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It’s graduation. Students’ names are called and they walk across the stage of the BankUnited Center. They receive their diploma and shake President Donna Shalala’s hand while their fami-

lies cheer from their seats.For students at the University of Mi-

ami, this scene is the ultimate goal of four years of hard work. Yet graduation ceremo-nies were not always run as they are today.

“Commencement used to be held out on the university green, by the library,”

said Allison Gillespie, the director of com-mencement. “You’d have all the graduates out there, and parents and guests all over the place.”

The event was especially uncomfort-able for May graduates, who had to suf-fer through the heat and humidity in their black caps and gowns. The spring gradua-tion ceremonies were held all at one time which prevented students from being indi-vidually called up to receive diplomas and nobody shook the hand of the president.

One year, it rained. But there were no tents or back up plan.

“You just got wet,” Gillespie said.

When UM President Donna E. Sha-lala first started at the University of Miami, she was determined to overhaul graduation ceremonies.

“It was one of the first things she changed, even before she started on her first day,” Gillespie said. “She wanted every stu-dent’s name called out, and she wanted to shake every student’s hand.”

Shalala also broke up commencement into four separate ceremonies by school for the spring graduation. This way, each stu-dent is called up individually by name to receive their diploma and shake the hand of the president. Last semester she did not

shake hands because of H1N1 concerns, but this year she will continue the tradition.

“This year we are going to have hand washing stations, I hope students take ad-vantage of it,” Shalala said.

Another change implemented was the lift of limitations on how many guests can attend the graduation. Shalala herself came from a large family, and couldn’t imagine picking and choosing between family mem-bers.

“I came from an ethnic family. 40 people came to my graduation. Students should be able to bring whomever they want,” Shalala said.

The Miami Vol. 87, Issue 26 | Dec. 3 - Dec. 16, 2009

HURRICANESTUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929

SEE GRADUATION, PAGE 2

Changes to commencement ceremony allow every graduate a handshakeBY NINA MARKOWITZCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Shaking up graduation with Shalala

A DAY WORTH CELEBRATING: Engineering students in 1988 toss confetti, snap pictures and blare bullhorns as their UM careers culminate in an outdoor graduation.BETH KEISER // The Miami Hurricane Archives

INSIDE THIS SPECIAL EDITION: 80TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE

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Kartik Telukuntla, a junior majoring in biology and po-litical science at the University of Miami, was recently named one of 805 finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in England.

Each year more than 1,500 students embark upon the rigorous Rhodes application process by first requesting the endorsement of their university to compete for the scholar-ship. The last student from UM to receive the award was Devi Sridhar in 2002.

According to Kefryn Reese, the director of programs for prestigious awards and fellowships, four UM students applied this year for the UM endorsement through the Office of Aca-demic Enhancement. Only Telukuntla received the endorsement and advanced to become a finalist.

The Rhodes scholarships are the oldest international fellow-ships in existence today. The list of past recipients boasts 1,800 notable names, including former President Bill Clinton and fa-mous astronomer Edwin Hubble. Two students from each of the 16 U.S. districts receive the scholarship, which includes full funding to attend Oxford for two to three years and pursue either a masters or a doctorate degree. Students from any school in the university may apply. Although he did not win the scholarship, Telukuntla is very proud of his accomplishments.

“I really felt privileged and truly blessed. I didn’t expect to make it that far. To say it was humbling would be an understate-ment. It inspired me to work that much harder,” he said.

Telukuntla is the Chief Justice of the Student Government Association, the President of the Honor Council and a member of the President’s 100. He plans to attend UM’s Miller School of Medicine and hopes to work in health policy. The selection process requires intense preparation for interviews and five letters of recommendation.

“I worked with him closely,” Reese said. “But a lot of credit goes to his professors who worked with him through the entire process.”

Telukuntla prepared for two weeks before the final inter-views in Birmingham, Ala. last weekend.

“I got to meet some of the most talented and accomplished students out there,” he said. “You realize they’re just ordinary people working extraordinarily hard.”

Megan Terilli may be contacted at [email protected].

UM endorses Rhodes finalistAll-star student inspired by and proud of prestigious honor BY MEGAN TERILLIASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

RAMON GALIANA // The Miami Hurricane

EXTRAORDINARY PERSON: Kartik Telukuntla was one of 805 fi nalists for the Rhodes Scholarship. He was the only UM student endorsed by the university. Although he did not receive the scholarship, he was humbled.

The average amount of guests per graduate is 7.2.“We had one young woman one year who had 27 or 28

people that came,” Gillespie said. “She was a first generation college student, had broken some barriers, and her whole fam-ily came to this.”

Seniors graduating in December can’t imagine commence-ment without receiving their diploma from Shalala herself.

“I guess I assumed that we would shake her hand, I took it for granted,” senior Stephen Ruotsi said. “It’s a good thing that we get to; I didn’t realize that ever wouldn’t be the situation.”

“I think it’s a good move by [Shalala],” senior Aaron Gerg-

er said. “It makes the graduation ceremony more special.”With only days to go before their commencement cere-

monies, Ruotsi and Gerger are busy planning their graduation celebrations.

Gerger expects 10 family members. Ruotsi expects four or five.

“I’m hoping the family dog will come, but I don’t think that’s feasible,” he said. “I don’t think they let dogs inside the BankUnited.”

Dogs in attendance seem to be the only impossibility when it comes to commencements at the University of Miami. Sha-

lala’s overhaul of the way graduation used to be has made the process more meaningful, enjoyable and accessible.

“This is a celebration of your achievement,” Gillespie said. “And commencement is our gift to you.”

Graduation will be held Thursday, Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. All eligible seniors will graduate at the same time except for those receiving Miller School of Medicine M.D. de-grees.

Nina Markowitz may be contacted at [email protected].

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December 3 - December 16, 2009 THE MIAMI HURRICANE NEWS 1ILLUSTRATION BY EMMA CASON-PRATT

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Iron arrow threatens to disband“It looks like we have a battle on

our hands. If the university orders us to tap women into Iron Arrow, we’ll take the issue to court,” Iron Arrow Presi-dent John Benedict said.

The Department of Health, Educa-tion and Welfare (HEW) has given UM until Sept. 30 to decide whether it will order the Iron Arrow honor society to become coed. If it refuses, HEW will then take what legal measures it can to cut all federal government funds given to UM.

Ted Nichols, director of Affirmative Action, said the university will comply with the HEW decision to allow women to become members of the organization, but no official announcement to this ef-fect has been made.

“In the next few weeks we will be encouraging Iron Arrow to accept wom-en. If they refuse, they could be banned from campus,” Nichols said.

“What people don’t understand is that the UM, not Iron Arrow is being faced with this problem. HEW could care less about Iron Arrow, all they care about is UM supporting a discrimina-tory organization,” Nichols said.

Since HEW does not fund Iron Ar-row, they are taking this action only to force a change.

“They are coming at us through the back door,” Benedict said.

Exactly what HEW can do remains unclear. In the Title IX regulations, UM must “substantially” support an organi-zation in order for it to be regulated by HEW.

Not only does UM support Iron Arrow, but Iron Arrow has raised over $50,000 for the university in the last three years, Benedict said.

“If women were forced upon us it would destroy our level of activity, we would lose the high standards felt for us in the community and we would lose our membership in the Seminole Indian tribe,” Benedict said.

Benedict said he feels a few radicals are making an issue and don’t really want to be members of the society. He said they are no closer to letting women in today than they were 50 years ago.

“It’s a shame tradition has to go to court to save itself,” he said. “I’m sure a lot of members would vote to disband the society before they would let the first woman in. Federal aid used to be ‘man-na from heaven,’ now it has become a curse.”

Mrs. Benedict, John’s mother, said, “Men should have their own thing and women should have theirs. I hope, I pray

that they let Iron Arrow stay men only. I’m all for women’s equality, but the next thing you know they’ll have men staying at home taking care of kids.”

Iron Arrow member Rick Artman favors admitting women.

“I think that Iron Arrow should change with the times and admit wom-en. The purpose of the organization is to recognize students for their service to the university and that should include both male and female students,” he said.

Iron Arrow is the most prestigious society created to publicly honor those men who have brought honor to the university and themselves by displaying prowess in any number of fields. Because the society has 1,318 members, there is room for many opinions, but the views are nearly unanimously against women members. Iron Arrow voted on this is-sue in 1972 and 1975, and both times the women were defeated.

“If the society itself wants to accept women it’s a-ok, but we don’t like the idea of a big brother stepping in to tell us what to do,” Benedict said.

The society’s purpose is inscribed on a memorial rock in front of the book-store: “He who would know the Arrow must as an irrefutable rule have openly and without thought of reward shown obvious love of Alma Mater.”

Iron Arrow is involved in commu-nity service, including taking 100 disad-vantaged children to the opening Hur-ricane football game each fall. It also supports a Seminole Indian boy and raises money for UM through an annual telephone campaign.

A Seminole tradition, upon which the society was founded in 1926, is the main stumbling block to the admittance of squaws.

