Miami Hurricane, February 09, 1988

              Up with Marriott!
Columnist Bill Reinhardt lashes out at UM's chronic cuisine-complaining community.
Opinion — page 4
All night long
Program Council and Students Against Multiple Sclerosis are sponsoring an all-nighter at the University Center.
Accent — page 6
Dial (M’ for Main Man
Hurricane third-baseman Rob Word turned heads with his 7-for-9 performance last weekend against Mercer.
Sports — page 8
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THE MIAMI
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Volume 65, Number 32
University of Miami
Tuesday, February 9, 1988
Sorority fundraiser to benefit blind
Event to be held at park
By MARA DONAHOE
News Editor
Delta Gamma sorority will hold its annual Anchor Splash Bash benefit for the blind Feb. 20 at Tropical Park, instead of having the event at the University Center pool as in past years. The move is partly due to high insurance costs.
Joanne Kanelidis, chairperson of the event, said insurance would be $1.000 a day if it were held at the University Center pool. "We can't afford that type of thing,” she said.
The Anchor Splash is an nationwide annual event designed to benefit the Delta Gamma Foundation. All proceeds go directly to service
projects designed to help the blind in areas such as braille books, glaucoma screening and schools for the blind.
Although Anchor Splash is somewhat modified it will still “keep up the tradition of Anchor Splash,” Kanelidis said.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 20 at Tropical Park, fraternities will compete in events such as volleyball, tug-of-war and relays. Hot dogs, hamburgers and T-shirts will be sold.
“We'll do fun things that will embarrass them (the fraternities!," said Liz Feehan. vice president of DG “just stupid little things."
Traditionally about six or seven fraternities compete for the DG trophy.
Later that same evening a party will be held at the Rat. Admission is $2, which will go
directly to the Delta Gamma Foundation. There will be a live band, disc jockey and reduced drink prices. Winners of the events will be announced at the Rat.
Kanelidis wants students to know that the event is not just for Greeks but all students.
“A lot of people are used to getting in the Rat free. We don’t want to scare them away," she said.
Last year, DG's raised $1,000 for the blind. Nationally $115,119 was raised at various Anchor Splashes around the country.
At schools where Greek life is more prominent, more money is raised. "The Greeks are really strong at other schools," Feehan said. "They really get into it."
Balloons released for Soviet Jews
Launch symbolizes freedom, hope
“Hopefully, all campuses next year will release (their) balloons at the same time," said Ellen Rubin, co-chairperson.
The balloon launch Is just one of several activities in a month-long campaign expected to raise about $5,000 for the local UJA chapter.
Another activity held Thursday night at Hillel was an "Escape from the Soviet Union" simulation, which was designed to teach American Jews what it is like for a Soviet Jew to try to leave the country.
“It’s a good lesson of appreciation to American people to show them how lucky they are," said Michael Holub, a student who sold balloons.
As people walked through the door, they received a passport and had to pretend they were Soviet Jews who wanted to leave the country.
The basic premise was for the Jews to try to leave the Soviet Union in a legal manner, explained Marc Slotnick, UM chairperson of the Committee for Soviet Jewry.
Rubin said another event planned'ls a carnival casino night at Hillel.
By JEFFREY SCHWARTZ
Staff Writer
In recognition of Oppressed Jewry Week, the University of Miami chapter of the the United Jewish Appeal at Hillel held a balloon launch at the Rock Thursday to symbolize the release of oppressed Jews.
The week’s main focus was that of oppressed Jews in Ethiopia, Syria and the Soviet Union, said Steve Fox, co-chairperson of the UJA’s student campaign.
The balloons were sold for a dollar each in the University Center Breezeway all week. Each had a card attached and was color coded; yellow symbolized an Ethiopian jew, blue represented a Syrian and pink a Soviet. About 300 balloons were sold.
Each balloon "buys the freedom of an oppressed jew," Fox said. "When a card gets picked up, people will read it and be aware of oppressed Jews, and will remember it."
The ballon launch idea originat-edcat UM and next year the program will become a national dav for the UJA.
Setting the record straight
In the Feb. 5 issue of The Miami Hurricane, the story about Chief Justice William Rehnquist mistakenly contained a reference to Justice Thurgood Marshall. Rehnquist was referring instead to former Chief Justice John Marshall as the best justice in United States' history. The Hurricane regret^ the error.
