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VOLUME 70, NUMBER 11
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16,1992
INSIDE
BOOK ENDS
Right defensive end Kevin Patrick and left end Darren Krein have become a force in the Hurricane defense.
■	Sport* — page 6
CHANGING PLACES
Miami students can experience cultures from all over the world by participating in the study abroad program.
■	Accent — page 5
UM architects to help rebuild Homestead
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By ANNETTE GALLAGHER
Staff Writer
The University of Miami and Florida International University have jointly received a $75,000 grant from the We Will Rebuild committee to help plan the rebuilding of Florida City and Homestead, damaged extensively by Hurrican Andrew.
The grant is for the redesign of Homestead and Florida City, a process which is being compressed into three intense weeks, according to UM School of Architecture professor Francois Lejeune.
The fund will be used for expenses such as photography, materials, staff organization and publication of the committee’s recommendations. In addition to the funds from the grant, Lejeune said that approximately $150,000 in time and labor are being donated by those involved.
According to UM’s School of Architecture and College of Engineering are involved in the program, as well as FIU’s School of Design and College of
‘Just because there was a catastrophe, we don 7 have to live in a terrible condition or return to the status quo.’
Sonia Chao, project manager
Engineering and Design.
In addition, Sonia Chao, project man ager, said, the Miami chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects, American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association and the American Society of Civil Engineers form the steering committee for the project.
“Right now, we are trying to determine who will be the core participants in the project,” Chao said.
Lejeune, who serves on the Innovation Committee of We Will Rebuild, said, “We wanted to find an innovative way to design the future of South Dade. We had to identify the many elements of a better South Dade using social, eco-
nomic and demographic data.”
Lejeune said some of the questions to be answered regard abandoned housing, landscaping, mobile homes, town centers and Homestead Air Force Base.
"It’s being rebuilt in a different way. We hope to provide a sense of community that may not have been there before,” Lejeune said.
Beginning Nov. 7, a series of three charettes will be set up. Charettes, according to Lejeune, are intense planning sessions deigned to accomplish a task in what "defies normal scheduling.”. The last day of the process is Nov. 21.
Lejeune said a planning process of
this scale can take anywhere from a few months to over a year, but it will be accomplished in three weeks.
Between charettes, students and others involved in the project will solidify the ideas presented during the char-ette so that there will be new material to examine at the next charette, accord ing to Lejeune.
Lejeune said one advantage to the charette process is that it is entirely public.
“We want people to have a real vision of what these areas could look like — not just a lot of lines on paper. We’ll have illustrative materials to give
- an idea of what their homes I ke now and what is possible,” he said.
“This is not the first time this has been done,” Chao said. "We have historical precedents. Athens, London, San Francisco and Chicago were all destroyed and then rebuilt into better, more beautiful cities. Just because there was a catastrophe, we don’t have to live in a terrible condition or return to the status quo."
Weddington: Changing court may hurt future of abortion
NEWSBRIEFS
Library hours extended
Bookworms at UM will be getting less sleep and more time to study this semester, thanks to extended hours at the Otto G. Richter Library.
The Meyer Gold reading-room on the first floor is now open from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturdays and from 10 a.m. until 1 a.m. on Sundays, Tom Rogero, assistant director of Public Services said. The upper floors of the library will continue to close earlier than the first floor and lobby.
"The idea came from student requests,” Rogero said. “On Sunday morning, we’re getting quite a few students coming in. Saturday nights are a little slower."
—SIMON P. DUVALL
UM to celebrate Alcohol, Wellness Awareness week
Alcohol Awareness/Wellness week will be held Oct. 19-22 on campus to promote healthy lifestyles.
"We are more promoting responsible drinking. Students should take others into consideration before they decide to drink or do drugs or smoke,” Tracy Sides, student wellness coordinator, said.
Oct. 19: A balloon launch will kick of the week at noon on the University Center Plaza. A mock Driving Under the Influence (DUI) accident will occurr at 12:30 p.m. in Stanford Circle.
Oct. 20: John Scarano from the St. Augustine Catholic Student Center will talk about "Balancing the Spiritual You” at noon in UC 237. The Rathskeller will hold a South of the Border Night with mocktails beginning at 5 p.m.
