Miami Hurricane, September 09, 1994

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UM's own Day by the River is a regular at South Beach after their succesful Los Angeles tour.
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INSIDE
NEWS: UM's sororities celebrate bid day, Pag« 2.
OPINION: A student reflects on suicide and the pressures of everyday life.
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VOLUME 72. NUMBER 3
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FACE THE FACTS
Student enrollment at the University of Miami has remained basically the same over the last few years. Following is the enrollment in each of those five years.
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VOLUNTEER WEEK BEGINS SUNDAY
In order to involve students in volunteer activities, Volunteer Awareness Week will be held Sept. 11-16.
Activities begin with a talk from a Salvation Army Women and Children’s Shelter representative at 8 p.m. Sunday in the Eaton Residential College classroom. The program will focus on homeless chil-
A speaker from the Education Department of the Humane Society of Greater Miami will give a presentation on animal rights and treatment at 8 p.m. on Monday in the Mahoney/Pearson Residential College classrooms.
The Vice President of Friends of the Everglades will speak on conservation at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the Hecht Residential College classroom.
Tuesday is also the United Way Kick-Off on campus. Approximately 15 United Way agencies will be on the UC patio or in the UC Breezeway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in order to give “people a feeling for the agencies that make up the United Way,” according to Mickey Rubenstein, coordinator of Volunteer Services.
On Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 35 community service agencies will gather on campus for an exposition in the UC Lower Lounge. Tables will be set up for each agency to recruit volunteers.
No activities are scheduled for Thursday in honor of Yom Kippur. Since fasting occurs on Yom Kippur, the Hillel Jewish Student Center is asking that the money normally spent on food be given to a hunger agency or used to purchase non-perisnable food. This food can be dropped off at the Student Center, 1100 Stanford Circle, for distribution.
Campus volunteer organizations will be in the UC Lower Lounge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 16.
LAW SCHOOL DEBATES SIMPSON TRIAL
The University of Miami School of Law will hold public discussions about the OJ. Simpson murder case at 1 p.m. today and on Sept. 16 in the Law School Building, room 352.
Today’s topic of discussion will be the Fourth Amendment’s effect on the Simpson case.
Panelists include attorneys Jeanne Baker of Baker and Mos-kowitz; Robert Coppel, assistant public defender; Roy Black of Black and Seiden and UM Law professor Donald Jones.
The discussion on Sept. 16 will deal with the social implications of the case on race, gender and the media. It also will be held at 1:00 p.m! in the Law School Building, room 109.
Assistant public defender Rodney Thaxton; assistant U.S. attorney Harry Wallace; Mohamed Hamaludin, editor of the Miami Times newspaper and professor Jones will lead the discussion.
The discussion is sponsored by the Student Bar Association, the Black Law Student Association and Miami Law Women.
By CECELIA WARREN
Hurricane Staff Writer
The investigation continues on the grounding of a University of Miami research vessel, which smashed head-on into a coral reef at Looe Key, in the Lower Keys Aim. 11.
Few findings have been discovered to lend answers as to why the ship crashed into the reef.
DeeVon Quirolo, project manager for Reef Relief, a Key West environmental group, said the research ship, the Columbus Iselin,
was not authorized to be in the area in which it was grounded.
According to Quirolo the maximum length for a ship to have safe passage is 164 feet.
The Columbus Iselin is 170 feet long. Quirolo also said the research vessel is mis-registered at 150 feet
long.
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Dick, allegedly blacked out lust before the ship struck the reef. In The Miami Herald, Dick deniec the allegation. Dick was not avail able for comment.
According to the National Science Foundation, Dick voluntarily surrendered his captain’s license to the Coast Guard. He may not captain a ship for at least six months.
The accident caused the destruction of four 50-foot fingers of coral reef. Restoration at the reef has already begun but the outlook is grim, according to Quirolo.
Members aboard the Columbus Iselin were studying oil spills off the Florida Keys when the collision occurred.
During the head on collision, a
third of the ship’s length rested on the Looe Key reef and two fuel tanks were punctured, allowing diesel fuel to leak slowly into the water. The spill was later contained by an oU boom.
In 1992, the captain of the Columbus Iselin, Michael Dick, had been demoted after the ship was caught in shallow water off the Bahamas.
Several months earlier, the ship did poorly on the National Science Foundation mechanical inspection
Sexual Harassment
It's a controversy from Ponce de Leon Boulevard to Pennsylvania Afenne Harassment occurs at many universities
By KAY TWOMEY
Hurricane Staff Writer First in a series of articles examining sexual harassment and its impact on societal relations between the sexes.
Sexual harassment is a serious problem that has affected the lives of many people.
The reality of sexual harassment reached new heights when the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, was accused of sexually harassing a former employee.
Paula Corbin Jones, a former aide to Clinton when has was Governor of Arkansas, recently filed suit against the President, alleging that he tried to force himself on her.
The Jones-Clinton case has received tremendous publicity. In addition to this suit, though, several other high profile sexual harassment cases have transfixed the count™.
During the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill was questioned regarding her allegations that Thomas had sexually harassed her.
More recently similar allegations have been made against Sen. Bob Packwood.
UM’s problems At the University of Miami, allegations of sexual harassment have also occurred. Some situa-
tions have received publicity, but several have gone undocumented or unreported.
