Miami Hurricane, September 07, 1990

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UM's Band of the Hour practices long and hard to liven up the fans at Hurricane football games.
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MIAMI AT BYU
The Hurricanes (0-0) play their season opener tomorrow at Brigham Young (1-0). eSPORTS-page 11
TODAY’S FORECAST
HIGH: 89 LOW: 78 Partly Cloudy
INSIDE
NEWS: Little sister programs banned on UM campus. Page 4 OPINION: Students react to decision on little sisters Page 7
VOLUME 68. NUMBER 3
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. CORAL GABLES. FLA.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1990
NEWSBRIEFS
Registration for CLAST ends today
Today is the last day under-
Saduates may register for the >llege Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). All those receiving Florida financial aid must take the CLAST by the time they complete 60 credit hours, in order to remain eligible for state aid. Transfer students who completed 60 credits prior to their arrival at UM must take the CLAST during their first semester here.
Those who would like more information about the test, or the practice test to be given the week of Sept. 10, may call 284-2450 or go to room 341 in the Ungar Building.
United Way lunch held
To kick off the University of Miami’s campaign to raise $350,000 to benefit the United Way, a luncheon will be held at noon Thursday in the Flamingo Ballroom of the University Center. All members of the UM community are invited to attend. A "wellness” lunch will be served, and a door prixe will be awarded.
Latin fraternity
The National Latin Fraternity held a press conference at the University of Miami to announce the winner of the "Simon Bolivar Award.” The award, which recognizes a member of the fraternity who has done extensive work for the organization, went to Florida International University graduate student Nelson Mendoza.
The committe selected Mendoza because of his continuous dedication to hard work and human relations. Gus Garcia, ex-president of the fraternity said that Mendoza "exemplifies the spirit of Simon Bolivar." Bolivar was the liberator of 8 Latin American countries. He was also responsible for freeing the slaves of Latin America in 1840.
BU students subvert race
Ninety-two current and former Boston University students and faculty members released a defamatory "Factbook on John Silber” hoping to derail the Democratic gubernatorial campaign of Silber, who serverd as BU’s president for 19 years.
The book featured lists of instances in which Silber drove away professors who disagreed with him and publicly berated students. The book’s authors say it is a compilation of "his greed, his cruel treatment of people, his contempt for democracy."
In a statement, Silber said, “It is no surprise that dissenters are still pining about the situation, but they do not speak for the faculty, and nobody should be confused about it.”
From College Press Service reports
FACE THE FACTS
The University of Miami's Top 5 i of all tl
Demolition
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Housing succumbs to parking
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By R. DEBORAH MATHASON
Assistant News Editor
Housing for married students at the University of Miami will soon become more difficult to obtain since the Department of Residence Halls has announced plans to demolish four of the six existing on-campus apartment buildings. In their place, a parking lot or garage will be built to help control tne overflow of traffic on the Coral Gabies campus.
As a result of this decision, on May 15, 1991, all existing leases will expire, and 58 families will be left searching for a new place to live.
Housing in the two remaining buildings will be awarded to 29 families based on seniority and contract number; those who are not
For morion the lives of married students on campus, please see Accent, page 9.
offered leases on campus will have to search for alternatives.
“The city of Coral Gables has requested that we build an additional parking Ipt on campus to increase both safety and convenience. There is just too much of a traffic overflow for the campus to effectively handle under present conditions,” said Dr. Robert Redick, director of the Department of Residence Halls.
Notification of the demolition was sent to residents of buildings 13 through 16 in a letter dated Aug. 15, 1990, and Redick said he feels that students have been given plenty of notice. In light of the deci-
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DAVE BERGMAN/Photo Editor
Going for tho gold: Veronica Ribot-Canales, a 28-year-old member of the Argentinian Olympic diving team, has trained at the UM pool since 1980. She Is currently practicing for the world championship to be held in Australia In January.
Black organizations discuss unity
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Joy McKenzie, president of the University of Miami African Student Union, calls unity among black groups a “strati tern,” and in an myth of disunity between black organizers and black students, she met with the presidents of black groups on campus to discuss the issues.
The presidents of United Black Students, the Organization of Jamaican Unity and the UM branch

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of the National Society of Black Engineers were all present at the meeting which was held Aug. 31.
“There is a lack of communication among various groups,” said Winston Warrior, president of UBS. Warrior emphasized that the organizations should, if anything, aim at rebuilding the self pride of the black race.
Although no formal plan of action was agreed upon, the groups cited a number of projects that could be worked on together.
Dwight Gayle, president of OJU, said in reference to the forthcoming Africa Day that these groups could put together a play depicting black history.
“This could be one way of unifying the organizations, thereby insuring closer interaction among students,” said Gayle.
