Miami Hurricane, April 14, 1998

              CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA	SINCE 1927
STREAKING AWAY
■ The Miami Hurricanes extended their winning streak to 22 games, topping Bethune Cookman at the Light this weekend.
SPORTS, page 6
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MAC GITS MARRIED
■	No, not our K. Thomas
McCarthy, Seventeen-year-old Macauley Culkin (remember him?) is our Loser of the Week.
ACCENT, oage 8 GRADE INFLATION
■	Fact or fiction? Are steadily increasing high-school CPAs deceiving?
OPINION, page 10
news briefs
UM RECEIVES DONATION
A University of Miami alumnus, Jay jensen, recently donated $500,000 to the School of Education. Jensen, a teacher at Miami Beach High, has made previous donations to the University. The endowment for the School of Education will be used to fund scholarships. The University held a reception for Jensen last Thursday. At the reception, the School of Education renamed their administrative offices "The Jay W. Jensen Administrative Offices at the School of Education."
JACK THE RIPPER LECTURE TOMORROW
The Judaic Studies Program and Department of History present professor William Fishman of Queen Mary College, University of London in a lecture entitled, "Poverty, Murder and Mayhem in Victorian England: Jack the Ripper Murders." The presentation is Wednesday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Master's Apartment at Pearson Residential College. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
today's weather
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs ,n the lower 80s and evening lows in the lower 60s.
National Weather Service

■ Senior Shannon Neville selected to speak at graduation
By SARAH GUARNACCIA
Hurricane Staff Writer
Involvement with the University of Miami outside of the classroom proved to be a redeeming endeavor in more ways than one this week.
At the Celebration of Involvement Breakfast and Awards Presentation, organizations, advisors and students were bestowed with awards of excellence for their good works.
Senior Shannon Neville and graauate student Eduardo Perez-Coroero were both presented with the Award for Excellence in Involvement.
The hard work exemplified by the students was not dependent on recognition however, they said.
“I did what I considered my responsibilities. When you get to this level of eaucation, it’s important to share knowledge," Cordero said.
Neville will go on to speak at her graduation ceremony in May. She will mark the University’s first attempt to allow a student speaker at the commencement. Neville, along with the SG executive
board, brought to light the need for student speakers at graduation.
“Previously, no student hud every been-a part of it in a speaking capacity,” said former SG president Jonathan Brill.
Neville said there is a slight intimidation factor, however, as she will be joined by former United States president George Bush in speaking.
“I want something that will touch everyone (without] going into over used topics," she said.
The list of nominees for the award covered a wide range. From Student Government leaders to committee chairs to honor society members, being nominated is quite a recognition.
“It’s cliché to say, but it truly is [an honor]," said Marc Jacobsen, assistant director of Student Life for Student Organizations, of the nominees.
Taking the honor of Most Active Organization was the Microbiology and Immunology Club. Both Aruna Airan of the Indian Student Association and Duane Schultz of the Men’s Soccer Club were given the award for Most Outstanding Advisor. United Black Students was chosen as the Most Improved Organization, while the Colombian
See AWARDS • Page 2
SARAH GUARNACCIA / Hurricane Staff Photographer
WINNER: Senior Shannon Neville embraces Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Whitely as Director of Student Life Richard Walker looks on at the SOAR awards last Thursday.
WAY OF THE CROSS
HILA DROR / Hurricane Staff Photographer
CRUCIFIED: Members of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, the Baptist Student Union and Wesley Foundation depicted the Crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday at the Rock.
GLBC ‘shocked’ by off-campus attack
■ University warns members to be careful
By KELLY RUANE
Editor In Chief
A member of the University of Miami's Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community (GLBC)
was assaulted last Tuesday night, the victim of an apparent hate crime.
The victim, who asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons, was attacked on the doorstep of the victim's home in the Westchester neighborhood of Miami. The victim's face and shoulder are bruised and swollen.	•
The victim left the Ungar Computer Center on campus at approximately 11 p.m. Tuesday night.
"I'm not usually on campus that late,” the victim said.
It is a 15-minute drive from campus to the victim's home.
“I turned on my street and noticed that a car turned behind me," the victim said. “I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to it.”
