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VOLUME 70, NUMBER 2
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INSIDE
REVAMPED RAT
The Rathskeller has a new look this fall. The menu has been changed along with the addition of table service during lunch hours.
I Accent — page 6
CAMPUS SPORTS
Campus Sports and Recreation reschedules the opening of the fall sports seasons due to the three week delay In classes. The season begins next week.
■ Sports — page 8
FACE THE FACTS
The percentages of college-age Americans that voted in the past two presidential elections:
	18-20	21-24
1984	36.7%	33.2%
1988	43.5%	38.3%
CORAL GABLES. FLORIDA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1992
Students denied housing refunds
■ UM students who left campus after the hurricane will not be getting money back for meals and housing they did not use.
By ALLETTA BOWERS
Editor In Chief
Despite shortening the fall semester by three weeks because of Hurricane Andrew, the University will not be returning any portion of room and board costs to students living on campus.
Provost Luis Glaser said a number of people did stay on campus during the interim and the University will also have to care for more students at the end of the semester.
“Normally a lot of students are done [with finals] and leave early,” Glaser said. "It will all even out.”
A student living in a double room on campus paid $1,735 for the fall semester, which averages out to $102 per week for 17 weeks. The 20-meal plan costs $2,030 for the semester, or $119 per week. The 14-meal plan costs $1,145, or $82
a week.
The three weeks lost after the hurricane cost students in a double room with the 20-meal plan $663 or $552 if they have a 14-meal plan.
The cost of a reimbursement of $552 to the 4,200 students on campus would be more than $2 million to the University.
Ali Koshy, ombudsperson and assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs, said it would be very difficult for the University to return a portion of the money paid for room and board.
“We are in a crisis situation,” Koshy said. “1 don’t know if we’d have a teaching institution if we did that.”
“I’m not a lawyer, but we paid for services that weren’t available,” David Diamond, Student Government president, said.
“They told people to leave. These costs should be pro-rated.
“If I ordered a sandwich, I want a sandwich, not an empty plate.” Mindy Moellering, sophomore, who went home to northern Kentucky on the Saturday after the hurricane, said she thinks money should be given back to the students.
“I thought since they didn’t want people to live in the dorms, that they should pay something,” Moellering said. "They were encouraging you to leave. ... I definitely think they should give us something for the meal plan.”
The University did, however, reimburse students for part of their travel expenses home.
The procedure for redeeming these expenses will begin before the end of the month, Glaser said. Students will receive 15 cents a
mile or the cost of a round trip ticket, whichever is less. All reimbursements will be credited to the students' spring semester account.
NEWSBRIEFS
Parking permits on sale
Permits for parking on campus are now on sale for $115 for the year for residents, commuters, faculty and staff.
Anyone wishing to purchase a permit can do so at Brockway Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 25 or at Public Safety, according to Cynthia Corujo, shuttle coordinator for the parking department.
Permits to park in commuter Lot 600 on Ponce de Leon Drive are $30 for the year.
The ticketing of cars with no parking permit will begin on Sept. 21, Corujo said. The tickets are $20.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
Student Leader award offered
Twenty students in Florida are eligible to have the opportunity to share more than $30,000 in scholarships and prizes. The 1993 Student of the Year contest, sponsored by Florida Leader magazine, gives students the chance to be recognized for theii excellence in classes and in the community.
W.H. Oxendine, jr., publisher of Florida Leader magazine, said the contest is aimed towards students who have worked their way through school while becoming an influence in their communities.
“They are admirable examples of self-reliant student leaders who understand the importance of striving for excellence, whether it be in classwork or community service,” Oxendine said.
Students who attend any Florida-based community college, or private and state university as a graduate or undergradate student is eligible. A minimum of 18 college credit hours during the 1992 calendar year must have been completed, with a minimum current cumulative grade point average of 3.2.
