Miami Hurricane, October 13, 1989

              A fish tale
Lake Osceola fishers must find other waters. ,
Opinion — page 4
Different drummer
The halftime sounds of UM’s Band of the Hour may not be heard bv manv football fans.
Accent — page 6
Best foot forward
UM placekicker Carlos Huerta proves walk-ons can be heroes.
Sports — page 8
Volume 67, Number 13
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla
Friday, October 13, 1989
UM students selected to visit Soviet Union
Summit in Lithuania to focus on education issues
By CINTH1A MANZANO
Staff Writ«
They may not be heads of state, but two University of Miami students are doing their share for world peace and international understanding.
Phillip Needles, a junior majoring in finance and entreprenuership, and Laura Adams, a senior English major, are two of the 50 Americans (40 students and 10 administrators) selected to meet with 50 Soviets at a leadership conference to be
held in the Lithuanian Republic ot the Soviet Union.
The purpose of the conference is to discuss student involvement and the learning process. The discussion will include issues facing individual campuses and each nation’s educational system.
Adams said she was excited when she found out she had been selected and had to keep herself from crying.
“The focus of the trip is leadership,” Adams said. "I want to know what they think about the Soviet Union and what kinds of opportunities for leadership they have.” Needles said he sees the conference in a broader context.
He said, "I think about hopefully finding out about their opinions and attitudes towards the United States. Hopefully we’ll get a better understanding of each other.”
Karen Melino, director of Student Development and Orientation Services, was in charge of interviewing and selecting the six UM students who proceeded to the national competition.
The other four candidates chosen to proceed to the national compete-tion were Beth Susi, Jackie Lever-more, Stuart Schaag and Todd Crump.
"All of our applicants had excel-
lent qualifications, and we were hoping that at least one of our students would be chosen,” Melino said. “It was a great honor for the University because they selected two.”
The conference developed from the American Association of University Students after the December 1987 summit between the United States and the Soviet
Union.
The meeting is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 29 through Jan. 11. It
Adams	Needles
will take place at the University of Vilnius in the Lithuanian Republic of the Soviet Union.
Safe
drinking
promoted
Week of events begins today
By MANISHA SINGH
Staft Writer
“Fun events to educate people about alcohol” is what National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week is all about, according to_ _ Papgtwr.
sciouiiuess Concerning the
Health of University Students.
Alcohol Awareness Week, which begins today and continues through Oct 21, is not a se-ties of events designed to be anti-alcohol, but rather to promote ilcohol consciousness and safe drinking.
The events include a poster contest co-sponsored by BACCHUS and the AD Group. The theme is alcohol awareness, and the winner will receive two Sea Escape cruise tickets.
There will also be speakers, including a panel of victims of drunk drivers and Dr. Lynn Hankes, director of the South Miami Addiction Treatment Program.
‘People need to learn the effects and dangers of driving under the influence,’ said Amy Fi-negold, BACCHUS secretary.
During the week, there will be a display of cars that were in drunk-driving accidents, the BAT [blood alcohol test| Mobile and a convincer, which simulates a seven-mile power impact designed to convince people to wear seatbelts.
To promote a good time without alcohol, Roadrunners Commuter Student Organization has organized a student-faculty mocktail mixer that will be sponsored by Penrod’s.
The Rathskeller will hold a General Hospital hour on Thursday during which there will be free, non-alcoholic drinks. BACCHUS will be handing out T-shirts, flyers and information at PeRry COMO Night.
“We want students to think about the substance they’re dealing with,” said Teresa Poff, BACCHUS adviser and assistant dean of students. “It is a drug. We are not against it. We want people to be aware.”
There will be a choral presentation of drinking songs on Tuesday and Thursday at the University Center Plaza by Phi Mu Alpha, UM’s music fraternity-
“The presentation shows that this is not an anti-alcohol week. The purpose is awareness,” Poff said.
Throughout the week, there will be various organizations handing out information at the
UC.
UM President Edward T. Foote II, Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Charles Cobb and Board of Trustees Chairman James McLamore dedicate the Cobb Fountain on Lake Osceola Wednesday. Cobb donated $200,000 for the construction and maintenance of the fountain.
Senate votes against minimum-GPA increase
New proposal to be considered next week
By ROBERT MILLER
Assistant News Editor
Because the Student Government Senate spent over two hours of its Wednesday meeting debating whether the minimum grade point average for SG executive officers should be raised, they were unable to discuss any of the other bills on the agenda.
The proposed amendment to the SG Constitution that would change the present minimum requirement from a 2.0 GPA to a 2.5, failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to pass by one vote.
The final vote was 19 in favor and 11 oppposed, with no abstentions. The bill’s author, Sophomore Senator Mike Marctl, said he was disappointed the bill did not pass. However, he said he was happy about how close the vote turned out.
‘We must raise the standards from Suntan U. to the Harvard of the South.’
Mike Marcil, sophomore
senator
He said he proposed the bill to raise the standards of SG and the University.
“We must raise the [University’s] standards from Suntan U. to the Harvard of the South,” Marcil said during debate.
The amendment was proposed in response to a memo sent by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. William Butler three weeks ago to all the members of SG. The memo suggested SG raise its standards by
raising its minimum GPA requirements.
