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Tuesday, January 26,1999
King
Week
closes
Poetry reading and
Rathskeller party
end week's festivities
By CHRIS SOBEL
News Editor
'ted Black Students'programming tor Dr. Martin Luther King,
Ir   Week   festivities   continued
cht with a poetry reading
in head master Maryann bather's
rtment in Stanford Residential
dav night's  reading began
with a poem, written (faring
height of racism in the 1920s, that
talked about the social interaction
• en pt oplc of different i
mv lohnson, presid, nt ol
Mudents,
said the poem launched
ntl into an open ended
ii on race relations u
uth Florida  neighborhoods.
The reading benefited Iron
diverse backgrounds of" the partic-
ipair
"Everybody    had    something
original to hnng to the table," said
lohnson. "It enriched the experi
ence and made it more it
and informative."
uor Britney Sandci
member, ottered !u fl the
poetry reading
"I thought it brought up a lot of
interesting issues. I didn't think it
going to be as fun and infor
rahuia Kerni/an, UBo
president and Ml.K Weekchairper-
■nted pro-
gramming to attract not iust black
students, hut students of all i
and tultuial backgrounds, in the
spirit of King's dream of racial harmony
Sanders said the | ...ling
remained true to organizer's intentions.
See KING • Page 2
Is she for real?
PRISCILLA CHA FONO /
ipher
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 I
of Miami tampus Saturdav  and
Sunday for the 48th annual Beaux
Arts Festival,in event presented bv
NationsBank which
for the Lowe Art Museum.
The event is organized by the
roup of one hundred
acthn organize
fundraisers   for   the   Lowe   Art
Museum year round.
Initially, local and out-of state
applicants were juried before the
.
their work to a panel ol six judges
who then accepted 250 out of the
i i applicants
Students were also granted their
own booth at the art festival, orga
nized by graduate ceramics student
Ray Morales.
Stephanie Nock Reed director of
Sotlui udged the
festival.
Best in Show went to |ohn Chen
of Margate, who entered the oil and
acryik section ot the festival.
I and second place were also
awarded for each division.
Divisions included: ceramics, fiber,
graphics and drawing, jewel
ixed media, photograph
and acrylics, sculpture am
watercolor, and wood.
ording to Allison I Iceland.
chairman   of   the   Beaux   Arts
al, the festival raises monev
ding booths to artists   Iwentv
tood vendors also pay foi  I
space, she said.
Andrea Sharp, an advertising
director lor the festival, said that
live entertainment is paid for bv a
I trom the Miami Da
Cultural Affairs Council and
matched by a fund at the University
The Children's Art Park, an area of
the festival where children «.an
make arts and crafts and have tun,
funded bv a grant from the
( oral Cables Cultural Affairs
Council and UM.
' ■>! the festival, an esti
mail is covered by spon
sors NationsBank, Bill Usery
Motors Inc., Healthsouth Doctors'
Hospital, I'mcapital, 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
•o the campus
and r • 10, The ads
run on WLRN were produced by a
productions team headed by Larry Gilstead.
Many of the artists at the festival
had much to sa\ 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 lor
the grand opening of the Shops at Sunset
Plaee, the new shopping and entertainment
complex located at the intersection of U.S 1,
Sunset Drive and Red Road
! housands of people arrived to get a first
look at what rnanv predict will revitalize not
only entertainment and nightlife m South
Florida, but the entire business communitv.
The evening officially b< i.n ,
with I ribbon cutting cemnofl)  Ihe c
tainment continued with Imagine, a Beatles
tribute band, festivities concluded at midnight with a fireworks show.
"I thought the ribbon tutting ceremony
i bit much
iS   is
mall"
tntecture it the cent*
the Shops at Sunset PI I Wt man-
made banyan trees greet guests at the main
entrance on Sunset Drive.
"1 felt like I was walking through lurassic
Park going under those trees. The architecture is really gorgeous, laid treshman Julia
fisher.
Many peopk i by
the architecture, as thev stood around
admiring the trees and the waterfall that
encompasses a portion of the complex. The
design of the uimpi
made jungle and huge toys mounted on the
outside of the building.
Not everyone, however, was unpre
"This is a hug( i 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 tt centu:
said sophomore Rvan Provencher. "I think it
will I is   It will be really busy and
crazy until late february, though."
See SUNSET • Page 9
,    the
shops
at
sunset
NOW OPEN
AMC Theater
GameWorks
IMAX Theater
Virgin Megastore
NikeTown
The Disney Store
FAO Schwarz
Johnny Rockets
Pacific Sunwear
Pottery Barn
The Walking
Company
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Two Hurricane
columnists give
opposing viewpoints about our
new neighborjhe
Shops at Sunset
Place.
See OPINION
Page 11
INSIDE NEXT
ISSUE
A Hurricane special
section - what the
Shops have to offer.
Miami-Dade
mayor Alex
Penelas
remembers
Dante Fascell
1          |S%
at Friday's
j*\    *
memonal
BsMP
service. Said
Penelas of
k I^H
Fascell, "We
fiH
i
all have very
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important
lessons to
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Filing begins for potential candidates
MATT STROSHANE /
By DAVID ANESTA
Associate News Editor
This week, the Student Government election process begins lor students wishing to
run for president, vkc president, treasurer
I   i hursda" at 8:30 a tn.,
application packets to file for candidacy will
be available in md must be turned
One of the best ways to get problems fixed
rking in SG, said senate
«r Racquel Russell.
"Running for Student Government is
important because SC 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 \
ofthe 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 thev
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 slose 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.
is a representative body to bring
See ELECTIONS • Page 2
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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 pm m ttie
Maurice Gusman Concert Hall
To open the concert, the
orchestra will perform Scott
Stinson s Schlates Bruder, followed by Opus 64, a
Mendelssohn Concerto tor
Violin Orchestra in E Minor
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 ot Satyairt Ray
after a screening of the Indian
filmmaker's 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 wHI include
discussion of the Lowes
Indian art collection The cost
of the lecture, which is sponsored by flotary Ciub ot Miami
West, the Lowe, and the Bill
Cosford Cinema, is $5 for non-
members and S3 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
bnng override forms with an
advisor's signatures to room
121A in the University Center
or to each individual school's
registration center  Students
have until the following
Wednesday to drop a course
without a "W" and to make
changes in credii-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 mm Cid:
realidao htstorica e Kteaokygia
and Como leer La CeiestJna
and 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
Cetoetina