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The Miami huh
Coral Gables, Florida
Since 1927
Volume 78, Number 7
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Tuesday. September 19,2000
Education
crosses waves
Joint program
teaches teachers
in the Bahamas
By Matt Brewer
Hurricane'
last Monday, President Howard T.
Foote II traveled to the Bahamas to be
part of a recognition ceremony tor a new
masters program in special education
by the University, in conjunction with
the College o! the Bahamas (CB) and the
Bahamas Ministry ot kducation.
The 30-credit, five-semester program
■viil be taught by I'M (acuity. At its con
elusion, the 27 participants—all teachers from the Bahamas—will receive a
UM master's degree in education
This program is the vision of School
of Education dean Sam Yarger, who is
revitalizing the old practice of off-site
education programs
However, the off-site programs in the
Bahamas are not really a new phenomenon at UM
"Wr havr been partners with lhe
College ofthe Bahamas for 26 years and
this is a continuation of that partner
ship," President Foote said.
The School of Business
Administration has had a longstanding
M.B.A. program ottered through CB in
ML In the 1980s, UM also had a
similar education program to this current one at CB, but it was gradually
phased out in favor of more on Mie
activity back in Miami.
The current program is slated a> just
a trial run, but if there is a high success
rate and continued demand, there is a
good chance it will be ottered again in
years to come, said administrators.
The main purpose of the special edu-
cation program is to provide students
with a comprehensive course, developing competency in providing intensive,
systematic instruction in the general
classroom setting to students with emo
tional handicaps and learning disabilities, administrators saul
"In most school districts there is
alwavs a critical shortage of teachers in
special education areas, and the College
of the Bahamas does not have the
resources to run a program in emotional handicaps and learning disabilities,
which is why we're offering it," said
Kathy del Toro, the director of graduate
recruiting, who is responsible for
recruiting the program's 27 partiei
pants
del Toro, Foote, Yarger, Trustee
Thelma Gibson and Dr. Robert Moore,
the director of the program, all had a
chance to meet the students during an
orientation last weekend.
"It was very interesting and fun, with
probably 100 people in attendance,"
Foote said. "I spoke, the president of the
college spoke, the College of the
Bahamas musical group played, we got
to meet the students and apparently the
ceremonv ended up on the front page of
the Bahamian newspaper the next dav"
Gibson, a native Bahamian from a
well-known island family, was warmly
received by thi crowd when hi
the Cerent
"It was a wonderful part of the trip,"
said Foote.
del Toro said what she remembers
most clearly from the onentation was
that "the students (were) extremely
enthusiastic.
"There is a tremendous need for this
type of program and the students were
very excited about being t a
The courses themselves will be
offered on Friday evenings from 4-8
p.m., and Saturdays from 8-2 p.m.,
accommodating the schedules of the
students, who are all currently practic
ing teacht
This schedule also allows the UM Uc -
ulty, led by Moore, to commute between
Miami and Nassau while still holding
classes during the week at UM The top-
See BAHAMAS • Page 2
Student Government Elections: A
HurricartekepWtx
i
the price of I
Hurricane pride
Mixed reviews for
proposed increase
By William James Gong and
Gariot Louisna
Of the Staff
In addition to the chance to vote
for several positions among the
Mudent Government (SG) during
upcoming SG elections—Sept. 25-
27—students will also be voting on
a referendum for a $2 increase in
the current $82.50 Student Activity
Fee.
SG is hoping voters will pass the
increase, the money from which
would go directly to Catagory 5, the
spirit programming board, a division of Student Government dedicated to increasing school spirit.
"We pay a Student Activity Fee?"
said freshman Barry Baker."What is
that?"
Baker's comments seem to reflect
a larger lack of clarity on the issue
Photo Illustration by Russell Wojtusiak and Jeremy Newrrwan
for many UM students.
The Student Activity Fee is a
mandatory fee for all undergradu
ates. The money collected from the
fee is used to help fund various
activities and organizations around
the University. It is the only money
that these groups will get from the
school.
