Miami Hurricane, November 17, 1998

              Depeche Mode brings act to \ 7 Miami Arena
ACCENT page 9
Miami women look to return to big dance
SPORTS page 5
Coral Gables, Florida________________________________________________Since 1927
Volume 76, Number 21	WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU	Tuesday, November 17,1998
Parking spaces are too small
Some spaces on campus do not meet the current requirements
By JAVIER MORQADO
Online Editor
Parking is a problem for students almost everywhere they go. Finding a parking spot isn’t the only issue at the University of Miami campus, it’s finding a spot the car can fit into.
“One time, I came and on either side of my car, the cars were so close that 1 couldn’t even get in the passenger [side] or the driver [side],” said Lauren Chatzidakis, a student who frequently parks near the Memorial Building.
“1 eventually squeezed through on the driver’s side but hit the car next to me,” said Chatzidakis.
One of the problems is that parking spaces on the campus are different sizes.
“You see one that’s about five feet wide and then the next one is ten feet wide so people are double-parking and stealing your space away,” said Yarelys Rodriguez, a senior who commutes to campus.
The City of Coral Gables has an ordinance that regulates the size of parking spots.
For standard 90-degree parking, the minimum size is eight-and-a-half feet wide by 18 feet long.
Most of the spots measured on campus fell beneath those requirements. Some were as small as seven-and-a-half feet by 12-and-a-half feet.
"IThe University] is not in violation of any regulations because back when they [parking lots) were built the cars, 1 guess, were primarily compacts and sub-compacts, so the code
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BELLA SAWKAR Staff Photographer
CLIMBING: Juniors Chrissy Hein and Chadi El Halabi practice rappelling and rock-climbing on the wall on Thursday on the UC Patio.
Lack of parking plagues new center
SECOND IN AN ONGOINQ SERIES
The Shops expect to bring five million visitors to South Miami
By CATHERINE BACHMAN
Hurricane Staff Writer Due to fully open on January 23, the Shops at Sunset Place create a complicated transit situation for the Metro-Dade Public Works Department.
The Shops expect five million visitors a year, according to Judy Perron, marketing director for the Shops at Sunset Place; and, the vehicles people will use to arrive have South Miami residents concerned.
The design of Sunset Place “allows vehicular traffic to flow throughout the center from each entrance creating an extension off city streets to the parking garage,” said Perron.
Subrata Basu, planning director for the City of South Miami, said that part of the Hometown redevelopment plan for South Miami is geared toward “a more pedestrian-oriented downtown." To further that goal, traffic troubleshooting for the project influenced the transit plan for the area.
“There are several ways to slow down traffic for the area. Usually, if an area is more congested by design, drivers will avoid the route. And, on 73rd Street, the
angle parking helps to slow traffic in pedestrian areas,” said Basu. “On Sunset Drive there will be more crosswalks, and areas of different colors and textures that naturally slow traffic. Also, the plans provide for more landscaping and narrower intersections to slow traffic and so that people will have to cross less road.” Robert Williams, Traffic Signal Operations director, said, “five traffic signals will be changing. The old control equipment will be replaced and the [signal] timing will be changed when the Shops open.” The timing of traffic signals around the Shops will be determined in
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Police seize
marijuana
Two students arrested on drug charges
By CHRIS SOBEL
Associate News Editor
University of Miami students Alfred Doyle and Joshua Main face University disciplinary action after their arrests on drug charges Thursday night, said Dr. Patricia Whitely, vice president for Student Affairs.
Following a home invasion robbery at their on-campus apartment, Doyle and Main were charged with possession with intent to distribute, and distributing on a University campus after a police search of their residence, Apartment 23-V, turned up 245 grams of marihuana, Coral Gables police said.
Doyle and a friend who was visiting the apartment were robbed at gunpoint by five white Latin males, three of whom were juveniles, who entered the open front door at approximately 9:26 p.m. Thursday, police said.
Main was not present during the robbery and was arrested alter the police search, police said.