Oct. 21: Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to celebrate Dead Day by wearing black clothes to symbolize all of the deaths caused by unhealthy lifestlye choices. Clincal psychologist Pam Deroian will discuss "Ending the War with Food” at noon in UC 211. Personal tales will be told during the program “Make A Difference: Organ Donation’’ at 7 p.m. in Eaton Residential College, Masters apartment. Angela Abrahamson, assistant Dean of Students, will discuss “Alcohol and Sex: Does it Mix?” at 8 p.m. in Pearson Residential Colleges.
Oct. 22: The World’s largest aerobics class will be held at 4 p.m. on the Patio.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
Cafeterías close for weekend
The Mahoney/Pearson and Hecht/Stanford cafeterias will be closed starting today for Parent’s Weekend, said K.C. White, director of Student Development and Orientation.
“Mahoney/Pearson and Hecht/Standford will be closed after lunch on Friday, Oct. 16,” White said. “Barbecues for the dinner meal will be held at each location and the Hurricane Cafeteria will be open for full dinner service on Friday.”
White said people participating in Parent’s Weekend should go to the Hurricane Cafeteria on Saturday morning if they’re not registered for the Parent’s Breakfast.
Brunch will be at the Hurricane Cafeteria.
—FERNANDO BATTAGLIA
By ANNETTE GALLAGHER and MARIBEL PEREZ
Of the Staff
The Supreme Court has changed and many of the new judges do not believe that a right of privacy exists in abortion cases, Sarah Weddington, winning attorney in the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case, said during a speech Tuesday night in the University Center Plaza.
These judges believe that even if there is a right of privacy, “the state has a right to decide to protect the unborn,” Weddington said.
About 150 students were present for Weddington’s speech, in which she discussed her new book, A Question of Choice, her experience in front of the Supreme Court and the future of a woman's right to choose.
"My friends have begun to call me Paulette,” she said, “because they say I’m like Paul Revere riding horses through the sky shouting ‘Beware, beware, the Supreme Court is changing.’ ”
“Some people in Washington have proposed a Freedom of Choice Act ... so that what state a woman happens to be pregnant in doesn’t determine what her right to medical care is,” Weddington said.
Following her speech, Weddington opened the floor to questions from the audience. Questions ranged from “What can we do now to support Roe vs. Wade?” to “What would you think if your mother had aborted you?”.
Weddington said there are three ways college students can help in the struggle to preserve a woman’s right to an abortion: vote pro-choice, join a pro-choice group and use a pro-choice doctor.
Weddington said she does not consider people who are anti-abortion to be pro-life,
but “pro-mandatory birth,” because all they seem concerned with is that a woman go through her pregnancy.
“Once she gives birth, I don’t see them trying to do anything to really improve the life of kids who are here or provide pre-natal health care,” Weddington said.
Members of the Program Council, which sponsored Weddington’s speech, said they first heard her speak at the National Association of Campus Activities convention in Dallas last year.
"I thought it was an important issue to bring to campus because of the upcoming elections and because there are so many factions on campus with differing views,” Joe Wilk, chairman of the lecture series, said.
Jody Kalman, director of Student Activities, said she enjoyed Weddington’s speech.
“I have a great deal of respect for her as a leader and as a woman. I am disappointed that more students do not see this as an important part of their futures. We’re so 'used to this being part of our freedom that it doesn’t seem important anymore,” Kalman said.
Admitting that the future of Roe vs. Wade is uncertain, Weddington said, “Even if Roe vs. Wade is overturned, for 20 years people have known what it’s like to have a choice. Once Americans have a freedom, they’re not really likely to let it go.”
Weddington has worked for women's rights in other issues as well.
“When I graduated from law school, I applied for a credit card and they told me I had to have my husband's signature even though I was the provider in the family,” Weddington said. "I didn’t want to do that, so I ran for the legislature, passed the Equal Credit Act and then went back and got my credit card.”
PRESTON MACK/PhOtO Editor OLD FRIENDS: Sarah Weddington, winning attorney of Roe v. Wade, points to a picture of her and Texas Gov. Ann Richards in Weddington’s book, A Question of Choice, during her speech Tuesday at the University Center Plaza.
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Minorities offered tips about job opportunities
BySHALEENMAHTANI
Staff Writer
The first Minority Career Day was held Tuesday to aid minority students in their search for jobs.
Hollis Price, the president of the Woodson Williams Marshall Association, said that the association really wants to make sure that students are prepared to present themselves in the best possible light.
Less than 5 percent of the faculty at the University of Miami are black and hold tenure positions, Price said. When compared to other Florida universities, UM falls near the bottom, Price said.
“The unemployment rate in the United States is high, and it is even higher for African-Ameri-
n high
cans,” Price said.
