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Tuesday, October 17,2000
‘Solutions’
promotes
academics
Students, faculty join to discuss ideas
By Danielle Scott
Hurricane Staff Writer
Solutions, a new student organization, seeks to promote intellectual discourse on campus among students and faculty, and encourages University of Miami students to explore the connections between different academic fields through its journal, members said.
Editor in Chief Asma Uddin said she created the dub and its magazine because she saw the need for an organization for UM students interested in exploring the world of academia.
“A lot of people have felt that there really isn’t something that addresses people who are just into knowledge and general experimenting with ideas. That is what Solutions hopes to fulfill, that intellectual void,” Uddin said.
After reading the book Consilience: The Unity of All Knowledge by Edward 0. Wilson, Uddin said she and other founding students such as Khaleem Mohammed-Ali, Mike Connor and Consulting Editor Brad Lipson, came up with tne idea for'an organisation that explored the inter connectedness of all fields of knowledge.
“Anytime anyone asks [what my majors are] and I tell them, I get this look like where do you find the connection,” said Uddin, who is majoring in biology, English and religious studies.
“To me it never seemed like they were opposite poles. There is a fundamental connection,” she said. “We wanted other people to find the connections—to find school in general just a lot more exciting.”
Although there are many academic organizations in the University such as the various honors societies, none of them ever bothered to explore how the different groups might come together, said Uddin.
The organizations faculty advisor Dr. Lynn Durel said when she came to UM, “it looked like people were separated and had to name their [intellectual) allegiance. If you were into science you weren’t also supposed to be interested in philosophy.”
Next semester, Solutions hopes to host events such as lectures by faculty members in such interdisciplinary fields as psychobiology, discussion forums on issues proposed in Consilience and meetings with students from other schools such as Florida International University who have read Consilience in their studies.
However, discourse does not have to be limited to theories from Consilience, Uddin said.
Uddin would ultimately like to publish a journal filled with the insights and new theories that spring from these discussions and lecture sessions.
Consilience, according to members of Solutions, is a very provocative and ambitious book.
“E. 0. Wilson suggests certain linkages that span the gamut of natural and social sciences, arts to mathematics, and raises intellectual problems that are paramount to understanding human nature,” said faculty advisor Dr. David Wilson.
The book sparks questions such as if free will really exists and what “is the future of religion in the face of science?” Wilson said.
For students who are interested in discussing or learning about the theories put forth in Consilience there will be a discussion over lunch every Thursday at 12 p.m. at the Rathskeller with the founding members of Solutions and the faculty advisors.
Those who would like to learn more about the dub or assist with coordination and publicity, please e-mail members at solutions_um@yahoo.com.
Seconds Count
JORGE GALVEZ / Photo Editor
EMERGENCY: City of Coral Gables Fire Rescue responds when a student has a seizure earlier this month, during a class at the Cox Science Center.
EMS team proposed
Students devise safety plan
By Jessica McNeill
News Editor
Seconds can decide the fate of a person in cardiac arrest. Third-year nursing student Daniel Rodriguez and pre-med freshman Conrad Jablonski, along with others, said they understand the importance of these crucial moments and have devised a plan for the campus to help people in need.
The plan, which is already in place at ISO other universities across the country, would be called UMEMS, or University of Miami Emri^ncy Medical Services.
TltF"" UMEMS team would respond to on campus emergen-
cies, said Rodriguez, who has been serving with EMS since 1993 and has already worked with two 911 systems in New [ersey and New
York.
When someone calls 911 from anywhere on campus, both the UMEMS team and Coral Gables Fire Rescue would be alerted.
UMEMS would respond as a first response team, Rodriguez said, meaning they would be there in a few, short minutes, due to the closeness in proximity, and provide the necessary care until the Coral Gibles team arrives.
“This is not a replacement of the already existing 911 system,” Rodriguez said. “It is only an enhancement.”
Rodriguez went on to explain that, although the 911 system currently in place is one of the finest in a metropolitan area in the United States, cardiac emergencies
can happen for a variety of reasons to people at any age, and early defibrillation is a key part to saving lives.
