Bork Nomination Debated at UM by ANDY SHIPF Debate
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The name game Stepping out Hurry-canes The Undergraduate Student Body Government The under-21 crowd is getting around much easi The third-ranked Hurricanes football team has gets a new name with its new constitution. er now that area clubs have lowered their en had no time to celebrate last week's victory, as News — page 2 trance age. Accent — page 6 they have had to get ready to meet fourth-ranked FSU Sports — page 8 THE MIAMI Volume 65, Number 8 URRICANE rl University of Miami Friday, Oct. 2, 1987 Bork nomination debated at UM By ANDY SHIPF debate. Hurricane' C llnlribulinu t.ttltnr The debate was moderated by Dr. Benjamin Webb, the faculty The nomination of Judge Robert President of the Mortar Hoard. The The Supreme Court is supposed to decide what Bork to the Supri'tnc Courl has debators were: Or. June Dreyer, been receiving much publicity in professor e>f politics and public is constitutional and what is not. It is not the past few weeks. affairs; Julia Dawson. State Legis supposed to decide what is true and beautiful The HRC and Mortar Board lative director of the National presented a debate on the confir Organization of Women; Tom and desirable at a particular point in time.' mation of Bork to the Supreme McCuin, editor in chief of The Court Tuesday. About 25 people Miami Tribune, and Mike Rosen, a Dr. June- Dreyer, professor of polities and public affairs attended the debate at the Hechl senior majoring in history. Residential College Dreyer said she knew very little tee. estate contracts as unconstitution "Your presence indicates you, of Judge Bork when his nomina Dreyer cited two cases, Shelley al. The Griswell v. Connecticut like us, feel the nomination of tion was announced. She admitted i Kramer and Criswell vs. Con decision declared that state gov Judge Bork to the Supreme Court that although she considered her necticut, in which she agreed with ernment had no right to make McCuin Dreyer Rosen Dawson is an issue that needs to be self a liberal and a feminist, she Bork's commentary of the Su laws forbidding adults to use birth not the outcome, but the method in discussed," said Hechl Residental started to support Bork's confir preme Court's decison control. just interpret.il,een s of the Consti- which the outcomes were rea College Master John Fitzgerald in mation after (he saw his testimony The Shelley vs. Kramer decision tution but creation his introductory remarks tee the to the Senate Judiciary Commit- Dreyer claimed Bork's conten soned. Dreyer agreed wilh Bork s of new laws declared racially-restrictive real- tion with these two decisions was that the two decisions were not IIORK Program improves college interaction ByTODDCLIM could ask his faculty fellow for Hurricane Mali Writer help. The fellow wouid then direct the student to the right depart Pearson Residential College has ment for assistance undergone major renovations to "1 siablishing a relationship is achieve the look of a residential the main thing." Leonard said college. Now Pearson is Irving to "Once you have some sense of improve its student-faculty rela how that student is beyond the tions through the Implementation i lassroom you can see who he is. of the Faculty Fellow Program. Through the fellowship program The goal of the program is to get there are a variety of resources students and faculty to meet in that a student can be channeled assigned groups and interae t In a through " non-classroom, casual environ ment The fellows and Student! Although the ideas are present, meet for different events, such as ei,.' program ia still in its infancy trips to the MrtroZoo and Vizcaya. and ha.s some growing to do. "What we are trying to accom "Pearson Residential College is plish is to make Pearson a commu young, based on a new system, nity where people Identify with and ha.s new things to work out." each other." said Thompson Big I eonard said. "Fach college has its gers, master of Pearson And own philosophy and ours is to students aren't the onlv part eef break down the harriers of a that Faculty are Involved tore " large-scale Division I school " University of Miami President "It's hard to deal with UM's Edward T. Foote II, Provost I ins size, but its easier lo deal with Glaser, UM Treasurer Diane ( ook Pearson's size," Biggers said. "We and UM basketball coach Bill want to create more a feeling of a Foster are among the Pearson small liberal arts program inside fellows. the larger University." "It didn't surprise us |that we Students have had both positive got the people| because