According to an anonymous employee, who works in an office in the Division of Business and Finance, a UM student allegedly filed an inter-office complaint of sexual harassment against an employee within the Office of Student Account Services.
The student said the employee offered to fix her account and help her get more financial aid in return for sexual favors.
The employee was disciplined, after several other students made similar complaints. The alleged incident happened five years ago, but the case was not fully documented.
The Office of Student Accounts denies such an incident took place.
“I am not aware that incident took place. I’ve had problems in two other offices. The problems were dealt with. Unfortunately I cannot comment on them,” said Alan Matthews, associate treasurer at UM.
Matthews is responsible for Student Account Services, the Accounts Payable Office and Treasury Operations at both the main and medical campuses.
Vendulka Kubalkova, a UM professor, accused former Soviet studies professor Jiri Val-
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enta in a sexual harassment case. She sued the University last year, alleging the school had not addressed her financial and professional losses from the incident.
Valenta was fired last October after a faculty panel concluded he had sexually harassed women and committed other improprieties.
Irreparable damage has been done to Valenta's image and
career, he claims.
“I know that now I will never be accepted into the academic world,” said Valenta in a press conference after he was dismissed from the University. Other university scandals The task of the University is to combat the negative image brought by the Kubalkova-Val-enta scandal. To deal with sexual harassment, UM’s policy is Seepage 2! HARASSMENT
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_ PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE: Fourth-year Crew coach lair McMillan put the novice crew team through their paces last Friday or Lake Osceola.
By MP HAVEL
Hurricane Staff Writer Fawzi Hammadah, the UM student who was carjacked in the parking lot of Holiday Inn, 1350 South Dixie Hwy. on Aug. 30, said he cooperated fully with the police after the incident.
“I was terrified,” said Hammadah. ”1 responded to the incident by calling the police, giving them a description of the car, and describing the guy who held a gun to my head.’’A representative of the Coral Gables Police Department described the victim as Saudi Arabian and uncooperative.
Hammadah said he is from Kuwait, not Saudi Arabia, and that he helped as much as possible.
According to Coral Gables Police Department incident report, Hammadah was getting something out of his trunk when the thieves approached him with a shot gun.
“A black guy came up to me and pointed a gun to my head and four other guys took all my belongings, like my wallet and the money on me,” Hammadah said. “Then they took the keys to my rental car.” The driver of the car was appre-
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Victim helped police investigation
”1 think that you have to be careful anywhere.”
Montserrat Cadiz senior
bended by police that night and Hammadah’s possessions were returned.
Despite the increased crime in Coral Gables, some students believe that the area in and around the campus is still somewhat safe.
Hammadah said that while he is
taking more precautions against Hud get
involved by making strict rules
against guns.
“It’s like the natural precautions. I’m more cautious now,” Hammadah said. “But I feel if they stop selling guns and these kinds of things, the criminals would not have the tools to terrify people.”
which resulted in the firms another captain and two crew.
Bruce Rosendahl, dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, said there was nothing exceptional about the ship’s record.
“Given the nature of the research, I don’t think anything that’s happened in the past several years could be considered unusual,” Rosendahl said in The Miami Herald. "Research ships work hard.”
Storm Cafe replaced by Daka
New food stands accept Cane cards
By BARA FREDERICK
Hurricane Staff Writer
The Tropical Storm Cafe, a food-service cart once situated in front of the Merrick Building, has been replaced by a Daka imitation.
According to Pam Chen, director of Dining Services, the Tropical Storm Cafe was run by an outside contractor who had a subcontract with Marriott, a former provider of food services for the University.
The Tropical Storm Cafe was also found to be in violation of city codes and health codes that the University needed to have corrected, Chen said.
The violations were made in the areas of food preparation and the ability of the cart to be mobile.
Chen said Hots, the replacement food cart, is currently meeting both the health and city codes.
The Tropical Storm Cafe served items such as pizzas, salads, bagels, juices and soft drinks and accepted cash only.
"Many students liked the people that worked there. It was kind of a family thing,” Chen said. "Some students are upset because the family thing is gone.”
Hots is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is beginning to stay open later to meet the needs of students, said Joe Foss, director of the food carts for Daka Restaurants.
Hots serves cold sandwiches, salads, sodas, juice, hot dogs and sauerkraut and breakfast items such as muffins and bagels. Pizza Hut and Freshens Yogurt also have stands set up there, Foss commented.
The number of students eating at Hots during the first two weeks of school was estimated to be between 500 and 600 per day, Foss stated.
Since Hots is directly operated by Daka Restaurants, students are now able to use their meal plans and Cane Express Accounts to purchase items. This was not possible before, Chen said.
Ruth Aeschleman, a senior who eats at the food stand two or three times weekly, said she preferred the Tropical Storm Cafe.
“The pizza was much better, and they had a better variety. They had aU kinds of juices,” Aeschleman said. “And, they also had a place to toast bagels, which I don't think they have here.”
Senior Sandra Wolfe also said she liked the food from last year better. Yet, she prefers the method of payment at Hots.
"I like the idea of using a Cane Card. It's easici, and you don’t have to take money out,” Wolfe said.
Because of the expansion of foods items served at Hots, and the ability for students to pay for items with their meal plans and Cane' Express accounts, Chen said Hots is a better service for students.
“I certainly hope it is better,” she said.