Miami Hurricane, October 25, 1991

              VOLUME 69, NUMBER 14
MASTER THIS, BABY!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25,1991
INSIDE
FALL BALL
UM concluded its fall baseball season at Mark Light Stadium on Wednesday with four special guest coaches.
■ Sports —page 7
THE CITY OF THE FUTURE
A UM architecture class designed a self-sufficient model city that is environmentally correct.
■ Accent — page 5
NEWSBRIEFS
Pikes banned from Rat
In response to last week's fight at the Rathskeller between members of Sigma Chi and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities, the Pi Kappa Alpha members have temporarily been banned from the Rathskeller, according to the
managerial staff.
Francisco Crez, the assistant manager of the Rathskeller, stated that the Pi Kappa Alpha brothers are no longer allowed to come into or buy food at the pub.
Associate Dean of Students Richard Walker said that the ban is temporary. “The Pikes fraternity were temporary banned from the Rat, pending further investigation,” said Walker.
The fight, which occurred last Thursday night, began because an ex-girlfriend of a Pi Kappa Alpha member was asked to a “closed” Sigma Chi party, according to witnesses.
"Basically, we were having a closed party on Saturday and this girl was on our guest list. When one of our pledges tried to give the girl the invitation, her ex-boyfriend, a Pike, came up to the pledge and started a fight,” said John Regan, vice president of Sigma Chi.
Regan said that he and some of his brothers decided to help break the fight up as soon as it started.
A second fight occurred later in front of Stanford Residential College. Members of Pi Kappa Alpha refused to comment on the incident. Walker said that disciplinary action will be taken as soon as the administrative investigation is completed.
—	PAMELA WILFINGER
Burglar found in Stanford
A 16-year-old female student walked into her Stanford Residential College dorm room last Tuesday night to find a burglar inside, Department of Public Safety reports said.
The student left the door of her room open to go to the floor’s lounge. Upon her return, she found an unknown male inside her room. When the suspect saw the student, he fled the scene with the student’s Citibank ATM card.
A friend of the girl, who also lives in Stanford, saw the suspect walking in the lobby after the incident.
The suspect, reportedly named Bernard, has been described as being a black male, with brown hair and brown eyes. According to Public Safety, he is approximately five feet, eight inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. He is allegedly a busboy in the Stanford/Hecht Dining Hall.
—	PAMELA WILFINGER
TODAY’S FORECAST
WINDY
HIGH: 85 LOW: 75 Chance of rain 30%
Source: National Weather Service

You'll have an extra hour of sleep this Sunday morning when we leave Daylight Savings Time. Remember to set your clock back an hour at 2 a.m.
HIRAM HENRIQUEZ / Graphic Arts!
UM’s Master Plan passes first test
CHRISTOPHER CARUSLE/Photo Editor SPEAKING OUT: Mary Helen Cambell-Shaw, wearing a button that reads “I don't get med, I get even,” spoke against the University's Master Plan during Tuesday’s Coral Gables City Commission meeting. Although many Coral Gables residents, like Cambell-Shaw, were opposed to the plan it was passed by the City Commission by a vote of 4 to 1.
■ The plan is approved by the Coral Gables Commission, despite complaints by residents.
By MARY LEA HARDESTY
Associate News Editor
The Coral Gables City Commission gave preliminary approval to the University of Miami’s Master Plan. In a four to one vote, the plan passed the first of the two part approval process.
According to Coral Gables ordinances, two readings of the plan are required for final approval. The second reading could come as early as Nov. 11.
Rafael Peruyera, director of Facilities Planning and Design, told the commission that the University's needs are constant and will not change.
“I know we have a good plan. Enough people believed in it. I think it’s good for the University, as well as the community,” Peruyera said.
Residents opposed to the plan said they are still not satisfied with the proposal, despite the changes made.
John Duncan, 1301 Campo Sano Dr., taught at UM for several years and said the plan is unacceptable.
“A massive garage will be built 200 feet wide. A garage filled with two miles of automobiles. Is that compromising with residents?” Duncan said.
President Edward T. Foote II expressed his concern about the noise problem residents have complained about. He said, although youthful excess is inevitable, the young and the old can behave in a civilized way.
"We will be setting up a permanent neighborhood committee that will include officers of the University, people from student affairs and administrators, who will handle complaints of a University matter,” Foote said.
"We, as a University, should enforce rules.”
UM representatives held several meetings with concerned residents in an attempt to reach a compromise.
Robert Taboas, 1521 Matero Ave., said he only heard about one meeting that was to be held, as he pleaded for UM's plan not to be approved.
Attorney for the residents, John G. Fletcher, said the next meeting the residents will “hit them (the University and commission) harder.”
“We are starting to move this mountain. At the next meeting we will eliminate these offending uses,” Fletcher said.
Boone Carey, 1545 Mataro Ave., said residents and their attorney will take this matter to court.
“We will be going to court to get this reversed, depending on what happens at the next meeting,” Carey said. “The hearing will not be in South Florida because judges either graduated from UM, or had gotten gifts from them. And that just wouldn’t be fair. I am very dissatisfied about the outcome of the event.”
