Miami Hurricane, March 24, 1989

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THE MIAMI
Volume 66, Number42
URRICANE
University of Miami
Architecture
school gets
$1 million
Money to fund unique tower
Friday, March 24,1989
By PHYLLIS GYAMFI
Staff Writer
A well-known Italian architect's designs will soon give the
University of Miami School of
Architecture a new look, following a $1 million donation by a Miami couple.
Sanford and Helene Ziff's gift
will be used to build the focal
point of architect Aldo Rossi's design — a 100-foot tower next to
Eaton Residential College overlooking Lake Osceola.
The complete reconstruction
project, which will cost $10 mil- _
lion, will Include the $2 million .
tower, a $750,000 auditorium, f
$750,000 library, $250,000 gar- »
den and $250,000 computer laboratory.
Zlf f Tower will be Rossi's first
American work. Roaal said in a
lecture at Gusman Hall on Sunday the Idea of the tower Is "to
express the life and symbol of the
University."
Construction of the tower, the
first phase of the school's reconstruction project, should begin in
six months, according to Rafael
Peruyera, manager for facilities
planning.
In a Miami Herald interview,
Zlff, who is the founder and president of the Sunglass Hut Corp.,
said, "For years to come, the Aldo
Rossi-designed tower will be a
magnificent gateway to the
School of Architecture for all
University of Miami students as
well as students and visitors
'It's going to make a
statement,'
Andrew Lopina,
architecture student
worldwide."
The plans Include a 300-seat auditorium where students and faculty can meet for lectures, an exhibition hall in the rotunda where
students can display projects and
a reference library.
Jorge Hernandez, assistant professor of architecture, said the reconstruction "will give the
School of Architecture an enormous physical presence."
The new facility will house
workshops, a video/photo laboratory, studios and classroom
buildings. The existing buildings
will alto be renovated.
Andrew Lopina, a fourth-year
architecture student, sett It« appropriate that a famous architect
is designing the complex.
"It's going to make a statement," Lopina said. He also added
that although he's not really familiar with Rossi's work, this
complex should reveal a side of
the school most people are not familiar with.
Rossi's work is well-known in
Europe. He has designed several
buildings, including some in several Italian ciUes such as Milan,
Turin and Venice, where his most
famous building, II Teatro del
Mondo (Theatre of the World),is
located.
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shoot robbery suspect In Coral Gables
By ROBERT S. MARSHALL
Auochua News Editor
A University of Miami police
officer was Involved in the shooting of a bank robbery suspect
Monday in Coral Gables, a Coral
Gables police report said.
Four men allegedly robbed
County National Bank of Coral
Gables at gunpoint and fled in a
stolen car. As police chased the
men, shots were fired at the officers, the report said. At one point,
one of the men "balled out" of the
vehicle, police said.
The men abandoned the car and
stopped a motorist and forced her
out of her car at gunpoint.
The men were finally stopped
at Madruga Avenue and Maynada
Street.
Eventually Officer Alex Silva
of UM police became involvedin a
10-second shoot-out between the
suspects and police.
In the fire, Juan Manuel Gonzalez, 23, of 1750 W 56 Terr., Hiale
ah, was ahot in the head by police.
The three men were subdued,
and the fourth who had fled earlier was .captured by police with
the help of police dogs.
The shots were fired either by
Silva or Officer Francisco Rodriguez, the report said. As it is standard police procedure in a shooting involving an officer, an
investigation into the incident is
being conducted.
Gonzalez was taken to Jackson
Memorial Hospital and treatedfor
the wounds. He was later released to police custody.
The three other men were Carlos Luis Ramos, of 1035 W 68 St.,
Hialeah, Jorge Canaveral, of 251
W 31 St., Hialeah, and Pierre Fer-
nan Monteil, of 5585 W 26 Ave.,
Hialeah. They have been charged
with armed robbery, attempted
kidnapping, wearing masks during an offense and attempted
murder of a police officer.
UM police are members of the
Coral Gables Police Department.
Ticket system won't change
SG court finds petition for ballot reform unconstitutional
By JORDAN BRESSLER
Staff Writer
Citing passages in the University of Miami Student Government
Constitution that allow for "students' rights to organize and to
unite," the SG Supreme Court on
Monday unanimously ruled unconstitutional a petition that
could have led to the amendment
of the ticket system of elections.
The petition, which generated
almost 700 signatures, asked the
students to sign in support of
"changing the present Student
Government ticket system that
would allow only the top three
executive officers to run together
as a ticket."
The petition was created by
law student Jerry Ballard and circulated by a group of SG senators
headed by John Machado, commuter senator, and Carolyn Salis-
'lt upsets me that
students are still in
favor of partiality.'
Freddie Stebbine,
SG president
bury, president of the Roadrunners Commuter Organization.
SG President Freddie Stebbins,
speaking against the petition's
constitutionality, cited four
points to demonstrate the problems with the document.
The four points included violation of the students' right to organize, the fact that solicitation was
not done with proper University
approval, the wording of the referendum was vague and the proposal did not guarantee equal protection to all running for SG
office.
In the decision, the court
agreed with Stebbins on all but
the point regarding solicitation,
which the court said covered
money, goods and services, but
not signatures.
