Miami Hurricane, November 20, 1990

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VOLUME 68, NUMBER 24
NEWSBRIEFS
Golden Key honor* 250 new Initiate*
The University of Miami Golden Key National Honor Society inducted over 250 members in a ceremony held Thursday evening in the University Center Inter-national Lounge.
The students represent approximately the top 15 percent of the junior and senior class and have
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obtained at least a 3.4 GPA for 60 or more credits taken at UM.
Five honorary members were chosen from nominations by the members and officers of Golden Key and were recognised Thursday for contributions on the local, national or international level.
Honorary members included: Sue Ann Cobb, a law firm partner and the oldest woman to attempt to climb Mount Everest; Harold Hay, director of the Laboratory of Architectural Science and Environmental Research, who was recognised at the local, national and international levels because of his invention of water purifica-
involvement in the Washington
education project and his work to improve literacy; Dr. Hollis Price, a widely-published UM economics graduate, who was honored for nis literacy project aiding black youth in the community; Dr. Stephen Zimmerman, an associate chairman of sociology and a medical sociologist, who was nominated for his efforts in the research of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and adolescent child abuse.
Two Peat Marwick Corporation scholarships were also awarded to junior Michael Yen and senior Milly Richards at the ceremony. These scholarships were based on member profiles.
"It’s a privilege and an honor to be recognized for all of your hard work,” Jodi Clark, a Golden Key initiate, said.
— RICHARD CHUANG
Midnight brMkfast ••rvNd up soon
The traditional Midnight Breakfast before final exams will be held at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Hecht/Stan-ford and Pear-son/Mahoney residential colleges' cafeterias.
Breakfast will be served by University faculty and administrators.
All board plan students
____	are invited to
attend. Cane Cards will be required for admission, but the breakfast will not count for a meal during the week.
FACE THE EACTS
The following is the distribution _ of University of I itudents for the fall 1990
MIDNIGHT
BREAKFAST
THE MIAMI
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES. FLA.
Freshman killed crossing U.S. 1
TUESDAY, N0VEMBER20.1990
By ROBERT MILLER
NewsEdNor
Late Friday night, University of Miami freshman Eric Adams was struck and killed by an oncoming car while he and his roommate were attempting to cross U.S. Highway 1.
At 11:11 p.m., Adams, 18, and hia roommate, freshman Larry Posivak, began crossing U.S. 1 from the University towards the Burger King across the road.
Coral Gables police records state that, according to Posivak, the two had the right of way when they started across, but once they reached the median, the traffic crossing in front of them on U.S. 1 got the green light again.
Adams’ friend then crossed the Adams remaining two lanes — narrowly avoiding being hit by a car in the far right lane.
"As he [Posivak] reached the side of the street, he turned around and saw that Mr. Adams had been struck,” a release from Coral Gables police said.
The car that hit Adams was driven by 16-year-old Neal Renuart of Miami. The accident occurred in the left through-lane.
Detective Terry Drinkut of Coral Gables Traffic Homicide said that, "basically, it was the pedestrian’s
[Adams’] fault.” Drinkut said that, aa far as she could tell, he either misjudged the speed the of the oncoming car, or was distracted by Posivak's near miss in the right lane.
According to Drinkut, alcohol was not a factor in the accident. “I have no indication of any alcohol, whatsoever,” Drinkut said.
Adams was treated on the scene by Coral Gables Rescue, and was then airlifted by Metro Dade Air Rescue to Jackson Memorial Hospital. He died there at 11:56 p.m.
Adams was a business management major from Downer’s Grove, 111. He lived on the sixth floor of Pent-land Tower in Hecht Residential College.
"The whole floor is coping in its own way,” Charles Walters, a freshman who lived on the same floor aa Adams, said. “We got together and talked about him. At first there were a lot of tears. But then we got to remembering and talking about all of the things he had done, the things we had done with him.”
Adams was described by his neighbors on the floor aa “quiet and intelligent.”
"He was Drobably the nicest guy on the floor,” Walters said. He was a real down-to-earth kind of guy. He
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Hoffman said, “It makes me won- "I miss him a lot," Stefan Tulich,
man, a freshman, said. “This is hard to comprehend cause I ve never really had a friend that dose die before. One minute you see him and then you leave. And now you’ll never see him again.”
der what it’s all for. You can work all your life to succeed and then something like this can happen out of the blue to take it all away from you. It's not fair.”
A memorial service for Adams was held Monday afternoon at the University’s Episcopal Church on Stanford thrive.
a freshman neighbor of Adams said. “When someone is always around and you can just walk into their room and say ‘hi.’ I never realized how much he meant to me until after he was gone. 1 really miss him a lot."
Staff writer Erick Johnson contributed to this report.
JONATHAN STRAIT/Staff Photographer
INGOMA VICTORY DANCE: Dancers from the African Student Union perform during Africa Day on the University Center Plaza Friday. Raymond Molatote, left, Noe Mompolnt, John Daniels, Kwame Addo and Anderson Matlho are seen here doing a traditional African dance. _ ______________________________
UM student decides not to sue ABT
By CATHY O’TOOLE
Staff Writer
University of Miami student Scott Swanson decided not to file a civil suit against the Division of Alcohol, Beverage and Tobacco after his court appearance last week.
An ABT officer arrested the 21-year-old senior for underage drinking at the Orange Bowl on Sept. 29. Swanson said he was held for 10 hours and was not allowed to make a phone call.
Swanson appeared in court on Nov. 8 without a lawyer.
“I pleaded not guilty, so they checked my ID. They kind of didn’t know what to do,” Swanson said. “The judge took it [the arrest] off my record. They laughed at the whole thing/’
Swanson said he considered the lawsuit because of the way the ABT handled the case.