Chief Tony Tommy, Iron Arrow’s first Indian advisor, made all members official members of the Seminole nation. No women or squaws are included in the Seminole rituals or council fires.

Iron Arrow has included the Semi-nole folklore in their private rituals and public ceremonies ever since they were made members of the Seminole nation.

HEW’s investigation began in 1973 after local feminist leader Roxy Bolton accused Iron Arrow of discriminating against women and said its ritual was demeaning to the Indians. HEW threw out the Indian complaint, but found them discriminating against women. Under Title IX of the 1972 Education Act Amendments, no group receiving federal funds can discriminate against members of the opposite sex.

Two other UM societies, the previ-ously all-female Mortar Board and the all-male Omicron Delta Kappa, have changed their organizations to include both sexes.

Well-known Iron Arrow members include UM President Dr. Henry King Stanford, television personalities Ralph Renick and Bob Halloran, Miami May-or Maurice Ferre, composer Jerry Her-man, Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin and U.S. Representative Dante Fascell.

Dary Matera wrote for The Miami Hur-ricane in 1972.

BY DARY MATERASEPTEMBER 15, 1972

The Miami Hurricane Archives

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

This fall marks a great milestone for The Miami Hur-ricane- its 80th year as a student newspaper. Al-most as old as the university it-self, the student

newspaper is a time capsule of our community’s history.

All stories and images printed in this issue are from the archives of The Miami Hurricane over the last eight decades. We selected what we determined to be milestones in both the history of our university and in student journalism alike.

The stories have all been reprint-ed in their original form, including content, headlines and vernacular. By publishing these stories as they first appeared, we are preserving them as historical documents that narrate through the evolution of our university community and nation.

Archives chronicle the era of UM: from our start as a fledgling school to its Sunshine U years, to the present valuable and ever appre-ciating status of the U.

The First Amendment grants us all an incredible privilege to the freedom of speech and press. A student press cannot be taken for granted, and we are celebrating the work produced over the course of 80 years of late-night deadlines and dedicated storytellers.

Today’s issue was produced using technology that the origi-nal staff of The Miami Hurricane could never have imagined.

This edition celebrates eight decades of student journalism, which in effect is the most com-prehensive record of the Univer-sity of Miami community.

Chelsea Matiash may be contacted at [email protected].

Celebrating 80

years of student

journalism

Chelsea Matiash

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As the devastating news of the hijack-ings and terrorist attacks in New York and the Pentagon swept through the Univer-sity of Miami community, students wept as they told other students, frantically called loved ones back home and intently watched the news for further updates.

“This is something we have to watch because it’s something we’re going to tell our grandchildren when we get older. It’s just like when Kennedy got shot,” sopho-more Andrea Sands said.

Every television on campus was tuned in to get the latest breaking news. It was as if a shroud of grief had covered the univer-sity with uncertainty.

“I’ve been very worried about the repercussions of living in this country,” graduate student Andrea Best said. “We all live in the illusion of being safe. This is an example of how vulnerable we really are.”

Many students on their cellular phones were trying to speak between sobs to family members, while trying to make sense of the tragedy taking place.

“We need to be concerned about keep-ing the American people calm. They (the United States government) might need to go under military control to prevent riots,” Best said.

It was as though the world had stopped turning. All normal activity ceased as stu-dents glued themselves to the television screen watching history as it unfolded.

Sophomore Susan Oliver first heard the news while she was driving to school. As she listened to the radio, the music stopped and the jockey announced the ter-rorist attacks to the audience.

“My father was supposed to f ly to D.C. and I’m relieved that he didn’t,” she said. “I said to myself, ‘Oh my God! The World Trade Center is gone.’ I couldn’t be-lieve it, it’s just something so surreal.”

It seemed as though every UM stu-dent knew someone connected with the World Trade Center who was potentially in danger. Natasha Antonucci told the sto-ry of her friend’s father who worked in the World Trade Center. He worked on one of the top f loors.

“He actually walked down 87 f lights and still hadn’t reached the ground level. He had to jump out of a window to safety,” Antonucci said. He broke his leg during the ordeal but is safe now, she said. “I’m so disgusted, it’s worse than Pearl Harbor.”

“My girlfriend woke me up to tell me that the World Trade Center was bombed. My dad works in Tower 2!” junior Josh Chaplin said. “I was calling everyone—frantic! There was no way I could reach

him and my mom wasn’t at home.”Fortunately, his father, a frequent

traveler, was in Florida that day on a busi-ness trip.

“You don’t know what relief is until you find out your dad’s still alive. I don’t know how the people who have actually lost family could possibly deal with it,” Chaplin said.

Communications student Abigail Put-nam was also worried.

“I’m very scared for my New York City and Washington D.C. friends’ safe-ty,” she said.

For Manhattan native Gabriel Drekou the attack was especially scary. “It really just scared me, [I] just watched the World Trade Center collapse,” he said. “Living in New York, you take the buildings for granted. The World Trade Center was just always there, now I won’t ever see it again. It’s almost like a death in the family.”

Drekou’s immediate family resides in New York, and his brother witnessed the terrible chain of events.

“I was a little choked up when I finally talked to my mom,” Drekou said.

“I was overcome with disbelief and I hoped that my family and friends in New York were alright when I learned about the events,” said junior Bianca Barkley, who resided in New York for the past two years.

“Words just can’t describe this great tragedy,” said junior Jill Bleistein, whose uncle works in New York City.

“They’re making searches in Newton, my hometown. I feel disconnected because I’m not there,” Boston native Amy Salk said.

Sands first heard about the attack on her way to class. She didn’t realize the magnitude of the incident until after class when she saw more than 30 students gathered around the television, as every-one watched New York City in a state of panic.

As the wave of uncertainty broke on campus, students quickly bonded together to hold on to the hope that remained.

Blood drives were quickly set up in Stanford Circle and the Wellness Center. Long lines formed for donations and many students waited patiently for their turn.

“I decided to give blood because I re-alized that many people who experienced the attack will need blood and it hit me because my father does business in Man-hattan,” Sanna Gaspard said. “And at this point, I don’t know whether he’s okay or not. He can potentially be one of the peo-ple who need blood.”

Every topic of conversation was the attack, there was no place to hide from the tragic news.

Feelings of fear and doubt were on ev-

eryone’s mind. The counseling center extend-ed its hours until 8 p.m. the day the attack took place; the main UM campus closed at 1:30 p.m. and the Rosenstiel campus at 3 p.m.

The campus seemed like a ghost town on what would normally be a busy day.

“First I saw a fire on one of the World Trade Center towers, and I didn’t think it was a big deal because fires usually take place at least once a year in the high rises. Even the Empire State building was hit by a plane a few years ago,” said George Dafnos, another Manhat-tan native. “But then, I saw the explosion of the second tower, and I was in complete shock. What I really can’t comprehend is how the World Trade Center is gone. Now, when they issue posters of the New York City skyline, it’ll just be the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Tower, but no more World Trade Center. It’s just so unbelievable.”

“I thought it was a movie, I couldn’t be-lieve that we were attacked. I just wanted to know everything about it, who did this, why did this happen?” engineering student Bruno Bravo said.

“It was as if I would wake up tomorrow morning and everything that happened would be okay,” Dafnos said.

UM students united in their fear and their hope. No one knew what would happen next and it was easy to believe the worst.

“When I heard the news, the first thing that I thought of is, ‘World War III,’” Richard Amini said.

Dia Flores graduated from UM in 2003 with a BS in communications and lives in London, England. She is a MPhil/PhD candidate at University College, London, where she studies Philippine migration.

Terrorist attacks hit home for allBY DIA FLORESSEPTEMBER 14, 2001


NEVER FORGOTTEN: UM raises the school’s and the country’s fl ags at half mast in commemoration of the victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11.

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Lake Osceola pollution undergoes researchAs many as 1,000 student volunteers

are needed to assist in a massive UM re-search study to discover the problems concerning Lake Osceola’s pollution.

Under the direction of Dr. Tom Waite of the UM School of Engineering, the study will try to engage personnel from all branches of the university com-munity and bring these varied interest groups together in a combined effort to clean up the lake.

UM has provided a $30,000 institu-tional grant to fund the study. The data from this research study should clear up all speculation regarding the lake.

In the past, many small understaffed research studies have been conducted. There still remains much speculation as to how badly the lake is polluted and there are many theories of the cause. Some of these include sewage discharge into the waterway leading to the lake, runoff of fertilizers from lawns and the mixing of fresh and salt water in the lake.

“We could actively use every student on this campus,” Waite said. “There will be lots of areas to study chemistry, biol-ogy, sociology, economies, even air pho-tography. Or if a student has a particular area of interest other than these we will welcome their ideas and try to incorpo-rate them into our study.”

Waite stressed the point that the study is aimed at learning environmen-tal problems.

“No science background is re-quired,” he said. “In fact, we would like to make a special attempt to enlist those who are non-science majors.”

“Learn and Work” is the idea be-hind the study. Some students may be

involved in taking samples from the lake and analyzing slides under microscopes, while others will be conducting door-to-door interviews of Coral Gables resi-dents living along the waterway.