On Sept. 13, the SG Senate passed
the resolution, sponsored by SG
Chief of Staff Michael Johnston,
calling to increase the fee to M
According to Article One of
Johnston's proposed bill, the rise in
the fee is for the purpose of increas
ing campus spirit through pep rallies, special events and productions
Specifically, some of the money
allocated from such an increase
would go toward promoting various
Hurricane sports and beginning
See FEE • Page 2~
Planned-Giving turns a tidy profit
One-man office
helps raise $50 mil
By Danielle Scott
Humcane Staff Writer
Last year, the University of Miami
raised SI00 million in donations for all
three of its campuses.
Half of those funds came from
deferred gifts organized by the Office
of Planned-Giving of UM's
Advancement Division, said Thomas
Dieters executive director of the Office.
Most philanthropists giving monetary gifts to the school do so not in
cash but as deferred gifts that the
school collects after a period of time,
Dieters said.
"Almost all large gifts to the
University have a Planned-Giving
component to them," Dieters said.
Philanthropists will organize with
the Planned-Giving department when
writing up their estate plans so that
their funds can go to UM rather than
for taxes, Dieters
An example of what the Office will
do is to have the donors assets trans
(erred to UM, whereby the school
invests the money and pays the donor
an allowance until his or death. Upon
death, the remaining tunds are given to
thel'niver
•her responsibility of the Office
of Planned-Giving is to organize the
paper charitable annuities,
remainder trusts and gifts left for the
University in wills and beqi.
ol the latest realization*
deferred gift was the Dr. Maxwell and
Reva B. Dauer Clock Tower at the Otto
G. Richter I ibi at v
The toyver .sas built with a SI million donation established a number of
years ago by Mrs. Dauer and her sons
Fdward and K.'ger. The other half of
their deterred gift went to Athletic
development.
Dieters is the total staff of the I
ol Claimed tiiving. Me has been at UM
since 19% and was promoted a month
ago from director; the executive director position is one never before held at
the University.
Betore working at I'M he was the
assistant director ot Planned-Giving at
it Michigan for five
vears.
"I plan on hiring a directoi soon.
That is going to help immensely,'' say
Dieti;
However, Dieters does work in conjunction with three other offices—the
Offices  of  the  Treasurer,  General
See DONATIONS • Page 2
Meet the Candidates
mfomnaton compled by Brian Poliakoff
Eiifcr
ION
Al Gore - Democratic Party
-Grew up in Carthage, Tenn. and in
Washington DC.
Graduated   with
honors from Harvard
University
Was in the Army
lournahst and
'nam
War.
Fleeted to
senate in 1984.
-Was a Democratic candidate for
President in 1988, but didn't win the
nomination.
Wife Tipper Gore, 3 daughters, and
1 son.
-19V elected the 45th Vice
President ofthe United SM
George W. Bush - Republican Party
Currently serving second term as
'i Governor of Texas.
(.rew     up     in
Midland and
Houston. 1-.
- He received a
bachelors degree
from Yale Univi
and an M.B.A. from
Harvard Business
School
-He served as an F-102 pilot for the
Texas Air National Guard.
- He began his career in the oil and
gas business in Midland in 1975 and
am^mma-mf-. worked   in   the   energy
2000 SeheS industry until 1986. After
working on his father's
1988 presidential campaign he assem
bled the jjroup of partners that purchased the Texas Rangers baseball
franchise in 1 V8v,and which later built
the Rangers new home, the Ballpark at
Ariinglon
pernor Bush and his wife,
Laura—a former teacher and librarian who grew up in Midland—reside
in the historic Governor's Mansion in
Austin with their 18 year-old twin
daughters, Barbara and lenna,
*   *
Ralph Nader - Green Party
Born in Winsted, Conn, in 1934,
Nader graduated magna cum laude
from Princeton in
1955    and   from
Harvard Law
School in 1958.
