Advice For The Lovelorn! in ARTS AND LEISURE pagST**' THE Volume 58, No.5 Friday. September 11, 1981 Phone 284-4401 USBG Treasurer Discloses Wrong Use Of Funds By MARK I.INDK "were problems with the budget in Vl - H'rlter the past." and that he will ask Saga if the disputed bills were from last It'l ail a matter of money. Basi- year's orientation or from this tally, no! enough of it. fall's 1 ast year's SOS budget. Pine­ da said, was tied in with thc USBG This was the conclusion of An­ budget, whereas this year's was ette Yelin. Undergraduate Student not. Pineda pointed out that anyone Body Government (USBG) treasur­ making unauthorized expenditures er, in Informing the USBG of its fi­ should end up paying for the item nancial condition himself Yelin disclosed last week that a major portion of USBG'l money, ap­ In other re-cent Senate action. proximately $26,000, had heen members of the Executive Cabinet spent on items such as a secretary, were approved by the Senate. The tuition stipends, phone bills, and following people were confirmed about $2,500 in back bills. The ex­ for cabinet positions: Cohn Gabay. penditures leave USBG with about public safety secretary; Michelle $5,000 to spend for the entire year's Carrol, executive editor of U.I.S.; programming. Richard Lawrence, academic affairs secretary; Paul Satty, public rela­ During this week's Senate meet­ tions secretary; Jeri Goldberg, stu­ ing, Yelin further asserted that al­ dent services secretary; Lisa Mar­ most $3,000 had been spent improp­ ion, special events secretary; Jeri­ erly and without authorization. lyn Gray, managing editor of U.I.S.; Holding two Saga Food Service Chris Coffman. attorney general; bills, totaling $1,407, in her hand. and Al I ipay. univenity affairs sec­ Yelin Informed the Senate thai retary these represi-nted only a portion of To fill vacancies, new Senators the money that had been ipenl were sworn in by Rodriguez at the without authe.ri/.ation. first meeting of the year: Mary Os- Among other items are more bills troviky, Panhellenic senator; Joost *tiamlHurricane/MAXINI t MMM from Saga, totaling about 1945, and de Quack. International House sena­ $610 for plaques and trophies. In lor; Kevin Morris. United Black UM golfer Nathaniel Crosby, son of the late Bing Crosby, last Sunday captured the United States Ama- researching the Senate record for Students senator; I- ric Lieberman, teur . the most prestigious amateur gold tournament in the world. He won the final match in dramatic style, authorizations, Yelin found none Honor, senator, and Carlos l.lor- The food bills from Saga were in rente. Federation of Cuban Students For details, see Sports, page 10 ...ueii'-tion will, the Student Orien­ senator. Seven remaining vacattciM tation Service (SOS) functions held cannot be filled until the elections for orientation. committee is appointed. When asked about the expendi­ USBG President Bill Mullowney tures. USBG President Bill Mullow­ discussed a Board of Trustees meet­ ney told the Senate he did not know ing he recently attended. The Any full-time undergraduate stu­ anything about them He further Board. Mullowney said, is presently stated that he will "refuse to take working on a Univenity budget dent who has paid the activity responsibility for authorizing the that reflects the shortfall of stu­ expenditures." Mullowney said he dents for the 1981-1982 academic usually knows whore all the money year. fee can get bailed out of jail is spent before the expenditure is made. Mullowney told the USBG Senate simply by phoning an SRA com­ Armando Rodriguez, speaker of that UM President Edward Thad­ the Senate, handed the chair over to deus Foote II will reorganize the ad­ President Pro Tempore Aurelio Qui­ ministration in llie near future and missioner nones in order to speake on the will be investigating recruiting vio­ matter. "There is no communication lations by different athletic teams in the executive office." he said, blasting Yelin fur nol talking with Mullowney also noted that work him prior to the Senate meeting. will soon begin on a tuition report designed to make student represen­ Rodriguez, pointing to his fellow tatives more alert to impending in­ members in the Senate said. "I chal­ creases in tuition and to what they Hello, Do You Know Them? lenge you all to look into the can do about them as an organiza­ books " He emphasized that no tion USBG money was used for SOS functions. The next Senate meeting will be Joseph Pineda, director of Stu­ Wednesday. Sept 16 at 4 pm in SRA Upholds Student Rights .ipnor dent Activities, said that there the Flamingo Ballroom. By JEAN CLAUDE de la FRANCE "He then tells me," Lipner said, and one dollar and four cents they Head News Writer "that his roommate was put in jail can be released on their own recog­ and charged with, say possession of nizance Rumor has it that the "Do you an illegal substance. "That would save them — and us know me?" American F.xpress ad "I ask him what jail the victim is a lot of time." campaign wa.s the brain child of an in. Meanwhile. I look for his name • From Oct. 12-16. SRA will be SRA chairman. and ID number on a printout sheet sponsoring a "Student Crime Do you know them? [to see if he is eligible for help.