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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY E6J996 t_UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI • CORAL GABLES, FLA. FEB 2 6 199S VOLUME 73, NUMBER
NEWS
BRIEFS
A WEEK FOR LIFE CONTINUES THIS WEEK
A Week for Life events are scheduled throughout the week. The week is designed to promote awareness about HIV and AIDS, as well as related issues such as self-esteem and safer sex.
An HIV/AIDS Art Exhibition is on display in the UC Flamingo Ballrooms A and B today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesday from 7 to 10 p.m.
The Safer Sex Carnival is Wednesday from II a.m. to 2 p.m. on the UC Patio.
See administrators participate in relay races from noon to I p.m. The AIDS Info Fair is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, also at the UC.
The Candlelight Vigil will be held at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday at Eaton Tieder Terrace.
The vigil is a remembrance of those that have been lost, as well as a celebration of life and hope.
Friday night at the Rathskeller is the Life Party from 8 to midnight. On Sunday, students can participate in AIDS Walk Miami from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at South Point Park on South Beach.
For information about all the events, contact the Volunteer Services Center at 284-GIVE.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR HISPANIC WOMEN BEGINS
The Women's Resource Center and International Student Services are beginning a support group for Hispanic women.
The organization's stated purpose is to “create a support group for Hispanic women students who were raised in culturally Latin or Latin-American households and are living and operating within the mainstream American culture.
“Focus on communication and skills development necessary to cope and succeed as a Hispanic woman."
The informational meeting is at 4 p.m. today in the Women’s Resource Center, UC 213. For more information, contact Teresa de la Guardia at 284-2928. .
ARCHITECTURE CAREER FORUM COMING TO CP&P
The Toppel Career Planning and Placement Center is holding an Architecture Career Forum at 6:30 p.m. on Petjruary 26.
Participating companies include the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, Reg Architecture Inc., City of Miami Planning and Zoning, Rodriguez & Quiroga Architects, Bermeloo, Ajamil, & Partners, Buzinec Associates, Spillis Candela, Carr-Smith, Arkin Construction, Disney Development Co., Cooper, Robertson, and American Institute of Architects.
To be included in a resume book, resumes must be turned into the Career Center by February 21. For more information, contact Maria de Leon Fleitas at 284-3731.
YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES The Oscars past
In the spirit of last week's Oscar nominations, let's take a look at some of the winners from the 1986 Academy Awards. Best Actor: Paul Newman The Color of Money Best Actress: Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser Cod Best Supporting Actor:
Michael Caine Hannah and Her Sisters Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters Best Director: Oliver stone Platoon
Best Film: Platoon source: The World Almanac ARMANDO BONICHE/Humt.me Staff
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Photos by EMILY KEHE/Photo Editor
David Plowden (left), a photographer known for his pictures of small towns in America, visited UM this past week. As part of his visit, Plowden had a gallery exhibition at the School of Architecture. He also gave a lecture Wednesday night in which he showed slides of his work.
Over the weekend, Plowden took groups of students to the Everglades, Naples and other locations in South Florida for photo shoots (above).
A look back
Ashe builds the University of Miami
By ARMANDO BONICHE
Staff Writer
The University of Miami will he celebrating its 70th anniversary this fall. This is part one of a series looking back at the history of the University.
For many, the names Ashe, Pearson and Stanford may only describe several buildings on the Coral Gables campus. In terms of UM’s history, these individuals helped nurture a fledgling school into the major research institution that exists today.
THE EARLY YEARS
When classes first convened at UM in October 1926, the school was caught in the midst of a severe financial crisis with no hope in sight. The university also did not yet have a president to lead it through these troubled times.
In November of that year the University’s Board of Regents appointed Bowman Foster Ashe as the first president of the school. It was hoped that his reputation as both an educator and a businessman could bring both academic and fiscal
integrity to the school.
Ashe did not hesitate to express in which direction he believed the new school should be headed. In one of his first memos as president, Ashe indicated to the Board of Regents that UM should consider starting the first medical school in Florida.
But serious financial problems were still plaguing the university. Money was tight
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The main campus was just a barren strip of land and classes were being held in the Anastasia building, a partially constructed hotel in Coral Gables.
Despite the difficult financial circumstances, Ashe did not compromise his academic goals. In coming years he recruited a number of nationally regarded scholars to teach at the university. In addition to a rapidly growing faculty. Ashe
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Model living with HIV to speak today
Keynote speaker visits UM for ‘Week for Life’
By |USTIN SIEGWALD
Staff Writer
Model Elena Monica will visit UM today and serve as the keynote speaker for A Week for Life, a week-long event that aims to promote campus awareness of HIV and AIDS. She is living with HIV.
Andrew Odze, chairperson of A Week for Life, said the goal of the events is to “increase the educational responsibility and personal value of life.”
"We want people to be more responsible
about themselves and be more compassionate toward those living with AIDS," he said.
A Week for Life's activities began on Sunday with a quilt-making workshop in the International Lounge. The quilts were carried by students yesterday around campus. Other events planned for the week include free HIV testing, a safe-sex seminar, and a candlelight vigil on Thursday night.
"By having Elena as our keynote speaker, these goals can be easily accomplished," Odze added. "It is very unusual for a white, heterosexual female to be speaking about HIV. And Elena is doing this from a first-hand perspective. A Week For Life is running under the notion that it
is an empowerment program with an HIV and AIDS foundation. By choosing life, Elena is an excellent role model.”