-Nader came to
the public's attention in 19*5 when
his       best-selling
book Unsafe at Any Speed exposed
unsafe cars such as General Motors'
dangerously defective Corvair
-He has fought against insurance
companies, global trade arrangements
that override American sovereignty
and corporate lobbyists who would
block salety standards and deny fair
access to court for injured parties. He
has also authored, co authored or
sponsored many books, including
Action for a Change, Corporate Power
in America, Taming the Giant
t.orporatton, Verdtds on Lawyers, The
Menace of Atomic Energy, Who's
Poisoning America, Winning the
Insurance Game, and The Frugal
Shopper.
Pat Buchanan - Reform Party
-From 1966 through 1974 he was a
confidant and assistant to President
Richard Nixon.
-Challenged
rge   Bush   for
the     Republican
nomination       in
1992 and  almost
upset  the   future
president   in   the
New Hampshire primary.
-From 1985 to 1987 was the White
House director of communications for
President Ronald Reagan.
-He received his master's degree in
journalism from Columbia in 1962. At
twenty-three, he became the youngest
editorial writer on a major newspaper
in America, the St Louis Globe-
Democrat.
-On leaving the White House, Pit
Buchanan became a columnist and
founding father of three ot the most
enduring talk shows in television his
tory: NBC's Th.
and CN N's Capital Gang and tntsdut.
-Buchanan has written five books,
including two bestsellers: Right from
the Beginning, and A Republic Not an
Empire
-Fie is married to the former Shelley
Ann Scarney, a member of the While
House staff from 1969 to 1975.
Master teaches defense as art
Israeli tactics find
home at Hillel
By 0. H. Garcia
joe Staff Writer
If you are attacked in an alley by
five armed men, do you fight back, or
lay down and die?
"Bring em all down and live to tell
about it," said Rick Dlitstein, martial
arts master and instructor at the
Hillel Jewish Student Center who
now offers classes for anyone who
wants to become proficient in self-
defense techniques.
Dlitstein teaches Krav Maga, an
Israeli combat style developed for
the military and law enforcement,
and is now available to civilians of
all ages.
"It's composed of all martial arts
styles, utilizing the best techniques,
for optimum achievement in self-
defense,' said Dlitstein, 43, who
studied martial arts for over 20
years.
Krav Maga. the brainchild of the
late Master Imi lichtenfeld, was
designed for military troops in Israel
in 1948, and has spread across world
swiftly and with potent results.
"This military style was not
offered to civilians until the last 20
years," said Dlitstein, formerly a jeweler.
"The secrecy of this style came
out 50 years ago, when it was modi
fied for civilian law enforcement."
Haim Gideon, a militai
and current Krav Maga Grand
Master, studied under Lichtenfeld
and was one oi the members who,
along with Dlitstein, brought the art
to the United States
"Krav  Maga  is  an  art  in  the
ence of the word, because it gives
to the practitioner ideas and feel-
ideon said. "It creates a com
pel f life, where the practi
tioner competes against himself and
reaches his goals bv himself alone"
Currently, outside of I'M, semi
nars are being ottered at Florida
International      University,      Ihe
I'mverv' uth   Florida  and
Princeton University students range
from 18 to 65 vears old
"It is such much fun," said h
Block, Dlitstein's student for over
four years. "I encourage anyone to
take a chance at it, whether you have
studied martial arts or not."
Blo..k, a graduate student of psychology, said she became very much
interested in the practice because it
stimulates the will to improve not
only the physical, but all aspect
one's well being
She said it is an eminent practical
art, because through the body training, it reaches the mind, the intellect
and the spiritual level
"It is empirical because it works
the body tc reach the mind," said
Block, a former black bell in Tai
Kwan Do. "It stimulates the individual search. One of the main goal
the conquest ot selt con tide i
"Krav Maga is an art of sell
defense   said Davy Kahn, an alumni
of the School of Law, who now teach
es the  martial  art  at  Princeton
University  and  law  enforcement
agencies in New Jersey, Ohio and
See DEFENSE T Page 2
eirtesyof RtckDi"
SHOW OF POWER: Dlitstein
demonstrates a move
from the Israeli martial art