Speaking for those wanting the
petition upheld was Max Adams,
secretary of the senate, who
called the ticket system a breeding ground for "promises and favors." Adams added,"It's great
for big-time politics, but not for
here |UM]."
Stebbins said the decision was a
victory for students' rights and
expressed disbelief at the number
of students who had signed the
petition.
"It upsets me that students are
still in favor of partiality and of
revoking students' rights. I knew
it [the petition] was inherently
wrong from the start," Stebbins
said.
Need a Job?
Monday, April 3, the University of Miami Board of
Student Publications will
elect next year's Miami
Hurricane and Ibis editors
in chief and the business
managers for both publication.
The positions carry full
tuition remission and a
$400 per semester stipend. People interested in
the jobs must be full-time
undergraduate students at
UM.
Applicants should make
plans to meet with the
publications' senior and financial advisors by Friday,
March 31.
Students interested In
one of the three jobs
should obtain applications
from Pam Hernandez in
Universityy Center 221.
Student charged with
fake ID possession
A misplaced wallet returned by
an unidentified police officer may
cause a University of Miami student more trouble than he expected.
The wallet contained not only
his Cane Card, but also two fake
Florida driver's licenses, UM police reports said.
On March 1, a South Miami police officer brought a wallet belonging to Jonathan Ferber to UM
Public Safety because the wallet
had a UM student ID card in it, officer William Gerlach said in a report.
When Gerlach checked the
wallet to find the owner's name
and address, he found the two licenses with two separate names
— Thomas H. Write and Chris
Miller — but with similar photographs.
Gerlach called Ferber, who
went to Public Safety voluntari
ly, the report said. Gerlach advised Ferber of his rights. According to the report, Ferber told
police the ID's were fake and that
he had paid $50 for each one.
He also said he had bought one
of the licenses from a student living in Pearson Residential College. However, he told police he
didn't remember the room number or the names of the people
who made the licenses.
Last semester police arrested
UM student Darren Stance and a
friend of his for conspiracy to
make fake driver's licenses. Police would not comment as to
whether or not they felt Ferber
bought his licenses from Stance.
Ferber was released on the
promise he return for a preliminary hearing. Police have no other records on the case, and officer
Gerlach could not be reached for
further comment.
— ROBERT S. MARSHALL
SG officer hopefuls
calling for changes
By STEPHANIE WHITE
Staff Writer
Student apathy, minority recruitment and tuition increases
were some of the issues discussed at the Student Government presidential debate held
Wednesday at the University of
Miami cable studio.
Troy Bell, Liberty ticket candidate, and C. Dean Furman,
Impact ticket candidate, were
each asked to express their
views on the issues.
The debate was moderated
by Mark Thieroff, opinion editor of The Miami Hurricane,
and sponsored by SG's Commu
nity and Public Relations Committee.
Bell said he wants to liberate
SG.
"Student Government is currently an organization for an
elite group of students. It's not
accessible for the average student," Bell said.
Bell proposed expanding minority scholarships and offering a tuck-in service, whereby
senators would tuck students in
at night and give them milk and
cookies in an effort for students
to meet the senators.
Please see page 5/DEBATE
Students say AIDS not a threat
By GUILLERMO J. C ANO
Staff Writer
The spread of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome across college campuses has
reached staggering proportions, according to
some studies. However, many University of
Miami students say the fear of contracting
AIDS has not dramatically affected their
sexual activity.
USA Today reported in November that
sexually active college students are among a
new group of high-risk subjects. The
newspaper also reported about 1 out of every
300 college students carries the virus.
According to Dr. Rick Zimmerman of the
UM sociology department, the AIDS scare has
done little to curb the sexual behavior
patterns of students. Zimmerman said any
alteration is in the "selection of sexual
partners."
"They perceive they are being more
selective." Zimmerman said. "In a sexual
relationship, students are trying to get to
know the person better."
However, Zimmerman said student sexual
behavior is "basically not changing, and
they're not using condoms."
Zimmerman explained that for condoms to
be effective, they must be used carefully,
regularly and properly, adding latex condoms
are more effective than natural condoms
because of the low permeability of the latex.
Undergraduates at UM expressed a variety
of reasons for their limited concern about
AIDS.
These included the belief that the sexual
inexperience of their peers would result In a
low incidence of the AIDS virus and that their
peers were of a socio-economic class that
would not contract AIDS.
One freshman from Michigan who
disagreed said, "There's such a diverse crowd
here and a much greater risk of getting AIDS
than back home."
Another student, a junior, said, "There has
to be a responsiblity on both sides, in which
each of the partners looks out for himself."
Graduate students say they feel more at
risk because of the diverse group of people
with which they associate.
Many said because of their age, they
interact in places previously beyond their
reach, such as bars, where the chance of
getting AIDS is increased because they meet a
cross-section of people.
Others said they believed the sexual
experience of their peers would mean a
greater chance of AIDS infection.
"You really can't trust anyone. The days of
romantic notions about 'free love' are over,"
said one graduate student.
A senior business major expressed a
different view.
"Life's too short to turn down sex. The
way I look at it, AIDS hasn't extensively
entered the heterosexual pool, and besides,
you can't get It {AIDS, twice."