Miami Hurricane, November 24, 1992

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VOLUME 70, NUMBER 22
CORAL GABLES. FLORIDA
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. L992
INSIDE
TURKEY DAY PLANS
Students are getting ready to head home, to a friend’s house or away from campus for a short vacation over Thanksgiving break.
■ Accent — page 6
IRON MEN
The Cycling/Triathlon Club has brought the boom sport of the 90s to UM.
■ Sports — page 8
SPECIAL SECTION
BASKETBALL PREVIEW: The
Hurricanes' begin their second season in the Big East Conference with top notch recruiting classes for both teams. The women look to defend their conference crown, while the men look to improve on their 1-17 Big East record.
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Public Safety will again offer a 24-hour guarded parking lot for all students who want to leave their automobiles behind over the holiday break.
Beginning Dec. 15, students may leave their cars in Lot 420, located behind Mahoney/Pearson Residential College. Upon returning, students must present a proof of ownership stub.
Public Safety officers and hired security officers from the Miami Beach Police Department will patrol
uttle coordinator Cynthia Corujo said last rd over the automobiles had good n
'ear s results, although
GRAVES-DIGGER
J.C. RIDLEY/Special to The Hurricane
PICKING ORANGES: Cornerback Dexter Seigler is congratulated by teammates C.J. Richardson (19), Ryan McNeil (47), and Casey Greer after he intercepted Syracuse quarterback Marvin Graves' pass deep In Orangemen territory. The interception led to a 22-yard field goal by Dane Prewitt and a 13-0 lead for the Hurricanes. Story, page 8.
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demand was less than expected.
"We did it last spring and (the loti didn’t fill up,” Corujo said. "The students were very happy with the situation.”
Corujo also said a car parked in a different lot was stolen during spring break last year.
All vehicles may be taken out of the lot by their owners at any time during the break, but they may not be parked there again once released.
—PAMELA W1LFINGER
Class in Bimini offered during Intersession
Twelve students will be flying off to the Bimini islands over the holiday break to earn three credits in a hands-on marine science course.
The 10-day trip includes boarding a skiff each day and snorkeling around a lagoon in search of biota, or different types of animal and plant life found living in a . particular area.
The curriculum consists of lectures on subjects of plant succession, symbiosis on coral reefs and shark biology. All materials will be collected and identified in a lab at the Bimini Biological Field Station. Students will also be living, eating, attending classes and performing experiments at the station.
There are no extra costs to join the class because standard tuition covers airfare to Bimini, all meals and living expenses as well as field trips, lectures, examinations and the three science credits.
Samuel Gruber, professor of marine biology and fisheries, students i
ing the Intersession.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
By ED PORTER
Staff Writer
Some of President-elect Bill Clinton’s proposals for his new administration are directed at the availability and repayment of student loans.
Clinton has proposed programs such as the Student G.l. Bill and Domestic Peace Corps Plan that will increase the availability of student loans. When implemented, these programs will allow students to pay off college loans through community service in such fields as police and social work.
Also, a payroll reduction plan has been proposed that would allow graduates to earmark part of their paychecks to pay back their federal student loans while embarking on a career.
Lincoln Connolly, co-president of University of Miami’s College Democrats, said he thought Clinton’s proposed proincrease students who can’t go to college because they don’t have enough money. These programs will also benefit students psychologically because they won’t have to
said he thought Clinton s proposed | grams would “ ... probably incre enrollment (at universities], I know
worry about a debt hanging over their heads.”
Connolly said he thought the education policy under the past Republican administrations has been on the back burner.
“These programs will put more educated people in government and the private sector,” Connolly said.
Luis Glaser, UM's executive vice president and provost, is optimistic about the new administration.
"Any program that makes student loans more available affects us positively. Clinton’s program has a lot of appeal but lacks some specifics. Also, the success of his programs will depend on their level of funding," Glaser said.
The upcoming change in power will also affect UM in other ways.
"Infrastructure is very important. ... Universities interact with each other and private companies in a process called technology transfer,” Glaser said. "Electronics are especially important to us in libraries. If you can go to a computer and locate a document you need in Iowa City, for instance, that could be fantastic.”
Jason Maxwell, president of UM’s College Republicans, said Clinton’s plans for education aren’t necessarily new.
"The Clinton education policy may be slightly different than Bush’s, but the effects will be about the same. Clinton’s
filan is the status quo. It’s just worded a ittle differently. If there is an increase in university enrollment lin the U.S.l, it will be negligible. I don't think Clinton’s plan will improve education,” Maxwell said.
The first test for Clinton will come in the much talked about first 100 days following his inauguration. This is when Clinton’s proposed programs in education and other areas are to go into effect.
"There is a perceived and real problem in the )K-12th grade) levels," Glaser said. "The question is: does it provide the necessary skills? I think we are doing a good job but we are still leaving too many people behind.”
“If we are going to improve infrastructure and develop abilities we must work on infrastructure and abilities that focus on the educational process. Research is good, but we must concentrate on students,” Glaser said.
victims of racial slurs
By PAMELA WILFINGER
Contributing Editor
Last week, five women, all of them African-American employees in the Employee Benefits Office, received a letter filled with racial slurs.
Public Safety and Human Resources are investigating the incident.
Roosevelt Thomas, associate vice president for Human Resources, said Public Safety will be conducting interviews and following unspecified leads.
“It’s not a case where someone has been shot or killed, but they are the ones who have the job of handling the investigation,” Thomas said.
Eric Shoemaker, the director of Public Safety, said the case has been mostly turned over to Human Resources because of the State * Attorney’s Office’s decision about the case.
“The state attorney referred it back to Mr.	Thomas’s office
because in order for it to qualify as a hate crime, it would have to be considered a	federal offense,”
Shoemaker said. "As it stands, the state attorney feels it is not a crime.”
