Miami Hurricane, November 20, 1992

              VOLUME 70, NUMBER 21
CORAL GABLES. FLORIDA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20.1992
INSIDE
PRESTON MACK/Photo Editor
A FAMILY TRADITION
Sophomore Julie Brand is following in the foot steps of her father, grandfather and two brothers who are all golf pros.
■ Sports — page 6
ORANGE BOWL QUEEN
University of Miami graduate student Joanna Mbramos will reign over the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1.
■ Accent — page 5
NEWSBRIEFS
UM Debate team falters at Oklahoma tournament
The University of Miami debate team came home last weekend from what might have been the most fierce competition they’ve had so far.
At the Joe Jackson Invitational hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma, the team of Peter Lee and George Theodore won three out of four debates, but failed to make the elimination round.
The team of Etienne Hernandez and Michelle Cre-mata won four of the seven debates. They defeated Northern Oklahoma College, Southwestern College and Emporia State twice.
"It was quite an experience debatini partner,” Hernandez
Master plan on track despite Andrew
By CHRISTOPHER J. AVROS
Staff Writer
Despite losses due to Hurricane Andrew totaling $13 million, the University of Miami’s Master Plan is moving ahead.
The Master Plan is a series of future building projects which will double the size of the campus during the next 20 years.
Funding for the major projects of the Master Plan have not suffered any ill effects. A number of these projects are set to begin within the next couple of months.
Among them are
the L. Austin Weeks Recital Hall, the
AFTER ANDREW
Ziff Tower, which will house the School of Architecture, the Law School Library expansion and additional parking facilities.
The Weeks Recital Hall should be ready for occupancy within a year, said Rafael Peruyera, director of Facilities Planning and Design. The only remaining hurdle to construction at this time is the acquisition of permits from Coral Gables.
"Well, we’ve cleared the site,” Peruyera said. “From that standpoint, we’re ready. Within 12 months from the receipt of permits, it should be completed. I don’t see (obtaining) the permits oeing a problem. I think we’ve already gone through every obstacle possible.”
The design work on the Ziff Tower, which will stand next to current architecture buildings and Eaton Residential College, has been completed.
"It’s still in the fund-raising pro-
cess,” Peruyera said. “Once we have the money, construction will get under way.”
The expansion of the Law School Library should "begin sometime during the winter months,” David Lieberman, senior vice president, said. No official target date has been set for either construction or completion.
Once it is completed, the total square footage of the library will have doubled.
Construction of a campus parking garage will begin on Lot 600 next to Mark Light Stadium by February, if not sooner. Design of the facility has begun and the University is expecting to receive bids from six contracting firms within the next month, Lieberman said.
It is expected to be completed by December 1993, with 650 parking spaces.
A significant amount of the funding for the garage comes from the increas-
es enacted the past two years in the price of a UM parking permit. Permit prices have risen from $50 in 1990-91, to $95 last year and finally $115 this
year.
An additional 400 parking spaces will be created by new parking lots currently under construction, such as on Dickinson Drive where married student housing used to be. Altogether, there will be over 1,000 new places to park by this time next year.
One of the biggest projects of the master plan is the Recreation and Wellness Center. Last semester, students voted in favor of a referendum charging students an extra $85 per semester, via the activity fee, for funding of the center.
"The architects are already at work on the design,” said Norm Parsons,
UM students sleep out, sample homelessness
with a new said. “I’m glad everything
worked out fine.”
During the competition, the teams faced were Florida State University and Columbia University.
“They were going up against the best competition in the country,” said David Steinberg, coach of the debate team, said. “But I think they did a good job debating,” he added.
—ROXANA ROMERO
USA Today sponsors contest
USA Today and four educational organizations will sponsor an academic contest open to all full-time undergraduates.
Sixty students will be chosen and distributed into three teams, called the All-USA Academic Team, and will be featured in a special edition of the newspaper on Feb. 5. Those students who are picked to be in the first team will receive a cash prize of $2,500.
Peter Prichard, editor of USA Today, said that academic record and presentation of background will be deciding factors in the selection process.
The key element, to be given more weight by the judges, will be a student’s outstanding original academic or intellectual product,” Prichard said. “The judges will be influenced by the student’s ability to describe that outstanding endeavor in his or her own words.
Winners, who are selected by a panel of educators, are chosen by academic excellence and by leadership roles on and off campus.
The contest is also sponsored by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
—PAMELA WILFINGER
By CRISTINA GONZALEZ
Staff Writer
As a part of Hunger and Homelessness Week, Link, a Sleepout on the University Center Plaza was held to raise awareness about the issue.
The sleepout, sponsored by Link, the programming board of Volunteer Services, began Monday and ended Wednesday morning.
About 15 students participated on Monday night, and 20 on Tuesday night despite inclement weather.
According to Rochelle Rubin, Link chairperson, students were allowed to bring either a sleeping bag or a blanket, a toothbrush, a flashlight and their books. They were not allowed to bring pillows.
On Monday, participants were
given cardboard and paste in order to build the shanties they would live in for two days.
“We had a little bit of a problem with the wind. One of our shanties kind of fell apart,” Doni-ca Williams, Volunteer Services coordinator, said.