|" Awareness Week " There you go. The dialogue with the jailer. Lip­ • In three weeks. SRA will kick The University of Miami's Stu­ ner said, is generally along these off a lecture series with the help of dent Rights Agency, which started lines: the Florida Bar Assocciation (FBA), 12 years ago, is alive and well. " 'I am Stacy Lipner, with the which will be open to all students. Born at the height of student un­ University of Miami Student Rights The FBA will send people to rest in 1969 to help students who Agericy. I understand you have one speak students on various legal top­ got Into trouble, the agencv is now of our students in jail.' ics which are of interest to stu­ known to the unlucky fftw who ••. " 'Yeah.'. dents. Subjects will range from ali­ need Its help. " 'Has he been charged already?' mony laws to tenant-landlord con­ Picture this: " 'Yeah.' flicts. Two years ago, a freshman want­ " 'All right. Have his papers • Students and people from the ing to get involved in school activi­ ready, make sure the charges are community call the SRA constantly ties saw a sign at a recruiting table correct, he will be bailed out within seeking advice. in the Student Union which read " the hour.'" "We are not lawyers, so we are USBG (Undergraduate Student Lipner' then calls Chernenko" not allowed to give legal advice, but Body Government). She signed up. Bonding Inc., and someone goes sometimes they just need someone However, the sign was left on that down and bails the student out. Stu­ to talk to, so we refer them to our SRA table by accident — SRA is dents are required to pay 10 percent lawyers," Lipner said. not even under USBG's jurisdiction of the bail within a specified • A Tel-Consumer, Tel-Med, — so she unwittingly became a amount of time. and Tel-Law tape service to answer member of SRA. They do not have to pay anything questions asked most frequently by Today Stacy Lipner, the chairper­ at the time of release. "We serve as students is to be made available to­ son of SRA. heads a group of 10 their collateral," Lipner said. wards the end of this semester commissioners and is responsible SRA — which is funded by 55 Also, a brochure to familiarize the for everything that goes on within cents of each student's activity fee students with SRA and its functions her office. — can bail out students arrested on is due soon. The agency has changed to ac­ a single charge for as much as SRA commissioners are screened commodate changing student needs $2,100, or up to $2,750 for those by a committee composed of the over the years, but Lipner says the failed on multiple charges. president of the USBG Senate, the biggest news about SRA is that it is If students do not repay the vice president of the USBG, and expanding and trying to reach more money, their records are withheld other commissioners. people in the campus community. until they do so, Lipner said. The 11 commissioners, including One of the most important ser­ Some students mistakenly believe the chairperson, serve until gradua­ vices provided by the agency is a that the SRA only protects them tion, resignation, or removal from bailbonds service, one of only seven from abuse by the University ad­ office. They need at least a 2.0 such services provided nationwide ministration, Lipner said. grade-point-average to join. by school agencies. In fact, according to Lipner, that Aside from the commissioners, Any full-time undergraduate stu­ is one very small part of what SRA any student who wants to work dent who has paid the activity fee does. with SRA may join. can get bailed out of jail by simply She cited other SRA programs: "We need the input of everyone." phoning an SRA commissioner. • The SRA is now promoting a Lipner said. "We do not go out on calls. We voter registration drive. Anyone interested in working the are pretty much the go-between for "The laws made in Coral Gables SRA should call X2953 or come by students," Lipner said.