Peter Roulhak, vice president of the Corporate Program for First Union Bank, spoke about the necessity for conducting a successful job search.
Roulhak said that people with communication and liberal arts degrees are more successful in their search for jobs in the business world.
“More often than not, people are not successful in an organization because of the lack of people skills,” Roulhak said.
Interviewing skills are particularly important when searching for jobs he said.
In his discussion of the nontechnical side of the job interview, Roulhak stressed the importance of verbal and non-
verbal communication skills and appearance.
“There is a universal languaf A handshake, a smile and a he said.
Roulhak said that as well as qualifications, the candidate must show enthusiasm and interest in the job. This can be communicated through nodding of the head, leaning forward to listen closely and eye contact.
"You have to make absolutely sure you know something about that company and can ask intelligent questions,” he said.
One of the assumptions Roulhak tdld the students to make was that they were first being interviewed by a personnel interviewer. This person would not be interested in technical know-how but in appearance, enthusiasm and communication skills.
"You have to be at ease with yourself and at ease with your interviewer. Technical skills will be there, but you need social graces," Roulhak said.
Roulhak said that over and above technical expertise, you have to be effective in selling yourself. You can do this by being up on matters of the day in order to establish a common interest with your interviewer.
"It was interesting and informative. I can also relate to it because I am a human resource management major,” Cathyanne Dwyer, sophomore, said.
The Career Workshop was sponsored by the Marshall Association, the department of Career Planning and Placement and Minority Student Affaira.
UM to hold bone marrow drive
By STEPHAN SCHERLEITHNER
Staff Writer
The University of Miami will hold a bone marrow drive on Nov. 16 at the University Center.
At this minute, 16,000 American children and adults suffer from leukemia, anemia and a number of different fatal blood diseases, said Frantz Vital, a third-year law student who is in charge of the drive. For many the only hope for survival is a bone marrow transplant, Vital said.
“Our bone marrow drive is directed at minorities,” Vital said. “If you are white, it is hard to find a match, but you stand a small chance. If you are black, however, there is virtually no chance.”
Last spring, 60 students volunteered for the first bone marrow drive at UM which took place at the Law School, Vital said. This year, Vital said he hopes the undergraduate School shall get involved as well.
“Most people think that when you’re tak-
ing bone marrow you take out their bones,” Vital said. “In fact you only give a jelly-like substance, which replaces itself very quickly, but which for the patient in need embodies the living gift of life.”
Nearly 70 percent of people who need bone marrow transplants cannot find a suitable match within their own family. These patients need to find unrelated donors. As the pool of potential marrow donors increases, so do the odds of a match for the patients in need, Vital said.
According to "Living Gift Of Life”, a publication of the National Marrow Foundation, “The chance that a patient will find a matching unrelated donor in the general population is between l-in-100 and 1-in-l million.” “This is because tissue types are inherited and different tissue types are found in different ethnic groups,” Vital said.
According to Vital, the blood of every
Kitential donor is tissue-typed and entered to the National Marrow Donor Program’s ¡Register Bank, a worldwide network.
SG elections, commissioners ratified
By USA J. HURIASH
Staff Writer
Seven senators, three elections commissioners and the Election Commission chairperson were named at the Student Govern-
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ment meeting___________,
Jazmine Latorre was ra Commission chairperson.
She will oversee all Students Government elections for the upcoming year.
“We will work to make the school elections smoother and easier for the students as well as the candidates,” Latorre said.
Christine Aiton, Jeff Brooks and Rick English were ratified as elections rnk" commissioners.	'onen
Sophomore Jamie Hilaon, the new senator for Pearson Residential College, said he ia

excited about his new position.
“I will do a really good job to promote Pearson and put it on the map,” Hilson said.
Other new members of Student Government are: Jonathan Long, Apartment Area senator: Victoria Mendez, freshman senator; Jose Concepcion, freshman senator; Michael Brody, commuter central senator; Thomas Hassler, commuter north senator and Dan Schulster, Mahoney senator.
The senate seats will come up for re-election in the school-wide elections of Nov. 3 and 4. The elections commissioners wi)< serve in that capacity for the remainder of the school year.
Student Government president Dave Diamond and Senate Speaker Steve Cohen said they were looking forward to the work the organization and its officers will do this year.
“We have a good group of officers. I think we can accomplish a great deal. It’s easy with such talented people,” Cohen said.
“We all have a set of goals to bring students together,”