A special attempt will be made to canvas “the lake people” from Liberty Square who have been fishing at the lake for more than 15 years.

“There will be jobs where you don’t have to come in contact with the water,”

said Ed Frankel of the Environment Club.

If student response is strong, peri-odic seminars will be held in the spring according to Waite.

“We hope that students will even-tually be able to receive credit for their work,” he said.

Waite says when the research is completed they will start on the second part of the project to put the findings

into effect.For those students interested in

participating in the study, the first or-ganizational meeting will be held next Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in room S226 of the Student Union. If you have any questions call the environment office at X-3919.

Nancy Lucas wrote for The Miami Hurri-cane in 1972.

BY NANCY LUCASNOVEMBER 7, 1972

SUE ANN MILLER // The Miami Hurricane Archives

DIRTY LAKE: UM’s polluted Lake Osceola... to be cleaned in 1976. The research on the lake was done by UM students.

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JAMES W. GIBSON // The Miami Hurricane Archives

ANDREW’S AFTERMATH: As the clearing of debris began, the university hired 15 contractors from around the state to repair buildings and remove downed trees.

UM emerging from

Andrew’s wake

Hurricane Andrew’s trail of fallen power lines, smashed window panes, uprooted trees and stripped roofing tiles across the University of Miami’s four campuses and left a repair bill es-timated at $11 million- and counting.

Insurance will pay some of those costs, and it is still unclear how much of the difference federal emergency funds will cover.

These early estimates have been given to the federal government, presi-dent Edward T. Foote II said.

David Lieberman, senior vice president, said the university does not intend to raise tuition because of the storm.

Most repairs will be completed by the end of the month.

The Coral Gables campus had 800 windows blown out, 35 roofs damaged and 1,000 trees lost. Some on-campus apartment buildings lost their roofs completely, but the hardest hit of all UM buildings was the Ponce Building at the corner of San Amaro Drive and

Ponce de Leon Boulevard.“The building’s going to have to

be completely rebuilt on the inside,” said Victor Atherton, assistant vice president for facilities administration. “Everything got soaking wet. We went over there first thing in the morning af-ter the storm. There was a photocopier out in the street.”

Dean Bruce Rosendahl of the Rosentiel School of Marine and At-mospheric Science said the campus suffered $3.7 million to $4 million of physical damages. Time lost in writing research grant proposals could cost the school an additional $1 million in grant money- not covered by insurance.

South Campus, located near Metro Zoo, was also damaged.

“They’re going to need some roof-ing repairs. Building A lost all its win-dows as far as I could tell,” Atherton said.

Alletta Bowers wrote for The Miami Hurricane in 1992. Annette Gallagher graduated from UM in 1994 and lives in Coral Springs. She is currently an editor for Welcome to Miami and The Beaches Magazine.

BY ALLETTA BOWERSAND ANNETTE GALLAGHER SEPTEMBER 6, 1991

19 negroes were filling out applica-tions to the university summer and fall sessions yesterday afternoon under a move by the board of trustees that opened the doors to all qualified students “re-gardless of race, color or creed.”

UM officials said that their applica-tions will be processed exactly the same as anyone else’s, and a decision will be reached at its normal time.

They explained that the 19 applica-tion blanks which were given to negroes have not been returned yet.

At its annual meeting, the board, in defining its policy for the first offi-cial time, unanimously voted to accept negro students “in line with accepted educational practice.” The action was taken too late for negroes to enter this semester.

The policy was announced after the Undergraduate Student Government ta-

bled a proposal for a student-faculty ref-erendum on desegregation until it could get an expression of the official policy. USG has since dropped the referendum move.

“Racial admissions policy merely was never defined, but we’ve never re-ally been prepared to take negro stu-dents,” President Jay F. W. Pearson said. “If we dramatize these steps then every-one waits with bated breath to see how we will act. We should take these steps smoothly.”

Pearson explained that the UM stu-dents are from all parts of the country and are used to change.

“The people here are ready for change and can accept change,” he said. “I have no reason to expect a single inci-dent from the student body.”

UM professors applauded the Trust-ees. An approval of the action in open-ing the university to any qualified stu-dent was voted by the UM Chapter of

the American Association of University Professors. The decision by the board of trustees was adopted unanimously.

The UM Chapter of the American As-sociation of University Professors wishes to commend the board of trustees for its decision to “admit any qualified student regardless of race, creed or color.”

“We feel that such a stand is im-portant to the full development of our university and, particularly, to our sta-tus as an inter-American institution,” they wrote. “We offer full support in the implementation and execution of this policy, believing it to be consonant with basic American principles and ideals. We congratulate the university administra-tion on this step forward and trust that it will lead to others of mutual benefit to the institution and to the community it serves.”

In 1961 The Miami Hurricane did not publish writers’ names.

19 negroes to apply for UM admissionFEBRUARY 10, 1961

QUICK FACTS

On January 31, 1961, the board of trustees voted to admit qualifi ed students without regard to race or color beginning in the summer of that year. There is no indication as to how many were admitted that year other than “The number of students was small.”

The fi rst integrated class at the university began on February 10, 1958 with 3 white students and 2 black students. The course was Education 594– “Leadership Seminar for Newly Appointed Principals” and was off ered to teachers in Dade county.

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The Rathskeller is going to open- two months and 14 days late.

The Charles H. Gautier Hall- the Uni-versity Rathskeller has been on a rocky road ever since its fight for existence began three-and-a-half years ago.

The cause of the delay is a bar.“The building originally had only one

bar,” Rathskeller manager Joe Pineda said. “It was on the first f loor. In order to get the drinks to the second floor, we would have used a dumb-waiter. But this process could become quite slow if there is a large crowd in the building. So, in order to become as efficient as possible, we revised the plans to include a second floor bar. It’s better to have the delay than having someone come in and dislike the service and never return.”

The 8,500 square foot structure, which costs $444,000 is located in the west park-ing lot of Whitten Student Union.

Considered the only University Raths-keller which is housed in a building for that particular purpose, arguments surround-ing the beer hall include battles in the Coral Gables City Commission, financing and what the common name of the building should be.

Manager Pineda said call it the Univer-sity Rathskeller. Dr. Henry King Stanford said call it the Rathskeller Gautier Hall.

The major opposition to the hall came from UM neighbors who feared giving a beer hall to young people.

One woman, identifying herself only as a Christian, said, “that it will only in-crease the number of tipsy drivers leaving the UM on neighboring streets.”

Another Gables resident said, “I’m op-posed to giving liquor to young people.”

Gables commissioner Rebyl Zain questioned the wisdom of giving over 400 students “a large place to gather with the added advantage of this soothing bever-age.”

“We don’t know what may happen after 10 or 12 beers,” Zain said. “Students are on campus to get an education. Their business is not to frolic, but to get ready to go out into the world. There is already the Student Union that students can use to fraternize ... and if a student had a bad day? He could stop on his way to class and have a few beers and maybe not even go to classes,” she said.

Stanford is very enthusiastic about the Rathskeller.

“I plan to go there myself and talk with faculty and students,” he said. “I don’t think it will divert students from studying. It will be an important social structure on campus.”

Vice President for Student Affairs Wil-liam Butler said the Rathskeller will not

be just another beer hall but an expansion of the Student Union operations designed for those who don’t drink, as well as those who do. Controversy also exists over the law school getting their own private room within the Rathskeller.

“Why does the law school get a room? I thought that this was a student paid for – student run operation. It doesn’t sound right,” one student said.

The law school bought the room for $33,000.

Tom Rebel, chairman of the Rathskel-ler Advisory Board said, it will be an in-formal meeting place for law students and faculty to meet and exchange ideas.

“We let them have it for two reasons. One: Dr. Frederick Lewis, dean of the law school, thinks it will be good for the educa-tional process. Two: We needed the mon-ey. In addition to the $33,000 that the law school is paying, each law student will have to buy a membership card,” Rebel said.

William Sheeder, director of student activities, said not all of that $33,000 went to the law school room. Some of that money

went to pay for the rest of the building.The Rathskeller will be the second es-

tablishment in Dade County to have wine on tap. But besides beer and wine, there will be soft drinks, hot and cold sandwich-es, coffee and pizza. However, the pizza and sandwiches may not be offered all of the time.

“Our one drawback is our small kitch-en,” Pineda said. “We have plans for an addition but until then, the kitchen might have to be closed down on nights when large crowds are expected. Beverages will, for the most part, be cheaper than surround-ing establishments. We have to be cheaper, since we’re non-profit. Our theory is qual-ity at the lowest price possible.”

Upon entering the Rathskeller, all per-sons will be stamped with an ultraviolet stamp to designate persons over 21. Under-age drinkers will be subject to arrest by UM security officers and may be found guilty of a misdemeanor. They could face 60 days in jail and fined up to $500.

Pineda warns those persons under 21 not to ruin it for the rest of the people who

use the Rathskeller.“I’m sure that the beverage commis-

sion will constantly have their eye on us. One slip-up and they could close us down for good,” he said. “The University Raths-keller, which will be open year round, will be a showcase for student talent. It will give them a chance to get public exposure.”

