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The Miami Himicie
Coral Gables, Florida
Since 1927
Volume 77, Number 40
Friday. March 10,2000
Weaver wins presidency
The following is a breakdown oj wfw
during this week < runafl elections
PRESIDENT
Shane Weaver
Lily Guallar
votes
509
400
VICE PRESIDENT
Cie Chapel 507
Natalie Palugvai 403
TREASURER
Margaux Manley 485
Andrew Foti 405
percent
54 3%
42.6
54 8
436
533
445
77it» following students won Senate seats
Ligia Labrada
Laura Batista
Jacqueline Benn
Natasha Sweeting
Julio Barroso
Joseph Fernandez
Danny Milian
Carlos Curbelo
Mohee Bridget
Shaun Smart
ARCHITECTURE
ARTS & SCIENCES
ARTS & SCIENCES
BUSINESS
COMMUNICATION
COMMUTER NORTH
COMMUTER CENTRAL
COMMUTER SOUTH
EDUCATION
ENGINEERING
By Beth Neumann
i jfcy
Senior Shane Weaver, current Ip
ot the Student Government senate at the
University nl Miami, is tht new SG pres
ident.
The election    following a  runoff
between Weaver and sophomore Lily
liuall.ir    v\js pending, provided
th*at there was no contest on
Weavers tm.iiKia!  report
Final        results        were
announced vesterday at thi
Rathskeller
Weaver ran on the
Demand More" campaign.
against duallar's "Together
Building Blocks" ticket, and
received 54 percent of the votes in the
runoff election, Ouallar received 4J per
sent ofthe votes
In the elections during the previous
week, Weaver received 20 percent of the
votes to (iuallar's 26 percent
Weaver's platform included a shuttle
service to Coconut Grove, ATMs in the
SHANE WEAVER
residential college, longer dining hall
hours, more ethnic food in the dining
halls, the creation oi an International
Mt.nrs ( ommittee. more reading
better faculty evaluations, a safer student
IP svstem and a limit on fee incre I
Also in the runoffs, mnior Cif (hapel
and sophomore Margaux Manley, both ot
the Together Building Blocks" ticket,
were elected vice president and treasurer
respect i veiv
According to senior Sarahdia
Kernizan. Flections (ommittee chair
person, 131 students voted in the runoff
elections, the highest turnout in
University history, with the second
largest turnout being approximately WHI
m 191
Kernizan said there were several
is rite ins tor president, including "a sig
mficant number" ol votes tor presiden
tial candidate mnior Andrew
Zuckerman *
The presidential inauguration will
take place Thursday, March JO, at 4 p m
at the Rathskeller.
SG reviews code
violations made
during elections
By Eugene Carral
With one ot the highest number ot
candidates running for the I'niversitv's
Student dovernment elections in a single
vear, the Flections ( ommission and si,
Supreme (ourt have heen reviewing the
actions ot sode violators and the many
appeals candidates have filed.
The   i.ode   violation   and   appeals
■ s during elections is expliciti--
lined in the Si, aide book When there is
a supposed infraction committed by a
candidate, any undergraduate student
can fill out a "Request tor Review" form
d hy the Flections ( ommission.
~~See APPEALS • Page 2
Ten sites
served in
week-long
program
Alternative Spring
Break in eighth year
By Viviana Peralta
Members ot Alternative Spring
Break.-in its eighth year as a program
of the Butler Volunteer Services
Center, are preparing to send eighty
students, facultv and staff members
otl to work on ditferent social issues
in lb*country trom March 11 19.
The program is an opportunity tor
students who are interested on
investing their time in volunteerism
to travel to one ot the ten different
sites, addressing different social
issues, this year
Senior Fvelin Young, chairperson
tor ASB. said,"The ASB program is a
wonderful opportunity to meet new
people, make a difference in souk
one'* lite and. most importantly, gain
a fresh perspective on the worM
or^jMike Connor, vice chair
peison lor A?TB, said the week would
bf "a good shani e for people to get
out and help"
Participants will be traveling to
either the . Smokv Mountains,
, Minneapolis, San francisco,
Philadelphia, rural New lersev,
Nashville, rural New Mexico, rural
Texas, Detroit or rural Louisiana
Issues include AIDS/HIV aware:
ness, hunger and homelessness, children's issues,youth violence,environmental issues, refugee resettlement
and domestic violence.
Amanda lavlor, leader for the
AIDS/HIV awareness site m
Minneapolis, said, "I plan to get a
wider perspective on the AIDS epidemic and particularly how it relates
with thegav and lesbian communttv
Thf group going to Detroit is dedi
cated to preventing youth violence.