Thomas said he didn’t want the employees involved to talk to the press during	the investigation y i
because innocent people could be	1
named in anger.
“I’m black and if 1 had received one of those, I may start to think back on anyone I may have had a , fight with in the past 10 days and 4 then start naming people,” Thom-
as said. “By talking to the employees, you get people saying names and accusing someone who they
suspect, and I don't want this to turn into something bigger than it
is.”
The University administration would only decide to take some sort of action if other departments in the University had been dealing with similar incidents, Thomas stated.
“If it had been going on for months and affected a lot of different offices then (the administration) would have to do something about it, but right now, as far as we know, it was just an isolated incident,” said Thomas.
Number of hepatitis B cases at UM bucks nationäl trend
By ALLETTA BOWERS
Editor In Chief
Unlike many other schools, the University of Miami has not experienced an increase in the number in the cases of hepatitis B, a disease which can cause permanent liver damage and even death.
Dr. Frederick Kam, director of the Health Center, said, while he does not know the exact number of cases at UM, he has treated two patients for hepatitis B this semester. Only one of the two was a UM student.
In the past 10 years, the nation’s rate of infection has doubled, with cases among heterosexual young adults up 77
percent. More than one-third of the 300,000 Americans infected each year with hepatitis B are college-aged adults, according to Atlanta’s Center for Disease Control.
Wendy Marx fell into a coma and almost died from hepatitis B, just five months after graduating from Duke University.
In her case, as is the case in one-third of those infected, the source of the infection remains unknown.
"I almost died from hepatitis B, a disease I’d barely heard of before, and my life has been permanently changed because of it. I certainly didn’t know that there was a vaccine to prevent this
infection,” said Marx, now 25 and living in San Francisco.
The disease is also on the rise among health care workers. Federal studies estimate that 9,500 medical professionals get hepatitis B each year.
In accordance with the Occupational Safety and Hazard Act, staff members of UM’s Health Center have begun vaccinating against the disease, Kam said.
Hepatitis B is 100 times more contagious than the AIDS virus and can be spread through contact with blood or body fluids.
About half of those who get hepatitis B will suffer from inflammation of the liver. Fourteen people in the United
States die every day from hepatitis-related cirrhosis or liver cancer.
Many people mistake hepatitis infection for flu or some other illness. Symptoms include skin rashes, fatigue, nau- i sea and vomiting, loss of appetite,.^ jaundice and abdominal pain.	X
The vaccination requires three different vaccinations over a period of seven months and costs about $140, Kam said. While the Health Center does not regularly provide the vaccination, it can be obtained if a student requests it,
Kam said.
College Press Service contributed to this report.
Planning for future
Educators meet to discuss Hurricane preparedness
THANKSGIVING CLOSINGS
imuel Gruber, professor of marine Dioiogy ana ries, said the class may fill up quickly, but that :nts shouldn’t despair if they don t get to go dur-
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By JOE CALAPAI
Staff Writer
The University of Miami will participate in a seminar with other South Florida educational institutions to share experiences learned from Hurricane Andrew.
The seminar, I "Learning from the Last One,
Preparing for the Next One,” | will be held Dec.
1 at Barry Uni-1 versity. The seminar will be sponsored by EdNet, a consortium of Florida educational Ruls-Topinka institutions.
"We will discuss some of the mistakes we made this time, and some of the mistakes we can avoid next time,” said Michele Morris, director of university relations at Barry University and moderator of the seminar.
‘ We will discuss some of the mistakes we made this time, and some of the mistakes we can avoid next time. ’
Michels Morris, Barry University’s director of university relations
EdNet President Dan Kalman-son, director of media relations at Florida International University, said the seminar will discuss "what different educational institutions have learned from Andrew.”
Morris said panelists will be Conchita Ruiz-Topinka, director of University Relations at UM, Connie Crowther from Florida International University, Bill DuPriest from Dade County Public Schools and Betty Semet from Miami-Dade Community College.
The seminar will help the institu-
tions learn from each other’s experiences in dealing with the media before and after the hurricane, Morris said.
"Cooperatively, we could have been stronger,” Morris said.
Past EdNet programs have included lobbying The Miami Herald to hire a full-time education writer and encouraging Gov. Law-ton Chiles not to cut education funding.
“It was very impressive for them to see us going in as a unified
B” Ruiz-Topinka said of the lobby.
Ruiz-Topinka said EdNet grew out of an agreement between UM and FIU to share information between the school’s media relations departments. They then invited other schools to join and share information.
Although EdNet is open to all schools in Florida, member institutions are located in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Kalman-son said.
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■	Campus Sports and Recreation — CSR will be open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. It will be closed Thursday and will be open Friday through Sunday, noon to 7 p.m.
■	The Eye — The Eye will close at 4 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday.
■	Hurricane Cafeteria — The Hurricane will close at 2 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen at 11 a.m. on Monday.
■	Ibis Cafeteria — The Ibis will close at 3 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen at 7 a.m. Monday.
■	Mahoney/Pearson and Hecht/Stan-ford Cafeterias — They will close at 7 p.m. Wednesday and will reopen Monday at 7:30 a.m.
■	Otto G. Richter Library — The library will be closed Thursday. It will be open Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Regular hours will resume Saturday.
■	Rathskeller — The Rat will close after lunch on Wednesday, at 2 p.m. It will resume normal hours at 11:30 a.m. on Monday.
■	University Center — The pool will be open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. every day during Thanksgiving break. The recreation and games area will have normal hours on Wednesday and then will be open from 4 p.m.-ll p.m. daily. The convenience store will close Wednesday at 11 p.m. and will reopen Sunday at noon.
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