Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1989

              Prophy... what?	Is this diversity?	Top gun
Trojan is distributing free rubbers and offering in- Ml	If UM wants to live up to its "global" image, the	I j After a weekend sweep of South Florida, Miami
formation about AIDS. [ J	school must recruit more ethnic faculty.	I J finds itself No. 1 in NCAA baseball.
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Volum« 66, Numb«r 34
University of Miami
Tuesday, F«b. 14,1989
On top of the world
MICHELLE LUTMAN/SIoff Photograph*
Special Olympian Alex Gomez plays with a giant globe Saturday during UM Funday. Mentally and physically Impaired students from 12 schools around Dade County spent the day with their UM "buddies." For more on
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Candy, condoms abound on Valentine’s Day
By SUZANNE TRUTIE
Staff Writ*
What do chocolate candy in heart-shaped boxes, long-stemmed roses and romantic rendezvous have in common? They are all traditional ways people recognize Valentine's Day.
“Hearts, love, romance and being with someone you care about remind me of Valentine's Day," said freshman Kipp Vickers, a business major.
Donna Harris, a junior majoring in English, said, “It seems that on Valentine's Day it is acceptable to display your affections or begin something new with someone special. Any other day of the year, it would be risky.”
Sociology profeasor Dr. Aaron Upman described Valentine's Day as “an affirmation of a complex and universal emotion.”
Flowers and a bottle of champagne for his wife. Elda, is how Upman will celebrate this
Valentine's Day.
“It’s important to do these things after Valentine's Day because Valentine's Day is only a reminder of falling in love,” Lipman said.
For students who are not in love, Valentine's Day is a day like any other.
Upman added, "Single people only become depressed on Valentine’s Day if they have no one to love. They have a great sense of urgency. loneliness and rejection. Even in the public elementary schools, kids who do not receive a Valentine’s card feel depressed and rejected.”
Although Valentine’s Day is a festive holiday, the history behind it is grim. The holiday actually commemorates the deaths of two third-century martyrs, both named St. Valentine.
It was not until the Middle Ages that love notes were sent on Feb. 14. After the custom was established, the term “valentine” was applied to the persons and their gifts. Today,
valentine gifts range from jewelry to serenading.
For many UM students, romance is still a priority for the perfect holiday outing.
“The ideal romantic date is being with my boyfriend by a lake on a moonlit night, with a picnic basket full of wine, cheeses and feeding grapes to one another on a blanket under the stars," said sophomore and English major Laura Langstein.
Dana Ross, a sophomore majoring in marketing, said going out to a good restaurant and .drinking champagne in a bubble bath is her ideal date.
But for those who want more than just romance, Trojan Brand Latex Condoms suggests students put on their "wet suits” before slipping into their bubble baths.
The condom company will be distributing free rubbers from 10 a m. to 4 p.m. in front of the bookstore.
Few racist acts, too few blacks
Blacks: UM so-so on race issues
By UA FISH
Staff Writs,
Black students and faculty members generally agree on two aspects of the University of Miami’s racial makeup: The University has suffered few, if any, overt acts of racism and, perhaps more importantly, UM needs more black faculty members.
Although Dade County is known for its history of racial turbulence, UM seems to have escaped the racial disturbances of its surroundings. However, that is not to say the campus is free of prejudice or discrimination.
“Twenty to 25 percent of all minorities on college campuses | nationwide | have been verbally or physically assaulted during the course of the academic year,” said Howard Ehrlich, director of research at the National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence in Baltimore. “Up tp 70 percent of the cases are never reported."
Said Dr. Ronald Hammond, director of UM Minority Student Services: “I'm sure that there are pockets of racism on [the UM) campus.”
Hammond said the Baltimore
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they do other universities.
“I don’t know of any physical abuse to black or minority students because of their racial status," said Hammond. “That kind of thing has not happened at UM, though I'm not so naive to think it never will.”
A situation at UM which disturbs Hammond and others is the small number of black faculty members.
Only 33 members — 2.25 percent — of UM’s 1,464-member faculty are black, said Claudette Levermore, director of administrative services for the School of Nursing and vice president of the Black Faculty and Staff Association, an organization for black professors and administrators.
Of these, 13 are tenured, five are on tenure track and 15 are non-tenured. Eleven of the 33 are professors or administrators at the main campus. The others work at the medical school.
Levermore said the University
is working to make improvements in the situation, however.
