Miami Hurricane, March 02, 1993

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■	The name of the
Criminal Justice major will change to Criminology.
■	Famous sports agent Leigh Steinberg spoke on campus Friday
VOL 70, ISSUE 36
CHANGING UM
■ Students say what one thing they would change about UM if they could.
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MID-TERM WARNING TIME...

■ Mid-term grades of D and E are due by 9 a,m. on March 3 in the academic dean's office.
THE MIAMI
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ■ CORAL GABLES, FLA.
FUNDAY FRIENDS
■ Snow balls were flying on the commencement green during the 12th annual FunDay, which was made possible by 300 UM volunteers
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■ Since 1986, the Badminton Club has offered alternative excitement and fun for UM students.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 2,1993
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► STUDENT ARRESTS

Two students arrested for making fake IDs
HERALD DELIVERY IN DORMS TO IMPROVE
The Miami Herald’s delivery service in the residential colleges should be improv mg, according to Student Government President David Diamond.
Diamond and Jamie Hilson, P< ar * son Residential College senator, said they met with the Herald’s home delivery manager and the vice president of Circulation on Friday, and were told that The Herald will now be collating IJM’s papers at the) distribution site, rather than delivering the papers to the University in sections.
"Both SG and The Herald wanted better service for the students." Diamond said "Once The Herald fixed |their problems] both sides had no problem."
As a result of the improved servlet“ Hilson said that he will support the reversal of a Senate bill that prohibited The Herald from selling subscriptions in the University Center Breeze wav.
NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED FOR SG COMMISSION
Junior Quanda Kimbrough was sele< ted as the new Student Government Flections Commission chairman on Monday by SG President David Diamond "He's run for office a couple of times so he knows the procedures," Diamond said. "He's one of the older members of the commission and was able to take charge at the last meeting.”
Diamond said that he consulted with Jody Kalman, the elections commission adviser and director of Student Activities, before making the decision.
During the next week, the Senators will have the opportunity to ask questions of Kimbrough. He then must be ratified by a vote of the Senate at next week’s meeting, Diamond said.
Kimbrough could not be reached for comment.
NATIONAL SEX TEST NEEDS COLLEGIATE INPUT
A national sex survey, geared towards learning the opinions and experiences of college students, needs undergraduate participants from across the country.
Sponsored by the National Student Survey Tabulation Center, the inquiry is dedicated to understanding modern sexuality. Officials from the center stated the survey's costs of operation are self-financed and the survey does not receive any federal, state or corporate funding.
All undergraduate students may participate in the 1993 National College Students Sex Survey. All survey forms are anonymous, and the results will be made available upon request.
Requests are due by March 16, To receive a copy of the 1993 Sex Survey Instruction form, send a self-addressed stamped envelop to National Student Survey, P.O. Box 13158, Des Moines, Iowa,
50310.
JEFFREY M. BROOKS/Graphlc Artist
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BY ANNETTE J. GALLAGHER
Opinion Editor
'Two University of Miami students were arrested Thursday afternoon in Mahoney Residential College for making and possessing fake driver's licenses, according to Sgt. Mitch Fry, director of public information for the Coral Gables Police Department.
— Lorence Lapow and Pedro Mata, both 'residents of Mahoney, were taken into custody by Coral Gables police officers and agents from the state department of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco.
Sgt. Kelvin Davis of ABT said Lapow is fat ing 14 felony counts, including making false drivers’ licenses; unauthorized possession of fraudulent drivers’ licenses; and sale, possession and delivery of a controlled substance.
According to Davis. Mata was charged with felony counts of making and possessing
unauthorized drivers’ licenses. A third Mahoney resident, Brad Snyder, was also arrested at the same time and charged with a misdemeanor count of possessing a false driver's license.
Gordon Chin, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, of which all three students were members, said the students were arrested due to the investigation of an undercover officer who was a Sig Ep pledge. Chin said it was his understanding that three undercover officers went through fraternity rush, but only one received a bid from a fraternity.
. No agency would confirm or deny the use of an undercover police in Sig Ep.
Several residents of the third floor of Mahoney said they witnessed the arrests.
"(Police officers] almost ran me over in the hallway,” Eric Bornstein, sophomore, said.
Freshman Neil Higgins said he saw 15-20 officers in the hallway with their guns drawn.
"There was a K-9 unit parked outside, but I didn’t see any dogs in the hall," Nicholas Schor, sophomore, said.
Senior Laura Galickas said she saw approximately seven officers in the hall and by the fire exit, some of whom appeared to be plainclothed.
UM administrators had little information to add about the incident.
“I knew arrests were made Thursday, but 1 don’t have enough information to comment,” said UM President Edward T. Foote II.
"I have very little information. The only charge I’m aware of is making fake drivers’ licenses,” said David Lieberman, senior vice president.
Lieberman said he had no knowledge of any undercover activity. "All we were asked
to do was help officers gain access to residential colleges.”
Eric Shoemaker, director of Public Safety, also said he did not have enough information to comment.
"This isn't a UM case,” Shoemaker said.
William Butler, vice president for Student Affairs, said, “Until I have a report, I don't have a comment.”
William Sandler, dean of students, said, “I haven't seen a report yet I don't know anything about undercover officers.”
Richard Walker, associate dean of students, could not be reached for comment.
“The fraternity position is that these individuals were acting in their own interests. They have been suspended pending an investigation by the alumni board," Chin said.
Chin said, contrary to campus rumors, Sig Ep'S charter has not been pulled by the national chapter of the fraternity.