-..aWording   io   lite   leader   Jessica
i ir plan fr to go-Iu,«cj
va here they 3i\* Mttygg Igji
or* about mm
progiam's name is "Saving our Sons' "
and Daughters"
Fountain said, "This is an experience I want tu have, especially in a
lime when violence in schools has
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CARNIVAL OF CULTURE
JORGE GALVEZ f
A WORK Of ART: Sophomore Twala Tonge gets an airbrush tattoo done during Carni Gras 2000 Tuesday.
Living
the good life ^
Hurricane Productions
and BACCHUS work
together for the annual
Carni Gras celebration
Jennifer Miller
The  linveiMii  ( rntft
became a bead tilled wonderland
"ii Iuesdav, Irom 11 a.m to ) p m .
when students and evenl Of|
ers celebrated ( arm dras
Both   Hurricane   Productions
and BAt ( III s learned up to hold
the one*-ditT<»miUil!<d wm
admins and mi,
"Hva^mouuL ul tree stl
limply   ama/ing."   said   Melissa
"sturm Smith. HP advisor
Smith spent  most 'nf  tf,.
handing out  beads, boxers and
hats   Ihis u.ir  ( arm dra-, introduced some new additions to Ihe
event, she said
students waited in lines to hear
their luture fortunes from one ol
two tarot vard nailers. «ho came
:ni dras lor the first time
Some also lined up to get air
hiushed tattoo*, compared to last
adhesive versions  Another
addition included  new vendors.
manv of them   selling lewelry,
clothing and mnkets
lu.inii.i i oiiirtr
.
set up along Orleans Si
ihe  patio vvas divided into two
si reels, Orleans and Bourbon—
and displayed her white, yellow
and purpli blooms, to rumtf I ftm
1 Ihe orchids add sweet n,
the smell ot tood, I Ofltn r«J said
I -.yen though she didn't sell as
much as other vendors, she said
she was glad to attend and ei
seeing students (nun different cul
hues some together
Not  far awav   Irom i on':
one could hear students cheering
from ihe Association of ( ommuter
Stude; booth    M S  was
indent organiza
al the
ah. students paid
one dollar  to  fling  ■  whipped
cream pie at an Al Sjtm n
See CARNI • Page 2
JORGE GALVH f
EAT THIS: Senior Manisa
Yates throws a pie at
ACS volunteer JD
Barbosa
Kiosks
an idea
to update
campus
Info stations may
appear next year
By Jessica Vaquera
',':fer
Working to improve the
University campus, the Building
and Grounds (BAG) ( ommittee
held a meeting March 1 to discuss
the possibilities of informational
kiosks to be installed on
University grounds.
During the meeting, the committee scheduled a campus tour
for the purpose of evaluating
existing banner locations and
considering new locations
throughout campus. Locations
will be selected tor different sizfTT
banners of different levels of
importance.
According lo Barbara White,
the University's architect,
although the name of the BAG
sub committee is the Kiosk
• ommittee, the purpose of the
cuiiiiiiutcc id lu evaluate and
improve student organization
communications
"Kiosks are only one area of
development and we have not yet
reached consensus that a ku.sk.
system will be the best solution,"
said White.
White added that the bulletin
board system has been improved
bv adding more locations and
standardizing the design
"We are now working on the
implementation  of  temporary
banner locations." said  White
This helps with student events
and election advertising."
Senior Carolina Hernandez, a
student member of the commit*
tee, said she feels that kiosks are a
needed addition tor the UM campus
"These (kiosksI can help represent students," said Hernandez.
"And if we do have locations here
on campus, it would be a greal
benefit for students."
If kiosks are to he installed in
the future, thev mav include
advertising for student government campaigns, maior and
minor student events, student
organizations, the distribution,of
student and Universitv publications, general Universitv information and a directory signage
While researching the possibilities ot installing kiosks on
campus for the past couple of
years, the committee has studied
their advantages and disadvantages about four to five times a
year.
Senior Raquel Russell, another
student committee-member, said
she feels that bv next vear this
idea will come into effect.
"A lot of different perspectives
on the committee have held us
up," said Russell "We have to
agree on something that is aesthetically pleasing to the eye and
creative"
White said that lor kiosks to
work on campus, the committee
must consider the location, placement and cost ot such a physical
addition to the campus
'Distribution must he accessible to all students in high traffic
areas said White "Placement o(
all elements must be attractive
while advertising is up and when
it isn't AnaiataaUatflof advertising
must bt^Mhflable for the stu
dents to. U4f.
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