Miami Hurricane, February 02, 2001

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Volume 78, Number 30
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Friday, February 2,2001
Campus gears up for weekend Sportsfest
Variety of events offered for residents starting today
By Juan Pena
Humcane Staff Writer
Crowds cheer while teammates hug and marvel at their own victory. The 2001 Sportsfest champions have been crowned
Wait. Stop the presses and rewind to two weeks before today’s 5 pm opening ceremonies at the Rathskeller
It was 2:45 am on the eighth floor of Macdonald Tower and the air was thick with the warm smell of Papa Johns tomato sauce. The halls echoed with the sounds of competition.
‘“The Punishers!’ That’s the name. No more debate.” a voice declared.
“No, man: *Cruel and Unusual,”’ another contested.
And so it began.
Before any passes were completed or points scored, a laundry list of events preceded this weekend’s Sportsfest that were just as demanding as the events that students are now competing in.
Following today’s opening ceremonies, the weekend’s events will include a variety of sports from Soccer and Flag Football in the Intramural and Academic Fields to billiards, Wallyball and darts in the University Center, Wellness Center and Rathskeller.
Residential Colleges are given the opportunity to organize teams for the events made up of students living on the same floor.
The responsibility of enlisting willing recruits into these teams rests on the shoulders of the buildings’ resident assistants (RAs).
“It can be the worst part of your job because there is just so much to do,” said RA Alana Adams. “There are rosters with deadlines for completion, and residents that want to participate but don’t want to throw horseshoes on a Saturday morning”
Most RAs tackle these preliminary problems by designating a team captain, such as Erica Shintolser, who helped Caitlin Rivera get her team together.
“It’s plenty of work," said Shintolser. “1 had to make sure that everyone knew what events were available. Then I had to compile a list of all the girls that wanted to participate. I had to organize team meeting times, and just when 1 thought that it was over I had to make sure that all the paperwork was turned in on time,” she said.
Today, these student leaders will have even more work to do.
They are the ones knocking on players’ doors at 8:30 in the morning to make sure that they are at the 9:00 o’ckxk game.
They are also expected to keep the teams motivated and make sure that everyone is having fun, said Shintolser.
“Few me the work was worth it,” she said. “1 learned more about myself and I got a chance to be a leader. More important than that, I got the chance to meet more of the girls in my building, and also become closer to some of the girls that live on my floor.”
Sportsfest will be wrapping up at the Closing Ceremonies, Sunday, at the Stanford-Hecht Cafeteria. Winners will be Mnounced in The Hurricane’s next issue.
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Jan. 1995- Eleven days after Dennis Erickson's resignation, Dallas Cowboy* defensive coordinator Butch Davtl is hired as head
coach of UM
The Davis Years
Coach stuns community by bolting for the Browns
By Michael Corbo
Assistant Sports Editor
It’s the end of an era.
The Butch Davis era in Miami came to an end Monday-after the head coach handed in his resignation to Athletic Director Paul Dee to pursue a job wrth the Cleveland Browns.
“I’m disappointed,” Dee said. “I felt that coach Davis had an awful lot that he gave the University of Miami. 1 don’t want to say I was blindsided, but I was surprised.”
Surprised may be an understatement.
“When he told [the players) he was leaving, we sat there silent and just stared at him,” offensive lineman Bryant McKinnie said.“Everyone was real shocked.”
After meeting with Dee early Monday morning, Davis called the players around 10 a.m. and told them to coffie over to the Hecht Athletic Center for a team meeting at 11:30. He told the players and coaches that it was extremely important and to do everything they could to get over there, even if meant missing class.
“We knew that either half the team got in trouble or* was something real important.” MeKtnwMN'lkl got there, coach Davis was dressed very business-hke a lot of us were like,‘What is up with that?’”
Davis then went on in a very emotional way to tell the players that he had handed in his resignation.
“He broke down for about 15 to 20 minutes,” McKinnie said.
