Miami Hurricane, November 22, 1994

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VOLUME 72. NUMBER 25
CORAL GABLES. FLA.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1994
INSIDE
■	NEWS: How to find an internship through the University of Miami. Page 2
■	OPINION: TV talk shows are trash. Page 4
SPORTS
■ Miami is already looking to their final
game against Boston Ollege on Saturday night.
Page 6
ACCENT
■ The Hurricane presents a guide to finding and making food during this Thanksgiving. You don't need to get by on cold turkey sandwiches this year.
Page 5
ŒtRjîliaim Hurricane
Students
pollute
recycling
bins
Costs soar
By MBJSM C. liWNE
Associate News Editor
For the first time in four years, UM may be forced to dispense with the campus recycling program.
Recycling costs have skyrocketed to $2,700 a month because students have dumped trash into the recycling bins, contaminating the materials inside.
Due to this contamination, all of the recyclable-materials collected in the residential col-leges have been sent to the landfill.
According to Alan Weber, assistant director for Contract Administration of the Physical Plant, when trash is thrown into the recycling bins, the whole shipment becomes contaminated and none of the material can be recycled.
“Students are throwing lots of trash into the bins. It’s not a big deal if one or two aluminum cans are in with the cardboard, but currently students are using the bins as their own personal trash cans,” said Weber.
Since the bins are clearly labelled for recyclables, the only explanation for all the trash is vandalism, said Weber.
“I don’t know why anyone would go out of their way to vandalize and destroy recyclable materials. It makes no sense,” Weber said.
One student said the recycling program may be failing because the process is too difficult.
“It’s just too complicated,” said sophomore Karla McPherson. “They tell us so many different things, put the plastic here and the aluminum there, it’s just easier to throw it all away in the trash.”
Another student said that she does not recycle because it is not convenient in her residential college.
“I recycle at home but not here at school. The problem is that there is no place to put anything here. The bins are on another floor and it is just not convenient. If there were bins on my floor or if I could have one in my room, I’d probably recycle,” said freshman Amy Ferguson who lives in Stanford Residential College.
In theory, it should not cost the University anything for Waste Management to pick-up the recyclables twice a week.
Recycle America, located at 2045 N.W. First Ave., does not charge customers to gather the recyclables material because the company makes their money once the recyclables are generated into new products.
Yet, for the month of October, UM was billed $2,700, said Weber. And in previous months, the bill reached up to $1,500.
“We’re now being charged because Waste Management has to pick-up twice. First, they pick up the materials from UM, and then they have to re-pick them up*from the recycling center to take the contaminated materials to the landfill,” said Weber. “I have never seen anything like this before, we are just throwing money out the window.”
Currently, the residence halls recycle approximately 100 pounds of aluminum cans and 50,000 pounds of white, grade-A paper per month.
However, if the shipments of the recyclables were not contaminated, UM has the capacity to recycle 1,000 pounds of aluminum cans per month, Weber said.
See RECYCLE, page 3
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO U.S.T0 SPEAK IN MIAMI
Professor	Itamar
Rabinovich,	Israel’s
Ambassador to the U.S. and chief negotiator with Syria, will be speaking on “Israel’s Peace Strategy - What’s Next?” at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Crowne Plaza Miami Hotel, formerly the Omni, at 1601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. This is the Fifth Annual Luria’s Lecture Series.
Professor Rabinovich served as rector at Tel Aviv University before being appointed to his present post as ambassador. He has also served as the director of the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv University.
The Luria’s Lecture Series began in 1989 and has brought world-renowned experts to the Middle East Studies Institute at UM's Graduate School for International Studies. It is one of the few named lecture series at GSIS.
Please note that this is a date change. The lecture, originally scheduled for Dec. 5, was moved because Ambassador Rabinovich is accompanying Secretary of State Warren Christopher to the Middle East.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Reservations must be made no later than Nov. 28 by telephone to 284-6882 or by fax to 284-4406.
King Failure* Syndicale
SG carwash turnout low
By MADELINE BAR0
Assistant News Editor
On Sunday, Student Government invited Coral Gables and South Miami residents to have their cars washed on a donation basis. Yet, the turnout was fewer than SG members hoped.
The car wash, held at the Mobil gasoline station at the intersection of S.W. 57th Avenue and Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables, was originally supposed to go on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. However, students packed up and left at 1 p.m.
“We cut it short because it was bo slow,” said sophomore Lucia Sobrin, chairperson of the SG Special Events/Public Relations Committee.
Sobrin said the car wash was
held as a way of reaching out to the community.
“The money will be given to Camillus House,” Sobrin said.
Sobrin said she expected a higher turnout because the event was well publicized. She said SG passed out fliers to faculty and sent press releases to local newspapers and television stations.
Less than 10 cars showed up.
“Sunday is traditionally a slow day,” said junior Jaret Davis, an SG senator.
