Miami Hurricane, February 05, 1988

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Volume 65, Number 31
University of Miami
Friday, February 5, 1988
Baseball season begins
Coach Ron Fraser anticipates exciting year
By SCOTT ALAN SALOMON
Contributing Editor
The University of Miami Hurricane baseball team will open up the 1988 season against Mercer University at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Mark Light Stadium. It will mark the 26th season that Ron Fraser has been at the helm of the Miami baseball program.
Known as “The Wizard of College Baseball,” Fraser is confident this his Canes will take a place in baseball greatness this year.
"I’d really like to forget about last year, but we’ll be singing a different tune this season,” Fraser said. “We have outstanding people and the kind of players that can win. We’re a year older and that means more experience. I feel that the kids have what it takes to have a good season."
Last season the Hurricanes struggled with a 35-24-1 record and didn't make it to the College World Series for the first time since 1983. This did not rest well with Miami fans.
“For anyone else, last season was not that bad," Fraser said. “We went to the playoffs, and we were only five games away from a 40-win season. To go 40-20 with our schedule, that would have been a helluva record.”
Miami started last year with a 2-7 record, including two losses to archrival University of Texas. They never really bounced back.
"Texas really hurt us," Fraser said. “It was a new ball club and we got ourselves really pumped up. Those losses really hurt."
Starting pitching hurt the Hurricanes last season, but with a healthy Steffen Majer, a Joe Grahe who has one more year of experience and a top junior college transfer in Steve Tucker, the Canes hope to have some strong pitching to go with their powerful bats.
In 1987 Kevin Sheary was the ace of the team, but he was recovering from a back injury that
sidelined him for the 1986 season. Sheary never regained the form he had in 1985, the year the Canes won the College World Series.
“Pitching let us down a lot last year," F'raser said. “We expected more from Sheary and Grahe. This year Grahe is a year older and Majer is a year older. They’ll win some games.”
The Hurricanes never had any trouble at the plate and this year should be no different. Left fielder Mike Fiore, (.423, seven HR, 58 RBI) and Frank Dominguez (.338, 15 HR, 56 RBI) return for their senior seasons and will try to improve last year’s robust .298 team batting average.
"I cannot wait for Friday," Fiore said. “I am tired of preparing. I want to go out and play."
Fiore doesn’t want anyone to compare last season’s stats with anything he does this season. Friday starts a brand new year and that means new stats and new goals. Fiore led the USA to their silver medal showing at the Pan-American games this summer. He batted over .400 for them as well and led the team in hitting.
“Everything is going to be different, and I want a second ring,” Fiore said. “If I can have the same type of production, I’ll be happy. All that I can do is prepare for the best. This year I see a good mixture of youth and experience. The guys from junior college will need to step in right away and contribute.”
Another junior college transfer is third baseman Robert Word. The Scottsdale, Ariz. native is attempting to get used to the Division I game and the pitchers that he will face in 1988.
“The pitchers on this level are smarter. They know what to throw and exactly when to throw it,” Word said. “I’ve got to outsmart them. It’s me against them and I’ve got to be able to beat them most of the time.”
Fraser thinks that Word can do it more often than not.
“He meets the ball real well and makes good contact. He’s the type
of player that isn’t a power hitter, but he’ll get on base. Of course, like anyone, if he gets his pitch, he’ll knock it out, but he can deliver the single or double when you really need it.”
One name that can’t be forgotten is Dominguez. In the opening game last season, he hit a home run that went 450 feet and had the Longhorns fans talking. The blast showed the kind of power, as well as the kind of season, that Dominguez would enjoy.
“I hit pretty well last year, but this year I expect more,” said Dominguez, who sat out several games last year with knee problems. “I now know what I can do.
I want to drive in 60-70 runs and get strikes from the pitchers. I’m also going to catch or block everything that is thrown. I don’t want any passed balls this year.”
Defensively the Hurricanes are fundamentally sound. The pride of the infield will once again be Jorge Robles and Jose Trujillo. This season the two will change positions and Trujillo will play second and Robles shortstop.
“It is important for the middle of the infield to play good defensively, but they need to play better in the field than they do at the plate,” Fraser said. "Jose and Jorge are good ball players and they get the job done. They are like vacuum cleaners out there.”
The infield will feature Henry Hernandez at first, Trujillo and Robles up the middle and Word at third. The outfield will consist of Fiore in left, John Viera in center and Will Vespe in right.
In the past few years Miami led the nation in attendance. But last year the numbers fell. In 39 home dates last season Miami averaged 2,073 and for the first time in a while the Canes got out-drawn on the road at a 3,281 clip. This season Fraser hopes to see more people in the stands.
“It’s gonna be exciting this season,” Fraser said. “I’d like to go out and see the whole University community share every game with us.”
CLAST registration deadline nears
Next Friday is the last day undergraduate students may register for the College-Level Academic Skills Test to be administered on March 12. All students -eceiving Florida financial aid must take the CLAST by the time they complete 60 credit hours in order to remain eligible for aid.
, Under new stajp guidelines, any student with few\r than 60 cred-
its, including first semester freshmen, may register for the CLAST. An optional practice CLAST will be given to registrants on Feb. 13 in preparation for the March test.
CLAST scores are necessary to continue participation in the Florida Tuition Voucher, Florida Student Assistance Grant, Undergraduate Academic Scholar's Fund and all othci state aid programs avail-
able to University of Miami students.
Registration cards for the March 12 CLAST may be obtained in the Testing Center, 341 Unger Computer Center.
For more information call 284-
2450.
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— MARA DONAHOE
Justice traces history
Rehnquist says Marshall was nation’s best justice
By MARA DONAHOE
News Editor
The Honorable William H. Rehnquist, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, gave a history lesson about our nation's early chief justices, singling out Thurgood Marshall as the best.
