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I « " .I r i { I% 2-- z0- _ , r ;5 w_- , ;r ., 1r . r ,if qtr n ^. ~ ,; f 4F i.'tynK l,_1 E ttRR V 1/i~ S n 6 tI 'C- Cf f, .' .1 "T ,rc _- - I - ONLtAN ILLUSI What pens after college? sife and m college students have to adjus s.. to'th ne of growth. Pe.ter Guerrero and Marga? yGrana '. evplve through this wall I, of har hips to obtain a piece of paper called diploma. Photos by Tony Asbury. \j I - 9 - 8 - 9 Florida International University University Park Campus FlL ASH Miami, Florida 33199 B A C K Volume II ____FlU < ,F °:e': _.; __ _ as ...... "'I"%: o , P" :''' ~ U~ -,y r~ : : _ ^.:;n >e f ,U~ <~4~ U>- UU:U °Sys. agee Vt ' 'r.',I M--: '197- TT-170 "n-1--m"?, "t. i/t ' 2~-~ IT ILi .1iI ~ 7~UV7~ U'> ' , ; 'U'> _._.:.r:.:._ ,.. i1 ,. _ 7. i w N14, . g^ e U>' '47' Balancing Act U;> 1~> By Julie O'Dell . . hrhhhggrh!l!! Frustration, deadlines, ;. ,, 'U 71' term papers, working, mid-terms, pres- r , .> 1''t. ,: , i ' . : ; " /. ,Ow, s'y tv"' rl ,, sure. We all felt it. All of these gripping f nlf ^r PrIk. r IWI' ,%, .U .rv"~L components comprised the college lifestyle. ;9:? L " w ;u f r ., Inevitably, at one point in time as students, we rl W jyA 7 .La *~vtr- s }:t .r -c: z~x <.. : . .. ''7.. . Hs... .«. '' 'L«. tF:. .:..w..«/S: .5'.... 'ry....ti'. 'L. '}.w..' N i 't ., 5.o 61 ".w'757 «+S.S 7.'{%:.'.'ST'' . .. w .. 'SdGr G U 3 . r.Sw 1. Kim hi"." :Y """ '.ti' ,,,,,,te,rr Y ' ti ;yam .tY :?r a .ra b s tt 4 j s :i}a. s-..{s ,t? ::, Y. " .a c :ta '' =i ° t4 ,. , ,,, . M7 a '.Ct r, . .'4:7 ? s.,".:r.:.sw-nr,{'; .sFy .a' =.t a ts ' +a' ., t: "t3 stjyy,: ;r} zr } } srr r :r}: y V a .. t ,..rr.7~ .t} ""tt . a £ -s".i rms's. _ i z. k r .. , csr ir"' °w" s?.. s' , :sue y x t ,.. '}}sL}:..ti , M rr a; 2 Opening NO, " u ' . " s'a Y- k: r ::. " 9...?si'r' '....{ ' t.. _ " : st'i" : ? 'c"': sz ate.« "lir'4 s"" t i'fr ' : Opening 3 $: , sr1=i;:_d _ trP! _h tr-. :r+r..r : S~ s"ts. i 33 l -- -i .1i 0 t .. " - i. 711-IT-1 ;' a Nl . . ' _ " .. _ _ . . ,_.. _.e. ,.; .. d i i. o . n-' ,.e _ " fi I rI / r . ki' . G-- (,f .,.'I dIdAk r rI Taking Time to Let Loose rri I to"~ !L By Julie O'Dell eff 4 / chedules against the wall when the ciation hosted theme weeks ous years, the Interna- I never let priorities were maintained which pulled in a good num- tional Festival high- 05, ' a' aL, C9 V a up, the and the juggling act began ber of students. Students lighted Tom Wolfe, a ''' ;4m s . Ai .1- social, school, home, found reasons to stay at the At beach was al- with Model U.N., and the r" I .1A, ways beautiful, and personal lives. University even after classes , i Copacabana dancers. The Home- parties never Letting loose was neces- were finished. like coming celebration pulled in Both the Rathskeller I;jm stopped, exams sary and organizations "Thursdays on .ld came and went Student Government Asso- more people than in previ- and Of q"""" the Bay" proved to be but one thing was V .. ::a ;;, for sure stu- essential and pulled in MI, aw dent life didn't r4 r; students in the party- Ay 1 I ; Ll- :,:.:. come with a text- Li 1-> ' ing frame of mind. ' , 1r, nm "O*%y , book or a how-to .] ' SeaEscape and the .ii . 'A 'J, - JT ur5. diagram. Living ." ~0 t1 .1 Y' ,. L r .. : a dr zr r. 3a': '--4',... __ .;~~~.;S~~~~_~~~~~ ~2v4 Z2~ _ -~'V4 4 ;t .4>42 ~2 '2244r,.42244.X~ 2~4 ~ .V .s.V..,. - ..... ~ ~2r; ) ° rf :.'-:: .'. - -4T.<- 4- > .'--,454-t. 711 'it! 4 ~ y.* 1 C rr4J,": : " i:j14 4 4.rA.°,i"!F; ;{ . s wTi ai i., . * r~ t f y ,3 : ^ 5 F.' zp3 J~;°s 7 i at I i r1 4s4, rat, - gii - tt"~-. Y1'1Z5i :~Zi':is-' " z . cR-t~osrt a -°« -. ; y s 1 -"+ P": ," J Student Life Division 5 4 Student Life Division - _. i~t SS ".,t7' u - "+". y. rz X47t~qr7 :, ?1 4':.4 5V b 4 ;. a : :. * -'. - ? : r w: xL r i .tea,.. °. z_ "a: w s{, iL if ?si ^s ? i ? .ti3. ?t" s t 95 2SvR m.:iC- t ? t 1rrrr 4 'r,;4 :t .ct yy r''r"c., _. ' . i " ; r +ti .. -; tY°"'Ca: Ctr.Yl'"""-: {' Sri} ?br ?"::' 1?'tir. G".'f: 'C_ .tt:""._; :r t _ .sLd::s '-'_..t_ " ti y.sLV'_ 4r r m 12-1I ; CY ,9 I Back to Camelot? :rte By Barbara Valdes aw' T he residents of Camelot always response to the mailed ads. returned. Here they began racy Manny Lamazares, adviser of the com- careers of glory and honor. The mittee, said the main reason for the low r world viewed them as champi- attendance is M3617I the composition of the FLU . ons, and for these champions, Camelot student body. A large percentage of the IL y was home. Even in the midst of adversity, students are in their late twenties and -~ they would return. But FLU's populace early thirties. These people often have wasn't so sure their school was Camelot full-time jobs, families, homes, and mort- in 1989. Although homecoming atten- gages. A homecoming event simply can- "Homecoming 1989 was more dance shot up 300% over last year, the not compete with these responsibilities. successful than any other that total still accounts for only a maximum FLU, for these students, is only a place to I have attended at FIU. A few 1 10% of the FIU student body. get a degree. In light of these circum- 1 1 steps should be taken next The homecoming committee mailed stances, homecoming is a frivolous affair. year in order to assure that we 30,000 slick-coated postcards announ- Another reason, voiced by students, I have more attendance. A step cing the event and encouraging people to was insufficient advertising. Although in the right direction is to Return to Camelot, their home. Of the Katia Sotolongo of the homecoming ri convince the community that thirty, 20,000 cards went to students, committee said postcards went to every this is their homecoming and and another 10,000 went to alumni. student, many claim they never received that FIU is part of their home- Homecoming attendance was 2,000 for one. They didn't even know homecom- town." the week. Not figuring for the attendance ing had passed - "Homecoming? w ' Manny Lamazares of faculty, staff, or residents of the sur- When?" Well-placed posters might have Student Government President 1989-90 1 rounding community, this is only a 6.7% continued on page 9 I, V;-I~ c es F- a- 0' m'.'d _. _ KEN~ '(iSL L psii .c VA Fl 1v 0" il D. 1414~L _ 1+¢ !N !,l ' k PUTITHE r ' _,..}; '' , ri ~~ON Here kitty-kitty. TH Decked out in her Golden Panther suit, Maria Fernandez dances the cats jitterbug. Photo by Alice Bae. -7i19 ,A I; r Feel the heat. R~T TL ERS/I Friday's bonfire celebration attracted the highest number of people during the entire Homecoming celebration. Whipping winds postponed torching WHOOSH! the kindling. Photo by George Alvarez. John Capistrano, Gary Linda, Harry Warticovski, Gaby Gabor, and Dan Metsch, -l I members of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity encourage the Panthers basketball team with their own two point stroke. Photo by Guy Shir. r .'"'4I. .. W+ ". For crying out loud! !' k Upset with a referee's call Sheila Brumwell rips out a cry of protest at the basketball game against Northern Illinois. Photo by Julie O'Dell. w AAr 6 Homecoming Homecoming 7 a 7- , < " ;,. I : / ji as 40 [0] DEl 4 lit .0]I1[0 [dKl 4 .raa. RA r.v. _ ;: coninue f rom page 6S week period with a soccer game as the climax. 6l basetbll(tamI !. sove ha rolebu bde u Ut reente. ya, tey highlWjjJj~ I ~i ~ighte th 5he5Scorn) +tr :heir printing. 1 he com ealso had to cancel an tee also condensed the homecoming into a one wee 4 ore fo6 gatsininedd o0hecrnro afir n suh evlvemen of otherSIEepartment~SSSSsI end the coL Wihh ceationof Cree 2 '%" -' Ir Tamiami Trail and 107 Avenue because funds I l'S' iQ ee&w J "~='' too low. They did. however. lace ads for two Resources, the committee organized a networking ;t .C luncheon that attracted bot " V, con: Way.-u iaUmEi'rfl. )th current students and r Working with the Neforth Campus produced a I- gn and nemspaper]adsw e r tgeted to he alalumni. LAAA general com tulle lavish dance at Bay Vista tthat students from both 1 V 1 1 w -espithowowatendanewasincm pariont t..eiald.neTa.r esel. J rram BANKS s A total student body, homecoming was a success. hundred people and media coverage . A i : .;, IY Attndnc di icrasegraty fomlath ye~~a r ad. the PL.dn ppard s uet peaer b.l Lttng~ k y I x''c,: r -n ea -ebrso.eMam-stene,-ln commi teeima de a few stepsU eorganiinglthefeven. :..i.' .-x y-r A Ir:;"" :; Sir" continued on .age 11 f ri. - :-. Th- 9.88 .mecom i nwasread out over a two :rte 1 S'K r, /, -A Ud fzsF-ES'l:;:. .. ,... .Y D /, .^ :sfss.: _.i 11 - ., r;. :- i 9A , I'/N. .__ NO - -T. K rELI /~ ' -- {_, i-:.:'.i.-. Y A II t', " 'U ' unri The hand is q ILL, "" E, ' Medieval festival ibrought out the magic of the . _ Renaissance Societ>,ty as Merlin the Magician mes- .. ,!- merizes students wwith mischievous magic. Photo .= A 4I by George Alvarez ° . r Clowning around. :ontends Alicia Cole, a lot* e Renaissance Society ;I-M -A.4.. i clwwrin ithth )alls simultaneously dur. 'FI ,dl.,nl P{,nM In, ( ,onmo ,-.A S / PhtbyGog .t - , How LOW can Siyou go? ' ' a ovi\ Competition is the gan *" " / ba during the limbo contest. Trueba par- ,' '.:4 -"1 z ticipated on behalf of Phi Sigma Sigma I'm sorority which won overall. Photo by V1~ ! George Aluaree 4} *Tl .46 w2, r. 1 a; '. :bers of the Criminal Justice 1, E:3L I f e the only -roup to -artici. t y - I NL LUST1 I0II Homecoming .I v4~ Ch"llenge an. actually won 4 Al'USiIC -Cd a very handsome trophy in the club r categor for lack of participation. Shown , Al ambrs f E.' V sOCIErT ' 4 Comfortably numb. three-legged In support of his fraternity De l ,Joh race. Photo byGeorg Si Al- arz i .. I r, " I ho .ra eta loo nsructe.- urngt:e.--. Poto by Geor.g- Alurez. JI I~ I fs' -,._ ' : -aoon sculptures. I!.Ji .tnig tl for Sandra Stone isnot: m tor young . 4 .4 Hp .I x -.. ho attended the festival. Photo by GeoeAlarez. . q ' riF i- I I . 1111 ; . .. r, -iii' i J '2 .. Cgfl'N " :.. : . " , :f K. A .. j:. ' Yly 4' Homecoming 9 8 Homecoming xi, ,CC.I. _ Laser chaser. Shown is a facsimile of a Golden Panther in laser light. Photo by George Alvarez. Hollow homecoming continued from page 9 have attracted families if they had known with County Manager Joaquin Avino, and about it. City Manager Cesar Odio. The home- The committee expects another large coming basketball game drew almost 500 attendance increase next year because the people, more than the game against Geor- composition of the student body is chang- getown, and the bonfire attracted up to ing. The median age used to be 27. Now it - 7 600. is about 24. The number of incoming 41W- The only function not well attended freshmen at ages 17 to 19 is increasing. was the medieval festival. Committee These are the people most likely to attend _. members had envisioned an event similar campus life activities. They don't have all pry. ; ; to Vizcaya's Italian Renaissance Fair. They the responsibilities and worries of their blame a marketing error for the failure, older counterparts, and thus have more explaining that they should have concen- time on their hands. The homecoming trated on the staff and faculty, and sur- committee sees nothing but improvement i 1 :. rounding community. This event could for the future. K 4 -p r t: _ 1 , ,, 9 r 'VT-II." W";- : ; ;.. ' ' 1 t}) _.V_ I *17 z" . LAM RIM j e.^ ' *ow iFir WL 1l WW *. -x z W.. ift :U IPA - . _,. of l ' : 16 i l; Il. - / 1# 1# . 3# '° . /.® R: C' , " [it Ij Li I P . EIS ..,., ' 4. -W q... .. h.i . . I 7 ;:: ; V I :'- :a: .4- -"7- C' ; *14 C'; 5E'. ). I% xa _ _ .. ,= 4 - . 'II -L ': 4, , - ,",-V E ': \ i StrongHead coach strategy. Rich Walker discloses a new play against Northern ffl4M :---- Illinois during a break called by the Panthers. Photo by Julie O'Dell. LaA Let's get fired up. 11 Dressed for the occasion is Kevin Songster as he chants to the crowd in the Sunblazer Arena for them to get "fired up." Photo by Julie 1 -a/ O'Dell. ~4>C~ /4:' y Concentration. a Preparing to add another two points to the score is Diego Garcia as he positions 'i t himself at the hoop. For the first time Homecoming was scheduled in the Spring and ,- .,"*; centered around the basketball team. The final score was 107-89 favoring w J989 FlU. Photo C" by George Alvarez. Homecoming 10 Homecoming 11 , p .. ; . an 1' t.. 1tj '. A. . - _ ; HL Iii 1* .. Vi -ien wm WEIR", ; 1 &097""Tr.M.O. f / J ling the Superbowl and taking it er of the Homecoming Challenge which away," excl :d ophmr ore James Maher, "The Home- t.1ins each other for the comingj Comm61i ttee4*1(46hu s6(6 41look at this very seriously in the k. I pitted ^", i onor of winning the one and a halfoot large future." i. trophy and a sum of money. As anrnouncer Katia Sotolongo According to Stephanie Campbell, a member of the 1. , },; 7 screamed out that Phi Sigma Sigma sorority won second Homecoming Committee, a mistake was made while .lace overall, the guys from Phi Delta Theta anxiously tallying and the Spirit competition was not counted for Phi 1n :- Sigma Sigma. The Homecoming Comi endedt4 W, rIunhe then Phgeadcatsursedthn . 4torhy.s -4ohi it eepest [pologes-to all other rnizaionsaected I1deserved. J4 ar1 full of 1 chants11Ind bythe!contusionL.1I r f; 0000* r. 64b (41s((A i onl tobe. c rs hed the next da. . ambers of Phi Delta Theta as the ,z-ed that accider t bell( (Homecom() 61 ig Co Mickey DiMaria puts it best by saying, " ; .. couln' happen. coulddothattous!"u wkedTer enior nicernizino r but :. %'' U '" . iniDlaTht leday lard W. nig about1 S seps o=:.4 Hoeomn Comite torward andIL. one step ba6(c*1A gi the num.b-r1 nadea chngend wrde frt laeo.raltot _:d : ti . r- Im ., u , f sr, _', : ; ;: . L, -4 I rli- ct''g z CT 31 ! F. '1L 1A' hiA __ _ .te %WAI." 1 W199 WI _ L,E I & After hearing the news of the tragic behead- . k.: ing of her husband Queen of Camelot, Russ Yom: AV"-Agi v- C . Copley, calls out for the enforcement of who R'IIA4- K7r F1b! Arnold Schwarzenegger. But alas, ith else? ;l I such a busy Hollywood schedule the Queen 1) I: 1 lkkL L r settled with Hans and Franz. Photo by Julie ; I ye O'Dell. 1"'. 4~ , i C': A:I ftlb Wm"m / (io, go, go. -R Out in full support during the Homecoming Rowdy fo a.reaso 1-1-0-11.asket-a.. g.r-- ire ec.ro,. M rho Phi Mu re sisters of the Phi Mu r hing or two about spiril sorority. Phi M iled by one point behind W"-.d Sgma -hi Epslon durng te -omecomng j h!lia -eer' basketball game. Although they were loud, TKE di not Challenge competition and ranked fourth place in the Spirit competition. In terms of the Challenge, overall. Photo by George- Alvarez archery was the strong point as they tied for first place. W Photo by George- Alvarez. I, 4 , !J lJ / ring the dal sting the Queer t fr Piei r i i PaulUrete,s h andhisparter n crme m : Ipi 'l Kl y/S.I Evu~J =2 A( A1 & -a Sitesf ela hiEpio sroit rll orth bsktbl tea duingtheHomcomng a. DltI- iEsio &-,,A I71 r. v7 .1 quie eouh fr plceoveal. htobyJule9'Dl MI tiro W-- JFa-' 'p In t"4 ~1 Iwo-- E7M r: I r'_., ",^ ' i' 1 p . 1 A IXT=qol : , i behal ofiga P-iEpsion I ct proe tobeiheo rdi synch.i Photo by George Alvarez. - rcr i ' $ Homecoming 12 Homecoming 1 13 I . +' T'. , . : Z._ li i . Nuts and bolts. iI ::: .- , yy .,Kl R W'U ". Construction workers Franco Spillini and Cesar Ruiz are part of the crew i-.i . ' .. . _ working on the Physical Sciences building which employed at least 25 r i s t y+9 x people from the community. This new building benefitted students as well as 4y 'U ".e, . Eb the community. Photo by Julie O'Dell. ; v J ltd , s Fir r . "" 'I- 0--. _ ".1 y ; 40iJ ' #rII \ , A : _ 1 \. , L - i, , j i 'i i1 ., LI a I1~ 4. A 1 iWWI- _'_ glRl in _ i. '¢y ' ;' I m0l /}'. . I. 14 Construction Construction 15 i lq 7 -s -11 S I 1A4w.v 4 ,.1 r ,..sw d ' . 6 s. F . , y _ y ;. _ s ^ e 1 ti c. -t , y . _*s " ' i : Y. #Ii ME, Is seduction the only way to bring students on campus after-hours? -APRI By Barbara Valdes "That wasn't supposed to happen." Giving money to models on stage was not encouraged, but some of the ladies just W, 1 Look out! There went his shirt! And his pants! An all-woman couldn't help themselves. Although no one touched the Phi M audience ripped a shrill scream as a Wet-and-Wild model Mu's waistbands, similar enthusiasm boiled during their fash- strutted across stage in nothing but skimpy bathing trunks. A ion show as the sisters danced and slinked in their favorite threads. Let's face it - sex sells! ,7m dozen well-dressed ladies stormed the stage front for a chance I to tuck a dollar bill into the hunk's waistband. How well does it sell? The Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers So went the Sigma Phi Epsilon's Wet-and-Wild, and the Phi raised $1,000 during their fashion show and attracted about Delta Theta's Chippendelts performances. Referring to the 200 people. The other sexy shows experienced equal success. dollar bill-tucking, Tom Jelke, Sigma Phi Epsilon brother, said, According to Katia Sotolongo, Phi Sigma Sigma sister, ,. performances as these and her sorority's panty auction are the fastest way to raise money for clubs. "They're also a lot of fun and pretty harmless," she said. 5. Tom Jelke agreed, but stressed that a lot of work goes into the preparation and financing of a show. His club was _ sponsored by Upwind Surfing, who provided all the clothes 0k . .1 (Cont'd. on page 18) L /7- y=; z1".3.1 I;a. , -'T 0047 4 y r fF F. S^'7 ....£ L a . 'An si 4V A N r1 : , . ' . 53 I: 'a, [lot f717 r I xr" I ,4 'r 4 t-- I J) ,,, I .1 I I / .1 J I a aA II 4.: .. "w" 4F * A' . I 34$ U , FA',-.nl r +r ) ., 1 / j i I, A s I; 'Ji:u 4 to, /L n , ,-2 - ,+ I ti 73 Ii 1. Want a peek? 15. Anticipating the girls are brothers of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Joe Fieri, Cecilio Toledo, TI' 11 #. I d . Rolando Tapanes, Juan Linares, Alex Torres, Rich Fernandez, Javier Mariscal, Peter Acosta, Dan Sera during the Wet-N-Wild show. Photo by Darma Redondo. El Watch your step. _, Modeling her favorite suit is Ruthie Kousoulas, a sister of Phi Mu with a cat's finesse. Phi .. 3 lY N- also participated in the sex-extravaganza by hosting Phi Mu Illustrated whereby the - = :,, sisters modeled swimsuits. Photo by Joe Alamo. .a... _ '. } . a :: _ is ; - ,ii,' Shake it up baby! fan Novela steams up the Chippendelts stage during the annual festivity hosted by Phi Delta Theta. Photo by Darma Redondo. Sex 17 16 Sex lk Sex (Cont'd 16i and gear the brothers modeled. But the members had to plan, They strive for a fun but fairly subdued atmosphere. Tucking A7 a 4- budget, perform, and run the entire event. They were dollar bills into someone's shorts was as wild as it ever got this responsible for every detail. At $1,000 a show, however, it sure year - except for one girl who attacked her boyfriend on 4 - C beats bake sales. stage. 96 Although university regulations forbid charging admission The shows themselves were not pornographic. They were f fees, the fraternities and sororities find these audiences quite designed for flirtatious entertainment. "The intent was not to iil 1- ,; . willing to donate. Everyone drops his or her five dollar gift at strip but to promote an item," said Jelke, referring to the IJ the door. No one is forced, and everyone could refuse, but no sportswear Upwind Surfing provided for the show, "The ls t94 one ever does, said Jelke. Then of course, there are always dancing was more showcase than anything." The fraternities "Or those individuals who can't resist that waistband. and sororities ruled out nudity in all acts. Jelke said they So what kind of people attend fund raisers they don't have wanted to kill the Animal House image. "When you do ' _ to pay for and which feature students sexily stripping down to something like that, you put your group's integrity and honor their bathing suits? Mostly students. The clubs post or pass out in jeopardy." That's something this crowd is not willing to do. kU* flyers at the University of Miami, Miami Dade Community This university's sexy-shows are thus simply an occasion for .11,100 1 College, and South Beach in addition to their home university. toying, playfully showing off your endowments, and enjoying People from all over Greater Miami come to see us strut in the sensuous without being wanton. As Eloy Fernandez put it, s:-i a b w..m _. ,rstn i,. 4 skimpy attire. Much of the audience, however, consists of other they're "all tease and no sees." IL=&'k+4i as fraternity and sorority members. At the Wet-and-Wild show sororities occupied about one third of the tables. The clubs / help support each other, attending these functions and bringing friends with them. At the Chippendelts show. some -' girls even brought their mothers. r*" What do you get when you add a bunch of university students and sex? Most film directors say, "Animal House!' A it ,r.. , JAL &JF-ove Not quite. This pack may be roudy, excitable, and loud, but 14 II 'a IqF Inc arm F[/1-1 according to Sotolongo and Jelke, it stays pretty much in control. The clubs don't want audiences that tear up the place. -M .t. V r/' 1 i' ,. j tea: --- I i~~' s AIL. "i KM "I love sex" t . . with the one I love is so appropriately worn ', NET R1I/rp! by Jose Rivera, senior, during the Homecom- RR111 . ing festivities. Rivera is sure not to forget his 91/1"" ;-'. r { " loved one. Photo by Julie O'Dell. il 1.. w W7- malw rw 'J W, 'A iffa cA' \_ x,, :, W I At-. , ; - 'b -' r 0 j 1' w. f .1 a,," a N11 ,,C't k", -- vK' - wF , : s=.l , A -- :, w W, 1m Never fear, the He-Men are here! Mouth to mouth donations? A A crazed fan gives a little help to her friend Ton KS Flexing for the crowd are Phi Delta Theta frater- Jelke of Sigma Phi Epsilon, during the Wet -N- Wild nity brothers Bobby Diaz and Dave Olcott during performance during the spring term. Photo by Dar Im the finale number of Chippendelts. Photo by Julie ma Redondo. O'Dell. x7 r - I Drop that towel! Dance, dance, dance. c Shakin' across the stage is Jennifer Johnson as she ,'' Finishing his act in the knick of time is Cecilio helps to benefit the Phi Mu sorority at the Phi Mu na Toledo during Wet -N- Wild. He finishes with a -~ striking pose and a handful of cash. Photo by Illustrated performance. Photo by Joe Alamo. Sex 19 18 Sex 1L Darma Redondo. r'm { i ;. 6 r h }c . V _ _- Keeping in step with tradition. L} .. J Charting a Rich and Diverse Heritage Members of the Dialu African Dance Ensemble i 44 a keep to the beat of the traditional music. Here a , p.: By Barbara Valdes groups, such as the Indian, Chinese, British, Spanish, and French, dancer makes it appear so easy. Photo by Julie also mixed in, further spicing the stew. ,.. V O'Dell. . . (4 lack history should be celebrated twelve months a The black heritage, therefore, is about as diverse as the Hispanic 4 .= c'+ a. year," said Paul Knight of FIU's Minority Programs. heritage. Trying to cover it all in one week is a task comparable to a > r His tone was matter-of-fact. There was no hint of covering all the traditions, and cultures that comprise the American 4 militancy, but a sincerity so deep, his eyes shined with it. heritage. But the American melting pot is well recognized. ' I'! ._ Why celebrate black history all year? Because, according wA ' ; to Everyone knows about the colonization, Westward expansion, and L: t , r} L Knight, one week is not enough time to showcase all of the black immigration that the North American continent has seen. Paul IL 1iI "17 heritage. What is this heritage? This year's celebrations focused on Knight says Americans aren't aware of just how rich and diverse the Bd"... t... ;:. F,I ,ft>7 exactly that - the Triple Heritage: Mother Africa, the Americas, black heritage is as well. By celebrating black history, he and other FS :. ' '"'r i ; ^ iI° and the West Indies. Each of these heritages is a stew of cultures, black students hope people will learn to appreciate the black rtY ;'s q 4r 'f { 4 possessing their own flavors and nuances. These variations go back experience, once they see just how interesting and flavorful the 1, s :Y K T W,--M t-lll .A, Lao, t- 41 to Mother Africa, the root of the black heritage. black heritage is. Knight explains that Africans were never all alike. T ,7 _- Western To accomplish this, the black history celebrations included events It " Africans differed from Northern, Central, and Southern Africans in showcasing aspects of various black cultures. University Park's ,,-n x Wiz-. _ ."f A kow.k Y 54 Piz -5- S V.. " , religious beliefs, dress, traditions, and even food. They possessed library displayed a collection of art from the Gallery Antigua which '°, tip- tip; . separate cultures, considering themselves separate people. When illustrated the Triple Heritage. A cultural bazaar displayed African aI t:;- x.lI- transplanted to the Caribbean and the Americas, they mixed their foods, and artifacts, and held a rum tasting contest. Fashion shows tM, ,y African traditions with the new cultures they found. Thus, the featured models in designs from the Caribbean islands, Africa, and tis. I; 11"A . slaves taken to Haiti combined their religion with the Catholicism the United States. And the Performing Arts Showcase entertained : .::"E: r4 thrust upon them, creating Haitian voodoo. about 250 people of all colors and ethnic ,, l _g } backgrounds with step l To add to an already aromatic stew, each island, or state dancing shows, a reggae band, and rappers. In addition to the r ' . , * . L- possessed its own indigenous flavors varying from the plants and celebrations, FIU's John Warford received the Peace Award at the ,' I-- ,\ A fauna to the weather, land, and history. All this caused the seventh annual commemorative observance of Martin Luther King t -~E development of different foods, attitudes, and beliefs. Other ethnic Junior. ' ' { I 1:1 ti ro y' A l II .; V :,~ . d . ftl LA -8M -- V. ~ ' A. y' .. iw ea ,.. -'4 , , V x T.-IM p, rl;' ? 8. Y t -,l r-' ]%,i Y : . j .~ F 11 rf qw ; A'7 ,, .. J 1 t. - iklL,-, LWO ,74 f + ryjr T 1', I vimU k kliI 4JUKl This is where it's at. For Alan Hill an entertaining evening watching the Performing Hard work pays off Arts Showcase is a great way to spend a week night. Attendance After receiving the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award, Associate Director of Admissions John for the festival peaked this year with an estimated 20 per cent Warford proudly stands with Mary Hudson, Marilyn Beecher, Ozzie Ritchie and Paul Knight. Photo by increase over last year. Photo by Julie O'Dell. yin r/ " Media Services. Hey Mon ... I ' Serenading some 200 students and listeners is the lead singer of Word up ... the Reggae band Copacetic during the International Festival. .