Miami Hurricane, November 11, 1997

              The Nui Hurricme
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
SINCE 1927
VOLUME 75, NUMBER 20
WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1997
EASY PICKINGS
■ The University of Miami
women's basketball team wins
its imal exhibition same
aginst a Russian club leam
by 25 points.
SPORTS, pages 6
FOOL'S GOLD
■ Goldfinger played the UC
F'atio on Friday ,light for the
Hurricane How! concert
ACCENT, page 10
CONTROL IS KEY
■ Why drinking in exi ess
isn't just unattractive, but
dangerous.
OPINION, page 12
news briefs
VISUAL HISTORY COURSE
FIRST AT UNIVERSITY
The University of Miami is
offering a course for the first
lime this Spring semester.
HIS 482 EX is an innovative
examination of photographs
and visual documents as his
lorital evidence. It touches on
issues in critical thinking, history, psychology, anthropology
and visual communication.
Ihe interdisciplinary iourse
oilers writing credil and will
have individual and group prone ts, but no examinations.
The instructor, Rol)ert M.
levine, has written several
books on pho'ography, Iwo
published by Duke University
1'ioss He also makes videotaped documentaries.
The class meets once a
week, on Mondays al noon.
Registration tor classes continues all this week. Students
should have received mailed
notification aboul times lo register. Seniors cm register on
the EASY system at any computer lab.
today's weather
Partly cloudy wilh highs in
the mid 70s and lows in Ihe
60s. Overnight lows in the mid
to lower l»()s with a 50 pen cut
chance ol rain
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Sigma Chi sues University
■ Lawyer: 'No due
process for
fraternity members'
By KELLY RUANE
Editor In Chief
Claiming the administration
denied them due pmccss before
imposing penalties in .September'
the brothers of Sigma Chi are suing
the University uf Miami
The fraternity and the Sigma Cm
Building Fund Corporalion, Ihe
owners of the property al 61(10 San
Amaro Drive, where Ihe Sigma Chi
house is located, are suing the
University for breach of eonlraet.
They are also asking for an injunction on the 'Rush' ban. so the fraternity will be able to pay its rent and
continue living in the house
The lawsuit, filed m Dade Circuit
Court   by   local   attorney   Curtis
Carlson, said the UM Stuelent Life
Handbook isa "contract between the
University and the fraternity." The
suit claims the University breached
its contract when it denied the fraternity due process.
Carlson said he is representing
Sigma Chi because the students
have been denied these rights.
"The    University    has    denied
| Sigma Chi | the rights guaranteed in
the Handbook." Carlson said.
UM DISCIPLINARY
PROCEDURES
The Student Life Handbook says
lhal sororities and fraternities arc
governed by their respective councils.
For disciplinary proceedings, the
Handbook slates that, after a thorough investigation, the Dean of
Sludents office is supposed to
decide who will handle disciplinary
cases.
The disciplinary  pmcedures  for
Iralernities require that organizations receive procedural due process
before any disciplinary action may
be imposed These rights include the
right to answer to charges and to
hear and present witnesses and evidence
According to the lawsuit, when
the studeni organization is a fraternity, its case should he handled by the
Interfraternity Council.
The IFC constitution" makes the
IFC "the sovereign body having
jurisdiction over the University of
Miami fraternities and fraternity
functions for all purposes under the
Constitution and bylaws."
The judicial hoard of the IFC has
jurisdiction over individual and
group activity involving violation of
the University rules and regulations
Carlson claims that when Vice
Presideni for Student Affairs
Patricia Whilely decided on the
nenalties against Sigma Chi, instead
ul handing the case to the IFC judicial    board,    she    violated    the
Handbook.
"It's preposterous." Carlson said.
THE RUSH BAN
The major penally against Sigma
Chi is the prohibition of its Rush
privileges until Fall IWS
The National Interfraternity
Council has prohibited the interlra-
termty councils it governs on college campuses nationwide from banning rush, citing lhat ••educational,
developmental, and punitive sane
tions should he jointly agreed upon
and jointly imposed."
"Restrictions of rush, when used
for disciplinary purposes, are neither
educational nor developmental and
therefore are not an accepted sane
tion lor men's fraternities." Ihe NIC
said
The fraternity claims that the ban
on Rush is a wav for Ihe University
lo throw Sigma Chi off campus and
take over its house.
Sigma Chi is asking for an injunction to temporarily or permanently
stop the Universily Irom imposing
ils "anti-Rush" penally againsi the
fraternity, The lawsuit claims (his
policy is a "death sentence" lor the
fraternity.
"Because of Ihe loss of members
through graduation and natural attrition, the single most critical' need of
lhe Sigma Chi fraternity is to recruit
, or Rush' new members each
semester." the lawsuit said "The
inability In Rush, even lor a short
period, would be the 'death sen
lence' lor lhe Sigma Chi halcrnity at
the University"
RUSH 'CRITICAL' FOR
SURVIVAL
According to lhe sun. Rush is
"extremely critical" to the survival
ol Sigma Chi al UM. Of the 24
brothers living  in the house right
See SUIT • F\tge 2
Canes lose at the wire I students become
hometown heroes
LOOKING FOR DAYLIGHT: University of Miami winning bai k Edgerrin
room during the second quarter of Saturday's 27-25 loss to Virginia Tech
■ Big East title run
comes to bitter end
By RICK GOLD
Sports Editor
BLACKSBURG, VA. - For all of
it setbacks and all of its growing
pains, the Universily ofMiami football learn headed to Virginia  Tech
with a legttiniai. chance at a Big
Fast championship.
