Miami Hurricane, December 01, 2000

              Volume 78, Number 25
WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU
Friday, December 1,21
PRISCILLA CHA FONG / Hurricane Staff
‘ROUT TO THE ORANGE BOWL? Hurricane players celebrate during Saturday’s rout over Boston College. UM, however, moved down in the BCS rankings and sti might not play in the national title game. See story on Page 5.
BITTERSWEET VICTORY
BellSouth eyes Latin education, at Storer
International students join for multicultural celebration
By Brian Petit
Hurricane Staff Writer
Although the holiday of Thanksgiving originated in America, one apparently doesn’t need to be American to enjoy the large social gatherings and heaps of food that Thanksgiving entails.
This much was observed last Wednesday at the International Thanksgiving celebration, hosted by the University of Miami’s School of Continuing Studies and its Intensive English Program (IF.P) at the School’s home building, Allen Hall.
The noon event brought together a diverse group of international 1EP students for an afternoon of muhicultural-ism and celebration.
The International Thanksgiving filled the building’s courtyard with both students and food representing many of the world’s nations and cultures.
IEP students represent more than 35 nations, according to Glenda Hayley, director of Corporate Relations for the School of Continuing Studies and International Thanksgiving organizer for all of its 17 years.
Jorge Grisales, an IEP student from Colombia, was munching on a large, flat, round desert food from his country called an obleas.
“It’s like flour tortillas with arequipe,” he explained. Arequipe is a caramel filling in between the tortillas.
Maria Campos, from Brazil, was manning a table dedicated to food from her country. She was responsible for supplying a tray of cocada, a desert similar to peanut brittle, but less dense and made with coconut.
“It’s a typical food from Brazil,” she said. “You can find it all over the country."
When asked for her impression of the International Thanksgiving, Campos responded like most of the students: positively.
“For foreign students this is perfect.
We can learn a little about Thanksgiving and we can join together and learn about every countryT she said.
Fellow Brazilian Thamara Gama agreed.
“You discover different things that you didn’t know,” Gama said.
Of the many foods offered at the International Thanksgiving, Mike ldriss, from Egypt, enjoyed the Arabic food most. He also liked the Colombian food because, “it doesn’t have pork.”
Salem Abud, from the United Arab Emirates, had sampled and enjoyed food from Colombia, Brazil and the Caribbean. His favorite offerings, however, came from the table bearing food of the sort that he had grown up with.
“I miss Arabic food," explained Abud.
However, Arabic food was not only popular with those who knew it best. German IEP student Hanka Startzel said,“l like the Arabic food |but] I have to try something from the South »—i American food.”
Startzel said she appreciated the diversity of the event.
The International Thanksgiving “shows a wide scale of different dishes,” Startzel said, adding, “It’s a good thing [for IEP students) to meet each other.”
SB6 THANKS • Page 3
By Jessica McNeill
News Editor
An educational environment for the launching of an educational program was what representatives from BellSouth, one of the leading telecommunications businesses in the country, had in mind Tuesday when they entered the University’s School of Business’s Storer Auditorium to present the program,“BellSouth Pronino."
Created by the BellSouth Foundation, which is headed by company President Pat Willis, in conjunction with Latin American BellSouth affiliates, Pronino was designed to help working children in Latin America.
According to Willis, there are over 20 million working children in Latin America who, instead of going to school and receiving an education, are selling flowers or candy on a street corner during all hours of the day in order to help their families earn more money.
Over the next five years, BellSouth and its affiliates plan on working with at least 6,000 families per year in 10 different countries, teaching them the importance of a children’s education.
“We want to not only help the child, but we want to strengthen the family and school structure as well," Willis said.
The joint effort from the BellSouth Foundation and the Latin American affiliates granted a total of $6 million for the new initiative.
Through the program children will receive tuitions, school supplies, uniforms, transportation and food.
Pronino will begin in the first quarter of 2001 in countries such as Argentina, Columbia, Chile, Panama and Venezuela, among others.
One reason BellSouth representatives are confident about the program’s success is because a similar program was launched in Ecuador in 1999.
The program has already assisted children in over 21 cities and is still continuing to this day, with long term benefits beginning to show.
According to Willis, the BellSouth Foundation was created in 1986 with the sole purpose of improving education.
“We have been a leading contributor to the Southeast United States in
See PRONINO • Page 3
Surfin’ environmentalists start student group
Surfrider Club expands to UM
By Chris Perret
Hunlcane Staff Writer
A new club is catching a wave to the University of Miami next semester.
The nationwide Surfrider Foundation, which has a chapter here in South Fforida, will correlate with the i sub-chapter here on campus called the Surfrider Club.
?^be club was co-founded by UM sophomore Wendy Olson, |oy
Freibaum and Oswaldo Rossi, who is the president of the Bar Association at the UM Law school, and will be advised by Dean William Vander Wyden, also of the Law School.
The organizers of the Surfrider (Hub must submit the required applications to the Committee on Student Organizations before the club becomes an official student group, COSO said.
The Surfrider Foundation was founded in 1984 by Glenn Hening,Tom Pratte and other Malibu, California surfers who were concerned about preserving |peir local beaches from pollu tion.
Today, the Surfrider Foundation is one of the largest environmental pro tection programs in the nation.
“You don’t have to surf to be in the Surfrider Club,” said Olson. “Anyone who shares our love for the ocean should come out”
The organization’s goal is to provide awareness to the local community about the conservation of local beaches, which are utilized for many water sports.
The dub is planned to begin having meetings sometime in January, and will meet twice a montlyith the time and place to be announced.
At meetings, guest speakers will drop in, giving information about the local and national issues concerning the marine environment, said oiganiz-ers.
Education majors arc also being coordinated to go to local elementary schools and to teach kids about the conservation of our beaches, they said.
Olson and the other co founders have been hard at work coordinating events and preparing tor the start of the club. One of its key elements is that the club will be involved with the Surfrider Foundations traditional beach cleanups.
The beach cleanups are usually during the morning hours, but to further accommodate students at UM, who tend to enjoy sleeping in on the weekends, it has been pushed hack to the evening hours where there will be local bands playing while the cleanup takes place.
In addition, the Surfrider Gub will be writing petitions and letters to further draw awareness to the South Florida community about the conservation and protection of the beaches and marine life.
See SURFRIDER ^Pag^3
Canes rout BC but still may not play for title
—
A manly chat with hosts of The Man Show
ACCENT pso»H
Tue Numi Nimicai
Coral Gables, Florida
Since 1927
Turkey Day goes global in Allen Hall courtyard