=e Tap dancing through the Performing Arts Showcase are brothers of the Alpha Beta Sigma fraternity. Photo by Media Services .. The tap dance number was stunning as the brothers tapped and marched in unison in the UH Pit. -.. Photo by Julie O'Dell. 20 Black History Black History 21 Small world after all. Dressed up in the native clothing of different countries are children participating in the International Festival 1988. Exchanging Cultures Photo by Darma Redondo. iVIOA By Barbara Valdes of an education is understanding why the world is in its present 47: 4 condition. With this purpose in mind, SGA and the International .. rw foods and threw a few quick words to each other. It seemed Understanding." gibberish to the cafeteria attendant waiting to serve them. Purple and lime-green posters announced a host of events introduc- v he three peered over the counter. They pointed at different Students' Club sponsored "International Festival '89, for Global . T One of the girls, a bronzed beauty, pointed through the glass ing students to different cultures and the delicacies of international .. and asked in an English draped in slavic overtones, "What is that?" relations. Professor and Florida State Senator Jack Gordon opened the W- - Something stirred behind the attendant's blank expression. "Why, sessions of a model United Nations conference. Nicolas Daniloff, the WON { meatloaf, honey." The student wrinkled her nose, "Is it good?" reporter accused by the KGB of espionage, also appeared to speak on 7 Between classes, if you walk through the pit at University Park, the life inside the Soviet Union and the effects of glasnost on US/Soviet roar of 100 people talking at once prevents your making out the words relations. Looking at world affairs from another angle, Tom Wolfe, "the tP of a conversation. But you know the couple you just passed is not father of new journalism" and author of the The Right Stuff, lectured on : speaking English because you don't recognize the rhythm of the words. pop culture and its effects on the modern world. ' Y By the pool at Bay Vista, you can catch a tan while your mind reels The International Students' club directly participated in the Parade from listening to an entire conversation in Portuguese. You can do this of Nations. Bearing the flags of various countries, these students because 1,200 international students attend this university. They come assembled themselves around the pit in the UH building just before : gm55 I'N, from every continent, bringing different world views, philosophies, lighting candles in support of global understanding. The group also Q ; ri religions, languages, and food preferences. We encounter these people hosted several international coffee breaks serving coffee or tea as '7 k every day, but do we understand them? prepared in India, South America, Jamaica, and the Middle East. Club 1 . r -Af L Class discussions occasionally yield a foreign student's illustration of members dressed in their nations' traditional costumes to serve L' . business practices, political views, or economic conditions in his homemade specialties at the international dinner. The nine-day festival country. Most of us nod, "Well, isn't that interesting." But as university also entertained with music, dancing, and food during a Caribbean r-,; students we're supposed to learn about other points of view, other fiesta, an international bazaar, a Polynesian luau, an Arabian festival, a m methods, and their effects. We're supposed to learn this because part Latin fiesta, and an Asian celebration. ,,.mow.. : J i __ r.aw " k 11 r " .; 1 V '; -M ... . ._ r 'A M ..ef A :. . '1,' F/' I }. '" <^' " u l U-1 I' --- ° GA i i T_ . .r 'r < r ,, > 'Y" ! C t }'A F, I - " / L. t ' r. KHA ', t Nr't . : - -n1 j VINa ,I y :y + M .zm Ma Ir' 1L. Lla I _ ' _, I ' ,;? I In TL 11 ,=:; . ,z :i--4m N~I i . :. . 1t W--M r .. ,5- 4. K" ; r Piggybackin'. -e In the midst of Carifiesta, Olabisi Komlafe carries her slumbering grandchild ,;.. F :I in a homemade backpack. Photo by Media Services. } "'7 One false move. A I Showing what they are made of are the Golden Dragon Acrobats in this Flying high! 1% game of tug-of-war during the International Festival celebration. Photo by Darma Redondo. Concentration, b ( A-- .; 2 s - Here a dancer No question too big. -A Metaphysics, axiology and vacationing in Jamaica are specialty ques- tions for Christine Studwyck, Julia Barryman, "Mr. Lovejoy" and Denise Hinds. These folks spent a few hours posing for answers and pictures F"% . - during the International Festival. Photo by Media Services. Finishing touches. Struggling with a roll of colored crepe paper is Heather Gordon as she i- ;~Vv ro.O&A decorates the Jamaican food booth during the bazaar during the .I I. I1'r y' I'i 7 Caribbean day of International Festival. Photo by Julie O'Dell. ; / 22 International Festival t auE1 International Festival 23 "1 All aboard. 7 1!- , Going to the Bahamas is as easy as pie on a huge vessel A Run Away for the Day such as this one. Repeatedly the Sea Escape day cruise sells out yearly. This event is one of the favorites of By Barbara Valdes their stomachs ready to wretch. graduates and underclassmen alike. Photo courtesy of For those of us still sober, fatigue Sea Escape. "lift ea Escape. The name im- begins to set in, and muscles we'd Look at the 5 birdie. plies you're running away forgotten we had ache and com- After having been through all of the island, . a two students __. w =., stop to pose for the camera. Photo by Alice Bae. v : from something. Why to plain. Why do we do this? . the ocean? Perhaps because es- The second group has fun too, I. I caping to the open sea always but they are more sober in temper- carries such romantic images. The ament as well as in their drinking sea connotes freedom, liberty, the habits. These people go to relax, shaking off of shackles. So what to get away and think about what Ell~ do seniors need to get away from? they're going to do now that 13 F.* Why do they need a Sea Escape? they've graduated. "The burdens [A -A A- Two categories of people at- of school and graduation are off JdA 01',04 tend these senior cruises, the their shoulders, and they need """ $;. Nt ' {{! ultra-party animals, and the reflec- some time to reflect upon what's r i '"".- P tionists. We all fall into one of next," says Acosta. Games, danc- d ' 1 .,,k}. w_ these groups, but in the end per- ing, and general entertainment are 4;r., ri;,q. 0,r . reasons for doing what fine, but they also take time to just 1 I , gpIl haps our w to we do are the same. Some of us sit and look out over the ocean. ' , board ship chanting the motto Perhaps we all have the same ; " ppp I r "FUN at all costs!" We race motives. The last semester of . a I N around the ship playing every school seems like forever. Books, owl ' e Lz4-4 Ag F . r I I r r, i game there is. The scavenger hunt homework, and exams appear I° \-, -i I is a chance to run and laugh as we more difficult. Yet we pull our- t ,, MOJ / , M I turn the ship upside down search- selves through with the mantra, , gil off for knick knacks we pass by "This is my last semester. This is ri . ing ,. t i Ii It'l "-"-5 every day without much thought. my last semester." When it's final- " -. .y The pool is a play box we wrestle, ly over we scream and shout with '" A :. and fight in. And wherever there's joy and ecstasy. We throw our I I - l.A music, we dance. notes up in the air like confetti. :.", w46 4 all settles down, the I bfA .A.& Santiago Acosta, who's gone But when -&.. ! str on two Sea Escapes, says "Some graduation ceremony is over, and ti people go with the idea that all the congratulations are said, we C,~ -, they're going to have FUN the suddenly realize we stand before a whole cruise even if it kills them." world that's ready to chew us up r-w _, "m wa One of the requirements of fun for and spit us out. Before stepping . to be intoxica- out in challenge, we need a break. W, some of us seems ;B tion. People start drinking early Some of us drink ourselves into r morning in their cabins only oblivion for a day. Some of us run "a a 'firti 'x n" that to get so smashed, they miss all the anxious energy out of systems the activities the ship provides. By with FUN. Some of us sit before _ the evening arrives and the open ocean and let the breeze ,:.. r 4 1 jr - ,,,;. the time ' F"'; , - the club scene begins, the drinkers caress our faces before bracing the ii 14. , are out, their heads throbbing and storm. Shop until you drop. Workin' for a livin'. ,, "a: minds. Shopping in the Exhibiting his handiwork for passersby is a mer- L "f No doubtnthere was one thing on these ladies' economical and at the same time. Shown are students chant on the main island of the Bahamas. Photo . y~ Bahamasis fun L~ EI checkin' out the bargains. Photo by Alice Bae. i I w. is. Wkm qI4, ,. P:m 71,I k7 It,0 r9A U# mm Llk-:Il.- , t ,. -.40 .. :± r, k s av4a,: N .{ 74 kl a" . T '. r 1q lip. 7 T -I) I .r I %1 1 t *,MN dt , d t " ". 24 Sea Escape I 25 Sea Escape ~i ;bWT" &j? -° . I . ; .. : ,am a-a 'am . .,. "."A V segraduates don't mind so A :7t; th 41"t ce for i4oy u,ill ye ad a. Phot F 'I ll :,To lqlw4l ta lot I Closing the Chapter - W>;, P11- I kk By Barbara Valdes receiving two blinding flashes on stage while accepting our ceremonial !-V*Ml iii °, "-: 9 degrees - blank pieces of paper. W sii ta,, IN skirt, woolen trousers, and silken shirt accompanied by ties that deans. We cheer when their names are called. We adorn our mortar clutch at our throats. Then we hide all this under flowing gowns boards with fraternity or sorority letters, with fanciful messages ("Let'supon our do attire - linen Yet we try to make the ceremonies our own. We rain confetti F thator whom hang isto graduationhalf-calf. Our day? leather We donshoes our smile finest and wink with the the wild thing"), and with toy figures that represent our majors (cranes, reflection of pant cuffs and dress slips. Completing the costume, we rest a bridges, electrical boards). The bold come in high-top sneakers, Laurel ' square upon our heads and spend the day blinking at the tassel which and Hardy bowl hats, or Spuds McKenzie costumes. The brazen bomb yV F swats at our eyes. And for whom? For what? the stage with rolls of toilet paper. V >I We arrive two hours early, are processed, corralled, then herded like But among all this, what is really ours? Not our parents', not our deans', I ;I . sheep through the corridors. As a cowboy cuts cattle into groups, they cut not our university's? What part of graduation is the graduate's alone? 91-191 A us into units of four, and march us up an aisle only to make us sit for Graduation also consists of the satisfaction and knowledge of accomplish- i L2 another hour. Meanwhile on stage, far-removed individuals speak of lofty ment, the relief of finishing, the mixed feelings of facing the world without _;"'7 ideas and actions. We wiggle, and poke, and send notes to family and the title "student". Anxiety, uncertainty, challenge, eagerness and . friends on the sidelines. They pass us cokes and hot dogs, and nachos, perhaps naked fear, rush and clash in our hearts, our stomachs, our very .. n' , Uv while the university president passes awards and honorary degrees to souls. Work is not new for most of us. But without the shield of "student", , ,,a people we have never seen in class or on campus. without the possible excuse of classes, exams, papers, and projects, the a': .: 1 ;r W,; Our parents shift in their seats and crane their necks to catch a peak at total responsibility of a professional job suddenly strikes us in force. Full- us. They stand and wave and shout our names. They stand us in the hot fledged failure becomes a possibility. We shun it, yet we shudder at the F 1 sun to take our photograph. But we've had enough of cameras after thought. Yes, these things are ours..: a: -. TT'A ' , ~ i- C . I _ .*.. _- 1 16{vo {; I TIV-A rf --1 Ell Wm ws .A .+ rl(, 16 !lu L '. I x 3:kJ --F, I 99;arik- r ' -A m q'. 7a' 61-1-4 '. .0 ' me,{ '-xl' jf ...-.. ;, AM Ems. W4-' -11,79 'I t .. t 4 l i - ' f :; V - ... .:," --I- y :_ L _ 7m. t f I JI""z .4 r" a A ^ /t A a wm- .yr I-a* .. 1 wI Ae1i p '4; r. ."i ' a "c sy ,.; 'I I -' 4 I trii '1L fV .a \ i. ' "' '_L J -, . '' U"" AN' L, 11VLtll;m ': . ti .'A 1 1 r;n :A 7 ".J l m ' , fr 4 tj" " l_:C. " . mmh f' I; 1t tk:s , 'f,. ,Wve; Scattering spectators. : KA The moments immediately following graduation are always fun a' T I' - ': Li : VA while parents attempt to locate children and vice-versa. Photo l - -, by Darma Redondo. t, -., fi, y W-Ad i stoppin' us now. Can you believe it? w Ain't no 4'w need is that small piece of paper worth four years' Happy as a clam is Jorge Pena and friend at the prospect of With the world in their hands all they A OEM- and friend certainly graduated. Photo by Darma graduation. Photo by Darma Redondo. 3 work to verify that Laura Redondo L* Redondo. Picture perfect. 1 1~r I-' Diploma clutched in hand, Lissette Perez stops to gain compo- "at kF No sweat. sure in the search for her family. Photo by Darma Redondo. _I During the 1988 graduation these SGA members didn't mind sitting out in the sun in order to obtain their diplomas. Photo by Darma Redondo. (1 : 1 t j Good to go. k 73 h1>.A A While preparations are under way for the 1988 graduation ceremony these two take a \a :I few minutes to pose for the photographer. Photo by Darma Redondo. .y a PI .' Al t~ 26 Graduation 0 ' ~V~'~L\ :, :s - Graduation 27 ~IJ~*L~kit iN *~.5I V7~~AY New Ideas, Goals, Attitudes in SGA ""...... om i mas~a~un...m 1 By Barbara Valdes possible weaknesses may exist. A strong leadership can now take steps to ensure nothing like this occurs again, thus strengthening GA elections in Spring of '89 put this student organiza- SGA's integrity, the confidence of student voters, and helping to tion through some growing pains, when vice-presidential establish a traditional student support for SGA. candidate Joel Beck accused out-going president Tim Manny Lamazares, the new SGA President, says this universi- Benjamin of tampering with ballots. The Elections Commission ty lacks the tradition other schools have in backing their student j pronounced Benjamin guilty. The evidence used against him was government. "We have a strong SGA, we're just not very a voting signature book which allegedly showed his signature visible." twice, meaning, he voted more than once. Benjamin appealed to This year, SGA, in league with the Florida Students' Associa- the Supreme Court which, according to Justice Michael Ham- tion (FSA), lobbied against the Board of Regents in the Florida II ersley, decided the evidence had been in so many hands that its state legislature over a proposed 15% raise in tuition fees. authenticity could not be proven and thus declared Benjamin Thanks to their influence, fees will not go up at all this year. innocent. They also received $9 million in extra funding for financial aid, Hamersley says the real question at issue became whether another $2.03 million for library resources, and a combined "elections are valid until proven invalid" or vice versa. Some $5.10 million for student support, undergraduate aid, and people wanted the results to all the offices declared void when the financial aid support. SGA also created the student grievance Elections Commission gave its verdict. However, the Supreme policy, and fought to keep the engineering labs open when the LL Court said there was not sufficient evidence to do this. Elections administration wanted to close them and distribute the equip- stood and were considered valid. ment throughout the engineering departments. After the Supreme Court's decision, Beck and Steve Resnick Lamazares thinks students need lots of visual reinforcement to appealed to President Madique on behalf of Beck and comp- help get an SGA tradition on its way. With this in mind, SGA's troller candidate Tammy Cercone. The administration decided to offices received a new 3' X 5' sign in modern lettering. The senate Established 19? rehold elections for vice-president and comptroller in September, chambers received an SGA Senate Seal displayed so everyone although there was no evidence that tampering had actually using the room, whether for classes or meetings, will see it and occurred. perhaps become curious. Also planned are car visors, and I.D. I Ultimately, the whole affair could prove beneficial to the future holders with the SGA logo prominently displayed upon them. of SGA. It tested procedures and security, and showed where Lamazares says visual items as these and an SGA "presidents' v :: hall of fame", displaying photographs of past SGA presidents, New look. would make students not only aware but interested During the 1988-89 school year, a new look was implemented in knowing for SGA outside of about. A the office doors. Photo by Julie O'Dell. what SGA is all I ,j ": r y .;mil WM T MEM }- "l u H,; ILIN \ .. L° ,# L I-. Ak :,.: D TIM r.. ri' L F V a V:_ . r - 4 ¢ 19. . -. '' _ L- r. E"- '1 : N ' " fl I " _? '; limp! P V'f ;Y ANW ~.,-?t 4.. ' t ; Prr fl\.;>. .l _ r, . r , . , v Raising questions. To be or not to be. :_:. F , , At the Elections Commission hearing regard- Listening to all sides is the job of the Elections Board. Three ing Elections tampering, Joel Beck awaits the members listen to other persons before making decisions based verdict of the panel. Photo by Alice Bae. on the hearing. Photo by Alice Bae. ,.''r' , 1 .. ,_ imagemaker. No laughing matter. .,. .: :-. The being elected as the President of SGA, Manny Lamazares made a quick decision to 198889 President Tim Benjamin finds the entire elections Upon "clean up the act" and usher out bad ideas and, in turn, change the image of SGA. Lamazares ordeal a serious situation where he is accused of ballot tamper- ;-a is pictured here in his office. Photo by Julie O'Dell. ing during the Elections hearing. Photo by Alice Bae. F-E;: And the winner is ... h Reading off the initial unofficial results of the first SGA election is Ron Hopkins in the SGA office at the University Park Campus. Photo by Julie O'Dell. f:*, A ,.. 28 Student Government Association -. v .- I- Student Government Association 29 ;-. ff"ll, XOTIPr ,, l6lklmIL 12 U ..:1' r ' Shifts In Food, Drink and Merriness i . III t ,__.. RV" M, -I A r 74 " °s rl 3 F cavern swathed in ted-tinged light. the front door, 18 to 20 year olds through the back. It -+ ' ;,'joLi OR .r . rain UR :,.,r :: U, While peering at your feet so quickly didn't work well, and they went back to normal opera- .=a n I I ; ; skippingelcome to down Hell. theYou steps descend into the into pit, a dimyou tionstried theto segregate next day. However,Rat customers: SGA members21 year olds complained through &0 W , , ;.:. I. suddenly recoil from the handrails as your fingers about the segregation. Associate Director of Dining F- T - encounter a cobweb. Wild v ill music and laughter envelope Services and Manager of the Rat, Paul Enfield said, "Of ta you as you raise your eyes to gaze upon the devils course they complained. They represent the students. I awaiting. They smile. "Hi," one of them chirps, "Mic- would have been angry too. But what they don't helobe is the special tonight. ''IV What'll you have?" understand is that federal authorities have to be ap- , Halloween at the Rathskellar was always interesting peased first. We could open up at 10:00 and at 10:01 -J "i . , ;. &sg ->4 when Gabe Forment was manager. But then every they could come rip up our liquor license." t }, *I a i-. holiday meant a change in decor, and Thursdays were Shortly after the trouble, Nita Burnier accepted an for parties, beer specials, two-for-ones, and happy- offer with the Diplomat Hotel and left the Rathskellar. i "" W hours. When Forment left, Nita Burnier continued the Today, there are no beer specials, no themes, no parties, % b promotions and specials until the federal agents appear- no crowds, and no federal agents. Some students say ii -° ed. .. Having received complaints that the Rat was the Rat is no longer a student oriented bar. But Enfield of I ,:t ,: , e.: serving alcohol to students under 21, they checked it explains that he and his staff are merely regrouping ~u out. Although the management had not knowingly before UH renovations begin the construction of a new Iy broken the law, there were several arrests. pub. The associate director plans a complete makeover 11 7% The next day, fearful of further trouble, management including services and atmosphere. , ;.'y< oil' r "S , Bartenders will be serving a lot more food specials and less dollar-beers once BARBARA -i Im,a 40 BY VALDES reconstruction is finished. 2;1 L Cti i5 ,., o_ i - .-I " L',i, i I ' _, Jt p a 1'A a, f R.. .. sy _ °_ . r.' rn 1 S RESNK ii F . I x..1 '! K e--~ V y tl . , .. : : i N--1 o- .1 A r " y W . l .4 :ate Management is working with Bacchus to promote responsible I, 91 _ 4 : drinking among Rat customers. V - n _ . ' S V7 _ -:_ ._- f. :' ;b . W7 saw "Rathskellar" may denote a dungeon, but these two find the place comfortable enough to chat over class notes. University pubs are becoming a thing of the past, according to Paul Enfield. We are fortunate enough to be one of the few universities r '. :.: ,, left with an on-campus bar. P' Y'- LY4 M ._--. Vol .- W These students found a quiet booth to enjoy a beer and a cigarette T after lunch. , . }.a TS W2.92'1 A friendly game of dominos click-clacks just outside the Rat. With the atmosphere change, these games may move into the pub. jc LAJ I I t bw t'4 1~ Nk. Rathskellar 31 30 Rathskellar a I :Tim, W A Lin ierin Interest -. ,w '% ,.: ;; ._w' : _ r -- . . Fal r By Barbara Valdes wants to do is return to school. "My time doesn't allow for social events at school. They're just not inviting enough, or important enough to he student population numbers about 17,000 but only 2,000 compete with my other responsibilities," she says. come to homecoming, 1,000 vote in SGA elections, only a few Another student echoes her when he explained that time for school dozen attend baseball games, and not even a hundred attend events became non-existent after he took a job. He used to attend all basketball games. Black history, and the international festival events in high school. But he finds that "FIU is not a youth-oriented attract only a few hundred. No one cares. No one has time. Why? school. It's more for older people that are simply seeking a degree." Several factors intertwine to cause this apathy among students. The Other students say that we cannot raise attendance at events composition of the student body is the main reason. The other is the very because we are still a commuter school. Despite the addition of nature of the school. This was once only an upper division university, dormitories, the majority of students still drive a fair distance to attend and strictly a commuter school. Today, graduates from junior colleges classes. Some travel up to fifty miles. Lorre Mertens explained that she still make a great percentage of the new students we receive every year. lives in northern Broward county, "It's a far enough drive to the Bay Combine this group with the amount of people that return to school after Vista Campus. If you think I'm driving an extra 30 miles to attend a several years of work, marriage, or having children, and you create a homecoming at University Park, you're crazy. _ r .9 large population in its late twenties and early thirties. These people Universities like U of M, Florida State, and University of Florida have - ;; often have full-time jobs, or families, homes, mortgages, or any fraternity and sorority houses, large dormitories, or university-oriented ,.nu,: , their students lives. :r y. W combination of these. School events simply cannot compete with these towns surrounding them. These schools permeate lei~ i"' a Tist " responsibilities. Attendance at school events is thus much higher. People whose parents sue .,. ' 5 ' ii i + '_ ifi " But younger students seem to have similar problems. Many people pay for their education, who don't have to worry about the responsibil- come to this university because they don't have the money to go to the ities of living at home, and who don't have to work, have all the time in University of Miami, and they can't or don't want to go to a school in the world. northern Florida. This usually means they have to work, and put Although the student composition is slowly changing because the themselves through school. number of incoming freshmen at ages 17 to 19 is increasing, the Connie Lugo, a student in the School of Journalism and Mass question remains whether these future students will come to our school Communication, explains that she must work full-time in order to pay for because they can get the "full" college experience, or because it's classes and books. Then she must spend the rest of her time studying to cheaper to come here, and it's easier to find a job in Miami than it is in make good grades. After working and studying all day, the last thing she Gainesville, or Tallahassee. x S 4y 1 ?l }j . ,w,._...., -. F ,:,. . it + e V&l 1 ., A iii I. . :., 9 It, *. ;- r i1 ,l . , ,. it ;W - r$" ' ia k - r$ a * - f '!:.:: vi3 I-,AL 0 E f . cy ' '~' +t' y ° "'; :I 'ew.° Y °. , A '... ~ ",, VIM, r; "A sLM , V: " ;,A J','s 5 y' . A! ",I .:.tA._. . t"I lv Is , ,; ,Y In a word. Etched in colored sand the word "Apathy" is as clear as day. F -4. S^ FASA students started their campaign after holding a ., w - "= Yr.yy ,. meeting and with poor attendance, realized the problem. ,-4A vii k. : .;.Z. x* , 'arm Photo by Julie O'Dell. ! ° . N v - SIR fir. x ''z WIA t- .; ,z An overview. ;1:,.. {E Adding the finishing touches of grapes which symbolize :, A .. ._._ . 1 dd : Ulf "L A' opportunity which students just don't grab is Teresa, FASA r8 ' C. 0 --m 71111-- it, coordinator in the UH Pit. Photo by Julie O'Dell. A7; . ;_ :. , r S. Sit back and relax. During the demonstration, this fine arts student association student hangs out on the higher levels of the pit watching other students put it all together. Photo by Julie O'Dell. ; ,iii N: Get this straight. I 9 After having gotten much acclaim all day from passersby FASA coordinator Teresa gives some At A advice to an FASA student on the Apathy issue. Photo by Julie O'Dell. 11 -1 G' ; L ? . Lf I' ' :?: WE I1 !,l;i . Um ri l xflIi1:i Apathy 32 Apathy 33 c 0 0 i I i M",0 Death threat. Hurricane Gilbert rose out of the Caribbean like a giant wind By Barbara Valdes storm in late September. By the time it lost its hurricane status ,. over northeastern Mexico, it had killed more than 300 people "", '_ "; left hundreds of thousands homeless and caused billions of ,"' ,_ mostrefreshing of 1987 and breeze '88. of When tolerance Ronald and Reagan goodwill took blew office throughout in 1980, hi dollars in damage to the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico The he referred to the Soviet Union as the "evil empire." But the last ,. !_' and the United States. two years saw a dynamic change in American-Soviet relations. : - ::^ International good will. wk-ru5 _ Russians and American rescuers cut through the ice in Alaska to Mikhail Gorbachev ushered in a policy of openness, Glasnost. Linked to the save two California Gray whales. The whales were trapped in new detente are negotiations for a medium-range missile pact. The INF e, the ice for more than three weeks. ..f i b ,. 