Miami Hurricane, April 09, 2002

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‘Canes give fans a glimpse of 2002 team
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Spontaneous getaway to Key West
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Hispanic media should have different rules
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The Miami Hu
Coral Gables, Florida
Since 1927
Volume 79, Number 44
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, April 9,2002
More parking spaces, lower prices
Discount permits to cost $100 less than standard
By Daniel Boniface
Hurricane Staff Writer
As part of the Parking Management Plan, finding a parking spot on or around campus will get a little easier next fall, according to officials.
The $16.5M plan will increase the number of parking spaces by 20 percent, adding a total of 1,764 spots and offering 1,800 new discount spaces, officials said.
“It’s going to be the biggest parking change in the history of the university," associate Vice President of Business Services Alan Fish said. “This is tremendous-the biggest thing ever in parking.”
Students will be enticed to park on the perimeter of campus next fall by the addition of the 1,800 discount spaces, officials said.
“We’re going from about 200 discount spaces to 1800 at a rate of $174,” Fish said. “Now, the going rate is $274, so it’ll be $100 less than that."
“We are dramatically changing the landscape of parking here at the University of Miami for the better," said Charles McConnell, Director of Parking and Transportation Services.
Recently, the Red Rd. South and North lots and Liguria lot were completed, but have not seen the kind of traffic that other closer lots such as the Memorial Classroom/Cosford Cinema Lot.
“In all likelihood people are taking the path of least resistance,” McConnell said. “The Liguria lot is the next closest lot, and then likewise Red Rd. South and North, so ultimately it will fill up”
“Parking habits have to be developed," Fish said. “People usually try to park in the same area all the time. We’re making it very attractive for people to park there next fall.” “There’s a discount decal," Associate Director of Business Services Sandra Redway said.“|ust like you have a commuter or a res-
ident one, there’s a discount one and once you purchase a discount one, it qualifies you to park in any of the discount lots."
While the rate to park on the core of the campus will increase next year, officials feel the $100 discount will attract students to park on the perimeter.
“We had a committee and we basically went through this whole scenario,” Fish said. “Will they park out there for $10 savings? No. Twenty-dollar savings? No. Thirty-dollar savings? No. When we got to $100, a lot of students said,'that’s a significant amount of savings from parking on the core of campus. That’s less than I’m paying today’ We think it’s going to be very, very attractive,” Fish said.
PENDING EXPANSION: The Ponce garage is due for an extra two floors and new cJscount spaces.
This biggest discount lot will be the Ponce Garage, which will be expanded from 628 spots to 1,052, according to officials.
The new Pavia Garage will house 561 spots when completed and the Pearson Garage will hold 636 cars, they said.
The garages will offer 24-hour security, emergency blue light phones and shelter
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CANEFEST 2002
ABOVE: Clinton Portis signs autographs for fans at the Orange Bowl after the UM intrasquad
scrimmage game.
RIGHT: University of Miami cheerleaders give their love and time to devoted future Canes at Canefest 2002 on Saturday
DAVID EPPOLITO / Hurricane Staff
‘Canes playbook ends up on Internet
Stolen property doesn’t 'really matter’
By Zev Mines
Hurricane Staff Writer
Flow do you stop a team that has dominated the college football landscape over the past two seasons?
According to the defending national champions, you’re not going to do it by stealing their plav books.
ITiai mow. was attempted last month when two UM plavbooks, full of alignments and formations used during the 2001 title run, were stolen from linebacker coach Vernon Hargreaves’ office and posted on the web site “Sandmans 4-3 Defense Online”
However, last Thursday, the team dismissed the importance of' the matter, indicating that there were better ways of figuring out the Hurricanes’ schemes than studying plavbooks.
“It does have some drawings in it, but it’s all fluff’ UM coach Larry Coker said. “I’d give them all plavbooks if they wouldn't watch the game films. The video is more helpful than the play-book would be."
“They can watch film and know what plays we’re running, but the way we disguise them, that’s not in the playbook. We change that from week to week so it’s doesn’t really matter anywayT said senior defensive tackle Matt Walters.
Although the issue is being downplayed, stolen
property did appear on the Internet, causing the FBI to be involved.
P ential charges could include burglary, theft, possession of stolen property and possibly feder
al crimes.
According to a police report filed with the Coral Gables Police Department, UM realized the offensive and defensive plavbooks were missing March 28 when two nianila envelopes were delivered to the Hecht Athletic Center.
