Miami Hurricane, November 09, 1990

              STROKE OF LUCK?
With 43 receptions and 653 yards. Wesley Carroll is UM's leading receiver. But he says he just feels lucky to be playing for ■ Miami
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ONLY A MEMORY
The Smithereens have been in relative obscurity since their Top 10 hit of 1985, but they've got a new album and they’ll be performing on campus Saturday.
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NEWSBRIEFS
Voter turnout low for 8Q «taction»
According to Student Government Elections Commission Chairperson Mark Chiappone, only 450 out <4 approximately 8,500 undergraduate students voted in the SG elections as of 2 p.m. yesterday, the final day of voting. The elections were held Wednesday and Thursday.
“Elections have been going smoothly besides the low voter turnout,” Maura Schwarts, an elections commissioner, said.
"Considering how many people go to this school, the number of people who voted is really kune,” added Commissioner Julien Recoussine.
Schwarts said the low number of students who vote is a trend that needs to be reversed. "It's really a shame that this kind of turnout is normal." she said.
During Wednesday's SG Senate meeting, Chiappone expressed his dissatisfaction with the voter turnout.
“The turnout could be attributed to candidates not campaigning as much and the fact that this election wasn’t publicised as much,” Chiappone said.
Last year. 720 students voted in the fall elections.
If there are no complaints filed, election results will be announced
Business students raise money for UM
School of Business student organizations recently participated in the Annual Telephone Campaign to raise operating funds for the school from its 20,000 alum-
On Oct. 23, 27 students got on the phones for three hours of Calling and helped raise over $10,000 in pledges for the University of Miami. The clubs competed for cash prises totalling $1,100.
The participating organizations were: Alpha Kappa Psi, American Marketing Association, Delta Sigma Pi, Graduate Business Student Association, Managerial Finance Organization, Personnel Club, Propeller Club and Strictly Business.
Football to bo raffled to benefit United Way
A raffle of a personally auto-i University of Miami donated by the 1990 Hurricane football team is being conducted by the University’s controller’s office.
Tickets will be available in the University Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. weekdays through Nov. 16. The drawing will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 19 at the UC Rock.
All proceeds will benefit United Way of Dade County. Tickets may also be obtained from the controller’s office during regular working hours.
FACE THE FACTS
The follow! no is a breakdown of the University of Miami's 1968 program service revenue:
Recycling company may discontinue service at UM
By LYNETTE MALINGER
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Along with the rebirth of tie renewed environmental awareness ism has recently swept the nation.
The University erf Miami has experienced its own upsurge with the implementation of a recycling program in the residential colleges.
However, the program’s days may be numbered.
All Florida Scrap Metals, the company that picks up the recyclables at UM, has said that it is considering withdrawing its services because of the small amount of cans and paper being collected on the campus.
■ According to Charles Cabell, president of EarthAlert, the group that organised the M says it is not > warrant the contin-
Firm says students not collecting enough paper, cans
EarthAlert, the group that o recycling effort, the company making enough money to warra
uation of its services.
“Like any other business, they are out to make money. If we don’t meet their standards, they will go elsewhere,” Cabell said.
the University is falling short of the contracted 100 pounds of recyclable cans each
“There is a certain amount of poundage the company needs to justify their expense, and the amont they are getting is very erratic," Fred Remen, assistant director of custodial service«, said.
Cabell stressed that recycling is new to the University, and that EarthAlert is still struggling to ndly implement the program.
Members of EarthAlert, the UM administration and the recycling company will be
meeting to discuss possible options for making the program a success.
Cabell said a large portion of recyclable goods are still being thrown away.
“Lack of bins in strategic places is part of the problem,*' Cabell said. “The recycling on campus is great, but it needs to
■ At this time, there are no bins in the University Center, near the Otto G. Richter Library or outside the law school.
In addition, the bins that used to sit by the vending machines in the residential colleges have been moved to other less convenient locations, including outside of the building.
“The problem is not with the students. The students want to do it. It’s the inconve-
nience," P.M. Johnson, co-chairperson of EarthAlert’s recycling committee, said.
Cabell added, “We’re not recycling enough. If recycling becomes accessible on a continuous basis, it would be a success."
Some students say apathy on the part of the students and the administration is the problem.
"People are lazy, they don’t care,” freshman art major Jessica Epstein said. “If they [the administration] were making an effort, they would have a bin on each floor.”
Freshman theater major, Matt Theiss agreed that both the students and the admin istration play a part in the lack of materials collected.
“It’s spoiled little rich boys and girls that don’t give a damn about anything and don’t think recycling is important,” Thews said.
Student challenges SG filing extension
By JOANNA STAVROPOULOS, and ALLETTA BOWERS
Of the Staff
The bill passed by the Student Government Senate Oct. 24 which extended the dates for candidacy filing for the fall elections has raised questions concerning its legality under the SG Constitution.
Dale Reed, a pre-law filed a t
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A CLOSE ENCOUNTER: A manatee surfaces In the canal behind the Merrick Building Wednesday to take a breath and gaze back at a group of students gathered on shore trying to catch a glimpse of the endangered animal.
