Miami Hurricane, March 08, 1996

              MARCIA CLARK VISITS MIAMI
Clark to speak tonight to students and faculty about women who make a difference.
See NEWS, Page 2
CULTURE SHOCK
Miami based bánd to play at UM this April.
See ACCENT, Page 6
The Miami Hurricane
FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1996
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI • CORAL GABLES, FLA.
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VOLUME 73, NUMBER"*^
LOWE ART MUSEUM PRESENTS LECTURER
A professor of Art and Art History at Colgate University will speak on African-American Art: Cultural Nationalism and Critical Discourse Between World Wars on March 12. The speech will be held at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Blvd., across from the Biltmore Hotel. A reception will take place at 6 p.m.; the lecture begins at 7 p.m.
The presentation is the second in the Lowe’s Alumni Lecture Series. The cost is $5 for members of the Lowe and students, and $10 for general admission. Seating is limited. Reservations must be made by today to 284-6981.
VICE PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR SERVICE
The Vice President’s Award for Service was created to recognize outstanding members of the UM community, including students, faculty, and staff. The award recognizes contributions to the Greater Miami community.
Applications are now available in Ashe 244, the Volunteer Services Center, Residence Halls, and College Dean's offices. They are due at 5 p.m. March 29 in Ashe 244.
For more information, contact Mickey Rubenstein at 284-4483 or the Office 0f the Vice President of Student Affairs at 284-4922.
TEACH FOR AMERICA SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
Teach for America is a student organization that works with the youth at the Ponce de Leon Middle School, across the street from campus. Opportunities exist for students who like working with children, coaching sports, tutoring, being a friend and a mentor, and planning activities.
For more information, contact Steve Rodnguez at 663-6913 or contact the Volunteer Services Center at 284-GIVE.
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITY
Students Together Ending Poverty (S.T.E.P.), the organization formerly known as National Hunger and Homelessness Week, is looking for a chairperson for a next year's committee. Applications are in the Volunteer Services Center (UC 224) and are due March 20.
Applications for other positions on the executive board will be available on March 19 in the VSC.
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Roche wins by six votes
First time in 20 years SG race results have been so close
By RUSALKA DE LA CAMPA
Staff Writer
After almost one month of debating, campaigning and getting their names out to the UM student body, the results are finally in and it was close.
Newcomer Steve Roche, from the ‘U Make the Call’ ticket, beat out former Student Government Supreme Court Chief Justice Karen
The Results
President
Steve Roche 554 votes 50.27 % Karen Ell 548 votes 49.73 %
Vice President
Abby Pardee 573 votes 52.96 % Birame Sock 509 votes 47.04 %
Treasurer
Dan Fleischer 547 votes 50.65 % Matt Richter 533 votes 49.35 %
Senior Senators
John Bothwell 85 votes Suzanne Maya 84 votes
Junior Senators
Lane Prince 19 votes Mike Belasco 10 votes
Ell by six votes during this week’s runoffs.
Vice presidential candidate Abby Pardee for the ‘U Make the Call' ticket also deafeated Birame Sock from Ell’s ‘Go Pro’ ticket. At treasurer, the ‘Go Pro’ ticket took the seat with Dan Fleischer defeating Matt Richter by 13 votes.
The newly elected 1996-97 UM Student Government Executive Board has endured the closest race in the last 20 years of Student Goverment history. The next closest race was in 1976, when Susan Havey became Undergraduate Student Body Government president, winning by only 28 votes.
“Thank God it’s finally over! These past three weeks have been tough. So many people have been against my running that it feels good to get the last laugh," Roche said.
Although last week’s election resulted in a 17 percent increase in voter turnout, it also created a need for a run-off election between the ‘Go Pro’ and ‘U Make The Call’ tickets. The race has been close, with candidates closing in on each other every night.
Many issues arose throughout the heated election process, from accusations of unfair campaigning to the questioning of the feasibility of a ticket's platform.
SUNE WOODS/Staff Photographer
Newly elected Student Government President Steve Roche campaigned at the Rock this week.
But despite initial doubts, in the end, Roche's platform pulled m the extra votes with promises of an extension to the Student Health Center’s hours and an improvement in the roommate-selection process.
To round off their entire platform, one trademark for the ‘U Make The Call’ campaign has become the acquisition of new friendships.
According to Pardee, one perk was meeting people.
“I’ve met so many people that it
has all been worth it," she said. “We've all met people, like 1C. Gonzalez Del Valle [forffllf pr?il dential candidate), whom we would not have met otherwise.”
“I’m a lot closer to the whole UM community now and have also developed a strong, lasting friendship with J.C [Del Valle). In addition, I’ve unfortunately learned what the world of politics is all about," Roche said.
