Miami Hurricane, January 23, 1998

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CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
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VOLUME 75, NUMBER 70
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'HUNTING' FOR VICTORY
■ UM's Victoria Hunt has helped the women's tennis team remain undefeated.
SPORTS, page 6
FEEL GOOD' FLICK
■ Golden-globe winners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck stopped in for a chat with Hurricane critic Scott Tobias.
ACCENT, page 8 DEBT AND DILEMMAS
■ Do credit card companies prey on college students?
OPINION, page 12
briefs
CAFE PREMIERES AT HILLEL
Moishe's Kosher Cafe is now open for lunch Monday through Friday. Lunch hours are from 11-2 p.m. at the University of Miami Hillel lewish Student Center, 1100 Stanford Drive.
Menu items are all vegetarian. They include salads, sandwiches, pizza and Middle Eastern fare, such as falafel.
'The food is good and very cheap,” said Rabbi leffrey Falick. "The lunches are in the $2 to $4 range."
The cafe opened this Tuesday, serving a wide group of students. According to Falick, the cafe will help accommodate students without meal plans.
Falick said he hopes to see the cafe achieve the same prominence as the coffeehouse at Wesley Center.
"We are concentrated more on food, we would like it as successful as the coffeehouse," Falick said.
For more information call Hillel at 665-6948.
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s and evening lows in the lower 60s. Surf temperature 84.
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UM remembers King
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ART AND ENTERTAINMENT: On Tuesday, students browsed the UC Patio at "Sanko Fa," with a display of African arts and crafts.
■ Vigil brings students together to reflect on King’s legacy
By SARAH GUARNACCIA
News Editor
Even those who weren't a part of this week's Martin Luther King, Jr. Week’s activities on campus felt the late activist’s sentiment and the legacy he left behind.
‘‘It can only effect a person in a positive way when the University and the country takes the time to acknowledge a hero such as Martin Luther King,” said sophomore Kristin DeLuca.
However, those that were participants and sponsors to the events witnessed even more. According to sophomore Tiffany Johnson, United Black Students president elect, the week of celebrations accomplished both happiness and serenity.
“We planned events which are fun and light, and ones which are serious, like the vigil,” Johnson said.
From the Rock to the fountain in front of the Merrick Building, students, faculty and members of the administration walked in remembrance of King this Wednesday While candle flames illuminated, drama student and
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1998
Nirschel
leaving
UM
■ VP to become president at Newbury
By CHRISTY CABRERA
Hurricane Staff Writer
University of Miami Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dr. Roy Nirschel will be leaving UM to assume the presidency at Newbury College in Massachusetts early this summer.
“I was delighted when I found out I had been chosen. It’s quite an honor and I was speechless for a few moments,” said Nirschel.
Nirschel was chosen to succeed Newbury’s first president, Edward Tassineri by the Presidential Search Committee that considered 2% candidates for the opening. The committee included David Weltman. the chairman of Newbury’s Board of Trustees.
“Newbury has a unique history, and the selection of Dr. Nirschel is an important step toward enhancing the college's present and future mission,” Weltman said. “We’re delighted to have him."
Tassineri, Newbury’s current and founding president, said he believes Nirschel will serve Newbury well.
"Dr. Nirschel’s success in developing broader identity for the University of Miami at all levels of support indicates the quality of his leadership and ability to increase Newbury’s reputation for educating highly marketable graduates for successful careers,” said Tassineri.
Nirschel also has already set his own goals for Newbury College.
“One of the challenges for the near future will be raising Newbury’s visibility among important decision makers—including students, parents, corporate and community leaders—in the region, nationally, and internationally," he said. “We’ve got to put the place on the map, and enhance its visibility.“
See NIRSCHEL • Page 5
SG wins national award for excellence
■ Brill to accept award in February
By CHRIS SOBEL
Hurricane Staff Writer The University of Miami's SG leaders received news this week that they have been selected to receive one of the Excellence in Student Government Awards to be presented next month in Indianapolis.
