Miami Hurricane, March 20, 1998

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FOOT1AU PREVIEW
■ Find out who's new, who's back and who is going to shine as the Miami Hurricanes begin their spring practice.
SPORTS, page 6
WHO DESERVES OSCAR?
■	Fin<jl out who the Hurricane critics think should be honored with a little golden guy Monday night in Los Angeles.
ACCENT, page 12 ON THE MARK
■	Students should keep Mark Trowbridge's ideas and goals going to honor the time he spent here. Find out why.
OPINION, page 16
news briefs
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today's weather
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s and evening lows in the lower 60s. Surf temperature 84.
- Notional Weather Service
ValuJet victims remembered
■ Student Affairs sponsors memorial to pay homage to University’s ValuJet victims
BY GARIOT LOUISNA
Hurricane Staff Writer
The flag flew at half staff to honor their memory.
Just two months away ffom the two-year anniversary of the tragic crash of ValuJet Flight 592, family, friends and guests gathered at Stanford Circle to memorialize the lives of their dead loved ones this week.
In a collaborative effort with the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of the Provost, the Office of Student Affairs held a special memorial service honoring the victims of the ValuJet accident who were members of the University community.
“It’s important to do something,” said Patricia Whitely. vice president for Student Affairs. “It took a while to get it all to happen and we didn’t want any more time to pass before we memorialized their lives and acknowledge their contributions to the community.”
Although Tuesday wis not the anniversary of the crash, it was the only time organizers could get the families, students and University faculty together for the event, Whitely said. In May, people are usually concerned with graduation.
Tuesday's service began shortly after 4 p.m. Six members of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity sang “Eternal Father Strong to Save" as the gray clouds loomed overhead, threatening to force this outdoor memorial service inside.
That, however, did not happen.
See VALUJET • Page 2
HILA DROfl / Hurricane Staff Photographer BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE: Family members, students and faculty gathered at Stanford Circle Tuesday afternoon to plant a tree and dedicate a memorial to the victims of ValuJet Flight 592 in May, 1996.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20,1998
SG Senate elects new Speaker
■ Russell ready for new position
BY CHRIS SOBEL
Hurricane Staff Writer
This week senalots elected Racquel Russell to serve as speaker of the Senate for the next year, after she outlined plans to expand publicity for SG and the Senate mentor program, as well as improve communication between the three branches of	Student
Government.
”1 feel I’ve done a lot for Student Government over the last year, and that SG has done a lot for me,” said RUSSELL Russell.
Russell comes to the position of speaker after serving as Senate secretary this year, and having recently been elected as School of Communication senator.
“Racquel has shown amazing dedication and competence in her position this year and I have full confidence in her ability,” said Shannon Neville, whom Russell succeeds as Senate speaker.
For the speaker position. Russell beat out Senate Public Relations Chairperson lleana Espinosa Senate Academic Affairs Chairperson Jonathan Singer and current Speaker pro tempore Tracey Wulf.
"My number-one priority wilt now be the Senate,” said Russell, adding that she feels a speaker’s job is to help senators see their projects finished.
Russell is also chairperson of SG cabinet’s Pro-Diversity Committee, which is organizing Diversity Day, an
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See SG • Page 2
UM makes minorities top priority
■ University named Corporation of the Year for commitment to Affirmative Action
By SARAH GUARNACCIA
News Editor
The University of Miami is committed to catering to a large number of international students as an insti-
tution. As a corporation, the University upholds that commitment through its minority business development
“I think students want the University to be an institution that has seen and tries to help minority firms.” said Alan Fish, vice president of Business Services "We have an institution that is made of a lot of minorities.”
For their exceptional abilities in providing jobs for minorities in South Florida, through purchasing.
technical and managenal assistance, UM was named the Corporation of the Year by the Honda Regional Minority Council.
Up against such competitors as Coca-Cola, IBM and Walt Disney Company, the University was among good company.
"We’re just proud to be in that selection of fine companies," Fish said.
The University has a role of actively encouraging and improving minonty businesses in the commu-
nity.
"The University is trying to help minority business,” Fish said.
With the help of procurement coordinator Jackie Codallo, the University finds many of their minority employees throughout the city of Miami.
“My job is to help minorities in the community.” Codallo said. "I go out there and find them.”
Through both services and fulltime jobs, minorities represent nearly three-fourths of UM employees
By relying on minonty businesses, the University is also maintaining their effort to bring in outside
services.
"From a business perspective, the University has an obligation to try to maximize its efficiency by hiring, whether internally or by out sourcing," Fish said.
It is beneficial for both the school and the minority business when they both work together, said Codallo. "We want to help them grow," she
said.
‘Jest woman’ visits UM
I Cohen mixes comedy, feminism
By KATIE MEE
Hurricane Staff Writer Sarah Blacher Cohen, professor of English at the University of Albany, State University of New York, came to the University of Miami lo tell her listeners about the role comedy has played in the Feminist Movement.
“1 enjoyed her speech and found it very interesting, with insights on different women throughout the ages, from Simone di Beauvoir to Rose an ne Ban." said junior Andrea Chung.
Cohen coined the term "Jest Women" to describe the women who use comedy to make a point.
Jest women are not only female comics, but also women everywhere who exercise their birthright and help people "to see the light,” Cohen said.
Cohen demonstrated the role of jest women through use of quotes from numerous famous comedians, writers and actresses.
Ann Richards, a famous actress, stated that ‘Ginger Rogers had to do everything Fred Astaire did but backwards and on heels.”
Cohen is a leading literary and cul-
tural critic in Jewish and American Studies and an accomplished playwright She has put together a collection of seven plays written by Jewish women playwrights, entitled Making a Scene.
"These plays are both accessible and difficult and complex,” said Myra Sklarew, head of creative writing at American University. "Above all. they are vital. We re now able to hear what has been concealed for so long behind the partition, thanks to Sarah Blacher Cohen.”
According to Cohen, she also has a play, Molly Picon, being performed beginning May I at the Deerfield Center in Deerfield Beach.
“Molly Ficon is a female version of Charlie Chaplin whose comic songs and dance enlivened the Yiddish and Broadway Theaters,” Cohen said.
Cohen is one of the female speakers scheduled for the month of March, which is Women's History Month, said Barbara Woshinsky. director of Women's Studies at UM.
“We have a variety of speakers including a specialist on the history of the women's movement, and even an architect,” Woshinsky said.
Cohen was asked to speak because
|.J. GAMA-LOBO / Photo Editor |EST KIDDING: Sarah Blacher Cohen visited UM this week.
of her accomplishments as a play-wnght and academic, said Woshinsky.
“She is very well known and I thought ii would be fun to have someone speak on women’s humor," Woshinsky said.	__________
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