UM students delight at glimpse of manatees feeding in canal
By AMY ELLIS
Editor In Chief
When two large West Indian manatees made their way from Biscayne Bay to a small canal behind the Merrick Building on Wednesday, at least 20 University of Miami students were present to welcome them.
“Thia is worth $1,000 of my tuition,” said Warner Hale, a junior majoring in international finance and marketing. "The only time I’ve ever seen a manatee is in captivity at EPCOT Center.”
Hale said he had been walking from class when he saw a crowd gathering near the water. The gentle, plant-eating creatures remained feeding near the shore for about 20 minutes, he said.
"They’re not at all afraid of people,” sophomore Jennifer Dekle said. "They came right up to the edge of the water.”
Dr. Linda Farmer, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and coordinator of UM’s undergraduate marine science program, said the manatees travelled through a circular waterway that begins at Biscayne Bay and ends at Lake Osce-ola. The manatees could not enter the lake, however, because the waterway is blocked at Stanford
Circle.
Farmer said manatee sightings in the Coral Gables waterways are not rare.
“They come into the waterway to take a snooze, and at night they bead for the grassbeds in the bay to feed,” she explained. Farmer said the manatees are a welcome sight because they feed on plants that would otherwise clog up the waterway.
The average adult manatee measures anywhere from eight to 15 feet and can weigh up to 1,500 pounds. Fanner said the manatee is gentle but not too bright. Manatees breathe air and are found in shallow, coastal waters.
They are also on the federal endangered species list. According to some estimates, there are between 1,200 and 1,500 manatees left in Florida.
Dr. Sue Markley is a graduate of UM’s Rosen-stiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. She is currently working with the Dade County Department of Environmental Resource Management to study Florida’s manatee population.
She said students may be treated to even more manatee sightings in the coming months.
"They’ll be around for awhile,” Markley said. “In the winter time, they come down from the northern part of the state.”
make an extension. Reed’s written complaint focuses on Section 1.2.5 of the election code, which states that even though the senate must approve the calendar, it has no power to alter it.
In a meeting of the elections commission Tuesday, a decision was made to allow the extension to stand.
"The senate has to approve the dates for the election four weeks before the election day,” Mark Chiappone, elections commission chairperson, said. "While the senate made the extension after this
REED: SG should not be a ’lap-dog’ of the administration.
deadline passed, we felt that the wording in the constitution wasn't specific as to exactly which of the dates had to be decided. We agreed the senate shouldn’t have made the decision, but we would let it stand until we could make a more permanent change after the election."
"We felt that there was enough confusion about the dates clause
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Foote travels to D.C. to discuss successes of Miami Coalition
Drug program named national model
By ROBERT MILLER
News Editor
University of Miami President Edward T. Foote II, who is also the chairman and founder of the Miami Coalition for a Drug-Free Community. has been asked by President George Bush's Drui Advisory Council to come to Washington D.C. and speak on the Coalition's progress.
He, along with six other Coalition leaders, wOl be in the nation's capital today and tomorrow, because the two-year-old program is one of three in the nation being recognized as models in the war against drags.
According to Terry Wade, spokesman for the Drug Advisory
sde said. "Basically, lely good example of a I coalition .”
Council, the success of the Miami Coalition was one of the main reasons this National Leadership Forum is being held.
"The Miami Coalition has pulled together a very broad-baaed group of private and public sector supporters,” Wade said. “Basically it’s an extremel; broadly-based <
The primary purpose of the forum is to highlight the effective ness and importance of privately funded community coalitions in combating drug problems at the local level, Wade said.
“Right now, we have 400 individuals from 150 cities coming, but only 40 of them are Miami-type coalitions. We are hoping these
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Student reaction positive to campus convenience store
By LEE BUDAI
Statt Writer
Since it opened on Tuesday, the new University of Miami convenience store has been the talk of the campus.
Julio Arellana, the manager of the store, said, “The reaction to the store has exceeded my personal expectations. The students have been extremely helpful with their suggestions, and their reactions have been terrific.”
Freshman Bill Kirsch said, ''There were plenty of snacks and supplies when I went into the store, and 1 found the prices to be very reasonable.”
Arellana said the prices are actually somewhat cheaper than a lot of convenience stores off campus.
“We have hardly any competition,” Arel-
lana said. “Our suppliers are good to us in keeping costs down, and since we are geared as a service for students, we are not out on a profit-making venture.”
“It’s about time that Pepsi was sold on campus; just because UM has a contract with the Coca-Cola company, we Pepsi drinkers shouldn't be neglected.”
Not everyone said they were happy about the change, however.
“What convenience?” asked Sherri Kom-insky, a senior. "They offer the exact same necessities in the UM Bookstore, and the cold sodas, which are the basic difference, can be purchased for 10 cents lesa from any vending machine."
“AD they need now is beer, and I’D never leave the campus,” Adam Leinfuas, a freshman, said.
LATE NIGHT SNACKS: Juniors Maureen Sullivan and Laurie Griffiths take advantage of the new on-campus convenience store during Its first day of operation Tuesday.
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