Miami Hurricane, January 29, 1991

              SEASON OPENER
Ernie Lingen helped bring the
UM men's tennis team to victory over FIU Friday.
• SPORTS — page 10
A NEW FACE
Calvin and Hobbes will feel right at home
twice a week in The Hurricane's new comic section.
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TODAY'S
FORECAST
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LOW: 73 Partly Cloudy
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THE MIAMI
URRICANE
VOLUME 68, NUMBER 28
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES. FLA.
TUESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1991
NEWSBRIEFS
UM recognize*
Hispanic educators
History professor Jaime Such
licki snd Elina Artigas, Csreer
Planning and Placement director,
were named
"Outstanding
Hispanic Educators," by UM'i
Hispanic Hen
tage Commit
tee.
The committee, a sub-com-
mitee of the
Federstion of
Cuban Students,
allowed stu
dents, faculty
and sdministra-
Artifas
tors to nominate and vote on the
people they felt were most deserving of the honor, according to
Rocky Eguss-miza, the committee
chairperson. The presentation foi
lowed a month-long celebration of
Hispanic heritage.
Octavio Visiedo, superintendent
of Dade County Public Schools,
presented the swards during s ceremony earlier this month. Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen wss on hand to greet
the guests and commend the honorees.
Deadline tor
graduation nears
All seniors who sre candidates
■Uun muat
j_i seniors *j
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are not graduating until the summer session may still appear in the
commencement book if they fill out
an application by April 1.
This year's commencement book
will be different from previous
years because it will include last
summer's graduates along with
December graduates and May candidates. Next year's snd all following year's books will only include
December graduates, May and
summer candidates. It will not
include the previous summer's
graduates.
Caps snd gowns for those graduating in Msy can be picked up at the
UM Bookstore for free during the
first week of May. Seniors must
present their Cane Card as identification.
Students protest
Playboy recruiting
Last semeseter, students from
several Massachusetts women's
colleges demonstrated in downtown Boston against efforts by
Playboy magazine to recruit their
classmates to pose nude for an
upcoming edition.
Playboy, which publishes an
annua) coUege edition featuring
nude photographs of women students from schools in different
sports conferences, will this year
focus on all-women's institutions.
Protesters say the magazine's
effort to recruit students to model
is insulting and damaging to the
schools' image.
"Magazines like Playboy are
porn," says Ilona Metell, a sophomore who attended the rally.
"They are degrading and dehumanizing to women."
From the National Student News
Service
FACE THE FACTS
Fall 1990 student enrollment
at the undergraduate level at
the University of Miami:
■ Applied
___, Accepted
□ Enrolled
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Lake Osceola
may become
manatee haven
By KAREN M. BERNSTEIN
StaH Writ-
Students and faculty in the University of Miami's
undergraduate marine science department are studying the feasibility of transforming Lake Osceola into a
manatee preserve in response to s growing awareness
of the plight of the endangered mammals.
The unnamed project is still in its infancy, Kathleen
Sullivan, UM assistant professor of biology, who is
heading the program, said.
The manatee has become an endangered species
due to its high mortality rate, which is attributed to
boating accidents, a low reproduction rate and the loss
of the animal's natural habitat.
After implementation of the plan, manatees, which
enter the sanctuary of Lake Osceola, will be free from
the harm of boats.
Any student caught harassing the manatees would
be charged with violating state law, Dean of Students
William Sandler said.
Manatees are protected on the state level by the
Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act and on the federal level
by the Endangered Species Act. Violation of these sets
can result in fines of up to $20,000 with the possibility
of one year imprisonment.
According to Sandler, Lake Osceola is rarely used,
with the exception of several Homecoming, Greek
Week and Sports Fest activities. If the project is implemented, these activities would have to stop, Sullivan
ssid.
"The boat burning ceremony is s school tradition
for Homecoming," Todd Plosker, a junior majoring in
finance, ssid. "Alumni return for tu-
DAVE BERGMAN/Photo Editor
R_D, WHITE AND BLUE: The Miami Maniac displays his patriotism Saturday at the University of Miami men's basketball
game against Penn State in the Miami Arena. The Canes lost their fifth game in a row, 69-57. For more on the game, see
SPORTS page 10.
Florida approves
plans to build
tenth university
Dean: UM enrollment
will not be affected
The Florida Board of Regents voted Fridayto build
a public university in the Fort Meyers area. The decision was one of two actions taken by state politicians to
ease enrollment problems st the state's nine universities.
In s second development, Florida House speaker
T.K. Wetherell proposed to the board Thursday that
out-of-state students be barred from attending Florida
universities for at least one year.
According to Deborah Triol Perry, UM dean of
enrollments, neither of these recent developments will
affect enrollment at UM.
Perry said she does not expect the number of students applying for admission to UM to alter.
According to Perry, although more out-of-state students will be seeking alternative schools, UM will not
be their top choice.
Perry said most out-of-state students who apply to
UM also apply to the University of Florida and Florida
State. If they are rejected by these two universities,
they usually do not come to UM, Perry said.
State Chancellor Charles Reed has said about 2,000
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Student protests of U.S. war effort organized nationwide
Demonstrators hold sit-ins, marches
HIRAM HENRIQUE. / Grsvpt- ArUt
By BETHJAHREIS
News Editor
Students were introduced to a
lesson in foreign policy leading to
U.S. involvement in the Persian
Gulf war at a presentation by University of Miami history professor
Dr. Michael Krenn on Thursday
evening.
The event, held in the University
Center International Lounge, was
sponsored by Phi Beta Sigma fraternity and attended by more than
50 students and faculty members.
"I took s historical perspective,
whereas the media is concerned
about the present," Krenn ssid.
"For them, the Gulf crisis started
in August. But really there has
been sn ideology in the United
States since World War II leading
up to the war.
"The war in the Gulf ia part and
parcel of U.S. policy," Krenn con
tinued. "It's not something to be
surprised about."
Mark Thieroff, a junior international studies major, agrefed with
Krenn's assertions.
"There is much more to the
problem that doesn't get broadcast
by the media," Thieroff said. "It's
not simply America vs. a madman."
Since the beginning of the war in
the Middle Eaat on Jan. 16, collegians around the country have participated in a variety of similar
events aimed at education about
the crisis and responses to U.S.
involvement in the developing war.
Students at a number of universities hsve attended speeches, discussions, lectures, marches, sit-ins
and even die-ins and have boycotted classes in an effort to both protest the United States' apparent
willingness to go to war and to support the president's decision to uti-
Professor: war will affect our pockets
By YAMA PAILLERE
StaH Writer
The war may be miles away,
but it will still affect University of
Miami students both emotionally
and economically, according to a
UM professor of economics.
Pit Fishe said although the war
does not help the economic picture, the country was in a recession before the conflict began.
He ssid students who sre
dependent on their parents will
feel the economic effects of the
war through them.
"It's going to be one of those
situations where there is belt
tightening," Fishe said.
Freshman Karen Munroe
agrees. She said because she is a
commuter student, higher gas
prices will have a big impact on
"But I don't pay the bills, so it
hasn't affected me personally,"
Munroe said.
Fishe also said some seniors
may opt to go to graduate school
instead of entering the workforce
because of the bleak outlook of
the job market.
Senior Juliet Strachan, a busi
ness major, seems undaunted by
this forecast.
"I don't think the job market is
that bad. It depends on the field
you're in," Strachan said. "I
haven't interviewed yet. I'm
interviewing all next month so I
can have a better picture of the
market."
Economics major Jacqueline
Jackson said she is worried about
what will happen after the war.
"When America haa to pay for
half the bill, we're going to drop
into a bigger recession, Jackson
ssid.
lize military force.
"We have a responsibility to let
Bush know that we do not support
his actions," Julie Marten, a student at the University of Califor
nia-Santa Crui who helped organise
a protest Jan. 13, said. Between
3,000 and 4,000 people attended
the event.
"We have a simple and adamant
message to our elected officials in
Washington, [D.C.]: nothing less
than a peaceful, diplomatic, non-
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