Miami Hurricane, January 27, 1994

              “With school and work, I couldn’t dedicate myself to SG. I had to get a job this semester to get myself through school and I’m working full-time hours.”
GUS ABALO Former SG vice president
By LISA J. HURIASH
Associate News Editor
Gus Abalo resigned as Student Government vice president Wednesday. SG President Adam August said he will officially nominate someone to fill Abalo's position next Wednesday.
August said he has already chosen Abalo’s successor, but refused to disclose who that person is. August is responsible for choosing a new vice president, but the SG Senate must ratify his choice.
In a letter to August, Abalo stated that he hopes he isn’t creating an undue burden on SG and hopes to leave on the best terms possible.
"With school and work, I couldn’t dedicate myself to SG,” Abalo said. “I had to get a job this semester to get myself through
school and I’m working full-time hours.” Abalo also said he would have more time to “pick up (his) grades.
“It’s rough. There’s only [a couple] month[s) left,” he said. “I haven’t heard anything |about my replacement]. It should go to James Dodrill.”
But Dodrill, SG assistant vice president, said he plans to retain his position for the remainder of the semester, not moving up to the vice president position.
"I’m president of my fraternity ISigma Alpha Mu] and vice president would be too much,” he said.
August said he doesn't want to create the impression that the new calendar year is being "started on a down note.”
"We can use this as a catalyst instead of a barrier,” he said. “I
want to finish my term on a bang.” The job of the vice president, said Victoria Williams, SG Community Affairs and Volunteerism chairperson, is to focus on internal recruitment and organize the Cabinet chairpeople.
"It’s unfortunate that Gus had to leave,” Williams said. "But he picked good chairs in the fall and we now have enough man and woman power [to do the job.]” Michelle Goldsmith, executive secretary, will run the Cabinet
meetings until a replacement is voted in by the Senate.
Two sources inside Student Government said they suspect August will choose a brother from his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, to be vice president. August said he will choose whomever is best qualified for the job.
Ira Miller, Speaker of the Senate, said 10 to 15 names have come up for discussion, both male and female. He refused to disclose specific students.
“[August] has the entire student body to choose from,” Miller said. "The president is looking for a replacement to fill up the rest of the term. Adam chooses and the Senate ratifies it.
"(Having Abalo not run the Cabinet] won’t be a problem,” Miller said. “There are plenty of qualified people, good people in all aspects [of the Cabinet].
UM senior Mercy Verazain said she is surprised that Abalo resigned.
“I thought (August and Abalo] were a strong ticket and I’m surprised he left,” she said. "I thought they were all gungho about SG. I’m surprised he didn’t stick it out.
"I think [SG] will still be O.K. because there’s other leaders (August] can use,” she said.
■ Abalo
Heaters leave swimmers, divers with a chill
By MATT NOWAK
Hurricane Staff Writer
Electric heaters the University purchased for $27,000 one year ago to heat the University Center Pool don’t work if the temperature goes down to 56 degrees, said Lyn Doering. assistant director of Facilities and Maintenance at the Whitten University Center.
“It’s been so cold at night recently that the water is now down to 78 degrees,” Doering said. He said the heaters don’t work correctly at lower temperatures. From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, the temperature was 56 degrees or lower six days.
Doering said he and his staff have been using additional smaller heaters to help heat the 650,000 gallon pool but have been unsuccessful in raising the temperatures of the water.
“The University spent all this money for new electric heaters and they’re not doing the job,” said James Lance, who teaches scuba classes at the pool. "I’ve been told if it rains, the heaters automatically shut off, so they have to put up plywood. We’re all disgusted with it. We’re worse off than before they had the heaters.”
Because of this, water temperatures in the University Center pool have been uncomfortably low and are expected to remain this way until either the sun comes out or a leak in a steam pipe can be repaired, said Doering.
"Normally the pool is heated by steam traveling from the cafeterias through pipes,” Doering said. "One of these pipes has broken in a spot that is very hard to get at.” He said the damaged pipe could not be repaired until he received an estimate for the work.
Called Drake Heat Exchangers, the heaters were installed during the pool’s renovation a year ago. Doering said the heaters were intended to be an alternative to the steam heat that had been heating the pool.
For the UM swim and dive team and other swimmers who use the pool every day, the lower temperatures have been hard to deal with. Sid Cassidy, the UM swim coach, said the cold temperatures have affected the team’s daily practices.
"The new heaters have been a real disappointment over the last several weeks,” Cassidy said. "Water temperatures of between 80 and 83 degrees are ideal. I’ve had to cancel some practices and shorten others because the water was just too cold.”
Cassidy explained that though a few degrees difference does not seem like much to most people, spending up to two hours in 75-degree weather is not healthy.
■ ANOTHER DAY AT THE POOL: Louis Vann, 72, towels off after swimming his daily half mile in the UM pool.
Slides, clips bring sixties to students
By MADELINE BARO
Hurricane Staff Writer
Barry Drake wants to tell everyone that the music of the sixties was not fake.
“It was real music made by real musicians,” said Drake, the "walking encyclopedia of music.”
"The music brought everyone together,” Drake said.
Wednesday night the Rathskeller was filled with sounds of the sixties as Drake presented “60’s Rock ... When the Music Mattered,” a multimedia showcase of music from the 1960s.