. Rodriguez and Jablonski are working with University administration in order to start this program here.
Currently, the Committee on Student Organizations (COSO) is reviewing the application paperwork required to make UMEMS a full fledged student organization.
As for the University, Rodriguez said, “the administration has shown support of seeing this organization function first on a small scale, but they have not yet given their final approval.”
By a small scale, Rodriguez said they meant the team might be able to attend large University events and provide medical support there. Nothing has been finalized.
See EMS • Page 2
Cane Craze takes hold
Weekend events fun around the clock at Wellness
By Katie Conley
Hurricane Staff Writer
Competitiveness was in high gear at the seventh annual “Cane Craze,” a program designed to provide fun activities for students and faculty alike, which began Saturday at noon and ran for a full 24 hours.
During that time, several events were held for all different types of people.
Flag football, soccer and kickball were played on the Intramural Field during the daylight hours.
For those who do not like sports, though, other competitions such as Connect Four, Uno and Trivial Pursuit were held throughout the Craze, as well.
Any commuter student, resident,
faculty or staff member was eligible to play. However, the deadline for registration was Oct. 6, so only spectators were allowed from that point
on.
All teams were encouraged to have an equal number of men and women, totaling 20 members. In addition, students and faculty members were also encouraged to play on the same team.
Athletes were eligible to compete, however, they could not compete within their respective sport.
Most of the competitions were held in the George Smathers Wellness Center.
Some of the events included squash, racquetball, a three-point basketball shootout, inner tube water polo and a bench press competition for men and women.
Aerobics were offered at midnight in the multi purpose room
“So far, everything seems orga-
See CRAZE • Page 2
STEP sleeps out for Hunger, Homelessness
Events raise money, awareness to help end poverty
By Matt Brewer
Hurricane Staff Writer
Eleven members of the campus group STEP spent their Sunday at the Community Partnership for the Homeless, a shelter in downtown Miami with a large population of homeless children, who are there with their parents,
The students made Halloween masks with the children and helped to serve lunch to the shelter residents. A young girl, who’s name cannot be printed, gave a Halloween mask to STEP volunteer senior Jennifer Geer, and a cut-out heart sprinkled with gold glitter to junior Beth Neumann.
“It was very endearing to me to see that while we were trying to give these children enjoyment that they might not normally have, the children wanted to give to us in return,” Neumann said.
STEP’s visit to the downtown shelter was just one stop in "Hunger and Homelessness Week,” a series of events ending Thursday, designed to raise awareness of Miami's homeless problem.
Hunger and Homelessness Week’s activities began Friday with the Sleep Out in the University Center Breezeway.
The events mark the groups participation in National Hunger and
Homelessness Week.
“Our main focus is awareness, to make the campus aware of poverty issues throughout Miami,”said Astrida Rodriguez, the president of STEP
The Sleep Out was an attempt to do just that.
About 20 students chose to spend the night outside the UC, right in front of the Bookstore and near the University emblem.
“We get a lot of people every year who say, ‘Well the homeless people don’t have this,’ and ‘the homeless people don’t have that,’ but we do our best to get as close to emulating what it would be like to be a homeless person,” Rodriguez said.
The blankets that the STEP members brought to sleep on will be donated to a Miami homeless shelter.
There have been several other events throughout the week.
Arguably one of the most beneficial to the community was Friday night’s Skip-A-Mea! program. Students with meal plans were asked to sign off one of their meals. The money saved will go to a food bank or a food kitchen, Neumann said.
For every person who signed up, and fulfilled their promise to not eat a meal, Chart wells donated approximately $3.50, to be given to local food charities.
“If everyone that signed up skipped their meal, we will have raised approximately $1,000,” Neumann said.
See STEP • Page 2
PRISCILLA CHA FONG / Hurricane Staff STEPPIN' OUT: Twenty students sleep out Thursday, on the UC Breezeway for STEP’S Hunger and Hometessneas Week.