The five suspects were tipped off by a friend of a female UM student who told them of alleged drug dealing taking place in 23-V, said police.
Police said one of the suspects, Oreste Mulgado, of 521 N.W. 60 Court, Miami, told them he and the co-defendants discussed and planned to commit robbery against Doyle, an alleged drug dealer.
Upon entering the apartment, one of the suspects, a juvenile, was carrying a 9-mm handgun, police said.
Taken from the students were their wallets, jewelry and about two ounces of marijuana, police said.
Apartment 23-V is located on Merrick Drive, near the Merrick Drive entrance to the University from Ponce De Leon.
The five suspects were taken into
custody by Coral Gables Police officers at Douglas Road and U.S. 1 after fleeing the scene in a white Lincoln Town Car. They were later charged with armed home invasion robbery, armed kidnapping, armed robbery and use of a firearm while committing a felony, police said.
Whitely said the University will cooperate with Coral Gables Police and then begin its own investigation after the police have concluded theirs.
The case is being referred to the Office of the Dean of Students, Whitely said.
“It’s too early to tell if it’s a major or minor case. The University sees the allegations [against Doyle and Main] as very, very serious," Whitely said.
If the University brings up Doyle and Main on major charges, they face suspension or expulsion, Whitely said.
“We are going to deal with these two students as quickly as possible," said Dan kalmanson, executive director of Media Relations at the University.
Doyle and Main will get a fab judicial hearing by the University, Kalmanson said.
“This will hopefully send a very clear message to every student on campus that the University will not tolerate the sale of drugs at the University," said Kaimanson.
“Any time we hear about criminal activity on campus we are going to act on that information and investigate it,” said Kalmanson. “We encourage any students if they are aware of drugs being sold on campus to report that activity.”
Kalmanson said the University has had only one drug-related arrest per
year each of the last three years.
“We have very few incidences of this type,” said Kalmanson.“This was not a random act. These students were targeted because they were allegedly believed to be selling drugs. We think this an isolated case.”
Kalmanson said the University has no reason to believe there is widespread drug-dealing on campus.
MATT STROSHANE Photo Editor
APARTMENT: A home invasion in Apartment 23-V led to the arrest of two students on drug charges.
■ NEW ELECTIVE COURSE OFFERED IN ARCHITECTURE
The University of Miami « now offering an elective course for all students during Intersession, from December 16-23 and 26-30
The course will visit some of the buildings of Miami,
where the architecture will be explained on site Lectures and seminars will be combined with the site visits The course earns three credits and tuition is $1,700.
For more information, contact Professor Tomas Lopez-Gottardi at (305) 284-5253 or in Building 48E room 317.
■ FREE IBIS BEANIE DOLLS AT Pin GAME
Every student who brings four canned goods to the Miami-Piftsburgh football game on Thursday, November 19, will receive a free ibis beanie baby
The game at the Orange
Bowl begins at 8 p.m The cans will be collected at the Norlheast. West and South Center Plazas The canned goods will be donated directly to die Daily Bread Food Bank in Miami The event is sponsored by First Union Bank
■ CENTER TO STUDY SPORTS
The University of Miami has established the Center for Research on Sport hi Society
(CRSS)
The interdisciplinary center is founded on the basic principle that sport is an institution that can Mid does affect lives and society CRSS faculty will conduct scholarly inquiry
related to two themes sports and culture, and sports and life-course/ human development issues
Researchers include UM faculty from wide variety of academic disciplines within the College of Arts and Sciences. The center is currently analyzing data from a national study on the effect of sports participation on middle and high school students
■ SENATOR TO ATTEND CANCER CENTER GALA
United States Senator Connie Mack of Florida and his wife Priscilla will be honored at the University of Miami/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center's ‘Midnight m the Garden” Gala being held
November 21, 1998, at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort and Towers
The UM/Sylvester gala, die center’s largest single fundraising initiative is held every other year and in 1996 netted $500.000 for cancer research Tickets to the Midnight m the Garden” Gala can be purchased by calling 305-243-9088
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