Miami Hurricane, October 03, 1995

              SWIMMING SEASON
Sophomore Julie Mitchell swam her way to winning two races this
weekend.
SPORTS, Page 6
INTERNET JUNKIES
Some UM students are becoming frequent travelers on the information superhighway
ACCENT, Page 8
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1995
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI • CORAL GABLES, FLA.	VOLUME 73, NUMBER 11
HEALTH FEST '95 TO BEGIN THIS WEEK
The Student Health Advisory committee (SHAC) is sponsoring Health Fest ‘95 on October 3 and 4 at the University Center.
The Health Fest is a campuswide health fair, aiming to educate students, faculty, and staff on health related topics. These topics include hearing, nutrition, fitness, injury prevention, stress management, sexually transmitted diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and CPR.
Special guests for the event include Marc Buoniconti from the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Last Call, a world-famous juggling act. There will also be giveaways and prizes.
PRESIDENT'S PICNIC RESCHEDULED FOR JAN. 14
The heavy rains at the beginning of the semester caused the President’s Picnic for new students to be delayed. It is now scheduled for Jan. 14, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
All new undergraduate, graduate, medical, and law students from the fall and upcoming spring semesters will be invited to attend.
Bus transportation to and from President and Mrs. Foote’s home will be provided. Official invitations will be given in early December.
NEED MONEY FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL?
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has tens of thousands of dollars available for qualified students to pursue graduate studies. Students who intend to get masters or doctoral degrees in areas such as nuclear engineering, applied health physics, radioactive waste management, and industrial hygiene could qualify.
The graduate fellowship programs, sponsored by the DOE and administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), provide full payment of tuition and fees, monthly stipends, and practical experience at a DOE laboratory.
All programs require an application and the GRE. Students must have received their undergraduate degree in science or engineering by August 1996.
Selection is based on academic performance, recommendations, and a statement of career goals by the applicant.
Fellowship applications are being taken through January 29, 1996. Awards will be announced in April. For applications or additional information, contact Tom Richmond or Rose Etta Cox, ORISE Fellowship Programs, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Science/Engineering Education Division, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-0117, or call 1-800-569-7749.
NATIONAL CLINICAL DEPRESSION SCREENING DAY COMES TO UM
On Thursday between 11 to 2 p.m., the UM Counseling Center will be set up a table in the UC Breezeway as part of National Clinical Depression Screening Day.
Amber Myers, a Nova Southeastern University Ph.D candidate who works as an intern at the Counseling Center said the day is about raising the public's awareness about signals and symptoms of depression.
Psychology inters will be at the table, as well as Counseling Center Director Dr. Malcolm Kahn, to helps students fill out anonymous questionaires about depression. Scores will then be interpreted.
"We encourage those who score high on the test to come in for evaluation and treatment," Myers said. “We have staff available for immediate referalls. We give immediate feedback."
Unanswered questions remain
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Law School file theft investigated
By WILLIAM WACHSBERGER and RICHARD BIEBRICH |R.
Of the staff
Does	this
sound familiar?
An individual uses	files
regarding student applications from a university’s admissions office to do an article about affirmative action and gets the story
published in the law school’s stu-
dent newspaper.
That was Georgetown University in 1991 when Timothy Maguire, at the time a third-year law student, wrote an article in	the
Georgetown Law Weekly
using information he acquired by looking through confidential files at
THOMPSON
Georgetown’s law admissions office (where he was employed on a work study).
His article disclosed that Georgetown was admitting African-Americans with lower LSAT scores than whites, while containing no mention of students’ names or personal records.
Fast forward to 1995 and the University of Miami, where copies of confidential files end up at the School of Law’s student newspaper. Res Ipsa Loquitur.
Here the similarities end - unlike the Georgetown incident, no one
has been clearly identified as having the originals from which Res Ipsa's copies were made.
Although it was initially reported that Res Ipsa planned an article Oct. 6 using the information that had been delivered, it has now been learned that no article had been planned for that date.
It has also been determined that, contrary to what was previously reported, Res Ipsa Editor in Chief Dave Roy has not resigned and is still functioning in that station.
Questions remain as to the files themselves:
•	UM’s General Counsel office will neither confirm nor deny any files were missing from the School. The only party confirming theft is Law School Dean Sam Thompson, who also said that an internal investigation is underway.
•	At a rally sponsored by law students in response to their notification of the theft of the files, Vice Dean Laurence Rose announced that a box containing three notebooks “mysteriously appeared" back at the Law School recruiting
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DUNCAN ROSS Ill/Photo Editor
Freshman Anita Thakkar waits for a campus security officer Sunday night. Security has been an issue on campus following the recent assault on a Sigma Alpha Mu pledge between Hecht and Stanford Residential Colleges.