On his part, Zuri Stanback, president of NSBE, plans to address black youths at local junior high schools during Black Awareness Week. “The aim of the project is to
bring to the attention of the youths the contributions made by blacks to science and technology,” said Stanback.
Although his organization is specifically for those in the technical fields, he wants to be a part of the overall effort.
In response to the question of whether black students are isolating themselves from the rest of the student body, McKenzie said, “We all have something to offer each
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tion, nor to isolate ourselves."
She explained that the idea was not to merge into one big black student organization, but to open more areas of communication and closer interaction in order to achieve the truths and basic values of the African ancestry. These, she said, include self discovery, pride in one’s race and cultural heritage.
"We just want to prove that although we belong to distinct organizations, there are no bitter feelings or differences among us as black students,” said McKenzie.
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ARE WE SAFE?
Could Gainesville tragedy happen in Miami?
By ROBERT S. MARSHALL
Insight Editor
In the silence of the night, a student walks alone from the Otto G. Richter Library back to his residential college. Although he towers well over six feet three inches tall, he looks about nervously as he sees shadows of things that may or may not be hiding in the bushes.
For the most part, University of Miami students say the campus is rather safe and that they feel secure here. With the cam-
pus bordering a major metropolitan area, however, students have legitimate reasons to be concerned over safety.
Most students say they walk at least in pairs, if not in larger groups, at night. Some students say that because of the Gainesville tragedies, they are more cau-
tious and more careful than they were last year. They admit that violent crimes could happen here.,
“A lot of college students have a mind set of, ‘I’m invincible; it’s not going to happen to me.’ That disturbs me because it’s been shown that kids could die,” said Commuter Services Coordinator K.C. White. “We have to be careful, but there’s no need to go to the extremes of having
armed guards on duty 24 hours a day. Some schools do that. That’s not the atmosphere anyone wants here.”
Natasha White, a sophomore majoring in vocal performance, said that on campus, at least, she feels safe.
“I usually walk with someone, but if you can’t, you can at least call for an escort. I’ve done that once or twice,” she Plea* see page 4 / SECURITY
Student residences secure?
DAVE BERGMAN/Photo Editor STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT: Many students express concern over poor lighting In remote areas of campus.
By JENNIFER GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
The murders of five Gainesville college students have resulted not only in tightened security on the University of Florida campus, but at the University of Miami as well.
More specifically, growing concern has been directed at the safety of the UM residence halls and the reliability of the student security assistants.
"I have come in lots of times, and they are usually not alert. Sometimes they are listening to their headphones and anyone can slip by them,” said Joelle Cooper-man, a senior advertising and psychology major. "I have sometimes run my own Cane Card through the machine.”
Joseph Frechette, director of the Department of Public Safety, said he believes the student security assistants are effective and reliable. He also said steps are being taken to improve safety on the UM campus.
“The escort service hours have been extended to 3 a.m., and flyers have been distributed to students to increase safety awareness. In addition, the shuttle buses will extend their hours until 9 p.m.,” Frechette said.
Frechette added, however, that
the hours of the escort service will depend on the availability of the student security police officers.
Although there are indications that security is being improved, some students say it just isn’t enough.
Cooperman, a resident of Pearson Residential College, said the escort service should be available 24 hours, and that the SAs should either be supervised more closely or the University should hire actual professionals to do the job.
“I feel relatively safe, but probably so did the students in Gainesville,” said Cooperman. “I think this University has more crime than they (administrators] admit, and it just isn’t reported. If there is not enough security on campus, no one can really be safe.”
One security officer who asked not to be identified said be knew of one SA who had fallen asleep on the job, but said that the student had been fired immediately.
“A lot of people say we aren’t good, but we're getting better and better,” he added. “It is getting a lot harder to slip into any buddings when we are on duty.”
Student security assistants are on duty in every residential college from midnight to 8 a.m. The SAs are supervised by professional police officer».
‘I feel relatively safe, but probably so did the students in Gainesville.’
Jostle Cooperman, senior
According to Dr. Robert Redick, director of the Department of Residence Halls, consideration is being given to a new security system that would require students to run their Cane Cards through magnetic readers to unlock the doors to the residential colleges.
Redick said such a system could cost as much as $100,000 to implement.
Right now, we re how it works at other our size. We plan to have a proposal by the end of this month,” Redick said. The new system could be installed aa early aa this spring, Redkk added.
“We may do a pilot program at Eaton [Residential College] first to work out the details. Redick said. "What if the electricity goes out, what if a student loses his Cane Card on a Friday night, how would we handle guests. This ID has to be worked out first.” Redick said the readers would probably be an addition to, rather than a replacement for the SAs.
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