1 Treaty scraps all intermediate-range missiles in both western and eastern -FQ! . ' Europe. Although the pact affects only 3% of all nuclear warheads, INF is I *, 4 ,: tk probably the most significant agreement to reduce tensions and help cut 4 -- . ' I -N_ defense costs since the Nixon-Brezhnev agreements in the early 1970's. rp-:. Y' ., 1-11. . :v r:,. , ir,__m The goodwill extended to non-political situations as well. Both Russians N. - -,p PF V and Americans rushed to free two California gray whales from the ice in .. ate: k w '" Alaska. The United States hurried to Armenia after ac devastating "AW. 4, i earthquake buried hundreds of people alive, and left thousands more Ir. .. destitute. A special rescue team from Dade County went to help find and "t~ i4 i4.:n=}, FTA §:... , x ., save survivors. In September '88, all the Americas banded together to help F I, I V U f ., the victims of Hurricane Gilbert, which swept through the Caribbean, 7 . I;- TI ;};; r I Central America, Mexico, and part of the United States. More than 300 "e people died, hundreds of thousands went homeless, and damages went W-mlj. 0' into the billions of dollars. Russia's "Vietnam" also ended in 1988. Accords signed by the Soviet II 71 Union, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US provided that all 115,000 Soviet troops leave the Moslem nation by early 1989. Although one million Afghans were killed, the Soviets were unable to force the Islamic rebels _.. ir from their strongholds in the mountains. The Russians themselves suffered f , m a. 30,000 dead and wounded, and much tension back home, while five r- million Afghans fled to Pakistan and Iran. 4 lllkE-4 Al. Understanding and cooperation did not extend to US relations with I Panama and General Manuel Antonio Noriega. In February of '88, the US y i ~ indicted him of drug trafficking. Relations with Panama for the next C- eighteen months became one long campaign to oust Noriega. He withstood anti-American sentiment to rally the , : Ir4% rt_ the attempts and used the common Panamanians behind him. 19 .',;e :i In early 1989 Panama finally held elections. Despite the balloting iI I irregularities witnessed by teams of international poll watchers, and despite Noriega's outright theft and forgeries of tabulation sheets showing - ++" " vote totals, opposition leader Guillermo Endara won by two to one against Duque. The authorities responded by f, Noriega's hand-picked Carlos % declaring the election null and void. Several days later, Panamanians A 'ii ail,, paramilitary group, the Dignity Battalion, .. II marched in protest. Noriega's 5,n .. t 2 appeared wielding clubs and pipes and attempted to beat Endara and his I ° I 4/ * VILV9 two running mates to death. .. , , By Barbara Valdes ? +1r'f W A''- _ f 5 ,n,j t rE;*W .'? I }L. }yy, mY t 'y. . i 7 .) r 'f L "a 4-- . All together now. ,m tt { . 1J years;the once world's in South attention Korea, was oncedrawn in tocommunist student protests China. theseBoth pastprotests two 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, opened with a Twiceoccurred at crucial times when each nation was in the international -Astt yg d dramatic and dazzling ceremony. A colorful, three-hour spectacle 42 7c'. { , aF Il:LrI limelight. Korea was preparing to host the Summer Olympics of 1988 mixing ancient Korean rituals with space-age technology kicked off w. when its people stormed the streets with demonstrations against President Chun 16 days of athletic competition. 4 -7 y J , *TSv . , . Doo Hwan's autocratic regime. Students pelted police with rocks and molitof Ilk- cocktails, and declared that South Korea's growing prosperity had only benefitted Stars and bars. -'. 5 ..,, + , the already wealthy. They also accused the U.S. of supporting the repressive regime Stars of the 1988 Summer Olympics, clockwise from the top: diver ,w . , r, ' x;; .. human rights. Greg Louganis won 2 gold medals; track and field star Carl Lewis . -I which violated its peoples' 'Q WFIO won 2 gold and 1 silver; and swimmer Matt Bioni celebrated with 5 ;4 A full military crackdown, threatened to occur. But Korea's leaders understood i -. gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. such actions would be an embarrassment for a nation preparing to flaunt its stuff _-c ... ii before the world. They also knew the democratice west cared little for prosperity 3 N al . paid with the restriction of political freedoms. On June 29, Roh Toe, Woo, Chun's ILL' heir apparent, read his eight point declaration, which conceded to direct presiden- 11988 .s tial elections, and promised more democratic freedom. South Korea sighed with ,.. relief. Roh defeated a divided opposition and succeeded Chun as president with |SUMMER K-'r 36% of the vote. He is the first South Korean president elected by direct popular -"ff vote. Accepting his office, he swore to make a full-fledged democracy with free OLYMPICS elections and a liberalized press. 07y In China, students fought for democracy too. On April 27, 150,000 marched IScrui. Korea T~7(~T4 ". upon Tiananmen Square, encountering little resistance. A few days later, people in Shanghai, Xian, Changsha and other cities also marched. When Mikhail Gorbachev arrived for the first Sino-Soviet summit in three decades, he was virtually smuggled through a back entrance into the Great Hall, with the international attention focused on the throng in the square. AT - \- Ut ,f" For five days 3,000 students fasted. On May 18, the party leadership, including r: V. - Prime Minister Li Peng, met with them. The students, weak and pale, stated their ., .. ri1 ~ lA + - vj , demands for democracy, an end to corruption and a repudiation of the charges 'J G 'J n04 H-I a '.. . V'AN9 brought against them. Li responded, "Go back to your campuses." 1 t-b e " ~t~~ ,..+iflf,..1 ... ' 0 1 - On May 20, martial law was declared in parts of Beijing, and the army was called I K1.3, w7 in. Student supporters banged pots and pans to wake their neighbors and send them ,_ -: i Iu J IPTA u11 1 V to stop the troops headed toward Tiananmen. The next morning, a small military s, W I (A~ t s 7 M' W~' , convoy rolled through eastern Beijing. Several hundred people rushed toward it, --. 7=I:-n -- WJ L p ' i r $A,' M t blocking the way and asking soldiers why they wanted to repress a democratic J .. ' movement. The troops were so moved, some turned back the way they had come. hV'7YWl e". LOUC*l .. _ y - - < . .+ June 3 the catastrophe began. Students and residents had surrounded buses U - carrying troops with weapons, keeping them immobile for hours. Early June 4, a 9 AFA* 4U- p I ',1 large convoy of trucks barrelled toward Tiananmen Square. More than ten- M F : ' c 2i 15 thousand soldiers suddenly poured into the Forbidden City. The students and g. 7AI workers stood before the coming tanks, but this time the soldiers didn't stop. They . F ; ft -n r I LL'% 1 ,, opened fire with automatic weapons, and indiscriminantly crushed and bayonetted v U..: people. Jai L' ix~~ 'I- z' Wif After the massacre, government propaganda tried to mislead the country about Ila'I'tr ' I 0o what happened, saying "There was no bloodshed on Tiananmen square. The I4'i tiv; 4VI C)IRCR, t' t people's army would not do that to the people." Deng Xiaoping said the trouble was .4. 'f:+ caused by a tiny minority that "wanted to set up a bourgeois republic." But the Turbulence hits home. R I 9 4S " !Y I r re, "t '1 -'°!':R+. . ' T7 - ~" iPn a _+y. people of Beijing knew different. An estimated 8000 citizens perished in the In response to the student protest in Communist China where 150,000 beginning of the violence. students marched for democracy the FIU Chinese Student Association f_.'N ~i-N~ I - Ti The government even created made this banner and solicited for student support on a school-wide -,Mrr?.1 .-7 c:mr i Door to door searches for dissidents soon followed. basis. FOR:.11 telephone hotlines so that citizens could inform upon and identify protesters, [11 ? - -A* especially those who spoke to foreign journalists. 1044 IMF.ROU8 M As the former U.S. envoy who helped negotiate the US opening to China, George i "A W FREEDOA Bush wanted to preserve the ties which had benefited both countries. "I don't want ,E a FOe, E - a 1.T eM; i L MR A e it to see a total break in this relationship," he said, although his administration made 'TAJ !'L4UI 1 official statements delporing the massacre. With prodding from Congress, however, he suspended US military sales to China and offered to extend the visas of 40,000 - I a a Chinese citizens living and studying in the U.S. 36 International Current Events InternationalCCurrent Events 37 I 0 I 0 0 ° 'WI x WIM By Barabara Valdes issue dodgings. First, Gary Hart's affair raised the question of whether W moral scandals, and ; ; sexual morality or wasspousal a parade fidelity ofreally mudslingings, mean anything when consider- T 4% he 1988 election 777777" '71:7 TITI MIM- M T ing a candidate's capacity to fill an offfice. Soon after, John Sasso, then M ow, Michael Dukakis's campaign manager, sent videos to the New York Times which showed how Joseph Biden, a presidential hopeful, plagiarized quotes from the writings of Robert Kennedy, and Neil Kinnock, British Labour Party leader. '_;';"K Dukakis immediately fired Sasso, vigorously denying that his campaign was guilty lf ° of any "negative campaigning." The media later discovered how Biden publicly /-, _ -ii-I..H 7 lied about his academic background. r v, V-N',,,' ma r lmh I No real surprises came from the Democratic and Republican conventions. It ki ,NOW was the choices for running mates that made Americans scratch their heads. tA Dukakis selected Lloyd Bentson, who was basically his opposite on every issue. In P'. L Y' rf doing so, the "Duke" snubbed Jesse Jackson and ran the risk of alienating :," - R _ Jackson's large following. .- Bush dumbfounded the world with the choice of Dan Quayle, a young senator ' {c -: from Indiana with relatively little experience. Since named Bush's running mate, I ~ Quayle has been the butt of every comedian's joke, and the subject for every 17 ,. cartoonist's comic strip. ,.- The mudslinging continued throughout the campaign with television advertise- ._ : ; -,j j ments showing "what Dukakis did for Boston Harbor and promises to do for the I" rest of America." The debates put the mudslinging on prime-time television. N I Before millions, the two candidates exchanged insults like two school boys taunting each other into an after-school fight. Bush, when questioned on his comments +r i 1 I It11 about Dukakis's stand on the pledge of allegiance, denied that he ever called his opponent unpatriotic, but stated that he questioned the qovernor's judgement. J ,z instead of defending his position, rebutted with a stern face and, "He did Dukakis, U . call me unpatriotic, and I resent it." Another time Bush followed Dukakis's answer was as clear as Boston Harbor." But Bush's I If comments with, "That ! M, "thousand points of light" didn't clarify matters any better. *s; Neither candidate seemed to focus on the issues, but rallied behind "experi- KVM~ ence," whether in foreign relations, or economics and "tradition" whether I1a conservative or liberal, the dreaded "L-word." No candidate took any strong or visible positions on issues like abortion, gay rights, or school prayer. Their stands on A, these were fairly known, but they did not bring any of them to the forefront of the campaign. Both candidates were vague on questions regarding the budget, the homeless, and drugs. Dukakis rambled about a runaway girl that came to the Peas in a pod. governor's mansion in tears, and Bush hung on to his thousand points of lights, but Vice President George Bush, after serving for eight neither gave clear plans of action, and both skated around the issues. years in the Reagan Administration, got the ex- In the end, Bush carried forty-nine states, including Massachusetts, Dukakis's pected nod at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans in the Summer of 1988. His choice for home state. running mate was unexpected - Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana. The public opinion polls showed that the In with the new. HI the President of the United States of inexperienced 41 year-old senator was not a popular Swearing to take the oath of choice. AV A A America is George Bush after narrowly winning the Presidential seat against Dukakis in the 1988 elections. The Inaugural celebration was a gala occasion in Washington. All dressed up ... -V.F-1 The democrats went to Atlanta in the summer of 1988, and decided on Michael Dukakis, the governor of Massachusetts, to r V- 'f w be their candidate for President of the United States. He decided I, to pick Lloyd Bentsen, a senator from Texas, as his running L. A a£ A4-- mate. F I National Current Events 38 National Current Events 39 1 10 0 0 0 Ready, set, go. The shuttle Discovery blasted into orbit in September, the first space flight since the shuttle Challenger mission ended tragically 73 seconds after liftoff on January 28, 1986. The Discovery ended its successful four day, 1.6 million mile mission with a triumphant landing at Edwards Air Force By Barbara Valdes Base in California. The Miami Herald and New York Times met Gary Hart's challenge to M orality"check tookhim a out"beating with throughout front-page 1987 stories and'88. on his Sexual relationship scandals with abounded. model Donna Rice. Televangelist Jim Bakker, of PTL ministries, was defrocked in March '87 by the Assemblies of God denomination for his sexual liaisons with secretary Jessica '' Hahn. The next year, Jimmy Swaggart was also found guilty of sexual misconduct after having judged Bakker for the same sins. In March of 1988, both Oliver North and Admiral John Poindexter were indicted on s..h A -r ' fF' charges of trying to cheat the government. After a long search for twelve Americans r ra~~k ^" .s' w ,(r,.s y,_ '°d~i. Zt vv that knew little or nothing about the Iran-Contra affair, and another long stretch of courtroom proceedings, North was found guilty of only three out of twelve charges. L :;5 s; Sk-I z lrI W; 7 much crime can pay when he made an historical I;.j W. Ivan Boesky showed just how f So WITK414ril k: ' , : 4a1M killing on the stock market using illicitly obtained information on stocks and corporate WY . VAXI mergers. Then, on October 19, 1987 the stock market plunged 508 points - 23%. °'... :i-A '~-1 !1 1F r ~:~ ,". , :IS . That's twice as much as the 1929 crash. 4 i : ; r k',-. ~ . _; l -M- Mo AIDS overflowed into the heterosexual community. By 1989, the total of AIDS r. <,, rn . - F .- * 6f I.>i _-, ' + n R . . > sufferers climbed to 73,000. The dangers of contracting the deadly virus gave rise to all ..N r r .- " '..; z * ..f -r ti.:. :- kinds of safe-sex programs. Spending $17 million on postage alone, the federal -;. y' government sent every American household a pamphlet explaining the myths and r k-j x. t t: "t. - I 4, facts about AIDS. Gay groups, however, felt not enough research was being done to -- \. . ~. 1 " { . Y; - "' S''L cure the disease, and marched in protest in New York City. a--- - 1.. I l yL t,*'w The summer of 1988 was HOT! While the West literally burned, the mid-west I., F-,' ;=.,., r. . ...-ti .,' baked. Fires charred millions of acres of national parklands when the park services I- :m allowed a fire, started by natural causes, to get out of control. Meanwhile, the Dust -- .. . Bowl returned to middle America. Crops shriveled, rivers and lakes dropped in depth, J'' - I-- F -. " and animals and humans dehydrated. More than 30 states were declared a federal emergency. An estimated 750,000 acres of topsoil from farms and grazing land blew . . a rain dance in Ohio. Late c.. " away. Desperate, people asked the Sioux Indians to perform t August brought scattered rains and cooler temperatures along with a $5 billion ' 9 X ~ Congressional bailout. -- :. - :r- groups picketed and Throughout 1987 and '88, both pro-life and pro-choice r v .-. marched across the country. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services heightened a J , r~ activities by both sides. The Supreme Court case dealt with a Missouri law placing ~~- certain controls on abortion, especially where public funds were concerned. The law also stated that "the life of each human being begins at conception," a concept which -- opens the door for a range of attacks on Roe v. Wade. By a 5 to 4 vote, the Supreme Court did not overturn the 1973 Roe decision in that abortion was not declared illegal, -- 1 . -r-=-" but it did send the regulation of abortion back to the state legislature, and with it, all the protesters. Midwest blues. -- - ~ -The summer of 1988 was hit with the worst drought - - - - . ;I America also witnessed its worst environmental accident in history. On March 24, 4 in many years. Throughout the midwest, farmers 1989, Captain Joseph Hazelwood steered the Exxon Valdez onto an incorrect course watched helplessly as their crops went dry. then went below deck. Just past midnight the ship lurched as it ran up onto a Symbolic handiwork. submerged shelf on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound off Alaska. Over a million Nili Amid tears and grief, thousands of people who had gallons of oil spilled into the pristine waters. Exxon tried to pump the remaining oil in died of AIDS were memorialized in October in the Valdez onto another tanker, but meanwhile did nothing about the spill itself. The oil ceremonies centered on a huge quilt that was made slick spread to over 2,000 square miles, killing fish, birds, and mammals. Under the by friends and family members of the victims. Each of -- the panels measured three feet by - o -- -e six feet and all 50 direction of some local fishermen and wildlife experts, and with the help of Exxon and states and a dozen foreign countries were repre- the Coast Guard, the fish hatcheries and estuaries were saved. But all the oil was never sented in the 375,000 square foot quilt. cleaned up and the Alaskan coast will bear the scars of disaster for a long time. .a -9 -- A-l 8 National Current Events 41 40 National Current Events 0 0 | -V By Barbara Valdes " Please report to the Atheneum. I have cleared your social security numbers with the secret service," read Professor Gamara's message on the black- board. Bewildered, his Political Violence and Revolution students . made their way downstairs and tried to walk to the Atheneum by sw 0 Ir" cutting around DM. They met police and yellow police tape. The d W , whole fountain area and north side of DM was roped off. Security ti and police were everywhere. On the northwest side of PC, a group of people stood about wielding bright signs in red, white, and blue. "George Bush for President." The students made their way around the yellow tape and to It' r the front doors of the Atheneum. The place echoed with the FIP chatter of several hundred people. They clustered around the r,1N dol- .; w fir entrance, waiting for security to check their social security 1I numbers off one of the lists. Professor Gamara was there pointing ., *.i'r# out his students and getting them in fast for better seats. Inside the theater, the noise was magnified several times over. P11-1 Everyone seemed to be asking everyone else what they thought IV,x about the candidate. The responses ranged from sneers to eager r -A 1 nods, but what everyone did agree upon was that anything was iY; c ' , .A6 ; better than sitting in class. 4 Before the stage stood a line of security guards, all in suits and KlIdIL 4 ties. They watched the crowd with thousand mile stlares. But fir. 1'1 ' P occasionally one would lean over to speak to another with a t smirk. Their eyes rested upon someone in the audience who a. } .3,t finally amused them. When the men with the earpieces stepped NY4RAUlfC G t E, out from backstage, the chatter dropped some. Eyes searched 1 a :. }, : . IL .J . the folds of their suits for the bump that would be an automatic 1-.6 weapon. 1". LJP' So many of us were so caught up in the hoopla of seeing a cDoft .cIill L .. political celebrity. When George Bush finally stepped out, the IFT applause ranged from a polite pat of the hands to an enthusiastic i slapping. After all, here stood the Vice-president of the United States, and, at that time, possibly the next president. He was here W4 . at our school, not at UM, or UF. But as we sat there and listened to his politician's speech, some of us sneering, nodding, or I Hey buddy, got a driver's license? +_ "Read my lips, no new taxes." On the campaign trail, presidential hopeful George Bush drove a bulldozer at tls ' ; . Addressing the University community is George Bush while scratching our heads, what did we think of? ' }i rrr+4 N construction site of the Engineering and Applied Sciences building. Photo by T , __j priming for the Presidential elections of 1988. Bush ultimately Bush's coming to our school was not just an occasion to miss ...A won the race to become the next president of the United States. Miami Herald. Photo by The Miami Herald. class, or to see a political celebrity. It was a chance to participate . - . __1 in a process students around the world would give their lives for. f Grassroots support. How many of us cared? How many of us asked pertinent, After the speech, Bush attempts to make his way back to his insightful questions? How many of us listened to the answers? I mode of transportation only after shaking a few hands with the 0" audience. Photo by The Miami Herald. How many of us voted?*.= V) y OF-, .it 1i 4r _ J :V 42 Local Current Events Local Current Events 43 0 0 I Making the rounds.V Rain or shine. hkl i gtW Safely tucked away for travel through admiring crowds of people is := r a WA During the Papal sermon what else could you expect in South Florida? You guessed ~sL~ R&E.-MR& ".M § Pope John Paul II in his popemobile. The all-safe vehicle was 2= it, rain! Drats. No doubt this couldn't stop Pope John Paul II as he is assisted by an By Barbara Valdes prepared especially for the Pope's visit. Photo by South Florida umbrella. Photo by South Florida Historical Museum. Historical Museum. ", High above all else. " 1 ' ou won't catch me in that mess for the world, " said The gleaming cross was visible from as far away as Bird Road to the Mercy Jilani upon hearing Pope John Paul II was coming south during the Papal visit. The stage area of the visit took months of The idea of being in the hot sun all day amidst a set-up prior to the event. Photo by South Florida Historical Museum. to Miami. crowd of one million simply did not thrill her. But when her church asked "amp- Eei her to be part of the welcoming party and to be a steward at the mass, r,,, Jilani jumped. "I realized it was the chance of a lifetime. I would never again have the opportunity to see the Vicar of Christ. And I was honored a;10 my church had asked me to be part of their group." l FA "' °e Mercy Jilani works with the Good Shepherd Catholic Church. When "' . I t },' "e;y; each parish in South Florida was asked for volunteers to work as hosts at "' ; . i""^1 w ",. -!* ?tS< F. the mass, Jilani's name came up because of her involvement in her 45 1 ~ gg they got reserved places, zAlt., tJ 1M church. Being a steward was desirable because au, I W and passes for the welcoming party at the airport. For Jilani, however, it AAA,- Q ,': i:..=. :Is, I 4 4 .a; meant being part of the mass. She was participating in a very special pt Ca "i way. l Pr Ii-r I responsibilities, and < _ A But being a steward also meant taking various F Ci putting up with a few hassles, like being checked out and searched by the II 1 service, or arriving at the park in the early morning hours. "I don't t A~ ri-4 I secret -i think 2:00 A.M. was that early," says Jilani. She left her house about 1:00 IL . i S ', ' ' mmoz-A A.M. to catch the bus designated for transporting the stewards, and ro. I when she arrived at the site, she found thousands of people were already .. A there. "It was really impressive to see everyone camped out doing their own thing," she says. Out of the darkness she could hear the shuffle of 'I'm SLIZ dominoes, the rhythm of music, the chatter of a late radio talk show, or the hushed tones of someone praying the rosary. Jilani carefully made WW her way through the darkness. Bundles of people lying on blankets in the grass loomed up as she almost stepped upon them. Later in the day, the V heat and the bugs took their toll. Dozens of people went to the first aid tent with heatstroke. The grounds were also a fire-ant haven. "Thank ,; : V'a * goodness we were in the back by the park bathrooms and didn't have to ELI'm It use the portable ones. We were also close to water." \."= F~7I Jilani explains that the stewards were there to keep an eye out for i~I~ AJ 'I"me, _ :. people who needed help. They had all received training prior to the mass R%.-v 104"MM-100 so they could direct people to particular areas, and know who to call in : __ an emergency. As it was, less people showed up than expected, and ,x~ a uL 0 ,l as i n" "4 Jilani's area was relatively empty. She had feared that she would not be k 1 MIT' "S . N able to see anything, but says, "As far back as we were, we had a i l&I wonderful view." i #. Even the rain was a hassle everyone happily contested. People 'cT we,% iif brought ponchos, and jackets, and shared garbage bags and tarpaulins. n Y ' But the lightning finally ended the event. Disappointment shrouded the 9 a bL.Al- t - I- , I . ,, - A. .": massing of people. "We felt like little kids whose mother had called them .1Fr Ijrg .,- , , f.A w l inside from playing in the rain." But none of the discomforts diminished .ir," AI the fulfillment of participating in the ceremony or in sharing the moment 165- _Hello, South Florida! : ,'" IL with many brothers and sisters of the faith. As thousands treked down YOW Bdding hello to the audience is John Paul II on his way up to the stage which was set in FIUs backyard. Remembe Photo by South Florida Historical Museum. Coral Way, Jilani imagined she looked upon the Exodus. "Watching so Ap there was no school during this time period due to security? Saturated supporters. put up with so many discomforts to celebrate their faith A little rain never hurt any one.D During the sermon the audience was forced to many people improvise in order to keep dry by use of tarp, umbrellas and the like. Photo by South was really heartening." $ Florida Historical Museum. Local Current Events 45 44 Local Current Events y A ; :, ; - %4 ~ .~ 4~w4~:~: d ii V I ~ I I f "I .,,a IT17 -1 _ I I IAP!±AI&ICTi i 1 A,,c 0. 11 'I . ,;,,v,,...J .. - 1 a A 4.. -. '.;y ° w . . 1.. , . -. 4 , ,I , 4 '.1 _ F---" ° : :. 11! n nl , , s asr' '..~'.. ~. IA. 'AI .: ~ i 1 5 . ~ ~ : .ti w T" ___ i ._. ' 4 w ' ' Increasing Support t. } 4 ~} .;. , 4. 1% '' " fter a long practice season of exhausting 4 "I W-. ' v V- ,"Tv- 'l. workouts in the hot South Florida sun, M7 V" RVIN 114 ; :; , .. ' . if- 7, F7 racing against the clock for better times and sudden 4,. . t , . ,i ,, It _.: r f r outbreaks of athlete's foot, the players were ready. , .., ' { ' ' +f g. k 4. 4. ,; They were prepared for the pressure of competi- A. zI ; ..,. " ' r' ''t .; ;; I . r ' tion. Q , i. "V ;. :! I:7 s: a ; . -4 -: .1, But were the spectators? You bet they were. Mal u: : T 2,4 i ; , , ¢ It °1 ' 4 Students were able to go up against the wall to k ki"W- 1 v: ,.; T t3 "' i .4.' fl "q 4 juggle parts of daily life to fit in cheering during a 'i ,.. 4 >. -; I ., ,, ~ " ' . i' r ,a1~ F- basketball or baseball game. Attendance at the rV i'\) 'r °: ...74 I- - -- - r As f.W.r : sporting events increased substantially over previ- ,q , . LV M'. 'A ous years. Could it be that the Golden Panthers -. ~ "i i X" 'J si , 71.