Miami Hurricane, April 21, 1998

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'CANES DOWN BOBCATS
■ The Hurricanes are one win away from tying the longest winning streak in school history after a two-game sweep of St. Thomas.
SPORTS, page 4
HIDDEN TALENTS
■	Student Government's Tina De Carlo shares her artistic side with students at Latin American Day.
ACCENT, page 9
FRANKLY SPEAKING
■	One student sheds his inhibitions to bring a candid discussion on the responsibilities of collegiate sexuality.
OPINION, page 11
news briefs
SENIOR WEEK CONTINUES
The President's Senior Reception will be held tomorrow at 5 p.m. at University President Edward T. Foote's home. Seniors need to RSVP to Student Activities at 284-5646.
Senior Night in the Grove is Thursday, beginning at 10 p.m. Drink specials will be offered at Legends, Voodoo Lounge and Club St. Croix.
The last Happy Hour at the Rat takes place this Friday beginning at 4 p.m. and continuing all night. It will include karaoke and a senior raffle. Seniors need a green wristband to participate in the events.
Wristbands can be obtained in the Breezeway, in UC 240 or from another senior.
Senior Week is sponsored by SG, Hurricane Productions and Legacy '98.
MAYOR PENELAS TO SPEAK
Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas will speak at the School of Business Storer Auditorium on Friday, April 24, at 6 p.m.
The event is part of "Three Days of Cuban Culture," co-sjxinsored by the Federation of Cuban Students and the Toppel Career Planning and Placement.
Other events include a Domino Tournament, Ethnic Delicacies, Art Exhibit and Dancing Lessons.
The Colors of International Week
DIVERSITY ON DISPLAY: Students and faculty wore different traditional costumes representing the different nations of International Week. Every aspect of each costume was prepared with authenticity, from the headdresses and hairstyles to the jewelry and masks.
Photos by AMANDA KERR. LORI KURLAN and HILA DROR /
Hurricane Staff Photographers
■ Students celebrate diversity of cultures on campus
By CHRISTY CABRERA
Assistant News Editor Organizers of the 32nd Annual International Week saw the fniits of their labor come to a close during the International Week banquet Saturday night.
“The banquet was very successful,” said International Week co-Chair Sarah Oquendo. “A lot of people attended and it just capped the week off.”
International Week, which began April 9, included cultural displays, ethnic foods and native performances.
Students who visited the UC Patio throughout the week were treated to numerous cultural displays, including a Mariachi group on Latin America Day and a belly dancer on Africa/OASIS Day.
Junior Christina White attended several of the International Week events and said she felt the week had been successful.
“It’s been great," she said. “There were a lot of people here and it’s been a great respect fot all the cultures on campus.” Students weren't the only ones who
See I-WEEK» page 2
CULTURE IN COLOR: International Week featured music, traditional dances, costumes and food to bring students together.
Student
arrested
■ Mutual play
escalates to
threats,
violence
By KELLY RUANE
Editor In Chief A round of horseplay turned into a night in jail for a University of Miami student.
UM student James Jackson was charged Thursday night with battery and false imprisonment.
Pearson resident Miriam Joseph called Coral Gables Police after she said Jackson hit her with a belt across her clothed buttocks area, and then held her against her will in his room.
Witnesses told police the two were playing in the hallway at Pearson, arguing over keys and a yearbook.
“She felt she was being threatened, so she sprayed him in the face with mace." said Dan Kalmanson, director of University Media Relations.
According to the police report, Jackson pulled her into a room and locked the door. There, Joseph said Jackson placed her over his lap and hit her with the belt approximately 10 times before going into the bathroom to wash off the mace.
When Joseph attempted to leave the room, she told police Jackson stopped her, restrained her and then dropped her on her head.
Jackson, a sophomore, is also a running back on the football team. Head coach Butch Davis issued a statement Friday morning.
“I was made aware of the incident involving James Jackson,” Davis said. ”We are in the process of gathering facts and the incident is being looked into by the State Attorney’s Office. There are different versions of the events.”
Davis said he would wait for word from the State Attorney’s Office before determining if any action is warranted by the football team.
Kalmanson said the reports aired on NBC-6 and WPLG Channel 10 on Thursday night connecting this incident to the recent campus attacks were false.
“A student did call 911 to say she was being attacked,” Kalmanson said. “We had a large police response to this because police thought it was another sexual attack On campus. This was not a sexual attack”
Jackson was released on bond Friday morning.
Student art featured
■ Annual exhibition hits Lowe Art Museum
By KATIE MEE
Hurricane Staff Writer The University of Miami Department of Art and Art History held the 1998 Annual Student Exhibition, beginning with opening ceremonies Wednesday at the Lowe Art Museum, said Lise Drost, the faculty advisor for the student show.
“The show is a great experience for students," Drost said. “It teaches [students] what it
will be like in the real world. It is good for them to get an outside opinion.”
The exhibits varied from sculptures to photographs to oil paintings. Each subject and work was different from the next.
“We received 300 pieces from students and 84 of them, done by 51 different aitists, were chosen," Drost said.
Undergraduate and first-year graduate students submitted a maximum of four works in hopes of having just one exhibited.
“1 submitted two pieces and was ecstatic to have one chosen," said junior Melissa
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VANESSA ALVAREZ / Art Director HOMEWORK: Stefania Sverrisdottir's work joined pieces from 51 students at the Lowe.
Administration reopens cafeteria
■ Hecht-Stanford receives clean bill of health
By KELLY RUANE
Editor In Chief
The Hecht/Stanford Dining Hall reopened Friday, one day after closing its doors when 40 students were treated for stomach and gas trointestinal problems.
The University opened the cafeteria after a Honda health inspector issued a clean bill of health for the building.
“The Health Department praised
the University for closing down the dining hall until they had an inspection take place," said Dan Kalmanson, director of University Media Relations.
Kalmanson said several reports mistakenly said the Health Department shut down the cafeteria, and not the University.
“We knew there might be a link to Hecht/Stanford,” Kalmanson said. “The University made a decision to shut it down and call the Health Department."
Most of the approximately 40 or 50 students treated ate at Hecht/Stanford, or lived in the dorms.
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