Miami Hurricane, October 23, 1998

              Ber 231998
Coral Gables, Florida	Since 1927
Volume 76, Number 14	WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU	Friday, October 23,1998
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
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Homecoming ’98 seeks to bring students, faculty, staff and alumni together through numerous events.
By KABI JORGENSEN
Hurricane Staff Writer
Trick. How to give University of Miami students a Homecoming that promotes
non-frightening involvement and isn’t •-'* '■>*# a scream away from final exams?
Treat: An improved points system for student groups involved in Homecoming Events and a Homecoming Game that tails on Halloween night. Tonight begins Opening Ceremonies at the UC Patio at a time when most students would be planning, not making final preparations for, UM Homecoming.
“A Spirited Tradition,"
this years Homecoming theme led by a Halloween-costumed Ibis, ties in two traditions into one campus event. It is also this year’s attempt to involve those students who might go masquerading somewhere other than the UM vs. Boston College game on Oct. 31.
“The goal is to get participation up, apathy down," said Jim Fatzinger, UM Homecoming executive chair. “Our goal is to draw more people to Homecoming with more bonus points than ever to make the competitions more exciting.”
“1 think the program rocks,” said junior Lisa Davis. “I think they need to have it on Halloween every year.”
Events began this Monday with the Blood Drive for the blood bank of South Florida. Efficiency points were awarded to students for the groups they designated. “We’re getting great support and there is
added excitement because of Halloween,"
said Megan McIntyre, Kappa Kappa Gamma Homecoming chair.
She added they have had a good turnout for the Blood Drive. “We’re hoping to meet a high percentage of our goal."
A new addition to Homecoming is the implementation of an Academic Integrity Speaker, Dr. Gary PavelJa of the University of Maryland, who spoke Wednesday on “Why being honest is essential to maintaining a spirited tradition.”
“(Pavella’s) an expert in his field and is head of the judicial programs at the University of Maryland,” said Fatzinger. “He has consulted with several military academies and leading schools around the nation. He has a ton of knowledge to bring to UM.”
The points system has been revamped. The system intends to attract more students to Homecoming by maximizing opportunities in which student groups can compete.
Fatzinger said that the point system has
allowed groups to focus on events “buffet-
See SPIRIT • Page 2
Opening
Ceremonies
Friday, October 23 4 30 p m Patio
Hurricanes Help the Hometown
Saturday, October 24 8:30 a m Patio
Homecoming Ball
Saturday, October 24 9 p m Biscayne Bay Marriott Hotel and Marina
Alma Mater Singing Contest
Monday. October 26 12 p m Lower UC Lounge
Miss UM Pageant
Monday. October 26 7:30 p m Gusman Hall
Speaker urges integrity
By CHRIS SOBEL
Associate News Editor
Dr. Gary Pavclla, an expert on academic integrity from the University of Maryland, spoke to a predominantly greek audience Wednesday night in the International Lounge of the University Center on the importance of honesty in the lives of college students.
Paveila is the first academic integrity speaker the University has hosted during Homecoming. Although Homecoming opening ceremonies are technically today, members of organizations competing in Homecoming received points for attending.
“We noticed we didn’t have an educational activity planned,” said Jim Fatzinger, chair of Homecoming Executive Committee. “With the expulsion of two students and academic integrity becoming a very important issue on this campus, Homecoming presented a perfect opportunity."
Fatzinger was referring to the Honor Council decision last month to expel two students for Internet cheating. Last week the Honor Council sanctioned a student with a one-year suspension for cheating on a mid-term exam. Fatzinger also serves as president of the Honor Council.
Said Stephen Bone, an Honor Council member, “In spite of the
recent Honor Council actions, I found it very encouraging that so many students showed up to hear Paveila speak about something that the average college student doesn’t think about much.”
The event was co-sponsored by Homecoming Executive Committee, Student Government, Hurricane Productions, the Honor Council and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Paveila said that in his experience he believes a college audience prefers participating in a question-and-answer format when discussing the issue.
“I try to avoid moralizing. I try to ask students what values are important to them,” said Paveila. “Suddenly you begin to realize that we do share a common set of values.”
Rather than focusing solely on academics, Paveila upheld the value of ethics in other aspects of life.