“It is often a mistake to give too much credit to one chief justice, he said “but not for Marshall." Rehnquist called him a “great chief justice.”
The chief justice’s lecture yesterday at the James L. Knight Center was the third annual Robert B. Cole Distinguished Jurist Lecture.
Requist said the first 100 years of the Supreme Court were the hardest ones.
He said Marshall had the longest tenure of any justice. He served 34 years on the bench.
"His most striking characteristic was his piercing dark eyes," Rehnquist said. "One of his great abilities was to explain how he reached decisions.”
He said he also had the ability “to persuade his colleagues.”
“When President John Adams appointed Marsali, he said, ‘John is my gift to the people,’ ” Rehnquist said.
He said Marshall is famous for his decision which declared certain acts of congress unconstitutional. He cited Marbury vs. Madison as an example.
Rehnquist said the decisions during this period were of "enormous proportions to the development of the nation.”
He also said Marshall changed the way the court delivered opinions. Instead of delivering several of them, only one justice would write the opinon. “This strengthened the authority of the courts opinion,” he said.
Rehnquist said early in the history of the Supreme Court the chief justices were not well known. "They
did nothing that would warrant it|recognition!," he said.
"The court had almost no duty in the first three years,” he said. “During the first decade of existance they just didn’t decide many cases.”
"The justices were bored with the job," Rehnquist said.
In the first years, justices never lived in Washington D.C. or moved their families there. They “just stayed for a few weeks.”
Rehnquist cited one chief justice, Gabriel Duval, who really never did anything. He served from 1811 to 1835, yet only delivered 18 opinions.
F'rom 1801 to 1864 there were 15 presidents but only two chief justices.
Roger Taney replaced Marshall in 1835. While Marshall believed in a federal government, Taney believed in states rights.
Rehnquist said in many ways Taney qualified some of Marshall's opinions.
Taney died in 1864. Rehnquist said the justices had found “the formula for longetivy" and “very solid opinions for the court."
Salmon Chase, who succeeded Taney, was involved with the Dred Scott case and reconstruction issues after the Civil War.
“He maneuvered to get the presidential nomination.” He did this for l?oth republican and democratic parties, and when he failed there he went to a liberal splinter party.
Post civil war justices, Rehnquist said, did not receive the same stature as Marshall or the other justices.
“In just 99 years the court was at a midpoint between the beginnings of federal government and the present days," Rehnquist said.
“Time would show the court would be equal to the task that lay ahead in the next century."
University Center gets renovated but union lacks space, services
Other colleges’ student unions better-equipped
By TIM HUEBNER
Contributing Editor
The Whitten University Center is expected to undergo numerous renovations in the coming months which may bring it closer to the standards of other such facilities at state universities throughout Florida.
Changes include the remodeling of the bookstore and the renovation of the patio area, according to Jeffrey Zirulnick, director of the Whitten University Center.
The bookstore remodeling is scheduled to begin in April, while work on the patio will start in the summer.
“For the last two years there have been plans to remodel the bookstore," said Zirulnick. The plans never became a reality because of time and money restraints. This time Zirulnick is fairly sure the work will begin. “It’s not definite — but that's what they expect,” he said.
Zirulnick spoke of the renovation of the patio in terms of “making it a more usable place,” instead of just a place to hold concerts. The stage will probably be relocated and foliage will be added to enhance the appearance of the area.
The expected renovations, along with the recent additions of a computer lab and copy center, as well as the pool resurfacing and locker room refurbishing, are part of the implementation of the 1985 Task Force Report recommendations on Student Union and Recreational Facilities.
Since then, the facility has been renamed and dedicated the Whitten University Center and renovation of the first floor lounge and recreation area was completed.
In comparison to other student unions, the University Center currently falls short in terms of total square feet, as well as services and facilities offered.
Zirulnick said a renovation of the Ibis cafeteria is highly unlikely in the near future as it would fail to generate more revenue for the dining hall. Funding such a project is not a high priority.
However, enrollment at UM does not begin to approach that of Florida and Florida State, perhaps contributing to the disparity.
According to Zirulnick, the 28-year-old UM facility has a total area of 200,000 square feet; however, only 100,000 sqare feet are used for student-related events and activities. This space includes the patio, thitpool, and the lounge and recreation area.
The FSU project will allow space for a variety of extra services. The new union will provide retail store space, including a hair salon and a microcomputer store, a video center, a computer center, and a 400-seat auditorium.
According to Dr. Nancy Turner, director of the student union at FSU, the Tallahassee university is about to complete a $9 million renovation project of its 30-year-old facility.
FSU currently has a 137,000 square feet union which was originally constructed to accommodate 7,500 students. The new union will provide 204,000 square feet — enough space for 24,000 students.
The FSU project will allow space for a variety of extra services. The new union will provide retail store space (including a hair salon and a microcomputer store), a video center, a computer center, and a 400-seat auditorium.
“The project took about 10 years to realize but it was worth it,” Turner said.
Dave Kratzer, director of the student union at the University of Florida, said their facility provides 237,000 square feet. It includes a computer center, movie theater, listening room, craft center, and a darkroom. It even has a hotel, used to house students, parents, and visiting scholars. Of the above services, UM’s University Center contains only a computer center.
Zirulnick acknowledged that the University Center has its shortcomings. “Many other schools I have visited have better facilities than we have,” he said. However, he added “We have the capability to match them...It’s a very usable building.”
“We utilize the space we have as well or better than almost any facility around the country,” he stated.
Cecile Gaucrt contributed to this report.
MIKE DiBARJ/Hurricane Skiff
Workers resurfaced the University Center pool this semester ad part of the student union's renovation.