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FROM DWAYNE JOHNSON TO THEROCK
1990: Redshirt
freshman Dwayne Johnson sits out after shoulder injury.
1991: Earns first varsity letter after recording nine tackles Wins national title 1992: Johnson records seven tackles for the Hurricanes 1993: 34 tackles, two sacks 1994: Johnson has 27 tackles in his senior season. November 1996 Rocky Mama makes his WWF debut
February 1997:
Mama takes WWF
Intercontinental cnampionship from Triple-H
November 1996:
The Rock beats Mankind in Survivor Series to
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Heavyweight Title February 1999
The Rock wins Heavyweight Title for third time. November 1999
The Rock is scheduled to wrestle for fourth WWF Title in Survivor Series
DANIEL COLCHER / Hun cane Staff
WELCOME BACK: WWF Superstar "The Rock” electrifies the Miami crowd Saturday.
Wrestler enters family business after life as a Cane
By Christy Cabrera
Soorts Editor
Jim Kelly. Warren Sapp. Michael Irvin. Dwayne Johnson. Vinnv Testaverde. Russell Maryland.
Which name doesn't belong?
A number of Hurricane football players have gone on to the celebrity world, and that number keeps growing.
But the catch is in knowing where these famous names head off to after their days of Hurricane football come to an end.
Many head to the NFl, but one chose to take
a different route.
Dwayne johnson was a member of Miami's last national championship team. For two years he played behind All-American Warren Sapp. In his career he recorded 78 tackles and 4.25 sacks. Those may not be numbers that catch NFL scouts’ attention, but Johnson has become one of the most recognizable faces in the nation.
But not as a football player.
He did it as a professional wrestler.
Now he’s known quite simply as “The Rock,” and he returned to the Orange Bowl Saturday to meet some of his fans and introduce the team
he once played for.
The decision to jump from the football field to the wrestling ring wasn’t a difficult one tor Johnson. Professional wrestling has been the family business since his grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, became one of the first professional Samoan wrestlers (ohnson’s father, “Rocky is a former World Wresding Federation Tag Team Champion and his uncle, Jimmy “Super Flv” Snuka was yet another wrestling influence in Johnson’s life.
See ROCK • Page 6
Jerry Springer to give media ethics lecture
Talk show host visits Thursday
By Melissa Blankson
Hurricane Staff Writer
Steamy love affairs and transsexuals are usually associated with The terry Springer Show, hut ethics?
Springer will visit the University of Miami campus Thursday, November 4, to lecture on ethics and the media. The event is organized by Hurricane Productions and will he held 7 p.m. at Gusman Concert Hall.
Reaction from members of the UM community is mixed.
“1 don’t think Springer should be talking about ethics,” said Dr. Paul Driscoll, department head of Broadcasting and Broadcast Journalism in the School of Communication. T have no interest in what he has to say about credibility of the media, I will not be attending his lecture.”
Springer's show airs locally at 4 p.m.
weekdays on WPLG-TV, Channel 10, the ABC affiliate. The show is the lead-in to the Channel 10’s 5 p.m. newscast.
The Oprah Winfrey Show was the number one-rated television talk show for the week ending October 17, according to the Neilsen ratings.
Springer’s show is down 37 percent nationally from the same ratings week last year, and the show dropped two percent from the previous week, according to the Neilsens.
Some students offered their opinions on Springer’s planned lecture.
“1 think Springer’s topic is hypocritical. I won’t go see him speak,” said freshman Christy Varela “His show is trash and when people watch it they glorify trash.”
But, others said they plan to attend.
“I would definitely go listen to Springer speak,” said junior Tari Barton. “1 heard Springer speak in an interview and 1 don’t think that his show portrays who he really is.”
Admission is free Thursday with valid Cane Cards but costs $10 without cards.
Sleep-out planned for hunger week
Participating students will get a glimpse of life in poverty
By Sarah Thompson
Hurricane Staff Writer
Students Together Lnding Poverty, a group that works out of the Volunteer Services Center, will sponsor Hunger and Homelessnes: Week as part of a national student campaign to promote awareness about poverty.
The “most visual event,” according to senior Kris Felton, a STEP member, will be a sleep-out vigil Thursday evening on the University Center Patio Participants will sleep in cardboard boxes or sleeping bags, organizers said.
The sleep-out will be nationwide.
Senior Sonia Borell, STEP chair, said the national campaign usually takes place in the second week of November, but due to scheduling conflicts with Homecoming, the group moved their events to this week.
The number one goal of Hunger and Homelessness Week is to raise awareness among students about the issue and to let them know there is a cam-
pus organization dedicated to playing a more activist role in the fight against poverty, Borell said.
“UM is so apathetic about hunger and poverty,” Borell ’said. “When do you ever see hunger and homelessness in the Gables?"
“There is a problem, and so many students are never exposed to poverty
issues,” she said.
Borell said she hopes the activities will foster a big enough base by the end of this week to reach out in more ways to the campus and community.
Besides the sleep-out, other activities throughout the week include a photographic display in the UC Lower Lounge and a canned food drive, with locations set up in the UC, the Cox Science Building and residence halls.
Students on meal plans can donate their evening meal Friday to the homeless, organizers said.
STEP would receive a percentage of the value of each meal, in the form of a check from Chartwells, who will then turn over the money to a charity.
Borell said Chartwells donated the sum last year to A Kid’s Place. Students can sign up in their dining halls, if they wish to participate in the program.
■Acclaimed columnist to speak
The Woodson Williams Marshall Association invites all students and faculty to join them for a motivational presentation by Miami Herald Columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. on Thursday November 11 In the Mahoney Residential College ciass-
rooms at 7 p.m Pitts’ column deals with family and social issues, and is syndicated in over 150 papers nationwide Attendees should RSVP by Monday, November 8 For more information, contact Lisa Lee at llee&miami edu or call 305-284-1763
■ Marlins’ legal director to lecture
The University of Miami Law School’s Entertainment & Sports Law Society has invited Ms Lucinda Treat, director of Legal Affairs for the Florida Marlins, to come speak to students on Friday, November 5, in Law School room 108 at
12 30 pm ESLS welcomes students outside the law school community who might be interested in careers in sports or sports law to attend For more information, contact Jake Taylor at JT4687©stu-dentslawmlami.edu
■ Sorority holds cancer drive
Tn Delta is sponsoring a Video Cassette Drive for the Winn Dixie Hope Lodge Cancer patients Donations and videos can be dropped oft at the Rock today, November 2. Videos may also be dropped off at the Cashier in the Ashe Building
before 5 p.m today The sorority will also announce their recolomzation initiation on Saturday. November 6, at the Biltmore Hotel For more information, contact Missy Vieno at 305-689-6518
■ New members to be inducted
Both new and old members are welcomed to attend Golden Key National Honor Society s Induction Ceremony on Tuesday November 9, on the University Center Patio at 7 p m Two faculty members will be inducted as honorary members
for their devotion to a higher education and their outstanding performance at the University Arthur Teitelbaum Southern Area director of the Anb-Defamation League, will be the guesi speaker of the ceremony. Elections for officers will be held two weeks after Induction For more information, call Hilary Zalman at 305-667-4531.