- A :~«:S finally had an identity? You betcha! With the .; , '-4 , I 12- . :i ° zit':,.'s sal addition of a new mascot during the homecoming 6-1 I. k.i # , k4^ 50,'i ti , "I- 4f R- game, there was no doubt, students caught hold of 1.11 k that Panther Pride. V .,;" :z t ;,v it 2 points , WE;'kS . l 1 " . .. : .z; .. Scoring a basket for the home team is Wendy Oaster, 15, during a game against Yale ; , University in the Sunblazer Arena. Photo by Sports Information. ..:...,. .,.., I Direct hit. 1 l a Practice makes perfect and is proven by Nelson Caraballo during a practice game at the H :EE* q baseball field. Photo by George Alvarez. A"q i .. .%. ; $r 17 ; I >s a { r. '-Vx eA Ii14i 4 -M . t .. N~i521.3S6 =r ai 3 "+s J*:S 33. ,r"y. . K i I1 rJ C, f ~ti- :T.. .L.:'... 3 MA E iY' ,.rFr LY' "ra:7ti i} s . : ... "S" 'S..G. 7....« ^" :wx ray;(j : :rF '.ti' :rF ir :r "' Athletics Division 47 46 Athletics Division "r r'":'$' r + i :t" '::?F :iFs{'r fi -. _ ,ti-.__ U +s;.xs^x ^^?G :== i* r~ ?s s ' :'ss'y i. j 4" :'"} +. T:~wS i kpw i wM ;: sad {. i ?y,.r r ?Ciz Y pct}; ?Cfn-^ t ?gar { st+ r. ' z+ -T i ~ 2r=t r % . d r G CE": ' ray 71 iw = ?,.W _-1 .C % ' ti- t " x; . !: J %Cr " ":iyV"=_ r " __". u " .i7i+l .273n.. :7su...:. : ... :Y. ',..?Y. S:: } 'rr.....Y.r '."'.Yk . 'Y '.. ., : "7.ti...r_7i3'r. L"~.7 ...._:1+d . :?.tif. ?:'s :Y d." .S 1C . j1}ti "."3fL r"__-.?+ } rf:'f.LLf __.: +rt . it "w; _ .:t _:.,. YX :i:TL :'.i:'i.'VS .iS ZS7tS Yl' :flYti : ' t l' ' s " " V.F 'triwinl to 0eat the oc LZ., ' 4 N MEN'S WOMEN'S By Alice Bae . '# CROSS COUNTRY CIOSS COUNTRY '_ VAII-71--F*i 2A v , ' ~!v FAiM r.~~f : P . d, !!F : ° v ' J,. nder Coach Mike Becker .. Fi. , . . ' 1r'.;.ate. F . NCAA Districts 29th : f " .1_, m ' r. . I, R fi3 1 1 i UNF Invitational 3rd guidance the cross countr IM; V 4. ' : ( 1) YI ' '0 *!:,A, /a IF x. kV a y xg 1_ i . )' s ^v .. team gave a great performance. Beck as. t Greentree Invitational 1st I-A - 9 X t ' .: 4 :'l"Z ! .i rA. IV! ' , , lw I IL, .: FIU Invitational 5th er's positive influence on the individu -re 7 2' f JA !¢.':.iI- X . Junior and College Meet 6th runners was reflected by the perfoi , :Moe , F col~ t NCAA Districts 27th I mance of r each during the season. , r LI A k Wien fiI'L 7: Jacksonville Univ. Invitational 6th '' 1 { 'b,. .# L On the men's team, the leader of th ^. a . !t =m A "L ~ikI~~*~I "! rte , Greentree Invitational 6th a, pack was Eric Alvarez followed close) " - ._- LAI' _1 Y.4 K k, 9 FIU Invitational 2nd p -- " 7 "~,T.. 9w _j ,, 7 , j -, by Jorge Blanco. Alvarez won th ' :144 kuIL -#.y kia Z, "'i { 5th '! Junior and College Meet A Greentree Invitational, and place, - ti Enduring passion. Barnett Bank Invitational 7th ..r - Calculated moves are essential for teammates Robin Jagessar and Charles DeLay .,. z. -; fourth in the Jacksonville Invitationa. as they come closer to the homestretch during the track meet at Greentree New South Women's Athletic Conf. 1st Invitational. Photo by Sports Information. PiL"U .'. (Continued on page 49) 4 <. L a **%, ,u' ,:m 'I : No sweat. +, , I! No doubt endurance plays a great part of any runner's agenda especially for Heidi _?v +t s :v f I-, , Y'Ai" Church as she attempts to beat her best time. Photo by Sports Information. 7-op ,MCI,, lr_, , j LIP j ,Wz u 'I w l.-9 N " iM.i . ;3r. i1 . (Continued from page 48) '\4,W E A11 x. f v " , . r: '', [I I jti ;t-" rLC Likewise Blanco improved his five mile run and established a E' - I --- Powli P. 1 ,e r ". " 5 t,-..a- time under Yis inu es during he Florida State r; 2 7 m t t Invi tational. P 'C *,A '-I t. "A ' I. ff.a; ...... , _, J _.! if Both runners participated in the Regional Championships. a.i '! , I 10. 1 LAL r yak::'I. (2)W F.' r. The women of the team can't be forgotten as their times are a uA 142 , 974*- 4 WWVIME _ ,I :: a ., ;;'1 Yi' also impressive. One freshman who showed promise, 4' ' tl 1 i1 Carla ," ... II , ;,.1 c, 4 4'_ . r, IA r .ae " .L.A i2 : f . ' = ~ ' Nunziato, led the women through several of the meets. She f., ..'s :y MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY. Front Row: Chris Chartier, Jorge Blanco, Robin Jagessar. WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY. Front Row: Michelle Menendez, Kristin Elliot, Ca .~ ., --" Back Row: Head Coach Mike Becker, Eric Alvarez, John Heller, Charles DeLay, Mark Nunziato. Back Row: Head Coach Mike Becker, Angela McCall, Heidi Church, Gi Skold. Photo by Sports Information. Gabrielle, Assistant Coach Liz Lewis. Photo by Sports Information. and Kristin Elliott competed in the Regional Championship. r :.i t Y 4'i The team as a whole has great capabilities and promises to I -d w -. ; show many more successes in the next season.6b F -V ° A x~. L-,bz~ 48 Men's Cross Country W 06;67T, M 7707 7--I-- 140 mQc QFG - -I It li' 4sklIA, 1__ - 1E *4 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL . By Alice Bae ¢, T' WINS 6 LOSSES 17 F e. In the New FLU OPP sport a winning team. was one of still VAj e Florida Atlantic thelinching biggest matches problems for the South Women's Athletic Conference 1 3 C 4 17 f1a Central Florida 2 3 l4k L" Florida State 0 3 women's volleyball team, and unfor- Tournament, the team placed fourth. ,° <7 / "S Stetson 1 3 tunately the season ended with a Also, several members were named K Rosary College 3 1 I, , i Rosary Match 2 1 losing record. The inexperience and All Conference performers. Vanessa s 3' Florida A & M 2 3 I_?SW Nova 1 3 youth of the team proved to be an Martinez, freshman, was named to e- EEEIIP*., r R L14-"R -~ ::. Central Florida 1 3 ";: obstacle which will be overcome in the second team All Conference. She wra rte.. ww a Stetson we - ' ' ' ,c; ,a 2 3 Florida A & M 0 3 192 kills. Honor- the seasons to come. The competi- led the team with F- Cincinnati 0 3 Auburn 0 3 4 5, tions gave the ladies a feel for what to able Mentions were given to Kathy I Ar x; Baylor 0 3 expect in the upcoming years and the Vaulk, senior, and Brenda Austin, Nova 3 1 Florida Atlantic 1 3 youth will ensure that this knowledge freshman. Great improvements are in A set-up. Florida Memorial 3 0 A good spike takes a little setting up as shown by Tara Green as Stetson 2 3 will be used to the team's advantage. store for the future of this young she waits for Kathy Vaulk's spectacular set. Photo by Sports : Information. " Barry 0 3 Despite the inabilities to pull a team. WIT Georgia State 1 3 Georgia Southern 3 0 winning record, the Golden Panthers Stetson 3 1 w Florida A & M 2 3 t., WW' f . Ff- Li . r ° . 4 i 5, 4J j r . =d4 S 4 . ,U .3v fs i =6 A* -a w. m A r I U.I _A T~7, 1w 141 P;7.- SI sr! . "" ;-w q WVU- r 1 It I Esn 4 * low '4..L,. .. vN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL. Tracey Riley, Charlotte Durden, Lisa Gonzales, Debbie 1I Friedman, Tara Green, Brenda Austin, Kathy Robinson, Denise Clark, Kathy Vaulk, Vanessa I .-. ,_ Martinez, Kathy Garhan. Photo by Sports Information. I - . W _31 i\yY _ arvtir; -'4 Getting psyched. p , Dig it! It's all a matter of getting it all together as shown by Kathy Garhan, Denise Clark, Vanessa Low hits challenge even the best players like Brenda Austin as Martinez, and Kathy Vaulk as they rally each other for the next point. Photo by Sports she digs up a low hit to eventually make it over the net. Photo by Information. Sports Information. . Umph. Bumping the ball in return is Kathy Robinson as she sets up the ball which has been blasted at her. Photo by Sports Information. Women's Volleyball 51 50 Women's Volleyball ;° gh V, V 4 ~Aj ' , r+; Jp"r { i~d WIN, ,, LA ASS 1!21t .tier Psych! ZA, s Lvm 0 ; '" All-American Division I Second team member Robin Fraser displays his defensivetactics and with grace and 0 , 1 . 4! ; , h#% MEN'S SOCCER . T" .. ev 4Lr -4- " , I expertise eludes his opponents. Photo by Sports Informa- a P .1 4.7j imp . '' Wins 9 Losses 8 : : '. I' , .ro Tied 4 With the Wind. it :r PT I ' k 1 ,. : , : Flying downfield, Craig Berownsky, a defender, plays It %:.. 41 ::, FIU OPP the ball right out of scoring range. Photo by Sports # .,, ron ,. . e , ..;7 Long Island Univ. 1 1 -U Information. r 'f , U k Tampa 1 0 A ; ., r ,. t Central Florida 0 F*- 4:- 0 A: .nM.r 9" ...... W.d., .oe' -.1. P , T77- Florida Tech 3 0 d , ; w... A . § New Mexico 6 3 . tl'r Air Force Academy 1 4 . . IF- South Florida 1 0 ' 1::'. l ° Nova 2 3 0019 :A-x ,a 4 x a° Bowling Green 2 1 _ r FIAVe Rutgers 0 1 4 A F.,i em South Alabama 2 II * J~ r-I 0 W*A '.. V - North Carolina 1 2 ' ° .: kwiq - v 4 _ milk, Southern Methodist 0 1 f---A k 'NS North Texas State 0 0 . Flagler College 3 1 $: , , 1, I LJ7- Florida Atlantic 4 0 0 Boca Raton 2 4 1, Boston University 1 3 ' V Penn State 0 0 1 '-A S. F +, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 4 0 . :-, _ ' -l I-*,, . _;.. Ee George "y{ '4 -'Wy Mason 4 2 x,' ' , i c_ By Alice Bae improve the program. If the returning as an incredible defender, helps to players are not pushed, they will not create a good foundation. A combina- k r.-.. P lea' d he Golden Panthers soccer improve."improve, andBuba then Janneh our andteam Tom will Vannot tionand potentialof experienced new players returning ensures players a # ,i UT team has been an example of _ ;, _ ,--# + .t excellence, and the fresh players are Schaik were freshmen who helped to strong team. Because of the strength in I TA, able to continue the excellence estab- continue improving the program. The the program, the men's team is able to v .. the Southern Bell Classic. Consec- itt,'. lished. Coach Karl Kremser has a long returning players have consistently host " .' .: term program to maintain a winning shown their individual expertise and utively, for the third year, this tourna- m , .1 4 . 4* w._, ** ; t J + , . group of young men. "The idea is to have upheld a great standard of two ment has brought quality teams to jC7 WFM ._ bring new players who are going to NCAA titles and four National Champ- Miami. Some of the teams include . 1 r . .,. 4' 4- -7 V, - #1* r. op, k ' .may ~ _ ; r , '., r.: . Lea :* ionship appearances. South Florida, Rutgers, and Bowling P. , " FIR P^ Drills, MJ W-wl; A no frills. kL,!m A-.° s Practicem akes perfect freshman Buba Janneh, One player who has received nation- Green. The constant improvement and j.qIr for -1 4 : P%1%4 ,- J midfielder, as he dribbles the ball downfield ans practices 64-l o: M his footwork. Photo by Sports Information al recognition for his abilities is Robin long term programs of Coach Kremser * , . , jT }. M F'. , } 117- .- Fraser. The first Division I male All- will keep the team "a step ahead of the !MS- F: ", -t ., American named to the second-team, rest." Men's Soccer 53 52 Men's Soccer t1 1"t L I 'Es' IU Rise to the occasion. op Goalkeeping seems natural and graceful as WOMEN'S SOCCER - Julie Orlowski makes one of her 115 incredi- 14 ble career saves this season. Photo by Sports Wins 9 Losses 7 Information. Ties 2 FIU OPP - I Barry 1 2 OaH El is Boca Raton 3 1 2A 1 = Central Florida 0 "xi, .. _ .j 1 By Alice M. Bae good ELI She has given the Lady Panthers a -' Boca Raton 5 2 n the four years of existence, the defense and the strength of the team lies Sonoma State University 0 1 women's soccer team has certainly there. The offensive scoring team has Univ. CA at Berkeley 0 5 made great strides and will continue to evolved with the skills of Christine Liller, a '1T1 do so. The first and only head coach of this junior forward/midfielder, and Julie Del Stanford 2 0 a Both these ;; iIr & ~ program Everton Edwards is also a prod- Russo, a freshman forward. , "-11 Barry 2 3 uct of FLU's successful programs. Not only ladies were leading scorers on the team. .,~.. k pm-,If5. Texas Christian Univ. 0 0 has he graduated in Criminal Justice Ad- Coach Edwards has a wonderful group Central Florida 0 4 I ministration and Computer Science, but of hard-working ladies to develop into a had also led a great career as a goalkeeper strong team. On the coming season Ed- aro, Alabama 1 0 i -~ r-01 for 2 years in the men's soccer program, wards states that "We have a tradition of r , - r"---= Southern Methodist 2 1 and was the graduate r .,,.. assistant coach for starting slow and developing into a strong ? , Z- 0 Rutgers We'll try to start stronger. You have _ 1 I, 3 3 the men's team for 2 years. With his team. #A41 'I] Northeast MO State 4 o experience and familiarity with FIU's athle- to do the best you can. With 10 new F ' Si' tic and academic programs, Edwards players and 9 returning players, it's a new Gustavus Adolphus 5 0 ,_ makes for a good coach. team. We expect 6 or 7 new players to Texas A & M 2 3 The team itself has also developed a start." Our team has been most competi- TIM t; Florida State has been tive in NCAA Division I and the tough : 7 -- 'L I 2F 4 1 winning tradition. Julie Orlowski T r Florida 6 0 with the team from the start and has southern region. Hopefully the Golden If contributed greatly for 4 years as a goalie. Panthers are the team of the future despite , . its youth.#*_ ,' r . I 4 e: Using your head. ,d-# - _ .." Christine Liller, a forward and midfielder, shows us how -l a w- to use your head. As one of the top scorers she uses r, , ~ everything she's got. Photo by Sports Information. <7" t: is .AL Mks.l -AL$a ulv -\ L A _.:sS'u, v ',iI Lr. mU-. -' WOMEN'S SOCCER. Front row: Diane Brokaw, Monica Ross, -' .. Michelle Lew, Julie Del Russo, Raquel Polk, Amy Erickson, Rachel 4..y Rivera. Back row: Richard Pareja, Maxine Dyer, Julie St. John, Ritu ilL fj Fitzgerald, Christine Liller, Cathy Hacker, Elizabeth Jhanji, Kathleen t. 1, Clements, Everton Edwards (head coach). Photo by Sports Information i \ , . __" V, I X11 LV tI Eq.- AL 1 IV ft i Vr% q ,iil . I -IN 'rl. a, r:° 1 i : .. , F" ° i r~ ; - S . 4,A. _# i r_. r " -:lif-' e. , r. Women's Soccer 55 54 Women's Soccer . ^ I r '0 lowin crua .IN - MEN'S GOLF - WOMEN'S GOLF 47, (Cont'd. from page 56) 7 IL:- sc:. A -. y . .t , ¢ . IV', HN tional hosted by William and Mary. Yale Invitational 4th overall I jI Lady Tar Heel Invitational 10th of 17 teams rs A WA ff -Iffi 'l The Lady Panthers not only trav- , % Iwc Stetson invitational 9th overall Lady Seminole Pt y 1%,"m I Invitational 8th of 15 teams ag' A "r--Iq :F : f 17 1 ' 1**; :, eled up and down the coast, but also Dixie Invitational 16th overall "° " _ 11 ,r ': , ,N hosted Beacon Woods Invitational 10th of 12 teams .d ,_ their own tournament. The I .:.: J J a, .. 10th overall C Twelfth Annual Pat Bradley Invita- I Florida State Intercoll. " y 1- Ix- -Y Pat Bradley Champ. 11th of 17 teams Vs ; , 'El tional was held October 30 to Novem- I FlU Fun and Sun 7th overall 1989 Lady Gator Invit. 9th of 12 teams [- 4 ber 1 at the Kings Bay Resort Yacht : " ,$ Seminole Classic 17th of 18 teams r 19,' «- and Country Club. The tournament 1989 McDonalds-Betsy 16th of 18 teams '^ ' , y- 4 f I Lehigh Invitational 9th overall s w featured four of the top ten teams. '', -. t r; USF-Summerfield Invit. 2nd of 10 teams & ... .. The key players of this season are FIU Sunshine 1st of 7 teams Ixwf ILIA Anna Rogerson and Madeleine Kvist Ryder/Florida Women's Pepsi/l.SdInvitational 15th overall I I Ai 4w.Vlm-l Intercoll. 5th of 9 teams averaging 78.6 per round and 78.2 1' Kingsmill . , _ k The approach. Invitational 15th of 19 teams ( ( Lady Paladin 7th of 12 teams ,<_ After pitching the ball, Melinda Hamlyn watches her shot to see if she put it in. How per round, respectively. I P ;: did it go Melinda? Photo by Sports Information. EL u k Mid Am Conference 15th of 18 teams Georgia Golf Invitational 8th of 11 teams Steady. Keepin' his stance and posture Bill Kennedy watches his long putt fall into the cup. r' f , r7m .1 Now that's a par for his hole. Photo by Sports Information. ti, ., a , ':} i f_ -11 .1I a d ' 4 A L '1 'SL 4 Jai a h s ? : r ,, r,off" ® By Alice Bae ti , t r ~U ' .,. eg. .,yR " ; rT i .r .f - r ore! Watch out for the Golden Panther golf teams. IV 3f a' r ,.,,, 'p w ..,= , ' Both the men and women enjoyed full and success- 1 ; . : .2 ! W . . -m ful fall and spring seasons. Competition was fierce but our 7 m." teams could hold their own. jti' C _y" ,, The men's team traveled up and down the east coast F -47- r 7w-A and played through some of the most beautiful courses in i' .'. ',ale: ' - l /* oil A . the country. The opening tournament took place in New y aK Haven, Connecticut with a successful fourth of 24 teams. MEN'S GOLF: Bill Kennedy, Marshall Barkman, Rob Cummings, Steve Mill, Maurico WOMEN'S GOLF: Jennifer Barr, Melinda Hamlyn, Erica Firnhaber, Madeleine Kvist, :Ly ; i, a Mitre, Anne Firnhaber, Debbie Harris, Head Coach Ken Juhn. ". Tom Austin, Chet Bozdog, Benoit Chagon. The Yale Invitational set a good start and showed the I. promise of a sophomore golfer, Bill Kennedy, who placed e4m -1A ..,..,, 4 ' fourth of all golfers participating. They finished the 2 '" season in Williamsburg, Virginia at the Kingsmill Invita- 56 Men and Women's Golf (Cont'd. on page 57) Men and Women's Golf 57 m'asi hin iucces' "";:._ ^:. -Z4=4 " °..w..,, : '-.wry..... i M - MEN'S TENNIS - By Alice M. Bae competitors we have in such a compet- WOMEN'S TENNIS itive sport. The record at home is Wins 12 Losses 11 Wins 8 Losses 5 oth the men and women tennis encouraging and displays potential for FIU OPP FIU OPP Rollins 6 3 teams enjoyed an ace of a sea- spectacular scores in the future. Barry 9 0 B.CC. 5 4 Florida Atlantic 6 3 son. They have always played a high Last year the ladies became champi- ( P.B.J.C. 5 4 Florida 1 8 M.D.C.C. 6 3 Northern Florida 6 3 caliber game and brought home many ons of the New South Women's Athle- Georgia Tech 1 8 Southern Alabama 0 6 San Diego State 1 6 victories. Under the coaching expertise tic Conference and Henrietta Harris Stetson 5 4 U.S. International 4 5 of Peter Lehman and Kathy O'Neal claimed the number one singles title in Central Florida 6 3 Tulane 3 6 a - Atlantic 6 3 Mercyhurst 5 1 these men and women have estab- the same conference. This year the Florida 6x.,_ Georgia Tech 0 9 -A Florida State 0 9 Georgia State 5 4 lished themselves as a leading con- champion Panthers ended the season Florida A & M 7 2 Northwood Institute 9 0 <;, . e tender in the college circuit. 8-5 and 7-1 in the NSWAC. The three I Rollins 2 7 Pennsylvania 1 5 { ' rv-r Jacksonville 5 1 The members of the men's team top players, Henrietta Harris, Natalia I B.C.C. 2 7 William and Mary 4 5 Michigan State 3 6 4 I1 have put much effort into winning. Liss, and Vidya Damondharan, have Richmond 5 Florida A & M 8 1 Florida State 5 2 ax Florida Instit. Tech 9 0 Marcos Perez and Troy Porco have contributed with healthy winning rec- Stetson 5 4 I- College of Boca Raton 9 0 kept up good winning records which ords. Looks like the ball is in our court Georgia State 1 8 S. Florida 0 6 Mercer 8 1 Southwest Louisiana 5 1 . .. . ; WNW*.?, FA aided the team to many victories, with the Golden Panther's tennis GeASouthern Miami 0 9 :. -. .¢ 8 1 Their 12-11 record showed what great teams. : Lg 041 MEN'S TENNIS: Peter Lehmann (head coach), Troy Porco, MN Marcos Perez, David Berry, Eduardo Scherer, Alex Herrera, It's a winner. FRIL GOL JJ In ,.:jI1 IL Ernesto Portillo, Mike Marrou. Photo by Sports Information Marcos Perez smshs ricks Thin r. ]d ; N, 0 wwo Lim vri Wj l stroke is one of many in :ns rsnI r r -mU Infu m,1!!'m. " ' E_ i- I - A I I r S 191 RIPW. gal i=~ V A /. I &a a_ we 'M b IQ f's ,-4 Iq UI1 I~ I, .'i\ -~ ~- ~- - -t 5;t~ __ _ _ 10e a. r WOMEN'S TENNIS: Beatriz Garcia, Natalia Liss, Pam Webber, Jennie Amengual, vidya Damodharan, Martha Gautier, Henrietta W ~e t"{ Harris, Kathy O'Neal (head coach). Photo by Sports Information. ff i W>W %7 :T.7vx iv' A~ I. .q ll [7. /. VFO 58 Tennis ; Tennis 59 U/l FA L RNA'TbNAL r j"J J %IVF STV 0 0 1@ ame a- g-ie 777 1 A - MEN'S BASKETBALL '' , ,- w- Wins 10 Losses 18 I l By Alice Bae ready to go. He's noted as being the "One of the finest freshmen (Dwight Stew- lu OPP - ; 'I .. team's best outside shooter and earned &n ..± Florida Memorial 92 86 I" " r -% jf:; art) to have played in our building in some many double figured performances. -'U MD-Eastern Shore 79 60 Florida State 75 100 experienced players , L osingcouldn't stop the Golden Pan- time. He is the type of player you can build Michael Lofty from Silver Springs, South Florida 62 91 L-1 99 thers. No way. No doubt, the season Maryland, earned the title of the lead- 'Jdttj, Minnesota 75 !r I Sacramento State 88 100 around." vF started out bleak only until new players a successful program ing field goal percentage shooter. vI Pacific 85 99 --%r4 Ball State 66 89 signed on. The combination of the Robert Rowe, a native Miamian, felt at . Pat Kennedy Radford 96 105 remaining players with the new and home on the court by showing a great 4101 Northern Iowa 83 96 MD-Eastern Shore 101 90 Head Coach, FSU Basketball number freshman players proved that all was of assists all season long. M- t. Holy Cross 89 98 . Arkansas State 77 88 not lost. The Panthers fought a good The new rookie performed like ex- -... on Dwight Stewart - New Orleans 58 83 fight in the NCAA Division I, the (Cont'd. on page 62) Davidson 75 85 toughest division. It was a quick rise American 90 128 Detroit 75 72 into the division considering the pro- Hustle. Davidson 91 84 Tony Regueira, a guard/forward, brings the ball down ML Florida A & M 94 99 gram's eight short years of existence. } court in an attempt to keep his opponent off balance. Photo by Sports Information Central Florida 105 103 w Robert Morris 92 85 Although low attendance made things x 4 O Northern Illinois 107 89 look worse, between the nationally FlA 80 87 L*AV Pass play. Akron "Get clear" is the mental message Dwight Stewart sends I Central Florida 90 86 ranked cheerleaders and some 500 W, Wm out to his teammates. This talented freshman showed his 371" San Diego State 78 93 Ly-, true colors all season long. Photo by George Alvarez. spectators, every game was cheered -.M Nicholls State 81 91 +r rt South Florida 92 91 on vigorously. Also, the spirit of the k MOgIgIM YR , y: .- k4 University of Miami 82 89 M utra as s "i"p,. ;, events surrounding Homecoming a, L- m ._.___. Mw 1989 would not be complete without IL . -N m ^' ' the win of the basketball team, and old - i they did just that. As the newer players \* am 'is Brett Lewis, Kevin gained experience and the team as a '.4 4 MEN'S BASKETBALL. Front Row: Anthony Pinder, Jasdeep Pannu, Elvis Lopez, Robert Rowe, z r 'I ' Latimer, Michael Lofty. Back Row: Charles Payne, Rony Regueira, Dwight Stewart, Damon Armstrong, Mark whole built up good interaction the Manning, Victor Diehe. Doug Johnson. Diego Garcia. XS potential of the Golden Panthers was ._ .., evident. Despite a losing season, the . J1A Ux }J1d. °; -5 -11 I'-Bro- w)4l future shines for the team. .:.,- wAj .T '4/ r I I 1' Among the returning players are *I L. . -"k: S. I a Damon Armstrong, Diego Garcia, Mi- ' 1 , ' L4 chael Lofty and Robert Rowe. From _, A m . A F!l r f p Brooklyn, N.Y., the senior Damon ,;rte T " " ,, Armstrong started as a center and t'i. :0/i. 6't T%* A played his career best against Florida A It ' r; Memorial scoring 21 points and taking Ir- AIM is [t it down 10 rebounds. Due to injuries, t -u -t 1A Armstrong was not able to play much J r-I last season but was back this year A 60 Men's Basketball ,l 4 Men's Basketball 61 L L " aw4_ +'.nc a, S .'.fn . e;,,. 0 0 r 4 4yV .. 4 > ' 1@ ame"" 0 [ 44 By Alice Bae _ ,. ~ I * f 44 #44 4 ur Lady Panthers have always been ta, , , (Cont'd. from page 60) " ,"'r EI 1I r4F *47 IV14pw, a.. w successful since Cindy Russo built ; I perienced players. These outstanding and con- r sistent young men were Dwight Stewart, Tony j"r 7 yrVm *1 I A ikk& f them up. This year we lost many players, but &IA Regueira, and Brett Lewis. A freshman for- "4., :, wRguDwight Stewart gave the opposition a R 44with the new talent, remaining experience, and kitt-14 I run for its money by averaging about 15 points Aj S Coach Russo's guidance, things went as well as and 7 rebounds a game, Stewart played a key bj fY :,1 I/ role all season. Regueira, guard/forward, from the five prior seasons. The Lady Panthers also , t. , t w jJ. Miami, made some considerable contributions ;:: rv 4 m sponsored two tournaments, the F.I.U. Classic T I - $ I OF *ra in scoring and rebounding. These talents paid t441 ['. ar. off during most games as he found himself and the Sun and Fun Invitational. _.. L!1 almost always starting out. Lewis, from Hallan- § k x 5 Teresa Boring, junior center, and Adrienne dale, a freshman guard showed the team he IS m b§ ,; the future. Always scoring well and getting (Cont'd. on page 64) M-aW%--A t ' w~ -- 4 .. .A rebounds, Lewis is consistent and competent. _iio ; r"M -11, > ti jiff k . Backed in a corner. & .-: : r, Division I NCAA gave the Golden Panthers .; ' Courtney Bullard is stuck in a corner but never fear. Forward some difficulties. With the experience gained Bullard shows the capability to get out of these tough spots. Photo by Sports Information. this year and the new skills acquired, next r ;: I season should offer some great games and Ready to shoot. ,, experiences Trying to shake her opponent and find a way to the hoop, Giavonne L NOW ,' 4 Tullis looks for a way around. Photo by Sports Information. " ,&A 1 r IL-06 41 Ll ELI' L. r, - ~ I "I I I - a'._ j: 1;11 V' - I [i r' rj --U 4m 4 r ;r r- A ,I I. kit 4: r 7 A'41.0 V°l - - i S W" '1r II _, "- 41' F s t" I- Wl U,. A- I*' i s Wi 4,5 .,is I, .2 '9I r-N~~% i - Watch out. ,' . In an attempt to make a field goal is Mark Manning to bring the Golden Panthers up two points against FAMU. A* ;,r.'7 Photo by George Alvarez. 4' -4 11 9. Raging bull. .4 b Head Coach certainly doesn't mince words as he vehemently Fantastic freshman. conveys the next game plan to his team. As a former It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's forward Brett Lewis as he breaks INr s' basketball player he is able to give his knowledge and skills. down the court leaving Detroit in the dust. Photo by Sports : Infomation. Photo by Julie O'Dell. 4 62 Men's Basketball Women's Basketball 63 -: , "I x, w ; I r u 9 irea ,_ ' .. . W :?a4q Two points. p {? w Kansas State tries hard to keep W OMEN'S - ,ak-j Loria Foreman down as she tries #: BASKEIBALL for the hoop. Photo by Sports a. Wins 20 Losses 7 'M Information. FIU OPP el Northeastern 64 59 11IXTI "WV"I'MZl-lolltl", Providence 75 82 as wa 1ua ' a Bethune-Cookman 81 71 _m'' Mercer 72 63 r South Florida 61 71 RI~ YALE 77 63 i .. or,; low tP UM-BC 75 67 z W''j 9 Iowa State 56 57 hiVE 71149 Cleveland State 85 60 ,; Af95 h3 Kansas State 81 68 .+s. ha South Alabama 81 75 ... s: : 41 Georgia State 80 64 s.'6 -, -,j ; .:,:.w,:,.: PIj Stetson 87 82 t Central Florida 84 68 _,;' r *. , Georgia Southern 76 73 .. k Florida A & M 77 71 J" J , "It' ,. : r:_r 1V . South Florida 100 77 k , I ,;. '' G Stetson 82 78 k + .s 6411:, " Central Florida 70 65 sr Georgia State 77 74 ri' _ :, Mercer 62 67 _ . M .. 4 .. Miami 85 100 4 Bethune-Cookman 75 55 tll" k Georgia Southern 66 84 IL :, C IL4- 4 L tom=::K v"1~ ,, , r . " ff? ; :.. IW-,,x rIA' ;°. _- Fel Win; {k . . .0 1. ... OS1 >a 5 is H' 9.;: ~ (Cont'd. from page 63) boards and keep the team ahead of double figures and have kept the team .}titi . I 11 ,j*'4 4A wk ,, Jackson, senior guard, remained on the opponent. Reynolds received balanced. 