Three former homeless men who were a part of Camillus House’s Change Program, and Ruth Hamilton, volunteer director at Camillus House, and Mary Hemington, a Camillus volunteer, held a discussion session with students on Monday night.
"It was a very good, in-depth conversation. There was a lot of interaction between the men who shared their experiences and the students who were very recep-See page SLEEPOUT
PRESTON MACK/Photo Editor TEACHING FROM EXPERIENCE: From the left, Ruth Hamilton, volunteer director of Camillus House, and Mary Hemington, a Camillus volunteer, and Benjamin Johnson and Jamal Spurlock, both formerly homeless, spoke Monday night on the University Center Plaza about
their experiences on the streets ot Miami and the need tor volunteers.
A LESSON IN HOMELESSNESS: Sophomore Lajuan Meyer lays inside a cardboard box. Meyer and about 20 other students slept out on the University Center Plaza Monday and Tuesday night as a demonstration of the homeless problem in the United States.
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Hurricane
Center
moving
toFIU
By LISA J. HURIASH
Staff Writer
The National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service at 1320 South Dixie Highway will be relocating to the Tamiami campus of Florida International University in early 1995, possibly causing inconveniences for the University of Miami's new meteorology program.
Dean Churchill, assistant professor of meteorology, said the move may be an inconvenience for the 25
University ot Miami studentB m the graduate meteorology program.
"Right now, we have a new meteorology program and it is conr venient for students to walk across the street to the National Hurricane Center office to look at current weather data,” Churchill said.
"This move will make my job harder because before I could take students on tours and they could receive additional training and experience,” he said.
Jerry Jarrell, deputy director of the Hurricane Center, said the distance for UM students to travel will be the only inconvenience.
“This move should not affect UM,” Jarrell said. “We have always had a good relationship with the University. There is no meteorology program at FIU, so UM students will still have the advantage for employment after graduation.”
Jarrell said the decision for the move was based on availability of more space to modernize equipment.
“We have a radar antenna that can’t be put up in an open area,” Jarrell said. “FIU is in a less developed area.”
‘ This move should not affect UM. We have always had a good relationship with the University.'
Jerry Jarrell, deputy director Hurricane Center
SG defers rules for selecting commission
By JASON ZDANOWICZ
Staff Writer
The Student Government Senate passed a bill on Wednesday suspending the rules concerning the vacant spots on the SG Elections Commission.
SG President Dave Diamond authored the bill, which grants him extra time to fill the vacancies on the commission.
“I don’t want to fill this commission with warm bodies. I think we need qualified individuals,” Diamond said.
Diamond said he was looking for people with no SG experience to fill the vacancies in order to "make the commission as unbiased as possible.”
Diamond said he plans to appoint new freshmen members to 1V4 year terms and other new members to the usual one-year terms. This will stagger the terms so that all of the commission members aren’t up for reappointment in the same year.
Diamond opposed a senate proposal that would have extended the deadline until the end of the semester. The new deadline agreed upon is 40 days prior to the last possible date that the spring 1993 election may be held.
College voters influence election
By JULIUS WHIGHAM
Stall Writer
The 18-to-24 age group, collectively known as the MTV generation, made its voice heard during the 1992 presidential elections.
Recent statistics from an exit poll conducted by Voter Research and Surveys indicate that President-elect Bill Clinton captured 48 percent of the vote from those age 18-to-24 while incumbent George Bush managed to collect only 30 percent. In 1988, Bush carried 63 percent of the voters under the age of 30.
“I think this year a lot of people felt the need to vote; students wanted to have a collective voice,” Annmarie Gallione, co-president of the College Democrats said.
The cost of education, the environment and the need to extend the rights of women and minorities were some of the key issues for young voters, Gallione said.
Neil Pinney, assistant professor of political science, said many of Clinton’s supporters may not have necessarily been pro-Clinton.
7 think this year a lot of people felt the need to vote; students wanted to have a collective voicd
Annmarie Gallione, co-president College Democrats
Instead, he suggests that Clinton’s success may have been a result of Bush’s low popularity.
“It doesn’t seem like that many more students voted for Clinton,” Pinney said.
Of those who did, the desire for change was the major reason, he said.
“Students were fed up with politics as usual,” he said. “They were dissatisfied with Bush. People wanted change.”
Independent candidate Ross Perot may have received the highest amount of support from the 18-to-24 age group, Pinney said.
Jason Maxwell, president of the
College Republicans, said many voters were not big supporters of Clinton.
Clinton captured support of younger voters by making promises to them just as he did with every other group, Maxwell said.
"People that voted for Clinton were not pro-Clinton, but it was anti-establishment and come next election you will find more
voting Republican,” Maxwell said. "Bill Clinton made too many promises. When it comes time to fulfill his promises, he won’t be able to
do so.”
Regardless of whom they voted for, recent polls show an increase in the number of young voters from years past.
"Young voters probably didn’t^ turn out in record numbers for the i '92 elections, but the turnout was 1 definitely much higher than it was in 1988,” Curtis Gans, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, said.
College Press Service contributed to this report.
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