Miami Hurricane, September 30, 1988

              Mac Attack
The UM community catches computer fever this week at the Whitten University Center.
News — page 3
Remote Control
25 University of Miami students were selected to appear on the popular MTV game show.
Accent — page 5
Callin' it quits
The University of Miami baseball team's starting center fielder, John Viera, has quit baseball.
Sports — page 6
Volume 66, Number 9
University of Miami
Friday, Sept. 30,1988
UM to build student apartments

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Administrators target fall ’90 for completion
By PAT McCREERY
Mltor in chief	IH'.ss affairs
The University of Miami wants to block off several of the streets which connect San Amaro Drive to Red Road and build a student apartment complex there within two years.
Plans are vague, mainly because the University lias not yet received construction approval from Coral Gables or funding for the first phase of building, administrators said
However. UM President Edward T. Foote II said the University's housing shortage makes the apartments necessary. "We are terribly crowded now in our colleges and apartments." he said.
Indeed, at the beginning of tile semester the University had to house over .'¡00 students in temporary lodging at the Hilt more Motel in Coral Gables and at the Holiday Inn across from campus on U.S. 1.
Approximately 180 students still have not moved onto campus. Eurthermore, UM plans to increase its undergraduate enrollment by about 400 students over the next few years, Eoote said.
The University has set an August, UlttO completion dale for
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yet formally approved a construction plan, said Don Anguish, associate vice president for busi-
Anguish said construction could last from nine months to a year. Before the University begins construction, however, sow -age facilities need to he extended to the area
Plans now call for an apartment complex of two- and three-bedroom apartments. Anguish said The building's first phase should accommodate about too students, and further construction could house up to another (00 students
The University is already building parking lots in the area Eor now, the lots will he open to anyone with a UM parking permit. Later, the lots will serve tin apartments, said Dr William I tut -ler, vice president for student affairs.
UM wants to turn lour streets — Scodella. l.iguria. Albenga and Corniche avenues — into cul-de-sacs, Anguish said The streets now connect San Amaro Drive to Red Road
Drivers would still be able to turn onto the streets from San Amaro Drive but would be forced to turn around before they reached Red Road.
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SG senate endorses Bush
By AMY III1S
As pari of Political Awareness Week, the Student Government Senate held a debate on the presidential candidates and voted it-7 to endorse Vice Pre- ulent (ieorge Bush for president. Live senators abstained from voting I he debate was held Wednesday in tin-first floor lobby of the Whitten University Center
Representatives from both campaigns were present to discuss the candidates and answer questions from tin Senate and the student body
John Schmitz from Ihe George Hush for President campaign organization discussed Bush's belli I in a strong delcnse, support for freedom fighters and no taxes. Schmitzalsocrilu i/ed Massachusetts' Governor Michael Dukakis on his defense and spending policies.
"lie must he seen as w hat In i a taxing and spending liberal." Schmitz said
(iregg Rothschild from the Du-kakis-Bentsen campaign argued for Dukakis' environmental policies. strong drug-education programs and successful management of the Massachusetts state budget.
"Dukakis has a record of accomplishment on the issues," Rothschild said. "A poll of the nation's governors rated Dukakis the most effective governor in the United Stales."
Some senators did not feel il was appropriate for the senate to endorse a presidential candidate. Before the vote was taken. Pan-hellenic Senator Jana Seda expressed her opposition to the endorsement.
"I don't believe Student Government as a whole should endorse either candidate because we are not representative of either the student body nr Student (iovernment."
SG President Freddie Stebbins spoke in favor of the debate. "It’s a nonbinding resolution. We are not voting on behalf of the entire
student body here. I lie goal is to increase political awareness, and that is the key factor here."
After the issue was debated, tlie senate voted to go ahead with endorsing a candidate. Two students were allowed to speak for each candidate, and then a roll call vote was taken
Steve l-ox, fraternity row senator and a resident of Massachusetts, spoke in favor of Dukakis. "The fact of the matter is that ev eryone in Massachusetts loves him for what he has done in Massachusetts. The jobs are there, the money is there." he said.
Paul McDonnough, a senior and former president of the College Republicans, said."If you want to continue another four years of economic prosperity, throw your support to Bush. If you want another recession, throw your support to Dukakis."
In addition to the endorsement, Student Government is sponsoring a mock-election today from !l a.m. to 2 p.nt. in the UC breeze-way
Family ties
Parents to visit students, campus
By ROBERTS. MARSHALL
Stuff Writer
Tomorrow is Parents' Day at the University of Miami, and administrators estimate that almost 1.0111) people will attend. This is a dramatic increase in participation compared to previous years, said David Brown, director of student activities.