4"', No way out. the team. Both performed well but many awards and has been recognized Cindy Russo was very lucky to haveI Intimidation is the name of the game for WendyOaster i. i as she intimidates her opponent in defense of the court. sj'___, a A -4mv 1' AI Photo by Panther Gazette. Jackson was hindered with injuries. for her performances including MVP such wonderful new players join the ILI-M IF 1 m We L< - _' I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL. Front Row: Chris The newcomers were able to take on and being named to the all-tourna- team. But it was skill and hard work , :ld '\ ' \ Harman, Audrey Freeman, Betsy Gillette, Adrienne ,! , 4 gj( Jackson, Wendy Oaster, Tangela Turner. Back Row: .''- Giavonne Tullis, ShannonStewart, Shelia Reynolds, r II the task of bringing in the wins. Two ment team of the FLU Sun and Fun not just luck which brought the suc Teresa Boring, Courtney Bullard, Christel Knudsen, 1,$$_. Loria Foreman, Martha Rodriguez. Photo by Sports 'A C-, junior forwards have made an incredi- Classic. Wendy Oaster, a freshman cess and wins this season. Next sea- Information. r- ble impact on this very new team. guard, helped to take care of the team son, with the experience gained this s ' '$ 'DrL, 1." Both Sheila Reynolds and Courtney on the outside. Gaster, Reynolds and year, should be one to look forward IL,- A Bullard have done well to clear the Bullard have kept average scores in to. i ho. 64 Women's Basketball Women's Basketball 65 m _ _0;, I I I 4 / Va. Qrs 'p ,Zr '1 panther ie- ov ; l4um ...,. ; Steady. IN,fit ~ . Rick Law boldly yet cautiously com- ,ve ,. ; pletes his mission. This well choreo- r-AV w... We- W-1.10, ,, _t o graphed routine is one of many which ,, brought them national recognition. 1 I Am'A Photo by Alice Bae. .. "Rilk- J I q _-" , ; ;r °, AN W-4 3 l I I - 77 i0. qIN m 4 sw " ""w-5 111-vy- ,. . ., _ H F x el,,. m cV 1 I _dIt nI tI l! } A : , PK- rtr / LI, ni: r .4 '. V. k-w cz; 0- I 5111- V a#,i kk 4 4 ;ate:Mm. *I 11 WL '4 II I ... r. ca k I.A . x 6 ; ' A - . fill *4V 1 a .A "I 14 F i" 'N Am 'A1 11 ,ev f _ - '___3 ANN& I '" 1 '' i" ..ab" a - 44 , CHEERLEADERS. Front row: Cathy W, 1 n Cubine, Cristy Rodriguez, Maca Grana, Patty ..&&I r Sordo, Marie Acebaz, Yocie Galiano. Back ;; . row: Bobby Diaz, Dan Sera, Dan Baptista, \* . Peter Guererro, David Solis, Rick Law. Photo '; ~ I G by Sports Information. By Alice M. Bae make it look, cheering is just the oppo- Fire 'em up! 616L At the 1989 Homecoming pep rally the cheerleaders site. With regular practices in the eve- of spirit spreading throughout the crowd. ignite a wildfire -Zia ho has the ability to move nings and Saturday mornings, our Photo by George Alvarez. 4 the crowd? Who displays cheerleaders work hard to orchestrate the most spirit? And who the various routines. Spirit, stamina, V :V- has been nationally recognized for this strength, and great coordination are division, that put us on the "cheerlead- wt r a> effort? The cheerleading squad! They essential for the success of a cheerlead- ing map" and next year we're aiming "WIN are an asset to the athletic community. er. for number one. We're a close knit ,,. "1 M-n "; w R±' Their unfailing spirit and pride has For his individual efforts, Bobby group with lots of untapped potential, t WA supported the teams and events. The Diaz was selected as Collegiate All so there is a lot to look forward to." M F choreographed shows and cheers are American. What are his feelings on the The team that displays and invokes spectacular and stir all students, facul- team and on his selection as All Ameri- school spirit increases it through its 4 ty, and administrative members. can? "You can't do it for the thousands achievements. Not only do they per- LN LiN ' 1988 was the cheerleaders'y year. of people out there because they're form for our basketball team and uni- I,' They have come into the spotlight and not there. I do it because I enjoy versity events, but they have also ap- Grrrooowwwlll! ranked 4th in the nation, Division II of cheering and I'm happy they chose to peared during Miami Heat games and The newest addition to the cheerleaders is none other than the Golden Panther, ready that I other outside events. Truly a team we, to lead the opponents into his lair. Photo by Julie O'Dell. the National Cheerleaders Associa- honor me for doing something vi' tion. But as fun and as easy as they enjoy. As far as being 4th in our can be proud of. 66 Cheerleaders Cheerleaders 67 sp-M e !MM er 1-. By Alice M. Bae Stanford and Denny Wiseman. This staff of pitchers rank with the nation's -BASEBALL he All-American sport classi- top pitchers. But games cannot be FIll OPP M fied with apple pies and chevy won unless the players can bat, and e 14 Clevelad state 18 3 amazing story coming Clevlanod 3,Sat 15 0 4A j cars is baseball. Another American they do. One 2 Mtradition is winning and our baseball out of the season is the hitting streak Stetso,, '4- Coming of Anthony Hicks. On February 20, 3 sj team certainly knows how. 4 out of every season with a winning 1989, Hicks started a streak which Seoo,,Hail 13 -: , Cenraol Flood,, 4 record of at least 40 games is some- will be recorded in FI.U. history as Cetrsal Florida 6 '4, Steson, . 4 6 of. Danny well as this college baseball season. thing we can be proud James,,Mado 11 6 IIS Price, as head coach, has led our team Coach Price states "I am very pleased Georgetown, Joames,,Madisaon 4 Princetro 2 F1,1 I I for 10 seasons and has a high win with this positive thing. It was positive percentage. for the team and broke some bad .Mon oatho, 3 -' Mon ,,ouch 4 Ai', 1: ;_ This season, the Panthers have feelings. This was the most talented Pac, 2 T ; s s Illinois -1 kept a winning record despite the team we've had." Freddy Valera and Mlc6,so,, State, < Mchigan,Stats 10 -kgj .iii St. Francis, F-41, small slump they had experienced in Carlos Estevez seem to do well at the Sr Francis, 4 xI A,,, Foreademy,,,r a Norheasern 9 the beginning. They have a strong plate with .359 and .319 batting aver- Northestesrn Va..1 , 12 rIl A, ,Force ademyr, 'A k q ControlaFlo,,do &Mri-1vQ team with great arms on the pitching ages. Also, what's a baseball game Centrrl Flida Florirda Atlantic, ..", ' . Southeastern, LA team. These pitchers include Larry without homeruns. All in all the team Southearn~rLA a Southeastrn,,LA 40 r- was in great form this season. Next - Miam,, 'OR ;lio I ;,, . ,1, Nicholls, State .:. L" Winding up. season will be "a new and young ball One of the top pitchers, Denny Wiseman, eyes the batter NcholIls State , as he prepares club" and Coach Price hopes that Baptist, SS: to pitch the ball. Photo by Sports Baptist , Informotion. Baptistr ' s 3 they can see the winning ways as they Baptistr ,,,Beaoch Atlantic a ,. M r'l,1LOIa1 ,,i4 _ = ; 1J '1 start practice in September. fm I- r: h K .-},,, - ;r. A~~ r .4 k-49. -v ; x #: I . Gm ut' it { 'T" a; y[ L. - 4 - -- i wl.i Y.. a L HIM4 ., _z.- 7',. . 7" a" I Os ky.u. F 39 = 5 2 -op"d,01'r c±t n Ti 4 I"rm kn A '. ,. --Y, 4 - I" _?-ON - 'Lu ~rub .,,,:.c..ti...xFq , ;:P , .1f . .8 .:: ." l 4 y~ ,''r I., - Jose Vazquez, Armando Bertemattie, Joe Gonnella, .{.+? s& .- f 1"- --- BASEBALL. Front row: Javier Rodriguez, Nelson Caraballo, Carlos Estevez, Steve Edwards, Rosendo Prieto, Roger Bowman. Second row: . IF,+p'-a-s Freddy valera, Javier valdes, Juan Barquin, Todd Lange, Fausto Tejero, Leroy Ball, Peter }° !"r i. \ * - " Gietzen, Rich Radford, David Taylor, Al Pacheco. Back row: Danny Price (head coach), Tim Reker 0-,. _. A N,1 'vi I. (assistant coach), Doug Girling, Paul Anderson, Gilberto Torres, Denny Wiseman, Larry Stanford, Jim oman (assistant coach), Rolando Casanova (assistant coach). Photo by Sports Information. '4r L x. Practice makes perfect. !T I "q1 r F . 7r - ,_ Nelson Caraballo practices hard to perfect his throw to second base. His abilities as catcher and as Information. I+f; a batter make him an asset to the team. Photo by Sports r p '-~' . :' -U N Baseball 69 68 Baseball V r MF 4No Pain, No a'n E, (Cont'd. from page 70) a,,a, ,. . ment was the olympics. This is an annual event, sz-, .. : : tt Competitions were held in I" soon to be tradition. ._ V ,r'"i dart and balloon toss, basketball throw, volley- 'A "I ball, and the all time favorite Tug of War. Teams S1 2 of 8 people, consisting of 4 males and 4 females, ,.. played on 2 days and the event was highlighted by an FLU soccer game. 8 ' w:. Other facilities for athletic enjoyment also ; ,, include fitness centers where many students * X, A . IF' , pump up and tone up regularly. There are . numerous outdoor tennis, racquetball, and bas- ketball courts which seem to always be in use. Playing fields and fitness trails allow everyone to "° On the North Campus there 6 enjoy the outdoors. rs is also an aquatic center which provides facilities Rd Body and mind. for competitive swimming and diving in an Elaine Czerniak combines exercising with her studies. She efficiently Olympic size diving pool. rides the stationary bike and proofreads her paper. Photo by Alice Boe. I This elaborate playground gives many people many hours of enjoyment. You can feel like a pro r,, I - + Torture machine? 4 This interesting piece of equipment is called the lappole.t Mark Badia j! and test your physical skills after slaving over 41 apparently knows how to use it for a body straining experience.I Photo that term paper or project. For well rounded- by Alice Bae. I1 ness, this aspect of university life should not be ignored. Vf By Alice M. Bae Jason is back! hat do students do besides study and The Rangers floor hockey team's attempts to pre- / co vent a goal fails as the fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon work? They play and play hard. There gets one by. But fear not, at the end of this champion- i1i 1F w are many sports facilities and intra- ship game the Rangers claim victory. Photo by Alice . Bae. m mural programs which involve all members of the university. The Sunblazer Arena not only hosts Jane Fonda, watch out! our school's basketball games and volleyball ;w W Ugh! Umph! Breath in ... exhale. Kerra Hook puts matches, it also contains racquetball courts, floor herself through those grueling abdominal exercises in her aerobics class. Photo by Alice Bae. hockey games, and aerobic classes. The recre- ational sports department of the university also -I provides students with sporting equipment so \ r-77-- they can enjoy playing soccer, basketball, volley- W BOOYGUAJi[ ball, flag football, tennis, golf, and baseball. A~ Throughout the year intramural teams are .-1 .y, W ms created and are pitted against each other. Stu- dents play competitvely and organize through i Er4," U -' fraternities, sororities, clubs, dorms, or just - I groups of friends. Flag football, floor hockey, 1 Y r I softball, and basketball are some of the types of I; I' Fmk---- games played in intramurals. One special event -- held by Recreational sports and Student Govern- T.,F rVi, , K (Cont'd. on page 71) LiW 70 Intramurals Intramurals 71 v:, ~. ~ ~. .:: t ~ d s" ._...... _ «t« , __ _ .. .: ., , ,a . , . , .. 'v- , .x7t ~~7f: .~ ~x I______,,~, . , " W.-- I'A Q:, } f 01 my iy ; ems Vol" ""V oil 9k. ,, .,u' r PT KPTF5 'I.A 'di' .;4 WE, llAA F,v, :' >AA 4 . I,* _., F 4"Al I .:;, , 9 rz , $ i FF E-Ni .a I ip ' . w; b r- Striving For Unison lo 00WIPOW '7MM E" t tt a T w mown---.. NO , a 4I - ^ aking friends, connections, and working to- 7 tS I::. S Y. ward a goal were first and foremost to the iii 1-1 .' : k individuals involved with organizations. A common * a F1 f'"- Q r~ .11 A r,49. ( 7 bond was shared between members of clubs, frater- ,jr r i~ -": , - -- F F> nities, sororities, and organizations and at one point or ; k n Cy another these members were found against the wall in -PO f 4 r° s N : ' regard to making their respective organization the . ' t' .r tf ai . ". 4 lp0 '. ,. ;fit ,;. , 4 1-,4, BEST ever. Striving to be the best took time, effort and "A 1, ' ' i energy that could have been spent doing homework =-i Iq eat helo- : gojq CIA, .,, o - for classes. lr w e ,w:.._ 1 .-. 1 Fr I -I..'. ~ - :x4 ,, F° A t , u Golden Panther Greeks were the most active of all ':. I 777- I N_ y .., ;, " 1 Vi <, T.C N mll ".- I ' =y A,1 organizations as they had the most support from their +4 4. w -,, , .. « . A.: j s {^ lVZrK members. The Greeks rose above the red tape deci- 'I F rr; ;i'7";.. j ti'tt'ii;j;'. " L.+ {- a ,.'I A :: sion to eliminate the club room for the UH Expansion -; , -: . , °- -_ . fir.. :e:r;- 1,. " project. Instead of having a place to hand-out and , 4E k; _;_< rJ? t~r "si 7i "r"":Y"-ltt". :Y: . J. =: ; , ...... ::S : vay 4" {" because our Greek system has not been established apiio ^Th ¢ -1,", '"'raii A long enough for houses, they were left with nothing. ti:t h. .;, i R The Greeks were strong though, they were able to ,Tl overcome this obstacle and remain fierce. WD , 41- t .ix;'i~:f",t r".ri~i: i:y 1: .' + _ Iz :' Meeting of the minds. :~~2 t"2"ai Togetherness is the name of the game for these greeks as they party at a Thursdays on the Bay :.-,A party at the North Miami Campus. Photo by Guy Shir. Helping hands. Hankie in hand, Dwayne Thomas gives his two cents worth at a Men's Basketball game during ".I Greek Week. Photo by George Alvarez. r:s :a. ::r:.:i:.s.: «'::e :: ':' :y:.:. rri=: . .: .- tl: %, - , . , ,.: - -:r-. r - " " r tir s" s 15.1. m -s, 's. st2- C.-74 9 _, i ' . xs .. -"., " s ,r ^ " . - -. "cs __ :.g:w"ce ,y ",r rr." x; y. t,. ;ay:}: . .1:.- K:t" 72 Organizations Division *d" ' ' "YA Organizations Division 73 i arP tt2H ""r ct"irr E 'M'""rF rst'i}ttif.r pir+ "i ir G..tE r-3,,1wE R MH 0 !yW:Er- t. "WR :'" . " . . i T .{. x rT, x "_' .Q " r r T * WPr R i } rea:% l7FiY =7i .rr Y tiiiS tiY S I _ ,. , ,. , J. :-§ GI 1,mom V#0 I '7 AOr: I Students and Their Dorms By Vivian Pomares Richard Hein and his roommate used con- r- FI crete blocks to create one . , r of the most imag- "I IM ,l IV- oing away to college can be a inative and interesting dorm rooms on cam- ';;l 'Am L,L-1 very scary experience. Being pus. Each bed became a sleeping loft when s ILIP, ' m responsible for every aspect of raised on stacks of concrete blocks. The A your own survival is not something to be roommates then placed their desks under- 1 A taken lightly but it can also be a lot of fun. A neath the lofts creating a private and cozy :A b greater number of F.I.U. students can now nook for studying. The cavities in the con- experience this aspect of college life thanks to crete blocks provide additional storage for 9 ms. * A'. IT p _ the addition of ten new dormitory buildings at small items and boards placed across them F AI~ ,4 ,f ,. , the front of the University Park campus. create bookshelves. Dorms range in size from Most students used post- studio apartments occupied ers to wallpaper their rooms n .. ..,, ,, __r by only one student to four and add Lim _ '; S..iJ r I just the right per- 7*-y, - m bedroom apartments shared El sonal touch. David Holley . owl U-. s , ._ by up to eight roommates. used to work in a movie the- - . ir Learning to live with one ater where he collected old .w* bp- r ,tI or more roommates is defi- 14 movie posters that the thea- ll A nitely a growing experience. ter would throw out. The is especially true when D walls of his dorm room are .5 This , .w 1 r rF. w it comes to decorating a °'. filled with famous faces. m .w'' 4 shared space. There are two Other students prefer to sur- T 7I _, i distinct approaches to decor round themselves with fa- e jw h 3 4 at F.I.U. The first approach J AIl miliar faces instead. e 0ll wl involves the total rejection of xr Gabriel Lira is one such Al f"I, every parental effort ever . student. Lira has created a ... I t hFi made in order to force a child collage of family pictures to clean up their room. Ac- that spans an entire wall of I " o 2r i V O' ' II cording to this school of his dorm room. As Lira stud- Fr thinking a student should Live and Let Die. ies at his desk he can look up keep all of their belongings B-building resident Mary Smicikias has an un- occasionally and feel a little 1 G^5 derstanding with her belongings. They do not in a large pile in the center of bother her and she does not touch them. less homesick at being sur- - . i Luckily Mary's roommates each have their - their room. It is therefore own bedrooms. Photo by Vivian Pomores. rounded by the familiar very easy to locate missing faces of his family. S 5- items since everything is always in the center Resident assistants have the advantage of of the room. For convenience sake this pile living alone and can therefore decorate any 4. . should not be touched until the end of the way they wish. The resident assistant for F semester. building Mahnaz Davachi has created an You will be pleased to know that there is a eclectic ambiance in her studio apartment ik. second approach to housekeeping which ex- that screams of decades past. Davachi must At Re Movies. ists for F.I.U. students. This approach is at the surely feel at home with her stuffed white lion Siske and Ebert cannot hold a candle to mol p1 critic David Holley who decorates his room opposite end of the pendulum and it requires a and family pictures. Even though some stu- with movie posters thrown Lk F out bybtheaters. F Ne h r Kim Henderson's roomboasts great deal of imagination in order to turn a dents may put more effort than others into L a er. Photo by Vivian Pomares. ___ tiny space into a haven for both studying and decorating their rooms they all fulfill the need relaxation. When roommates cooperate the of creating an environment they can call Dorms possibilities are endless. home *4f for a semester. 0 Dorms 75 66 k .ii~ezri * M wA - -'4_s4 ' ~aC i "W-4. .S . r + t ", y I t i I "". aw (41 s ui ri " r Cheese! While studio apartments do allow students a lot of ..r 4I r P 4w. 'U privacy they can also be a lonely place. Gilberto Lira " 1 walls . . +^+w of E-building solves this dilemma by filling the s , ? 9 i Smile for the r1i r4 _ . rl. of his studio with family pictures. '.... ___.,. camera! Photo by Vivian Pomares. Flo .. # A :4 F ...... IL I- __ Kill the roaches! q -..:+-° ('14 Respect for private property is not always a number one priority for students. Some F.lU. students feel that a silent protest against roaches is more important. Nick Korniloff of B-building is one such E J U student. Photo by Viuian Pomares. SI ii Am AV -A \ I. -- _. 4 w #" . ,'7 -.... Vt "I I ,... 1 4 N "~K. F W.T 4 ,ar* I i a 'a .I i ! I . i6 MQq .. i -"- -° lu~I 06 r7 ~ ~ . . A Fly MOL Leas r KG t- r 5 .. I [10 B .5$ 1 iL, -- K or L Ism & I . ... '-, I r"T !!5',!4A 1I r ~':J . 4 Mj ,. -0c pwIe F'.- 1? v T I "'. :4 - A1 b, -l 'Pg:1 Z w . i t . N1 i,'i~T" I ', A -* -7- fZ'T J; k4 8:: G. M;iw I~r:L Ca'm ml. L-4,fj i f"+ ;= .,+ T r: IA--- h ' \ ' t, ', ' 'U ' ! 4- .J I. .f.' _ . + wl . ..d '"", r f ~ I BUILDING B. Front Row: Guadalupe Ruiz, Kathleen Smith, Tanya Nero, BUILDING C BUILDING D BUILDING E. Wayland Brodman, Chris Boutchie, Roy Tubbs Jr., Alan Taylor, Jeanne Ackman, Michelle Zarr, Mary Smicklas, Nick Korniloff. Second Row: Lisa Vogt, Shawn Arnold, Maimtiaz Basheer, Gilberto Lira. Lisa Toscano, Julian Fortoul, Curtis Kessler, Steven Tooley, Yiannis lannou, Kevin Songster, Marvin Clarke, Philip Liu. 76 Dorms Dorms 77 Jr..BJ j 4ZI a 'AL 4% AM~ 7 ® . IV ._-_ .. "I l A .a RAF f' . IIn W.,; X 6 ,..JP, ._. I,- .. l G.4-r 1 t { -_ t. {r t ° F'I ,. . ,.. P t 'r : j %., "I "26m, b, rY MM.T-, - w 17 Luxurious Suites. ,.s f, - Gary Cappello's luxurious apartment includes a complete audio-visual media center, fully stocked bar and a x a, B!7 --A - glamorous view of the F-building parking lot. Now this is J 4 ILL living. FR fI IIZAIMis4 .. , t ,'t " . AM, .0; ... : . fy i I, (I LI . 4' -, A' KK N Roomies. 04 , K Being roommates is not always easy. Learning to live t, e , together involves a great deal of sharing. B-building "' ' "roomies" Kevin Songster and Yiannis loahnon share I'1 AIL 4 everything including their posters of naked women. f :. I ( c -1A .GPI .. o Li- 'Af ti 3l , ti p. sonu~u, it'+1 , AMU 1 '" l -i-ul s )OF r.+ VN sr. I( . t a r I ",44 ,l w 1 r .. : m¢ S1 ;1 4.. lrY.4t'- ' y.* 11 ' r.. s e ;vv ,i. :y %.j i r 471-. " , ~/./b~i h r -47 +,. . . 0 1'tk S __ i jiIr i6 .: R" ,,. 9~ id ._ - A i rdL, .A , 1 r b' , .Vf t1 _f" or-, - PL-A -: + BUILDING F BUILDING G. Front Row: Ritu Jhanji, Jeannie Caicedo, Marie Berlinggeri. Back Row: Sandra Santana, Gladys Rodriguez, Pat Gallagher, Ming Zhou, Marta Theresa Berlingeri, Jacqueline Courtney, Cynthia Dunn, Kimberly Henderson, David Holley. 78 Dorms Dorms 79 IL , - f IN ! xo" o ? L- IV ' f 7 " -r I' ' ' A47 The call of the wild. cvmc 1; F-building resident assistant Mahnaz Davachi feels at .1w one with nature since her apartment is filled with i..i plant and animal life including a real lion. Actually it x _ is only a stuffed lion. ;, . . '' ' N Lofty ideas. A little imagination inspired Richard Hein and his '' . roommate to carry concrete blocks up to their second floor K-building dorm room to create this unique di ML room. Now they can relax in their loft beds or study t 1Wil 1UL I, at their desks below. Vt .5. .I .in s ;:A ,i.Jk :. F' 7i r< I'.:,. " t v I,- ^ W Pd , , I' - 1*'. +;-'- Fl k .' k , ,, n, r"y I ATIML :. , '_' t.A .1 .. kX -,. L.i°" MLU 4-A'.1,j -Ij t e1 ' . ": -1, *' F-Em - , : . .u . ) '4 0 U. 11f -_j -4z , _ _,1 t°~U - ' r~'' z_-zm _.. U.' :°,jJ;r I i ' 'i I _, r" r .,: -t ' aa_ L .r I;t ' .. d f-1I... P, J ! ! 10 lip i~?~Nfr c Ifto, 1 4,k g.qtt i -Tlq a ' 94 9-, p 1". .,,z.m ': "J - V* 4 'i':' I{v'^ - I mul AMU ,j L.. '~ '.. ,- it, 1 a f= ... we 11I &O's wu ! mulmW'1A k1l /4 1.A P;;10' 11 BUILDING H. Hector Barrera, Geneva Cobiere, Stephan Carter, Pam BUILDING J. BUILDING K. Hermann Hein, Daniel Young, Marjorie Campo, Noel Seymour, BUILDING L. Front Row: Darren Stebens, Shannon Lewis, George Nunaigho, Thompson, Toshiaki Kanayama, Isa Mendelow, Wendy Jordan, Valarie Mahnmoud Hassouneh, Victoria Sigg, Lisa Schmidt, Dawn Coffey, Linda Stephanie Kantis. Second Row: Raphael Castellano, Stacey Leach, David Jephson, Melissa Jones. Epstein, John Walicki, Kimberly Kelsey, James Maher, Ilene Patterson, Kari Richmond, Lisa Mirot, Terry Sullivan, Paulie Ramirez, Jorge Diaz, Max Roncari. Sloat. Back Row: Jorge Blanco, Gilbert Dijkhoff. 80 Dorms Dorms 81 . 1iI 9 3 _F. -i . I'I). PRTSI1M)WSWi ,fir _,_. . F_,_ Plus IV Members Speak Out I ;. By Vivian Pomares campus. The trailers do not have any hand- U,, icapped ramps, telephones or bathrooms and hat does it feel like to be physi- getting around can become very difficult for -w_ YI;. 11'M cally limited? This question anyone in a wheelchair or who, like Kiwan A makes as much sense as ask- Khoury (Plus IV president) has a visual dis- . re ing1] someone what it feels like to be black, ability. Plus IV is working with the university chineseC or cuban. Being physically limited to improve such situations, and yet, the mem- ii, v;v, .. , Fr does not really affect the way a person feels bers insist that they will generally stay away members are more inter- ;_ , _ ._ _ about themself physically. However, you do from politics. The [! "really have to look inside yourself and see ested in creating a support group to help who you are and learn [to] not just see people students in making the transition from high -, lm " Fphysically but see what they are inside," says school into college life. It is difficult for many MercyD Rodriguez. Mercy is a students such as Susan " 0 U- 1! member of Plus IV, a social Kearn, who has a speech im- - ''5 T :K organization available at pediment, to ask for help. "It F.I.U. and open to all stu- is very hard for me to ask for - F' ddents who wish to meet peo- help because people do not ple who are fun-loving, socia- understand what the hell I ble and physically limited. just said, it would be nice if -.:p Even though the organiza- sometimes some of the stu- tion is open to the entire dents would come out and 4 t; :Iiz7 first annual F.I.U. awareness 11 sent reality and alot of peo- _ ple do not care to handle this _.b.--_ week April 12 through (lu-p. - kl a+ fif- r reality. College is supposed April 14. An informative 24.J 4I to be fun, why would you teen minute video will be is want to get involved in some- produced explaining the var- Feeling his way. thing that makes you sad?" Student Eric Torres moves freely around ious types of disabilities in- .. Even though manys students campus thanks to his walking cane, his keen cluding visible and non- \ a? senses and an occasionalhelping hand from a do feel this way they should friend or friendly stranger. visible disabilities. There will not. Plus IV members are not also be a day for simulations I -a- .Ootwp- Ir depressing or boggled down with problems. where people can experience getting around A They are typical college students who perhaps in a wheelchair or blindfolded for a short "' , possess a greater depth to their personalities while. The week will close with an Apprecia- ± ;° ia-" because they have had to work harder to get tion Banquet for all those people who are 0 x, lr- to where they are. always willing to lend a helping hand. "Wher- -uII.uI;u I-: m pf'5 -. There are, however, some special problems ever I am there is always someone saying, PU faced by physically limited students that 'you need a hand?'," says Mercy Rodrigu-z. i " should be addressed. The greatest of these is Plus IV members have a very important mes- mem i~xz.CoU ( S whe he on-campus transportation. For those students sage to give to the world. It is not a message of life dent ., ,,.t on the University Park Campus, it becomes world peace or of ending homelessness, in the - the West (cont'd on page 84) \ I :" I very difficult to get to the trailers on 8 Plus IV 83 L s5 WHEEL CHAIR FD0 PARKING ON~LY s ., a , , , , ° ., By Vivian Pomares and Rodriguez would have given a great deal if the RM,cM ly.19 people responsible for their injuries had seen a commer- Is F-=lq ords of Kiwan Khoury it is simply cial like this and perhaps thought twice before getting this, "we are cool and easy to deal into an automobile while under the influence. As it turns with." out both of these young women ended up losing a great .401 Khoury feels that if more students deal anyway. Despite their loss both Kearn and Tip ;-, understood this they would be more likely to join an Rodriguez are remarkably optimistic people. Rodriguez organization like Plus IV and more able to appreciate wheels around campus bringing smiles everywhere she r.. e.. .A ... .e.., .e.. e..,.. , 4 .e ..i t:. i 0 66 e the great need which exists on goes; it seems as if she is incapa- \ campus fox volunteers to help - ble of harboring ill will against ... we represent re- with physically limited students. anyone. It was Rodriguez who Plus IV. In The News. suggested that physically limited ality and a lot of peo- The Miami Herald recently students possess a greater depth j f3 ple do not care to carried a story about two Plus IV to their personalities because of i° t$ members, Susan Kearn and Mer- the personal difficulties they may handle this reality. cy Rodriguez, highlighting their have faced and yet are otherwise College is supposed appearance in a recent television the same as anyone else. As for '± .. 