Butler addressed the senators before debate began to encourage them to pass the amendment.
"Leadership needs to be setting forth a role model for the student body to follow,” Butler said. "We need to be displaying the quality of excellence.”
Student Government President Troy Bell argued during debate the senate should not act on the bill without knowing what the student body wants. He said the matter should be put to a student vote, rather than letting the senate make the decision for them.
“Dr. Butler did not ask for action, but student’s response,” Bell said. “I'm not saying we shouldn’t have a 2.5, but we are going about it the
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Communication club forms
From Statt Reports
Women in Communications Inc., is new to the University of Miami, but it is also one of the nation’s oldest and largest professional organizations.
This semester, the UM chapter is in the process of being officially recognized by the University as a professional society for any student, male or female, interested in or majoring in communication. Over 40 students are already members.
WIC1 was founded in 1909 at the University of Washington as Theta Sigma Phi, an honorary organization of women in journalism.
In 1972, the name was changed to its current title.Men were first admitted to membership in the organization in 1972.
The purposes of the organization are to unite members, to promote the advancement of students in all
fields of communication and to work for First Amendment rights.
WIC1 also promotes high professional standards throughout the industry and recognizes professional achievements.
According to Melinda Alexander, UM president and co-founder of W1CI, the organization will also serve as a resource for students looking for job contacts after graduation.
Lectures by local communication leaders, career seminars and internship opportunities are available to members to help them begin networking, according to Alexander.
“WICI will hopefully pave an easier pathway for students in their search for jobs in their fields," Alexander said."We can do this by bringing in speakers who may be contacts for future careers.”
Job referral services, special pro-
grams and other career aids are further benefits the organization offers to its members at the campus, regional and national levels.
The UM chapter of WICI encourages students from advertising, public relations, film, broadcasting, photojournalism, print journalism and all other communication majors to contribute to the development of the organization by attending meetings and WICl-sponsored lectures.
Interested students must fill out an official application and pay a one-time national affiliation fee of $30, plus chapter dues of $5.
Applications are available in the School of Communication, Merrick Building 121F.
Meetings are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to accommodate students’ varying schedules. For more information, call 284-2265.
Intruder scares music student
Pianist unharmed by masturbator
By ROBERT S. MARSHALL
Contributing Editor
“He scared me, but he didn’t hurt me in any way," a University of Miami music student said about a nude man who entered her practice room at the School of Music at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday and began masturbating.
The student, whose name is being withheld to protect her identity, said she was practicing the piano
er, he filtered r/iet pmcffce room,
listened for a moment and said,
"You play beautiful music.”
The student said the man’s body was mostly hidden by the piano, but she saw his body starting to jerk. He then looked underneath the piano, apparently trying to see up her
skirt. The girl stopped playing and backed away from the piano.
"Keep playing,” the man said.
The student then saw the man was naked, except for a white baseball cap on his head, and masturbating. She said the man then ran away.
“Nobody was there. That was what was so scary,” she emphasized. "1 talked to a dean at the music school, and she said she is going to try to get a security patrol to go
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brown eyes, with a pale complexion and a moustache. He was also wearing gold-tone wire-rimmed glasses.
The police checked the area, but were unable to find any clues, a UM police r 'port said.
Burger ‘King’ speaks on success
By ROBERT MILLER
Assistant News Editor
University of Miami Board of Trustees Chairman and Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Burger King Corporation James McLamore told students, faculty and local business leaders yesterday that, although the fast food industry is no longer the “wide open, opportunistic field it once was,” success is still dictated by how well you serve the customer.
McLamore spoke at Gusman Concert Hall as part of the Distinguished CEO Lecture Series of the UM School of Business Administration.
He told students the best piece of advice he could give them was to “go out to your student union and have a look around” to find someone like his wife Nancy who has supported him throughout his 42-year career in business.
McLamore, who is chairman o* the UM fundraising campaign which recently reached $490 mil lion, said he started out working in the food service industry at 21 making ”$264 a month and all I could eat at the YMCA.”
McLamore went on to be a pio neer in the fast food restauran* industry. Burger King Corpora tion today generates over $6 bil lion in worldwide business.
After 25 years, McLamore said he stepped aside from the corporation he helped create to do "nobler things such as join the Board of Trustees at this University.”
McLamore added that, although he no longer has illusions of surpassing McDonald's as the number one fast food chain, there is one distinct difference between the two companies.
"At Burger King, you can have it your way. But at McDonald’s you have it their way.”
Study skills center opens
By TRISHA CONDREN
Statt Writer
Designed to improve students’ academic skills and maximize their learning efficiency, the Reading and Study Skills Center is now open to serve the University of Miami community.
The center, located on the fourth floor of the Merrick Building, provides many free services, including comprehension skills development, time management, test-taking strategies and general test preparation for standardized tests.
Each student enters a program
individualized foi the area they want to improve in.
Students are either referred to the Reading/Study Skills Center by department heads or come in on their own. The students are given a diagnostic test to see where their weaknesses lie. Then they are given a program to help them.
"We’re offering a structured study hall,” said Dr. Kay Lopate, one of the directors of the center. Lopate added the center is not a tutorial service, but assists students in learning and mastering their pre-
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