Miami Hurricane, November 05, 1996

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Volume 74, Number 19
University of Miami
Tuesday November 5, 1996
By KELLY RUANE
News Editor
George Southworth, former journalism professor and advisor to student publications at the University of Miami, died Oct. 9 after a brief illness.
Southworth began teaching part-time at the University of Miami in 1959 and joined the faculty full-time in 1966. In 1980, he became senior adviser to all student publications at UM while teaching courses such as journalism history and ethics. Under his leadership, the Ibis yearbook and The Miami Hurricane received national recognition.
UM journalism professor Alan Prince, who worked with Southworth at the Miumi Herald, said Southworth was a "wonderful
person."
"He had a heck of a sense of humor and I think he had the proper dosage of humor and cynicism and compassion a newsman should have," Prince said. "He had all those things in the proper proportion."
In 1951, Southworth began his career in journalism when he began covering 'he police beat as an assignment reporter for the Miami Herald. From 1955 to 1957, he was assistant city editor. He became the first Latin American editor for the Herald in 1957, a position he held until 1962, when he became the first travel editor.
Prince said Southworth was working on the police beat even while he was travel editor.
"He was the travel editor but at the same time he would spend more than half of his time writing police news," Prince said. "He would take his travel stuff and go to the reporter's room and do the travel stuff there."
Prince said Southworth was partly responsible for his coming to the University. Prince said when he and Southworth were working at the Herald together, Southworth was teaching part-time at UM. Prince asked Southworth if the University needed a part-time teacher.
"One time I called and said, 'Do you need me?' and he said 'Yes' and they needed me the next day," Prince said.
Southworth earned the first degree ever awarded for Latin American Studies at
Northwestern University in 1947. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society for journalism. Phi Sigma lota for romance languages and Sigma Delta Chi for journalism. Southworth was awarded the first Ernie Pyle Memorial Scholarship for journalism from Indiana University in 1949.
The first words published in Spanish by the Miami Herald were written by Southworth. who learned to speak Spanish during eight years of service in the U.S. Navy. He spent five years in Latin America where he was the political news analyst for the Office of Naval Intelligence. He also served as the director of cultural institutes in Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Prince said Southworth came to UM because the pay at the Herald was not enough for him to be able to send his children to college. He worked at UM to gain the tuition remission to pay for his son's education.
"In that sense, he left his first love to put at least one child through college," Prince said.
Southworth is survived by his wife of 56 years. Dorothy, son Jorge, daughter Chucha Barber and two grandchildren. Contributions were made in his name to the UM School of Communication Journalism Department in lieu of flowers.
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The final decision
Today voters across the U.S. decide the country’s fate. Who is it going to be? Now is the time to decide.
By SARAH GUARNACCIA
Staff Writer
Retired journalism professor dies
George Southworth, former Herald editor, came to UM in 1959
Photo Illustration by EMILY REID KEHE/Art Director
Today is Election Day, a chance for Americans to contribute to the fate of the presidential candidates and the United States. Students at the University of Miami have been exposed to the '96 elections through various organizations such as the College Democrats, College Republicans and Rock the Vote.
"One thing I can say is we put a stress on voting. Our mission was to just get people registered," said Eric Delisle, president of the College Democrats.
To increase students' interest in the election, the Rathskeller is cohosting a pre-election party with the College Democrats and the College of Republicans tonight at 8 p.m.
Not only can students attend to find out the results of the election, but they can participate in open discussions about either candidate and listen to speakers from each student party.
General Manager of the Rat Everett Price said that although most Americans will have already voted by the time the event begins, he thinks this will motivate them to vote in the next election.
Once the President of the United States is announced, president of the College Republicans senior Chris Buckley said there will inevitably be disappointed losers. He said he hopes the discussion will not be too heated.
"Hopefully the losers won't get taunted. Certainly if you get talking to someone with opposing views and you have a couple of beers, anything could happen," Buckley said. "Anything up to a heated discussion is fine. We re not going to promote having shouting matches to see who is better, it's just to get them interested in the election."
Freshman Pam Stacy said she thinks Americans ages 18 to 21 are less likely to vote in this election.
"A lot of politicians don't care about the younger generation because we're not going to give them the votes," Stacy said.
Stacy said she thinks voting is important for young people.
"Young people should vote more. Voting is part of being a responsible adult," she said.
Some students said they do not want to make the wrong decision
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Freshman Tania Uruski said she is not going to vote in this election because she did not pay attention to the campaigns.
"I don't know anything about the candidates. I just didn't ever pay attention. I am going to know better so I can vote in the next election," said Uruski.
Other students said they are not voting because neither candidate has impressed them enough.
"1 am not happy with either candidate. I think no matter what president we get, nothing will change," said freshman Shamus Diaz. "I don't see a difference that will affect me personally."
Diaz admits he may regret not voting when he had the chance.
"I'll probably feel bad when I realize that it's going to take another four years before I get a chance to vote." he said.
Students who do not vote this term will not necessarily have to wait another four years to vote again. Buckley said with congressional elections every two years, students can exercise their voting rights more frequently.
"Congress as a whole has a lot of power. 1 want to remind people that you just don't vote every four years." Buckley said.
Buckley said voting in this country is not appreciated and sometimes people add a negative element to it.
"We want voting to be a positive thing. Sometimes, when you encourage people to vote, they say, 'It's your duty to vote,' and they take a negative aspect," he said. "People risk their lives every day to vote and fight for democracy. We take it for granted."
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