MIKE ROY/llurricane Staff
Workers repair the roof of the Memorial Classroom Building.
Workers repair roofs
Students walking by the Learning Center and the Memorial Classroom Building may have noticed workers on the roof. During winter break, repairs to these buildings began.
There is no real serious damage to the buildings, but, due to Florida's constantly changing weather, repairs must be made every seven years, said John Collenberger, manager of building maintenance at Physical Plant who inspects all buildings on campus.
"We know that the roof is going to leak, and we fix it before it aoes," Collenberger
said.
He said, “When rain leaks in it ruins the RV |insulation| factor and the air conditioning system has to work harder."
Collenberger estimates the work will be completed within the next three weeks. Seventy percent of the work is already done. A consultant will be called in to check the repairs.
Leaks in the Memorial Building required that the entire roof of the structure be removed. Collenberger estimates the job will be finished in four weeks.
— JEANINE SEYMOUR

li ET lì KEISER/Hurricane Staff
Opening night
The Miami Maniac kisses two and a half-year-old Stephanie Muchado Friday night at the Hurricane baseball team opener. See Sports, page 8.
Fun Day to unite students, disabled
Volunteers needed as buddies
By BARBRA SPALTEN
Associate Mews Editor
This Saturday, the University of Miami will host the seventh annual Fun Day for Dade County's mentally and physically handicapped Special Olympic participants.
The participants come from schools all over Dade County and they range in both age and degree of handicap.
Chairperson Michelle Stirman said all the participants are registered Special Olympians for insurance purposes — each person not a Special Olympian would cost UM $1 million to insure.
Fun Day, however, is not a competition like Special Olympics. No awards are presented so the aim of the events is enjoyment.
“We are affiliated with the Special Olympics, but this is a break from the competition,” Stir-man said. "It's kind of like a study break for them."
Lora Davella, the special citizens coordinator, said, "It's not a competition. It's a chance for them to have fun, relax, and make friends.
"Most of them are young, but the ages range into the 30s,” Davella said.
Davella said 400 to 450 UM student volunteers are needed to be "buddies" with the participants. The buddies escort the participants through the activities during the day.
All week, sign-up for buddies will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the University Center Breezeway and the lobbies of the residential colleges.
Saturday, the participants will arrive at 9 a.m. They will attend various activities at the intramural field, the Lane Recreation Center and the University Center.
“We have them go around from place to place," Davella said.
Activities include bowling and a ping-pong tournament, dancing on the Patio, cartoons, movies, arts and crafts and basketball.
The Fun Day committee had to find funding in November when the full sponsor, whose name the committee will not reveal, reduced
his amount to $500. The costs of the day total $4,000; with free T-shirts for everyone participating comprising $2,500.
"We cut out of the budget anything that was unnecessary," Stirman said. "We got a lot of people to donate things.”
Marriott Inc. agreed to provide a free lunch to all participants. Stirman said it was difficult to find corporate sponsors because it was so late when the full funding was withdrawn.
Alpha Epsilon Pi. Lambda Chi Alpha and Kappa Sigma fraternities, along with all four residential colleges helped with the funding of the project.
“We got the money settled three weeks ago," Stirman said. She said she did not approach Mahoney Hall or the apartment area for donations because she knew their budgets were more limited.
"I think this year the fraternities and sororities will be more involved than last year,” Stirman said, noting that historically the Greeks have been very involved with the event.
Last year, each UM student had to handle three participants. Stirman attributes the low student turnout to conflicts with other upcoming weekend events.
She created new positions on the committee to get residence halls, student organizations and Greeks involved and she said she hopes to
have a one-to-one ratio of buddy to student this year.
Helene Goldstein, the residence halls liason, said, "Hopefully there will be a lot of support. We're trying to draw support from the resident assistants. We had a problem last year. We might give a trophy or plaque for the highest percentage of participants.”
Davella said she became involved after participating in the program last year as a buddy. "I think it’s the most important event held at UM. It should be a great day," she said.
Stirman said the program is unique to the University. “It's only at the UM campus as far as I
know. Some people want to get other schools involved."