Miami Hurricane, November 12, 1999

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Roommate splits high for ‘Black October
By Emestolondooo
Hurricane Sp Write y
Did yol and your Animate survive "Black Qrtober”? {
The Department at Residence Halls sees abltut 300 to 400 room changes every year because roommates aren’t getting along, said Associate Director lames Smart. /
The differences th# have surfaced among roommates liave led to 40 changes last mnnifi, what Smart referred to as “Black October’
“During th&^astf month,’’ he said, "students have had ko deal stressful issues such as nidterms and homesick feelings.”
Smart sad mosiferoom changes rmitt fhsm itimii*' who stmptv don’t get along.
“Roomnstes who obme from different backgrounds and ire accustomed to differenc lifestyles often end up having probfens,” he saitf
‘'Differmces vary,” he said. “A night person night end Sgr paired up a morninf person. SoMwatch more TV than their roommaffs willing to tol-cfate.”
The amount of lme each person devotes to academics might also lead to conflict.
Sophomore Juliana Veneziani said she didn’t get along jfith her roommate from tie beginning.
“Our litetvles were very different,” she said. “Mien it began affecting my grades, I decided it Was time to move out.”
“The froblem in most cases is that studen» simply don’t- talk to each other,” »id Aimee Lemond, a resident assistant on Pearson Residential Collet's fifth floor.
Mat of the times, RAs only have to get roommates to express what it is
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The Power of Determination
Blood Drive gets support from Foote
RUSSELL WOJTUSIAK / Hurncand Staff
OUTLINE BLURB: Former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Mike Utley works out at the Wellness Center Wednesday afternoon. Utley, in a wheelchair since being paralyzed from the waist down during a 1991 game, will speak on campus Thursday, November 18
By Chris Sobel
News Editor
By the end of the day Saturday, the blood drawn Wednesday from University of Miami President Edward T. Foote will be used to save someone’s life.
Foote was one of close to 100 donors Wednesday, the first day of the annual Homecoming Blood Drive.
Within 72 hours of the donation, a person’s blood is already being used in the community, according to Alex Martinez, assistant director of mobile operations for Community Blood Centers of South Florida.
“We consider the UM blood drive one of our biggest blood drives,” Martinez said. “It’s a good experience lor students to get motivated about donat ing blood and t learn more about Wood donations. Also, those stc dents motivate other students.”
Although UM’s contribution to the blood supply in South Florida is large, it will only last three or four days, Martinez said.
The drive collected 450 pints last year, said senior Heather Kellett, administrative assistant for the Homecoming Executive Committee Kellett was last year’s Blood Drive chair.
Foote arrived just after 2 p.m. Wednesday and went through the same procedure as students who donated
“I’m proud of my students for organizing the Blood Drive and the least l could do is give,” he said.
Senior Mike Hicks, Blood Drive co-chair, said Foote’s participation gives a boost to the Blood Drive every year.
“It sets a good example for the students, showing that the administration cares as well,” said Hicks.
About half the donors Wednesday were independent and not donating on behalf of any organization competing in Homecoming, Hicks said.
“They know that there’s a need for blood. It’s been advertised pretty well,” said Hicks. “They anticipate Blood Drive every year because it’s part of Homecoming.”
Sophomore Rick Paisner said he has been giving blood since high school.
“If I get hurt, i would need someone’s blood,” he said. “1 feel like I should sort of give back.”


HOMECOMING
GUIDE
OPENING
CEREMONIES:
Today, UC Patio,
4 pm.
HOMECOMING
BALL November
1	■ Eden Roc
Retort, 10 p m to
2	am.
MISS UM PAGEANT:
November 16, Gusman Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
MR UM PAGEANT:
November 17 the Rat, 7 30 p.m
SPIRIT TREEZ ALMA MATER SINGING CONTEST:
November 18 Ashe Building. 1140am.
ORGANIZED CHEER:
November 18, UC Pltw. 7 p.m
PARADE. PEP RALLY, BOAT BURNING. ALUMNI
NIGHT: November 19. vanoua locations, begins at 7
p.m
CLOSING
CEREMONIES:
November 21, UC Pat», 4 pm
Mental i
Web site under fire for posting notes
University officials invest iga te Versity. com
By Reynold Rosa
Hurricane Staff Wrier
Some University of fllliami professors might be surprised to learn that if they visit Versity.com’s Website, they might find notes based on their lectures posted on the site.
Versity.com hires students on college campuses arouad the Country to take notes in class. The company then pays students for these noteiand uploids them onto its site.
“It is aiyissue that fferv college in the U S. is dealing wflh,” said Robert Blake,general counsel for fa University. “There are no easy
answers at this particular point.”
As of Wednesday, the UM's investigation of Versity.com was still ongoing, said Blake.
Allison Gillespie, a computer information systems professor, said the concept of Versity.com is a neat idea, and that some of the services could be helpful to students. However, it’s not a gixid thing if students attempt to use it as a substitute lor attending class, she said.
Versity.com said its Website offers students resources such as research tools, personalized expert Q&As, lecture notes and study torums across all academic disciplines.
Gillespie said the CIS 120 notes, which corresponded to the section of the course she teaches, were not hers.
Through disclaimers at the bottom of Web
pages that contain lecture notes, Versity.com said the lecture notes contained within the Website “are a note taker’s interpretation of what was presented in the lecture.”
“They are not a professor’s lecture notes,” said the company’s disclaimer about the lecture notes on its site.
Still, the notes were posted without her permission, said Gillespie.
“I had no knowledge that the notes were posted on the site,” she said. “1 found out from a colleague that the lecture notes were on the site.”
“I would’ve liked it if the person who posted my notes on the Internet would’ve asked my
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UM COURSE NOTES ON VERSITY.COM
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JOHN HARPER / Hurricane Staff
DONOR: University President Edward T Foote donates blood Wednesday in the UC Ballrooms
■ Mind-body center to open
Using a $10 million grant from
the National Institutes of Health, tha University will establish J a mind-body research efiter to study how attitudes. Ntress and other factors cay affect physical and
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mental
According to
psychology professor Michael Antoni, who will be the center's director, the grant will fund tour studies over the next five years, including two on prostate cancer, one on cervical cancer and one on breast cancer, helping to determine the connection between psychological stress and the immune system
■ Juvenile justice conference
The School of Law is sponsoring the Annual Institute on Law. Psychiatry and Psychology Conference, being held November 12-13 at the Shelborne Beach Resort in Miami Beach This year's nabonal conference will locus
on sexual predator and Juvenile justice issues, marking the 100th anniversary of the juvenile court system in the United States Topics will include how the law should treat sexual predators and how child witnesses should be interviewed for the most reliable testimony
■ Museum holds monthly tours
The Lowe Art Museum will be holding gallery tours on the second Sunday of each month designed, according to the museum, for the novice who is looking to develop a knowledge and passion for art The tour is part of a one-hour pro-
gram that will include a look at both permanent and special exhibitions with curators and experts followed by a question and answer session The tours are free with museum admission but registration is required
■ Bash collects clothing
As a part of the Skee-Phi Celebration, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is presenting the ‘1st Annual Greek Bash Leave your Clothes at the Door " The event wifi be held on Saturday, November 13, from 1-5 p.m on the UC
patio Participants are asked to bring clothing to the bash and leave it m boxes to be given to the Salvation Army for Hurricane Irene relief The bash is the final event »or the week, which celebrates the oldest Week sorority and fraternity