President Jonathan Brill will accept the award February 15 dunng
the National Association fur Campus Activities’ (NACA) I99B national convention.
“We’re really excited to win because it’s a national award recognizing the senate being the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the Supreme Court," said Brill, who will accompany delegates from UM’s Student Activities to the convention.
Chief of Staff Andrew Paul stated, “I think this will be a great motivational tool to keep those involved in SG next year working to improve the quality of life here at the
University of Miami.”
According to Senate Speaker Shannon Neville, "it was a cooperative effort among all three branches of student government that led to this award."
Neville explained how SG leaders sent in an application for the award to NACA, which is based out of Columbia, South Carolina.
"Some of the things that they were looking for were evidence of how well we communicate with our constituents," said Neville Meanwhile, at this week's senate meeting a controversial new hill was
introduced that would require either the Department of Residence Halls or the university to fund the installation of deadbolt locks in Stanford Residential College,
The bill was authored by Stanford Senator Andrew Zuckerman, who first saw the need for such a bill after friends of his living in Stanford were victims of break-ins.
"A lot of bills studem government has worked on this year have to do with safety, for example the safety lights on the IM field and the installation of more blue-light phones It makes sense to then also look at
safety issues in the residence halls,” said Zuckerman.
Zuckerman quoted a Public Safety survey showing that 86 bur glaries occurred on the Coral Gables campus last year, a far greater number than burglaries reported at the medical school or the Rosenstiel marine science campus. He suggested that this is because students are not living on the othijr campuses.
Hccht Senator Blake Bazel supported the idea and suggested that there is perhaps a need for deadbolt
See SG • Page 2
Law school honors veteran professor with endowed chair
■ Massey has been teaching since 1951
By KELLY GEISINGER
Hurricane Staff Writer Tomorrow will be a special day at the UM School of Law.
FYofessor M. Minnette Massey will be bestowed with the highest honor the UM Law School can offer, an Endowed Chair.
By the time the celebration begins, exactly $1.5 million will have been raised to fund the Massey Chair, which will allow the University to bring a nationally-renowned scholar to the Law
School.
Larry Rodgers approached the Law School Dean Samuel Thompson with a gift of $550,(XX) to be put towards a chair in Massey's name
Thompson accepted.The money collected will be used to pay the salary of the visiting scholar.
“It’s about as close to overwhelming as you can possibly get," said Massey, who has been teaching at the law school since 1951.
From 1962 to 1965. she was acting dean of the Law School.
Massey’s other accomplishments include participation in national organizations such as the American Bar Association's Sections on Legal Education,	Professional
Responsibility, and Individual
Rights. She is also a member of the American Judicature Society.
Over the years, the things Massey hopes to have conveyed to students and faculty are her love of the law and her interest in seeing justice done, she said.
The only other professor to hold an endowed chair is Richard Hausler. honored by the School of Law in 1995.
With those funds. Constitutional law scholar John Hart Ely was brought to the University, after having worked at both Harvard and Yale Universities.
In the future, the School of Law hopes to establish three more endowed chairs by the end of the century, in order to improve national ranking. M
Center provides academic support
■ Resources pooled for students
By PADMINI UPPU
Hurricane Staff Writer Students,	particularly
freshman.who find themselves suffering academically due to a variety of factors, can seek assistance from a brand new University of Miami program.
The Academic Development Center has been instituted to pool resources to ensure that students at UM fulfill their academic potential and graduate.
Director uf the program, Mara
Cooper Smith, said that they are working hard to meet the needs of at- risk students at the University.
The program has launched a pilot program, the Academic Support Project.
“The Center is available to any UM student whereas the Project is created specifically to cater to the needs of students who are first generation in college, who have disabilities, or who come from low income families," said Smith.
The Center is located at the University Center, room 201. The services provided by the center include counseling services, academic advisement, and career exploration.
See SUPPORT • Page 4