Miami Hurricane, February 19, 1991

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HEATING UP
Unless alternative sources
of energy are found, the
effects of global warming
already being felt will only
get worse.
• ACCENT — page 5
ON THE HOME COURT
The women's tennis team completed a successful
home stand this weekend, beating Wake Forest (5-0)
and 20th-ranked University of Utah.
• SPORTS —page 6
TODAY'S
FORECAST
HIGH: 82
LOW: 71
Partly Cloudy
INSIDE
NEWS: A UM junior studying in
England discusses her experiences since the Gulf War began.
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THE MIAMI
URRICANE
VOLUME 68. NUMBER 34
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. CORAL GABLES, FLA.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19.1991
NEWSBRIEFS
Raij
SG bill guarantees
away football tickets
A Student Government bill to
guarantee students a fixed percentage of tickets to away football
games has
been approved
by Dr. William
Butler, vice
president for
student
affairs.
The bill
requires that
10 percent of
the tickets
allotted to the
athletic
department
^^^^^^^^^ for away football games w,|| ^ get aside for
sale to the student body.
"I'm glad to see that the athletic department is willing to work
with us. What happened in the fall
semester was frustrating and disappointing," SG President Irwin
Kriij said, referring to the fact that
while the University was allotted
5,000 tickets to the UM-Notre
Dame football game in South
Bend, Ind., students received
only 200 tickets.
"If this bill had been in effect
then, the students would have
been guaranteed 500 tickets,"
Raij said.
The bill specifies that ticket
sales will be publicized two weeks
will no longer be distributed by
lottery.
Iranian hostage
to speak on war
Col. Charles Scott, a former
Iranian hostage, will be on campus tomorrow to give his perspective on the war in the Gulf. Scott
was held in captivity for 444 days
in 1979-1980. He was subject to
acute torture and will relate his
experience to the current actions
in Kuwait and Iraq.
After Scott was released, he
returned to the region to report
for the Atlanta Constitution on
the Iran-Iraq war.
Scott will speak at 7 p.m.
tomorrow in the UC lower
lounge.
Group seeks funds
to fight hunger
The Florida Food Recovery
Project has declared March 24 to
be "FAITH Sunday" in Dade
County. FAITH is an acronym for
"feeding and impacting the hungry." The massive one-day
phone-a-thon will use 300 telephones to call on Floridians to
help eliminate hunger in the community. The goal is $650,000.
The project is dedicated to
recovering and distributing the
almost $30 million of edible food
that is thrown away yearly.
To volunteer for FAITH Sunday, call the Florida Food Recovery Project at 895-0253. To
make a tax deductible donation,
mail a check to the Florida Food
Recovery Project, 7501 E. Treasure Drive, North Bay Village,
Fla., 33141.
FACE THE FACTS
The following is the number
of faculty for the School of
Architecture-Fall 1990:
SOURCE: UM PubHc Afl-lra.
NIGHT OF STARS: Keysha Edwards, above, is crowned Miss Black BJ 0M
UM Thursday night. Right, Miss Black UM contestant Sonya Rahming W jt **
awaits the announcement of the pageant winners. _^^^^^^^^
UM junior crowned
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UM -apartment
construction
delayed by city
By JOHN PAUL URRUTIA
Statt Writer
Not one shovel of dirt has been turned to begin construction of the proposed student apartment buildings,
to be located between Hurricane Drive and Red Road,
according to Dr. Robert Redick, director of the University of Miami Department of Residence Halls.
The new apartment buildings could be finished
within three years once they have been approved by
the Coral Gables Building and Zoning Department,
Redick said.
But construction of the new apartments won't start
until the City of Coral Gables approves the University's revised Master Plan, which is expected to occur
early this summer, Rafael Peruyera, director of UM
Facilities Planning, said.
Peruyera said plans for the construction of the
apartments began in August of 1989 and were postponed after Coral Gables city officials rejected the University's Master Plan.
According to Peruyera, city officials did not want
the University to destroy the Clifford Arboretum for a
parking lot.
"What was rejected was the campus plan as a whole
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By ERICK JOHNSON
Assistant News Edilot
All eyes were on Keysha
Edwards Thursday night as she
was crowned Miss Black University of Miami 1991.
Edwards, a sophomore majoring in piano performance, was
also named Miss Congeniality.
Felicia Branch, a junior majoring in music and public relations,
was,,named first runner-up. Second runner-up went to sophomore Cheryl Green, who is majoring in physical therapy.
In the talent category, Edwards
displayed her mastery of the piano in playing Serenity, which she
composed herself.
Winning the title left Edwards
speechless.
"I can't describe the way I feel
right now in words," Edwards
said moments after being
crowned. "It's incredible."
Felicia Branch received a
standing ovation following her
powerful performance of Round
About Ihe Mountain.
Edwards also faced some competition from Christi Johnson, a
junior majoring in news-editorial
journalism and art. Johnson
stirred the audience with Maya
Angelou's A nd Still I Nise. At one
point, Johnson drew loud applause
as she emphasized that "She [the
black woman | may seem complex
in nature, but simple in her
efforts."
Edwards said she was surprised
she had won.
"I thought Felicia was going to
win," Edwards said. "There was
some tough competition."
