Miami Hurricane, April 28, 1995

              GREEK HISTORY
Alpha Phi Alpha celebrates their 25th anniversary, making it the oldest black fraternity on campus.
ACCENT, page 8
DISPLAY OF POWER r ■
The Hurricanes baseball team crushed the visiting Central Florida Knights, 20-4.
SPORTS, page 8
FRIDAY
APRIL 28, 1995
VOLUME 72, NUMBER 50

AN ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATE PRESS HALL OF FAME NEWSPAPER
ERICKSON ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING
The Reuters news service and ESPN recently reported that former UM football coach Dennis Erickson failed a breath test after police stopped him for driving while intoxicated.
Erickson, the current head coach for the Seattle Seahawks, was stopped by police around 9 p.m. April 15 on a highway near Seattle, according State Patrol spokesman Lt. Ron O’Guin.
O’Guin said Erickson was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. He was released on his own recognizance.
Analysis of Erickson’s breath showed he had a blood alcohol content of 0.23 percent. This is more than twice the legal Washington limit of 0.10 percent.
At a level of 0.25 percent, “generally the average person is rendered unconscious,” O’Guin said.
“Obviously I have no excuses,” Erickson said of the incident. “It was an awful mistake, a mistake that I just completely regret.”
Erickson will be arraigned Wednesday.
CITY COMMISSION TO DEFINE FAMILY
The Coral Cables City Commission will meet May 12 to consider accepting a change in the definition of “a family” made by the city's Building and Zoning Board.
The board recommended an increase in the number of unrelated individuals living in a single-family residence from one to two individuals.
During the board’s April 12 meeting, only two students appeared to present their concerns.
If the city chooses to accept the recommendation, three students who share a three-bedroom apartment will be affected and may be found in violation of the new ordinance.
Students who have any questions or comments can attend the meeting or call City Hall at 446-6800.
ALPHA EPSILON RHO TO HOST BANQUET
Alpha Epsilon Rho will host their 46th annual awards banquet at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Omni Collonade in Coral Gables.
There will be two keynote speakers: WTVJ-Channel 4 meteorologist David Damian, who will present the outstanding senior awards for AERho; and WKIS-99.9 FM General Manager Jeff Greenhawt, who will speak about the future of radio.
Also, WVUM-90.5 FM and UM Vision will present awards to student broadcasters.
For more information, contact Carolyn Cefalo at 284-5583.
CORRECTION
In the April 25 edition of The Miami Hurricane, Cyndi Pecororo, the new chairperson of the Student Health Advisory Committee was misidentified. We regret the error.
INSIDE
NEWS
The African-American Studies program at UM produces its first graduate.
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OPINION
The 'Cane Card lacks the security aspect credit cards possess.
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ACCENT
The UM debate team had a very successful year, including a trip to nationals.
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SPORTS
Women's basketball coach Feme Labati signs two new players.
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Piping
changes
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Eaton
By SARA FREDERICK
Assistant News Editor
Students remaining on campus during summer sessions will not be able to stay in Eaton Residential College as in previous years.
According to Mike White, director of Physical Plant, the work planned for Eaton should remedy the water fluctuation situation residents have experienced in the showers.
“The reason Eaton will be closed is because we’re going to change supply lines on the cold water side,"White said.
White said this should stop the fluctuation in temperature and improve the water pressure.
“While you’re in the shower, all the sudden, it gets really hot," said sophomore Hyo Moon, an Eaton resident. "When I lived in Pearson, we didn’t have that problem."
The problem stems from the cold water supply line, which is being clogged with calcium deposits. White said.
“That happens in an older building,” White said.
White said these deposits have caused problems with water pressure.
In addition to fixing the pipe situation. Physical Plant will also oversee the changing of the mixing valves in each individual shower, White said. These valves control the temperature of the water.
"They’re worn out from age of the building,” White said. “The sensitivity of the valves is very bad.”
White was unsure how long the work would take.
“It’s a big job. You have to actually break out some of the wall to get to the pipes, then repair the walls,” White said.
It is not known how much the project will cost. White said.
“We’re taking a guess, and saying it’s about a $100,000 project," White said.
Physical Plant will contract the work out, due to the fact that they do not have a labor force large enough to handle the job.
Robert Redick, director of the Department of Residence Halls, said Eaton will be closed for the construction, but will be reopened in time to begin the fall semester,
Redick also said the closing of Eaton would not be a problem for housing students during summer session.
