Miami Hurricane, January 26, 1988

              Getting a break
Some University of Miami graduate students have gotten out of their housing contracts with the University without paying a penalty fee.
News — page 3
What’s all the racquet?
Learn how to play tennis without working up a sweat.
Accent — page 6
Close call
The UM men’s basketball team came back in the final minutes of Saturday s game to beat South Florida.
Sports — page 8
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Miami Hurricane football players Bennie Blades (left) and Dan Stubbs were part of the ticker tape parade entourage
held to celebrate the Canes’ national championship win Friday afternoon in downtown Miami.
Hurricanes
While some hurricanes consist of driving winds and torrents of rain, Friday's storm dropped 15,000 pounds of ticker tape and 5,000 balloons on approximately 15,000 spectators in downtown Miami who celebrated the University of Miami's national football championship.
Team players seated In convertibles Inched their way down Flagler Street toward the Dade County courthouse amidst thousands of screaming fans piled under clumps of shredded newspaper that fell from tall buildings.
UM Ombudsman Bill Mullowney. who was a second-year law student at the University when the Hurricanes won the national championship for the first time In 1984, stood in the crowd.
"This one's special,” Mullowney said, enthusiasm surpassed what we saw in '84
A procession of proclamation-toting polttlctana praised the Hurricanes for their 24-10 championship victory over the University of Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl Classic.
Miami Mayor Xavier Suarez gave the Canes the keys to the city.
“We are proud of the students and their accomplishments," Suarez said. “All we ask is that we be here next year doing the same thing."
Miami Beach Mayor Alex Daoud fixed a medal around Coach Jimmy Johnson's neck and quoted Vince Lombardi, saying, “Winning isn't everything — it is the only thing "
The crowd roared and ticker tape began to filter down to the courthouse steps from the windows above. Some of the shredded newspaper landed on window ledges, the rest of it blew In the breeze.
Before Athletic Director Sam JanWovtch Introduced Johnson to the audience, he told the Dad« politicians the arrangement with the Orange Bowl Committee.
It is our home,” Jankovich said. “We hope to bo
here for mmny many years to come."
The crowd chanted "We’re No. If" am the coach took the microphone, telling spectators that Mffnn/n# the national championship warn not made poaalBle By
any one individual's effort.
'•ft waa accomplished by eveyone pulling together.”
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WVUM disc jockey suspended from on-air activity
By ALBERT XIQUES Staff Writer
The WVUM-FM (90.5) Advisory Board decided last Friday to uphold the suspension of freshman disc jockey Margot Winick for allowing the broadcast of Indecent material during her graveyard shift.
Winick’s suspension from on-air activities will continue until May 31, 1988. However, she may appeal the decision after March 1.
Robert DuBord, chairperson of the WVUM Advisory Board, said two decisions were made during the meeting.
“First, the Advisory Board supported the actions of the WVUM Executive Committee in suspending Margot Winick from all on-air activities. Secondly, the board supports the length of suspension and the appeal timeline."
Advisory Board upholds decision of station Executive Committee
Winick was personally informed of the board's decision after the meeting. "It was their decision to make; I have to go along with what they say." She said she was "a little disappointed.”
“I am upset, but I will just wait until after March 1 to appeal again,” Winick said.
The Advisory Board, which arrived at its decision a(ter reviewing the facts in the case and listening to Winick's account of the incident, heard the appeal at Winick's request.
Winick was suspended after the incident occurred during her Nov. 7, 1987 shift. At approximately 3 am., prank callers claiming to be part of the station's technical crew doing a sound test,duped her into putting them on the air live. At
that point, they began using inappropriate language.
Winick claims the profanity lasted only a few minutes. However, another station DJ, who wished to remain anonymous, said he heard it continue for nearly half an hour, when he decided to take action and called the station engineer.
Steve Toback, chief engineer at WVUM, said that although he sympathizes with Winick's problem, she deserves the suspension He said she violated at least three of WVUM's policies.
First, Toback said Winick “fraternized" with the callers, which is expressly forbidden by station rules. Secondly, the WVUM rules and policies sheet given to all DJs clearly explains that under no
circumstances should any phone call be broadcast live.
Finally, he said the rules sheet says “ignorance is no excuse; if you are unsure of anything you should contact the station engineer as soon as possible.” Toback has worked at the station for four years and has trained over 500 DJs. He is on call 24 hours a day in case a question arises.
Toback said Winick failed to exercise good common sense. He said he has learned since the incident that other graveyard DJs, all of whom are freshmen, have received similar calls and have just simply hung up. The pranksters have stopped calling now that the case is publicized.
