Miami Hurricane, January 26, 1999

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Volume 76, Number 25	WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU	Tuesday, January 26,1999
King
Week
closes
Poetry reading and Rathskeller party end weeks festivities
By CHRIS SOBEL
News Editor
United Black Students’programming tor Dr. Martin Luther King, )r. Week festivities continued Friday night with a poetry reading in head master Maryann Barber’s apartment in Stanford Residential College.
Friday night’s reading began with a poem, written during the height of racism in the 1920s, that talked about the social interaction between people of different races, said Tiffany Johnson, president of United Black Students.
Johnson said the poem launched
participants into an open-ended iJfKUftsPHi on race relations in different South Florida neighborhoods.
The reading benefited from the diverse backgrounds of the participants.
“Everybody had something original to bring to the table," said Johnson. “It enriched the experience and made it more interesting and informative.”
Senior Britney Sanders, a UBS member, offered her take on the poetry reading.
“I thought it brought up a lot of interesting issues. 1 didn’t think it was going to be as fun and informative as it was,” Sanders said.
Sarahdia Kernizan, UBS vice president and MLK Week chairperson, said organizers wanted programming to attract not Just black students, but students of all races and cultural backgrounds, in the spirit of King’s dream of racial harmony.
Sanders said the poetry reading remained true to organizer’s intentions.
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PRISCILLA CHA FONO / Hurricane Staff Photographer
STILL LIFE: Visitors at this weekend’s Beaux Arts Festival gaze at human-like sculptures crafted from polyester resin by Marc Sijan, one of 250 participating artists.
Beaux knows
UM campus hosts annual festival
art
By BECKY CLERO
Hurricane Staff Writer
Visitors flocked to the University of Miami campus Saturday and Sunday for the 48th annual Beaux Arts Festival, an event presented by NationsBank which raises money for the Lowe Art Museum.
The event is organized by the Beaux Arts, a group of one hundred active women who organize fundraisers for the Lowe Art Museum year round.
Initially, local and out-of-state applicants were juried before the festival. The artists sent samples of their work to a panel of six judges who then accepted 250 out of the 1,000 applicants.
Students were also granted their own booth at the art festival, organized by graduate ceramics student Ray Morales.
Stephanie Block Reed, director of Sotheby’s Miami office, judged the festival.
Best in Show went to John Chen
of Margate, who entered the oil and acrylic section of the festival.
First and second place were also awarded for each division. Divisions included: ceramics, fiber, glass, graphics and drawing, jewelry, mixed media, photography, oils and acrylics, sculpture and 3D, watercolor, and wood.
According to Allison Freeland, chairman of the Beaux Arts Festival, the festival raises money by selling booths to artists. Twenty food vendors also pay for booth space, she said.
Andrea Sharp, an advertising director for the festival, said that live entertainment is paid for by a grant from the Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs Council and matched by a fund at the University. The Children’s Art Park, an area of the festival where children can make arts and crafts and have fun, was funded by a grant from the Coral Gables Cultural Affairs Council and UM. •
The cost of the festival, an estimated $70,000, is covered by sponsors NationsBank, Bill Usery Motors Inc., Healthsouth Doctors’ Hospital, Unicapital, WLRN Public Radio and Television, Coca-Cola, Windmere Durable Holdings, Bowne, Metro-Dade Transit, Southern Wine and Sprits of America, Vitas and The Miami Herald.
The event brings in around 150,000 spectators to the campus and raises about $100,000. The ads run on WLRN were produced by a UM video productions team headed by Larry Gilstead.
Many of the artists at the festival had much to say about students’ involvement in art.
“A lot of the people who have questioned me about my work are younger people,” said Larry Humphrey, a photographer who displayed his work at the festival. “I think some people are intimidated to ask questions about art.”
Shops debut with a bang
Thousands turn out for grand opening of The Shops at Sunset Place
By KAREN SLOAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
Miami turned out in force Friday night for the grand opening of the Shops at Sunset Plate, the new shopping and entertainment complex located at the intersection of U.S. 1, Sunset Drive and Red Road.
Thousands of people arrived to get a first look at what many predict will revitalize not only entertainment and nightlife in South Florida, but the entire business community.
The evening officially began at 8:30 p.m., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The entertainment continued with Imagine, a Beatles tribute band. Festivities concluded at midnight with a fireworks show.
“I thought the ribbon-cutting ceremony was a bit much,” said sophomore Amy Meek. “They played the national anthem. This is not a sporting event, it’s the opening of a mall.”
