Miami Hurricane, March 12, 1993

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■	UM School of Modlcln* students gave free medical help to residents of the Florida Keys.
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■	Candidates for District 6 Dade
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DRUG
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CHOOSING CLASSES
■ Fall schedule books are available in all schools and colleges. Registration begins March 29.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 12,1993
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STUDENT PUBLICATION APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
Students interested in applying for the positions of editor in chief of The Miami Hurricane and The Ibis yearbook and for business manager of Student Publications may pick up applications in Student Publications business office. University Center 221.
Requirements for the positions include being a full time student taking at least 12 credit hours and a minimum grade point average of 2.5.
Hurricane editor candidates must be screened by Hurricane adviser Bruce Garrison, in Merrick Building, room 122G. Business manager and Ibis editor candidates must be screened by financial adviser Raymonde Bilger, in Ashe Building room 244.
Students will make a presentation to the Board of Student Publications before a secret ballot election on April 12.
If elected to any of the positions, students will receive free tuition and an $500 stipend.
REGISTRATION HALTED FOR DEFICIENCIES
he University of Miami has placed a stop on the fall registration of all freshmen who received a mid-term deficiency notice.
Katherine Thompson, manager of the division of registration in Enrollment Services, said that freshmen who have received a notice must meet with their academic advisers before they register for fall classes.
Grace Durham, of the School of Communication academic services, said that freshmen in the school need to come to academic services before they attempt to register to have the stop removed.
"We're trying to cut comers to keep our students from having to stand in line longer,” Durham said.
Registration for fall 1993 runs from March 29 to April 9, and advising must be completed by April 2.
CANCER CENTER NAMES MEDICAL DIRECTOR
UM Medical School Professor Dr. W. Jarrard Goodwin, Jr. has been named the medical director and chief executive officer of UM Hospital and Clinics and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Goodwin, who graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received his medical degree from Union University in New York, joined the UM Medical School staff in 1980.
"I’m most excited about the 'opportunity to integrate most of our cancer work into this facility and for the cancer specialist to work together,” Goodwin said.
The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of 28 cancer centers in the United States.
FACE THE FACTS
This is the number of undergraduate students receiving financial aid in the last 5 years.
Source: UM Fact Boik
JOSHUA BUCKNER/Graphic AilM
Student commits suici
Stanford
From Hurricane Staff Reports
Sophomore Peter Conlan committed suicide at about 2 a.m. Thursday. After writing a note to his parents, Conlan jumped from Walsh Tower in Stanford Residential College.
Conlan, 20, worked at Condom-ania in Coconut Grove. Jane Flaherty, the store’s manager, said Conlan left work at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
"I talked to him that night and he seemed like the last person who would do this,” said Conlan’s brother, Matthew, from the family’s home in Larchmont, N.Y.
“We were very close,” said Matthew, 17.
No one on or off campus shed any light on the death of Conlan, who was majoring in advertising and had a 2.16 grade point average.
Jimmy Fox, Conlan’s resident assistant on the fourth floor of Stanford’s Rosborough Tower, said he did not know why Conlan took his life.
“He was a nice, laid back guy and he seemed very level-headed," said Fox.
"It was very unexpected. ... He was fighting with his girlfriend and all he wanted to do was go back to New York,” said Jay Heitzner, Conlan’s friend and co-worker. "I called him last night to see if he needed to talk to someone.”
"He left a note saying that he felt like he let his parents down,'but I don’t think that’s him at ah,"Nisid Mike Naylor, a freshman who lives in Rosborough. "He’s such a nice
Siy. He got along with everyone, e had so many friends. I don’t
Photos by PRESTON MACK / Photo Editor ■ AT THE SCENE: Coroner's office workers remove the deceased from in front of Walsh Tower.
■ MOURNING: Two friends of Stanford Residential College resident Peter Conlan mourn his passing early Thursday morning.
understand.”
Psychologists from UM’s Counseling Center were called to Stanford as early as 4 a.m. to meet with the students. Counseling will be available at the center during regular business hours over spring break.
Psychologists and the university chaplains met with students at Stanford on Thursday night.
The University and St. Augus-
tine’s Catholic Church and Student Center will have a memorial service for Conlan after spring break. Pat Whitely, associate director of residence halls, said the service
will probably be either March 24 or 25 at St. Augustine’s.
