Miami Hurricane, February 12, 1993

              BRIEFS
VALENT* HEARING STILL ON-GOING
The professional conduct committee of the Faculty Senate is still investigating charges against Professor Jiri Val-enta.
Valenta, accused of sexual harassment, abusive behavior, and professional misconduct, has not appeared at the hearing which began Tuesday morning on the UM medical campus, Paul Dee, University general counsel, said Wednesday.
The three member hearing committee has heard testimony from at least four witnesses, Dee said. The University has been represented at the hearing by Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Steve Ullmann.
The committee will make a recommendation to UM President Edward T. Foote II on whether or not they feel Valenta is guilty. If Foote believes the matter should go further, he will convene a five-member Faculty Senate board which will consider termination of Valenta’s tenure for cause, Dee said.
The hearings are closed to the public. Testimony or deliberations could not be obtained from participants as of press time.
OVER 70 BUSINESSES
COMING TO CAREER WEEK
The Department of Career Planning and Placement will sponsor Career Week '93 Feb. 15-19.
Representatives from over 70 major corporations will be on campus to conduct seminars and recruit students, Cynthia Swol, associate director of Career Planning and Placement said.
On Wednesday, the Department will hold a career fair, where cor-
porations ranging from Mary Kay Cosmetics to Kraft General Foods to the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel will provide information to prospective applicants, Swol said.
DICKINSON WEST LOT NOT OPEN FOR PARKING
Anyone parked on the new Dickinson Drive parking lot should move their car by Monday morning, David Green, Facilities Administration project manager, said.
"The lot is still in the construction phase,” Green said. The contractors will be working on the lot Monday and any cars still on the lot will most likely be towed, Green said.
Approximately 30 cars were parked on the lot Thursday afternoon.
"The blacktop and paint stripes need to cure and it needs curbing and landscaping,” Green said. "The cars are tying us up. We need it empty by Monday and need to keep it empty until the contractors are done.”
Parking Director Jane Gailey said construction is being delayed by people using the lot before it is
ready.
FACE THE FACTS
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China
Spain
India
Venezuela
Peru
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New Stafford Loan increases eligibility
Applications on the rise
BY JENNIFER RAMACH
Assistant News Editor The U.S. Government has approved a new type of Stafford Loan that will allow students who were previously ineligible for financial aid to borrow money.
Since the new loan, the Unsubsidized Stafford loan, became available in January, the University has sent approximately 2,000 applications to students who applied for financial aid, but either received only a partial Stafford loan or no loan at all, according to Ron Sol-tani, student loan coordinator.
Soltani said over a third of these applications have been filled out and returned to the department.
“I think it’s a good idea,” Dan Fine, junior, said. “I know there’s a
problem, because 1 have the problem. My dad saved enough money for part of my school, so I couldn’t
get anv financial aid. I was lucky that UM offered academic scholarships or I wouldn’t have been able to attend.”
The Unsubsidized Stafford Loan differs from the traditional Stafford Loan in a few ways, according to Martin Carney, director of Finan-
cuj Assistance Services.
Carney said the repayment of an Unsubsidized Stafford Loan begins
as soon as the loan is dispersed. The student receiving the loan can opt to defer payment until graduation, but the interest on tne loan will still accumulate.
Another difference between the two types of Stafford Loans is the origination fee. For the traditional Stafford loan, the fee is 5 percent of the total amount of the loan. For the unsubsidized loan, it is 6.5 percent.
Another change in the Stafford Loan program is the loan limits for recipients of either type of Stafford loan. A freshman’s loan limit is still $2,625, but a sophomore can now receive up to $3,500. Juniors and seniors have a loan limit of $5,500, instead of the previous limit of $4,000.
These changes are under the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Assistance Act, which also changed the interest rate to a variable rate, currently at 6.94 percent, according to Carney.
Soltani said the new loan will increase the number of student loan applications processed next year.
“For the next academic year, we’re looking at a 30-50 percent increase of applications, because of the new government loans,” Sol-tani said. "We also estimate the amount of money (received by the University] will go up drastically, but we don’t know for sure.”
For the 1992-93 academic year, Soltani said UM is anticipating it will process a total of 6,000 to 7,000 student loans. He estimated that UM will receive between $15
million and (18 million (or student
loans.
"Usually the estimates vary from the actual number and amount of loans,” Soltani said. "Students apply for loans, but don't actually get paid. They either decide not to come to UM or not to accept the loan.”
“I think it sounds like a great opportunity for people stuck in the middle,” Jay Hine, senior, said. “They need extra income and can’t get it.”
► VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine’s Day hurts some people’s esteem
BY ANNETTE J. GALLAGHER
Opinion Editor
Commercials for Valentine’s Day props such as candy, flowers and greeting cards can be tough on some people’s self-esteem, says Dr. Seana Shaw, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Miami Medical School.
“Every psychotherapist knows relationships are No. 1 on most people's lists and the most common reason people enter therapy. At this time of year, people tend to take stock of their relationships,” Shaw said.
This introspection can make those people who are not currently involved in a romantic relationship feel insecure, according to Shaw. Commercials for products associated with Valentine’s Day tend to
► public safety
show couples in relationships and partnerships and therefore reinforce the insecurity.
For those who are not romantically involved and feeling blue, Shaw has some advice.
"These people should look at the love relationships already in their lives and realize that there really is love there,” Shaw said. “They can establish loving, caring relationships themselves rather than focusing on what isn’t there.”
Shaw said she researched the relationship between Valentine’s Day advertising and self-esteem after the development office at UM called requesting the information. She said many of her findings came from the work of Dr. Ethel Person, who once spoke at UM about the need for and meaning of love in people’s lives.