The stage is set for the
Hurricanes to return to glory.
Then lhe stage collapsed.
With a had bounce here and a
holding call there, UM suffered a
27 25 setback lo the Hokies at Lane
Stadium in Iront of 53,177 funs
Saturday nighi
Brill highest paid
SG leader in nation
■ Controversy
over whether
officers should
be paid
By CHRIS SOBEL
Hurricane Staff Writer
Student U'lttlir magazine
asked, "Who is the highest
paid student government
leader in Ihe nation >"
The LJniversity of Miami's
Siudent Government president
Jonathan Brill's lull-tuition
scholarship, worth $19,140.
puts him at the lop of a list of
150 colleges and universities
nationwide
The survey comes amidst a
controversy that has student
leaders and administrators in
schools across ihe country
arguing over whether student
government officers should
-ecetve any pay or special
treatment
"At UM   the SG president
has received a tuition waivei as
long  as anyone can remeiii
ner." said Brill
Four olher student leaders
on campus receive the same
administrative scholarship as
Brill. The editors in-chief and
the business manager of both
//ii Miami Hum, nne and the
Mi yearbook and the general
managei of WVUM-W.5 FM
all gel lice tuition.
"The scholarships lhat the
four of us get do not come
from student budgets like
SAFAC." said Brill. Highly
intelligent people are compensated with academic scholai
ships and athletes are compensated. Hopefully, the person
who is in ihis position lhal has
(lenioiisiraled tuperior lea.lci
ship skill 'von't he cnlici/ed
l.n receiving scholarship
money."
The SG president receives
no olher benefits. Along with
olher student leaders, the SG
president used to be able to
See BRILL • Pao,e 1
RICK GOLD/S|m iris L< Im it
lames looks for some running
University at Lane Stadium.
The Hurricanes are now left to
scratch and claw for a second tier
bowl bid. Miami can still salvage a
postseason berth, hut it will take victories over Rutgers and Syracuse in
its final two contests
Despite the result. Saturday's contest may have been Ihe best game
See SPORTS • Page 4
Graduate students
display creativity
■ Students present work
at forum
By DEANNA SWICEGOOD
Hurric MM Staff Writer
The University of Miami Graduate School
held its Second Annual University of Miami
Graduate Student Research and Creativity
Forum on Friday.
Held in the Universily Center's
International Lounge. 59 studenls came
together to display presentations including
posters, sculptures, architectural drawings
and models, and multimedia presentations.
This evenl was open to all graduate students
in all fields
t riieria lor judging was based on premise,
design, oral presentation or explanation ot
|iin|cel. written abstract or wnilen docunien-
l.itioii. oveiall impression, amount or extent
ol supportive research, quality ol research,
experiment design and process, and tesulls or
data What the )lld|M looked lor was aclcai
ly stated hypothesis and a clearly tested
hypothesis to prove or disprove
Eight different categories were represented,
with a total of 2l) awards given out All winners received ribbons and first place winneis
received i check im 5.100
WINNERS, Pago 2
■ Homecoming
tradition sends
students to serve
By PADMINI UPPU and
STEPHANIE NOEL
()l lhc Stall
Dcspne exams, papers anil projects that accompany student Iile at
the University of Miami, many siu
dents donated part of Iheir tune lo
helping those in need in the community.
Aboul 400 UM students participated Saturday in Hurricanes Help
the Hometown, a large scale volunteer effort coordinated by the
Volutiieei Service* Centei and the
Homecoming hxecuiive
Committee
The students spent a clay performing community service with
27 organizations such as Big
Broihers/Big Sisters, the Family
Resource Cenler. Habitat For
Humanity and Ihe Salvation Army.
University Presideni Fdward T
Foole II and Vice President of
Student Affairs Patricia Whitely
met with the students on lhe patio
and gave them winds ol 'encouragement
"You are the unsung heroes."
Foole said
The mission of Hurricanes Help
the Hometown is "io promote civic
responsibility lor studenls to cany
on to their post graduate lives." said
VSC        eoorclinutoi Mickey
Rubenstein.   who  also  sunt  she-
hopes  this   experience  will   open
students' eye* to the needs of nth
ers less furtiiii.iic than idem.
"Whether it's breaking ihe
stereotype uf a homeless person,
understanding the needs of a child
or laking care ol an elderly person,
we want sludents to know ihey can
lake an active part 111 helping olh
ers" said Rubenstein.
Many volunteers were representing the various sludenl organizations lhal participate in
Homecoming.
To win points for the
Homecoming competition, each
organization needed lo have at least
half of its membership rosier participating in Hurricanes Help the
Hometown
Organizations could lose points
il Iheir members did not show up to
participate or acted 111 .1 way detrimental to the cause, such as Icav mg
lhe site eaiiv
"Hurricanes Help the Hometown
is a really good piogiain Ihe
Universit)  has."  said  sophomore
See HELP • Pago 2
Miss UM 1997 crowned
|.|. GAMA - LOBO / I'd. .to I .tit. ,r
THERE SHE IS: Senior Mia Maslrotanni was crowned Miss UM
1997 Sunday night al the Gusman. See ACCENT, page II).