"Peter was a very popular student who was well liked by so many others on campus. It has had a tremendous impact,” said William Butler, vice president for student affairs.
“I feel very very bad for his parents and his family. They are going through a living hell like no other, said Edward Pfister, dean of the School of Communication.
President Edward T. Foote II, who heard, about the death while in Washington, D.C., on university
business, said, “Any time someone so young with so much promise dies in that fashion, it can only be sad. It’s got to encourage all of us to be sensitive to others and to live life to the fullest.”
The death came as a surprise to those who knew Conlan whom they described as generous, gregarious and easy going.
“Pete Conlan was a very bright guy, probably one of the brightest uys I know. He was a nice guy,” herty, his boss, said. “If you can picture anyone who’d commit suicide, he’s the direct opposite.”
“I’d put him at the bottom of the list of people who would do something like this. ... He spoke his mind and everybody respected him for it,” said sophomore Kim Jordan, who worked with Conlan. “It was a complete surprise, a shock.”
"He was the most giving person imaginable,” said Heitzner. “He had no money, but he’d give money to bums on the street.”
Matthew was also very nearly at a loss for an explanation of his brother’s death. “I guess 20 years of being concerned with other people finally caught up with him.
► SIG EP
Sig Ep’s charter revoked by national office
BY ALLETTA BOWERS and ANNETTE GALLAGHER
01 the Staff
The charter of Sigma Phi Epsilon's beleaguered UM chapter was revoked Friday by the fraternity’s national headquarters after two brothers were arrested last week on felony charges.
The chapter had about 30 members who are now officially alumni of the fraternity.
The arrest of two Sig Ep members two weeks ago for making fake IDs was the “straw that broke the camel’s back” for the chapter on probation since 1991, said Jeff Johnson, director of alumni chapter development for Sig Ep headquarters.
Four members, including a brother who was reportedly an undercover police officer, were involved in the incident, Johnson said.
Lorence Lapow and Pedro Mata were arrested on Feb. 25. Lapow was charged with 14 felony counts including making false drivers' licenses; unauthorized possession of fraudulent drivers’ licenses; and sale, possession and delivery of a controlled substance. Mata was charged with making and possessing unauthorised driver’s licenses.
Since allegations of hazing were raised during fall 1991, UM’s Sig Ep chapter has been on “aiumni-advisory council” status, a probationary condition.
“The alumni expressed extreme concern — because the chapter had members arrested — that the organization wasn’t being effective," Richard Walker, associate dean of students, said.
Walker also said he has no knowledge of undercover officers in Sig Ep. “[Tne alleged officers] had to have a class schedule or they wouldn’t have been approved to go through rush. If there were undercover officers, no one in my office knew it.”
Johnson said the fraternity will return to campus in four years after most current members have graduated. “We’ll start from scratch.”
Reaction from Sig Ep members has ranged from confusion to anger over the decision.
“I think the whole thing is unjust,” sophomore Gordon Chin, the defunct chapter’s last president, said. "I bought into the brotherly love, but then this happens and headquarters washes their hands of us," Chin said.
After the fraternity was placed on probation, Chin said he was informed that national wanted a higher grade point average from the brothers and increased philanthropy activities.
“They asked a lot of us and we gave it to them,” Chin said.
The chapter was honored last week by the Metro-Dade mayor and commission-
ers for volunteering to adopt the Dade-land South Metrorail station.
“Everyone’s worked hard and has nothing to show for it now except the friendships,” Chin said.
Other brothers said they are upset with the reasoning behind national’s decision. Some say they feel they are being punished because of the alleged actions of two new brothers.
“[Their decision] goes against the principles of this country,” Cameron Cohen, sophomore, said. "People are innocent until proven guilty. What if they are found not guilty?”
Chin said the members of the chapter are unsure if they have any recourse to fight national’s decision.
"If there is legal recourse, we will take it,” Chin said. "Right now no one knows what we can do.” *
“It’s hard for us to accept that something so important is being taken away,” Chin said. "I resent headquarters, but I will be a Sig Ep for life.”
Jason Chorches, Inter-fraternity Council president, declined to comment.