“The shadow of a doubt was there that I was innocent — they should have let me make a phone call. If I can produce an ID, then they should let me bring one,” Swanson said.
Swanson cited legal fees as the reason he decided against proceeding with the
civil suit.
Swanson claims his arrest resulted in an internal investigation of the ABT arresting officer.
“An internal inspector from Tallahassee came down to review the case because fellow officers were dissatisfied with [the arresting officer’s] attitude,” Swanson said.
Lt. Beverly Jenkins of the ABT would not comment on an internal investigation.
"Until the case ia resolved, it is not public record,” Jenkins aaid.
The Office of the Dean of Students also heard Swanson’s case.
SG Senate seeks publication of all
Instructors at the University of Miami will be required to release their faculty evaluations for publication, if a new Student Government bill is passed by the Faculty Senate and approved by Dr. William Butler, vice president of Student Affairs.
The bill, co-authored by SG President Irwin Ray and Speaker of the Senate Peter Christiaans, was passed by SG on Oct. 31. It is now in the hands of Butler, who will pass it on to both Provost Luis Glaser and the Fac-idty Senate. Once a decision is made, Christiaans said the bill will then go back to Butler for final approval or veto.	.......
“The bill comes to me and must be deliberated on by the academic sector,” Butler ssid. “My role is to transmit it to the proper area.”
As for his opinion on how the bill should be handled by the Faculty Senate, Butler stated that, "It should be carefully reviewed and acted upon in a timely basis."
Butler also said the bill should be passed on to the Faculty Senate and Glaser in the next few days. Technically, he has 10 days to send the bill out.
The idea behind the bill came from the authors belief that instructors should give students access to the results of faculty evaluations.
“The Faculty Senate decided in the past to have evaluations administered,“ Christiaans said. “But they didn't make it mandatory to release them. We want to clear that up, making the whole issue of releasing evaluations less of a gray area.”
While some professors said they do not feel that it is just to require the release of evaluations, many said they personally feel that releasing results is fine with them.
“I always thought it was mandatory,” Professor Tsitsi Wakhisi said of the release of evaluations. "There should be nothing to hide, and I think professors should want their evaluations to be published.”
Wakhisi also said that certain things should be taken into account when considering the accuracy of evaluations.
"Some students may give a low evaluation because of low grades, but not everyone acts that way,” she said. “If you’re good, it should work out for the best.”
Environmentalist to address students
Aside from being an author, Douglas also worked aa journalist at her father’s newpaper, The Miami Her-ild, which he founded. Douglas served as assistant edi-
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By LYNETTE MALINGER
Contributing Editor
A famous fighter for the protection of the Ever-s and author of several books, Marjory Stoneman las will be speaking at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 in the Pearson Residential College classrooms, with a reception to follow the discussion.
Along with Douglas, Nancy Brown, president of Friends of the Everglades, and Bonnie Bams, from Friends of the Oleta River will be speaking. The panel of speakers is sponsored by PRC.	.
Douglas is considered to be in the vanguard of Florida's environmental protection and education and has been honored by the Audubon Society, the Sierra Club and the State of Florida.
Though she is over 100 years old, Douglas continues her fight to keep the Everglade«, and the environment itself, safe from destruction. She resides in Coconut Grove, as she has since 1926.
Friends of th* University of Miami Library and Friends of the Everglades were both founded by Douglas.
Her most famous book, The Everglades■ River of Grass, published in 1947, still sells thousands of copies each year. She ia credited with educating the work) on life and workings of the Everglades.
aid, which he toundea. Douglas served l------
tor and columnist. Her column The Gaily, often brought about change in the early fight for human and environmental rights.
Douglas wrote in her column about beatings and deaths in a Florida labor camp. Her interest led to the forming of laws for the better treatment of prisoners.
Joining the fight to establish the Everglades National Park, Douglas, as a member of the tint committee, was instrumental in getting the boundaries of the park extended.
Douglas also spoke before the Indian Claims Commission yt> help Florida Indian tribes receive retribution from the government for stealing the land which she believes was rightfully theirs.
Douglas said she feels she began to truly battle for the environment at 79 years of age. She was busy writing books in her '70s.
She spent her '90s "flying around the country, issuing press releases, lobbying in Tallahassee, campaigning against developers and hunters, speaking for the panthers and the birds, the mangroves and the wetlands, the Kissimmee River and the Everglades," John
THANKSGIVING CLOSINGS
[•Residence halls — open throughout the holiday.
•	Mahoney/Peareon and Hecht/Stanford dining halls 6:30 p.m. Wednesday through 7 a.m. Monday.
•	Hurricane cafeteria—closed 2 p.m. Tuesday through 11 a.m. Monday.
•	Ibis cafeteria — closed 2 p.m. Wednesday through 7:30 a.m. Monday.
•	Rathskeller — closed 12 a.m. Wednesday through 11 a.m. Monday.
•	University Center — swimming pool will be open for normal operating hours; the recreatlon/game area will be open 11 a.m. through 12 a m ; remaining services and areas will be closed throughout the holiday.
•	Computer labs — School of Business, closed Thursday through Sunday; Unger, closed Thursday through 6 p.m. Sunday; Stanford closed Thursday through 6:15 p.m. Sunday; Hecht, closed Thursday through 6:30 p.m. Sunday; Eaton, dosed Thursday through 6:46 p.m. Sunday; and Pearson/Mahoney, dosed Thursday through 7 p.m. Sunday.
•	Otto G. Richter Library — dosed Thursday and Friday, open normal operating hours Saturday and Sunday
•	Ashe Administration Building — offices and services will be closed Thursday through 8 a.m. Monday.
•	Metrorall — will be operating under regular hours.
•	Campus Sports and Recreation—closed Thursday; open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; open 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday