Miami Hurricane, November 13, 1992

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J.C. RIDLEY/Special to The Hurricane
THE HIT PATROL
Micheál Barrow is'the middle man for one of the premiere linebacking corps in the nation.
■ Sports — page 8
MR. UM CHOSEN
Joshua Greene, sophomore, was named Mr. UM Monday night.
■ Accent — page 6
Movie-goers apply for Foncard
Students who attended the sneak previews of i \ “Dracula” Thursday night were asked to either com-\ plete an application for a Sprint Foncard or show that they already had the Foncard.
"Sprint, as a corporate sponsor, requested students to complete an application for a free Sprint Foncard,” Adam Jordan, the associate chair of Cinematic Arts Commission, said. “No student can be forced to fill out an application. No student activities fees are being used for this screening or any of our sneak previews.”
By signing the application, students said they wanted to receive the Sprint Foncard. There was not a “no” option on the application.
Sprint sponsored the showing of “Dracula” at the University of Miami. UM is one of only 25 universities in the country given the opportunity for the advance showing.
—JENNIFER RAMACH
Radio station transmitter out
Late Monday night, WVUM-90.5 FM was unable to broadcast past the UM campus due to transmitter problems, Fred Sowder, station manager, said.
• The station engineer tried to get a key to the transmitter on top of Hecht Residential College, but the department of Public Safety and maintenance personnel were not able to find one. The engineer did not get access to the transmitter until Tuesday morning, Sowder said.
The station was forced to broadcast from its 10 watt back-up transmitter which only covers the campus, Sowder said.
—SIMON P. DUVALL
Frat sponsors B-day week
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity will hold a birthday celebration today through Nov. 17 at various campus locations
“The fraternity will be 81 years old on Tuesday,” Damian Silvera, president of the fraternity, said.
Nov. 13: A table will be set up in the University Center Breezeway between noon and 2 p.m. A “Party with Da Dawgs” will be held at 9 p.m. at the Wesley Center, located at 1210 Stanford Drive.
Nov. 15: A talent show with contestants from both UM and the Miami area will compete at 5 p.m. in the Beaumont Cinema.
Nov. 16: A video presentation of the original Malcolm X movie will be shown at noon in the UC Lower Lounge.
Nov. 17: Closing ceremonies will be held at noon in the UC Lower Lounge. Birthday cake will be served.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
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WVUM power increase lowered
By KEVA CARMICHAEL
Stall Writer
WVUM-90.5 FM will boost its power to 1.3 kilowatts next semester instead of the proposed 3.
Originally, the station had planned to boost its power by 3 kilowatts, but WCIX-Channel -6, which is owned by CBS, exercised an option under FCC rules to make WVUM cut its proposed increase in half, Paul Driscoll, WVUM’s adviser, said.
“In many markets a radio station operating around 90.5 megaherts could potentially cause problems with a television channel number 6,” Driscoll said.
Consulting engineers hired by WVUM calculated the maximum increase the station could have based on the power of other stations in the area. They found that under FCC rules Channel 6 could request the decrease in power. In return CBS purchased an antenna for WVUM, Driscoll said.
Fred Sowder, WVUM general manager, said the difference is not as great as the numbers might indicate. “Coverage area with respect to wattage is a logarithmic relation, so it’s no big deal.”
"The cost of the power increase was anticipated to be about $80,000, but CBS bought the radio antenna, which knocked the cost down,” Sowder said. “We’re all very excited. One of the main things is that we can have more business sponsorship of shows and depend less on SAFAC.”
The station currently runs on 365 watts. With this power increase, it hopes to boost its liste-nership from 800,000 to 1.5 million people, encompassing all of Dade County and parts of Broward.
WVUM LISTENERSHIP
“This is major, because WVUM will become the largest alternative music station in metropolitan Florida,” said Jon Bell, promotions director. “A lot of people who didn’t take us for real will. WVUM will be somebody to reckon with.”
Last year, a referendum to increase WVUM’s student activity fee allocation to boost its signal was approved by the student body. As a result, WVUM will receive an additional $1.15 per student for the next four years.
WVUM’s staff started to petition for the power increase approximately two years ago.
“It took us about six months to get Student Government interested. Then we fought real hard. WVUM staff really deserves all the credit for the power increase,” Sowder said.
The atmosphere at WVUM is electric. With expanded coverage, WVUM programs will undoubtedly face increased public scrutiny.
“In some ways, we might have to be a little more structured, whereas before, we could get away with a lot. I don’t think the Federal Communications Commission cares much about us. But I think as we get more competitive, other stations will put pressure on interest groups to take notice,” Chris Kil-roy, a disc jockey, said.
To raise money to support this increase, WVUM will hold its annual benefit, "Friday the 13th - The WVUM Benefit,” on Nov. 13. All proceeds will go directly to the station.
WVUM listeners can also look for short features on WCIX-Chan-nel 6 and WSVN-Channel 7 news about the WVUM power increase.
WVUM has 800,000 listeners now. With the increase from 365 watts to 1.3 kilowatts there will be 1.5 million listeners.
JEFFREY M. BROOKS/Graphic Artist
HOMECOMING SPIRIT
ORGANIZED CHEER: The University of Miami's newest sorority Gamma Phi Beta gets ready forOrganlzed Cheer Wednesday night on the University Center Plaza. To the right. Delta Gamma dances to a mix of songs. The theme of their routine was "Black Magic." Fraternities, sororities and various independent organizations performed cheers and dressed in costumes for the event, which was part of
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■ Tonight at 7 p.m. there will be a parade on Ponce De Leon Blvd. Immediately following the parade, there will be a pep rally and boat burning on Lake Osceola, followed by a fireworks display.
Homecoming winners will be announced at the ball Saturday night at 9 p.m.
TANYA C
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Students ‘sleep out’ for homeless
By CRISTINA GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
In an effort to raise awareness about the problems of hunger and homelessness, Link, the programming board of Volunteer Services, is sponsoring National Hunger and Homelessness Week on the University of Miami campus Nov. 16-20.
They will sponsor a “Sleep out” which will begin Monday on the University Center Plaza. Students participating in the "Slee-pout” will be limited in what they can bring with them.
Last year’s participants were allowed to bring either a sleeping bag or blanket, a toothbrush, a flashlight, and their books.
"We would not allow ourselves to interrupt the normal studying of an individual,” said Rochelle Rubin, Link Chairwoman.
Approximately 50 students are expected to participate in the event, which runs through Wednesday morning, Rubin said.
Students will be given cardboard and paste so they can build the shanties they will live in for two days.
SG: Herald service needs to improve
Many University of Miami students who subscribe to The Miami Herald have not been receiving complete copies of the paper, James Hilson, Student Government senator for Pearson, said.
Hilson said he and Dan Westbrook, University Center solicitation manager, have spoken with circulation managers at the newspaper and havq told them that if students continue to receive incomplete papers, the contract, which expires in January, will not be renewed.
"We don’t owe them anything,” Hilson said. “We’re going to wait until Sunday to see if even one student gets an incomplete paper. If we’re not getting the same service as everyone else we’re not going to allow them back on campus.”
—¿IMON P. DUVALL
SLEEPOUT
Where: University Center Plaza When: Monday,	„
November 16, 4
p.m. to Wednesday, November 18 Sign-Up: U Breezeway
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THIS SIDE UP
UM follows trend to make science fun
“Those students who are involved have pledged themselves to be a homeless individual starting at 4 p.m. on Monday,” said Rubin. "Therefore, they are homeless during the day Tuesday as weU, so they can not go back to their dorm room. They cannot shower. They can not make use of any of the normal amenities they’d have access to.”
“I think it will make a tremendous difference in awareness because when people are sleeping out in the patio, people just can’t help but wonder and ask questions when they walk by: ’Why are they going to have all these cardboard boxes out there and why are people going to be staying out there?’ ” said Jay Hine, Link vice chair.
Food for participants will be provided on Monday by Marriott and on Tuesday possibly by Denny’s restaurant.
"It will be a simple, basic food. This is to symbolize how the homeless have to go through the food lines,” said Mark Patrick, LINK treasurer.
By USA ANN SMITH
Staff Writer
Introductory science courses are being brought down to earth a bit by University of Miami science department faculty members trying to make the courses more interesting to students.
This move follows the national trend at dozens of colleges and universities to try to rejuvenate e*try-level science classes because educators have been become worried about "science illiteracy” among non-science majors and to encourage more people to pursue science careers.
Dan Diresta, a Biology 101 professor, said the focus has shifted from "intimidating scientific jargon’’ to an “applications-based lecture which would relate things that are relevant to real life.”
Diresta said new textbooks are being introduced which simplify science and relate examples from other areas like biomedicine and business.
Keith Wellman, chairman of the chemistry department, also aims at relating practical information to his students to make class more interesting. In one class, Wellman illustrated how the chemicals in sunscreen block the sun’s rays.
Since the requirements of almost every major include at least three credits in natural science, introductory level science classes are very large. Most are held in the lecture hall of the Cox Science Center.
Professors often have difficulty accommodating a large introductory level class because of the varied backgrounds and degrees of knowledge of the students. What is review material to some students might be completely new information to others. Many professors simply can’t find a pace which will keep advanced students challenged while allowing slow students enough time to grasp the concepts being taught.
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Societies tap new members
Iron Arrow and Omicron Delta Kappa tapped new members this week.


Iron Arrow, the highest honor attainable and dest tradition at UM, tapped Tiffany R Braman, Tracy Carracedo, Peter Christiaans,
oldest tradition
tapped Tiffany Bost, Josh
DAVE BERGMAN/Spacial to The Hurricane TAPEE: Norman D. Tripp, the College of Arts and Sciences’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, was tapped into Omicron Delta Kappa Tuesday afternoon In the University Center Breezeway by seniors Josh Braman and Helene Peters. Tripp’s daughter, Christine Tripp, senior, in the middle, watches the ceremony.
Julia Cosma, Luis Glaser, Pedro Jose Greer, R. Edward Holmes, Carolyn Howell, Jeff Lurie, Mia Martinborough, Stephen Minker, Deborah Triol Perry, Robert Redick, Harry Rimm, Tracy Sides, Darren Smith, Steve Stein, Martha Toledo-Vali-do and Jane Mary Trau.
The ODK inductees are Robert Bates, Marianna Baum, Kara Bonday, Christopher Colbert, Celestino Corral, Michelle Cremata, Pamela Crowe, Tiffany Davis, Susana Dejong, Glenn Dubin, William Warren Fernandez, Michael Grad, Virginia Gravlin, Carolyn Howell, Sadik Kakac, Meena Lopez, Earle McDonald, Michael
Milligan, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, David Puett, Clayton Randall, Gregory Rash, Karen Riley, Keith Rosenbloom, Rochelle Rubin, Glenna Shen,
Darrin Smith, Priscilla Strang Potter, J. Wayne Streilein, Joan Stein-Streilein, Rachel Thornton, Martha Toledo-Valido, Norman Tripp and Richard Walker.
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