Miami Hurricane, February 03, 1998

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1998
WILD WEEKEND FOR CANES
■ The University of Miami men faced off against the Bulls of University of South Florida this weekend.
SPORTS, page 5
HOLLYWOOD AND DIVINE
■ Actor Frank Runyeon performed The Gospel of Mark for students on Thursday night at the Episcopal Church center.
ACCENT, page 8
DAKA AND ITS WORKERS
■ Is DAKA being unfair to its employees? Find out what one student thinks.
OPINION, page 11
briefs
LOWE SPONSORS LECTURE
The Lowe Art Museum is sponsoring a one-hour lecture series every Saturday. The series will feature local scholars, art historians and curators who will be complementing the collections and exhibitions while focusing on a particular theme. The lecture begins on Feb. 21, 1998, at 2 p.m. in the Kress Gallery. The lecturer will be Bernadine Heller-Greenman, speaking on the Life and Work of Rembrandt.
To register, call 284-3621.
UM CELEBRATES SPORTS
The University of Miami Athletic Department will hold a week-long celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day with four different events on the Coral Gables campus, starting today. The events include, "Take a Kid To a Game," "A Day in the Life (of a UM athlete)," "Girls Sports jam" and "'Canes Walk for Women's Athletics."
For more information, contact Maureen Lantz at 284-3282.
today's weather
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s and evening Ipws in the mid. to lower 60s.
- National Weather Service
Spring Senate, Exec seats open
■ SG expects large candidate, voter turnout for spring election
By CHRISTY CABRERA
Hurricane Staff Writer Students who missed the opportunity to run for Student Government last fall will have another chance to run for open positions during the spring semester election.
"It's always a bigger election," said Michelle Propos. the chairper-
son of the Elections Commission “The candidates campaign more actively."	,
Positions for president, vice president and treasurer open up during the spring elections, making the races more competitive. Propos said.
"The officer positions are up for grabs. That usually makes it a more hotly-contested race." said current Student Government President Jonathan Brill.
Senator seats from each school or college are also available.
"The senator seats are based on
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ELECTION SCHEDULE
•	FRIDAY, FEB. 6: last day to File for candidacy
•	MONDAY, FEB. 9: Candidates meeting
•	MONDAY, FEB. 16: Elections begin
•	TUESDAY, FEB. 17: Vice presidential debate
•	WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18: Presidential debate
•	THURSDAY, FEB. 26: Election results announced. Catch all the election coverage in The Hurricane.
Summit creates better leaders
■ Leadership summit draws 180 students
By DINA MIRELES
Hurricane Staff Writer The University of Miami's 1998 Leadership Summit brought students together from every corner of campus to learn that being a leader also means knowing how to follow.
A series of speakers, seminars and workshops focused on motivation and initiative to enhance student's leadership skills and abilities.
The support shown by students and faculty made the Summit a great success, said Marcella Hahn, interim director of The Leadership
Institute.
“It's nice to see people from all across campus pull together for an event such as this one," Hahn said.
Over 180 aspiring leaders signed up to attend the Summit which focused on effective communication and various styles of leadership.
"The sessions were informative, as well as interactive, which helped us to learn, but not feel pressured or swamped with information." said freshman Daniel Britton
Jack Lannom spoke those words of inspiration during the commencement of his keynote address. Lannom. who has a ninth-degree black belt in kung-fu. has recently released a new book and has been motivating people to be leaders for over 25 years. He moved the stu-
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Congress wants hate crimes reported
■ Reports provide students, parents with accurate campus crime rates
By CHARLES DERVARICS
The Arion (Embry-Riddle U.) and KELLY RUANE Editor In Chief
Colleges and universities will need to increase their oversight and
reporting of hate crimes if a new bill in Congress passes approval.
The legislation proposed by Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) would
require colleges to collect and publish more data on hate crimes, including those related to simple assault, harassment and vandalism. The bill is expected to receive a detailed review in January.
Current law under the Campus Security Act requires only that colleges report hate crimes that result in serious felonies such as murder, rape or aggravated assault.
"It was useful to provide the reporting of hate crimes in these three [felony] categories, but it does not provide students or parents with the overwhelming information of what actually constitutes hate crimes in America." Torricelli said
Giving students and paients aiifed information will help them make educated decisions about college, which, in turn, "will make the deans.
law enforcement officials, boards of trustees and alumni take these problems seriously," Torricelli added.
Felonies account for only about 16 percent of hate crimes nationwide. he said, which means few if any make it onto annual campus security reports. For example, no college has reported a hate crime that resulted in murder, and only a few have classified a rape or assault as a hate crime, the senator said.
Several high-profile incidents prompted the development of the hill. Torricelli said, including the electronic-mail death threats that 60 Asian-American students received last year at the University of Culifomia-lrvine
The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B’rith also identified at least 90 anti-Semitic incidents college
campuses in 1996. he added.
Another section of the senator's bill would expand the definition of a hate crime to include acts against women and the disabled.
Torricelli unveiled his Campus Hate Crimes Right to Know Act of 1997 as President Clinton hosted a recent White House conference on hate crimes The president did not comment on the bill but pledged to do more to combat hate-related incidents.
