Novack said. Miami Beach make it difficult to By TERRY FEIN year per student to the apartment "The complaints (of UBS) are un­ policy is that we promise coverage The CARS system would make it Hurrlcana Staff Writar rates. founded and, frankly, at this point, to no one. We do our best to print perceive a self-contained education­ possible for students to register in al entity. The size plus the amount That figure does not include insulting," Weiss said. what is newsworthy." advance for future semesters and Dr. William Butler vice president other possible improvements. Alter­ "There are over 200 organiza­ Weiss said that every response to of parking available is not ade­ native ideas, such as ceiling fans therefore, be assured of space in quate. for Student Affairs, appeared at a tions on campus, all clamoring for the controversial September 25 edi­ classes that now tend to fill up be­ cabinet meeting of the Undergradu­ and dehimidifiers, are also being coverage by The Hurricane. Our torial by Ken Chun was printed. See BEACH Page 3 ate Student Body Government considered. fore all students can be admitted. (USBG) on Wednesday. The cabinet voted to conduct a After being introduced by USBG survey among residents of the President Paul Novack, Butler made apartments to determine what their some opening remarks about the preference is as to improvements. Internships Available improvement in recent years in Armondo Rodriguez, Architec­ SAT scores of entering UM stu­ ture Senator, asked Butler about the By JAMES WALER dents. chances for recieving a federal Hurrlcana Staff Writar "We're very proud of what we've grant to build a solar cooling sys­ UM's School of Business has a very unique program in which the stu­ done in the past three years," Butler tem. dents work with certain business firms, governmental units, and institu­ said. Butler conceeded that this alter­ tions. Butler indicated that UM has native should be considered, but The only other department of UM that sponsors a similar program is bucked national trends of declining warned the University should leave the accounting department. SAT scores and decreasing enroll­ open the possibility for adopting a There are particular standards that a student must fulfill before he is ment. Another achievement, he more technologically advanced allowed to participate in the work-and-study plan. said, is the emergence of UM as a cooling system that may be devel­ Only undergraduate seniors and graduate students with at least a 3.0 major international University. The oped in the future. grade point average (GPA) are considered. The student must also display a number of students from foreign "I am hoping that within a couple certain amount of responsibility in the community. countries has risen to nearly 2,000. of months we'll have a report be­ The purpose of such a program is to provide the student with an op­ A representative of the Council fore our trustees (on the findings of portunity to witness the application of their course work to actual busi­ of International Students and Orga­ the committee)," Butler said. ness practices. nizations (COISO) asked Butler The meeting became heated "The Business School Intern Program allows the student to be ex­ about the possiblity of Increasing when a representative of United posed to a corporate office," Tammy Summer, graduate assistant to Mar­ the funding available to interantion- Black Students (UBS) complained keting Professor Wurst said.