Walker said no decisions have been made concerning the future of the Sig Ep suite. However, Walker said if the suite is given to a student organization, the sorority Gamma Phi Beta is first on the list.
► HARASSMENT
Valenta dismissed from Institute in Czechoslovakia
BY LAURIE POWELL
Hurricane Staff Writer
Professor Jiri Valenta has been dismissed as director of the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Valenta, director of Soviet and East European Studies at the Graduate School of International Studies, is being investigated by the University of Miami for allegations of sexual harassment, abuse of power and financial mismanagement.
In the wake of Valenta’s departure, the institute has begun reform measures which focus on financial, productivity and personnel issues.
A statement released by the institute said it will shift its focus away from the office of the director and place academic research among its top priorities. The statement claims dismissing Valenta was a response to “internal circumstances" and “internal procedures” that have begun and have not been influenced by events at the University of Miami.
Valenta’s lawyer, Kathleen Burgener, could not be reached for comment.
On March 1, the foreign minister appointed Vera Jerabkova as the acting director of the institute.
For more stories concerning G$IS, please see page 3.
► STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Impeachment ruling to be announced after break
BY JASON ZOANOWICZ
Assistant News Editor
The Student Government Commission on Impeachment will announce their decision concerning the accusations against Commuter South Senator Paul David Diaz on March 23.
Tracy Krulik, chairperson of the commission, said specific charges against Diaz will be released if substantial evidence is found to support the allegations.
_ Krulik said the Senate will meet as the High Court of Impeachment within 72 hours of the release of the formal charges.
SG President David Diamond said the Senate will vote separately on each of the charges against Diaz. A two-thirds vote supporting any of the charges is necessary to remove Diaz from the Senate.
Diaz said he is upset because the allegations against him have not yet been released.
“I asked for full disclosure,” Diaz said. “Have they moved to help me? No.
“They [the Senate] deem it an impeachable offense to oppose their views,” he said.
Krulik said releasing a list of the allegations would not be beneficial to anyone.
“He’s not being brought up on any charges at this time,” Krulik said. “It is our job to see if there is substantial evidence. We don’t prove him innocent or guilty, we just investigate.”
According to Krufik, the release of possibly unfounded allegations would not be in the best interests of either Diaz or Student Government.
Diamond also defended the policy of not releasing the allegations before the Commission has made its report.
"What [Diaz] is saying isn’t the complete truth,” Diamond said. “We never denied him the information. He’s allowed to have it when everyone else is — after

the investigation.”
■	SG NOTES
■	Two referendums, giving Homecoming and the Federation of Black Greeks additional SAFAC funds if passed, were placed on the spring elections ballot at the SG Senate meeting on Wednesday.
The amount of money Homecoming receives may increase to $0.75 per student, a 42-cent increase.
Christine Deane, 1993-94 Homecoming co-chair, said the additional money is necessary to offset the loss of community sponsors due to Hurricane Andrew.
The other referendum, authored by Diamond, would provide FBG with an allocation of $0.03 per student fee to help fund their Greek Extravaganza. This would give FBG about $900.
The current student activity fee of $62.50 will not be raised this year, even iif both of these referendums are passed.
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SPRING BREAK CLOSINGS:
Offices win be open for normal be
■	Ashe Building
business hours.
■	University Center — Facilities in the UC operating under regular hours.
■	Otto O. Richter Library — The library will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p m from March 13 to March 20. Normal hours will resume March 21.
■	Campus Sport* and Recreation — CSR will be open from noon to 5 p m on weekends and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays beginning March 13. Normal hours will resume March 22.
■	The Eye — The Eye will be closed March 13, 14 and 20. will be open trom 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16 to 19 and trom 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on March 21. Normal hours resume on March 22.
■	Hurricane Dining Had— The Hurricane will close on March 12 attar lunch and re-open on March 22 at 11 a.m.
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- Hech/Stanford and Mahoney/Pearson dining halls will close on March 13 after dinner and will re-open March 22 at 7 a.m.
■	The Ms — The Ibis wHI close on March 12 at 2 p.m. and re-open March 22 at 7:30 am.
■	The Rathskeller — The Rat win close on March 12 at 2 p.m. and re-open March 22 at 11:30 am.