David Lieberman, senior vice president, said he was very pleased about the approval, but not surprised.
“We have a good plan and there is no reason for the city not to approve (it),” Lieber-man said.
‘ We have a good plan and there is no reason for the city not to approve it.’
David Liebarman, senior vice president
Athletic housing on the way out
By JASON MOLINET
Staff Writer
The University of Miami began to integrate student athletes into general housing this fall, in accordance with NCAA regulations.
According to President Edward T. Foote II, all athletes, except football players, have been integrated.
"The football team will be integrating with the freshman class next fall. We will begin integrating the freshmen and continue until the entire team is integrated,” Foote said.
Earlier this year, the NCAA approved a proposal calling for the elimination of athletic dormitories by 1996.
Before the NCAA rule was announced, UM had agreed to a similar proposal in October.
“The subject had been under consideration for some time. 1 consulted with many people and thought about it,” Foote said. “1 decided it was time to eliminate that distinction between student athletes and other students. 1 don’t think athletic dorms are justified, and I don’t think it’s a good idea. It deprives student athletes the opportunity to learn from other students.”
“An awful lot of the University experience is the richness of learning from each other,” Foote added, “and when students are segregated, it’s much more difficult to do that. Therefore, the education is not as full as it might otherwise be.”
Not all coaches and athletes agree mainstreaming should be done.
"I’ve never been in favor of that,” Head Football Coach Dennis Erickson said of the phasing out of the athletic dorms.
"1 think it (living in athletic dorms) helps, because you're always around the guys. You play with them, and I think it brings you closer together as a team,” junior quarterback Gino Torretta said.
“If you’re going to meetings, or the other guys see the workouts that you’re doing, it rubs off on the younger guys. They realize what they need to do to become a good player,” Torretta said.
Ron Fraser, head baseball coach, said he believes mainstreaming may be best for students in the future.
”1 would’ve liked to stay in athletic dorms, to stay together in apartments for baseball, but you know, if it can’t be ...” Fraser said. “We play at night, and they (baseball players) lead a different schedule than a normal student. They probably are making the right decision, and it’ll work out well for the student. That’s the most important thing.”
DEATH AT THE ROCK
J.C. RIDLEY/Slatt Photographer
LISTEN: Members of the National Organization of Women (NOW) gathered at the University Center Rock to raise social consciousness about women's health issues Wednesday afternoon. From left to right: Simone Woung, Kathie Driskell, Karen Kruesser, Jayme Mackaill and Leslie Miller participate in the event. For more information, see Accent — page 5
SG NEWS
COUP: Members of the Student Liberation Organization (SLO) held the weekly Student Government Cabinet meeting hostage Wednesday with water pistols as they presented their list of demands. For more information, see News — page 2.
SG Senate passes SAFAC referenda
By MATTGUY
Staff Writer
The Student Government Senate voted Wednesday on six different referendums to be placed on the 1991 fall ballot.
The Student Activity Fee was the major topic of debate. Referendums on the activity fee were voted cn — ranging from an increase in the fee, to allowing the student body to make the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee (SAFAC) a part of SG.
■ The senate passed the referendum allowing
Please see page 2/SG
Unpaid bills get students purged
■ Although the University instructs professors to bar purged students from attending classes, most say they don’t bother.
By DARLENE POMALES
Staff Writer
What happens to students when they don’t pay their registration bill? Chances are students will be sent warning letters and are then eventually purged from class rosters.
When a student is purged, his professors are notified and told by the Office of Enrollment Services that the student should not be allowed in class and should not take any exams, according to Scott Ingold, assistant dean of Enrollment Services.
Although many professors usually follow this procedure, it is not a written University policy. Professors are encouraged to stop the student from attending class, Ingold said. The professor is not forced to expel them and the student is not forced to stay out of class.
Ingold, who prefers to use the term “canceled”, said, although the situation can be difficult, students should still get their financial status fixed as soon as possible to avoid being purged.
“Why do students take so long to resolve the situation? I understand it’s a dilemma, but students get
messages two or three time in advance,” Ingold said.
Ingold said it takes one day to get reinstated after a canceled student settles his debt.
Students such as Dania Garcia, sophomore, disagree. She had her classes canceled and said the problem is not so easily solved.
“It’s really annoying, because once you do pay, it takes a while to get registered again. You have to wait in the Office of Student Accounts forever. Not to mention that your professor now knows your business," Garcia said.
Other students complain about the fact they’ve lost a lot of valuable class time and it's hard to catch up.
There are some professors who simply ignore the whole process and allow students to continue going to class. Many professors say it’s a waste of time, because purged students usually do get their registration reinstated, but by then they’ve missed many assignments and perhaps even a midterm exam.
Many students did not receive deficiency reports this past week because they were no longer on the class rosters.
Top administrators in the School of Business Administration and the College of Arts and Sciences did not want to be quoted on their views, but they agreed canceling students is something the University has to do in these situations because students have more than enough time to pay their bills.