Managers of neighboring beer halls and coffee houses have contradicting views as to how the University’s beer hall/coffee house will hurt them.

“It could go either way,” said Pat Pat-terson of the Varsity Inn. “But I think it will help. I don’t think people are always going to want to stay on the UM campus. I think they’re going to want to travel. Anyhow, we don’t do most of our business from the Uni-versity.”

Mike Sachs of Pappy’s Pizza Parlor said, “Sure it’s going to hurt, it’s going to hurt everyone in the area, but what can we do about it?”

Herb Greenberg wrote for The Miami Hurri-cane in 1972.

Long sought Rathskeller to open ... lateBY HERB GREENBERGSEPTEMBER 15, 1972


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UP!speak

What do you think will happen when the clock strikes midnight on New

Year’s [2000]?

JANE CLANDORFSophomore

“Y2K will get us all.”

MEHDI FATHI Sophomore

“Dick Clark will get shot.”

RENATA SCHWEDHELM Junior

“Life will go on as we know it.”

SARAH HALEGraduate Student

“I think everyone will be disappointed when we

are still standing.”Speak Up answers are edited for

clarity, brevity and accuracy.

compiled by

Russel Wojtusiak

Russel Wojtusiak graduated from

UM in 2002 and lives in Orange,

Calif. He is currently an MFA can-

didate for screen writing at Chap-

man University.

I was a junior in high school when the first space shuttle, the Columbia, went up in April 1981.

“Oh, my God.”That was the reaction of most of us to the

news Tuesday that Challenger, the second of the four space shuttles in the NASA program, had exploded in midair, 74 seconds and 10 miles into what would have been its tenth mission into space.

A sense of disbelief followed.They’re always so careful. How could

something like that happen?We’ve been accustomed to NASA’s flaw-

less missions and incredible advances for so long now that we had forgotten that the road to space exploration was paved with setbacks and disasters, with sacrifice and risk. Those of us of college age, particularly, rarely are able to recall anything but the space program’s triumphs.

After all, when our society wishes to review the success story of our advances into space, we choose to only remember what went right. We are given the impression that a success story is, well, a succession of successes. It’s no use being hung up on old failures, right?

Hardly.

As a nation, we have only been in space for 25 years. We are on the brink of a new era in the history of the human species. It is understandable, then, that we are awed by it all.

And we are proud of our achievements; we have every right to be.

Each space shuttle, needless to say, is more than a costly heap of metal and electron-ics, with humans tagging along, that we send up to make our lives on this planet better.

The shuttles, as does the rest of the space program, represent our ambitions to literally go beyond our limits, to not be held back by physical or mental constraints, to overcome our most tenacious obstacles, to be true to the nature of our race. Part of us goes up with each of the program’s human participants on all shuttle f lights.

But we must never allow ourselves to get the feeling that we have conquered our world, that we are its rulers. For, as this latest trag-edy poignantly reminds us, we are far more fragile than the condition in which we live.

In the words of novelist Ann Beattie: “[The Challenger tragedy] calls attention to the fact there’s a great big world out there. Imagination pales in comparison with the real stuff.”

The ancient Greeks knew well the de-

struction wrought by the human frailty they called hybris, a word which for them denoted misplaced arrogance resulting from exces-sive pride. A human guilty of hybris in the end cannot hope to escape the fearful conse-quences, the Greek tragedians consistently warned. But the people of the Aegean also knew, better than anyone else of their time, the greatness to which humans can aspire.

It is a delicate balance. In the future, we will proceed further and further, as we must, into realms we have yet to explore- but while we do so, we should not dare to forget, or simply leave behind as an incon-venience, the road to our present. It is only then that we have a sense of perspective.

It is only then that we will be able to make some sense of our world. For those who do understand the past, the lesson of Tuesday is this: In the final analysis, tri-umph will not come without tragedy.

“In the long run, this shows us that the best things in life aren’t free,” said Daniel J. Boorstin, a noted historian and the present librarian of Congress, ref lecting on the ill-fated Challenger mission.

Ahmed Shoreibah graduated from UM in 1986 and lives in Lakeland, Fla. He is a doctor at the Watson Clinic.

BY AHMED SHOREIBAHJANUARY 31, 1986

Wreck hurts, shows frailty

RONY ABOVITZ // The Miami Hurricane Archives

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During the past few days, one nation after an-other has taken sides in the fighting. Now there are more nations at war than were

fighting in World War No. 1. Oceans and conti-nents that were relatively peaceful in the first war are now the scenes of naval and land battles. The way I look at it, this war is going to be more decisive in determining the course of civilization than any war that has been fought in many, many centuries.

Isolation is dead- not merely for the duration of the war- but as a foreign policy and as a subject for debating. The logic of events has demonstrated that America cannot live unto itself and allow dis-tress and anarchy to exist in the rest of the world. We have learned that unless we are willing to be our “brother’s keeper,” then sooner or later death and destruction will come to us. If it was wise for

men as individuals to band together and create a police force to preserve life and property, then it is just as logical and wise for nations to band to-gether for protection. Men had to give up certain ‘rights’ in order to set up a police system but the protection they got was worth more than the rights they gave up. Nations in order to gain secu-rity, will have to give up some of their “sovereign rights”- but nations will also gain in the long run.

This war will not be determined finally for ten to twenty years- although πthe fighting may end much sooner. For as President Roosevelt said, we must win the war and we must win the peace. After World War No 1, the American public (not merely a few isolationist leaders) re-fused to work actively for a world peace. After the war is over, America will have another chance to use our influence in creating a better world.

You and I are the Citizens of Tomor-row. That statement is trite but it is also true.

The blood, the votes and other forms of influ-ence of the younger generations will in the next ten or twenty years determine largely whether we win, not only the war, but also the peace.

The United States is planning to spend 150 billion dollars to win the war. How much are we willing to spend to win the peace? If in creat-ing a new world it hurts our pocketbooks, will we refuse to cooperate? After spending billions in World War No. 1, America turned around and led the world in a tariff-raising contest that helped set the stage for World War No. 2.

The job of winning the war and the peace will be long and hard and painful. But times of crisis and dispute are also times of opportunity. If we have the courage to use our knowledge, we can create a better world.

Hardin V. Stuart graduated from UM in 1943 with a degree in business. He is since deceased.

BY HARDIN V. STUARTDECEMBER 18, 1941

War and peace: the way I look at it

BRANNER // The Miami Hurricane Archives

... this war is going to be more decisive in determining the course of civilization than any war that has been fought in many, many centuries.

“”- Hardin V. Stuart

Class of 1943

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There is a great deal of talk about and action on the forthcoming Moratori-um. It is the opinion of this columnist

that for the students to give up a day of classes is nothing in the line of sacrifice. If we are to convince Nixon, the admin-istration, our parents and the world that we are genuinely concerned, we are going to have to go beyond staying away from classes.

I suggest, and apparently after speak-ing to the other members of the Commit-tee, one of which related this idea to na-tional headquarters, found that they were already considering adoption of it into the program. It is my opinion and sug-gestion that students should be willing to go without eating during the days of the strike. That would simply mean that Oct. 15 would be a day of fasting. Nov. 15 and 16 would likewise be days of fast, the third month would bring another day. So long as the war continues each month we would fast another day.

I think that this would help to con-vince those in authority that we are con-cerned and that we will not readily settle

for more tokenism in place of a genuine effort to bring this war to a close. If it turns out that we are dealing with week-end hippies or Wednesday peaceniks, then this step will make it apparent. But if people are sincere in their love of peace, Nixon could not long ignore a few million Americans demonstrating such concern. So I am asking you one and all professors, students, administrators, workers, to fast during these days of protest. Pinch up your belts and give a damn.

Realizing the apparent need to end this war now we must not lose sight of what America has stood for. What is this America everyone is so concerned about saying? What is this country, this land of the free?

Looking back, we find that what made us great was the land that we have all but managed to defoliage, all but de-stroy. We have managed in a few hundred years to so pollute the air and water that allowed us to be free that we might have already passed the point of no return.

We have fallen under the myth that G.M., AT&T, Ford, DuPont Dow can cre-ate new air for our lungs to breathe, fresh water to quench our thirst, green leaves to

produce oxygen.We have fallen as a result of our

greed, and we deserve everything that na-ture has planned for us. We were a land so rich that as hard as we tried we had no al-ternative but to make it big. We have tak-en more from the land and given less back than any society that has ever existed.

We have managed to expand and with this expansion managed to consume our natural resources at such a prolific rate that we have managed to damn nature in more ways than any previous society. If we do not awaken some day soon and see a new America, it will be useless to bring the boys back for they will have little to return to.

If we do not awaken soon we will find that with the dawn comes the fall. In 1810 one out of every three birds in this country was a passenger pigeon. By 1910 the only one left was in the Cincin-nati Zoo. A few years later he was in the Smithsonian.