►student government
Diamond to appeal closed-meeting ruling
BY JASON ZOANOWICZ
Hurricane Staff Writer
Student Government President David Diamond said he will appeal the SG Supreme Court advisory that said SG Senate meetings can be closed to students.
“I believe that the advisory is unconstitutional,” Diamond said. “It’s pretty clear [in the SG constitution) that no SG
meeting can be closed to a student.” Diamond also said he feels parts of the advisory are unclear.
“The question that the supreme court answered was if the meeting could be closed. What is unclear is who the meeting can be closed to," he said.
Sandra Torres, an SG Supreme Court justice, defended the advisory.
“Our decision was our opinion. It was
a little gray area [in the constitution) and we interpreted it the best that we could. We tried to serve everybody’s interests. We believe that this decision will serve the student body best.”
Steve Cohen, speaker of the SG Senate, also defended the court’s actions.
"Their job is to interpret the constitution. 1 think that the court was pretty competent,” Cohen said.
► A CLOSER LOOK: WRITING SKILLS
BY FERNANDO BATTAGLIA
News Editor
They say that a lot of things am't what they used to be. That may even include college students’ ability to write well.
"People are entering college without the grammar background they used to have,” Charlotte Perlin, director of the Writing Center, said. "Entrance requirements are different than they were before."
The Writing Center tutors students in the essentials of composition.
“We do have a great many students coming in, perfectly bright people, who need the kind of help that the Writing Center can give,” said Ronald Newman, director of English composition.
Newman also said that student’s writing skills are not as strong as they
were in the past.
“I think that they're worse than they were 20 to 25 years ago," he said.
“The one thing that people have to get out of their heads is that they can’t write because they’re not intelligent or because the teaching isn’t good,” Newman said.
According to Newman, there are two major reasons for the decline in writing skills.
The first is the opening of universities to a broader socio-economic range of people. Newman said that 30 to 40 years ago, universities catered to students who came from more privileged backgrounds where they received a better education.
“No educator would want to go back to the old system,” Newman said.
The second reason is the rise of
what Newman calls the "anti-verbal culture,”
“When people sit in front of the TV for the preposterous number of hours that they have the last decade ... they don’t read and their parents don’t read to them,” Newman said. "This, in addition to other seductive qualities of TV, has created a generation of non-readers.
"That combination of the degeneration of culture and the opening of the universities ... has given us students who don’t write very well,” Newman said.
Perlin also said that television has had an impact on students’ ability to write well.
"People seem to feel that we all watch too much TV,” she said. "We
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AWAY WITH WORDS
►	Have students given up reading and writing for TV watching?
►	Faculty members say students ’ writing skills have deteriorated in recent decades.
CORNELIUS PATTERSON / The Hurricane
■ WRITE AID: Margaret Kreuzberger, associate director of the Writing Center at UM, helps graduate student Alex Mortarim sharpen her writing skills.
► PARKING
Construction on parking garage to begin soon
BY ED PORTER
nnrt At I FT T A ROWERS
Or the Staff
A parking garage is expected to be completed by December of 1994 on what is presently Lot find, according to Senior Vice President David l.iebei man
“We just selected the winning bidder," Leiberman said. “They'll have to do detailed architectural draw ings and turn them in to the city of Coral Gables for approval. We'll have to go to city hall for permits now ”
Lieberman said that the permit application process would be completed this spring and construction on the parking garage would begin this summer,
While the garage is being built, students who nor mally park in Lot 600 will have to park in the Dickinson West lots, which are currently under construction
"I anticipate smooth sailing on the project," Lieberman said.
Alan Fish, assistant vice president for Business Services, said that when the parking garage is completed, it will serve multiple purposes. The garage will also house the Department of Public Safety.
"That will make the parking garage a lot safer," Fish said.
Firic Shoemaker, director of Public Safety, said placing the department beside the garage will reduce the potential for criminal activity.
“Parking garages are notoriously dangerous plac es,” Shoemaker said. "The move will also put us more in the center of campus. We feel it is the best thing to enhance campus security.”
Fish said the current Public Safety offices will be allotted to another department within the University He said there has been no decision made as to which department will get the space.
Fish said the garage will be used as a secure lot supervised by UM Public Safety officers during winter and spring vacations.
Shoemaker said if the garage is finished Public Safety would like to use it as the security lot during winter break.
► MOTION PICTURES
New college course examines pornography
BY OMAR VEGA
Hurricane Staff Writer
No minors are allowed in Constance Penley’s film class at the University of California-Santa Barbara. That’s because the course of study is pornography.
The class studies straight, gay, lesbian, feminist and even amateur pornography from 1891 to the present, includmg Madonna’s music videos, "Erotica” and "Justify My Love.” The four-credit course is called “Special Topics in Film Genre: Pornographic Film."
“Pornography is a very highly charged [film] genre that has political and social weight to it,” Edward Bramgan, chair of the Film Studies Department at UCSB, said.
However, Paul Lazarus, director of the Motion Pic-tures/Video Film program at UM, said he disagrees.
"Profound questions lie in censorship and the regulations of [pornography], not just porn for the sake of porn," Lazarus said.
Lazarus said he believes there is a market for pornography, but that this alone does not make it a suitable subject to study. The study of pornography, he said, would be “tedious and boring.”
Michael Lent, a motion pictures student at UM, said that pornography would technically qualify as a film genre.
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