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Friday, November 13,1998
Debate team wins first meets
Team sponsors high school debate tournament
By DENISE M. KRAKOWSKI
Hurricane Staff Writer
The University of Miami Debate Team won first place in three out of four tournament championships this year in ranking sixth in the nation in the Cross-Examination Debate Association.
The team, directed by professor David L. Steinberg and coached by Hal Davis and Gavin Williams, is hosting a high school debate tournament this weekend on campus. Ten high schools and 90 students from Miami-Dade and Broward County will be in attendance.
Last |une, they held their seventh annual High School Debate institute for local high school students, with over 30 students in attendance.
“I’m a true believer in debate," Steinberg said. “There is no part of education that teaches you as much as debate does. You learn more, but it’s not like cramming for a test. You have fun and, by the way, you’ve learned all of these skills.”
In intercollegiate debate, students from a team pair up and research a topic together to speak for or against. The topic remains the same throughout the year for every meet, and this year’s topic is whether the federal government should amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that deals with gender and race discrim ¡nation in the workplace.
See DEBATE • Page 2
Presidential Fitness Test
VANESSA ALVAREZ Art Director
HEALTH: Chris Locke administers a test to SG President Andrew Paul.
V02 Max Test
$75
The Cardiovascular Capacity Tests measure the body's ability to use oxygen to perform work A low resting heart-rate and high levels of an index indicates high fitness levels
Body
Composition
$5
The seven-site skin fold test assesses how much of the body weight is fat and how much is lew muscle
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$25
The test is a more accurate version of the Body Composition Test
General Fitness Assessment
$40
The test consists of a body composition, flexibility, muscular fitness, EKG monitored cardiovascular and a consultation with the exercise physiologist
All tests are available now in the Wellness Center Fitness Laboratory
Shopping mall to open next month
Buildings architecture raises questions about aesthetics
By CATHERINE BACHMAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
Located on U.S. 1 between Red Road and Sunset Drive, the Shops at Sunset Place should be the “Urban Center" that will revitalize South Miami’s downtown area.
However, what the 519,000-square-foot, $200 million dollar mixed-use entertainment destination should be and what some local architecture critics anticipate to come of it differs greatly.
“The complex consists of a magnificent collection of boutiques, restaurants and entertainment venues connected by bridges and walkways,” said Judy Perron, Sunset Place marketing director. “The individual stores have facades that resemble singular storefronts creating a true downtown impression."
The project also includes 40 apartments on the third and fourth floors of the complex
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Major national stores are the cornerstones of the new center
By KAREN SLOAN
Hurricane Staff Writer
South Florida holiday shop pcrs will have additional retail options this Christmas, as the Shops at Sunset Place are set to partially open its doors on December 17. The new shopping and entertainment complex is currently being constructed at the intersection of Sunset Drive, Red Road, and U.S. 1.
Made of 519,000 square feet of open-air retail, the Shops at Sunset Place will house 69
individual vendors. According to Judy Perron, marketing director for the Shops, the anchor retailers for the complex include Imax, Niketown, GameWorks, the Virgin Records Megastore, Barnes and Nobles and AMC Theaters.
“I’m really looking forward to going to Niketown, just because 1 have never been there before,” said freshman Corinne Gensler.
The Niketown at The Shops
See SHOP • Page 2
Vigil recognizes homeless plight
By RAFAEL VALDES
Hurricane Staff Writer A candlelight vigil on the Eaton Residential College Patio Wednesday night marked the halfway point for Hunger and Homelessness Week, sponsored by Students Together Ending Poverty.
The vigil began with a few words from Joanna Greenblatt, the co-chair of STEP’S educational programming “It’s National Hunger and Homelessness Week on campuses all across the nation. We are here to raise awareness on hunger and homelessness issues. Students are very removed and they don’t think about it much,” said Greenblatt.
Lindsay Garfield and Daniele Di Giacomo sang‘The Rose” to official-
ly begin the vigil. Both women said they were happy to help out.
“I think hunger and homelessness is an extremely worthy cause. I would give up any amount of time for the cause,” said Garfield.
“I’m glad I was given the opportunity to help out by singing. What better way to help than by something I love to do,” said Di Giacomo.
The students made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches so that they could donate them to St. Augustine Catholic Church and Student Center.
St. Augustine has a homeless ministry that distributes food and donations to the homeless in downtown Miami, said Greenblatt. Chartwells
See HUNGER • Page 2
Columnist shares stories
By CHRIS SOBEL
Associate News Editor Humor columnist and author Dave Barry and Miami Herald sports-writer Michele Kaufman told career stories and offered advice to journalism students Wednesday night in the UC Flamingo Ballroom.
The University’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists brought Barry and Kaufman to speak to students as their first official event of the year, president Deborah España said.
“1 always feel a little bit like a fraud,” said Barry, describing how he feels talking in front of journalism students. “It’s been a long time since I’ve practiced real journalism.”
Barry, at the Herald since 1983 and a Pulitzer Prize-winner in 1988 for commentary, said four years of
reporting for The Daily Local News in Westchester, Pa., and one year for the Associated Press actually helped pre pare him for column writing.
“I’ve seen from students who want to be columnists, they don’t want to do any regular journalism first, so I think it was very useful for me because some of the skills are the same,” said Barry.
Barry discussed his sense of humor, which is featured in books like Dave Barry Is From Mars and Venus, Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys and Babies and Other Hazards of Sex.
Barry’s advice to journalism students was to always ask questions if they are not sure of something.
Said Barry on editors, “My columns
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■ GRADUATE STUDENT FORUM
The applications to participate in the Third Annual UM Graduate Student Research/ Creativity Forum are due today in the Graduate School located at 210 Ferre Building.
The forum will be from 11 a.m, to 2 p.m. on Thursday,
November 19. Awards will be presented in Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Natural and Life Sciences, Marine	Sciences,
Communication, Fine Arts Humanities, Engineering and Architecture.
All graduate students are eligible to participate and display their work.
■ LAW SCHOOL CONFERENCE
The Annual Institute on Law, Psychiatry and Psychology is November 13-14 at the Radisson Bahia Mar Beach Resort in Fort lauderdate
The conference, designed for mental health and legal professionals, will focus
legal issues. The event is sponsored by the UM School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Hospital and the University of Nebraska Department of Psychology.
Don Ryce, who helped pass the Jimmy Ryce Involuntary	Civil
Commitment for Sexually Violent Predators Treatment and Care Act, will speak about the new Florida law.
■ SECRETARY TO SPEAK
Donna Shalala, secretary of Health and Human Services, will be speaking on Monday, November 16, in the Storer Auditorium at 2:30 p.m.
This is pari of the Jane Roberts Lecture Series and is being sponsored by the
College Sciences.
Shalala has served as the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin and on several national committees Shalala will speak about woman and leadership.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating Is on a first-come, first-served basis.
M NATIONAL TV SURVEY
According to a survey conducted by the University of Miami, a majority of the nation's television news directors say the threat of being sued is producing a major, chitling effect on daily news coverage.
The survey polled 360
local television directors around the country and revealed that 61 percent of the news directors reported that the threat of being sued for libel or invasion of privacy was a daily concern.
The survey results are entitled. “Legal Concerns in TV Newsrooms: National Survey of Local Television News Directors."