In 1860 there were 60,000,000 buf-falo; by the turn of the century there was but one small herd, no fault of man that there were any. We have managed to use more iron, make more steel, destroy

more of nature’s wonders than any soci-ety that the world has ever known.

America, the Land of the Free, the land where at one time there were three million acres of redwoods- today there are less than 300,000. Before the Civil War, Americans managed to destroy millions of acres of farm land because they felt that there were no limits to the land.

This same myth still haunts many, and we still desecrate this earth beneath our cement, this America. As Lady Bird dedicated the dam on the Glenn Canyon as part of the American Beautif ication Project, American conservation took a look at itself and realized that conser-vation was not sufficient, that it often meant the maximum we could extract from the land.

In its place we turned and found a new cause; preservation, that ideal of saving part of the land for its virgin worth, unused and, if lucky, unwanted by man, the consumer. Peace, let us end this war on man and nature.

Rocky Walters graduated from UM in 1969, with a degree in psychology.

BY ROCKY WALTERSOCTOBER 7, 1969

Fasting on the 15th would achieve moratorium’s goal

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While you and I were entertaining our-selves and engaging in pleasurable pursuits during the recent vacation, our

President, Richard M. Nixon, was decimating Vietnam, destroying the constitution, under-mining our Democratic system and just gener-ally bludgeoning his way into history books with a form of terrorism not usually associated with a leader of the United States.

Nixon unleashed 40,000 tons of bombs on North Vietnam during the period beginning with Dec. 18 and concluding with the beginning of the new year. This is comparable in magni-tude to the famous bombing raids of World War II, which devastated Dresden, Hamburg, Lon-don and Coventry. It is probable that 1,310 North Vietnamese were killed and a total of 1,261 were casualties of our raids upon “militarily signifi-cant targets.” Those statistics are from people defending their homeland from indiscriminate United States Air Force B-52 bombers, so there are probably some American patriots, who would question their validity.

Our defense of the freedoms of the South Vietnamese from their North Vietnamese brethren also caused us to lose 98 more young men, not to mention 28 United States Air Force planes. Although Pentagon spokesmen refuse to divulge many details about the raids for fear

of jeopardizing the peace talks (I wonder if the North Vietnamese do not have access to the ex-act amounts and degree of destruction that will makes them more amenable to our guidelines for territorial settlement in their country.)

Richard Nixon has finally condescended and informed congressional leaders and by in-ference the American people, that the reason for his majestic decisions to unleash merciless dev-astation upon the urban areas of North Vietnam was because the “North Vietnamese were stall-ing at the peace talks. President Nixon certainly did not hesitate to evacuate either his constitu-tional responsibility to consult Congress before his despicable inhuman activity nor did he fail continuously to ignore his responsibility to our democratic system by informing the American people why suddenly “stalling” has become some unusual phenomenon.

The Vietnamese have been engaging in that activity ever since 1945, when Ho Chi Minh discovered that Vietnamese would not have sole control over Vietnam. The archaic concept of protecting 17 million Vietnamese in South Vietnam from communism and fending off the “Red Menace” from our allies has become not only meaningless but absurd.

Our two closest allies to Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia, have not only elected socialist governments, desiring to establish dip-lomatic relations with Communist China, but

have also withdrawn all military support from our morally bankrupt venture in Vietnam.

The new government of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in Australia actually sent a note of censure to the president for his bombing in Vietnam and our ocean vessels servicing Viet-nam are not permitted into Australian harbors at the present moment. So much for our allies fearing the communists. Our European allies have been only noticeable for their silence dur-ing our recent bombing jaunts but this is not because the governments have not been goaded to protest. The London Times said it was “the most pulverizing saturation bombing” and “not the conduct of a man, who wants peace.”

L’Express, France’s largest weekly said viciously, “Nixon is no longer, and will never again be, a respectable man. That is, if he ever was one.” The outrage was truly universal. Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden, compared the bombing raids to the activities of Hitler. Nixon’s response was to inform the Swedish government that they need not bother sending any diplomatic representative to this country in the foreseeable future.

This does not differ from his attitude to-ward the American people as recently, through a representative, Charles Whitehead, he proposed legislation advocating censorship of television news. This translates into the following: there should be far less criticism of Nixon. This, is in

addition to the continuing harassment and jail-ing of newsmen, scholars and intellectuals, who have the temerity to question the policies and di-rections of this administration. For a democracy to function, there must be a free press and there must be certain information from the govern-ment, even if it only concerns motivations.

Also, there must be some adherence to the constitutional imperative of consulting with Congress prior to jeopardizing the people of this country, even though for the majority it is a psychological and metaphysical jeopardy, with the relentless human destruction of war. George McGovern said of Nixon’s recent bombing “that it was the cruelest and most insane act of a long and foolish war, and that he carried it out without a trace of constitutional authority and without so much as a glance toward Capitol Hill.” The qualities of evil, its arbitrariness, its randomness and its capriciousness afflict and affect us all, not only the dead Vietnamese and Americans. This is memorably depicted in the new film, Deliverance. In Deliverance evil was symbolized by demoniac mountain men; gleaming silver jets are a sleeker version of human indifference, evil, which haunts and stalks us all in the form of crime and our inability to trust and assist one another. So let us entertain ourselves.

Richard McAloon wrote for The Miami Hur-ricane in 1973.

Entertain yourselves while Nixon destroys systemBY RICHARD MCALOONJANUARY 9, 1973

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A speech by Dr. B. F. Ashe Monday morning marked the opening of a new WIOD studio in room 284 of the univer-sity. Dr. Ashe stated that universities are beginning to realize the growing impor-tance of radio in the educational service which it is possible to give a community, and the programs to be presented have been made possible though the generosity and cooperation of radio station WIOD.

Every member of the university facul-ty will be in the program during the year, and student activities will be broadcast by the students. The program will include, as a rule, short talks followed by musi-cal numbers. Bertha Foster, dean of the School of Music, has arranged a series of musical programs including vocal solos, duets, trios and quartets, as well as cho-rus numbers, chamber music with trios, string quartets, horn quartets, piano, vio-lin and cello solos and acts from operas will be given.

Among the speakers will be Dr. Or-ton Lowe, who will speak on English and foreign literature and give readings from different poets. Dr. Belaunde will speak in both English and Spanish on subjects dealing with Cen-tral and South America. Dr. Gilbert, Dr. Sieplein and E. Morton Miller will talk at various times on soils, plants and other subjects relating to South Florida.

Mr. Franklin Harris will have charge of the de-partment created to care for the radio programs. The University of Miami is one of the first univer-sities in the United States to broadcast a daily radio education program. Gil-bert Bramaghin will an-nounce all programs.

In 1930 The Miami Hurricane did not pub-lish writers’ names.

Dr. Ashe opens

new WIOD studioNOVEMBER 26, 1930

WVUM, also known as FM 90, is the university’s non-commercial radio station operated by UM stu-dents. Located on the FM dial at 90.5, WVUM’s format is designed to appeal to the diverse range of listen-ing tastes at the university. The sta-tion, which at present has a broad-casting range of 10 watts, is within easy reach of all on-campus and fra-ternity row residents, and can also be heard by the surrounding com-munity.

Operating throughout the school year, WVUM’s executive board has set up a programming schedule that

is certain to have something for ev-eryone. The wide variety of music is de-

livered by WVUM disc jockeys who try hard to make their programming both interesting and pleasing. The music shows are highlighted hourly with news, weather

and sports. In addition to progressive and popular and album-oriented rock, jazz and oldies shows have been arranged.

To assist students in listening to their favorite mu-sic, a WVUM weekly program guide will be printed in the Hurricane. Besides the music format, a listing of the names of the Albums of the Week, special mini-con-certs, contest and other special events will be included. Of course, everyone is encouraged to take advantage of the Request Line, 284-5786.

FM 90 is not only music, though. As always, WVUM becomes the Voice of Cani Gras and broad-casts live from the site of the festivities. WVUM will also be rooting for our top-ranked UM baseball team, as inning by inning action is covered live. Also, WVUM hopes that students don’t make any plans for the day until they hear the daily astrology feature.

General manager Milton Fisher and station man-ager Judie Tumaroff encourage students to contact the station with suggestions or comments.


At 90.5, WVUM is back: all of the hits, all of the time

JANUARY 19, 1979

COURTESY WVUM ARCHIVES

HEY MR. DJ: UM’s radio station facilities in the 1970s. The station, now WVUM, was refurbished by IKEA in 2008.

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Annual Homecoming, the first ever to be attempted by the University of Mi-ami, will take place when the Seeders of Erskine College meet the Hurricanes Fri-day night, Nov. 27.

Elaborate plans are being drawn up in an effort to make the first home-coming in the short but event-ful history of the young u n i v e r s i t y a thorough success, and one of the out-standing events of the entire school year. Invitations are being sent to graduates by fraternities and the student association to insure a 100 percent alumni response.

The focal point of numerous attrac-tions, beginning several days previous and extending through the Thanksgiving weekend, will be the game between Mi-ami and Erskine College on Friday night, where it is expected that a large percent-age of the graduates turned out by the lo-cal institution will be present to cheer Coach McCann’s fighting Hurricanes in their battle with the South Caro-linians.

