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VOLUME 71, ISSUE 2
■UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.
OPINION
H Measures needed to case violence in Miami
See page 8
■ Dining Hall lacks variety
See page 7
ACCENT
■ Looking back at Hurricane Andrew
See page 8
I Movies, word search, classifieds
See page 9
SPORTS
■	Bad luck strikes UM cross country runners
Sec page 10
■	UM prepares for Virginia Tech football game on Saturday
See page 10
WEATHER
HIGH:84 LOW:70 WEDNESDAY:
MOSTLY SUNNY HIGH: 84 LOW: 72
NEWSBRIEFS
Senior pictures taken in next four weeks
Senior yearbook photos will be taken in the Flamingo ballroom, second floor of the University Center, beginning today until Oct. 8, according to Danielle Parks, Ibis editor.
Parks said seniors may sign up for photos in the Ibis office, University Center room 229. Sign ups will continue for the next two weeks. All seniors graduating in December should have their pictures taken now, Parks said, as they are still eligible to be included in the 1994 Ibis.
NAMES IN THE NEWS
The UM chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society won the Key Chapter Award at the 1993 National Convention Awards Banquet in Orlando. The chapter was recognized for excellence in communication, leadership, public relations, faculty and administrative involvement, and campus and community service. The award was accepted by chapter advisor Dr. Steven Ullman and chapter president Christina Mora.
A $1,000 scholarship has been awarded to Choong Mun by the publishers of The national Dean's List. Mun was selected based on academic achievements, leadership, extracurricular activities and an essay. The 110,000 students featured in the publication were recommended by their deans or academic vice-presidents from over 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide.
TUESDAY,SEPT. 14,1993
Chaos characterizes FSU voucher sale
“For over half an hour, I was plastered against the door while people were crying and getting hurt” Matt McGowan
BY UAM FITZGERALD AND DARIN KLAHR
Hurricane Stall Writers
Many students who waited in line all night for vouchers to the Oct. 9 matchup between Florida State University and the University of Miami were told that no vouchers were available.
Some students were able to purchase vouchers at 8 a.m. Monday morning, when the vouchers went on sale. But others were left disappointed.
“This is ridiculous,” Melissa Terzis said, at about 8:30 a.m. "People pay so much money to attend this school that you would think they would find someone with one full brain to organize this so people weren’t jumping all over each other.” Terzis said she waited nearly all night to buy the voucher, but when she reached the door, they had already run out of vouchers.
At 2 p.m. Monday, Larry Wahl, associate athletic director, said 80 vouchers were still available.
Wahl said he was not aware that students were previously told that the game was sold out.
"These are for the people who had red tickets, but we were allowed to sell them to people who didn’t have the red tickets too,” said Mary Ortiz, staff assistant at the UC Information Desk. Red tickets were handed out to students in place of vouchers early Monday
morning. Students can redeem their red tickets for vouchers until 4:45 p.m. today.
“Then were many more people than there were tickets available,” Ortiz said. She said Pamela Young, ticket director for the athletic department, authorized her to sell the additional tickets.
But John Hahn, sports information director, said the Athletic Department did not release the additional tickets.
“We did not release any more tickets,” Hahn said. "We gave the allotted number of tickets to student services and it was up to them to release them.”
Wahl said Young did actually authorize the additional tickets, but the 80 tickets were actually part of the 800 originally allotted to students for general sale.
"Students got well more than they are allotted,” Wahl said. Students are automatically given 10 percent of available tickets. This year, students were allotted a total of 1,300 - 800 sold Monday, 450 available through the Student Government trip and 50 allotted to the School of Medicine
Wah! said he does not know why the tickets were originally held.
The Hurricane was not able to contact Young.
"I’m getting tickets so I'm not going to complain too much,” said Mark Gilohrist, a sophomore who got in line about 7:30 a.m. for vouchers. He purchased a voucher from Ortiz at about 2:30 p.m. "But it seems kind of strange and 1 feel sorry for the people who don’t know more tickets are on sale ”
Students began arriving around 9 p.m. Sunday night to purchase the vouchers. Officially, students weren’t supposed to line up until 8 a.m., according to flyers publicizing the sale. Students arriving before that time could be barred from purchasing vouchers, according to the flyers.
Instead, lines were allowed to grow, resulting in a mad rush for vouchers. At 7:15 a.m., public safety officers began allowing students to purchase vouchers one at a time from the Information desk in the University Center, 45 minutes before the official time.
Half an hour later, the officers said the University Center doors would be opened, which allowed students to rush in all at one time. These students received the red tickets which they could later exchange for vouchers. Vouchers would be paid for when the students turned in their red ticket.
CSR demolition scheduled for spring
CHRIS BERNACCHI/Assistanl Photo Editor I
■ FINAL DAYS: The Recreation and Wellness Center will be built where Campus Sports and Recreation is now. Construction is scheduled to begin in April.
Wellness Center planning in final stages
BY AMY LEIS
Contributing Editor
In March 1992, UM students almost unanimously approved a Student Government referendum to help fund the construction of a Wellness Center to replace Campus Sports and Recreation by raising the student activity fee.