“We don’t use all our buildings in the summer. Instead of Eaton, we will be using Pearson [Residential College] for the summer session housing and Mahoney [Residential College] for conference housing,” Redick said.
White said students living in Eaton will be notified of the plumbing work.
“Each of the residents will receive a memo describing the work,” White said. "Also, in the meantime, if anyone is having water fluctuation problems, they will be dealt with on a case to case basis.”
BUGGIN'
OUT!
Many students spent the final days of classes preparing for finals in a variety of ways.
Many different locations exist arouna campus for both studying and taking much-needed study breaks during the hectic weeks of finals.
Brian Mills, right, a teaching assisant for music theory, takes a break and enjoys a beer on the Rathskeller patio.
Below, Aixa Mohond, a second-year exchange student, studies at the Otto G. Richter Library while Troy Jones and Marc Joseph,foreground, study for their first-year law finals.
Whatever their studying techniques, all students will have to be ready for finals by Wednesday, when finals begin. Reading Days are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
Photos by
SEAN HEMMERLE/Photo Editor
Sex harassment policy approved
By LOUIS FLORES
Assistant News Editor
The Faculty Senate approved legislation which would codify a sexual harassment policy for UM at its monthly meeting last Monday.
According to Kamal Yacoub, chairman of the Faculty Senate, the Faculty Senate has worked hard to codify a workable sexual harassment policy.
"After several years of working, the Faculty Senate approved a faculty policy on sexual harassment. It will be sent to the President [Edward T. Foote II] next week for his signature," Yacoub said.
Cheryl Gowing, librarian assistant professor in the School of Music, said the University will benefit from the legislation.
“Passing the policy is a starting point," Gowing said. “Once we have the policy approved [by Foote], we need to educate the University about the policy and about sexual harassment."
Gowing also said that an important message can be read by the passage of the policy.
“The important thing is that we will know this type of behavior will not be tolerated,” Gowing said. “If there is harassment, we need to know about it.”
Students said they were happy with the passage of the sexual harassment policy.
Freshman Gigi Costa said time will tell if the codified policy will be more effective than the informal
See HARASSMENT, page 2
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
A formal University policy on sexual harassment was codified in the Faculty Senate's meeting last Monday. Legislation was approved that defines sexual harasement in the following manner:
Unwelcome sexual conduct, such as unwelcome advances, requests for sexual favors, or other conduce of a sexual nature when:
1.	Such conduct is engaged in under circumstances implying that one's response might affect academic or personal decisions that are subject to the influence of a person engaging in that conduct; or
2.	Such speech or conduct directed at an individual or group and is either (a) abusive or would be considered severly humiliating by a reasonable person at whom it was direct, or (b) persists despite the objection of the person(s) targeted by the speech or conduct; or
3.	Such conduct is so clearly unprofessional that it creates a hostile environment that may substantially impair the work or academic perfomance of colleagues, coworkers or students.
SOURCE: Faculty Senate
LOUIS FLORES / The Hurricane
Usage of CLAST questioned by state
By ARMANDO BONICHE
Hurricane Staff Writer
Current legislation introduced into the Florida Legislature has raised new questions regarding the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) and poses to redefine current testing policies in favor of providing students with more options and alternatives to the CLAST.
Presently, sophomores must pass the CLAST in public universities and community colleges seeking to complete a Bachelor's degree.
At UM, however, only students receiving Florida Financial aid must pass the basic skills assessment.
According to David Wiles, manager of the UM Testing Center, the legislation being considered would allow students with minimum scores on standardized college entrance exams or high grade point averages in college-prep or college-level courses to forgo the exam altogether.
"The two companion bills in the Florida House and Senate would make the CLAST optional to students with high SAT/ACT scores or high GPA in college-level courses," said Wiles.
Wiles said he is not in favor of the current legislation, citing that the proposed alternatives do not pair up well with the CLAST.
"I am not in favor of the legislation [because] the legislation in its present form doesn’t match well with the CLAST and the alternatives don’t substitute for the CLAST," Wiles said.
Ken Lingswiler, director of the Office of Developmental Studies, said that allowing students with high SAT scores to forego the exam is not a legitimate alternative.
“[It is] ironic that the test is considered culturally-biased and theyfll use SAT scores as a testing criteria,” said Lingswiler. “There is a lot of criticism of the SAT as being culturally biased.
See CLAST, page 2
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