Miami Hurricane, September 24, 1985

              Problems with roommates
There are ways to prevent and resolve conflicts between roommates
News — page 5
Behind the screen
University of Miami students are having some big
successes in the screenwriting world — first in a
two-part series	_ . . .
Entertainment — page 8
The countdown begins
UM’s basketball program is growing and expanding, getting ready for its first game of the season
Oct. 15	_	,
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Michelle Gillen, anchorwoman for WPLG-Channel 10, with backup Mary Crowder and two other Hurricane Honeys are about to fall into the ‘Great Sundae Tug-o-War’
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By SANDRA JARAMILLO
Hurricane Associate News Editor
Foamy and freezing.
Three hundred gallons of cold, creamy Velda Farms chocolate ice cream awaited a wary bunch of Hurricane Honeys on Sunday.
It was a chocoholic’s dream fantasy come to life After all, how many people can ever say they experienced a plunge into the depths of a chocolate tub — one surrounded by sand, no less?
For the Honeys, though, it was just plain cold and gritty.
All in a day’s work, they said.
The Honeys — a public relations group for the University of Miami football team — were on location at the Fontainebleau Hilton Hotel on Miami Beach along with media representatives Michelle Gillen, anchorwoman for WLPG-Channel 10, and Denise White, anchor-woman for WSVN-Channel 7.
They participated in the "Great Sundae
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Terry Elias and Mary Crowder (standing), both Hurricane Honeys, take a plunge into ice-cold chocolate ice cream
574 tickets available for basketball fans
By JOHN BEAULIEU
Hurricane Sports Editor
With the start of the men’s basketball home schedule less than two months away, the demand for student tickets is sure to be on the horizon.
Add to that the fact that University of Miami students have not had a men’s basketball team to cheer for since the program was dropped from the Athletic department after the 1970-71 season, and the demand increases.
If there are more than 574 UM basketball fans planning to go to all 18 home games this season, then there is sure to be a few problems.
Since the Knight Center can only accommodate upwards f 5,000 people for each home game — and since several other organizations, booster members and season ticket holders have first dibs on tickets — the UM students will have only 574 tickets.
And to make things worse, 20 oi those tickets must be designated to the band for each home game.
“I don’t approve with the number of
tickets the Athletic department gave the students,” Undergraduate Student Body Government President Scott Kornspan said "In terms of numbers, I don’t think we were treated fairly. It’s fairly unlivable, but we’re (the students) going to have to live with it t’ll tell you one thing, we’re not going to give up a single one of those 574 tickets."
The entire ticket situation, which has caused concern for more than a year now because of the small seating-capacity of the Knight Center and the large demand for college basketball in Miami, began last year when the Athletic department came out with a proposal.
The department originally proposed a rough situation where the students would receive between 400 and 500 tickets. The students could buy a package of all 18 home games for $50, or nine home games for $25
According to Kornspan, it was at that point when discussions broke out between representatives of the student body and the Athletic department. The men’s basketball staff had very little to do with the entire situation.
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New honors director
By JONATHAN FINEGOLD
Hurricane Staff Writer
Pamela Ferguson, professor of mathematics at the University of Miami sine, 1970, plans to expand the number and variety of courses available as new director of the Honors and Privileged Studies program.
A graduate of Wellesley college, Ferguson will be replacing Dr. Ross Murfin, now associate | dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ferguson’s appoint-1 ment was an internal promotion and no outside advertising was done outside of the University, according to Dr. James Ash, associate provost for Honors and Undergraduate Studies.
Ferguson “hopes to continue the achievements that Dr. Murfin achieved" in establishing a “superb program.”
A former assistant professor at Northwestern University, Ferguson specializes in graduate algebra and she will continue to teach mathematics and do research at UM She earned her master's and doctorate
Ferguson
degrees at the University of Chicago.
In 1981, Ferguson was named Outstanding Teacher by Phi Eta Sigma. She is a member of the American Mathematical Society. American Women in Mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa and the National Research Council Graduate Fellowship Education Panel in Mathematics.
According to Ferguson, most departments send their best people to teach honors courses. Also, she said student feedback about courses and professors they like is important in upgrading and expanding the honors program.
One of the important features of the honors program is that classes are smaller, some with only 15-20 students per class.
But there are now about 1,000 honors students, according to Ash.
That means that large classes can’t be avoided in courses like Honors Biology, according to Ferguson. But on the sophomore and upper levels, she feels the honors program will continue to retain the smaller class structure.
Ferguson would like to see the new honors core curriculum expanded and more incoming freshmen be made aware of the existence of this new option in honors.
According to Ferguson,"Success breeds success."
Archbishop seeks student input on church
By ARNOLD RODRIGUEZ
Hurricane Stafl Writer
“This is a very prominent university and there is a wide variety of nationalities represented here by students,” said Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy about the University of Miami.
