Miami Hurricane, March 05, 1991

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POWER PLAYERS
An unrelenting defense helped bring the UM women’s basketball team to a 79-54 rout over rival FIU.
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GOING GREEK
Greek Week came to a close this weekend with Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Kappa Alpha emerging victorious.
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Tax aaalatanca offarad on campus
Bets Alpha P»i and the Internal Revenue Service are sponsoring the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. If you have not filled out your tax forms yet, University of Miami accounting majors will be available to help you.
The service began Monday and will run through April 15, excluding the week of spring break. Volunteers will be available Monday
p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Government office. University Center room 240.
U.S. citizens can walk in without an appointment and are advised to bring their W-2s, 1099s and their prior year’s return and any other ihcome documentation.
This year, for the first time, help will also be available for international students who must fill out the 1040 NR, non-resident return. These students must call the accounting department at 284-5492 to receive the specially-trained volunteers.
VITA is not limited to UM students, and the volunteers will have the tax forms available. For more information call Dyne Sbar at 284-5492.
Students demand open crime reporte
Hoping to pressure University of Pittsburgh administrators into letting them see reports of crimes committed in and around the urban campus, editors of the Pitt News asked students to sign a petition.
Police had given the paper crime reports until Feb. 6, when campus lawyer Richard Holmes stopped the practice, saying it compromised ongoing investigations and threatened to invade the privacy of people mentioned in the reports.
Pitt News Editor Scott Ross said the paper will take legal action to force the university to publish full crime reports if necessary.
From Cotleae Press Service
UM hosts Special Olympics Fun Day
GOOD SPORTS: Ramon Rodriguez, above, participated in the sponoe toss at the 10th annual Special Olympics Fun Day held at
Ihr '-ir»muffll Field on Sunday afternoon. FUght: Brian Marsh, left.
helps b'MI Klanthelm to bowl.
By RITU GUPTA
Staff Writer
The 10th annua) Special Olympics Fun Day, originally scheduled for Feb. 16, was held this past Sunday. The day, as its nartte suggests, was indeed a day full of funfor the Special Olympians, University of Miami
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Fun Day is an annual event that
i mentally and/or physically rapped citizens from the community to campus for a day full of games, dancing, sports and just plain fun.
Mimi Tseng, Special Olympians coordinator for the Fun Day committee, estimated that there were about 265 Special Olympians who participated this rw. The citizens ranged hi age from elementary school children and teenagers to adults.
“This may be one of the first times they can get outside and have individual contact,” Beth Vaina, chairperson of Fun Day said.
The Special Olympians came from 12 different areas around Dade County — three educational schools and nine residential centers for the handicapped.
The Fun Day Executive
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Police officer says freshmen most vulnerable to rape
By LEE BUDAI
Staff Writer
In response to a growing problem on university campuses nationwide, Pat Haden, University of Miami crime prevention coordinator and UM Department of Public Safety officer, has recently given a series of lectures on rape prevention.
Most recently, Haden spoke to a group of 25 students at Stanford Residential College.
“It’s really time to discuss this subject,” Haden said. "People are always too closed and afraid to talk about such personal encounters, and this has to change.”
Haden addressed the issues of sexual assault and personal safety.
According to statistics, most female rape victims are high school seniors and college freshmen.
“These women have the highest chances
Five sexual assaults reported last semester
because they are the most vulnerable,” Haden said. She went on to explain that this bracket of women has a desire to be accepted and might, therefore, get themselves into situations which do not appear to be dangerous but potentially are.
"Sometimes girls aren’t clear about when they mean ’no’, Rick Marroquin, a sophomore majoring in international finance and political science, said.
Many of the women present at the discussion agreed with Marroquin, saying some women are very misleading.
"The bottom line is if a girl says ’no’ she means no, not maybe,” Haden said. “A hard penis is no excuse. Men are responsible for their actions.”
“It’s about time this concept of ‘tease’ stops. If a girl doesn’t want it, she doesn’t
have to explain further,” Haden said.
According to Public Safety records, five date rapes and sexual assaults were reported on the UM campus last semester. An increase in similar crimes was reported in previous years.
Safety on campus was also addressed during the lecture.
"Security on campus has to be increased,” a female resident of Stanford who did not wish to have her name revealed, said. "Two minutes before midnight guests do not have to sign in, and who's to say that that guest won’t be a potential rapist.”