Applicants must demonstrate self-reliance by working to pay part or all of their college and living expenses. All students must provide proof of involvement in college activities, community service, political activism or philanthropies, including specific dates, positions held and job descriptions.
For more information, call (904) 373-6907.
-PAMELA WILFINGER
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SPARED: The Gifford Arboretum suffered little damage from Hurricane Andrew. In all, 15 trees were lost in the arboretum and all but four have duplicate copies.
Arboretum still standing after hurricane
“They’re trying to stand some of them back up but we don’t know if they’re going to live or not,” Kelly said. Of the 2,000 types of palms that grow around the world, 700 grow at Fairchild, Kelly said.
By JULIUS WHIGHAM
Assistant News Editor
When Hurricane Andrew’s cut through South Florida, the overseers of the Gifford Arboretum prepared for the worst.
The arboretum, located at the intersection of San Amaro and Campo Sano Drive, is the home of a collection of native and tropical trees. What they found was less damage than they had anticipated.
“We lost 15 trees during the storm but it wasn’t a major loss,” John Pascarel-la, curator for the arboretum, said. “[For] all but four of those we have duplicate copies. The four that were lost were the biggest trees. They are not common trees, but they will be replaced.”
The arboretum was rededicated and reopened last April. According to Pascar-ella, plans are already underway to expand the arboretum according to the University’s Master Plan.
“Everything that was new, survived pretty well. We plan on replacing what
we lost and making new additions. We hope to have a Nov then, things should
hope to have à November picnic and, by ‘ ‘ be back to normal, ’
‘ We lost 15 trees during the storm, but it wasn’t a major loss. (For) all but four of those we have duplicate copies. The four that were lost were the biggest trees. They are not common trees, but they will be replaced.’
John Pascarella, curator Gifford Arboretum
Pascarella said.
The amount of damage done to the arboretum was minor in comparison to that of the Fairchild Tropical Gardens on Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables.
“It’s going to take years [to restore]. They lost a lot of specimens,” Katlw Gau-batz, head of Friends for the Gifford Arboretum, said of Fairchild.
According to Patty Kelly, a secretary at Fairchild, 60 to 70 percent of their trees were damaged during the storm.
Fairchild won’t be reopened to the public until Oct. 3 she said.
Clean up at the arboretum should be finished this week said Gaubatz.
Others, including EarthAlert, an environmental organization will be assisting in the clean up. “We don’t have any definite plans yet,” said Matt Lewandowski, a member of EarthAlert. “What we’re planning is a clean-up of the arboretum. We will be assisting in other beautification projects around the campus,” he said.
Gaubatz said she encourages students to go to the arboretum to see that the damage was not that bad.
“I think that because of the damage done to Fairchild, the importance of our teaching collection is greater than ever,” she
“I thought that was great. I didn’t think they had to do it. It helps out,” said Dave Harap, sophomore, who returned home to Connecticut after the storm.
Harap, however, said the University should do more.
"I definitely think we should be reimbursed for the time we weren’t in the dorm.” Harap said.
Students are eligible for receiving expenses to their permanent place or residence or closer.
Forms will be available in the Office of Student Accounts Services later this month, Glaser said.
Exceptions will be looked at on a case by case basis.
Managing Editor Ricardo J. Bascuas contributed to this report.
Two men robbed on campus
By FERNANDO BATTAGLIA
News Editor
Two men were robbed and forced to walk across the University of Miami campus at about 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 while walking to the Circle K convenience store on Ponce de Leon Drive.
UM alumnus Luis Rodriguez and a UM senior, were accosted near Mark Light Stadium by three black teen-age boys carrying what appeared to be a .38 caliber revolver.
The senior, who asked not to be identified, said that the three robbers took a Seiko watch, a gold ring, and roughly $20. The victims were forced to walk across campus at gunpoint to the automatic teller machine in the University Center.
The three robbers wanted to use the senior’s American Express card to take money out of the ATM.
Rodriguez said the three robbers took only his watch since he didn't have his wallet.
