Miami Hurricane, September 30, 1994

              ACCENT
■ The UM Ring Theatre's latest production is a smashing success.
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SPORTS
■ The 12th-ranked Miami Hurricanes look to rebound from their disappointing Orange Bowl loss against a high-powered Rutgers offense.
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NEWS: Miami Herald investigative journalists Jeff Lean and Don Van Natta spoke to students Wednesday morning. Page 4 OPINION: Is "Generation X" a misnomer? Page 6
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VOLUME 72, NUMBER 9
CORAL GABLES, FLA.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
RAT MASCOT NAMED AT PROMO
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Elections Commission improves voting process
The Rathskeller Advisory Board (RAB) has announced the name of ■m. the Rat’s mascot — Norm.
te name was selected by an enthusiastic crowd at Promo Night Sept. 22.
VB began a competition to ame fhe new mascot, a rat,, on npt. 2
The final three choices of “Rat-sputin,” “Rocky” and “Norm” yere presented to the crowd at romo Night.
Norm was the overwhelmingly opular choice, as determined by Ipplause. The name was submitted anonymously.
“You can’t help but to love Norm,” said Cristie Pecoraio, RAB vice chairperson. “He’s the kind of rat that’s everybody’s best friend. You can hang out with him at the Rat, tell him your problems over some nachos, and dance with him at Promo Night.”
GENERATION X SPEAKS OUT
The Graduate Broadcast Journalism Program is creating a show specifically designed for people in their late teens to early 30s.
The show, tentatively titled Generation X Speaks Out, will deal with complex, controversial issues that face this generation.
Possible topics include AIDS, employment in the 1990s, sexual harassment and religious values among young people.
Each episode will feature an in-studio group of four to six students, a moderator and one or two experts on the issue. The show needs students to be part of the on-camera group.
“We’re looking for a wide variety of students,” said Gary Skul-mk, who co-produces the show. “We really want people who represent every viewpoint that exists on campus. We’re trying to find a real mix of students."
Students interested in the show can contact Skulnik at 284-6013.
—TJ. KATZ
VENDING PRICES MAY INCREASE
Pnces of the snacks in the vending machines may be on the rise.
Canteen, a company that holds a campus vending machine concession, announced^ will seek to raise the prices of its snack items. Canteen operates all vending machines on campus except the Coca-Cola machines
"Canteen has approached me to consider a price increase,” said Tom Ramsay, manager of Duplicating and Vending Services at UM. "We are evaluating this request at the moment.”
Canteen wants a five-cent increase for most of its products.
Ramsay said it is uncertain if UM is going to approve this price inctease because Canteen’s contract with the University will end next June.
—PETER KOPPLE
ByCORUANCKO
Hurricane Staff Writer
Student Government has made changes in the way elections will be run and how students will vote.
The Elections Commission, a branch of SG, appoint commissioners for one-year terms to plan and implement the logistics of elections, and to enforce the election codes
According to Commissioner-at-Large Jordan Schwartsberg, the Elections Commission is working to make the election system run smoothly.
“To help make the campaigning easier for the candidates, we plan to make many of the regulations clearer,” Schwartsberg said. “For instance, we are thinking of labeling the areas on a campus map that
students will be allowed to cam-paign.”
The elections will be held Oct. 24 to 26. Students will vote on computers in the residential colleges and in computer labs.
Last year students travelled to the specific voting booths around campus. By making the computers more accessible to students, the Elections Commission hopes to
make voting more convenient, and increase the total voter turnout.
In the past, approximately 500 to 600 students out of a total 8,000 on campus voted in the elections.
To vote, students need to pick up their Personal Identification Number (PIN) prior to the elections. Students can receive their PINs by showing their Cane Cards at the
Office of Registrar Records in the Ashe Building, room 249.
The senate positions for each of the residence halls, the Apartment Area, Fraternity Row, Commuter North, Commuter Central, and Commuter South, freshmen and sophomores are open. Senate election deadlines are Friday.