McCarthy celebrated mass Sunday at 6 p.m. after a group of UM students visited the Archbishop last March and asked him if he would visit the UM campus.
The Archbishop, who has been in the priesthood for 44 years,
spoke to a full congregation gathered at the Saint Augustine Chapel on Miller Road. During his sermon, he discussed his recently formed ‘synod’ program, which he described as “a Vatican Council on the local level.”
Synod is a way the people can communicate with the church on a local level, tell them what's wrong with it and give their ideas as to how to improve the laws of the church, said McCarthy.
“Synod is a way that we can examine ourselves and our faith ... We will hold hearings and confer-
‘We must not worry too much about such things as where the next dollar for tuition is going to come from — enjoy life and trust in God
Archbishop Edward McCarthy
ences on the people's ideas and hopefully they can tell us what we can do to be more faithful,” said the Archbishop.
According to the Archbishop, UM students can also be a part of
this synod and have some input of ideas. “First by praying and then by actually giving us your ideas on how the young people see the church, and what could be better," said McCarthy.
“We are to carry good news," said McCarthy. "People always pass bad news; all we hear today are the bad things that are happening and not the good things.
“We take things too seriously in life," he said. "We must not worry too much about such things as where the next dollar for tuition is going to come from — enjoy life and trust in God.”
Archbishop McCarthy, 67, stated that he was against women alter servers because “right now
the church says no and until they change. I’ll have to go along with what the church says."
McCarthy, who has met and traveled with Pope John Paul II in foreign countries such as Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Venezuela, said he has asked the pope to visit Miami every time they have met
“I have it from two reliable sources that the pope will visit Miami when he comes." said McCarthy. The pope, who is planning to visit the United States in September of 1987, is said to be planning a stop in Miami.
UM starts drive to aid victims
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Hurricane Assistant News Editor
Two University of Miami organizations are joining forces to aid victims of the earthquakes that shook Mexico last week by sponsoring a clothing, food and money drive.
The Federation of Cuban Students and the Hispanic Law Students Association will set up tables this week in the Student Union Breezeway where students can bring canned food, unwanted clothing or contribute money. The drive will last until Friday.
“We know the first day will be slow," said Julio Ferreiro, FEC
president. “We're just starting."
According to Alan Alvarez, HLSA president, all goods received will be taken to Variety Children’s Hospital and in turn will be taken to Miami International Airport. The goods then will be boarded on a Mexican airline plane and taken to Mexico by Saturday.
“This (drive) is a plea for help...," Alvarez said. “A plea for relief.”
Alvarez said HLSA, a group that discusses current issues that apply to UM and Hispanics, combined efforts with FEC because the law school cannot encompass the entire University.
Call him ‘Mr. Mayonnaise’
AIXA MONTERO/Hurricane Staff
John Walkenstein jumps from the Ashe building as Mr. Mayonnaise.
By JUAN CARLOS COTO
Hurricane Entertainment Editor
Perhaps you have heard of him, perhaps you have not.
Jonathan Alexander Walkenstein, better known as Mr. Mayonnaise, famous for his "performances” around campus, was issued a trespass warnnng by University of Miami Public Safety Thursday. He is to stay off campus until he receives written permission to return.
Walkenstein has also performed for ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, a crowd at the Rathskeller, and hopes to appear on Late Night with David Letterman
The Thursday incident began when Walkenstein started a show before noon in the Student Union by eating his lunch while standing on his head
A report filed by Officer Melvin
Tooks, said that Walkenstein, in addition to the lunch, put cigarettes in his toes and ears and had someone light them. One of the cigarettes in his ear became too hot, fell out and burned the carpet.
After that, Walkenstein asked for someone to help him drink, but instead the bystander poured the drink between his legs, whereupon Walkenstein smashed his cheesburger and apple pie on his right temple and proceeded to smeer the food on a window. In answering Student Union Director Jeff Zirulnick's complaint. Public Safety learned Walkenstein is not a registered student.
“I'm the first person to be issued a warrant for eating my lunch upside down," said Walkenstein. “I don't know what to say ... they tried to get me for disturbing the peace ... (for being) lude and lascivious, but I wasn't lude and
lascivious."
Walkenstein also claims that the bursar’s office employees and other administrators sent him on a wild goose chase around campus on Tuesday and Wednesday when he tried to pay the $1,800 he owes the University, and thus is not registered.
Mr. Mayonnaise was born when the former UM dormitory security guard and WVUM-fm radio disc jockey took second place in a “Stupid Human Tricks" contest at the Riverwatch Lounge in the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Hotel and Marina by putting cigars in his toes, a snorkel in his mouth and standing on his head in mayonnaise.
For his achievement, he was awarded a stay in the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City,
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