Beginning a series of entertain-ment of varied nature is a reception to be given on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3:30 p.m. at the university patio by the university woman’s association. Preceding the three-day holiday on Wednesday is the tentative time for open house at the Phi Al-pha frater-nity home on Hardee Road.

T hu r sd ay will be the scene of an open house reception at the Delta Sigma Kappa residence on Ponce de Leon Blvd., while Friday’s events will be topped off by one of the season’s largest dances, the Alumni Dance, which will be held at the Shrine Temple on Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami. Another tentative arrangement is the proposed Pi Delta Sigma tea dance to be held on Saturday afternoon. It is expected that the University of Miami Athletic Association will also be the sponsor of a social

function to celebrate the occasion.Another precedent to be newly in-

augurated is a freshman-sophomore rush between the halves of the Miami-Erskine fracas. Committees working on this project hope to make it an annual affair, supplanting the tug-of-war between the classes previously held. Ed Paxton, the

chairman of the committee, is being assist-ed by George Harvey, Tom Grainey, Steve K i t e - Po we l l , Doggie Par-sons and Earl Howard.

The committee in charge of the many social functions being arranged is com-posed of Wade Stiles, Ed Wright, Wayne Remley and Harry Meigs.


First Miami HomecomingNOVEMBER 13, 1931

Elaborate plans are being drawn up in an effort to make the first home-coming in the short but eventful his-tory of the young university a thorough success, and one of the outstanding events of the entire school year. ”

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The Miami Hurricane Arcives

WE’VE GOT SPIRIT: UM Majorettes were members of the march-ing band who

twirled batons to entertain fans at sporting events. Today the role of Majorettes has been replaced by Hurricanettes.

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Rumor had it that the lines to see Andy Warhol stretched to U.S. 1. People pushed and shoved to get a glimpse of ‘the master of modern art.’ The Lowe was hosting the world premiere of Warhol’s “Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century” and the public was invited. Inside the Lowe, Andy Warhol patiently sat autographing everything from Campbell’s soup cans to post-ers to books. Someone even brought the hood of their Volkswagen in hopes of having the only yellow bug with the Warhol signature. Warhol was so cordial, he even autographed a girl’s tank top (she was wearing it at the time). The Andy Warhol craze had set in.

“Please can you sign this ‘To Jean, From Andy Warhol’,” an ecstatic young woman said.

“To Jean, J-E-A-N,” repeated her hus-band.

“Oh, thank you, I’m going to frame this!” Jean said in gratitude. And the lines seemed endless.

“Back it up, please, Mr. Warhol will get to everybody. Back it up, everybody!” the Lowe security yelled.

The 52-year-old genius didn’t seem an-noyed at his multitude of fans. In his straight-legged jeans, pastel pink shirt, black coat, striped tie and cowboy boots, he looked as passive as a man alone on an island. What did the crows come to see- the ten portraits or the man him-self? Did they expect the eccentric white-haired artist right out of Studio 54? Or were these Mi-ami residents true pop art fans? While finishing the last of his autographs, Warhol answered a few questions for the Hurricane.

Lourdes Moller: How did you get the idea for the 10 portraits?

Andy Warhol: Actually, it was Ron Feld-dman’s idea. (Ron Feldman, his personal friend, stood beside Warhol telling him what names to dedicate his autographs to.)

L.M.: Are you presently working on an-other project?

A.W.: Well, yeah, we’re working on a movie called “Trashier.” It’s an update of our old movie called “Trash.”

L.M.: Which movie star have you pre-ferred photographing?

A.W.: Uh, my favorite is actually Farrah Fawcett.

L.M.: What did you think of the opening at the Lowe?

A.W.: Well, this is the biggest opening I’ve ever gone to. The rooms [at the Lowe] are so beautiful.

L.M.: I read somewhere this series was going to Paris.

A.W.: It might, I guess it will go to Paris. It’s on tour. But, I don’t know, we go to so many different cities, they never tell me where we go next. Have you ever been to Paris?

L.M.: Not yet. I plan to this summer.A.W.: It’s great.L.M.: I can imagine. Do you like living

in New York?A.W.: Oh yeah, I love living in New

York… but I wished I’d been to school here. This would have been the best place for me.

L.M.: The University of Miami?A.W.: Yeah, well we came down and gave

a lecture here in the 60s, and I’ve liked it since then.

L.M.: What do you think the future of pop art will be?

A.W.: Well, I think pop art was finished a long time ago.

L.M.: What do you call what you are do-ing now?

A.W.: Ah, just keeping busy.L.M.: Pretty productive for just keeping

busy. What gave you the idea for the supermar-ket series… the Brillo Pad, etc.?

A.W.: Well, they were things I used every-day. So, it wasn’t anything imaginative. It was something I knew well.

L.M.: And I suppose you’re very tired of doing interviews and signing autographs.

A.W.: Well, I’m never tired of doing inter-views. I just never have interesting things to say like, uh, some people do.

Warhol’s art is interesting enough and this ‘man of few words’ dispelled all my precon-ceived notions of his being a rudely eccentric man. Warhol seems to be a quiet and modest artist. And nice enough to give an aspiring jour-nalist a break.

‘Andy Warhol,’ the man, is a contradic-tion. In person, he expressed himself like a timid high school boy. Yet, in his book, Andy Warhol’s Exposures, he can’t seem to hold back from ‘exposing’ every thought and piece of gos-sip he can remember about the jet set crowd he photographs. In person, Warhol looks like a Norman Rockwell painting. In Exposures, he’s the social butterfly. Warhol says he has a “social disease.” He chit-chats in Yves Saint Laurent’s Paris garden. A routine night included catching a cocktail party, going to a couple of dinners, stopping off at Le Club, Regine’s or Xenon’s, and ending up at Studio 54. Bet he never has problems with Steve Rubell.

He loves openings. “I will go to the open-ing of anything, including a toilet seat,” Warhol once said. Warhol captures glamorous people doing glamorous things. Who else could cap-ture Dianne Von Fustenberg, the Marques de Partago and Bianca Jagger in one snapshop? The name dropping could go on and on. Andy Warhol, the artist, is exceedingly versatile. He can be as simple as Heinz ketchup or as digni-fied as Golda Mier. Some of his photographs are ‘scandalous,’ some funny, some strange. But all of them are fun.

And maybe that is what Miami residents came to see… the artist who takes his work so seriously, yet chooses such light subject matters as Liza Minnelli fresh from a shower.

Lourdes Moller graduated from UM in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts. She was the entertainment editor for The Miami Hurricane in 1980.

BY LOURDES MOLLERSEPTEMBER 9, 1980

Andy Warhol, artist and socialite

WARHOL MANIA: Students enjoy the portraits of 20th Century Jews at the Warhol premiere sponsored by Beth David, Barbara Gillman and the Lowe Art Museum.

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Miami’s 31-30 victory over Nebraska for College Football’s National Champi-onship was not a matter of life and death. It was something much more important.

Coach Howard Schnellenberger used the golden anniversary of the Orange Bowl Classic to deliver his promise of a National Championship and rob most of the 72,549 fans of their voices.

In exchange, he gave them pride, unity, guts and perseverance. In the pro-cess, a new dynasty in college football was born.

Befittingly, the dynasty was born of a baptism of fire under the most severe test possible.

The Hurricanes took the early lead, shaking up the Cornhuskers with the passing of Bernie Kosar. Before the night was over, he would throw for an Orange Bowl Classic record 300 yards.

The catching of wide receivers Ed-die Brown and Stanley Shakespeare and tight end Glenn Dennison and the run-ning backs Albert Bentley, Alonzo High-smith and Keith Griffin gave Miami the balance it needed.

But the real story was on defense, where the most awesome offensive jug-gernaut in the history of college football went eyeball to eyeball with the Hurri-cane defense.

There was a little matter to settle. Heisman Trophy-winning running back Mike Rozier had belittled them in the press. All-American wide receiver Irving Fryar had even claimed not to know who UM’s backs were.

Meet Reggie Sutton Irving. He’s only a freshman, but oh my! He’s beauti-ful. You can call him your shadow. Meet Rodney Bellinger. Unlike his namesake Rodney Dangerfield, he demands and gets respect.

Oh yeah, meet Jack Fernandez too. Jack’s only a reserve. That’s why he made only a game-high 15 tackles and picked off quarterback Turner Gill to kill a drive.

In the end (of course, everyone knew it would) it came down to offense vs. de-

fense.Your Honor, here is the case for the

defense:There was 1:58 to play and the Hur-

ricanes led the nation’s only unbeaten team 31-24 with the highest possible stakes on the line.

The frenzied Cornhusker fans stood in their Orange Bowl enclave– a sea of red urging Gill and Co. to do their mag-ic. It was past midnight and high time to end Miami’s Cinderella story.

Miami fans took up a chant, call-ing for the defense to do its job one more time.

On the Miami line of scrimmage, 11 Hurricanes strapped on their helmets, tightened their chinstraps and went to war. The kill zone was everywhere.