Barry Drake, a performer and aongwriter, takes his rock lectures to over 100 colleges every year. The presentation consisted of a ■tide show accompanied by music and Drake's narration.
Drake discussed everything from doo-wop and surf music to soul music and the origins of heavy metal. He included music from groups as diverse as the Supremes and Steppenwolf. He told the audience little-known facts about the different groups and even showed the audience all the words to "Louie, Louie.”
CHRIS BERNACCHI/Photo Editor
■ STILL ROCKIN’: Bob Dylan and Barry Drake during Drake’s 60's rock multi-media presentation at the Rathskeller Wednesday.
Pat Drake, Barry’s wife and assistant, said the presentation is to "keep the record straight on the music and on what happened. It's educational and entertaining at the same time.”
That’s what students who attended the presentation said.
“He did a real good job of showing how it evolved from the blues to the Beatles to the Supremes to Led Zeppelin,” said sophomore Bill Freundlich.
“I thought it was great,” said freshman Kelly Baines. “He was there. He knows what he’s talking about.”
The audience of about 50 people seemed to enjoy the presentation.
“[The music of the sixties] brought everyone together.0
BARRY DRAKE A performer and songwriter
Many sang along with the music and the exclamation “Yeah!” was heard several times as musicians like the Doors and Jimi Hendrix made their appearances on the screen.
“I loved it. There were a lot of cool bands and a lot of cool music I listen to,” said freshman Jennifer DeCarolis.
Speaker warns students about eating disorders
By USA J. HURIA8H
Associate News Editor More than 80 percent of all females in the United States between the ages of 13 to 60 may have some form of an eating disorder, said Lisa Woltz, founder of the Foundation for Eating Disorder Support.
Woltz told more than 50 students Wednesday that professional care and direct action is the only way to stop the cycle of anorexia nervosa, bulimia and compulsive eating. She said 20 percent of men also suffer from eating disorders.
"Eating disorders steal away the fabric from life,” said Woltz, 36. “There are far more important things in the world than what our size is, what our weight is.”
She said she speaks from experience. Recovering from years of varieties of disorders, she had been hospitalized and depressed.
"My weight ranged from 62 to 110 pounds,” she said. “The role model of the time was Twiggy.” She said she now devotes her time to helping people recover from their eating addictions.
Woltz said she is opening the
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Registration changes prove successful
By LUCIA SOBRIN
Hurricane Staff Writer
This year an arena in the Ibis Cafeteria for spring registration was replaced by a partially appointment-based system.
"We’ve been looking to do away with spring arena registration for two to three years,” said Scott Ingold, associate dean of Enrollments. "Over time, there have been fewer and fewer spring registrations, and we have extended the amount of time the [computer] system is open for continuing students.”
According to Ingold, only seven percent of total registration was being conducted in the cafeteria. The arena was for new students, transfer students who had not registered previously and continuing students who wished to change their schedule or who had to reregister for classes.
The arena, which primarily handles payments, would have been set up on Jan. 13 and 14. Many students, however, do not even come in until after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend.
Ingold said he thinks spring arena registration is counterproductive for University of Miami personnel. The offices of Financial Assistance Services, Student Account Services and Registration have to be shut down, computers have to be moved and workers have to be displaced.
"JSpring arena registration] was taking everyone away from real work in the offices to have them sit there and not be as busy as they could be if they were in their offices,” said Ingold.
Martin Carney, director of Financial Assistance Services, said he agrees.
"Having to close the office and relocate was a cumbersome process,” said Carney.
Students were first notified of the arena’s cancellation through a letter sent out before Christmas and a message in their billing.
Then students in the four local counties, Dade, Broward, Monroe and Palm Beach, were sent completion cards notifying them that they could come in any time after Jan. 5 to finalize their accounts. Other students were scheduled for
after the holiday weekend.
The computer registration system was up beginning Jan. 3.
“Any registration, additions or drops could have been done during this time,” said Katharine Thompson, manager of the Division of Registration of Enrollment Services.
New students were given a general orientation and an information session within their college on Jan.
13. Then they received appointments to meet with their advisers and register for classes on Jan. 13 or 14.
Student Account Services even extended its hours from Jan. 5 to j 21 to help handle the payment 4 load.
Administrators said they have been pleased with the new system.
"The change hasn’t affected registration at all. It has been really delightful,” said Thompson.
Lillian Ser, Director of Student Account Services, also reported everything had “run smoothly.”
Carney said it went so well that financial assistance services might even reduce the number of hours it is open during future spring registrations.
Students are also praising the way registration was carried through.
“I went to Merrick after seeing my adviser. They processed my classes and gave me a print-out right away. There were no lines at all,” said Cristina Manaricua, a freshman transfer student from Tufts University.
Manaricua’s mother used Student Account Services’ later hours to finalize payments.
Kym McCabe, a junior transfer student from New York University, said the registration process was quick and easy.
“I couldn’t believe we were being treated so well. At NYU, no one was around to help, and there were mobs of people everywhere,” said McCabe.
Paul Israel, a freshman transfer student from the University of Florida, agreed.
“It was a good process,” he said. "Someone personally explained to me what classes I had to take and registered me immediately.”
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