Defensive coordinator Randy Shannon opened the envelopes, postmarked in Tampa on March 22, and found the pages taken out of the plavbooks.
Once the pages were received, Miami officials found their formations on the Web site, which is now inaccessible.
Coral Gables Mice Sgt. Ed Hudak, in charge of team security, said the owners of the site have been identified and “subpoenas are being filed and sent out."
“The focus of our investigation is twofold — how it got stolen and how it got disseminated through the Internet and if in fact there’s a federal crime of dispersing stolen information on the Internet,” Hudak said.
According to Hudak, there have been prior thefts from the toothall offices involving “footballs and autographed paraphernalia” but never plavbooks. He said he wouldn’t rule out the possi-
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"I’dgive them allplayhooks if they wouldn’t watch the game films. The video is more helpful than the playbook would be."
Larry Coker, UM coach
Campus Living: should you stay or should you go?
Living off campus involves traffic time, privacy, space
By Robert Villanueva
Hurricane Staff Writer
As the semester creeps to an end, the debate continues: is it better to live on campus or off campus?
According to Patrick Dupree, a senior residing in Nob Hill, an off campus apartment is
“the only way to go".
“I have my own room, a hot tub, a big kitchen full of beer, and my own parking space. What more does a man need?" Dupree
said.
Indeed, one of the major conveniences of living off campus is a larger amount of space to live in - and now with the overcrowding of residence halls, personal space is even harder to come by while living on campus.
“I need my privacy - I don’t know how I lived two feet away from the same person all the lime - there’s no room to breath there (in dorms]," Pat Feeney, a resident of Sunset i lardens, said.
Furthermore, living off campus can also be cheaper, especially if o>u have a roommate or two to split the rent wyh.
Chris McQuade, another Nob Hill resident, says, “between me and my two roommates, I only pay $365 dollars a month for rent, about $70 on electricity, DSL fast-internet-connection, and cable - less than $450 a month - plus I have my own room”.
The major setback about living off campus, however, is the time and distance it can possibly take to get to school. If you’re out of walk-
ing-distance range, then be prepared to face Miami’s infamous traffic on a daily basis.
“Also be prepared," says commuter student Sebastian Foltz,“to pay for a commuter pass, to wake up a little earlier, and to fight for parking spots with your life."
Finding the right place to live is important, but more important is choosing the right time to move.
If you felt like you’ve earned the right to privacy, and have been around Miami long enough to have met a group of friends to share the day with, then maybe you should start looking for a better place to nest than the dorms.
But if you’re a freshman thinking of leaving the dorms just because of your stinky roommate, think again before you make that leap;
you might want to stay on campus one more year to broaden your connections with fellow students.
The key to being happy with your surroundings is not through the place you choose to live in, but through the people you choose to live with. A fancy setup in the Biltmore would be luxurious - but it can s;!*l be lonely.
Students share views of on campus housing
By Marquita K. Bell
Hurricane Staff Writer
March 25th marked the beginning of the fall housing sign-up. kicking off with apartment sign up, and following up with suites, towers, and summer school housing respectively.
Students received letters in early March from the Department of Residence Halls outlining the advantages that the forty percent of the student population living on campus have.
On campus living provides an opportunity to participate in various student clubs and organizations as well as events.
“As a commuter student I wasn't involved in organizations, but when you live on cam-pus, whether you like it or not, you're faced
with events, you’re aware of everything. It’s easier to join a lot of things.” said junior Michael Rubino, a former commuter turned dorm resident.
The on campus community provides the opportunity to interact with other students via residential activities and close living space. Erica Shinholser, a sophomore, said.
“My social life definitely revolves around the dorm and people that I work with and live with," Shinholser said.
“I learn a lot more about myself by interacting with different people in reaction to different personalities," said Rubino.
Ted Dallman, a three-year Rosborough Tower resident says that “the communal bathrooms, like any bathroom, can really stink sometimes, but at least I don’t have to
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dean them - UNICCO does, and it's also the trick to meeting everyone on your floor.”
Some students feel that living on campus not only enhances their lives socially but academically as well. Easy access to computer labs, resident faculty, and the closeness of classrooms and the library are convenient for on campus students.
“I've adapted quite well to living on campus. I think a big part of being happy is choosing the right person to live with and realize that every morning you can wake up 5 minutes before class and still be on time,” Dallman said.
The social dormitory atmosphere can be distracting.however, on campus residents said
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USA PtNELLI / Hurricane Staff THE BENEFITS: L iving on campus affords certain perks - like helpful desk attendants ------------------------r-----