“The most important thing is that the University is doing something," Levermore said. “The University is addressing the issue, and they are looking at all ways of attracting black faculty to the University — a real positive approach.”
Levermore said UM added three or four black faculty members this year.
Hammond said administrators have committed themselves to hiring more minorities but have not followed through.
"Somehow when It gets down to the decision-making level, they just don’t get them here," he said.
“The University's overall total workforce is representative of the community, but that is misleading," said Dr. Roosevelt Thomas, assistant vice president of personnel and affirmative action. "For faculty, we are underutilizing black faculty according to national figures."
Utilization is determined by the percentage of qualified black graduates nationwide compared to the percentage of black faculty members at a given university, said Thomas.
Racist acts art not common at
UM, administrators and students said.
“There has not been any apparent practice of racial discrimination, though I hear little things here and there from students,” said Hammond, citing examples such as unvaried music at University-sponsored dances or at the Rathskeller.
According to James Gorostola, manager of enrollment systems, of the 8,781 undergraduate students last year, 549 were black. Out of a total of 2,546 graduate students, 157 were black.
The nearest thing to a racial disturbance, Hammond said, was during the summer when there was one student who said he was harassed by Public Safety. The student told Hammond he was stopped on campus two or three times and asked for identification. He claimed the police singled him out because he was black.
Please .see page 5/FACULTY
Employer Interview Schedule
The following organizations are scheduled to recruit at the University of Miami Sign up sheets for scheduling interviews are located in the Career Planning and Placement Department, Building 37R Students interested in scheduling appointments must register in advance with Career Planning and Placement and attend a resume writing seminar and a job interviewing techniques seminar before scheduling interviews For more information call Career Planning and Placement at 264-5451
Organization Today	Degree/ Major	Position
Sun Banks Inc.	Bach/Acc,Fin	(Lecture/Luncheon)
Procter & Gamble	AII/AII	(SEAl Program)
Tomorrow		
Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine	AII/AII	Oridua*« Study
General Electric Company Financial Services Program	AII/AII	° ese nt at ioni
Thursday		
General Electric Financial Services Program	All/All	Management Trainee
AT&T Bell Labs	AII/CS,EE,IE, ME,Bus	Engineering
Friday		
Internal Revenue Service	AII/AII	Revenue Officers
Monday		
The Miami Herald	Bach/AII	Sales Trainee
Melvin Simon & Assoc	Bach/Bus	Assistant Marketing Director
Barnett Banks Inc.	Bach/AII	(Presentation)
Balloons released to aid Jews
By YAMA PAILLERE
Staff Writer
Hundreds of red, yellow and blue balloons will b« released at noon Friday in a show of solidarity with the oppressed Jewish communities of Syria, Ethiopia and the Soviet Union.
The event is the culmination of Oppressed Jewry Week, which began yesterday, and is designed to increase awareness of the plight of Jews worldwide, said Linda Levin, student activities director at the Hillel Jewish Student Center.
Sponsored by Hillel in conjunction with United Jewish Appeal, the event will feature students selling the colored balloons in the Whitten University Center Breezeway.
The red, yellow and blue balloons represent the Jews of the Soviet Union, Ethiopia and Syria, respectively.
The funds raised will help Jews of the three countries, as well as local old-age homes, day-care centers, the "Meals on Wheels” program and various other social programs.
“This is a fun way of generating concern over this issue," said Levin. “This is an issue everyone should be aware of. The money is not the issue, the awareness Is."
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Hearts in harmony
The brothers of Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity sing a Valentine greeting for the sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority. The brothers are (I to r) Jim Patterson, Tim Gallagher, Doug Thurber, Darren Stuart, Mike Dolan, Chris Cochran, Scott Abrams and Todd Hagar.
Graduation deadline passes, but oh well
Although the deadline to apply for graduation was Friday, administrators have given students at least another week to announce whether they plan to march to “Pomp and Circumstance" May 12, when about 2,300 students will receive diplomas.
Dr. Thompson Biggers, associate dean of enrollment, said the University of Miami has always been lax about enforcing its graduation application deadline.
He said some students take time deciding wheth-
er or not they want to extend their education another semester, while others simply forget about the deadline or don't realize its importance.
Applications for graduation are necessary. Biggers said, so the individual schools and colleges can check students' records and ensure they are eligible to receive degrees.
Students may apply at Ashe Building 249.
— PAT McCREERY