Elaborate architecture is the centerpiece of the Shops at Sunset Place. Massive manmade banyan trees greet guests at the main entrance on Sunset Drive.
“I felt like I was walking through Jurassic Park going under those trees. The architecture is really gorgeous,” said freshman Julia Fisher.
Many people appeared to be impressed by the architecture, as they stood around admiring the trees and the waterfall that encompasses a portion of the complex. The design of the complex also features a manmade jungle and huge toys mounted on the outside of the building.
Not everyone, however, was impressed.
“This is a huge waste of space,” says Meek. “There is so much unused space in the NikeTown store. It’s ridiculous.”
Others see a possibility for the Shops at Sunset Place to become a huge contender in Miami nightlife.
“This is the CocoWalk in the 21 st century,” said sophomore Ryan Provencher. “I think it will be a success. It will be really busy and crazy until late February, though.”
NOW OPEN
AMC Theater GameWorks IMAX Theater Virgin Megastore NikeTown The Disney Store FA0 Schwarz Johnny Rockets Pacific Sunwear Pottery Barn The Walking Company
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Two Hurricane columnists give opposing viewpoints about our new neighbor,The Shops at Sunset Place.
See OPINION
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INSIDE NEXT ISSUE
A Hurricane special section - what the Shops have to offer.
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Miami-Dade mayor Alex Penelas remembers Dante Fasce« at Friday's memoriali service. Said Penelas of Fasce«, “We all have very important lessons to learn from his life.”
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Filing begins for potential candidates
By DAVID ANESTA
Associate News Editor This week, the Student Government election process begins for students wishing to run for president, vice-president, treasurer and some Senate positions.
On Thursday, January 28 at 8:30 a m., application packets to file for candidacy will be available in UC 209 and must be turned in by Friday, February 5.
One of the best ways to get problems fixed at school is by working in SG, said Senate Speaker Racquet Russell.
"Running for Student Government is important because SG is a great forum to let administrators know what needs to be fixed,” said Russell. "Administrators really are great and listen to us."
Russell said that SG is like a small version of the American government. Some students don't follow student politics and some do.
Russell said she understands the justification of why students don't vote because they are uninformed.
”1 don't think that students think that SG has any power, but we do have an effect on
the administration," said Russell. "Senators and the Cabinet have a close working relationship with the administration."
Students filing for candidacy can begin using signs and posters around campus beginning on Monday, February 15, at 12:01 a.m. Vice presidential candidates will have a debate on Tuesday, February 16, and presidential candidates will debate on Wednesday, February 17.
”[SG| is a representative body to bring
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■ WINNERS TO PERFORM
The University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, directed by Thomas Sleeper, will host a free concert featuring winners of the Concerto/Composition Competition on Friday, February 5, at 8 p.m. in the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall To open the concert, the
orchestra will perform Scott Stinson's Schlates Bruder, followed by Opus 64. a Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin Orchestra in E Mmor with violinist Lisa Sohn and conductor Jennifer E. Osborne The concert also will feature a performance of Beethoven s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor with pianist Amy Tarantino
■ LOWE TO HOST SCREENING
Film scholar and professor William Rothman will lecture about the art of Satyajit Ray after a screening of the Indian filmmakers work Two Daughters at the Lowe Art Museum. Thursday. February 4 The lecture will involve the cultural context of the film-
maker's work and will include discussion of the Lowes Indian art collection The cost of the lecture, which is sponsored by Rotary Club of Miami West, the Lowe, and the Bit! Cosford Cinema, is $5 for non-members and $3 for students with identification In addition. The Cosford will show Two Daughters January 29-31 and February 5-7 at varying times.
■ LAST DAY TO ADD A COURSE
The last day to register for class or add a course is Wednesday January 27 To add a course students must bring override forms with an advisor's signatures to room 121A in the University Center or to each individual school's registration cent« Students
have until the following Wednesday to drop a course without a “W" and to make changes in credit-designation only
■ LITERATURE LECTURE
Eukene Lacarra a professor of medieval Spanish literature at the Universidad del Pais Vasco, will speak as a guest of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of the UM College of Arts and Sciences Lacarra's books include El Poema se mío Cid:
realidad htstonca e ideaologia and Como leer La Celestina «id examine the sentimentality. chivalresque romance, and representations of women in the Middle Ages Her lecture, which will take place Monday, February 1, at 4:30 p.m. in Merrick 205, commemorates the 500th anniversary of Celestina