Senate staff said Torricelli's proposal should not pose any major new burden on colleges, though campus-safety experts said it could present challenges for small institutions For example, all colleges and universities first would have to collect data on simple assault, harassment and vandalism and then identi-
fy any acts that also represent hate
crimes.
In most cases, "I don't think [the bill] would be overly burdensome," said Douglas Tuttle, former president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. It could mean more paperwork and recordkeeping, however. for colleges with a small staff and for those that rely on security guards rather than sworn police departments, he said.
All colleges and universities should have a system to collect information on hate crimes. Tuttle said. In many cases, that requires the cooperation and involvement of housing and maintenance staff, who
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HARLEM SPEAKS'
SARAH GUARNACCIA / News Editor
WE GOT THE BEAT: Miss Black UM hopefuls rehearse to a Duke Ellington tune. The dance will serve as the opening number for the Feb.8 pageant. From left to right, Yolonda Lowe, Kareen Street, Victoria Lauture and choreographer Robyne Garrison.
UM Law school helps break family’s silence
■ Parents speak about daughter’s jailing in Peru
By LUIS SERGIO HERNANDEZ, |R.
Hurricane Staff Writer
The University of Miami community decided if Lori Berenson received the due process that she deserved, as her parents and lawyer presented her case.
Berenson is a 28-year-old human rights activist and free-lance journalist from New York City who is serving a life sentence in Peru following her conviction by a secret military tribunal.
"Lori was quite excited to know that we would be speaking at UM’s

Law School having the opportunity to speak about her case." said Mark Berenson. Lori's father.
In the United States, the right to free speech, due process and a fair trial are self-evident as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. However, the Peruvian people are subject to arbitrary arrest, unfair trials and other abuses of their most basic rights.
Berenson was arrested in November 30. 1995, while working as a free-lance journalist with assignments from two American publications. She had been researching articles on women's rights and poverty in Peru and had interviewed several members of the Peruvian Congress.
“She has maintained her innocence from day one to preposterous charges, and I am excited about
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being here, because for two years and two months we have been silenced by the secret cowardly military tribunals that disgrace the government of Peru, her father said.
The military courts continue to deprive Peruvians and foreigners of their most basic rights to due process. Berenson was given no written notice of the charges against her or meaningful access to counsel. No opportunities were available to present or refute evidence, nor were witnesses	cross-examined.
Moreover. Berenson was convicted of treason, which she can not be guilty of because she is a non-Peruvian.
Berenson stressed his daughter's innocence. "She knows that the Peruvian intelligence knows full
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Lectures for all students, not just future lawyers
■ Professional lawyers provide answers for all interested
By DENISE KRAKOWSKI
Hurricane Staff Writer
Calling all future Perry Masons and Ally McBeals.
At the Pre law Speakers Series next week, students will have the chance to hear from real lawyers
"This series provides pre-law students with an opportunity to hear from alumni who are practicing lawyers and ask questions." said Elisah Lewis, coordinator of transfer and pre law advising.
The speakers will focus on three areas: advice to undergraduates looking at law schools, their own law school experiences (both academic and extracurricular) and information on the day-to-day duties in their respective area of practice.
On Feh. 9. Laurel Isicoff will speak from 8:45-9:45 a m. about her practice in bankruptcy, workouts and commercial litigation. From 12 noon to 1:00 p.m.. Shelley Niceley Groff. Esq., of the University of Miami General Counsel's Office, will speak about laws concerning higher education.
On Feb. 10. Andrew Herron, will speak at 8:45 about creditors' rights and remedies, bankruptcy law. commercial litigation and environmental law. He will be followed at noon by Marin Lennon, a University of Miami School of Law Professor.
Karen Gilbert will speak at 8:45 on Feb. 12 about criminal prosecution. At noon, Elisabeth
H. Loukas. will talk about family. property and commercial law. From 3:00-4:00 p.m. will be Carlos Martinez director of Development. Public Defender's Office-Criminal Defense.
Finallv. on Feb. 18 from 9:00-10:00 a.m.. Marcelyn Cox. director of the University of Miami School of Law Career Planning Center, will give a presentation entitled. "Careers You Can Have with a Law Degree." This presentation will take place at the School of Law Career Planning Center, room 112
“It is really important that students consider and evaluate the careers that are available before they enter law school" Cox said. "It is such a huge decision—students should know what's out there first. There are so many things you can do with a law degree, both in and out of actual law practice."
The lectures are free and open to all students, and no registration is required. However, students who are interested in law are encouraged to register as prelaw students. No specific course of study is required. They can visit Ashe 208 and fill out a prelaw registration card.
By registering, students will be given mailings from the pre-law advising program, such as its newsletter every fall and spring, detailing such programs as the lecture series, pre-law advising, and paid and unpaid internships in law for undergrads, through the Toppel Career Center.
There are two more lecture senes in planning stages, with the dates set for March 2-6 and April 6-9 They will take place in the University Center room 245, with lectures at 8:45, noon and 3 p.m. to accommodate students' varied schedules.