What the students voted on, however, is not necessarily what the architects are building.
“We're not dealing with the referendum, we're dealing with the building program,” said project architect Joel Selley.
"There’s no substansive changes,” said Norman Parsons, director of Campus Sports and Recreation. "Only the final decisions between X and X number of courts.”
Brochures distributed to students before the referendum for the Smath-ers Wellness and Recreation Center funding was voted on included a 10,000 square foot weight training and fitness room; a gymnasium with as many as four courts and a suspended jogging track; multi-purpose rooms for aerobics, martial arts, fencing, table tennis and other activities; eight to 10 racquetball courts; two to four squash courts; a 25-yard indoor pool for lap swimming, aqua aerobics and other activities; a wellness education and assessment center; and a health juice bar and lounge.
Some details included in the flood of publicity for the Center, like a movable floor in the pool, have never reached the architects' plans.
"I don’t know if they were even
considering it,” architect Rich Jones said. "Through the process, things are constantly changing due to the limitations of the site.” Space is one consideration.
When the referendum was approved, the Center was supposed to be under construction by the summer of 1993 and completed by the fall of 1994.
"The existing Lane Center will he completely torn down,” said William Butler, vice president for Student Affairs. "We will probably begin raising the building around February and it should take about 18 months.”
The Wellness Center will be partially funded by the increase in the student activity fee. The fee will go up
See WELLNESS, page 2
Sportsfest moved to October
BY JENNIFER RAMACH
Associate News Editor
Sportsfest is traditionally a time for meeting new people and having fun, said Tamu Plowden, an RA for the apartment area. And this year, she said, students will have a chance to have fun earlier this year.
This year’s Sportsfest will be in October, instead of the traditional February.
“It’s a good idea to give people something to do now," Plowden said. "People can get involved at an earlier stage. The earlier they get involved the more opportunities they have on campus.”
Sportsfest is an annual competition between the residential colleges. But Sportsfest is not only for the athletically inclined.
"It's something everyone can participate in; nobody has to be left out,” said Bob Wyner, associate director of Campus Sports and Recreation. "There's a wide variety of events.” Soccer, table tennis and Chinese checkers are a few events.
Sportsfest usually takes place in February, but this year will be Oct. 15, 16 and 17. The deadline to register is Oct. 8.
There are two reasons — “When Sportsfest is going on, we all hear about what a wonderful experience it is,” Parsons said. “And students can meet other students (at an earlier date).”
Weiner added that Sportsfest will be moved because CSR is scheduled to be torn down in February and a facility won't be available.
Jimmy Fox, a Stanford RA, said moving Sportsfest to an earlier date is a good idea. "I think it could be a good bonding experience for the floor early on, rather than later when the year is almost over,” Fox said.
"People are already getting excited about this,” Plowden, the apartment RA, said.
Power increase boosts WVUM’s audience
PUMP UP THE VOLUME
BY KATHLEEN REMMEN
Hurricane Slat* Writer
Within the next few weeks, listeners from throughout Dade County and sections of Fort Lauderdale will be able to hear alternative hits on WVUM-90.5 FM, UM’s campus radio station.
WVUM currently operates on 365 watts. If you drive more than 10 miles from campus, all you’re probably hearing now is static. But the signal could soon reach as far as Fort Lauderdale thanks to an increase to 1.3 kilowatts, said Nikki Tominac, general manager of WVUM.
After two years of petitioning Student Government for the funds to boost the power, a referendum to increase WVUM’s student activity fee allocation was approved by the student body during the spring semester of 1992. The referendum stated that WVUM would receive an additional $1.15 per student for four years, a total of $70,000 for the power increase.
Tominac said she does not know exactly how far the new signal will reach.
“We won’t be sure until the antenna is put up,” Tominac said. “It’s hard to say. And that is only the primary signal.”
A primary signal is the main radio transmission and can be picked up on almost any radio within a certain area. A secondary signal may reach even further.
“A secondary signal means a clock radio in Fort Lauderdale wouldn’t get us, even after the power increase,” Tominac said. “But a stereo system with a good antenna would pick it up. Or a driver could get us, but not in stereo.”
Reception depends on the weather and the quality and location of the antenna, Tominac said. Cars with vertically polarized antennas should be able to tune in from anywhere in Dade County.
No major programming changes are planned at WVUM, but program direc-
tor Jason Gordon said there will be more emphasis on the quality of the shows.
“It will force us to evaluate how our DJs sound,” Gordon said. "And with the increased audience and campus recognition, people will realize we’re not just a small college station.”
Sports director Steve Friedenberg said listeners can expect a more polished sound when they tune in to Hurricane sporting events.
"Because we have a bigger audience, we now have a bigger responsibility to sound as professional as possible,” Friedenberg said.
Tominac said she expects more students to volunteer for shows because of the power increase, even for the dreaded overnight “graveyard” shift.
"We’ve started a new training program," Tominac said. "We’re trying harder to place DJs where they belong and not just throw them on the air. Besides, an overnight show will be just as listened to as a prime time show is now." _______________________________
Within the month, campus radio station WVUM (90.5 FM) will increase the power of its signal "The Voice" will then be heard from Homestead to Hallandale.