“Personal honesty is the basis of academic integrity." said Heather Kellett, a member of both the Honor Council and Homecoming Executive Committee. “Paveila used a lot of examples that we can relate to as young people."
Paveila cited recent studies that said character traits are one of the most important things employers look for when hiring and told students that it would be harmful to develop a reputation for not telling
the truth.
However, a reputation for not being truthful negatively affects other aspects of one’s life, including personal relationships, Paveila said.
“If a lie must be told, it must be told not merely to escape punishment or for personal gratification,” said Paveila. “It should be a last resort for some compelling social objective like the health and safety of yourself and others."
Paveila said honesty and integrity are not about punishment.
“It defines for us ultimately what’s going to make us happy,” he said.
Paveila said UM’s Honor Code and Honor Council are developing a good reputation nationwide.
“[UM is] weaving into the Homecoming concept issues of values, issues of academic life that are two or three steps ahead of other places,” said Paveila. “This is what a college is supposed to be about."
Dr. Patricia Whitely, vice president for Student Affairs, said that the issue of ethics is paramount to students while they are students and after they graduate and start their careers.
“The ability to make ethical decisions and be an ethical leader with values is just essential to being successful,” said Whitely. “You can have all the education and skills in the world but if you don’t have ethics and values, at the end of the day you have nothing.”
UN Day
VANESSA ALVAREZ Arl Director
CULTURE: Students sampled foods from around the world at UN Day on Wednesday in the UC Patio.
VANESSA ALVAREZ / Art Director
DEBUT: StreetSmarts focuses on issues regarding the homeless in the area.
Street-
smart
writers
Publication will be sold by the homeless in the streets
By GINA MORISSEAU-LEROY
Hurricane Staff Writer
Frank Kaiser and Carolyn Blair are putting together South Florida’s first non-profit street paper called StreetSmarts, which will help give Miami’s destitute a way to earn an income and develop job skills.
Blair and Kaiser are specifically looking tor college students to perform all sorts of functions within their organization. The street paper needs layout and graphic design artists, writers, photographers, cartoonists and students who are interested in training the dispossessed persons.
“I’m just doing the best I can but someone who has real talent could really make this a first class job. We want to put together a real first-class paper, something that the community would be interested in reading.”
Blair and Kaiser contacted UM in their search for students.
“They called me and asked for journalism students,” said Mickey Kubenstien, director of Volunteer Services. “They probably need the same things as any paper. It just happens to be an issue I’m very interested in. I’m very interested to see where it will go."
In major cities across America, Canada and United Kingdom, homeless or disadvantaged persons sell newspapers and magazines called “street papers” to get back on their
See SMARTS • Page 2
■ RED RIBBON DAY CELEBRATED
The UM Athletic Department will celebrate Red Ribbon Day on Monday. October 26. at 1 p m outside the Hecht Athletic Center
All 18 varsity sports coaches, players and support staff are expected to honor the
Department's stance on alcohol and drug prevention during National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week and Red Ribbon Week by tying red ribbons along San Amaro Drive and throughout the athletic facilities
Students trom West Laboratory Elementary School will also be there
■ CURATOR ELECTED CHAIR
Esperanza B de Varona. division coordinator tor the Cuban Heritage Collection, was recently elected chair of the Section of University and Research Institution Archives of the international Council on Archives
She was sworn In at the Royal Institute of Technology m Stockholm, Sweden
De Varona also serves as a member of the Florida State Historical Records Advisory Board
■ PROGRAM WINS AWARD
A documentary exploring the success of preventive diplomacy tactics used by the United Nations and other organizations in Macedonia received the second place award » the Current Events category of the Silver State Documentary Festival “
From the Shadows of History" is a one-hour video that focuses on the work of the UN, the Organization tor Security and Cooperation In Europe and various non-govemmen-tai organizations. The documentary will be aired this month on UNLV-TV in Southern Nevada area and be repeated several times during the next six months
■ LOWE HOSTS LECTURE ON WESTERN ART
Frank Cooper will lecture on the subtect of western music and art with slides and musical examples to enhance the experience of the exhibition “The West m American Art from the Bill and Dorothy
Harmsen Collection of Western Americana ''
The lecture will be on Sunday. ^ October 25, at 2 p m. at the Lowe Art Museum The lecture will cost non-members $10 and members are $6