“They wanted to take the shirt I was wearing, but they saw there was a rip in the pockets so they said ‘Forget it,’ ” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez said that as they approached the UC, one of the robbers took his shirt off to wrap it around his head to avoid being photographed by the ATM camera. The others hid around the comer from the machine.
Another UM senior, who also asked not to be identified, walked out of the UC before they reached the ATM and passed them.
“As I was walking past one of the dudes, he mouthed something to me. I didn’t realize he was saying ‘Help,’ until I passed them,” he said. “I ran to my car and started driving around, but by that time it was over.”
While at the ATM, the three robbers were distracted by a student escort driving a golfcart.
“That’s when I said 1 couldn’t get money out and I started running,” the senior said. "I saw two guys coming out of the arcade when I took off running. I told the guy, ‘Run, they’ve got a gun.’ ”
The victims phoned Public Safety from Mahoney Residential College. On Friday, the victims were able to identify one of the muggers from a mugshot at Public Safety.
Candidates target students for fall campaigns
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By WALTER PEARCEY
Staff Writer
This is the first in a series of staff reports about Campaign '92.
Every four years the political rhetoric is practically the same: the presidential candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties say that the young voters of America are rushing to support their respective campaigns.
Both parties claim that they are the political party of choice for voters in the 18 to 24 age group and the vehicle through which young America can be heard for the next four years.
This election year is no exception. But are the claims anything like the reality? Are college-age voters really getting involved this year in presiden tial politics?
According to staffers of both presidential campaigns in Dade County, the answer is definitely “yes.”
The directors of each campaign in Dade County say their parties are plan-I to make strong efforts to get more ge-age voters involved mis year than m previous elections.
“If you look at what Clinton did on MTV, or the Arsenio Hall Show, you can get an idea of what direction we’re pursuing,” Terry Chavez, director of the Clinton/Gore "People to People ’92” campaign in Dade County, said. “We’re going to appeal directly to young voters.”
For the “People to People ’92" campaign, this direct appeal involves setting up m locations where political activity is normally not highly visible.
“One of the ways we are attracting young people to the campaign is by setting up voter registration tables in Specs record stores, run by college kids,” Chavez said.
Chavez believes that there are thousands of young potential voters who are not registered to vote and hopes to bring tpem into the campaign. She feels that the Dade branch of “People to People ’92” is settihg the pace nationally in this regard.
The Republican Party is also planning to be very active in involving young people.
Anything we need to do to motivate
the youth vote we are going to do,” Leo DiBenigno, director of the Bush/Quayle “Victory ’92” campaign in Dade, said. “We are going to try to have Republican Party leadership visit college campuses in Dade, working in conjunction with the faculty wherever they will allow us, to recruit students and to try to bring them into the campaign. In the past they have actually been very helpful in allowing us to do so.
"Involvement in Dade County will be very extensive,” DiBenigno said. “The youth commitment is going to be huge.” DiBenigno backs up his claim of greater youth involvement this year by admitting that he is only 25.
Charlie Sadfie, 30, president of Everglades Young Republicans, agrees.
“Lots of people are coming on board now that were approaching the general election,” he said.
Sadfie, who also serves as secretary of the Florida Federation of Young Republicans, said that membership in that organization has increased 40 percent from the previous year.
Chavez said “We are seeing a much broader base of support from young
‘My time is valuable and I have just as many important concerns as an older adult. If they want my time as well as my vote, then they’ve got to convince me that my effort is going to count.’
Jewel Cameron,
College student
voters this year than we have in the previous two elections. Young people are more active this year than ever before. Right now we have a couple of hundred people on staff. About 50 percent of them are 18 to 24 or younger. Some are undergraduate students, some in law school and medical school.” "People to People ’92” campaign staffer Jo Mauk said that 40 to 50 people a day called the Dade office over this summer to volunteer their services to the Clinton election effort.
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