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Élan, Florida International University Yearbook, 1981 Florida International University, Student Government Association Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Yearbooks Special Collections and University Archives 1981 Élan, Florida International University Yearbook, 1981 Florida International University, Student Government Association Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/yearbooks Recommended Citation Florida International University, Student Government Association, "Élan, Florida International University Yearbook, 1981" (1981). FIU Yearbooks. 6. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/yearbooks/6 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections and University Archives at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Yearbooks by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Primerj Cas.J is easily identified by the Vrana sculpture over ib main entrance. It's a balancing act imera Casa has a commanding presence from all importance to the youth of today." points of the campus. One aspect that makes it Vrana captured the essence of FlU's mrssron outstanding is the bronze, three-dimensional when he said, "It would not be enough for this sculpture on the north face of the building. More university to be international in name only, but to than just a piece of art, "Las Cuatro Razas" (The Four be truly international it must recognize the Races) by sculptor Albert Vrana was designed to, in opportunity to inject a mixing of culture in the life the artist's words, "expose the faculty and student that surrounds it." body to a new realization of internationalism, The Four Races points out the divisions, yet the different races and ethnic backgrounds." beginnings, of understanding and captures the He continued, "I see in the lack of understand­ essence of the spirit of Florida International ing between races the biggest obstacle and the University, a balancing act which promotes continued division of the world's population. understanding and the first steps toward compa­ Compatibility between races is of monumental tibility. ~II I (~ t f'f. I ~ I john Gardner and Lourdes Abrante blend and balance their music. 2 • A Balancing Act It's a balancing act FlU students combine classes, employment, activities and community influences in an attempt at balancing their daily lives ampus life is always a balancing act. dable waiting. Some students are fortun­ from freshman to senior years in one C No matter which way a student ate in receiving what they want in class location. In addition, they can go on to urns, there are always adjustments to be schedules; others are not so fortunate receive both master's and doctoral made. The "average" FlU student lives and must therefore wait in the drop/add degrees. FlU has thus come full cycle. off campus and balances a job and class lines. The crises-laden Miami community tudies. Fitting all these activities into After new students cope with also affected FlU students. Both the one's life is a constant process of give balancing housing and class schedules, Tamiami and Bay Vista ca mpuses were and take. the next step is usually to find employ­ closed during the riots and demonstra­ The greatest problem facing the ment. Job hunting in Miam i means tions which erupted during May 1980. stu dent from out of town is housing. coping with transportation, tourism and Tamiami Campus st ud ents additionally With rents in the area already high and foreign languages, but FlU students experienced a series of traffic jams as becoming astronomical, apartments manage to find positions in motel and Cuban refugees found sponsors at convenient to campus are extremely restaurant management, the Miami Tamiami Park, adjacent to the campus, difficult to find. Add to this the problems fashion district and in many other and cars clogged streets and parking lots of security, deposits, telephone and business areas in the far-flung Miami surrounding the school. utility costs, and it is obvious that megalopolis. After meeting and balancing the incoming students are faced with major In addition to the balancing act problems of housing, work, study, and cash outlays almost immediately upon performed by its students, the university community involvement, the FlU student arrival in the area. is balancing personnel and budget is rewarded with prospect of a ri ch Between getting set up to live and considerations with the move to four­ educational mixture unlike that of any scheduling classes, adjustments must be year status slated for the start of the fall other city. The balancing act is a vital part made. The first time a student registers term 1981. FlU will finally become a real of living, studying and working in the often seems to be a period of intermin- university with students being able to go world of Florida International University. Rene Zuazo guides Set Aidie and Armando Cruz through the intricacies of operating a transit. Lisa Gunter, Kate Murphy, Mike Burke and Darid Lurie balance their FlU studies with an erening of relaxation. A Balancing Act • 3 A Balancing Act News spread around the world on May 17, 1980, that Miami was on fire; the riots that ensued touched the lives of everyone. ay 17, 1980, was a hot and humid banded. of nightlife on the usually crowded M day in Miami, with temperatures in At the same time, several parts of streets were pol ice accompanied by the upper 80s. Little did anyone know the community had gone a stage further national guardsmen. The curfew was that that night wou ld be hotter than - violence. Many marchers found out being followed. Miami had seen in a long time. Twelve as they left the Civic Center area that For the next few days Miami tried to years had passed since temperatures had three perso ns had been killed and get itself back together. Buses were put heated enough in the black comm unity several had been seriously injured. back on the streets, but only served the to cause a riot. What would follow the Heated temperatures had flared . public a few hours a day. Dade County 90-degree temperatures of early that day Looters took to the streets as the schools had a three-day break in their would make news around the world. night progressed, taking anything and schedule. FlU closed for evening classes. Four white Metro cops accused of everything owned by whites. Although Thousands of people around the county killing a black insurance executive were none of the businesses looted had missed work days. The riots had affected freed after an all-white Tampa jury anything to do with the jurors' decision, everyone: those living in the war zone deliberated less than two hours. As news looters spared none. When everything as well as those outside. of the ve rdict spread through the black was taken, the buildings were set afire. Ten da ys later most of the national commu n1t1es of Miami, emotional Whites listened and watched on televi­ guardsmen had returned home and temperatures began to rise . sion as their livelihoods, businesses to things had begun to quiet down. But Radio disc jockeys on the two black which they had devoted years of their things were not back to normal. The May stations we re urging blacks in the lives, burned to the ground. riots left their marks on Miami. Sixteen community to attend a peaceful rally at As looting continued, more security families will feel the effects of the riots the Metro courthouse. Several thousand was needed. National guardsmen were the rest of their li ves. Members of their demonstrators, mostly black, attended. called in to give the local police a hand. families lost their most valuable posses­ People ca rried picket signs and wore Emotions blazed and persons reacted sio n - their lives. black armbands. The demonstrators sang, without thinking. Although some of the businesses prayed, downed the system and passed The following day, looters took were able to make a comeback, some around a petition to remove Janet Reno. anythi ng left behind the night before. were ruined for life. President Carter Most marching around the Civic Center Many began to sell the items before they visited the area in order to get a first area was peaceful, with the exception of reached home. After a morning of hand look at how much damage had a few beating on the cars of white looting, Liberty City was filled with been done and to see how much federal passers-by. As police sped through the smoke. aid would be needed. The next year was marchers, many began to get upset, As night approached, the streets then a time of assessment and rebuilding. saying the police we re discreetly trying began to clear. A curfew had been put to stop the ma rch . Some began to react in effect in the "war zone." At su ndown violently, an d the marchers soon dis- the war zone was quiet. The only signs Photos and text by Terry Williams Feelings ran at lever pitch during demonstrations against McDuffie decisions. Guard duty can be boring - even while a city burns. 4 • A Balancing Act A Balancing Act • 5 A Balancing Act The Cuban migration, 1980, brought a wave of refugees to Miami unlike any other; again, world events touched the community he continued slide of the Cuban experience with my parents and sisters were all "misfits" - all 122,000, which Teconomy, in addition to political in 1962. This reminder moved me to is what Castro wanted. repression and unemployment, prompt­ help my compatriots and I served as a The exiles arrived tired, hungry, and ed more than 10,000 Cuban citizens to volunteer for the INS when thousands of with no personal possessions beyond the seek asylum at the Peruvian Embassy in Cubans were being processed at clothes on their backs.
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