It was strength against strength, and the strategy was obvious: “If it’s wearing red and moving, hit it.”

On fourth down and 8 at the Miami 24-yard line, Hurricane fans implored the defense to “please, please stop them.” Gill called a time out. Walking back to the huddle, he showed that cocky walk familiar to Nebraska fans.

Unbelievably, Nebraska scored with 48 seconds left and was one point short of a tie. A two-point conversion would have given them a lead, forcing Miami, still with two time outs left to go the length of the field to win.

As their fans had been shouting all night, Coach Tom Osbourne made the decision: “Go Big Red.”

Safety Kenny Calhoun tipped the pass intended for running back Jeff Smith. Oh-h-h my-y-y! We are national champions.

Again, the defense turned the Ne-braska’s “Go Big Red” chant to “Die Big Red.”

Suddenly, the Cornhuskers became the cornf lakes and the Big Red Machine was just another clunker.

Your honor, the defense rests.

Jean Claude de la France wrote for The Mi-ami Hurricane in 1984. He wrote for The Miami Herald, The Miami News, The Milwaukee Journal, and The Orlando Sentinel. He passed away in 1990.

UM dynasty is bornBY JEAN CLAUDE DE LA FRANCEJANUARY 6, 1984

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SWEET VICTORY: Darryl Oliver (above) joins in the celebration aft er the game.

DEDICATION: (Right) Some fans went all out to show their support for the Hurricanes.

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SPORTS 21The total national

championship titles won by

Hurricane teams58The NCAA record for

most consecutive home wins held by Hurricanes football from 1985 -1994

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For the third time in as many months, the University of Miami baseball team has a new head coach. Jim Morris was named the Hurri-canes eighth baseball coach Thurs-day in an afternoon press conference at the Hecht Athletic Center.

Morris left his 12-year coach-ing stint at Georgia Tech University behind him when he was offered the job by Miami Athletic Director Paul Dee Wednesday morning.

“We at the University of Miami are proud of the fact that we have conducted a search and were able to attract the talent of people from around the country that we’re able to attract,” Dee said. “There wasn’t a coach that we had any interest in that wasn’t tremendously interested

in this job. This is truly one of the great intercollegiate coaching jobs.”

Morris was among two finalists for the job. Long Beach State Univer-sity Coach Dave Snow was also be-ing considered. The Miami Hurricane reported Snow would receive the job in its Oct. 19 issue.

“It’s been a relief to have a head coach already,” said infielder Luis “Whico” Hernandez. “It has been a long eight weeks. Coach (Turtle) Thomas has done an excellent job. We’re just all eager to have a coach and ready to get out on the field Tuesday.”

Thomas, the Hurricanes inter-im coach, will remain a part of Mor-ris’ staff. The position opened when Brad Kelley resigned on Sept. 3. Kel-ley, a longtime UM assistant under Ron Fraser, took the job last season when Fraser retired after 30 seasons

at Miami. He led the Hurricanes to a 33-22 mark, but the team was elimi-nated after two games at the NCAA South 1 regionals last June. Morris, meanwhile, guided the Yellow Jack-ets to a 47-14 record last season and earned the top seed at the NCAA Atlantic Regional.

“I know we’re starting prac-tice Tuesday and I can’t wait to get started,” said Morris, who arrived in Miami Thursday. “I don’t know ex-actly where we’re practicing at, but I’m very excited about starting and seeing this club and getting ready for next season.”

Jason Molinet graduated from UM in 1996 with a BA in history. He was the sports editor for The Hurricane in 1993. He has spent 11 years covering sports for New York Newsday as a multimedia journalist.

Morris takes over as baseball coach

Pasadena, Calif.– Nebraska players looked at the tape and couldn’t understand the hype.

Miami’s defense entered the Rose Bowl ranked 40th in the nation in stopping the run, and would appear to be vulnerable against the Huskers’ No. 1 rushing offense.

But in Miami’s 37-14 victory, the Canes held the Huskers to 197 rushing yards, well below their season average of 314.7. Tailback Dahrran Diedrick, the Big 12’s leading rush, had 47 yards on 15 carries, and Thunder Col-lins had only 10 yards on six carries.

The Miami defense did especially well against Nebraska quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch. Crouch could not muster anything, in the air (5-of-15 for 62 yards), and was equally unable to run Nebras-ka’s option-oriented offense effectively.

Crouch did gain 114 yards on 22 carries, but most of that came on a few long runs. More importantly, he was held without a touchdown for the first time this season.

“[Defense coordinator Randy Shannon] established a game plan where we attacked Crouch early,” defensive tackle Matt Walters said. “We wanted to dictate the game early and we did.”

Miami’s run defense had been some-what maligned after allowing 167 yards on the ground in its 26-24 win at Virginia Tech.

When the Hokies used the option formation in that game, they did so with success.

But against Nebraska, Miami was more than ready from the outset, picking up 10 of its 13 tackles for losses in the first half. Once the Huskers’ option was derailed, the Hurricanes– who led the nation with 45 takeaways during the regular season– picked up where they left off, forcing a fumble and an interception.

Both turnovers resulted in touchdowns, culminating in James Lewis’ 47-yard inter-ception return– UM’s national-best 11th non-offensive touchdown of the season.

“They tried to get us on the play action but we knew it was coming,” Lewis said. “The front seven allowed me to not focus on the run and stopping it myself.”

The Huskers appeared to be demoralized by the interception. They couldn’t sustain a long or successful drive, punting or turning the ball over on downs on their last three possessions before halftime. For the first time this season Nebraska was held scoreless in the first half.

“It’s demoralizing to a team when you turn the ball over,” Walters said. “When on defense, you like to be on the sideline to get a break, but then your offense turns it over and you have to get back over there when you’re still tired.”

Miami coach Larry Coker said: “That was a decisive blow in the game. Nebraska isn’t the type of team whose strength is to come back.”

The Huskers did try and come back from their 34-0 hole, scoring their first touchdown on the second drive after halftime.

But after that the Hurricanes stiffened– keeping the Huskers out of the end zone any time they remotely came close. Miami’s de-fense surrendered just seven points in the game, the other touchdown coming on a punt return.

“We got tired of hearing we couldn’t con-

tain Crouch or stop the run,” defensive tackle William Josepher said. “We had something to prove on defense and we came out and did it.”

Zev Mines was the sports editor for The Miami Hurricane in 2002. He has written for astros.mlb.com.

BY JASON MOLINETNOVEMBER 5, 1993

Huskers run on empty against Canes defenseBY ZEV MINES, SPORTS EDITORJANUARY 18, 2002

THE MIAMI HURRICANE ARCHIVES

DERAILING NEBRASKA: Huskers run on empty against Canes defense.

SEAN MEYER // The Miami Hurricane ArchivesNEW BLOOD: Head coach Jim Morris, 43, became the Hurri-canes eighth baseball coach Thursday, Nov. 3, 1993.

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We will begin our national cham-pionship tribute to the Univer-sity of Miami by talking about Lou Holtz, not because this is another column ripping the help-less Notre Dame

coach with a lisp, you understand, but rather because it was just oodles of fun seeing him squirm at a podi-um Jan. 1.

There he was, drenched in sweat and glory, yelling at reporters after his team beat No. 1 Colorado, 21-6. His voice became loud, angry almost, as he proclaimed that his team– a mighty, invincible force that had been beaten by only 27 points one month earlier– was the best in the country.

And some reporters at the back of the room, objective purveyors of truth that they are, began chuckling.Sorry Louie, they thought, but you can’t spell loser without the Lou.

I like Lou Holtz. Really. He’s smart, has a one-liner for every oc-casion and is a man of deep-rooted faith. He is a masterful coach, a wonderful strategist and a supreme motivator. And, because of these great qualities, he whole-heartedly deserves, more than anyone else on this planet, to be second best. I mean it. Congratulations Lou, you stud.

Your fabulous 12-1 record, which represents more victories than anyone else’s in the country, was enough to rightfully earn you a No.2 spot. Unless, of course, you go by the coaches’ poll, which ranks you third behind Miami and Florida “we lost to Southern Mississippi but would very much appreciate it if you voters just forgot about that” State.

But, hey, what do the coaches know? Hell, Lou, isn’t that the poll you vote in? Well, then, that proves your point, doesn’t it? That poll can’t be valid.

And, for that matter, what do sports writers know? They voted you No. 2, despite acknowledging that your team had the best record and the toughest schedule in the country. Aren’t sports writers the same evil folks who had the audacity (the ig-

norance, even) to print that you told your team that the Buffalos were “living a lie” because they were play-ing their games, and crediting their victories, to the memory of Sal Au-nese, the starting quarterback who died of cancer before the season.

Oh sure, you most certainly made the "living a lie" comment, along with many other inflammato-ry remarks, but what right does that give the public to know? You were, after all, showing your true side in what you thought was a private team huddle.

You can continue being holy now. We will make sure that the tele-vision reporter who eavesdropped on your searing motivational speech has a comfy, warm spot waiting for him in the fiery depths of Hell.