This woman reported she had been sexually assaulted by a stranger in her room this semester.
Many of the women present at the discussion said they did not think escort services
were prompt and they felt night security, especially in the Stanford and Hecht residential college area, was inadequate.
“If escorts are not prompt, or do not arrive at all, a complaint should be made right away to the Department of Public Safety,” Haden said. "As for security, next semester 24-hour locks will be insulted [at residential colleges] to further secure the safety of students.”
“On campus it is better not to walk alone and to make sure you sUy close to and walk around well-lit areas,” Haden said. “It might seem a pain at the time, but it could prevent a potential victim from being hurt.”
“It was a little uncomfortable being one of the only two boys in the room, but I felt a lot of misconceptions were cleared up,” Marroquin said. "Plus, it was interesting to hear what girls thought us guys were like. I do wish they wouldn’t lump us into one big group though.”
SG investigates dining conditions
By SIMONE WOUNG
8taff Writer
Complaints about University of Miami Dining Service*, following the release of student survey results and a tour of the dining facilities conducted by Student Government's dining services advisory board, may have brought about some improvement*.
The dining services advisory board, which was re-created in October after having been defunct for two yean,
recently took a tour of all the dining facilities on campus to investigate cafeteria condition*. The board cannot take any specific actions, but can make recommen-
Overall, the food service areas were very dean and well maintained, according to the tour report given to SG President Irwin Ray. Problems which were identified by the board were in the Hurricane Cafeteria’s dry storage area.
The memorandum listed the following observation* made during the tour.
•	Mold on the spice racks
•	Open containers on racks
•	Rusty racks
•	Slippery floors
Results of the dining services student survey were released at the beginning of February. Approximately 350 students responded to the survey, which was distributed to on-campus students by mail and to commuter students through the Cane Commuter Organization Office.
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Arboretum preservationist runs for office

By PATRICK MASALA
Staff Writer
One of the reasons Kathy Gaubatz said she is running for a seat on the Coral Gables City Commission is to save the Gifford Arboretum at —1 the University of A Miami.	M
Gaubatz, 49, said she would also like to ensure that student opinions are heard and respected in Coral Gables
Gaubatz, a resident of Coral Gables, whose husband John is a UM law professor, has led efforts to save _	,
the arboretum from U,ub-U destruction for the past decade.
UM administrators have proposed construction of a parking lot in the current location of the arboretum.
"It’s inconceivable that a serious academic institution would even think of replacing a tree-library with cars,” Gaubatz said!
The arboretum, a collection of tropical trees, is located at the northwest tip of the Coral Gables campus, west of the McArthur Engineering Building and behind the Art Building. It has been a part of the University since 1948 when Frank Rimoldi, formerly of the biology department, planted and labeled the trees and shrubs by taxonomic family.
In 1949, the arboretum was named for the late John Gifford, the first tropical forester in the United Sûtes, who taught tropical conservation and forestry at UM for 16 year*.
In 1989, the city commission rejected UM’* Master Plan which included the
replacement of the arboretum for a parking lot. The action was taken in the wake of protests from residents, students and professors.
According to Rafael Peruyera, UM’s director of facilities planning and design, nothing has changed.
"In fact, as early as fall [1991,1 150 parking spaces wil be ready for use,” Peruyera said.
According to Peruyera, UM submitted a draft plan to the City Commission and results were expected by mid-March. Peruyera said the commission had so far issued “a serious comment with divergent instructions to UM.” He said under the draft plan moat of the arboretum would remain intact.
Gaubatz said she felt the commission
was not acknowledging the fact that Coral
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HEAVY HUMOR: UM student Christopher Robin was the winner of Saturday night’s 1991 Carts Comedy Competition held at the Rathskeller. Robin will travel to Daytona Beach. Fla, to continue In the competition.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 1991
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Faculty «valuations tobsrsteasod
The publication and distribution of faculty evaluations is slated for March 25, according to Micha Subwick, Student Government academic affairs chairperson.
The evaluations, which were completed by students last semester and rate the strengths and weaknesses of professors, were examined by the deans of each college and compiled through the UM Testing Center.
"All we [SG] get is what the schools give us. Subwick said. "Sometimes professors don’t publish, but we don’t have any control over that.”
The faculty evaluations will be distributed through the University Bookstore and may be available in the residential colieges as well.
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