Regardless of the results, however, the candidatti^ymitii^uLJinc piMnI v»/11 or lose, well worth the time ami illriff-Although Ell didn't win, in retrospect the election process was not a complete loss — she said it was definitely a learning experience.
“I gained a great deal from this. I am 100 percent glad 1 went through this election. If I hadn’t, I would always have been asking myself ‘What if I had run?"’ Ell said.
Jewish community mourns after attacks
SUNE WOODS/Staff Photographer
UM alumni Arline Mintz is mezrrterized by a display made by students this week.
By MARGARITA MARTIN-HIDALGO
Staff Write
What would have been a significant time for the Jewish community at the University of Miami to rejoice in a time of kinship was abruptly shattered this week when simultaneous bombings occurred in Israel.
Two suicide bombers claiming to belong to Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, set off two bombs in Israel Feb. 25, killing 26 people and injuring dozens.
One bomb was planted in a Jerusalem bus while the another was carried through a hitchhiking post for soldiers in the city of Ashkelon on the coast of Israel.
Tragedy struck again last Sunday when another explosion ripped apart another public bus on the same route in Jerusalem.
On Monday, Tel Aviv was rocked when another Hamas-credited suicide bomber walked through a busy shopping center area where people were rushing to Purim festivities. That bomb killed more than 20 people and injured hundreds.
Feelings of anger, sadness and fear have taken over Israel.
"People are afraid to leave their houses.
That is real terror — when you are afraid to live," said Rabbi Jaime Klein Aklepi, director of the Hillel Jewish Student Center at UM.
Repercussions of the tragedies have been felt worldwide, causing Purim festivities to be ones of mourning rather than joy.
This week the festivities planned by the National Hillel Foundation to celebrate Jewish Awareness Week this week included a Purim holiday celebration, a march for peace and other social activities.
“The Jewish community at UM is shocked and horrified and deeply saddened by the sense of loss of human life," Aklepi said.
Some UM students said they felt a loss from the attacks.
"It hurts. It hurts a lot especially since I was there in Israel [last winter),’’ said law student Michael Packer. "It hurts that this is what goes on what has become a daily basis — Jews being killed just because they are Jews and living in what is the Jewish homeland.”
Aklepi said these attacks affect Jewish people as a whole, not only those directly touched by the tragedy. She said that there is a strong sense of unity among the Jewish people.
See ATTACKS • Page 2
Canes advance with victory over Rutgers
UM hopes to prevail in Big East tourney
By DEREK HARPER
Sports Editor
NEW YORK — Clutch shooting is not a term often used to describe the University of Miami men’s basketball team, but the No. 7-seeded Hurricanes lit up Madison Square Garden for a 77-67 victory over No. 10-seeded Rutgers University in front of 19,544 in the first round of Wednesday's Big East tournament.
Miami (15-12, 9-10 Big East) hit 51.9 percent of its shots for the
game and used a 16-0 burst in the first half to put the Scarlet Knights in a hole they would be unable to dig themselves out of. When Rutgers (9-18) did attempt a late comeback, coming within three points at 63-60 with 5:29 remaining in the game, UM’s Kevin Norris took over, connecting for nine straight points to seal Miami's sec-ond-ever victory in the tournament.
The Hurricanes’ Steve Edwards, playing in his final Big East tournament, began the torrid start by draining four three-pointers in the first 8:30 of the game. Three of the treys came during the 16-0 run that catapulted Miami from a 5-4 deficit to a
See NORRIS • Page 4
EMILY KEHE/Photo Editor
Guard Kevin Norris, who scored 20 points, shoots against Rutgers.
Trespasser caught in Hecht
By LOUIS FLORES
Staff Writer
Steven Rimer didn't use the stairs. That’s why he got caught.
Rimer, an unemployed New Yorker, was found trespassing by UM Department of Public Safety officers on Monday. He was waiting for the elevator on the ninth floor of Hecht Residential College when police arrived at the scene.
It is not known how he gained access to the ninth floor.
“They was no way for him to get in if he hadn’t been let in," said Rene Sacasas, resident master of Hecht. “Clearly, if you want security on campus and in the residential colleges, it is extremely important for residents not to let any individuals in.”
Rimer, 35, was arrested by UM officers, transferred to the Coral Gables police department and was
incarcerated at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center or Northwest 36th Street in Miami was released the same day of . arrest on a $500 cash bond, according to a booking employee at the correctional center. He is free until he appears at a hearing before a judge, which will not be scheduled for about three weeks.
Rimer's arrest comes approximately five months after he was issued a trespass warning on Oct. 3, 1995. He was found in parking lot 441, which is adjacent to student apartment building 37.
His arrest was also one month after two women on the ninth floor of Rosburough Tower in Stanford Residential College reported to campus police that they had seen an unidentified man in a women's
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