1S T F ,Pw r4 v W*j commercial on the subject of F' Susan Kearn, it is difficult to : to be fun, why would i 4 ' ._ grasp that anyone could possess .s drunk driving. While most com- you want to get in- mercials of this sort in the past such a witty sense of humor after _I;FlI :, 1. have addressed the fact that having suffered as Kearn has. r 41l volved in something drunk driving kills this commer- The appearance of both Keam +f wi y :-f mill/ cial uses a different approach. /' 41A '" and Rodriguez in this commer- that makes you sad? Both Keam and Rodriguez are cial may not stop drunk driving k/ the victims of a drunken driver's deaths altogether yet it is r Susan Keam neligence and therefore are fa- V7 nonetheless of monumental im- miliar with the alternative conse- portance. Plus IV members are Presidential duties. 11 quences of drunk driving. The Aside from the numerous duties he is responsible for as making a very important impres- 99 Plus IV president, Kiwan Khoury also has to keep up in our community. In the MPP possible pain caused can be with his studies. A reading machine is a valuable aid. sion much more devastating and far- three short years since Plus IV Keeping an eye on things. reaching than death. Anyone seeing this commercial was established at F.I.U. in the fall of 1986 it has grown Visually impaired students do most of their reading in on television will walk away with a very vivid image of into a vital organ of our school. As Kearn states it "we the library where specially designed machines do most of what can happen if they drink and drive. Both Kearn exist and we are great." f the reading for them. Eric Torres uses these machines when he cannot find someone to read to him. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Front F.I.U. Accounting Association. ff Row: Bill Saites, Marcello Cortes, Mike Stanley, Charlotte Front Row: Elizabeth Cata, Jorge duMenil, Holly Kartzmark, Henry Louden, Mike Armstrong. Marino, Sandra Melo, Jose M. De- E-. Second Row: Rich Owens, Brian Bordes, Professor Julio .. 6 -TI lgado, Rosi Meneses, Maribel Grande. Otazo, Antoinette Fernandez, Paul Smithe, Albert Tabell, I F %'. ll,"R Second Row: Howard Shore, Fernan- Rochelle Beck, Dr. Gabrielle Aurioles. Back Row: Greg do Pinera, Sergio de la Fe, Guillermo .C. F,- v'I O'Hara, Chris Schlageter, Jaime Suarez, Clay Tootle, Andrade, Ileana Calvo, Maureen Sua- Uv l.h dkl i Adrian Gerrick, Frank Delgado, Patrick Ruff, Tom Santos. rez, Maria Fernandez, Gladys de la ha. WAN Il Horra, Nancy Ruiz, Eloy Fernandez, L;A km Arlene Rodriguez, Jacqueline Keane, F-M-;- WMa .fA Gina Donath, Marta Delgado, Walter a W. .V'! ,a ? I1 Reyes, Jose Menendez, Manuel Ber- "It,j wv dayes, Lillian Batista, Andrew = -:" 'r Lei F-7 Chung, Kevin Riggot. Back Row: An Kenneth A. Martin, Humberto Gonzalez, Carlo Fava, Lourdes Gar ' I, T-I~ ,,. ;- 1 cia, Nolie Sanabria, Ana Dominguez. .I IA: I t ' Evelyn Gonzalez, Marcia Ulrich, Judi } / Iv S('z i - th Chin-a-Kiem, Georgina D. Masses _.. J_- Valera. "El I'm ikv,Ai ' W, r -,.: ; gL; ir,F- ."- ; ' I "AIL l !j. WT.°; 4A1 I t7 Organizations 85 84 Organizations F=-1, -..- ' I 1 N-7vi. A { 7 ig ... ' -;; 4' _ '13 ..Win. ° , 9 . 4 yL O < (B , 7: OWN" I.SAO: sAi LL,.-IkUW x . ,-j Olt :' u a. - .. , .. k .. v-.j-, k42A , f ,+k ':: ;< "° MLI" " "' I Will %,. ,7 .J Is There Love In The 80's? _ ' Vi.k.S pastor of a local 0- ,. By Vivian Pomares Tommy Butler who is the youth " , 04 church and of Chi Alpha ministries. Chi Alpha . OIL," i- , 'A r. ove. This word is perhaps the consists of a small group of people who hope to 1, '4 most frequently misused make a difference in the world. They meet on a , word in the English language. weekly basis to offer each other mutual support i"'Amx;': VVtr w, ,, After all how can we use the during prayer services and to continue their I WE 5b . i. .., .,, same word to express our deepest heartfelt search for perfect love. Chi Alpha members are t Ii: .55? , . rl emotions as we use to describe the food we eat. not looking to be loved but rather are hoping to {S t'< A, [-'7 When you say the i;d Do we "love" cheeseburgers or do we love each learn better how to love others. sf. 11 e.. 1 J w t, other? Obviously these cannot both be "love". The search for perfect love is not exactly what word love different , VliKlfiIPi IAx ,, , T As the end of another decade is upon us we is on the minds of most college students today. I , x ff-l* people are going to I F- FI" V-171 should examine how the meaning of the word Instead they are obsessed with the future. Most "love" has changed. In the 1980's one image has college students are concerned with how much give different become inseparably attached to the notion of defini- '5,. money they will make, what kind of a car they >-? , j ii u ," love - romance. Thirteen year olds state that will drive and whether they will be successful at tions, . . . and always IA= they are "in-love" for the first time while thirty their chosen profession. Where does that leave year olds suddenly fall "out-of-love" and get these the only love you will I-A students if for some reason they are divorced. True love has very little to do with unable to earn fifty thousand dollars a year? Chi know is the love you A romance and everything to do with the total Alpha members know that there has to be more I ff 3 have E 41 unconditional surrender of seeking to make to life than this and that the measure of our experienced. Ffe ; another human being happy. Most of us have success comes from how well we love others. c NI r *_ro VV experienced this degree of love only through our Chi Alpha wants to reach out to those stu- Tommy Butler a: , parents and if we are very lucky we may even dents who cannot love and introduce them to share this with our spouse or a close friend. No God's love. Butler knows that most college .. 'i ' m doubt the best way to understand truly uncondi- students will not make time for church. "We 4*, tional love is by loving a child. However, can we want to be the church for them," says Butler of 99 , , k be capable of expressing unconditional love if Chi Alpha. Chi Alpha members want students Sj F-,J '; . <. we ourselves have been deprived of it? to know that they are available to share God's 1% -4- e :. VAK' "When you say the word love different people love as well as the various anxieties associated Unconditional Love. w are going to give different definitions ... and with college life. Kathleen Philippsborn, a Chi The example of unconditional love was set for us by Jesus Christ and only in following his example can we Vlv always the only love you will know is the love Alpha member, knows she will be happy "even if hope to obtain true happiness. This is the message Chi I you have experienced." This is the opinion of I do not earn fifty thousand a year." Q0. Alpha wants to give to F.lU. 40-2 S E'~% CHI ALPHA MINISTRIES. Front Row: Bruce Lee, Steve Cumbo, Belkis M. F..U. COLOMBIAN CLUB. Front Row: Gustavo Mattos, Ros Davies, William EDUCATION SOCIETY. Front Row: Marilyn Rodriguez, Jan Peterson, Maria FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. Front Row: Mario Garcia. Second Row: Tommy Butler, Bea Garcia, Peter Kuan, Renee Dunn, Rojas. Back Row: Jorge Delgado, Saul Guittierrez, Juan Manolo Osormo, Juan Pardon, Lizabeth Fernandez, Felice London, Mila Valido, Carmen McCrink. Gonzalez, Lourdes Olivera, Martha Lorenzo, Edward Lyden, Vicky Torre. Kathleen Philippsborn. Back Row: Gail Feddern Sanggeon Lee. Padilla, Victor Mejia. Back Row: Della Hollinger, Cynthia Klar, Lizette Travieso, Tania Cintron, Maria Second Row: Maria Garcia, Isabell Villarnovo, Gilda Chavez, Jeanne McGee, Torino, Mimi Reiger, Cristina Lopez, Irene Rodriguez. Carmen Dominguez, Julia Lacayo, Evan Agapitos, Madelyn Isern, Peter Lopez, Felix Murillo, Cesar Sordo, Dulce Hernandez, Aurora Iglesias, Cari Urita, CAri Diaz, George Martinez. Back Row: Jim Jones, Dan Cohen, Raymond Alvarez, Rosie Gonzalez, Harvey Hyman, Fabio Kreplak, Don Baumann, Dan Hernandez, Eric Toth, Robert Martell, Armando Pulles. 86 Organizations Organizations 87 ~1 , n : 5"ll-Tr 00 iLL In R i "J. (: W ; Working ' V..'144- to be the Best M4 4, -.iq ° geP m By Vivian Pomares to success in the outside world. Numerous honor II m W. societies exist on both campuses E'll, of F.I.U.; they ,:;;' I n the fast-paced world of uni- all share the university goal of recognizing stu- Kc UH versity life there is usually very dents who work hard to be above average in _:,. little time to spare on unnecess- every aspect of university life. Phi Lambda I ary activities. Even activities National Honor Fraternity is a fairly new honor WNG which used to be spontaneous society on campus and yet has &NI"-- have become specific charac- already grown into a strong : , , ters in a daily routine. Attend- and active organization. Sev- -, A h. ing classes is merely the tip of eral members of Phi Lambda kI- OU the iceberg and depending on a 6 1"4 are involved in student gov- ,. , student's area of study they ernment as well as various ac- can expect to spend anywhere J tivity committees around cam- from two to twelve hours a pus. Functioning primarily as r P1'%4ALL1 IFx week working outside the S1 an academic organization, Phi classroom. For those unfortu- Lambda offers tutoring ser- p nate fortunate souls who also vices to students and also sets -F kI A have to work for a living time aside time to visit local high W E-A becomes an even more pre- schools in the hopes of recruit- cious commodity. Even if you ing future Phi Lambda mem- L/) do not work for a living, the bers. Eric Y. Resnik is the pres- ; a key word is still "time" and ident of Phi Lambda and has hN how to spend it wisely. What is Fringe benefits. great hopes for its future. He the reward for doing it all and Hard work and dedication offer Lee Sherry says that the organization will n making it all work? Aside the opportunity to be a member of Phi continue to "recognize all of from Lambda and to enjoy some fringe benefits earning a degree there is such as this awards banquet. the hardworking students who s the added incentive of gradu- care about their education, *u ating with honors and knowing that you are their university and themselves." Wearing a gold S* among the best of the class. Of course success in stole at graduation means much more than college is no guarantee of success in the outside having achieved good grades. It represents an world. On the other hand no one can rightfully a The smiles of success. effort to be the best which has been successfully AL, f- 7 argue that a college education is an impediment executed. W-1 Q'-16 .. Membership in Phi Lambda is rewarded as ML Romeo D. Montese and Audrey Bally ' "E 3J share a moment of pride and honor. M ,=~ UL " uc/ I7"M5 dL1 l' -w i : C4. ELO M E ,! .. 1z , .r <. -k19 .;- , -q 0.... _.-rAy TO o L A IrF a',A I %,) T JESUST I 1I iyY 1104 '' ', ' r .1 - 5 c.s -I 5TUDENT! Irk '47,-- t~Fi- J6-61 :1 4 LE1 ,-1 WOWS "I F._ ii u- -4 ,;_x ; , ,'i f$1,. L . -- I41 t-4 IUM , ,: I14 %,07/4 WA ._. s r tA 'd I!( ..., Jesus Student's Fellowship. Front Row: Erica Frater, Jewell Spencer, Sandy- F.I.U. Law Society. Troy Pilgrim, George Sales, David Durkee, Lisa Lang, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CLUB. Front Row: Rebecca Ann Freed, PHI LAMBDA NATIONAL HONOR FRATERNITY. Eric Y. Reznik, Althea Celestin, Lisa Carvalho. Back Row: Adrian Johnson, David Brahim, Janet Machado, Scott Hamilton, Elizabeth Delgado, Dennis Heid. Roberto Millares, Alina Alarcon, Doris Mayo, Francis Pellitteri, Rene Czerkasij. Yvonne Petit, Lester Wright, Audrey Bally. Mark W. Thomas, Andre Vendryes. Second Row: Ari-Yure Becerra, Irene Martinez, Robyn Dukeman, Sally Fisher, Dolores Alvarez-Rivero, Dora Gonzalez, Roselia Horta, Angel Alvarez. Third Row: Gretta Millares, Barbara Laxon, Graciela Navarrete, Magdalena Francis. Back Row: Brett Bennet, Monique Lesage, David Crandall. 88 Organizations Organizations 89 :l r -7 t"7f,7;ziI a. .. ' ''l K Ji Im f~c)m w Ol 0 )~ , 777 'r& r y.. 4.. t 1 Radio Station A, ME 4j . -. r Seeks FM Fame -,,nm By Vivian Pomares 'P /,-I K -9 IF.4 a I a i S7 ! _ ollege radio may very well become I dj major marketing force in Miami's fu- ., p i ture, that is if Ben Sardinas and Pete ~, 7 .I Dubowsky have anything to do with it. Both say that they have big plans for our own on-campus 9 - 66 gl-" radio station WUFI. Dubowsky states that the radio station is "looking to be a major force in the nation's .. . it was the energy LAI eleventh market - Miami." of a few students X;:; rI§L-- Among the various goals that Sardinas and Dubowsky C- have set for the station priority is being given to the that made this radio ,., dream of achieving FM status. While this may still be one station happen from or even several years away no one at WUFI seems to , ' ' Yw r" suffer from a lack of motivation. Only a few semesters an empty room. ago the station was in bad shape and sorely in need of good administration. Then Ben Sardinas came on the scene. "I have yet to Pete Dubowsky I see anyone who is even half as good as Ben as an IT administrator . . . he faces brand new challenges every- m day and lives up to everyone." Dubowsky continues, "it a -"ti 1 was the energy of a few students that made this radio .. station happen from an empty room." Along with those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, including 00M Stewart Blanc and Charles Michaels, a great number of r bi students became involved once WUFI hit the air. 4"' a. V \ ' L Disc jockeys are natives of the education, fine arts, r-;'' lk-i hospitality, political science and engineering schools At the Mike. - . r therefore each D.J. has something unique to offer to the Disc jockeys at WUFI each "bring their own talent and _ , apply it to the mike," according to Pete Dubowsky who station. Dubowsky speaks highly of the disc jockeys at also enjoys a, .-- -. putting in time at the mike. """ ,o (Cont'd. on page 92) 'Y plpl m E12 . mllzWA! l L~W,~ I ; rins/ i UN- 1%,- 0,11 WA h r t:, sftnfA r14 a I ' 117 ?t 1 1%, 1 l; r I 'C 1 1=11 L s. 1# i V-*-;,-S I f'A _ . -- 73 r ': , LAi ' 4.' :,f U 1 kt a - C a, 1-1 i i 3° } / tl i usJ , , r ;r i Pl n (. PHI ETA SIGMA. Melissa Podlewski, Jeanette Nearing, Jose M. Gonzalez, Fei PLUS IV PHYSICALLY LIMITED UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Front PRE-MEDICAL SOCIETY. Front Row: Rodolfo Blandon, Ana Maria PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SOCIETY. Jose A. Ramos, Jr., Benigna Mak. Row: Peter Manheimer, Alicia Tonzet, Bernadette Ingraham. Second Row: Hernandez, Marilyn Batista, Marisol Sanchez, Herman Castellon, Wayne S. Torviso-Marko, Charles A. Garavaglia. James Munzin, Maria Torro, Joyce Green, Tracy Sharpe, Eduardo Rey, Maxine Burnett. Second Row: Gladys Fernandez, Ada Ventura, Grace Cuelez, Stephen Rey, Kiwan Khoury, Jennifer King. Back Row: Carol Melzer, Phil Touzet. Ansorg, Jorge Fleites. Third Row: Alfredo Sanchez, Rene Cedeno, Michael Morejon, Aimee Ibarra. Fourth Row: John Capistrano, Concepcion Morales, Vivian Ferrin, Miguel Trujillo. Fifth Row: Osvaldo Rodriguez, Sean Orr, Margot Cortes, Yanira Bermudez, Julio Sierra, Billy Perdomo, Hector Martinez. Back Row: Phillip Burns, Sadie Santamarta, Dagmar Andueza. 90 Organizations Organizations 91 I D 0 )(S Or~c ot 0 Q (Cont'd. from page 91) grams is usually brand new. Oldies stations and UFI offering the point that "they all classic rock stations do not have to wonder wheth- W bring their own talent and apply it to er the audience will appreciate a certain piece of A the mike." He states unequivocably music. It is likely that they have heard the song a I that "they are the best dj's in all of thousand times before already. In the case of WUFI South Florida." the audience is probably hearing the programmed F'2 -51 "71 Besides achieving FM status the station managers music for the very first time. "We are dealing with also hope to establish top quality news programming. unknown groups and unknown record labels and it Top-of-the-hour news broadcasts will include interna- is our job to make it happen for them," says AFWYX-- tional, national, local and F.I.U. news. This may seem Dubowsky Many unknown groups make their like a highly ambitious task, however, Dubowsky debut on college campuses and WUFI is deter- z7-,,, ,° 66>' ~ hopes that the station will be able to establish a mined to become an important place for new 'r .1a completely serious news program. Station managers groups to break ground. : We are looking to be would also appreciate a greater degree of coopera- In March Sardinas, Dubowsky and Charles Mi- hT tion from the school of communication. He feels that chaels attended a college media conference in New r a major force in the N, the communication school and the station would be York City where they swapped information with . nation's eleventh able to establish a mutually beneficial relationship if students from around the nation who also run only they could cooperate. Dubowsky states: "we do college radio stations. They brainstormed on ways market - Miami. AVIV not want communication school disc jockeys . .. to improve WUFI and on achieving FM status. In however, we do want to provide an unheard of between seminars the three took in the sights of I:. Pete Dubowsky _ opportunity for students to have their own hourly New York and Florida radio stations and concluded Q 4 news broadcast with total freedom to give a serious it was not beyond their reach to first emulate other J' professional broadcast." It is a mystery why the college radio stations and then establish their own school refuses to refer students over to the radio style. Just as the energy of a few students has 7 -.. 4 station, however, Dubowsky hopes that as the station brought the radio station out of an empty room it is grows and establishes itself as a valid organization the that same energy which will keep it growing. position of the communication school will change. Just as Dubowsky feels that it is WUFI's job to " fit .# Remarkably the station even faces challenges in "make it happen for unknown groups" it is the job Is 4° regards to the music they program. Administrators of all students who work at the radio station to have chosen to program progressive music as is the make it happen for WUFI. From the look of things Behind the scenes. : While at a college media conference in New York City norm with most college radio stations. Unlike most so far it seems as if these students are well on their 11'.1 ,.* -a.." Charles Michaels proves he will do anything to help South Florida radio stations the music WUFI pro- way to doing so. I \i " promote F.U.'s WUFI radio station, even pose for this picture. WUFI RADIO STATION. Front Row: Chris Wong-Sang, F.I.U. ROWING CLUB. Front Row: John Capistrano. Debbie King, Jackie "G" Garcia, Charles D. Michaels, Ben kA Second Row: Harold Mann, Tomas Drew-Bear, Harry Sardinas, Peter Dubowsky, Melina "in the morning" Borrero, Warticouschi, Jacob Jimenez, Eloy Fernandez. Back Row: Ivonne "Desiree Bleu" Petit, Tom Jelke, Prya Ray. Second Row: Matt Johnson, Wayne Rustad, Carlos Maribona, Martin Santiago "Psycho" Garcia, Ben Aguiar, Ravi . "Ravioli" Singh, Arias, Ernie Castro. Beni Milan, Jose "J" Gomez, Richard Kohleg, Luis "Puck" - W~.I-f---; . * Albaez, George Galban "Short Circuit", Gloria "the Worm" Ramos, Pierre Dwyer. Back Row: Nelson Remy, Sam TT t~ Rogatinsky, Bill "Cruz" Cruz. qtom..i 6I t I A-, LQ L I-. f I M 1 1 ,y L 'ii ' , " I, u '1 , r r cw T .',® I 1 VRt- .x I e'. I -1 - 92 Organizations Organizations 93 "' -- 1' 1 *? I !'fi fgt Di IV u_" .WMT ; r ,+ L"'I'*-] s Erl." d : 4; >Ld (s iC C 1IIlC 'a (ter T-- Ig 4. , The Birth Of A Yearbook LLN I By Vivian Pomares drive for creating an award-winning year- ;sAi 1 book. Ik ;. 7 i i sL , ow hard is it to live down a With a very limited staff yearbook cre- "d eta,; bad reputation and still come ators were forced to handle every aspect of ,. ; I 4*;wm out ahead? Just ask Julie the business. The Staff did everything from 66A3 " Efg ; - r O'Dell editor-in-chief of the taking their own pictures to writing their This has been a r C Wi, 1989 Flashback Yearbook you are now hold- own copy as well as designing layouts and Pl!ltl-j dt' building-block .. ® 1 ing in your hands. It can be very hard. "In the selling yearbooks. 1 r k"iLLe past it has been merely a second rate publica- Despite problems which may have existed year, we are trying . , ;: , j h:_j 1 - AU4 tion and we aim to change that," says O'Dell. in the past the student body was overall very to create a founda- FIA With only a handful of students working to supportive of the yearbook staff. Record tion on which fu- FA put together the book it does not seem likely numbers of seniors turned out to have their war that it could be done. However, O'Dell sees picture taken for the yearbook and sales VIA ture yearbooks can ', a e " this as "a building block year ... we are were surprisingly high. Plans for the 1990 [7MA,1074 Flashback yearbook are already underway. be improved from _ .. "a trying to create a foundation on which future ak,. ..u :S which the staff has to year. ; yearbooks can be improved from year to Among the various goals year year." Without knowing if successive genera- set for itself efforts are being made towards INA ,.-k ' .. will possess the drive to the implementation of an option check-off ::. tions of students Julie O'Dell lok f X for selling yearbooks. At registration .v ,- M " keep FLASHBACK alive it is necessary to system ,k ,. draw motivation from the act "of doing a time students would be offered the opportun- service to our school and community," ac- ity to purchase their yearbook and simply ,V'^'- f ,. cording to O'Dell. add the cost on to their tuition. In this x ;, ; -& V& The Yearbook staff attended a college manner the yearbook staff is guaranteed that ,09. . '' .. conference in New York City in March where every student knows the yearbook exists and C44 I . they studied the ins and outs of good year- is available to them. In the following years k kf y w kk fl: booking, caught up on the latest trends and the yearbook staff hopes that FLASHBACK - - ! "1 fads in the industry and met with college will reach a level of excellence unsurpassed students around the nation who shared their by any.4" 1989 ~F la >( k : Y(Not rh pictured: k u ff Julia Chin ------Student Government Association. Front Row: SIGMA ALPHA MU. Front Row: Juan Carlos Yvonne Petit, Manny Lamazares, Scott Zeida Navas. Second Row: Francisco Rico, Mariani Comezana, Angie McFarralan, Ralph Patino, i Beillard. Third Row: Raffy Yadghiajan, Daniel U.. mr-T Ernie Beillard, Waldo Ellison. Fourth Heidi Schulman, Emily Leyva, Lissette Valdes- k. I Rodriguez, Valle, Rosa Davies, Eric Resnick, Lisa Pollack. F% -,. Row: Luis Fuentes, Tony Capute, Sam Moses, r J. ,a . r i- Richard Santamaria, Bruce Cutlar, Javier Joel Beck. Second Row: Jeff Burger, Lee Ll- Arl l li -i F~ iT~l dry Chaykin, Tom Jelke, Richard Santalises, Guy "', Invernizzi. Back Row: Daniel Baker, Juan ,, 1 Shir, Jacob Kiraty, Eloy Fernandez, Letty C,: " w +~ra I t 19-11 Goldstrum. Firmo Pesuera, Jose Rodriguez, WI,v el Carlos Espinosa. Valdez, George Alvarez, Rosy Gonzalez, Anthea ITT ^ b -, i -,l Penet, Patrick Ruff, Shelley Schulgen. Back is Row: Robert Matus, Steve Capellan, Yoli Gonzalez, Ann Tapper, Andria Maso Mason, Ed 41 _"' it :[k AMA IL ..' d Santa-Maria, Frank Janisch, Alan Auder, Sandra . I . 3 ti;ILA "'?"A { *~I Mellors, Ben Sardinas, Joe Smith, Ana Pena. l A. ..., ~s L 'I ._ , - -- _ 'tilt;I!"* t ' ~'J ' ji ft "+ ti. Il'". iF 1 w ' , . . _ - _ - .2 '1 94 Organizations Organizations 95 71 -1U Irr.t"s , ; fix:.. :. $m L :tI e,k a kn-E ff se",I ts W MY-Lin', ," AN '. W- 1& Greeks in Camelot A T 4 ...:.. By Vivian Pomares the Delta Phi Epsilon team had fallen down. At any rate Tau Kappa Epsilon did not stand a :. ow low can a greek go? This very good chance of winning the three-legged W&. 45- .4 was the question many F.I.U. race. IV-111 ~ ~i. students were asking them- Greeks were also on hand in large numbers }I y IL! selves as the limbo contest got under way for the homecoming game. Each greek organi- 14.l 'I U during the 1989 Homecoming festivities at zation boasted their support of the Golden I ""14 'I of themselves. One Phi Delta F.I.U. This year's theme was "Return to Cam- Panthers and %h4-1 elot." As mimes and jugglers danced around Theta member even went as far as donning F, .A., the campus grounds they face paint in order to resem- :o _.: ir.*"f '. r seemed to be stepping out of ble a panther. This face- 110:17 . {' the pages of a history book painted panther stood r'rtr , ; , r ;50< iW from the mythical world of proudly in the bleachers with F aA £ . h"' .4' i yi Camelot. k his Phi Delta Theta shirt. ,s7 ,tI- II"T .: y ,, F IA ' ..t: ILA Af^ [ k ... a ._ As characters of centuries Other greeks were moved I --- "'{ A "^ ". ILI', r past entertained homecom- to more emotional displays h K OrIT, ing enthusiasts with their such as one group of Tau VIA h5 11 * " bli.- k tricks greeks proved that Gp Kappa Epsilon members who ,:y k they knew some tricks of held their glasses high in the /4 their own. The limbo contest v\ * IM- air as in a salute to the Gold- " ,.; 4-; , . : ,-,I was just the beginning of the en Panthers. They may not t 1. VW,7,. 927WIN-1 4 ... _ ° . fun as contestants were put have fared very well in the , 144 OW-1 T ' M :.:r in rather unflattering posi- .,- three-legged race yet at least wn ? rtm- "'54 :4P tions. their school spirit did not 5 pectat5r r' As the greeks moved on to suffer. a " 4fsm - ,-k . other physical events the Other events recalled the '4:. "! . ai F . Imo' 4 TT ^.: 4 three-legged race came to a Camelot theme of homecom- a 4 1 N Y close finish. The Delta Phi Face Paint. ing such as the archery con- z;l 4 1 n to blend into the t This greek is not trying I j a . ; r'I Epsilon team was brought to crowd. On the contrary, he is trying to stand test. Greeks assumed a 9 its knees as they approached out not only as a member of Phi Delta Theta knowing stance as they 44,.-y Imo but as a Golden Panther as well. Photo by LE . TWMM i 'S IT Id the finish line. They were Julie O'Dell. aimed for the targets only to 0- 4 ... h r . S find that they were not as good as they had 14 a only inches behind the Phi Mu duo when one II.. -I member lost the balance and collapsed on her hoped they would be. The important thing is "R:J5% -- I I. knees. As these two teams battled it out for that everyone was given a chance to have a ' 'U first place the Tau Kappa Epsilon team was good time. Of course greeks were not the only .i!x ;c'~ a -?' . . a . _ . ', 5 _. , _y.t- !' "'.. helpless except to stand by and watch after ones on hand at homecoming. They did, . _,h?. "ti. having come to a complete standstill. They however, bring a special feeling to the event of rt IL appeared to be in total shock at the fact that team unity and school spirit. b -' to make first place - e ,falls on her knees. T app SGeorge Alvarez. - ireem I on 96 Greeks L ' , ~1 W . -c i L ,;, a Huge Appetites! FI Greeks demonstrated their gastronomical talents during a pie-eating contest, part of the ., homecoming festivities. With their hands secured behind their backs contestants could depend on only their mouths to see them to a, victory. Photo by George Alvarez bill . Active Participants. ,1 Active participants such as this Phi Sigma 3 Sigma member helped create an atmosphere em ' Am of enthusiasm and school spirit during ; i, homecoming events. Photo by George Alvarez. , c v V-7i4 We're Number One! These Tau Kappa Epsilon members harbored _I.. s 1 W,,5,F-: no doubts about their greek superiority or the ; 4 , ,.,,A f'Y success of our very own Golden Panthers. a, Photo by Julie O'Dell .. 