The reason Holtz bothers me a bit is because I find it awfully con-tradictory the way he preaches holi-ness and then has his team play like a bunch of taunting, out of control maniacs. Not that there is anything wrong with this style of emotional play (hell, the University of Miami’s entire frenzied defensive philosophy is founded on it), but I am a bit trou-bled by Holtz’s hypocrisy.

He is a big fan of contradiction. No, I take that back. He is a puny fan of contradiction who is also unat-tractive.

How can he say that his team “might not even play in a bowl game” because it interferes with final exams and, then, two months later, suspend two players who missed some prac-tices because they were committing the heinous crime of (PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM NOW IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH! THIS IS AN ATROCIOUS TRANSGRES-SION!) studying?

I figure that it is about time for perceptions to change, about time for Holtz and the Fighting Irish to be held accountable for their actions (drunk driving, imprisonment, etc.). Their golden helmets have been somewhat tarnished by off-the-field incidents and, if you must give them a team symbol, a pitchfork might be a little more appropriate than a halo.

Dan LeBatard graduated from UM in 1990. He graduated with a BA in journalism and political science. Currently, he is a sports columnist for The Miami Herald.

For the women’s swim team, the time to sa-vor their back-to-back national championships is not today, tomorrow or even the next day, but perhaps 10 years from now. When skin suits no longer have appeal, goggles are gone and taper-ing is tossed aside, the consecutive champion-ships will remain.

For all time, national championships are forever.

Just as time has ways of healing all wounds, so also it has ways of enhancing memories. To-day’s happenings are tomorrow’s history, but little do we realize it at the time. Nor take any action to preserve things we cherish.

Then, suddenly, the moment is gone. And with it, so goes the exquisite thrill of triumph, the incredible ecstasy of meeting and defeat-ing a long-standing challenge, of being victori-ous amidst worthy challengers. The moment is here... and gone. Never to return. Nothing can bring it back. But the memories will linger on for eternity. No one can deny memories for they live on within us all, are unto us as individuals.

And for the women swimmers, what mem-ories they have to cherish. For openers, think of how many teams there are in the nation and how many never even come close to winning a championship.

Then think of the UM gals, who not only won one title, but took two in successive years. To win once is fantastic. To repeat, incredible.

Not enough can be said of the girls and their coaches, head man Charlie Hodgson and diving mentor Tom Gompf. The record is testimonial to their greatness. None can argue with the re-cord.

For Pat Hines, “Mother Hen” to “Charlie’s Chicks,” there will be no more painted finger-nails and oranges in the pool. Hines is a senior and her Miami career is over. But the impact she had in holding the team together won’t soon be forgotten.

For the so-called “stars” of the team, al-though on a national championship squad, all team members are stars, and rightfully so, it’s right back into the untroubled waters for more workouts leading up to the AAU Nationals the first week of next month.

And after that, more workouts in prepara-tion for the Olympic trials and, hopefully, more workouts after the in preparation for the Olym-piad at Montreal. No fewer than seven girls will be Olympic hopefuls from four nations.

From Jamaica, that land’s finest female, Belinda Phillips. From Scotland, the sometimes undecipherable Sandra Dickie. From Canada, the lilting Sylvie Deschamps. And from the Unit-ed States, diver Melissa Briley and swimmers J.B. Buchanan, Robin Brannman and Leesa Sward.

As for the rest of the team members, with ei-ther little desire or not quite enough raw physical tools for Olympic competition, it’s some welcome time off from morning workouts and a chance to visit the pool in the afternoon to soak up some sun instead of cranking out lap after lap after lap.

For Dawn Frady, Jodi Yambor, Debbie Grafentin, Pam Kirk, Denise Wrist, Barb Foulke and Sharon Berg, it’s time to relax and take things a little easier for a while. The same can be said for Jane O’Keefee, Judy Schaeffer, Debbie Massie, Jan Michaelis and Ruth Ann McFarlane.

The team was vibrant, full of life and down to earth. The girls talented and skilled, but at the same time, humble. The coach quiet, reserved, candid and knowledgeable.

Put them together and they spell greatness– a phenomenal national championship team. A diverse collection of raw skill complemented by fascinating personalities.

Nothing like ‘em ever was. Or will be.Thanks, girls, for the memories. For memo-

ries, just like national championships, are for-ever.

Rick Remmert was the sports editor for The Miami Hurricane in 1976.

One more with feeling for gals so appealing

One final word for LouBY DAN LEBATARDJANUARY 23, 1990

BY RICK REMMERTMARCH 23, 1976

FOOTBALL COMMENTARYWOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

GREAT MEMORIES: Swimmer aproaches fi nish line... versus FSU last season [spring 1976].BULENT OZGOREN // The Miami Hurricane Archives

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The NCAA selection committee proved there is no scientific formula for making the NCAA Tournament.

The University of Miami volleyball team (18-12,11-9) made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002. Despite the fact the team finished eight games worse than last year and three games worse in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the orange and green made the field of 64 this year though they were snubbed last year.

“I thought we were still a long shot to get in,” ninth year head coach Nicole Lantagne Welch said. “This year we didn’t [have a watch party]. Last year we did, so we are kind of glad we didn’t because the result turned out differ-ent for us.”

Senior libero Cassie Loessberg wasn’t even watching the selection show on Sunday.

“I wasn’t watching because I was coaching another team but I have never gotten so many missed calls and texts before in my life,” said Loessberg, who leads the ACC with 5.05 digs per set. “Because of what happened last year I thought our odds this year were far-fetched. It

wasn’t really in our minds but we are in and I am so excited I can’t even speak.”

UM was a bubble team much of the sea-son but its strong non-conference schedule pro-pelled them to the field of 64. Miami had an RPI of 47 and was one of five teams to make the tournament in the ACC. This was the most amount of teams to represent the ACC in post-season play in the 29-year history of the con-ference.

“The committee showed the ACC a lot of respect and that was in large part due to the conference’s strong RPI,” Lantagne Welch said. “There were some nice out of conference wins from various schools in the conference.”

Miami has been plagued with injuries much of the year as star setter, junior Katie Gallagher, missed 22 games with an injury and senior outside-hitter Genny Mayhew missed 11 games and has been playing with an injured left hand.

“We are a really tough team,” Welch said. “We have shown a lot of depth. People are stepping up. People are improving throughout the season.”

The team was anchored by sophomore sensation Lane Carico. Carico willed this team to victory numerous times and led the ACC in kills per set with 4.37. The next best player av-eraged 3.80 kills per set.

UM is in the Gainesville regional. They have a rematch with FIU (31-3) in the first round Thursday at 5 p.m. The Canes were swept by the Golden Panthers in early Sep-tember. The match was closer than the result indicated as the Canes lost close sets (26-24, 26-24, 25-17).

“FIU is a really good team,” Lantagne Welch said. “They have some nice players with international experience. We had some great sets against them the first time but we felt like we have done some things differently. Now we are given the chance to go at them again in a neutral court so that should be exciting.”

The winner of the UM vs. FIU game faces the winner of No. 15 Florida vs. College of Charleston. Also in the Hurricanes’ bracket is No. 1 Penn State. The Nittany Lions have won a record 96 matches in a row and are the defending national champions.

“It would be great to play a team like Penn State,” Loessberg said. “It’s tough regional and this is good experience not only for me but es-pecially for the underclassmen. The exposure is going to be good for the program.”

Lantagne Welch is just taking it one game at a time.

“My entire focus is on FIU right now,” she said. “I know Florida will do a good job hosting and we have a good sub-regional but our thoughts are on FIU.”

Justin Antweil may be contacted at [email protected].

Tourney-bound for first time since 2002Against all odds, team receives surprise inviteBY JUSTIN ANTWEILSPORTS EDITOR

UM teams have struggled in Gainesville

recently BASEBALL lost twice to UF in the 2009 Gainesville Regional.

MEN’S BASKETBALL lost to UF in Gainesville 74-60 in the second round of last year’s NIT. FOOTBALL lost to UF at Ben Hill Griffi n Stadium last year 26-3. SOCCER lost to UCF in last years fi rst round of NCAA Tournament held in Gainesville. What will be the fate of the VOLLEYBALL team in the swamp?

ALEX BROADWELL // The Miami Hurricane

PUMPED UP: Lici McGee celebrates a point earlier this season. The Hurricanes will attend the NCAA tournament in Gainesville for the fi rst time since 2002.

SPORTS BRIEFSFOOTBALL

The Atlantic Coastal Conference Media Association announced Monday that six Hurricanes were awarded All-ACC honors. Senior offensive tackle Jason Fox, junior defensive tackle Allen Bailey, junior kicker Matt Bosher and sophomore cornerback Brandon Harris were all named All-ACC first team. Senior Daryl Sharpton and redshirt junior Colin McCarthy, were awarded All-ACC second team. Bosher was also named to the second team as a punter.

Senior defensive tackle Joe Joseph, senior safety Randy Phillips and junior offensive guard Orlando Franklin earned ACC honorable mentions.

Ramon Galiana may be contacted at [email protected] compiled from hurricanesports.com

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