Miami Hurricane, October 06, 1998

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Volume 76, Number 10
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Tuesday, October 6,1998
Barnett merger with NationsBank takes effect
By KAREN SLOAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
Barnett Bank, the leading financial
institution in Florida, will permanently dose its doors on Oct. 9.
NationsBank acquired Barnett in
late August, at the price of $15.5 million. After Friday, NationsBank will
handle all Barnett accounts.
"Barnett customers will have
more locations to do their banking,"
said T.L. Brown, marketing support
manager for NationsBank. "When
students go home, chances are they
will be close to a NationsBank or
ATM."
According to Barnett Customer
Service Agent Freddie Pina, some
Miami branches will be consolidated,
dosed, or changed to NationsBank
locations.
The Barnett branch located across
from the campus on U.S. 1 will be
turned into a NationsBank, thus
retaining convenient access for students, he said.
Student reaction to the merger is
varied. Some students say they
believe that the larger banking corporation will overlook customer service,
while others say the look forward to
fewer fees.
"1 have a feeling that the service
will go down," said senior Chris
Anderson. "It is just the whole idea of
the big corporation swallowing up the
little one"
Sophomore Joseph Aponte sees the
merger as a positive mow. "There will
be more ATM machines, and more
ways to access your money. My
account fees will even go down," he
said.
No fees will increase for Barnett
customers after the merger, according
to Brown. Fees have been frozen until
the year 2000, he said.
Brown said Barnett checks will still
be valid, until they run out. Then they
will be replaced by NationsBank
checks.
Barnett ATMs will convert to
NationsBank, according to Brown,
including the Barnett ATM on campus located by the University Center.
He said all Barnett ATM cards will
still be honored until they are
replaced.
"Throughout the fall, we will start
mailing out new NationsBank ATM
cards in phases. Until then, people
can still use the Barnett cards," Brown
said.
According to Alan Fish, UM's assistant vice president of Business
Services, the University intends to
continue the business relationship
with Barnett after the merger.
ATM:
Students
use the
ATM for
fast cash
and quick
banking
at the
University
Center
ATM.
MATT STR0SHAN1 / Photo Editor
Project
displayed
on Rock
Clothesline Project
recognizes suffering of
battered women
By CHRIS SOBEL
Associate News Editor
The annual Clothesline Project will
be on display all this week on the
Rock, an event that organizers say
personalizes the issue of violence
against women and brings it home to
students.
Participants decorate T-shirts
describing their own experience or
the experience of a loved one.
Different T-shirt colors represent different experiences including battery,
rape, assault and murder.
Red shirts represent rape or sexual
issault; green and blue represent
incest or child sexual abuse; yellow or
beige represent battered and assaulted women; lavender or purple repre-
ent lesbian or bisexual women;
bite represents women who have
en killed.
"It makes it tangible to students.
eople hear statistics and they're
nazed by them but the amazement
wears off really quickly," said Tiffany
Johnson, president of United Black
Students and one of the students
involved in organizing the Project for
UM "When you see a T-shirt that
represents a person, you appreciate
what that woman has gone through."
The Project is a national event but
il organized at the University of
Miami by the Women's Resource
Gtttcr.
Renee Callan, director of the
Center, described how she thinks students might feel when they read the
T-shirts.
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EMILY NEALE / Hurricane Staff Photographer
EMILY NEALE / Hurricane Staff Photographer
WATER SPORTS:  Team Unity participates in the surprise canoe race and the water polo game this weekend
during Cane Craze.
By SCOTT HOMA
Hurricane Staff Writer
Before the start of Cane Craze,
Intramural Supervisor Courtney Watkins
said that she hoped the event would be an
opportunity "for students to learn, have
fun, and use the opportunity to get
involved and find out more about wellness." judging from participation on
Friday night and Saturday morning, the
event was a success.
The events began on Friday night at the
Rathskeller, where the teams took part in
a country line-dancing competition. The
dining room inside the Rat was filled to
capacity.
Participants on Saturday morning
played a game of flag football. Events continued throughout the day with golf,
Frisbee, and an 8aS0-yard relay race.
A surprise event on Saturday was the
timed canoe race around the fountain in
Lake Osceola.
The event provided an opportunity for
many students to work together as a team
and meet new people. With 15 teams,
ranging from 15-27 students on each
team, the groups competed in every activity throughout the day as one.
"It was very competitive, yet a lot of it
was fun at the same time," said Katie
Lane. "Cane Craze was a great way to get
people from all over campus together."
Individuals received participation
points, and event winners received more
points. The team with the most cumulative points was named the winner at the
end of the day.
Many teams wore their own set of uniforms, and even the participants on the
sidelines were just as into the game as
those on the field.
Since the majority of the players were
not serious athletes, Cane Craze allowed
them the chance to get feelings of teamwork, sportsmanship and accomplishment.
The winning team was awarded T-
shirts and a prize, but all participants finished knowing more about fitness and the
various activities open to them on campus. Since some events took place in the
Wellness Center, participants got a chance
to learn more about what they can do at
the Center.
Wellness Center staff members served
as referees at the various events.
When the day was over, the participants
in Cane Craze learned about fitness,
played hard and had fun.
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Cane Craze
offered
students the
opportunity
to partake
in sporting
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activities
over two
days
■ Storm causes
event changes
When the University shut
down for Hurricane Georges,
the scheduling of several
events was affected.
Ffavnity iWsMkend 1996 wai
careened entirely and w* be
held in the fall of 1999 The
last day for students to drop
i has been moved to
Thursday, Oct. 22,1998.
The Career Expo has been
rescheduled for Feb. 4,1999,
during the spring semester
The tall break wi occur as
scheduled on Friday October
16,1998
The UM-UCIA football game
has nut yet been rescheduled
All other events will occur sc
scheduled and planned
■   FBI    Interns
Wanted
tntormatjof i sessions about
the FBI Summer Honors
Internship Program wiH be
held Thursday. Oct. 8, at 10
am and 11 am. at the loops!
Career Center.
Outstanding undergraduate
and graduate students are
selected nationwide to parte
ipate in the
Qualifications include junior
status for iiixtargraduates, full
time status for graduate and
law students, a 3.0 GPA and
U.S. citizenship.
The application ctoadvie is
Nov 1 To sign up for one of
the information sessions, stop
by Toppel or call (305) 284-
5451.
■ RSMAS holds
cloning lecture
The university of Miami
flosenstJel School of Marine
and AtrrKwphenc Science is
holding a lecture titled
"Everything You Ever Wanted
to Know About Ctontng' in its
auditorium on Thursday, Oct
15.
A reception will be held at
5:30 p.m. followed by a panel
fJMcussion at 6:15. Ttw panel
will be moderated by Patrick
Walsh, a professor of marine
biology and fisheries.
The panel wi discuss common myths associated with
Ms research. The lecture to
free and open to the public.
For more information call
(305)361-4061.
■ Course materials offered on CD
Oskar Harmon, an <
professor of fXrOnortwcs at the
University of Connecticut's
Stamford campus, produces
CDs contaaTMng class notes,
active spreadsheets, graphs,
charts, multimedia presentations of topics and links to
web sites to accompany his
Principles of Economics
course.
• Students receive the CDs on
to first day of class and use it
throughout the course.
Students recetve a hands-on
learning experience and all
ths material they need to
master the subject in a simple, easy to use form.