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Volume 77, Number 43
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Friday, March 31,2000
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Student
starts real
estate
website
Service helps students
find off-campus
housing
By Becky Clero
Nov. siudenis who wanl to MM
ott-!ampus ian start their home
hunting online.
Charles Site* and Peter Smurfit,
both los.il college students, own
www.colleftrealrstite.com, i weh-
site that helps siudents tlnd ott campus housing onlii
The site itselt in \ user
has io click on search, icfccl their
name, the amount ot
rent thev would be willing to pas per
month, and how mans bedn
the*, would like From there, the site
looks up all the listings that
and gives the student an address,
contact number.pn,i minuti
campus and. it it'i available, a pis
ture ot the los.it
S,lv, ,    .1,.      ■  -,.    „      ,•
I mursih   ml
ions student, said "|IJ was in a
training oaWM lor real ttUm
then I realized college kids would
tlnd homes through the Ink
Silver said he and his partner.
Smurfit. then found investors willing to spend under 150,000 to start
it up
Presently.he and his partrx i
been ottered up lo a million dollars
Io sell the website, laid x
smce the informational m
is   free,  he   and   Smurfit   make
monev off ot the site In giving sin
dents an online store that si
line tickets, books, tl
and   even    loans,   saul   Silver
i ompaniei like United Van I ine,
and On  1 oan .nm provide these
services, he said
Hv the tall ..t 70(H). Silver and his
partner plan to increase the current
63 listings to ai least 100 college list
mgs that include all maior an •
ties in the U S , s.nd Sthfiei I hev also
plan to : \ luwimerdal to
ol the website bv
this tall, he
" I he plan is to become the number one website tor colli
some to and tirui
sampus," said Silver "I know what
kids want 1 m a
college kid mysell \*k n iin onlv
website that targets ihe real estate
market near colleges, other web
sites have the option (on then
(kml exclusiulv
target the market,"
Religious Diversity Week kicks off
By Isabel Paez
light rain quickly gave wav I
0  the  lack, where   Rahbi
Solomon    Schiff,    lather
< orbishlfv and a handful ot
tors came together to utter at
mg    ceremonies     for     Religious
Diversitv Week on Mondav
This was the tirst event ot what Dr
Donn Tilson. an associate pi
at the l'niversitv 3 Miami, calls |
weeklong'celebration ul laith "
Religious Diversitv Week began as
project in Dr. nbon's public
relations campaign class in spnng
IW He said he got his inspiration
from a friend who works at Barry
I niversitv, where similar events havf
been organized
lilson  said the purpose ot  the
event is to achieve "\ deeper appreu
ation of all taiths on campus." He
hopes the event will "bring down barriers and clear up misconceptions
about faiths
'We nidge our religious tradition
.I on what is best and others' reh
gkxu traditions based on what is
worst." lather < orbishlev said at the
briet ceremony
Tilson said they are not out to con
vert anybody but  rather to grow
stronger in their own faiths bv
bratingoth-
"Diversitv is not the philosophvof
live and let live, but live and help live,"
said Schiff
Schift added that ludaism does not
say that it is the onlv way todod
"Any religion based on compassion is the true wav to Gad." Schiff
said
The celebration ot religious diver
sitv continued Mondav evening with
• candlelight vigil "for peace"
Wearing    "Religious     Diversity
Week" I -shirts and representing car
nnis taiths, a group ot people gath
ered at the Rock where thev i
white faftdVi wrapped in foil
loanna Wahl laid she attended the
candlelight vigil because she wanted
to share with all other religions and
represent (atholi
from the Rock, the group walked
around lake Oaceoia, struggling to
keep the wind trom blowing out the
candles The group then headed tor
the Weslev foundation on Stanford
Prise for refreshments
bin Howe, executive director ot the
National Conference tor ( hristians
and   lews,   spoke   at   the   Weslev
See DIVERSITY • Page 2
EMILY NEAL /
RELIGIOUS UNITY: Father Frank Corbishley. Rabbi Solomon
Schiff and Rabbi Jeffrey Falick enjoying conversation.