"Parents will be coming from generally all over the country," Brown said. "California, Missouri, Florida, New York, Puerto Rico; they'll also he coming from South America: Brazil, for example."
Parents' Day is designed to give parents of CM students an opportunity to visit the campus and meet with the faculty and administration in a social setting. This year, parents will also be invited to attend the Mianii-Missouri football game.
Brown began running the program last year and said he considers the program to be quite successful
"It is a building program,” Brown said. "Last year we were pretty much completely blind |as
to what to expect |." This year. Brown estimates between D5t) and !l7.r> people will attend. "\Y> can see it continuing to grow for the next two to three years. We're not sure exactly how much it will increase, though, hut our estimates so far on the previous times tend to he right on."
"Before last year we had little more than 100 or so parents attend Parents' 1 lay I ast year was sort of the resurrection of the program.” Brown said
Brown said a good point of the program this year is that it “luckily coincides with the stuff going on at the School of Music." referring to Festival Miami being held this weekend. Jazz hands and vocal ensembles will play on Friday and Saturday nights, Brown said
"I think it's a good project," Brown said of Parents' Day. "All the time I get calls front par cuts wondering about what is going on and it gives me the perfect chance to ask, 'Hey! Did you know about this?,’ and tell them about it. ! like it because it's a neat way for me to meet some interesting people I’m pleased to be a part of it."
Speakers highlight Political Awareness Week
Goodman
By AMY III IS
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The belief that "being a homemaker in Washington DC is somewhat less socially acceptable than being a transsi xual" is an attitude that seems to ty pify the changing roles of women in our society, according to /lie Huston G/o/ie political columnist Ellen Goodman Goodman kic ked off Political Awareness Week Monday night at the University of Miami School of I aw Auditorium,
According to Goodman, the women’s movement has affected society at the personal, professional and politic al levels Goodman, who described her self as an "observer of change," said ihe women's movement has been the major social change of her lifetime and one that has created conflict and confusion for men as well as women, According to Goodman, tile image of the ideal woman has progressed over the Iasi three decades, resulting in increased
expectations of women, "it's remarkable how much the attitude s toward working mothers have changed over the 20 years I'v e been one," she said.
The idea of an always nurturing, available "supermom,” was carried around in the heads of women during the fid's. In the 70 s, the image of "superwoman" was formed — a creatore who seemed to effortlessly jug-¡•leu	GOODMAN
Hoffman
By AMY ELLIS
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Political activist Abbie Huffman was as critical, satirical and radically outspoken as ever as he addressed a large group of students and faculty at noon Tuesday on the Whitten University Center Rock and later that evening in the Mahoney/Pear-son Residential College classrooms.
Despite the fact that most of the students present were too young to remember Hoffman’s anti-war protests and civil rights demonstrations, the till's revolutionary still managed to rouse the audience to cheers and laughter as he addressed everything from the Republican National Convention to the current state of student activism in Americu.
Although he poked fun at almost every social and political institution along the way. his primary message to students was that the future is "up for grabs" and that students are not
just "chunks of meat going through the process."
"It's not the worst of times." he said. "It’s the time to act, to have opinions and to battle the powers that be.”
Hoffman made several references lo the battles won by students in the 60's, but did not downplay the achievements of student activists today. He up-
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Muller
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Robert Muller, founder and former president of the Vietnam Veterans of America, expressed concern that the United States has failed to learn from the "tragedies of our experiences In Vietnam," before a group of students Wednesday night at Eaton Residential College.
According to Muller, the same motivating factors that led the United States Into the Vietnam conflict almost 20 years ago still exist today
“With the covert operations,
the lies and the illegalities of tIn past few years, you have to ask yourself, 'What have- we learned?' " he said. "What we re doing now in Central America Is a stunning replay of Vietnam."
Muller, an infantry officer in the US. Marines, fought for eight months before being paralyzed by a bullet to his chest.
Muller blamed our involve -ment in Vietnam on the "hysterical anti-Conimunist fervor that
defined our foreign policy" and the incredible, un-ehecked military power the1 President of tIn-United Stato has tome to ac quire
"Imagine anyone in this room having the (lower to annihilate mankind. And then consider the thought that a man who co-starred with Bonzo in "Bedtime for Bonzo" has that power," hi said.
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