Winick said she did not want to
comment on the station policies.
According to Toback, Winick has only been removed from on-air activities. Furthermore, he said she has been encouraged to continue participation in other activities at the station.
Winick said she does plan to stay Involved with the station and will be reinstated in the future.
Toback said a police report of the incident has been filed, although the pranksters have not been caught. He also said the University administration is not involved.
"We didn't suspend her from the station, we just decided she shouldn't be on the air.” Toback said. "We |the Executive Committee | feel we should have the right to decide who goes on the air and who doesn't. The Advisory Board shouldn't have become involved unless we had her suspended from the station."
No suspects caught in campus shooting
By BARBRA SPALTEN
Associate Newt Editor
No arrests have been made concerning the Jan. 17 shooting Incident which occurred in the Stanford Residential College. The case is still under investigation by the University of Miami department of Public Safety.
Tammy Jones, the college's resident coordinator, would not comment on the incident. Public Safety similarly directed questions to UM’s Public Affairs.
Victoria Stewart of Public Affairs said no arrests have been made in the case.
According to the report, at 10:38 p.m that Sunday, Renee Dozier, a 19-year-old resident on the third floor of Rosborough tower said that her ex-boyfriend Scott Fields knocked on the door. Dozier observed that Fields had a gun and was with some friends. Dozier told her friends, Rachelle Nearn and Derrick Blackman, who were in the room with her, that she didn't want to open the door. Blackman asked who was at the door.
Dozier told police she heard sounds like someone was trying to pry open the door, then she heard two gunshots Blackman kicked out the window shutters and jumped to the ground. Dozier and Nearn were preparing to follow him out the window when they saw three men going down the fire escape. The two women then
exited through the front door of the room to obtain help.
When Nearn returned to her room two floors above, she found papers she had attached to the door on the floor. The interior wood panel of her door was slightly out of place, and footprints were on the door.
Apparently, the suspects had first gone to Nearn's room. Julie DeCastro and Bonnie Zoberg witnessed the events on the fifth floor. At approximately 10 p.m., DeCastro and Zoberg said they heard banging coming from Nearn's room. DeCastro said she saw about six or eight black males and a black female banging on the door to the room.
Dozier and Nearn could not be reached for comment as they have moved out of the dorm.
Stewart said that the victims and witnesses have been offered counseling and housing arrangements. “They have been moved to new, undisclosed dormitories," she said.
Zoberg said the security at the University of Miami should be better for the price students pay to attend the school. "I am not happy about the security here and neither are my parents.’’
The incident occurred before security guards came on duty at midnight.
Stewart said a committee is meeting at this time to discuss dorm security.
New computer lab opens in library
Lab equipped with IBM PCs
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One of the shots fired the night of Jan. 17 entered the door of Renee Do/.ier’s room directly above the doorknob.
By ALBERT XIQUES
Staff Writer
The University of Miami is opening another computer lab on campus equipped with IBM computers. The Microcomputer Based Learning Laboratory is located on the second floor of the Richter Library, to the right of the reserve desk The lab is open for use although it is not yet complete.
The lab contains mostly IBM Personal Computers and compatibles. This new lab replaces an older one at the library which used Radio Shack computers.
According to Bart Garrett, co-di-rector of the new facility, the MBLL was created because the Radio Shack computers were becoming a problem to operate. They were constantly breaking down and were outdated.
"The provost Luis Glaser visited the old lab, and decided to set up the MBLL because it seemed like easily accessible location for students and faculty,” Gar-said. "He then went about creating an endowment that would cover the cost." The estimated cost is $20,000.
The new lab now has nine Leading Edge PC compatible com-
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puters. each with 40 megabyte hard disk drives which hold information within the computer until erased Each computer will contain WordPerfect. PC Write, and ProComm The lab also has a Hewlett-Packard laser printer and a CD-ROM reader, which loada programs from compact discs.
According to Garrett, the lab is still awaiting a new IBM PS/2, another laser printer, and two Panasonic dot-matrix printers. Garrett said he hopes the MBLL il fully operational within three months.
The PS/2 will be useful to students. In conjunction with a software program purchased for it, Aldus' Pacemaker, users can create newsletters and reports on Desktop Publishing. The CD-ROM reader will allow users to access computer-based encyclopedias, dictionaries, and indexes.
Garrett said in the future the lab will acquire PC-Sig, disks containing public-domain, non-copy-writed word processors, databases, spreadsheets and games.
The MbLL is open daily from 10 a m to 5 p.m . and is staffed by lab assistants who can assist users
with any questions.
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