Bom in 1965 to a show business family, Monica quickly learned what it was like to be a sought-after personality. Gifted with a pretty face and a dynamic presence, she has been in commercials, movies and theater productions and has been featured on the covers of several fashion magazines. She is also HIV positive.
When she was hospitalized in 1991 for a case of aseptic meningitis, doctors were puzzled as to why she was not responding to treatment. After running more tests, they soon discovered that she was infected
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UM animal research costs rise
Work generates revenue, expenses, ethical dilemmas
By LOUIS FLORES
Staff Writer
Animal research is a business at the University of Miami. It generates revenue, expenses and ethical dilemmas.
"To use animals in research is expensive,” said Thomas Malek, professor and vice chairman of the School of Medicine’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology. “Animal research regulations are good, but they increase the costs of maintaining the animals."
The use of animals in medical research is partly paid for by public health agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world's largest funder of animal experiments, according to a fact sheet from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an organization which funds university research programs.
Some costs, however, are funded by the university that conducts the research, and these costs are rising at UM.
As of Jan. I, UM is paying five percent more than last year to provide animals used in research with adequate living conditions. Pressure from public health agencies, environmentalists and animal rights activists are responsible for the increase in costs, said Robert Rubin. UM vice provost for research and deputy dean for research and graduate studies.
Currently, animals are being used in research and being cared for at all four UM campuses, which includes Coral Gables, the medical school, the marine school and the South Dade campus, Rubin said.
If a university is smart enough, it will engage in selling animals to raise money, just like UM.
Controller Wayne Roberts submitted an e-mail request to Executive Vice President and Provost Luis Glaser for an authorization to disclose to The Miami Hurricane the revenues and costs generated front the funding, care and sale of animals. In a response E-mail, the provost declined, Roberts said.	——~—~ ”
"The provost doesn’t feel this is information that should be released," he said.
Glaser was out of town and could not be reached for comment.
To raise money, UM has created a worldwide monopoly selling aplysias, a snail used in neurological research, at $20 per live adult specimen weighing over 125 grams. Fully grown, some aplysias can grow up to one meter and weigh up to seven kilograms.
The aplysias are hatched and raised at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences on Virginia Key.
Roberts said, in general, that the aplysia facility is designed to be a break-even operation, "and it pretty much is." He added that the university does provide a modest “subsidy" to be able to finance medical research involving animals.
Like in any business, governmental regulation is responsible for cost escalation in animal research.
"Regulations continue to change, such as reporting, caging and handling," he said. "The federal government has some very strict guidelines on animal handling procedures: how they are caged, handled, cared for and cleaned. We have to hire new people. That is driving the cost of caring for animals up."
Although inspections are frequent, regulations are good because they protect the animals. Rubin said.
The recently announced costs will affect tens of thousands of animals being used in about 400 research projects conducted by UM professors, Rubin said.
At the School of Medicine alone, an estimated 4,000 mice are being used by researchers, Malek said.
According to Rubin's Jan. 26 memorandum to faculty, the least expensive animal UM will care for this year is a mouse, whose daily expenses tally 17 cents per day,
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‘Inside Edition’ anchor visits UM Vision studio
By AMIE PARNES
Staff Writer
She has been called "the other woman" — the woman who “forced" Jane Pauley to walk away from NBC’s Today show.
However, lately Deborah Norville has proved some of her critics wrong with the success of her latest project, Inside Edition.
Norville spoke to University of Miami School of Communication students on Friday at UM Vision's Studio B.
She discussed her past and present career in broadcast journalism. Norville graduated from the University of Georgia and began her career as a journalist by covering the Georgia legislature.
“All I ever wanted to do was be a reporter in Atlanta," Norville said. ‘They brought me in as a gofer and soon after, I had a little report on the six o’clock news."
Norville went on to report for the CBS News’ Street Stories and NBC Nightly News. She later became co-host of Today with Bryant Gumbel.
“I love reporting the news,” Norville said. "Reporting the news is not like ripping out the
front page of The Miami Herald and covering the same story. That’s regurgitating the news."
During the session, Norville also discussed journalism ethics.
“You have a moral and ethical responsibility as a journalist,” she said. "You don’t need to enhance the news. The news will enhance itself."
Norville has received criticism from those who feel she has lowered her standards by hosting what some would call a tabloid television show. She refuses to call Inside Edition a tabloid show. She would rather people call it a syndicated magazine show.
"[Inside Edition] is a magazine show," Norville said. "It has something meaty and something goofy. That to me is a good magazine show."
Norville said she has found that the most difficult part of her career is balancing it with her personal life.
"This career doesn't allow you to be a wife and mom," Norville said. “I don't feel right about jumping on a plane and leaving them behind. I have a life-long commitment to the man who put this ring on my finger, and to the
children that call me ’Mommy.'
"My goal is to successfully meld my personal life with my professional life,” she said.
School of Communication professor Joseph Angotti said, "[Norville] is one of the better communicators in this market. If she wanted to go back to a network, they would probably take her back."
In the future, Norville said she will write a book and possibly return to radio. •
After the lecture, Norville gave a few personal tips to journalism majors.
"Get an internship," she said. "When you have an internship you are getting practical experience and you are making contacts.
"Also, when you begin working in your field, be around — ask people if you can help them out with something. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Diplomacy always works and you will eventually get a break.”
RHODA WARRE/Staff Photographer
Deborah Norville, Inside Edition anchor, spoke to journalism students Friday on the set of UM Vision.