4 : l-: ;1 IA-M , M:, ;a ~1E IU , , 4 P.,- : - ON , 1 A 1.0 or A&r 4 _ 1w~ ,I 14Pti O 4,A r - - br,41T.l :"m V of towl " .W . 'l Ii 11 f . 1 r f' ,. t: "NM, ' A IE;-v 4.A W Ia TU iz;m r, i p&~i- MT-c -S.T ~-MgR !s M-P'U C ,I1 I PHI BETA SIGMA. Philip Girvan, Scott Robinson, Garry S. DELTA PHI EPSILON. Front Row: Stefani Green, Paula "1 James, David Cole, Roderick Tavares, Herald Bovery, f Gonzalez, Patricia Arocena, Ruth Suarez. Second Row: Charles Mitch. Karen Revuelta, Annie Strouts, Elaine Donnell, Ida Dreksler, em ,'~ I P! Adriana Yepes, Dalia Mesa, Letty Toledo, Khati Suarez, riAi 1{ Danie Rodriguez. Third Row: Evy Kaulus, Kathy Proctor, Ei7 Ronnie Weissmark, Christine Campbell, Christy Rojas, I> Ileana Conde, Janella De Feria, Christy Alvarez, Blaire J L iX~~-I Jacobs, Karen Lopez. Back Row: Stephanie Cambell, Janice Revuelta, Betty Nunez, Kathy Vaulk, Lisi Reyes, Heather '- Yr k I Imken, Ibis Dominguez, Maria Duran, Dawn Captaun. !trAIIIIA IF w 7 - L:7 k.,* IA W71%1 r , 11 la::r C- .' C::T VI, ' f; :vvs ::5 _ :R. W,I : y; : ':;::.Y- .. Ri;i:::. t:c i ,<: , f V-0 ' >7 n.& ;,yet''.:::"'::.:.:!!. y- 'y : 98 Greeks Greeks 99 . ' . . , . :F Z. _ IVA JILtIT r7rm t, ?~, panthe'T pa ., 'V wil- Iffm WWZI-l IC- ?4 - Positive Influences &f,4 X ( 5 ._. By Vivian Pomares gathered around the Arena as the 4 F.I.U. mascot the golden panther t is a stigma attached looked on. vU to college fraternities When the brothers had finished ir,~r4" which is very difficult their work the Arena had been claimed GG lJ I to shake - the troublemakers. No as a panther property. Phi Delta John Ad J matter how hard-working and respect- Walicki feels "panther paws" was an Fraternities are able a given fraternity may prove itself important symbolic gesture that r more trouble than hA to be they will always be the number showed the spirit of F.I.U. fraternities. 1 most people want to one suspect when any given incident "Fraternities are more trouble than - occurs on campus. This burden is most people want to know and this ,' know and this - I shared equally by the various frater- proves that we can do positive things i LAI proves that we can nities at F.I.U. However, one vision as well," says Walicki. : r WQ 4 .f~ I:1 do positive things as stands out in the crowd and refuses to Brainstorm. Phi Delta Doug Jefferies brainstormed the idea to claim the let history repeat itself. Today's genera- !7~ _r. rY Sunblazer Arena by laying down panther tracks. well. tion of Phi Delta Theta is determined to A Ii I mm Al make a difference. /v r. I John Walicki Phi Delta Theta Doug Jefferies I,/ brainstormed an idea which would r--,.,.'I MR, ,. r help prove that fraternities are an Lj' 11 1 important part of our F.I.U. community / and should not be shunned because of Li I past wrongs committed by former gen- .9 4f erations of brothers. Jefferies' idea wasy 4'1 .1mi I I 40 Panther Paws. -.. ,Immw Outside of the Sunblazer Arena Phi Delta Theta a simple one which could be easily oil: members lay a path of panther tracks as a ,. ,1N ------spirit. executed. His idea was "panther :,' symbolic gesture of their school paws." One brisk morning last semes- ter at 10:00 A.M. a group of Phi Delta's PHI MU. Front Row: Betty Junco, Toni Catone, Michelle PHI DELTA THETA. Front Row: Johnny lzquierdo, John Salom, Shauon Arnold, Anne Burke, Lisa Hohmeier, M. Walicki, Doug Jefferies, Gino Littlestone, Brian Moody, bes L ru Barbara Martinez, Jeanette O'Campo, Jennifer Johnson. Dwayne Thomas, Mickey DiMaria, Russell Copley. Second b,:7 w.. I.. C-11' I Back Row: Carol Ritchie, Trish Leon, Lisa Vogt, Kathie Row: Diaz, p-I Bobby Eric Katz, Steven Confessore, Dan . Kondzela, Lisa Azan, Stephanie Luntz. Third Row: Claudia Novela, Terrence Knowles, Jason Prieto, PN -.- v Oscar Prieto, Alex Brborich, Mindy McAteen, Ana Alvarez, Aviva Stein, Janice Roman, Rick Law, Andrew Bevan, Paul Lirette, Jamie fnl J,#- Butler, Mari Canas, Eli Leal, Paula Botero, Ana Rodriguez, Hundley, David Olcott, Scott Ironside, Arthur Nauman, nL"*ACAL q 1 Pam Phillips, Mimi Ruiz, Lauren Marx. Evan Rabin, Rob Walden, Kenny D'Angelo, Miguel WET j: i .. .1 Fernandez. Back Row: Mike Blakemore, Joe Alamo, Tino .I..1 l^1 V.'. V -"i Fernandez, Jon Moss, Dan Baptista, Andrew Upbin, Victor i Lopez Jr. . I a, F 4. k A r-IT IM r -, A [" Ell!11 le-1 >. V. Eiji I rl2 } civpl ll W.*-A 7/ t,, Is I 0 W--l Greeks 100 Greeks 101 I4! +E k low"I 4:1 - 1 it 4V Phi Mu Mira( Workers' rt A By Vivian Pomares I -: rl *VI- W his past Christmas season 4 M44 Im ;9l a the F.I.U. chapter of Phi Mu f1k] Fraternity proved that mira- A Iles do in fact exist. Phi Mu To P - =44 A W members saw a need in our community which Ll L- r desperately needed filling and took it upon I themselves to fill it. The needs they saw were I A _: I ;_ L -i those of children in need of medical miracles. 4 e kie 06z riL -ILA j While organizations do exist in order to help m=om Alt W49 a'- : ...... EA' IMI I these children they are only as powerful as the t __ P, a I B*m I ' amount of donations "- which they can raise. I4 F A a During the Christmas holiday of 1988 Phi Mu I' 44 members acted upon a philanthropic project aI 44 entitled "Light Up A Child's Life." I h I I 6,F.tm 44 '_ Phi Mu members gave away brass tree orna- 111 a 11fI' 4 1 , ments with every five dollar donation made on 44j behalf of the children. Members set up tables at the Falls shopping center and in the University q&1I i,..:'T. AL House building of the University Park campus. 4 S Persons wishing to help a sick child could then . 4... .:?.. ~ stop at one of these tables and make a dona- ,.,r -s '. i: t°'A tion. In addition to "Light Up A Child's LAI Life" Phi 44444><4 44.44 a", 4 FT~4444 &U Mu also conducted various other projects and 4.4 ME .4.44444.444. K4444 succeeded in raising a total of six thousand, 44~ KIM VA j j seven hundred 4 4 4 and seventy two dollars for the s-I Miracle Workers. children. The money was then passed on to the Phi Mu members Mari Canas, Shawn Arnold, Anne Burke, local branch of the Children's Miracle Network Ashley Hodges, Cindy Orwick, Linda Mijares, Pam Phillips, Lisa Azan and June Beck the Miami alumnae chapter and the Miami Children's Hospital. Phi Mu M president of Phi Mu pose outside of the Falls shopping members made a few miracles possible for -" IS center where they collected donations for the Children's some very sick children. w3m Miracle Network. i 1 PHI SIGMA SIGMA. Front Row: Yvonne Tillan, Vivian 777 SIGMA PHI EPSILON. Front Row: Jose Garcia, Jorge Decgard, Michelle Olero. Back Row: Kathy Rodriguez, Hernandez, Orlando Gonzalez, Roy Garcia, Frank Janisch, Gladys de la Horra, Laura Trueba, Maria Fernandez, Milly a 6 Tim Benjamin, Manny Lamazares, Desmond Falla, Eddy 44 o' Lamazares, Ozzie Farres, Ralph Espinosa, Don Renn, Ray Busti, Susie Sanchez, Maria Sosa, Lynette Galiano, Sandra ,4, AA & Clein, John Serrato. Second Row: Carlos Sanchez, Marcia Monserrat. .14; Murgeytio, Scott r : Cruz, Frank Delgado, Wayne Oncin, Chris Basta, Alex 76 Perdomo, Victor Martinez, Alan Bowley, Carlos Arias, : , ... " f 0, r f~ ^ m ' # Maurice Pinto, Rey Diaz, Ibra Consuegra, Steve Mangano, 11-1 ^{ , it; Javi Mariscal, Pablo Rodriguez, Karl Diaz. Back Row: Jose :, I Delgado, David Solis, Ray Kobel, Marc Itzkhoff, Luis I, F" .,.-4 fir? , U4b_ W-VA Valladarez, Frankie Pupo, Allen Lauder, Roly Tapanes, ...... Iml a I Henry Fernandez, Sergio De La Fe, Alex Torres, Ozzie IT Fernandez, Peter Acosta, Tom Jelke, Ernie Castro, Len rt - A c ; Lucia, Oscar Rivero, Marc Severino, Manny Cueto, Peter ff444 4-' c 4 t15 Guerrero, Richard Fernandez, Dan Sera, Claudio Finazzo, I44 E 4 a I 44 Juan Linares, Fernando Pages, Alvaro Solis, Cecilio Toldeo, y _, °- Jose Gomez, Omar Rodriguez, Karl Diaz. ' w' , _ .. 444~4 ,, 4 ,ti 44. .,,°' i t , !hI Im, _ 44 "'. .44< .,4 F-f P" ._. 102 Greeks Greeks 103 AE ,3, 1\ A 7rr 'T ' 4 IlIl chi j Ilc C. U t:)A(K ~ C, #j I vti Il4 1C 'I, P . 9 , A I a. ._l-" C ' / (k Li, , K \ tr . . r Vandalism Plagues Campus i1 ' .1 I'do ;4, By Vivian Pomares great deal of intelligence or an extensive tjI vocabulary. The most profound statement ", I Qt LiLi - t ,. wave of vandalism has that the vandals were able to make was i1 over F.I.U. during general declaration that people "suck." Ob- ,F 4. .,1 \,I spread i 3 x... { *4' + offices viously anyone with the minimal intel- A 144, n /1 the past year with f1 fj '0'11 in the University House ligence necessary to perform such an act of j "lolR ,.a . NAI ,..,. "t , . building being the prime targets. Security is vandalism is not likely to be capable of * ' \ I, non-existent and it is therefore fairly constructing any phrases with more than \p1I almost EMOMeMONWM I I simple for vandals to break into any of the two words. [.... Often robbery is the motive. Cam- Valdes-Valle feels that no greek organiza- A j3 t V. , offices. "J eras and film have been stolen from the tion is likely to be responsible for the vandal- I 1 I '-".- "'aA yearbook office during numerous break-ins ism since they would therefore not have it, other occa- vandalized their own property. She points 6 { throughout the past year. On vq sions the vandals were merely out to destroy out that there were students from other local . " 1F ',; property with some vindictive motive in colleges and high schools present at the 4 party as well as total strangers who may fl f I mind. Et ';. came to have walked in off the street. Any of these if 1989 \\ \' When the spring semester of I for the + D a close a fraternity party was thrown as per people could have been responsible a 74 / '"t tradition. Unfortunately someone ruined the vandalism. Regardless of who committed Y A event by vandalizing the club room where the crime there is no excuse for the vandal- C, I ,LLB,, .. ,:! each of the greek organizations keeps their ism. . desk. One member of Phi Sigma Sigma went Meanwhile the greeks no longer have a N7 -- I[ to the clubroom on the following day to pick clubroom. They are attempting to obtain {{{ti \ t : %; 'I up some belongings she was horrified to find space for themselves through the University I the clubroom in shambles. "I cannot believe House building expansion plan which is anyone would do this!" currently taking place. It may take some IC r\ Desks had been overturned and papers time for the greeks to regain their territory %A 1 'St lv/ and it is even less likely that they will I I were thrown across the floor. Fraternity and L" - obtain fraternity and sorority ik 11 - k/ "'r ,I sorority desks were raided and their con- successfully tents destroyed. Graffiti covered every spare housing on-campus any time in the near 5 > ,_«; C 1 *_i._.,. __. / oil inch of wall space. Not surprisingly the future. The greeks promise they will keep {Y.'.e / vandals do not seem to have possessed a working towards these goals. TAU EPSILON PHI. Front: Dan TAU KAPPA EPSILON. Front Metsch. Back Row: Mark Vechunie, L--e. Row: Steve Titleman, Jose Barry Sunshine, Jeff Brenner, Gary Sr wjII'tJ Salavarria. Second Row: Duane Linda, Kevin Vaudt, Chip Tussi, . . a " _'.... Gornicki, Ray Mowday, Peter Harry Warticouschi, Mike Powell, ;: '1E~A4 - ., Dubowsky, Ivan Sanchez, Nelson Guy Shir, Eric Newman. Santiago Garcia, k, y-- ' i Remy. Third Row: . "' r; w Webster Edwards. Fourth Row: Steve ^i Mesa, George Pianos, Ralph r) -f. r Martinez, Martin Vazquez, Frank F V K., .- ..,t . 17 ~' r ji Guerra, J. C. Rodriguez. Back Row: j } v ilI yS., Javier Santa-Cruz, George del Torro, " .,Y Fernandez, Juan Abreu. IIj '( « --ll.~ c Danny U ~t1 E'I -' 1 d * ;: j. V;-;f' _, -- t'-q 1 W.kl _ e; d ..:. _- "am KL - .m 3" '' 9,: h*. . k:. 104 Greeks Greeks 105 _ ~ -~'~ A C j~A'_;~C _,-~V' .~w $~i I ~ ~_ _ $ I ~CCC~ C>C ~A C~C~CCCC f-, CC~~ CC;~. r I A NC __ %C~ 'o AGAIN .S ~ ~ of IT" 6"'* --01011- IAIA-I ?C~C~..J ~ "tea ~ ~. , -Tl*f- CCC'J FIA F. x, ~ :~ . 4 I 9 il 8 . Ammom r4 °' Hitting the Books ,,; 11- ' m4 I F-* r f '; ; U x4 A , ! .1 'A PMAA ' x $ ay in and day out students found them- ILIA r "1I - #1 .;;: + r, : z °?=", Z . 'y- ;, . ,.P selves up against the wall facing tests, ' e NAkm A VW 1% homework, and deadlines. Both North and South 11 ET Y4 + 4 f :I " , 1, Campus libraries were packed full of students studying 41 P// w 14 4-1 cr , iI.m p I i I V.( i ftp sE t=,, .,<. " alone or together. Maybe it was the companionship ;+ I, °1 ''i e --v r''' .I r i7i "-£ . that helped them keep their sanity amidst the pres- -72 sw L1 'A, 4' . 1 wC: 4 ; .:, t lV ,' sure. Or it could have been the thought of the r° ,IWA19-A llH 'W' w t0 W'u A k a! Y yliyk upcoming weekend or vacation that kept them going. solll.. ' tn. _ r4 P ,:T h"'r a a A-i" _.. Whatever the case, students pulled through each V, * I I :'d t ., . .it. L', _, 1I '! semester toward their final goal graduation. I cq _, rr. ------.- 4 lg ;A Ll -k k - x] tj N Pre-test jitters. A student uses every free minute before class to review for her exam. 74 Photo by Geoff Bass. r T ~ . v- ie C:. -.A I Decisions, decisions. Choosing and signing up for classes is one of the privileges, and headaches, of being a college student. Telephones have become a much needed savior for relieving the long lines and tension of registration. Photo by Robert Stark. U , tI - :e ;:"} j:..:..t t:s' '::''t~"i :ci: ti ..- C. i~r i fit+ i .. tin....s~r.t.... t . r.. ., ti.' ,+C-**ii u w - ,* "«. t=. *** :,;"r:ademics s *7,,ss iffiu".: cdeis 1070 106 Academics C.ii i,- ',.rj i7 iY E u g . .. ~'w:a4 g t u se' o3..." % { r Cm - .. ?.C-.T{?c:' 'ks i F ?, "" Act, ------,: Now RLIk" } : , _h T T ,- ARTS AND K- 00,1 y ..,. I ,j ,.. iF All ,x' After setting up her microscope, Chemis- L w- ., i try major Jeanne Edmond prepares to SCIENCES Ilk, 14-1-1 I Ws analyze the process of cell mitosis. Photo N ®> by Geoff Bass. P FIPIIll d I ; . :'- x:;ti " . ~~uR The College of Arts and Sci- I ences has been restructured over the years to provide a strong base I 0 for undergraduate and graduate -V tI !=L a programs in humanities, arts, WFNW I f mathematics, and the natural and U, M, - :o . social sciences. ;, ; ,. - -.. -,.a As undergraduates, students s ,-# must have completed work in both a physical and biological sci- r== ence; acquired a useful level of computational skill; acquired a k It high proficiency in written expres- P l sion; and studied a foreign lan- UW guage. The college's outstanding j-- tlq FI academic programs encompassed >. ; ff ,. these areas and helped provide a .,. J ..,r* I fundamental beginning education. WW' - L ,:1. Graduate programs provided stu- "-, I - 'N dents with in-depth training and -0>:- extensive research opportunities Students in the smaller graduate program Two sophomores take advantage of the time classes experience more individual one on ~~< in their chosen fields. i , before class to discuss their upcoming assign- one teaching and a personal, close-knit at- All" Although the role of the Col- i ment in Philosophical Analysis, a required mosphere. Photo by Geoff Bass course for all undergraduates. Photo by Geoff lege of Arts and Sciences was {$1 -, Bass. derived from traditional intellec- tual disciplines, the special geo- "" .... fl , '-I .w I - graphic, demographic and cultur- -- - u.no - . V. al features of Miami and South C ' Florida were incorporated into A t the College's instructional and re- 'A f ', search activities. Areas which are - urban, multicultural, international ii ;mss . or subtropical were emphasized , I; . a in course offerings and new pro- gram selection. 7- rf 1wJ r'lKA hLI Q imi6 I J I :,., S.- ' ... \ _ .. k-za N I ,' W& ,- . I'6 LL"4 i English major Steve Richards proofreads his work carefully before submitting the final copy to his professor. Photo by Geoff Bass. 108 Arts/Sciences Arts/Sciences 109 I .. ' k BUSINESS - _ ,., ,, : ADMINISTRATION 4 mop* , Ift-,v, "W -maww1 1 - l -11 . - - IL xs A .L'A '"' . 4. ALIN IL,.. " 77P77° w ' I"< ,. I ,; Cms F. i.'s College of Business Ad- OLI. ministration provided a source of wr I, applied business theory and research CA p which was regarded as one of the I is" lvll nation's finest. W109 Y F,. The college is organized into the Wr 1w 4 School of Accounting and depart- N: s ments of Decision Sciences, Finance, r International Business Management I "I'll M-- 111 J"i fJ _ and Marketing and Environment. Se. x 31 .r The prestigious American Assem- a- bly of Collegiate Schools of Business .mac has accredited FI.U.'s Master of Ac- ,..;.. I countancy, Master of Taxation and .4 r fi Master of Business programs. These Students often have time to review their training as they wait for their interviews to were among the 37 top programs in begin. Photo by Geoff Bass. the nation to be recognized. Said i . accounting major Chris Alvarado, M-&- ' Junior Mark Allen concentrates intently on "Firms all over Florida and across s the report he is preparing for his Marketing ,I .A Research class. Photo by Geoff Boss. the country are waiting for F.I.U.'s business graduates." I M XI . - wi.i= I -tc, 644-A II ,,' Fn EL, W, dk- '4 .. " 'Wo IU I , F bi:, rte L.jA 9 4;W tr_- P "N ilk F 'Ari "! WA. ._ COMPUTER , . _; t ,r WL-I.," IINIVA 7%9t, SCIENCE .., 7 .. x RIK-' I¢ -a ' (;,, :. The School of Computer Sci- ence was an important building L _c~tc u;- bloc of the College of Arts and a. :R Sci s. The School maintained - ,r-Am : a c relationship with the Col- ; 4 r - leg Engineering and Design f .r and Business Administration, and a F- was especially responsible to the L. needs for staffing and information w 4 h =-- to the increasing number of major till service and high technology com- Y panies in South Florida, as well as , w ... -?. ; South Florida's flourishing bank- .% , _,,,. rr P IV-!;- ing, financial, insurance, and med- I f #.8 I , ical service sectors. _ 13 The School offered both under- £11Now graduate and graduate degree v idv I _ programs. Graduates of the Bach- elor of Science program were pre- F U pared for entry-level positions in- volving computer related tasks pu such as programming and small i I system design, and for entry into m graduate programs involving _.,.. .:..,d,:. computers. The Master of Science .:;::..... __ _,. . .___ degree provided study in state-of- the-art computer application as I F well as an introduction to the A theoretical foundations of com- 1 puter science. The Doctor of Phi- t~ losophy in Computer Science was Lki designed to provide study in all I, 2 major areas of computer science while leading to the frontiers of knowledge in a chosen field of 4g" M- concentration. Yol, ',P! .r!r!_ AV- ?w ~ o:=* '3!!i 000 tri1 A 112 Computer Science Computer Science 113 F C \ h In l : _ Teachers play a vital role in the growth and iR e development of future generations. V a + 1 - i U rr The College of Education is one of the largest EDUCATION x V. schools at FLU. ' °: 4f W-77-10i . A ul,_l ,, t Wt t' , IM5V A r.y IF Ft S R z I v s,; '; r °?s A: °. l I7V~E I 7 * ~~TL : WA,;: LIP -114 The College of Education of- a ,;_: .10 II lt" fered instructional programs at { I :'A the undergraduate, graduate and I rI i u '- pos raduate1 levels, engaged in . t res h and development and N, ilrt provided field services to the edu- '!$ cational community. A Board of .: *---I Y ! F:. ' N I VSE Regents review team recently re- n m ported that the College has the ., IM1 finest relationship with school sys- rr, l i iy ' .- ; tems and the organized teaching V1,11, profession of any of the institu- I I y t A tions in the State University Sys- . e ray- a\ i -.% x. .a tem. .m k ~vi ':. 11, / 'A R -1. The instruction, research, de- ' J velopment and service programs of the College of Education all _r wZ'l reinforce and strengthen the mis- =,;', sion of Florida International Uni- ILIA versity as a comprehensive, urban I 1 MKINI'll public university. . ,a .r I1 Both the Univer- . ; sity and the college share a deep ..:.rL NI' each other review for an upcoming sense of responsibility Helping to the com- -' Psychology test, Sophomores Marie Law- munity and an urgency to respond rence and Michelle Oray discuss the impor- to the community's needs.' tance of education. A comprehensive view of edu- ;A W a cation shows that there is a grow- 3 "161" ing demand for educational ser- la vices and an unfortunate shortage a J;Aw I. of new teachers especially in /~ mr,47 Dade County, the nation's fourth r T . largest public school system. The 1' L :' um ;A 4 College of Education responded kow {, 1 41- to this challenge by developing ILi e :i ""9 . Ui creative new programs to meet ..,. J I I the needs of education and soci- 21,,^v Is N41Q ety and by training capable teach- Z Di XV. ers to F1 guide present and future iki generations. ' ;,, IfsIfu~I . Ii1 it~rIu I"' I A_ 1 j:= ' Al t.1 0WA-1- 1,- r I 0 r..t ' Education majors must have a deep interest in learning and teaching, as well as a good IL4 amount of patience. 114 Education Education 115 I 8s I 1 fia7 I } .I 4 11 V ;~ .: L < , '... +:::k El ENGINEERING T 4 U, lk -ow S It -4 I ",-T ALI'- l - The College of Engineering 2=5011 Z-A: uAga" ka" : Mgkl i"g was committed to the develop- { W ment of professionals who will IL% WHO~ ll : serve the community in a variety F,4 VM B-il" t1w, of fields. The programs were di- 17,77 3 ° . ft - rected toward the practical use of .., r'1 ;off ' M k . .. scientific, engineering, and techni- Fv~5 cal principals to meet the objec- ° tives of industry, business, gov- .:. . d;~ , i ernment and the public. 'M } U The College provided each stu- J% , dent with the opportunity to de- r.. { e* i ' I I. U' velop marketable skills and to .. iI obtain an education which will K'S ' 6 4t I( :Ak3+ Irm prepare him or her for a reward- -. r ing career and personal growth. Underlying the programs of the Gold-plated shovels ceremoniously mark the College is a recognition that the n , place where the new building will be built. growing impact of technology is I critical to meeting current and ,I The new Engineering building will have nine classrooms, 32 teaching labs, 17 research emerging human needs. labs and 110 offices. The College was actively en- t, K gaged in a number of special pro- - I grams as a service to the commu- nity and the University. One of H*L : :.. . these activities was the Interna- U -Z.I -Y , tional Association for Housing kf--W-.m ,- s'" FF"W, APV-A an organization with jr7__ v4d Science, r-- ' membership from more than 01F - I/:- -1 a'.~ p twenty nations, dedicated to im- e I I - b . proving housing technology and production, as well as studying 9Tq I ; .) ve" W, the interdisciplinary aspects of I A i V I housing. ". Ma'- 1 The College faculty was ac- I~r,7 .-_:a 1. tively engaged with business, in- 1 - 'A W~ Faculty 1 A dustry and government. I 0 7±ILI*. - w MN members participated in a variety °-MIVi 'W&"wfl ONI A of applied research projects in El. i I171 - I a t h :. A such areas as energy, transporta- F. I 11 \! tion, solid waste disposal, water 1... i ',v '. resources, computer engineering, ;m ''T" -u 'I artificial intelligence, robotics, mi- MM'11-111 1 croelectronics, etc. i Az ." 7 y*, ... President Modesto Maidique and Provost Dr. Ted Lee (left) and Professor Sollanek test Judith Stiehm join other prominent faculty their latest project in the Robotics Lab, where rm members at the ground breaking ceremony students and faculty use sophisticated tools of the Engineering building. for research which eventually lead to the development of even more advanced and useful equipment. Engineering 117 116 Engineering a3 '«t[w d"aR 'KKL %'"" . 5 r Wl' w I M I'M EA T J -ft I IL n DESIGN 4 or-li ,u uI .m Ilk, ' l F f _ ; ,. . "- '. i, The School of Design offered ;',. baccalaureate degree j programs - : l'4 pd I not only in Apparel Management, it > IA but also in Architecture, f- Technol- 1 ogy, IY Construction Management I = All and Interior Design. Graduate de- k t gree programs were offered in LLv~ :A* . - _ . W"A 1 Construction Management and kA L-VI lw-* I M I_ . _' , AM Landscape Architecture. " A The School of Design worked 44 '9* \ closely with the apparel, architec- r :; ture, interior design and construc- tion industries. Advisory commit- ql t ;; I I: r"~ tees periodically reviewed the cur- riculum in order to maintain its hA JL -I y :7 r 1L IA relevancy with the changing ;t needs of the industry and the I w r I /1V , A!? "11 community. Cjr V. "4A -4;-. On April 14, the School of ZA It: ,s r' Mri Design presented their exhibition fx and fashion show Inspirations at I&AL E- 4F 5 JA - the Sunblazer Arena. The pro- IPrA 07 - '1 IN gram featured original designs - created by students in Fashion, \ /I N °A [ s Interior Design, Architectural SIs If: Studies, Landscape Architecture UA . and Construction Management. f : I 6L;: F.I.U. Graduate Olga Ruiz models a unique Inspirations gave students a ; s , ... creation by designer Jill Zook. y V. chance to display their individu- 'it ality and showcase their talents. 'r 4A A , Wearing an elegant dress by Marlene Fearon, is the essence of style as she i6 "Aii.6 f, Donna Fearon grades the runway. m 5- W r..', A AI ° P >' i IU r-- A m 4 X I 118 Design Design 119 WMA ;wW% .. lr 'V HEALTH UAW", ~i ~T4 ¢¢ -~ /'~ dK~N 'I'llf jL , SCIENCES f 1. R;i i1 "MWI is 11-1 A I /M The College of Health offered "im i I . IL. !W 1 ' programs of professional study in 4 I f ;Ki.I 1h*' ;I , the health profession and pro- M moted articulation between the ,, . \, .t'ri P academic units and clinical, exper- '4 s4'' 2. '11W ' imental settings. Approximately I r .> 300 different clinical centers were ~ NA c: utilized in the various cooperative ~ Ll fv i ! a training and research programs. aL ;G ,? : frii ~' ,~}i The relationships with these clin- m 4: I ics gave students the opportunity %. ,. { for clinical education and applied ' A I research. .."A aUm The academic departments of -r4 A I >1 '\ the College offered course of ~ - study leading to a baccalaureate . x" I- I. Ni degree in Dietetics and Nutrition, ' Vd .,. :Il LV. Medical Laboratory Science, Med- f F'/1 11 'O.kI- VI ,1 ical Records Administration, Oc- Dl, X41,'I dRl. 14j cupational Therapy and Public A' 'I"' l i1 Health. All degree programs were , 5 -y i - fully accredited by their profes- 'i i '11 sional accrediting body. S,' , i Completion of any of the edu- 'A u ,u cation programs gave students a W a diagrams, such as this one of the strong educational and practical Students would often help each other study ' .'. .V -- +- ri .ti iL.+ Intricate human nervous and circulatory systems, background as they entered a for their Health Sciences courses by quizzing ---R.NL_ Now each other. Photo by Geoff Boss. are used as teaching aids in health rewarding and rapidly expanding classes. Photo by Geoff Bass. profession. The employment rate Secretary Specialist of Public pUSLIL 9 Health Ser- among F.I.U. graduates in the past vices Georgia Bazos finishes her work in the was very high; most are hired Public Health office. Photo by Geoff Bass. ril immediately upon graduation by leading health care facilities lo- _a %L- A .I"1 L cally !k and around the nation. r 4 _, "A I , A: - F -~ ~Jg -~ i'V': aaiW" 11 I .