Ready for a fight
Jean named
speaker pro
tempore
JORGE GALVEZ I
PROTESTING: Chris Zappos and Bjorn Boquest let their sentiments be known at the
id dive team rally on the Rock
Scientific theory holds key to creation
Bookstore, Physics
Department host
noted expert
By Altamash Khan
sports
standing in the Wildei Auditorium
was discussing on i I
noon  what  main  physicistl have
sought tor n nulled
iheorv upon which mt can describe
our world
IM   Hnan I
Colombia Unrvei al the
mosi prominent scientists in his line
otvwirkahv. lung the
faHMofl ail Sagan.hr i
eling across the nation visiting uni
versilies, such as the l'niversitv ot
Miami, spreading his gospel in
string tho iimensions,and
the quest tor the ultiman
tion of our univi
" I heie has  been an irresistible
urgi aid. "to understand
The   string  th. M   step
mou d    lhan    quantum
mechanics   Gl 'Iv   men
tioned a Ian letter, in which the
author, a high school student, was so
intrigued hv   I took.   Tht
■ him
leads
"When people mtt is
mind blowing, maybe then is some
truth to ihat" Greent >< ad from the
•ter
string iheorv states that even the
smallest particles called quarks are
made ot  filaments, or string
energy that oscillate at a given tre
quency natural to that parti
■   explained in his lecture,
totted In the Department ti Phj
Md lht   IM  bookstore, that with
ning   and   understanding   lhe
world around us, we could quantn.i
tively predict the outcome <>f future
events
ould figure out I t><Ml veais
from   now   when   the   next   solar
would occur." dreene said
"Ntwton couldn't figure out how
■
New ion c.ime up with a quanlita
and qualitative explanation ot
gravity that were reasonable and
logical to a point.according to phisi
cist Dr Chrif Hoynton.
I'm feeling it on mv
Greene, bouncing up and down and
ribing weight. "Vou feel it
where," he said alluding to the tact
that we were sitting on our poaterion
If the laws of physics break down,
then there must be moreto it.di
said   Irom  Newtonian phvsiis to
quantum  mechanics, and now  to
string iheorv, physicists work hard
to explain the nature ot our i
tenet and perhaps learn about dod
in the process, in that vou learn the
fabrication nf space time ttattl
said
ie is a professor at ( olumbia
doing research in string
theorv   He graduated trom Harvard
l'niversitv and received his do,
11 Oxtnnl I niversitv
By Jessica McNeill
lunior Rubin lean was elected the
weaker pro tempore at the
il (lOverniTient Senate
ing on Wedm
aura Batista, the
outgoing speaker pro tempore, lean
had the most experience and dedi
cation ol utes
"I've worked
with him
. Iv and he
is verv res,
sihle.'shc said.
He also has ■
flexible sched
ule, which is
greatlv   ft
Although
. hedule is flexible, he said he
was involved in manv activities this
vear
lean was I mted Black Students
senator for two ftttt, on the
Rathskeller Advisorv hoard and
MM senate Public Relations
Committee chair, among other
activities, according to his resume
lean said he has also been very
RUBIN JEAN
involved in Senate for two vears,
participating in Hoops tor Hunger.
AlDs ijmlts and was a Senate
Mentor.
lean said he fell as though the
re.isoi. he was chosen was not only
because ot his experience, but also
because ot work ethic
"I'm happv  to stait ott a new
term on the right foot, helping stu
dents with what they need,"he said
I aiso think that I work quite well
with everyone on Sen M
Batista said e agreed that lean
had a great wo,, ethic and said he
always followed through on all
Senate projects.
lean also said that for Senate to
work next vear, people need to work
together.
"The Senate is like a human
bodv.' he said. 'It needs all ot its
parts to work and function'
By working on several issues
such as improving the committee
n, tilling all the open Senate
md keeping senators interest
ed and involved, lean  hopes  to
improve SG,
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Women honored at
awards ceremony
By Jessica McNeill
Although in vears past, onlv one
student and laculty member have
heen given awards at the Womens
Commission Breakfast. Mondav
Wilhemeni    Black,   direct'
itive   Action, senior Karen
Chuang   and    craduate   student
Heathei   Krainm were  all
ni/ed
According        to Womens
Commission President N.ukv Ryan.
Black was awarded the .Mav
Brunsen Award, which is given to an
administrator, male ortcm.iii
vear, while Chuang and Kramm
Mills
*.ward
I his vear, thosi men
tional in the an
three awards,' Rvaii said
mg said she was verv  sur
prised when she received lhe
Mondav morning, however she was
also verv (ft
Chuang has been involved in
working for the Programming
Board at the Women's Resource
Center tor two vears and also works
wiih her sorontv's philanthropy,
eating disord
'I get involved with things that I
emov doing and I believe in," she
said "It's not like work to me
because I am interested in it"
( huang said will be graduating in
May, and although her career will
not involve women's studies, she
said if volunteer services are avail
able where she lives, she will get
involved
Kramm, now   involved  in the
Graduate Medical Program at the
I niversitv Miami, said she went lo
it lul.ine and participated in
several won < "tere
See AWARDS • Page 2