Bush raises funds with Mom’s support
Crime,
education are big issues
By KEVIN D. FERNANDEZ
Hurricane Staff Writer
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeb Bush, currently campaigning for the Nov. 8 elections, spoke Wednesday in Coral Gables at a private fund-raiser with his mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Jeb Bush, who is running against democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, said the important issues facing Florida are crime and a weak education system.
“I will not be afraid to be tough on crime,” said Bush. “We’ve got to prioritize spending to public safety and radically reform the juvenile justice system.”
Barbara Bush, who also took the opportunity to promote her new book, Barbara Bush, praised her son’s success in the recent Republican primaries.
Barbara Bush emphasized Bush’s public service record and strong family background.
‘‘He has worked Haid for a living and has done many and varied things,” Barbara Bush said. “He is kind and caring, and has given back to the community ”
Chiles has recently stressed Bush’s lack ot political experience, while emphasizing his own record.
Molly Payne, press secretary for Chiles, called Bush’s ideas impossible to fund, and attributed Bush’s recent success in the Republican primaries to his massive advertising campaign.
“The people of Florida are being sold the concept of change ana vitality,” said Payne. “[Bush] has a total lack of experience and absence of knowledge of the Floridian government.”
Bush, who has never been elected to public office, has been actively campaigning for Governor for over a year on an anti-crime platform.
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■ SURPISEI: Former First Lady Barbara Bush emerges into a mob of media and supporters Wednesday morning. She was in Coral Gables for a fundraiser to support her son, Jeb Bush, who is running for governor of Florida.
“Most important on Jeb Bush's Chiles has dealt with the whole pushed to reverse the policy of lot-
agenda is public safety,” said Cory Tilley, press secretary for Bush. “Everything else comes second.”
Bush wants government to prioritize spending for anti-crime measures, including “boot camps” for juvenile offenders and limiting criminals on death row to one trial and one appeal.
"We must radically reform the juvenile justice system and streamline the death penalty,” Bush said.
Payne, however, refuted this view, and cited Chiles’s anti-crime •record.
“By the end of this year, inmates will be serving 75 percent of their iail sentences.” said Pavne. “Gov.
problem -punishment, prevention and intervention.”
Students agree crime is significant, but want the candidates to focus more on educational issues.
“Crime is important, but I don’t think anyone has developed a way to solve the problems,” said senior Vincent Iglesias. "Education is the main problem.”
Payne said the governor has worked to set up school advisoi councils and return control of hit schools to the local communities.
“He has made significant progress in decentralizing the Department of Education [DOE] and has
tery funds not going to education,” said Payne.
Bush plans to reduce the staff of the DOE from 2,000 employees to 50, and has openly supported a school voucher program for children wanting to attend private schools.
Paul Diaz, chairman of the UM College Republicans, said Bush will overhaul the education system and focus on dismantling the state bureaucracy.
“You can never ask the government how much is too much,” said Diaz. ‘‘Downsizing is key and Florida is looking for change from the failed liberal logic.”
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■ PAVING W0E8: Robert Pinson worked Wednesday to continue paving Pon^e de Leon Blvd.
Cars were backed up for blocks due to bad weather, construction and rush hour
Fogel quits as Medicine dean
By MADELINE BARO
Hurricane Staff Writer
Saying he was ’“convinced it was the right time for a change in leadership,” UM Vice President for Medical Affairs Bernard Fogel, announced Wed. he intends to resign from his post by May 31, 1996. Fogel will step down as the dean of the School of Medicine.
Fogel, in a memo to the University faculty, said he decided "last week I informed President (Edward Foote) that I wish to step aside as Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs and being no later the end of the academic year. By that time, I will have been on the faculty for 30 years, with 15 of those as your dean. 1 am convinced that it is a right time for a change in leadership,” Fogel stated in his announcement letter Wed.
In the same letter, Fgel described some of his accomplishments.
"As I look back over the years, especially the last few the school has grown and flourished tremendously. The students and training
programs are excellant. Research continues to thrive, and we are doing better than ever. We have proven ourselves the nation’s best community partner. And in the most challenging area, clinical affairs, we are holding our own and positioned for continued success,” he wrote.
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