Miami Hurricane, March 27, 1992

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FRIDAY, MARCH 27,1992
SPRING FOOTBALL
The weather and injuries to several players put a damper on the Hurricanes’ spring practices.
■ Sports — page 8
JUST FRIENDS?
Two Hurricane editors debate whether men and women can be ‘just friends’.
■ Accent — page 6
NEWSBRIEFS
Alumni elected in Surfside
Two graduates of IJM were recently elected to public office in the City of Surfside, an oceanfront residential community which borders Miami Beach.
Paul Novack, class of 1980, was elected mayor of Surfside after fighting projects that would violate zoning restrictions. Alan Rubin, class of 1981, was elected as a commissioner.
At UM, Novack was the Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) President and received awards from the Society of University Founders, Omnicron Delta Kappa and Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities.
“The University of Miami gave me a great education and an exceptional amount of actual experience that, together, has meant so much to me,” said Novack.
Rubin also served as USBG president and worked with the student security service.
—	PAMELA WILFINGER
Patients needed for study
Twenty volunteers are being sought by the University of Miami School of Medicine for a study to determine whether a new drug is effective in treating HIV-related peripheral neuropathy, a condition which causes extreme pain.
The Medical School is looking for 20 people over the age of 18 who are currently taking the anti-AIDS drug AZT, or are AZT tolerant. These people will then be offered the chance to take the drug Peptide T
to see its effects.
HIV is theorized to attack the central nervous system, killing nerve cells around the spinal cord and causing nerve fibers to die in the legs and arms. People with HIV-caused peripheral neuropathy are known to experience burning, tingling, coldness or numbness in various painful degrees.
For more information, contact Lorraine Pall or Dave Winfield at 547-5601.
—	PAMELA WILFINGER
TODAY’S FORECAST
SUNNY
Wind: Northwest 10-15 mph HIGH: 79 LOW: 61
Source: Nallonal Wealher Service
FACE THE FACTS
following is a break-of the results of 226 linary cases that oeen reviewed September lliam Sandler, of students:
SOURCE: Office ol the Dean of Students
Disciplinary Warning 83 Strict Probation	106
Final Probation	19
Suspension	3
Expulsion	0
FRANK RECIO/ The Hurricane

JAMES W. GIBSON/Photo Editor
WHO’S NEXT?: UM students wait in line in the University Center to vote in Student Government’s spring elections. Approximately 1,400 students voted in Tuesday and Wednesday’s balloting.
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JAMES W. GIBSON/Photo Editor
HELPING HAND: Sophomore Ed Compton explains how to use the computerized voting system to senior Monica Garces during this week’s Student Government elections. The election results will be announced Friday at 5:30 p.m. on Cable 51.
Voter turnout down; Candidates penalized
By DEBORAH L. MOSKOWITZ and FERNANDO BATTAGLIA
Of the Staff
Voter turnout was down from last year’s spring Student Government elections, but one of the highest in the past five with 1,432 students voting despite the sporadic showers that doused the campus Tuesday and Wednesday.
The election results will be broadcast by University of Miami Cable 51 on Friday at 5:30 p.m. The Rathskeller will be showing the broadcast.
"Considering the weather, we had a good turnout,” Clayton Randall, assistant director of Student Activities, said.
"The turnout was high considering the weather. The referendum drew in a lot of votes,” Irwin Raij, outgoing Student Government president, said.
Several complaints were filed with the Elections Commission against candidates on the ballot. As of Thursday afternoon, the Commission had reviewed seven of the
cases involving alleged illegal campaigning.
David Diamond, candidate for SG president on the Cutting Edge ticket, was penalized seven points for posting fliers in a non-posting area in Memorial Classroom 201.
A total of 20 points disqualifies a candidate from the race.
"I’ll appeal it,” Diamond said. “If they saw the same material in the same room, half is a posting area and half is not, I don’t understand.”
Diamond said he found staples in the back wall of Memorial 201, the non-posting area, indicating fliers had previously been placed there, and thought the area was a legal posting area.
The In Touch ticket was assessed a total of four points for three violations, two other cases against the ticket were dismissed.
The penalties were one point for one misplaced flyer, two points for distributing campaign material within the University Center and one point for a misplaced banner.
There will be additional hearings tonight.
Wellness campaign funded by students
By JULIUS WHIGHAM
Assistant News Editor
Money for the publicity campaign to pass the Recreation and Wellness Center referendum was taken from the Lane Recreation Center account, which is funded by Student Activity Fee money, according to Norm Parsons, director of Campus Sports and Recreation.
Between $2,000 and $2,500 were spent on buttons, banners, T-shirts, cups and fliers to publicize the campaign.
Parsons said $4 from every student’s activity fee goes towards the Lane Center account.
“1 think it makes sense if you want to create a new center,” Parsons said.
Parsons said while some work studies helped to create banners or make buttons, the majority of the students involved were volunteering their time.
"This is not any different than any other department working on publicizing something,” Parsons said. "If someone had nothing to do. they helped out a little bit.”
Some students were upset by the money spent on the campaign, however.
"They should have told us that our money was being spent,” Shawn Wolf, junior, said. “Now I wish I would have gotten a T-shirt and a cup. Instead of improving CSR, they wasted my money on something that might not even be built.”
"I don’t think the pins and cups were necessary," Christy Ezelle, freshman, said. "It would have been adequate without it. I think the message stands on its own without all that stuff."
"It was kind of hyped up too much, but it seemed like a good way to get the information across” Wolf, said.