The victim approached the doorstep after parking the car in the driveway, heard a noise and
thought it was a cat. When the victim turned around, two men were waiting.
It was too dark to get an accurate description, but the victim said one assailant is five feet, nine inches tall and stocky, and the other is five feet, 11 inches tall with a medium build. Both, the victim said, are white, between the ages of 18 and 20.
The assailants allegedly verbally and physically attacked the victim The victim said they used rocks to hit tne head and shoulder area.
“They started saying things like, ‘You’re a f— faggot’ and Queer people all need to die.’” the victim said. The last thing they did was kick me in the stomach.”
The victim and other members of the GLBC said they oeiieve the suspects followed the victim from the UM campus.
They said they don’t want any faggots in our school and in our neighborhood,” the victim said.
The GLBC president, who also asked for anonymity out of concern for personal safety, said she agrees with the victim.
”1 think [the victim] was followed just because of the things that were said,” the president said. "My feeling is how else would they know that [it] was a
UM student
The victim and the GLBC president told the University Administration on Wednesday afternoon.
“Just because this happened off campus doesn’t make us any less concerned,” said Assistant Dean of Students Allison Gillespie.
Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Whitely saio the
University will do what it can to help the GLBC cope with the
attack.
‘We're outraged,” Whiteiy said. The University wifi give as much support as possible to members of the group and certainly this is not something that we condone.”
SAFE ENVIRONMENT?
The GLBC president said this is the first incident of its kind in the group's seven-year history at UM
Gillespie said this is the first hate crime targeting homosexuals on campus. In the past suspects have committed anti-Semitic hate crimes.
“This is new and this isn’t anything that, quite frankly, our students have been faced with,” Gillespie said. “We think we
See GLBC • Page 4
International Week event takes students to Middle East, Africa
■ Week starts off with ‘success,’ Stewart says
By VICTORIA BALLARD
News Editor
International Week began last Thursday with Opening Ceremonies and Africa and Mideast Day on Friday in the UC Patio.
Africa Day included dances, food, ethnic-displays and products from artifact companies.
“We exhibit the things that characterize the country,” said graduate student Sharokina DeMirza, a member of OASIS.
The Mideast exhibits consisted of Moroccan olates, a brass Koran, a Perstar mg and Turkish coffee
"The coffee tells your fortune," said DeMirza. “The stuff came from everyone's houses. People from Syria Kuwait and Morocco brought what they were able to bring.”
Students were passing out flyers for an
engraved nameplate necklace. The proceeds will benefit the humanitarian effort to aid the children of Lebanon, Pakistan and Jordan, said junior Hady Masri.
"This has nothing to do with politics,” said Masri. "The main purpose is lo get Arabs united. Iraqis helping Kuwaitis—we want to send a message like that. We are Arab above all.”
"This has nothing to do with politics. The main purpose is to get Arabs united. *
HADY MASRI, junior
The morning performance’ had belly dancers and African arums.
“The belly dancers attracted a lot of people,” said freshman Hugh Stewart, the Africa Day chair. "We cleared out the TV area and all the people playing pool. They were lined up on the wall to watch.”
The African Student Union sold food as
a fund-raiser. The food had been donated by an African-food restaurant.
“It’s Gixxl Friday and the food had a lot of meat, so people couldn't eat the food,” said Stewart. “The food arrived late, after the lunch crowd, so we have some left over.”	/
Stewart said the day was a success.
"Measuring what we had to work with and the time frame, getting it together was kind of difficult,” said Stewart, “it turned out better than expected. It was supposed to rain."
COISO decides what clubs present on what day.
Today was a bad day,” said Stewart. “It's Friday and everyone has gone home. The weekend is starting.”
“OASIS had a fashion show and dance in the morning,” said sophomore Marsha Jones, the day chair for Caribbean Day later this week. “They especially be’!; the stage for the show.”
OASIS joined the Africa Day because they felt it woul^l fit better with their inter-
See l-WEEK • Page 4
HILA DROR / Hurricane Staff Photographer
COFFEE PERKING: The residue left in the cup lfter drinking the Turkish coffee tells the fortune of the drinker.