Miami Hurricane, April 05, 1988

              Seeing stars
The world’s best track athletes coinpc.L day on the Greentree Track.
Sports
Unbound optimism
Percy Bysshe Shelley took an idealistic approach to human nature in his work Prometheus Unbound.
News — page 3
THE MIAMI
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Head of the class
Talking Heads take the cerebral approach to dance music on their latest release.
Accent — page 7
Volume 65, Number 45
University of Miami
Tuesday, April 5, 1988
Residents deal with student’s death
By MARA DONAHOE
News Editor
20-year-old falls from Rosborough window
A counseling session with psychologists from the University of Miami Counseling Center was held last night in the Master’s apartment of the Stanford Residential College to help students deal with the death of a fellow resident.
Duncan T. Black III, a resident of Rosborough Tower, dropped to his death early Saturday morning after trying to crawl down from his 10th floor window to surprise the girls on the floor below.
"We thought it would be a good idea to have it [the session| for those students who wanted to discuss it," said Master of the Stanford Residential College Dr. Nicholas Patricios.*
Residents of the floor said Black, 20, was drinking beer with a few friends in his room. He then got the idea to tie an electrical cord from his bed around his waist and lower himself out the window.
Black told his friends not to worry because he was a mountain climber.
But the cord untied and he fell 10 stories.
Metro-Dade homicide detective Ray Nazario said Black appeared to be intoxicated at the time of the incident.
Tom Takach, resident assistant of the 10th floor, said Black had a habit of doing strange things. He said he had warned Black not to venture outside on the ledge or remove the shutters on the window.
“He was out on the ledge a few other times before," Takach said. “He was warned once or twice about not removing the shutters."
Black removed several shutters on the window in order to crawl out on the tiny ledge.
Rodney Ascher, a resident of the 10th floor, said Black would often take the shutters off and dangle
his legs out the window.
"He always lived on the edge," Ascher said. "1 remember the other day when he opened the elevator doors and wanted to slide down the shaft all the way to the bottom. Some people had to hold him back."
Julie Witten, who lives in the room directly below, said she didn't know Black, except for maybe passing him in the elevator a few times.
She said she heard noises throughout the night that sounded like a party was going on in the room upstairs. She said people had knocked on her door earlier in the evening asking ‘where’s the party.’
Takach said Black's friend in the room with him had tried to stop him from going out on the ledge but he was not a person who was easily persuaded.
“He was not the type of guy to change his mind," he said.
Senior Elisa Newsome, said she had worked with Black who was a cameraman for UM Cable Channel 51. Newsome said Black had always talked of becoming a movie producer.
"He really did have that creative eye," Newsome said. "We’re going to miss out on some great movies."
Black, of Sardis, Ala., was a transfer student new to UM. He moved into Rosborough Tower in January and was in his first semester as a film major.
Ascher said he had just completed a small super 8 film for his class full of pictures of his friends at school. "He was just getting to know people," Ascher said.
The burial service was held yesterday in Montgomery, Ala. Dr. William Butler, vice president for Student Affairs, sent flowers to the memorial service from the student body.
Patricios said residents of the 10th floor are considering having a memorial service for Black.
He's in the money
The Miami Maniac watches Phil Tracy collect play dollar bills at Saturday night’s baseball game against the University of Florida. Each play dollar was matched with a real dollar for a party at a local dub. For more information on the game, please see Sports, page 9.
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University’s first student dies at 81
By DEBBIE MORGAN
Editor in chief
University of Miami's first student showed his undying commitment to the University all the way up to the last day of his life.
Francis Spencer Houghtallng, the first student to enroll at UM in 1926, died March 29 in St. Louis at the age of 81, but not before sending a letter to Iron Arrow that the group received just last week.
lloughtahng. one of the original founding nine members of Iron Arrow, was writing to say he had more stories he wanted added to a hook on the history of the University that 1A is reprinting.
He also apologized for not being able to attend the upcoming IA festivities because he said he was recovering from a cancer operation.
"Throughout the years, thanks to him, we've had a direct link to the history of not only Iron Arrow, but of the University as well," said Aurelio Quinones, chief of the tribe. "He was a living link to the past."
Now the only living founding member of IA is Norman Ted Kennedy, Quinones said.
“With each passing we lose
something about the University’s history," he said. "We lose a link
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Activist
eulogized
By JACQUELINE LEVERMORE
Staff Writer
Early morning. April 4th. shot rings out In the Memphis shy. tree
ul last. Ihcv tooh your lije, they could not take your pride.
— “In the Name of Love.” U2 Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King led the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
“The movement was symbolized by it's non-violent approach to
social change," said Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences David Wilson.
Wilson had the opportunity to meet King in Chicago when he
Please see page 3/KING
Students forced to share microscopes
Bymargaretannwilliamson Department has more on order, but company is backlogged
Students taking biology lab classes are having to compete for microscopes which is forcing some to receive poorer grades. However, the Microscope Committee said more equipment is on the way.