"Black female students who
aspire to be Miss Black UM
should persevere in their
efforts," Edwards added. "No
matter what happens, you should
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Photos by DAVE BERGMAN
By FERNANDO BATTAGUA
Stall Writer
Don't be surprised if the face you see in class today
is the same one you saw on television yesterday.
Since the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, the
media's demand for "experts" has
thrust college professors into the
limelight.
University of Miami professors
have been asked to comment on a
variety of issues, including Middle
Eastern politics, geography, economics and chemical warfare. Their
knowledge helps the media explain
military   jargon   and   unfamiliar
terms to the American public.
Dr. Henry Green, an associate
professor of religion and the director of Judaic studies, has been contacted by a local radio station and by  ________________
various members of the Jewish press.
Green, who is knowledgeable about Israeli involvement in the Middle Eastern region from a historical
perspective, has been asked to comment on Israel's
WAR IN
THE GULF
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Warning: Incomplete grades may jeopardize financial aid
By SIMONE WOUNG
Slatt Writet
Students receiving an incomplete grade in
any course may be ineligible for some forms
of financial aid in the state of Florida.
The Florida Department of Education
recently sent a memorandum to all directors
of student financial aid at Florida colleges and
universities "to clarify policy concerning corrections to grade point averages and credit
hours earned for state assistance programs."
According to the memo, a student's eligibility for renewal of financial assistance "is
determined by his or her cumulative grade
point average and credit hours earned at the
end of the second semester or third quarter."
If a student does not meet the requirements necessary for his particular financial
aid package, he will be unable to receive
financial assistance for the following semester.
The memo also stated that a student who
receives an incomplete grade for a course
and makes up the work after the spring term
has ended is not eligible for grade or credit
hour changes with the exception of an appeal,
which can being filed for extenuating circumstances, such as illness.
However, only students who receive certain merit-based scholarships will be affected, Mary Loepp of the Office of Student
Financial Assistance in Tallahassee said.
Usually students are given one year to
make up an incomplete grade, and this consequently does not jeopardize their financial
aid, Loepp said.
According to Loepp, the Challenger
Astronaut, Florida Graduate Scholars and
Florida Undergraduate Scholars scholarships
do not accept corrections to grade point
average and credit hours after the spring
term has ended.
Students who have these scholarships and
receive an incomplete grade after the spring
term has ended will be ineligible to renew
them regardless of whether or not they make
up the course work over the summer.
If the student receives an incomplete in
the fall term, however, and makes it up in the
spring, then he or she will remain eligible.
Associate Dean of the School of Communication Lemuel Schofield said professors
should alert students to the situation before
deciding to give them an incomplete grade
for unfinished course work.
Additionally, Schofield said students
should consider the workload of a course
before registration and be aware of the
"financial implications."
UM sophomore Liana Puscas, an honors
pre-med student, agreed with the enforcement of the financial aid policy.
"It makes sense," Puscas said. "If you
have a merit-based scholarship, and you don't
get the required grades, then you don't
deserve to get the scholarship."
Professor urges creation of Afro-American studies major
HIRAM HENRIQUE- / Graph* Artitl
By RACHEL FEIT
Statt Wtiter
7 ..is is the second in a series focusing
mi black students on campus us port of
Mack Awareness Month.
The Caribbean,
African and Afro-
American studies program (CAAS) at the
University of Miami
has been struggling
for legitimacy and visibility since 1970.     __^__^__H_-eK
But    Dr.   Marvin BLACK
Dawkins, UM director AWARENESS
of CAAS and associat e MONTH
sociology    professor,
said he has plans to ———————————
change this image.
In 1970, 500 stu
dents staged a sil-ui at the Ashe Administration Building to demand a black studies
program be implemented. UM met the
demand within the same year and the
Afro-American Center was established.
However, CAAS was plagued with
problems such as questionable scholarly
merit, insufficient funds and low visibility.
Morever. prior to Dawkins' arrival in
1988, there was "no true introductory
survey course" to provoke interest in
Afro-American studies.
Dawkins quickly formed a intro-level
class in 1988, and since then the class has
been offered three times with a 100 percent increase in class enrollment each
time
With this kind of response, Dawkins
said he believes the administration will
have reason to be more receptive to
expanding CAAS.
Currently, faculty  members within
CAAS, along with Judaic studies and
women's studies, are requesting that an
introductory Afro-American studies class
be offered each semester to fulfill the
social science requirement within the
College of Arts and Sciences.
"Afro- American studies should be
encouraged for all to take as a requirement." United Black Students member
Nancy Jones said.
Currently, there are 28 courses available for a CAAS minor under various
departments within the College of Arts
and Sciences.
In order for the program's ultimate
goal of initiating a CAAS major to be realized, more black faculty and black studies
scholars must be recruited.
According to Dawkins, UM "does not
fare well at all" in comparison to other
universities in terms of the number of
black faculty members.
African writers
to speak at UM
By PATRICK MASALA
Slatt Writer
Students majoring in English literature and political science will have a teach-in learning experience
when African authors and critics Ngugi Wa Thtong'o
and Molara Ogundipe- Leslie visit the University of
Miami.
The writers are expected to make a presentation
on April 18. Time and place are yet to be announced.
Wa Thiong'o and Ogundipe-Leslie will be in
Miami for the annual Pan-African Book Festival,
March 15 to April 21. The festival, whose theme is
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