"I don’t have a problem with it in this instance," senior Jason Books said. "If they make it a constant practice to use activity fee money without making everyone aware of it, then I guess I would have a problem with it.”
The results of the referendum vote for the new Recreation and Wellness Center will be announced Friday night.
TA training brief, English required
Language complaints continue despite test
By JOE CALAPAI
Staff Writer
While some universities are moving to semester-long training programs for teaching assistants, TAs at the University of Miami only participate in a day-long orientation held by the Graduate School.
At UM, first semester TAs do not have teaching responsibilities and the Graduate School hosts the teaching seminar at the beginning of the semester, according to Paul Sugrue, senior vice provost and dean o( the Graduate School.
The eight-hour semina» includes speakers, such as deans and people who have experience in teaching. There are also small group discussions. Sugrue said the seminar may be expanded to two days to ease the schedule.
“Veteran teaching assistants can really help them,” Jo Anne
'If I were a student being instructed by a TA whose English I could not understand, I'd raise hell.’
Shepard Faber, professor of physical science
Hecker, associate dean of the Graduate School, said referring to first year TAs.
In addition, the Graduate School hosts speakers throughout the semester, and TAs are invited to attend. Sugrue said additional training is left up to the individual departments.
Syracuse University currently has one of the most extensive programs for TAs. The program provides an overview of American culture and critiques for TAs not from the U.S.
At the University of California Riverside, TAs are trained in a
group with students from similar disciplines. TAs not trained by their department are required to
attend.
In 1988, Texas passed a bill requiring all classes at public colleges be taught in understandable English. At the University of Texas at Austin, foreign TAs must pass an ora) English pro-fiency test. If they fail they are required to take English classes until they can pass.
At UM, TAs are required to take a test proving English proficiency if it is not their native language, Carol Lazzeri, director of the Intensive Language Institute of the School of Continuing studies, said. Lazzeri said the test has been administered since 1988.
TAs who fail the test can enroll in a course covering presentation skills and pronunciation. Sugrue said he has heard less complaints about the English skills of TAs since the test has been administered.
Seepage 6/ASSISTANTS
Wogan’s condition still listed critical
By LYNETTE MALINGER
Contributing Editor
Lewis Wogan, University of Miami sophomore, is still listed in critical condition at the Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center following the March 8 Jeep accident that killed two other UM students in Cancún, Mexico.
Wogan still needs blood, types B-negative and O-negative. Students and faculty are urged to donate blood in his name at any Red Cross Blood Donation Center, specifying his hospital code: 7029409.
Christopher Bosworth, sophomore, is also at JMH, where he will begin rehabilitation for the injuries he sustained. He was listed in good condition at press time.
Koji Saito, who was in a second Jeep behind the one that crashed, said he feels the ongoing investigation into the cause of the accident is not important.
"Adam and Missy are not coming back The truth is that the accident happened and two people died,” Saito said.
Editor's mite: Saito also informed The Miami Hurricane that the time of the accident uas approximately 3:40 p m., not 5 p.m , as uas reported It was also reported that the Jeep was traveling at 00 miles per hour at the time of the accident In fact, the car was going 00 kilometers per hour. The Hurricane regrets the errors.
Fundraisers fight recession
By RACHEL MATHASON
Staff Writer
Many universities, such as the University of Miami, which traditionally rely on private donations made by alumni, parents and members of the community are now developing highly specialized programs designed to successfully target potential donors in the wake of the economic recession.
Tijis year, UM has already raised $5 million as part of its $50 million Cornerstone Campaign for the College of Arts and Sciences and the Otto G. Richter Library, a three-year-long national and regional fund-raising program which is targeting alumni and corporations. This figure has increased by about 20 percent over the amount of money collected at the same time last year.
“We anticipated a possible financial crisis ahead of time and were able to react,” Roy Nirschel, vice president for^University Advancement, said. “As a result, we haven’t
seen a dramatic drop in the amount of money coming in.”
“Our strategy has been to get involved with the fund-raising process in every way possible, being careful not to leave anything out,” Nirschel said. "This means going after students, alumni, parents and big businesses for help.”
Donations will help increase student scholarships, professors’ salaries and financial aid. They will also be used to update labs, books and library databases, said Nirschel.
"Big business is in trouble, especially with Eastern [Airlines] and Southeast Bank going under,” Nirschel said. "We’re looking toward other more stable sources, and members of our alumni fit the bill."
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Cobb donates $ 1 million
Charles Cobb, who will become chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees on April 1, has donated almost $1 million to the Cornerstone Campaign.
As chairman of the $50 million drive to benefit the Otto G. Richter Library and the College of Arts and Sciences, Cobb’s donation brings the total collected to $5 million since the drive began in November.
"It’s a lot of money," Roy Nirschel, vice president of Development, said. “It is one of the first major individual gifts the campaign has received.”
“He has been very generous to the Business School and the Graduate School,” Nirschel said.
"Hopefully a lot of other individuals will follow suit.”
Cobb, a former U.S. ambassador to Iceland, and his family, made the gift early this month, but, according to Nirschel, the money has not been specifically earmarked.
Cobb was unavailable for comment.
The Cornerstone Campaign is scheduled to end May 31, 1994.
"It has been difficult [raising funds for the campaign], given the tough economy and that we are coming off a big $517 million campaign/’ Nirschel said. "We are trying to raise money for a whole host of other needs.”
— ALLETTA BOWERS
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