Escort service revamped
By KELLY RUANE And LOUIS FLORES
Of the Staff
The assault last week on a Sigma Alpha Mu pledge living in Hecht Residential College prompted a closer look at students’ awareness of the escort service provided by the University of Miami Department of Public Safety.
Jay Omobono, a junior and a desk assistant at Mahoney Residential College, said he does not stop to ask students if they need escorts.
“That doesn’t happen. We don’t ask them where they are going," Omobono said.
Philip Smith, a senior and a residential assistant at Eaton Residential College said there have been numerous opportuni-
ties for Eaton residents to learn about campus security programs. UM Public Safety officer Pat Haden has even spoken to students, Smith said.
“It’s up to the individual. We are not babysitting the students. They are in college, living on their own,” Smith said. “They are knowledgeable about the escort service. If not, they can ask the front desk."
However, at Eaton, as well as at Mahoney, front desk clerks leave at midnight, and student security assistants remain at entrance» until 8 a.m. the next morning when a front desk clerk relieves the security assistants.
One UM student has depended on the escort service in the past.
“I remember once last semester I was at the library late and I
asked the security guys to take me over in one of the carts," said Lisa Merhige, a sophomore who lives off-campus.
Last fall, students were allowed to ride with escorts in small carts similar to those used by Parking Services enforcement, but those were deemed a liability risk. This year, Public Safety uses two vehicles, one the size of a Hurry ‘Canes Shuttle bus and the other a 15-passenger van.
Merhige was not aware that the on-campus security has stopped using carts to escort students.
“That’s going to be a problem because it was so convenient,” Merhige said. “I wasn’t even aware that they had stopped them."
Merhige added that she has had to stay late this semester, and because of the lack of security, walked to her car by herself.
“I didn’t see any security around, so I walked to my car by myself and I was a little scared, and it was about 12:30," she said. “Usually I ask somebody [to escort me], I usually don’t put myself in those situations, but I was tired, and I wanted to go home, and 1 walked by myself."
To counter this, the UM Department of Public Safety is undertaking a publicity campaign to increase awareness about its escort services.
James Helms, Public Safety director of escort services, said he is having brochures printed up for mass distribution. Helms also
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Food
gifts
end
University leftovers no longer feeding Miami homeless
By AMIE PARNES
Staff Writer
Questions have arisen about why the Hurricane Food Court has not kept up with the tradition of giving its excess food to feed the homeless this year.
In the fall of 1994, the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship implemented a program that distributed leftover food to homeless and hunger people living on the streets of Miami.
Between 40 and 50 people were fed each week with the leftovers from the University last spring. Leftovers were donated from the Hecht-Stanford cafeteria, as well as from the on-campus Pizza Hut.
Last semester, after the Fellowship collected food donations from UM, they would drive to Downtown Miami near the Miami Arena. The group would then park their cars, and homeless people lined up for meals.
Ed Ollie Jr., a Fellowship staff worker, said "We are trying to organize the program again.”
“It was a great opportunity for us," Ollie said. “It gave students the chance to see how some people live in Miami."
By the end of the semester, Ollie said, the program should be reinstated.
"Many students have asked if we are going to continue the program and I hope to do so," Ollie said. "It was a great success; it gave us all a great feeling that we were doing something nice for [the] less fortu-
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DUNCAN ROSS Ill/Photo Editor
The Dream Team: Assistant Director of Fitness Keith Kwiatkowski; Assistant Director of Wellness Patty Postweiler; Wellness Director Loreto [ackson and Assistant Director of Wellness Jenn Showers plan to bring power to the students in November with the opening of the new George A. Smathers Wellness Center.
‘Well Canes’ prepare for Center’s opening
By AMIE PARNES
Staff Writer
They call themselves the "Well Canes" — trying to make the Wellness Center a “healthy” environment for UM students and employees.
The UM Wellness program is under the direction of Loreto Jackson with Assistant Directors Patty Postweiler for the Coral Gables campus, Jennifer Showers for the Medical and Rosenstiel campuses and Keith Kwiatkowski of Fitness.
Jackson, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland, received her undergraduate degree in exercise physiology.
“Wellness, to me, is a lifetime of responsible choices," she said. “We are constantly
making choices to help reach our potential.” Jackson said she is consistently trying to achieve her own “wellness" — something she said she is “always working on.”
“I’m always striving for something more,” she said.
Postweiler, originally from Wisconsin, graduated from the University of Central Florida where she received her masters degree in exercise physiology. Postweiler said she agrees with Jackson's definition of wellness.
“Wellness to me is an overall way of wellbeing," she said. “It’s a lot more than pumping weights. It’s taking care of yourself and learning as much as you can."
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