Miami Hurricane, March 03, 1998

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SINCE 1927
VOLUME 75, NUMBER 38
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TUESDAY, MARCH 3 1998
Canti Gras ‘98: On parade
HtlA OR0*7 Hurrirane Staff Photographer SUGAR HIGH: Several University of Miami student*, were enticed by the giveaways at Cami Gras this weekend.
■ Weekend event yields large turnout, lots of fun
•y CHRISTY CABRERA
Hurricane Staff Writer
Fat Tuesday may be past and this may not be New Orleans, but students who attended the annual Cami Gras celebration this past week discovered that UM can throw a party too.
Events began Thursday night with a traditional Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball and ended with a drive in movie on the IM Field. Sandwiched between the two was the Cami Gras festival on the UC Patio on Friday.
“It was excellent,’' said co-chair Mercy Fernandez. Tm happy a lot of students came.”
Students who attended the Cami Gras festivities on the patio enjoyed everything from a Speed Pitch game to a Laser Arena. Clow $ and caricature artists were on hand as well.
‘It was awes on and it has unproved so much,” said cochair Julie Vilabcy.
Though the heart of the Cami Gras celebration came on Friday afternoon, planning for the event began back in September. According to Fernandez, the Cami Gras committee had about S3000 to work with. Some of the funds came from SAFAC, but the rest of the money was from fund-raisers and sponsors. Other than raising money, Cami Gras organizers were able to get donations from corporate sponsors.
According to Fernandez, the work put in finding sponsors and raising funds paid off. and Cami Gras was an event that was affordable for all students
“Everything was free, the soda, the breakfast, the giveaways. They were all free,” said Fernandez.
Vilaboy said she felt the convenience of the Cami Gras
See GRAS • Page 2
Professor, class promoting course
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DREAM STIU ALIVE
■ The men's basketball team upset 19th-ranked West Virginia at the Arena Saturday night.
SPORTS, page 6
WHERE'S THE BEACH?
■ Spend a day with Kevin McCarthy as he goes in search of a part on Baywatch.
ACCENT, page 9
CONSUMER RIGHTS
■ Why are there so many responsibilities attached to services?
OPINION, page 12
news briefs
DEBATE TEAM COMES OUT AHEAD
The University of Miami debate team had its most successful outing of 1998 at the Mardi Gras Tournament hosted by Southeastern Louisiana University at Hammond. The UM Team received the Second Place Debate Sweepstakes Award for overall squad performance and advanced three of four two-person teams into the "medal" rounds.
The team competed in the Southeast	Regional
Championships this weekend.
JM SCORES WITH MOCK TRIAL
The Phi Alpha Delta Pre Legal Fraternity went to Kennesaw State University in Georgia to compete in the annual regional mock trial competition. Two teams were sent to represent UM and both teams advanced to nationals. The top 8 of thirty teams can proceed to the nationals. The teams compete in Nationals on March 20-22 in Minnesota.
oday's weather
Partly cloudy with a chance o( showers. Highs in the upper 70s, with lows tonight in the lower 70s. Humidity will be
high.
- National Weather Service
Sorority
council
elected
■ Newly-elected Panhellenic Council brings fresh ideas to Greek System
By HEATHER KELLET
Hurricane Staff Writer
A new Panhellenic executive board, the governing body over the sororities at the University of Miami, has been elected.
The new president is Jenna Chiesa, a junior in the Delta Gamma sorority. Nicole Barth is the vice-president for Rush and Nicole Ryals is the vice-president internal. Both are from Zeta Tau Alpha.
Suzanne Ketchum, from Delta Phi Epsilon, is the vice-president external. The treasurer is Vicky Cabeza from Sigma Delta Tau, and the secretary is Kathryn Guarini.
The Panhellenic Council has an ambitious agenda this year said Chiesa. It will not be easy to complete their agenda, however the executive board is looking forward to taking on the challenge of making their agenda a reality.