Junior Kelly Wohl, a biology major, said students in her 300-level cytology and histology lab class not only have a limited number of microsopes, but must contend with only six "good” ones.
"I go to class an hour earlier just to use a good microscope," Wohl said. "I think my grade suffers a little because I don’t always have a good microscope to work with. It's not fair. I'm really disappointed
with the school."
The biology department’s lab technician, Lynette Cupida said part of the problem "arises because |the department] has two classes in the same day at the same time and both use microscopes as a main tool."	.	., A ,
Professor Elli Kohen teaches the histology lab and is chairperson of the department’s Microscope Committee. "We do our best,” Kohen said. “We always have some shortage, in some areas more than others.”
He said procedures for acquiring new microscopes have been initiated by the
committee.
Lynette Washington, a staff associate, said 28 new microscopes have been ordered. However, the companies the microscopes are ordered from do not respond on a timely basis to requests. The department must wait for the parts because the company is backlogged with requests. She said they have been waiting 2 '/j months, but 80 percent of the job of receiving new microscopes is done.
Each microscope costs approximately
$1,000.
“All we need is a repairman, but the school seems to think the money spent on
the repair is not worth It," Wohl said.
According to Cupida, the biology department has agreed to pay for the repairs of microscopes in the department.
"The department has fixed six [microscopes! and they bought some microscopes which are being used in different classes," Cupida said.
“All the microscopes are under major general overhaul,” Washington said of the current equipment. “You can’t do it all in one week."
Kohen said the repair is a long process, but the committee has engaged an outside company with an efficient system.
Most microbiology classes require microscopes but according to the 1988 UM schedule book, the classes do not have any material fees. On the other hand, biology labs charge a $35 to $45 material fee.
"I think they should charge material fees for microbiology classes,” senior biology major Amal Masri said, "f would even pay more in order for the department to buy better equipment. At least [the students| would know the money is going directly to the labs."
Cupida said part of the shortage is the fault of the students. She said last semster Kohen's class had five new microscopes but one of them was stolen. She also said some of the students improperly handle the equipment and cause damage.
Barzee acquitted of charges
Saga of SG president’s court case ends
By CAREN BURMEISTER
Staff Writer
The final chapter of Student Government President Bill Barzee versus Miami police is closed. Barzee was acquitted Friday of two misdemeanor charges brought against him at a football game last September.
Barzee was arrested and charged with disorderly Intoxication and resisting arrest without violence during a game at the Orange Bowl on Sept. 5.
Frank Zaremba, Barzee's lawyer, said he believes Barzee was arrested when he was mistaken for someone else In the crowd.
Barzee said the arresting officers, Miami policemen Nathaniel Veal and Frank Gonzalez, contradicted each other’s testimony and written reports throughout Friday's trial.
Zaremba agreed. "The only time they gave consistent testimony is when Officer Nathaniel Veal alleged that Barzee took a swing at him," he said.
Zaremba said the officers testified that Barzee had both hands against the wall. When Barzee began to turn toward the officers Veal pushed him back into the wall.
"The policemen said they couldn't really tell if Barzee was turning to protest or if he was actually going to hit them," Zar-
emba said.
Barzee received a wound over his left eye during his arrest which required six stitches.
Barzee said Judge Alfred Nesbitt gave him an ultimatum; plead no contest and all adjudication will be witheld and yourrecord will be wiped clean, or refuse to plead guilty and we’llprosecute you to the limit if we find you guilty.
"I had faith in the system and I
By JEANINE SEYMOUR
Staff Writer
Beginning this semester students will evaluate their professors using new forms.
“Student Government along with a committee of faculty members decided that because the computer system is changing, the evaluation form should also change," said Mary Sapp, director of Planning and Institutional Research.
Several forms to evaluate professors will now be available, with separate forms for lecture classes, lab classes and regular smaller
classes.
All forms have the first six
knew that I wasn't guilty," Barzee said.
“If Barzee weren’t president of SG or couldn't have afforded a good lawyer, he wouldn’t have been able to defend himself against Miami police,” Juan Mas, who testified for Barzee, said.
"This trial was reassuring," Zaremba said. "It's good to know there is still some due process in Miami."
questions in common, with open-ended questions following those.
Amparo Branirlla, Student Government vice president, said students need open-ended questions so they can accurately critique professors.
"The open-ended questions need to be used by the students to tell how a professor is doing, and also because this is the only way that students can give their views about a particularprofessor." Braniella said.
Unlike past evaluations, students will now receive the forms three weeks before the spring semester ends, and after the Thanksgiving holiday in the fall.
New forms to judge teacher’s skills
Laser tech
Mark Bennett, an assistant at the Space Transit Planetarium laser light show, works at the light board to create the show. Bennett works at the planetarium with University of Miami student Pat Tierney. See Insight for story.
GRAST ZAICHICh/iiurricano Staff