“He said, T love you guys’ and that he was doing it for; personal reasons,” center Brett Romberg said.
Davis left the players and coaches shortly after and headed to Cleveland.
The players and coaches remained still in the room, not being able to get over the shock of what had just happened.
“At first we were very shocked about it,” linebacker Jermell Weaver said. “I sort of felt a sense of betrayal.
Everyone felt he was staying."
When the players finally began to collect themselves they called a players-only meeting.
“We asked all the assistant coaches and the coordinators to leave the room,” Romberg said. “In the meeting we told ourselves that we’re still the team. We just need to keep together and stay focused.”
While most of the players did attended the meeting, some had to find out from other players, rather then getting to hear it from Davis himself.
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‘Island Styles,’ Filipino culture make waves
By Danielle Scott
Assistant News Edtor
The Filipino Students Associations (FSA) Flipin Out Cultural Week began
festively with a cookout, Monday, and ends festively with a party today.
And that’s just how the members of the FSA said they like it.
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TROPICAL DISPLAY: Emcee Nikki Chun, president of Hui Aloha performs during the group aryd FSA’s “Island Styles” cultural concert at Gusman^-lall, Wednesday.
Bringing people together to learn about Filipino culture, while emphasizing diversity, is just what FSA is all about, said junior Quong Ton, the club’s president.
That diversity starts right in the FSA executive board, with Quong—or “Q,” as he is known—who is Vietnamese, and with vice-president Michael Williams-~or “White Mike”—of American origin.
“Wc like to say that you don’t have to be Filipino to be in the dub, because I’m not even Filipino!”Q said.
Flipin Out Cultural Week was held to educate UM students about the pearls of Filipino culture, and also, for everyone to have a good time, Q said.
“In the five years since the founding of FSA, I feel like the campus hasn’t really feh the impact of Filipino culture, so we just decided to throw a week full of events” to change that, Q said.
The cookout this Monday was so successful that all the food was sold exit and FSA even made a profit.
Chib officers cooked the food, which was traditional Filipino fare such as pancit, or Filipino noodles.
On Tuesday, FSA brou^t members
of the Phillipine Martial Arts Garimot System International to demonstrate Amis de Mano, a style of Filipino martial arts.
Although the event was not as well attended as the cookout, those who did attend had their eyes glued to the action.
Grandmaster Gat Puno Abon presided over the event, executing a series of lethal-looking moves on fellow martial artist Guru Shane with knives, ropes and two-and-a-half foot sticks.
Abon not only displayed his skills as a fighter, but also entertained the crowd. At one point, he smiled coolly through a demonstration of Laban Daga—or knife fighting—while joking: “Kids, I know this is not allowed in your school, but still, it looks cool doesn't it?”
The largest event for the week was “Island Styles,” a cultural concert held in cooperation with the campus Hawaiian students’ association, Hui Aloha.
It took place on Wednesday at the Gusman Center.
Four-hundred and fifty tk*p i
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sold at $5 a piece, so FSA made a tidy profit from the concert as well, said Q.
The concert featured members of FSA and Hui Aloha showcasing Filipino and Hawaiian Island culture through dress, song and dance.
Ladies from the Nanay Elderly (.enter were also invited to walk down the catwalk with the event’s models Thursday, FSA mixed their two main objectives of culture and fun when they put founding member Oneil Lumacang—known for the event as “Chef Adobo”—in the hot spot to show students how to cook Filipino food.
Lumacang, a junior with a jolly disposition, spiced up the show with sassy comments about the Filipino people. “We’re short and we’re cute!” quipped Lumacang.
Flipin Out Cultural Week ends today with the party, and all who are up for it are going out clubbing, afterward, Q said.“Ever since the beginning of FSA, we’ve been kind of social,” said Q.“We like to go out a lot!”
Tlie location for the party was yet to be announced, Wednesday. Those seeking information on it can call Quong Ton at 305-519-3423.	.