According to lleana Espinosa, one of the Panhellenic coordinators and the Student Government representative, the council 'provides guidance and programming for the sororities."
The purpose of the Panhellenic Council is very clear to Chiesa.
"The council highlights each sorority's accomplishments yet unites all of them, and provides a unifying ground for the sorority women," said Chiesa. "The number one goal is to raise awareness among faculty and administration of the many positive activities which Greeks do"
An example of one such activity of which many people are not aware of is that over $11,000 were raised for United Cerebral Palsy during last year's Greek Week.
Another aspect of the Greek system which the Council, along with the Inter Fraternity Council, wishes to stress is the number of school leaders within the Greek system.
The newly-elected Student
See COUNCIL • Page 2
■ Biology department urges students to sign up for AIDS class
By VICTORIA BALLARD
Assistant News Editor Continuing the education of students promoted during A Week for Life, the Biology Department offers a course in microbiology called Infectious Diseases and Social Behavior (MIC 113).
The course is taught by Dr. Richard Dix. The class is taken by mostly freshmen. It is a basic required course for the microbiolo-
gy major.
It’s a good beginning course to start microbiology '-aid sophomore Alice Vysata. "ID a prelude to bacteria and viruses It’s basic background.”
The departnn i t is attempting to have the class included in the core requirements for science. "We re trying to get it as a basic science,” said Lynette Agetaf, an administrator for the Un< L i graduate Program.
The class is pen to all, including non-science majori. "It focuses on AIDS, STDs, and education,” said senior Anahsa I verson, president of the Microbiology Club who took the class her freshman year.
The class is 99 percent of the
See CLASS • Page 5
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■ GLBC program serves as beacon to those with coming out issues
By DENISE M. KRAKOWSKI
Hurricane Staff Writer The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community has implemented a Gatekeeper Certificate Program to raise community awareness and provide peer education and support for the gay community on campus.
According to the Gatekeeper application, "the objective of the program is to educate the community regarding sexual orientation
‘Gate’
and coming out issues, as well as providing a network of peer support and confidentiality for those personally dealing with these
issues."
Gatekeepers, after receiving their training, receive a button proclaiming them to be a Gatekeeper. They may wear it whenever and wherever they want, and the button's visibility shows other students and faculty that the Gatekeeper supports the gay community.
It is also a beacon to those gay students in the process of dealing with coming out issues, showing them that they have someone to trust who will listen to their problems.
See GLBC • Page 4
DAKA dishes up Newman’s Own
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NEWMAN'S OWN: lames Otterson tries his luck with Newman's Own salad dressing at the Hecht/Stanford cafeteria. DAKA is trying to bring name brands to campus for students to enjoy.

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■ New pastas, sauces, dressings kick off Dining Services’ mission to bring brand name foods to students
By SARAH GUARNACCIA
News Editor
Students are scooping it up by the thou sands, and dining services are pleased by the
tons.
The new food concepts hitting dining halls at the University of Miami have launched successfully with its first instaVmer’, Newman's ■ Own.
On the day of its premiere, eighty-eight percent of the diners tried the dressing . pas tas, sauces and popcorn and, out of 1150 guests, 1008 6-ounce portions of pasta v. dispersed between the diners.
"That's a high number, which is just incredible," Blackwell said. Popcorn usage has in turn doubled as well.
The changes are just the start of a trend developing at both Stanford-Hecht and Mahoney-Pearson eateries on campus. Other brand name foods will soon he joining Newman's Own
See NEWMAN • Page 4
Throughout the month of March, The Hurricane, will be saluting the University of Miami's own prominent women, one administrator and one student each issue.
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Senior Shannon Neville is the Speaker of the Student Government Senate, where she worked to gel .“2-1 how library. She is a member of the Women's I Resource C enter Program Board, Onto ron Delta Kappa and Mortal Boanl. Shannon also worked with F unday and Hornet riming.
Graphic by KÍLLV RIJANE / Editor In Chief