we were and negative responses to the going after them," Pearson Resi pnigram. dent Coordinator Dave Leonard "It's a great opportunity and I said. "We were trying to bring in wish it was offered when I was a a group of influential people who freshman." Pearson resident assis were wellknown, and who would tant Babara Wagner said "I think invest time." students could really take advan Although the Faculty Fellow tage of it and benefit from it." Program is not new to the Senior Greg Cox and junior Karl University, Pearson is atempting Kundinger were more cynical to expand upon the programs about the entire proe i previously carried out by other "About the only good thing inn: residential colleges on campus. we've gotten out of the whole A quiet moment The fellowship provides stu thing is that at the first party we dents with many opportunities. got some pretty ge,od chips and Architecture major Razali Kamisan takes time out at the Art Center to write a letter to a friend. For example,if a student has some damn geeex.1 onion dip." Cox questions about financial aid. he said. Candidates decline offer By MARA DONAHOE i fnivi n the offer a Hurricane New* / nli ,i appi als tee the senator " he tic presidential candidate-., who will Jean Dlemunsch, schedule! foi thi • al the Universit) of Mi imi campaign, said the former vas plant Monday, will not be residing in the .ni i ampus bul icheduling constraints and proximity to mei I meetings in Miami •UY didn'i n I 0| | Former ibitt, Miss Rep Richard John Fitzgerald, Mastet . Alliert Gore. Ill Sen Paul n ami the Rev li on will debate defense invitation tee reside' in the colli • • <s p m. Monday 1 "We tt iii v . inking with them them ' ire likely to < late with UM's Graduati School, the' I ly tight si hedules and Candida i Hyatt will be much more convenient 0- N * .i.iim roohey, director of Scheduling foi Tl • Ign, said "I • was set up to sion. I 'ue tee limited i neetil | • and II war, cim ial to stay in the • I tee the- publii A limii I •' 1 )\ »> omplish them." distributed anient, Hi eip before the the i M Graduati made' the offer to Slav in the colleg- ,- i|uite a time In advai I'he Miami debate is lI • nd. sponsoed bj the DLi Jim Killpainek. national press Secretary f"' v npaign, said the senator intends "to take the Williamsburg Va / ~i <1 Radar enforces speed limit Man allegedly robbed on campus By CINDY SMI 111 dinator of Doctor's Heispilal, said Rivera said that Stroppa was Stu' Stroppa e ami' tei the- emergency e m tin emi '.>m foi room feer complications from a By CINDY SMITH complaints that speeders in this yield bruise's on his neck ami |aw hernia operation that had be< Hume un,' Stofl Writtt in of the campus are endan therefore pi ii their A 48-yeai old man was alleged Mi i .11 •• said Stroppa vvas in a performeel a few davs before. She gering pedestrians. own risk. Ij eM.ie ked and robbed of $40Pand I menial dissaray after i he other personal belongings in the said he checked out eef the emer .i attai k Beginning in October, the Uni Senior Phil Botwonit k said tie- gency room at about I am versity of Miami department of Ivy said traffic signs are not recently saw atpeeder kill i parkinj nd the Pearson "There is a lot of unsubstantiat I'M Department of Public Safety Public Safety will be using radar well-posted in the Merrick Drive at tlie .ik on Mi Residential College at -1 a m ed evidence here." McLane said Officer William Gerlach saw "A considerabli amount ol doubt to crack down on driversspeed- area. The speed limit is if) mph Drive, "1 he' frog could hav i Stroppa when he tried to flag exists aboul the facts that the ing on campus. anywhere no sign is posted, he a person," Botwonick said. Daniel Stroppa. of 27.19 S.W down Gerlach'a patrol car victim gave " Gerlach could not be Curt Ivy, the department's said. 90th Ave, Miami, said two men Ae cording in Ivy, radar v About 111 minutes after Ger- ie ai hed for comment. director of law enforcement, said attacked him after he left the Senior Kwynn Smith said in utilized at rai tach's arrival, Stroppa weakened police will concentrate enforce- .it I loctor's Hos Stroppa descriebed both attack speeding is a problem on Merrick Merrick Drive "1 just wa pital tee e ate ll ,1 | .ill I he' Btl and began to hyperventilate • •'iing hUi k males about IH ment on Merrick Drive,between Drive. "They [drivers] only -.tiep warn pi said lach lee<ek hint inlo Pearson when' the Health Center and Eaton approached him and bi | oi 17-years-old, wearing hlack if you take the initiative to walk him with the ir fist s, he' said Stroppa was assisted hv Publii shirts One wore a red e:ap.