DEADLY DISEASE
► 'Week for Lifer brings issue of AIDS to forefront ^ Students must help deal with AIDS crisis
SEAN MEYER / The Hurricane
■ WEEK FOR LIFE: Posters promoting the upcoming Week for Life, organized to increase awareness of AIDS, were painted by senior Jeff Lurie and displayed at Hecht Residential College.
► A CLOSER LOOK: AIDS
College AIDS on the rise
BY ED PORTER
Assistant News Editor
Ettienne Hernandez spent part of each week volunteering at Jackson Memorial Hospital visiting those who have been forgotten by many. They are the victims of AIDS.
“If there is anything these people need from us, it is our understanding,” Hernandez, said. “If there is anything we can do, it is to make their last couple of days, couple of months, or couple of years worthwhile. Everyone closes their eyes to this issue. It doesn’t have to be a family member — it touches everyone.”
Hernandez, a University of Miami student, said it wasn’t until after a relative was diagnosed with the HlV-virus that he decided to get involved.
It is estimated that 1 million people have the HIV virus nation-wide, or one in every 250 people. Since the disease was discovered in 1981, 242,146 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed as of September. About 70 percent of those people have died as a result of AIDS.
A 1991 report by the National Commision on AIDS stated that, “The cumulative deaths in the first 10 years of AIDS will more than double in the next two: by the end of 1993, the toll will rise from 120,000 to 350,000.”
What was once a considered a disease of the homosexual community is now taking more and more lives of college students.
“The growing group of people gettingAIDS are heterosexuals in the college-age group. What matters is each individual’s wisdom. That’s what it boils down to. It’s still a deadly disease,” Dr. Fred Kam, director of the Health Center, said.
As of December, the number of diagnosed AIDS cases in people age 20-24 was 9,582, according to the National Aids Hotline.
The UM Health Center receives about 25 patients a month for HIV testing, Kam said. The number of students at UM with AIDS was not available.
Seepage 2! AIDS
Groups sponsor A Week for Life
BY LANE K. FEINSTEIN
Hurricane Staff Writer
A Week for Life, a series of events designed to focus attention on and improve awareness about AIDS, begins today with a fund-raising competition between residential colleges and campus organizations.
Manuel Tejeda, co-chairman of A Week for Life, said he hopes the week for “ will "teach people how to protect themselves, make them aware of the past, aware of the volunteerism that is going on, and raise the general awareness."
"We want to educate people on how far we’ve come on this disease in the past 12 to 13 years and what’s going to happen in the next 5 to 10,” Tejeda said.
Jerry Correa, co-chairman of A Week for Life, said he wanted to help increase the consciousness of UM students and the Miami community about AIDS.
“I am hoping to form a student organization which will hold this event for the years to come,” Correa said. He said it is important for people to understand that no one is immune to AIDS.
The events scheduled throughout the week will discuss the prevention of AIDS and the social and political implications of this disease, Correa said.
"HIV and AIDS awareness needs to be raised to students and the UM community,” Donald Parris, member of Aware, a group on campus on committed to AIDS awareness, said.
Correa said each day of A Week for Life will have a different theme about AIDS, beginning with the history of AIDS on Monday.
Four pieces of the NAMES Project Quilt will be on display in the University Center throughout the week. The quilt started as one individual's expression of grief in memory of a person who died of AIDS, according to Correa. The NAMES Project is now a national organization and there are 14,000 panels on the quilt.
“The Condom,” a painting by Romero Britto, will be unveiled Monday. The painting will be displayed permanently on the second floor of the UC.
► STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Public Safety responds to complaints Diamond wants to delay SG bill
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BY JENNIFER RAMACH
Assistant News Editor
The Department of Public Safety will try to use complaints from minority students to improve itself, according to Eric Shoemaker, director of Public Safety.
“It’s really encouraging that they [the students] get this kind of interest in this,” Shoemaker said. “Especially when they say everyone is so apathetic. We can use student involvement to make our program better.”
The complaints, made by several black students at UM say the students feel they have been treated unfairly by Public Safety.
Shoemaker said he does not know the details of the
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maker said. “All I have are perceptions there is a problem. And I want to look and see if there is a problem. I don’t tolerate any activity of the sort alleged.”
Joanne Nottingham, director of Minority Student Affairs, said students will often tell her things in passing, and that complaints often go unreported to faculty or administrators who might be able to help them.
“We are going to meet with the students voicing these allegations and see what the story is,” Shoemaker said.
Alan Fish, assistant vice president for Business Services, said he is concerned about the student complaints.
“We want to talk to students and discuss the issues, real or perceived,” Fish said. “Whether they are real or perceived, as far as I’m concerned, they’re real. I’m very sensitive about this.”
From Staff Fteports
Student Government President David Diamond introduced a Senate bill Wednesday to give himself an extra 14 days to either veto or accept an SG Senate bill which would prohibit The Miami Herald from soliciting on campus.
Pearson Residential College Senator Jamie Hilson said the Senate rejected the bill as being unconstitutional. Hilson said Diamond threatened to veto the bill if he wasn’t given the extra time.
‘"The constitution says he gets 10 days. It would take an amendment to give him more time,”
Hilson said.
Diamond wanted the extra time to negotiate with The Herald, Hilson said. Diamond said he is working with The Herald to have the papers pre-bagged in plastic before they are delivered to ensure residential college students get a complete paper.
8G Notes
■ The Senate swore in four election commissioners on Wednesday, bringing the commission to seven members, the minimum needed to hold an election.
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