Both Davis and Sobrin said they thought publicizing the car wash made local residents aware of SG’s involvement in the community.
“As long as some people knew that Student Government was out there for the community, I’m happy,” said Davis.
"We cut it short because it was so slow
Lucia Sobrin SG Special Events/ Public Relations
^ DUNCAN ROSS III / Staff Photographer
MISSED A SPOT: Sophomore Lucia Sobrin (top), SG chairperson of Special Events / Public Relations helps SG Senator Adi Quintana, sophomore, scrub down a car at the SG car wash.
By KEVIN D. FERNANDEZ
Assistant News Editor
Saying the past is now behind us, Sunglass Hut founder Sanford Ziff has decided to renew his pledge to donate $2 million to the University of Miami.
Following the publishing of an advertisement which questioned the evidence corroborating the events of the Holocaust in an edition of The Miami Hurricane last April, Ziff had withdrawn his planned donation to UM.
Roy Nirschel Jr., vice presi-
dent for .university advancement, said Ziffs decision to reinstate his donation signaled the beginning of the healing process.
“(Ziff has] reiterated his disappointment, hurt and his reasons for pulling his support,” Nirschel said. It was a nice surprise [that he decided to make the donation]. We have been working to repair some of the hurt of this past year.”
According to David Lieberman, UM senior vice president, Ziffs decision is the result of a massive effort by the University to educate stu-
dents in Holocaust history.
“Ziff is delighted with the additional programs being offered to educate about the Holocaust,” Lieberman said, pointing out new Holocaust awareness efforts, which have included inviting Holocaust survivors and experts to speak to students.
The donation is slated to be divided among the Lowe Art Museum, the School of Music and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center on the Medical campus.
“Ziff lost several family mem-
bers to cancer, and apparently, there is some state-of-the-art cancer [detection and diagnosis] equipment he wants to donate to the Cancer Center. Also, some psychotherapy equipment has been discussed,” Nirschel said.
The donation comes on the heels of the dedication of the Sanford L. Ziff Placement Center last Thursday. It was at the dedication of the placement center, which is designed to find jobs for business school graduates, that Ziff made his announcement to contribute to the University.
Closing Times
Due to the Pilgrims trying to gain religious freedom by venturing to the New World and celebrating what they, with the Native American»'help, had accomplished, we get a holiday break from school. During this Thanksgiving break, times of operation are changed for various facilities on campus.
University Center Nov. 24-27
Recreation Area 11:00 a.m. - Midnight
Pool 11 a.m - 7 p.m.
The Eye
Nov. 23 - 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Nov. 24 - closed Nov. 25 -11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Nov. 26 - Noon - 8 p.m.
Nov. 27 - Noon - Midnight
Ungar Computer Lab Closed from Nov. 23, 7 p.m. - Nov. 27, 6 p.m.
Otto G. Richter Library Nov. 24 - closed Nov. 25 - 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Nov. 26 - 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Nov. 27 - 9 a.m. • 1 a.m.
All residential colleges remain open.
FACE THL FACTS
Americans throw away more than 195 million tons of garbage annually, according to a 1992 EPA study. A breakdown by weight.	^—1
SOURCE: Environmental Protection Agency
DUNCAN ROSS III / Staff Photographer
WELCOME TO BEDROCK: Second-year physical theraphy graduate student Jason Dronne directs kids as Fred Flintstone during the Wheelchair challenge Friday afternoon at the UC patio.
Wheelchair challenge brings in donations
By EVELYN AMAYA
Hurricane Staff Writer
Speed, coordination, courage and fun.
All these elements came into play during the Eighth Annual Wheelchair Challenge Friday on the UC patio.
The event was sponsored and organized by the class of 1995 in the School of Medicine’s Division of Physical Therapy, 6856 S.W. 53rd St. in South Miami.
This year’s challenge raised over $4,000 in donation, with most of the money coming from corporate sponsors.
Over 150 disabled children from Dade
and Broward counties ranging from elementary school students to high school students competed in a variety of events.
“We are very excited,” said Ron West, second year physical therapy student. “This is the biggest turnout yet.
These competitors tested their abilities in an obstacle course, bowling and at the hockey net against Florida Panthers right wing Dave Lowry.
Lowry said the event gave him the opportunity to share some time with the children.
“It is nice to see them come out and have fun,” said Lowry. “It makes you appreciate
what you have. Just having them put the ball in the net is a great accomplishment.” Maggie Gomez, 10th grader at South Miami Senior High, said she enjoyed participating in this year’s Challenge.
“It’s cool,” said Gomez. “I liked last year’s because they had waterguns. This year the obstacle is much better though.” According to physical therapy student Mike Vlasich, the purpose of the event was to challenge and entertain the kids.
“We wanted to give them a fun afternoon and combine fun and education,” said Vlasich.
Ziff to donate $2 million to UM