Miami Hurricane, October 10, 2000

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Volume 78, Number 13
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Tuesday. October 10, 2000
A weekend for families
Eighth annual event has biggest turnout ever
By Katie Conley
Hurricane Staff Writ»
Friday kicked off the eighth annual Family Weekend at the University of Miami, where students and their families were able to connect and relax while spending some quality time together.
They enjoyed doing various activities planned by the University, including Friday nights F*residents’ Barbeque, which was held from 5-7 p.m. on the University Center Patio.
The atmosphere on the Patio was relaxed as families sat and ate while listening to music, first by a deejay, followed by a live band.
This was a wonderful opportunity for parents and their children to interact, said organizers.
President Edward T. Foote 11 said that he thought the weekend was going wonderfully, noting that he had met many happy families, and that this was the largest crowd that the Barbecue had ever had.
Visiting parents also agreed that the night was going well. One couple from Miami, whose son attends UM.said that they thought the Barbecue was “very nicely organized,”and a pleasant experi-
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Events capture Cane spirit
'Seminole Smash’ foreshadows win
By Jessica McNeill
News Editor
Although some may remember the rain of late Friday afternoon, the sun, and spirits, shone brightly over the UM campus earlier the day for a pep rally, where students, parents and faculty were getting psyched up for the big game against Florida State.
The whole area around the Rock was decorated with orange and green balloons and school spirit was alive and well.
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JORGE GALVEZ / Photo Editor ON POINT: Former Cane Lamar Thomas, at Friday's pep rally.
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CELEBRATING VICTORY: Jubilant Hurricanes mob each other on the field after Saturday’s monumental toppling of the best team in the country and UM’s 3 most bitter cross-state rival, FSU, at the Orange Bowl. The dash of titans drew the third largest crowd h Orange Bowl history, over 80,000 fans.
Freshmen were key players in gridiron drama
By Zev Mines
Sports Editor
All week long, the seniors on the Miami Hurricane football team were reminded thai they had lost five straight games to Florida State, including a 47-0 drubbing in 1997. On Saturday in the Orange Bowl, it was a couple of sophomore heroes that helped erase that memory.
Quarterback Ken Dorsey had the best game of his young career, completing 27-of-42 passes for 328 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions, leading Miami to victory over FSU 27-24. Dorsey orchestrated the game winning drive with 1:37 left, the culmi-
nation of which was a 13-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeremy Shockey.
“I knew we had 1:37 on the clock and two timeouts left," Dorsey said. “1:37 seemed easy to me because (head coach Butch Davis) puts 45 seconds on the clock and makes us go 80 yards [in practice!.*
Shockey, a junior college transfer and virtual unknown, made a name for himself in arguably the most
death bed at halftime,” Davis said. “He was knocked out early in the ball game, and he got back up because we were just out of people.”
When Shockey was in the game, he wanted the ball. The ball, however, was mostly delivered to the wide receivers and the running backs.
“Jeremy Shockey, when he goes in [to the huddle) about every single time he’s telling me he's open,” Dorsey quipped.“This time I listened
chance; it’s my chance to shine. [Tight ends coach Rob Chudzinski] always says that you got to make plays and be a ballplayer.”
Shockey s touchdown reception was the highlight of Dorsey’s remarkable day. The sophomore remained confident in his first start in the UM-FSU rivalry.
“Every week he’s just going to continue to grow and get better,” Davis said. “Kenny loves to play. You can just
“Finally. Finally, we beat Florida State and we did it on a last-second field goal. There’s nothing more emotional than playing in games like this, especially wide right. Flow ironic
Dan Morgan, Hurricane Linebacker
exciting game in recent team history. The tight end did not even play the whole game, straining his right medial collateral ligament in the first half. “[Shockey] literally got off his
to him.”
Despite his inexperience, Shockey remained confident.“! knew we were going to get the ball in the end zone. 1 didn’t know how. I thought, it’s my
sense when things are going, the passion that he had, and when things didn’t go good, he was poised and he kept his composure.”
Dorsey gave all the credit to an
offensive line that did not give ujT5 single sack.
“They gave me enough time* Dorsey said. “Whenever you got one of the best offensive lines in the country like we got, sometimes it
seems easy.”
Davis gave specific credit to his two offensive tackles.
“TWo guys that I can guarantee you, these guys had huge monster games, maybe the best in his career and the other one, it’s clearly the best in his young career, our two offensive tackle* Joaquin Gonzalez and Bryan! McKinnie," Davis said. “Whil you play teams like Florida State and Virginia Tech and aO the teams with the great out side rush, you got to get thqBE offensive tackles that can do things by themselves and not have » max protect like we had to the pest couple of years.”
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Rock the Vote brings bands to campus
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Rathskeller host to Saturday event
By Serena Moss
Hurricane Staff Writer Rock the Vote 2000 will be rockin’ at the Rathskeller all day Saturday, every-
one hyped up about registering for the November elections.
Bands like Friction Farm, Watertace and Angry Salad, as well as some local favorites, will be performing at the free concert. Also,Tangi Miller from the WB network’s Minty will be giving out free stuff throughout the day.
According to the Rock the Vote 2000 campaign, members of the recording
industry initiated the non-partisan, non-profit organization in 1990 in response to a series of political tackles against freedom of speech and artistic expression.
The organization has therefore dedicated itself to freedom of expression and to inspiring youth to reflect on and use their power to change the civic and political lives in their communities.
Although students may register at the Saturday’s event, they will not be able to vote in the November elections if they have not previously registered, due to the one-month registration cut-off requirement. Therefore registration drives will be occurring before Saturdays event throughout campus as part of Youth Vote 2000, of which Rock the Vote is a member.
Zach Silk is the Field Organizer Jf YouthVotc 2000, which is the natioS largest non-partisan coalition to get young people involved in the dectw* process. Rock the Vote united with « collection of groups and needed field organizers in particular areas aroufi the U.S. to be there as a resourc* 0t
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