-, Ioi r r I II I., N-1 - i,! ,"'A in //fir -. t E i r I F i _ -erest s they learn the -/mentals itn their Principles of Nutrition 1 nurse Photo by Geoff Bass 120 Health ,: AWs Health/Sciences 121 0 - : ri::. 3CHOOL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT NtRFLlC A.)V >ROJECT NUMBER BR - 874 s f!; EsM .:p. ;:.. .. 7 & } HOSPITALITY V; i . < . pl a ' sa.6 $ .a.''g "Plr" S RCHITECT 524 - 3800 CONTRACTOR 26b- 7b29 The School of Hospitality Man- IILLER MEIER. KENYON COOPER VASALLO CONSTRUCTION, agement ranked as one of the best in the country. South Florida's t V irl", b. psama Ah, I - =- '. reputation as an important tourist '' _ . and travel destination drew many F: &V Hospitality majors from other *; W states or countries to the Universi- wmmwmw FJE==W / / r ty, where they have an excellent A7-- - .* t' Aj -r _, opportunity to back their studies Oil ,,A . f . s''r" L ., 4^8. with field experience. ''' w i r t_ 'i ;'w The School offered Bachelor's war,, . I-, . ... 7 ; and Master's programs that com- - ,l 1 1 ' >: bined classroom theory with prac- . y tical training obtained through in- . Much planning, many long hours and lots of ternships. An internship program hard work went into the construction of the V:: was created which utilized the new building. Photos by Geoff Bass. s - . hotels, motels, restaurants, clubs, airlines, travel agencies and cruise Hard at work in the new Hospitality office, Kim ' 1 lines as practice labs for students. - } Champagne Vladymir is not distracted by the ( v construction around him. Photo by Geoff The advanced phase of this pro- i w I it~ ": Bass. gram provided each student with a structured and closely super- : ;:: .:_- vised management experience .4 normally not available to a stu- ,i 1Ub dent until after graduation. Ei Between the months of July and August, the School made its ---. lr Iz move from the South to the North campus, where its new home was K, ,: still under construction. The new K* ^M I building, when completed, will t contain 3 commercial kitchens, a r bakeshop/patisserie, pre-prepa- I ration areas, an exhibition ro- tisserie, lecture facilities, an audi- torium, a restaurant with a fully V A':. di '4- equipped display and demonstra- _-5 ?K,F tion/service bar, reception areas, A ]I * and lounges. 1 -Vg I _1d N "I . 'IF 11111111111F' I V'"I 4i/'( jijilIlii A.9 Jaebum Shin takes a moment to review the report he is preparing for his Basic Meat Science class, a course requirement for all . "U Hospitality majors. Photo by Geoff Bass. / ,' 122 Hospitality Hospitality 123 p a - . a ilk k. . , ,k; # 4 6a r I sr '' 11 JOURNALISM' 7 -^ , ;; MASS .r ; c I COMMUNICATION . _: x- : xy 11 .. a"RIPS U4 - t 9 . II 4, The School of Journalism and <-. Mass mmunication offered se- 4 f qu in advertising, telecom- l r l. " 3- munications, public relations, and ty'1{A I -p° i I it {' journalism. The purpose of the F pmr-w-.AM '. School was to provide profession- f A- . 45 :d . I I1 : al career entry skills as well as a ' J 1L' ' The North Miami campus pro- TES! viides excellent areas for on loca- broader understanding of commu- , tt .t .. _S I-' * v ,:ojf - ton filming. Student Ulrike Sum- nication processes and techniques _ , d : _ trr fu - ~~: .# gt mitt reports as Students Dan Sap- . and their impact on society. Em- : 0orta, Sandy Mosley and Claudia a et ribe assist behindsthe camera. phasis was placed on a broad "s 41 ioP A T11". Photo by Geoff Boss. range of knowledge while keeping ,_: with the standards required of % - nationally-accredited mass com- 1l i . ow .4 munications programs. o a, k ' n1m 4 41 The aim of the undergraduate :a communication program at the 944 University was to prepare stu- , dents who are broadly educated, *GUW-." , can think clearly and objectively, 'A 1 .. I are proficient in basic skills, and er I understood the social, ethical, - e-I L.-4 - t economic, philosophical, and po- 45 r- ': . 7 -.- WIl F,;; litical aspects of the communica- r'. 74'rA.D ;- ', r . 0 ' " tion profession in a global society. .I- f t m _' I°.i p .. ice.. , The graduate program of the 91) *4 ill I'10 i G School of Journalism and Mass X14 . " aOVA . e N . Communication specialized in pri- ( 4 / nt and broadcast journalism, tele- E'. .. {., ;, .. nry communications management, .Jr I E( 1' student media advising and public relations. The orientation of the Vr- 4 graduate program was primarily L',A -- professional, not theoretical. The 1 :., program was designed to enhance ,., i k ~ ,. graduates' abilities to work in the 1%'rV 1 I lb , mass communication professions. _..:. w Communications students Barry Siegel anc 1 .m: Dina Allende review and edit the day's tap ings. Photo by Geoff Bass. Professor Robert Ruttenberg teaches Stu- dent Dan Saporta special recording tech- niques in his Electronic News Gathering class. Photo by Geoff Bass. 124 Journalism/Mass Communication Journalism/Mass Communication 125 Senior Nursing student Chris Colello prac- tices her basic skills on an anatomically life- like dummy in the Nursing Lab before receiv- { ing assignments in actual health care facili- ties. Photo by Geoff Bass. ~ .G .. _ _ P: ,;, , . ;,; ' a NURSING , ...... 1ov FI,!' I if 0. _ t ° . I f t N K-F, y The School of Nursing pro- w I =1 ' 2 vided an innovative program for A-APAO-Aalf, Vl qualified men and women. Stu- dents benefited from working closely with over 30 area hospi- An tals, nursing homes, clinics and p community health care centers. It rte. R. XI- The School of Nursing pre- S*' pared nurses who quickly as- s fP. 40 sumed duties and leadership posi- "1 KiLl" I,' f6'- _ . 11 A .r tions in clinics and hospitals. Stu- .. 1.-- dents were given first-hand I experience in providing care in a variety of services, including med- _ a ~1 ical, surgical, critical care, pedi- atrics, obstetrics, gerontology, re- habilitation, psychiatric and com- 4. 40 'I k munity health. f ,.t' Through private and federally Sk" . , m , ,p funded projects, The Nursing fac- ,,a_ r" A ulty and students were actively I involved in expanding the fron- P' A M kww tiers of nursing knowledge and : y F b ( r in practice. An award from the U.S. A F 'w, Department of Health and Reha- q 7 .- bilitative Services enabled stu- .. 4)f dents and faculty to improve ac- kp 1 A cess to quality health care in ne- 1.-__ wftkk a glected rural and inner city clinics. _ . p I M Individual faculty also served as T Wjw -I, a consultants to area hospitals, F .. --4, _ p / , - ,j nursing homes and mental health k 4i K ;a ,. clinics in problems related to ger- «. '. a , z .7:- , , ,. i ontological, psychiatric, mater- - ; nal, and clinical care nursing. '. N tip.. x . _ : ._ Aft .iKsfi :1 . im It" i -..- II _, ; Teaching aids such as this model of the QZhA6 ii human skeleton are extremely helpful to both Accurate note taking and diligent study are instructor and student and are an integralE t both vital steps in becoming a registered part of nursing education. Photo by Geoff .. f e " d nurse. Photo by Geoff Bass. Bass. .A : f & t (01 i 3 x 4 ,,A / 'Y, 126 Nursing :i Nursing 127 T: Or. P1 w , 4' __ A ?' ' _ " rt . . _ . . . rr~ 01, : . :I PUBLIC . fi 4.,^ AFFAIRS _. 41IO w : , I +k. _ w v r M The School of Public Affairs CIA and Services offered programs of gird ' professional study which pro- 1 ?'4 ' vided academic and applied r cogrs for students interested in ,. public and non-profit organiza- u 1 :M tional needs, management and re- ._:, .:. search. Emphasis was placed on 0 ~. achieving a comprehensive, de- I .pr velopmental and community ori- ented understanding of problems, issues, alternatives and needs of 9 an urban society faced with rap- Fl1 a -a> idly changing social, political, eco- l1w - Ma MUM nomic and cultural conditions. The School served as a focal , point for teaching, research and _ 4L p service related to the public. Its -.. low -Iwo 4 main goal was to prepare profes- ,; sionals for careers in public ser- Former Governor Reuben Askew emphas- vice. The program trained stu- ra a _; , ''' .' izes a point, while Dean Allan Rosenbaum dents to understand community- m looks on. oriented problems and issues and -1 7z 1 " 4 Iw , to respond effectively to the A law student reviews past judicial hearings needs and court decisions in order to gain insight of society. before preparing her own arguments. With departments of Criminal Justice, Health Services Adminis- tration, Public Administration and '. _ . AA" p Social Work, F.I.U. has one of the 41 x x- largest and most comprehensive I aLI Public Affairs schools in the U.S. R ,, a IL: -r A n., rM . s-j 1 ,...-_- K' w".,,/.',..- +.. --+,. . m -'s 1i -- _ t ' . A. tr s I r Students listen intently and pay close atten- I -. CIO'_ tion to the professor during their Judicial Review class. Photo by Geoff Bass. 7i. T Al 128 Public Affairs Public Affairs 129 i ++ " ' {. 5e, ;=ug . 1 I x, a a4 a " ; 11 :; . aT I LIBRARY r4 '";;: s: >: ;-; IV, ,'T _ ~ _A... a:_ M_ k: 'AA . L&" . I MMMMMMW L : " m 1 ;mH A&4 ULI, ..1 MEWN: ILIA ML Day after day, night after night, 4 ,jo10. a 1 t F!Vr the libraries on both campuses ' W d- P:W were filled with students complet- 7WW44 ' V.. J ing homework assignments, I \t reading, researching, studyings, i6w I -A .. writing or just socializing with ..ark'- .- friends. The library, though often X r -r, ,., crowded, provided a haven for - ~ students needing an escape from M t 3, 8 ___.. 5 IF, " their distracting homes or dorm 16 0777,:,vui; F { rooms. d Ai t ,.; 01,: , The libraries provided access Ilk" . 't ,,,,.<. V"' -.9 to over 800,000 books, in addi- f , 55 xl a. tion to substantial holdings in fed- bliE; AT - "(! r eral, state, local and international documents. Maps, microforms, software, newspapers, scholarly articles, institutional archives, mu- - 4000* t sic scores, curriculum materials IV i ~ Mk Alk and audiovisual resources were +4 'l also readily available to library ... Wi AMP"- r; P.- AN patrons. VVww"wql T;:mT The Library User Information 777 s . A r Service (LUIS), Interlibrary Loan Service, Computer-Assisted Re- search Services and helpfulI li- The library provided students with a quiet environment in I; 11 brary staff members made it pos- which they could study effec- sible for students to obtain what- tively with minimal distrac- At. 11 ., ever information or materials tions. Photo by Geoff Bass. m they might have needed through- Freshman Joe Culley takes * out the course of the school year. advantage of his free time be- , tween classes to catch up on _...- some reading. Photo by Geoff II mom.- Bass. I.: ;,Ia 41111mi1w, w J.,4 --Aiia ' A- h. , :_, 71r-7-r AWN , ..., t4 §2_" A' .:k:- _::, MIT-- 4 fr- wmx -., w "Ork :, ib~A The library was used for studying, completing assignments, reading . . . and other less-typi- cal activities, as demonstrated by Junior Bill Gowanloch. Photo by Geoff Bass. 130 W. Library 131 I, \ r -V , 4 OUTSTANDING i {eFA, . 4 'i"'"0.:. AM &*Af i4 .-- Y ALUMNI I 111% bL ',I Every year, F.I.U. awards de- , grees to graduates who become R., . successful and noted profession- als in their fields. One of the most *-4 lC L4,,, prominent of all alumni is Ileana lam;WM Ros-Lehtinen. ti, .. ,,. - '. i Throughout the '80s, Ros- k 4 k. :. .a Ku 7' C H Lehtinen has been a familiar 'I jt, If'; NNW name in South Florida politics, I a EM-13 E : ._ W--, k being the first Hispanic woman f' in elected to the Florida Senate and -,, t4" _ y ME pi I Rf MIQ L House of Representatives. She '01 liLt.,! L I. Uk .I' has now also become the first I 11 F;:_ ko Cuban-American, first Republi- i" ~'C____ r :4 can, and first woman in Congress 1 ) Ml Li x; R'-M'11.71 Ff P 4 : I ram~ ? from Dade County. In August, she TVI L MMIT", defeated Democrat Gerald F. AT -4, Richman by nearly 6,000 votes to /. 4 U.S. President George Bush and Con- win the seat formerly held by the r r i.1 gresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen pose for a late Claude Pepper. *,. W" picture in the White House before a meeting. Born in Havana, Cuba, Ros- w Yl G . Lehtinen graduated from Miami- . j. i -w . -'- :- "i Ros-Lehtinen attended Fl.U's commence- Dade Community College in ment ceremonies in 1988, where she receiv- 1972. She received two degrees 6 ,10 ed Alumni Distinguished Service Award. from F.I.U.: a B.A. in English in I 1975 and an M.S. in Educational tyV Leadership in 1987. She taught _" I I 4 Ithink F.I.U. has been very instrumental in and was principal at Eastern V helping me achieve my goals. I chose F.I.U. Academy, a private school in Mia- "' 'as 6,Lg'!_ F;* I because of its many programs and diversity, mi. 4 L} J I ' 9 kv 11,: SLl* and it's a decision I've never regretted. My Ros-Lehtinen has been a regu- recent election says positive things about the lar contributor to Diario Las 4-1 LC [, great potential F.I.U. graduates have in our Americas and has conducted toy M R and clothing drives for sick and country.99 Y 'T1 -Ileana Ros-Lehtinen neglected children. She is honor- C ' A ary president of the Bilingual Pri- # vate School Association, and is a a. member of the Council of Bilin- !. qwa$ gual Schools, the Epilepsy Foun- i dation of South Florida and W fj'V/ "u F.l.U.'s College of Education Advi- Al . u i' sory Board. I# ,n;~- - "I think EI.U. has been very instrumental in helping me achieve Ileana Ros-Lehtinen take- k- my goals," she said. "I chose EI.U. time out of her busy sched because of its many programs and ule to spend time with hus t band, Dexter Lehtinen, anc diversity, and its a decision I've daughters Amanda Michelle fit never regretted. My recent election and Patricia Marie. t1 /n'.. says positive things about the great Ros-Lehtinen receives a congratulatory handshak 4 ' ,. : potential F.I.U. graduates have in from former President our country." Ronald Reagan. P1 132 Outstanding Alumni Outstanding Alumni 133 N ?,r.. _ ITSTANDINI I PRESIDENT FACULTY PROVOST I On August 27, 1986, Modesto Maidique was named President of Florida Interna- Academic Affairs, has made a great contributior to University. During his presidency, he faculty and if of societyStiehm, through F.LU.'s the publication Provost andof herVice book, President Arms idor tional Judith he has brought excellence to the University through any niversity are n inte- the Enlisted Woman. The book examines the experience of American women in the military as well as the myths id his past, present and future accomplishments. gral art of o s com- stereotypes that have been perpetuated regarding their rok in 61 Maidique received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engi- neering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- plete ollege ucation. the armed forces. qai At Flo da I rnational Stiehm has noted expertise in the topics of women in le nology in 1970, and was associated with MIT, military, political theory, social change, conflict resolution -id Harvard, and Stanford for 20 years. Maidique is a Universi are fortu- the status of women. Her other books include Nonviolent Po ?r. professor of Management and International Busi- nate en h to have Bring Me Men and Women: Mandated Change at the U.S. air ness and his topics of exper- some of t most highly Force Academy, and An, tise are Education manage- ',: Women and State Viole e: ment, management of tech- trained and well recog- Govemment and the Mili -y n o l o g y , a n d nized professors and ad- The provost explained >w entrepreneurship. her interest in the sub ct ministrators in the coun- Maidique has received vari- WlI"'q originated some 25 y, rs ous honors and awards over try. MP ' it. ago. the years, including a Best "Once upon a time t re The faculty members 4idk Pap Award form the Social &R-A was a civil rights mover nt State Circuits Conference in of F.I.U. go in this country and all iy above and 1972,and a Departmental friends went off to pa: ci. beyond their everyday re- Teaching Award from Stan- pate in it," she said. "I 3d sponsibilities with the in- I ford University in 1983. His two babies, so I stayed h e t, A most recent honor was ap- tent of making an impact and wrote about the vii V 1 rights movement. Wh. I pointment as a member of the on their students, the 1 " ' finished the book Nonvic nt xl National Advisory Committee ilot He community and the Power I realized that ha Ily _, for Presidential Personnel. 71 anybody took nonviok ce F. was asked to service on the world. This section high- t L- r j seriously. So then I thou it: «> committee by Miami Devel- lights only a few of the What in the world is in he [9 oper Alec P. Courtelis, chair- minds of those people no man of the committee and a outstanding accomplish- yE ;- z \ I believe in violence? The )b- member of the Florida Board ment achieved by F.I.U.'s ! I& I vious institution to study as of Regents. faculty and administra- the military and particu ly I ;. f " The Committee, which in- tors. There are many } the professional militar , cludes eight to fifteen mem- "I was ready to b in more but unfortunately bers from each state, is assist- studying the armed fo es ing President Bush in choosing not everyone could be around the time when i ey 4,000 people to fill key posi- °a_, recognized. Yet all should first let women into the ili- tions for his administration. tary academies," Stir m ;;. .. : "The committee's purpose realize that their contribu- lkl.W ,<., continued. "I had the g ) 7 is not only to bring to the fortune of being allowe< to tions have made a notable attention of the personnel of- as much time , I , ., spend the names of qualified difference. Keep up the wanted at the Air Force Academy to study the integratio of fice candidates, but also to inter- good work! women. I was studying the women, who seemed to be perfe ly normal. But what was really bizarre was the attitudes of 1e -m est high caliber men and wo- men, who thought women couldn't and shouldn't be there io men in public service," Maidi- my study focused on men's reaction to women, and wh it que said. bothered them so much that women should use violence. D an The committee's recom- use violence all the time; they accept it, they're forced to us« it. mendations should give the This new book is a study of people in a violent institution who re new administration an oppor- not allowed to be violent. Its really a strange beast: bring to Washington won en L1 tunity to volunteer to be in an institution committed to violence and tI an a broad spectrum of represen- they're not allowed to be violent. That's why it's so interesting - tation, including minorities, they are in it and they're not in it." from this community and from throughout the country, Maidique said. 4 The committee's purpose is not only to bring '' My study focused on men's reaction to women, and why it bothered them so much that women should to the attention of the personnel office the names use violence. Men use violence all the time; they accept of qualified candidates, but also to interest high it, they're forced to use it. This new book is a study of i1 caliber men and women in public service. 9 9 people in a violent institution who are not allowed to be 134 Outstanding Faculty violent. -President Maidique Outstanding Faculty 135 -Provost Judith Stiehm L-3- "'p,- w;TKN, ot \VICTORI RENE NANCY ILLIAM . RNANDEZ RRERA LLM RIG) oria Hernandez, executive utt- the brakes on aging i- an liamF. Wright, associate rector of Aspira of Florida, Daold problem. The searci or the l.U. Department of Di- professor in the Universi- nc. for the past five years, Fountain of Youth, howe r, etics and Nutrition, was in- ty's school of Journalism joined F.I.U as executive as- d not stop with Ponce de L n. anclied ellman,as president chairperson of the of and mass Communication, N was named coordinate graduate instruc- sistant to resident Maidique. The quL ontinued in the biology labor to- American tetics Association (ADA), a Hero dez, known for her work and dedi- ries at rde International University. 58,000 m her organization representing tion in the chool's Central American jour- cation at Aspira, led the According to Bi gy nutritionists and dieti- nalism program. The organization in provid- professor and ger tic tians. Wellman, who has program, funded by a ing leadership develop- engineer Rene Her a, been at FlU. since $9 million grant from , ment, counseling and e r , genes, the molec es 1981, will serve a one the U.S. Agency for In- b dropout prevention pro- that determine b dy year term as president. ternational Develop- 1 grams for minority build, hair color, eyc ol- As president, Well- k= ment, is designed to youth. As chief of staff or, etc. hold the ke to man is responsible for strengthen journalism ': education and research for President Maidique, aging. He has s nt 711 the leadership and man- she coordinated and di- over three years st ly- FFri agement decisions of in Central America. rected all activities and ing genes in an atte pt the ADA, which has Wright, a veteran for- Ii administration in his of- to find ways to regi te representatives in pri- eign correspondent and fice. . their activity and as vate industry, univer- ...... r newspaper editor, trav- V-1 Fw-- -:. elled to several Central "Victoria's broad received a grant i m sities, hospitals, schools ,a base of experience in the National Instit es and the military. One of '' American countries on education, administra- of Health to cont; ue -_I her goals is to urge fel- F , , behalf of the program. f. tion and program plan- this and other pro -ts low dietitians to become "We've put together IA ning, and the excellent gag for three more yea leaders in promoting a graduate curriculum s ~ate relationships she has , ,,. "Specific genes e- "food literacy" world- / that places a strong em- built in South Florida }5m cide how fast we ge wide. phasis on developing .. government and busi- ,:_ and how long we 'ill "The College of e h. . high-caliber reporting or,. ness circles made her live, foregoing unf e- Health is extremely and writing skills and the perfect candidate seen accidents, ce s- pleased and proud that critical thinking at the for this job," Maidique trophes or environr n- Dr. Wellman is presi- : more advanced levels r said. "Her leadership tal abuses," Her- ra dent of the American of the journalistic pro- ability and knowledge said."If we learn ho to Dietetics Association," cess," Wright said. will be great assets as I control certain gene - l said Dean William Kep- "This is the philosophy my chief staff adminis- turn them on and of to pler. "Her position not that underpins journal- t ;s r&, ism education at FLU. trator." 1 - put it simply - we villI .. I only brings personal Hernandez, who live longer and ok honor and recognition, The program is also came to Miami in 1984 younger during the o-- I but also recognition for aimed at providing a to assume the Aspira cess." the Department of Di- well rounded prospec- post, has also taught at Locating those ,r- etetics and Nutrition, tive on covering events rrl -- If "I~ S the University of Massa- tain genes is the he, of the College of Health, and issues and how they to one another." chusetts. She was direc- Herrera's research t I and the entire Universi- relate tor of Los Jardines del "Very few stud is ty.". Wright, who holds a Barrio, Inc. in El Paso from 1979-1980, address the cause and effect relatior ip Wellman, who has served as a media master's degree in journalism from Pennsyl- where she planned and developed commu- between genes and aging," Herrera d. spokesperson for the ADA since 1982, vania State University, has taught journal- nity projects. In 1981 she returned to her "Some studies even contradict each oti " believes the media can play an important ism at universities in California, Pennsylva- native New York City and spent three years Additional genetic study will settle ti se role in educating Americans about the link nia, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Arizona and working with the legal services department controversies." between wise food choices and good health. West Virginia. He has served as a correspon- of the American Federation of State, Coun- By studying the activity of partic ar Highly respected in her field, Wellman dent and bureau chief for United Press ty and Municipal Employees, District Coun- genes, Herrera monitors the changes at was selected as Outstanding Dietitian of the International (UPI) in Europe, UPI corre- cil 37. take place during aging and has establis d Year by Southeastern Hospital Conference spondent in Africa, Asia and Latin America, Hernandez is a member of the Coalition specific correlations. Once the specific o- for Dietitians and Recognized Young Dieti- and special project writer based in London, of Hispanic American Women, Leadership nes that play important roles in aging e tian of the Year by the Florida Dietetics among other various positions. Miami, the National Association for Female isolated, turning them on and off is the: Association. She was the first dietitian to J. Arthur Heise, director of the School of Executives, the National Conference of Pu- challenge, Herrera said. chair a Florida Health and Rehabilitation Journalism and Mass Communication, said, erto Rican Women and the board of the "By making the genes inactive we so .t Services Advisory Council She is the author "With his reputation as an incisive reporter Dade County Educational Fund. She is listed down and in turn, impede aging," he s 1. of many scholarly articles and co-authored and deft writer, Bill Wright strengthens our in "Who's Who in Florida's Latin Communi- "The solution can be found through th e the book. "Nutrition and Handicapped Chil- already highly professional program, which ty" (1985) and "Who's Who in American studies, not in make-up pots, tubes of Re dren: A Handbook for Parents and Chil- placed a premium on good reporting and Women" (1987-1988). a or on the operating table." dren." writing skills and critical thinking." If we learn to control certain "Victoria's broad base of expe- The College of Health is " With his reputation as an in- rience and the excellent relation- genes - turn them on and off, to cisive reporter and deft writer, Bill ships she has built in South Flori- put it simply - we will live longer extremely pleased and proud our already da's government and business cir- and look younger during the pro- that Dr. Wellman is president of Wright strengthens cles made her the perfect candidate cess.;9 9' the American Dietetics Asso- highly professional program." for this job." -Rene Herrera ciation." -Director J. Arthur Heise -President Maidicue -Dean William Keppler 136 Outstanding Faculty Outstanding Faculty 137 .w.f- 40-_ A fJ ifl ."ll VA: kI w-1IT, , .; -M -,4 WON., 7 ,.: g.r L P77 "x Roar of the Ia f L I;im Crowd r], asketball games, study sessions, parties, even F I ~~1 V ,.~ km I '-,I '0 _ , ,. our classes would not be the same without one AM& B UG ." essential ingredient - people. With our broad variety of m Vimr, '"3 cultures and personalities, we give F.IU. the unique I,/; ,1,~ t: f ' ' , ':~v IF environment it is known for. :. 1I 17 w.' "The essence of academic life is not always in the books s ,/ , JNI A A- r but in the people we interact with." E r-,!s ;' -Im These words of wisdom were spoken by Winston A 4 *0"600 Churchill, and hold especially true for the people of W-- ...Is k, ,i I r or, IjF.I.U. The faculty, students, and staff were known to pull together during the good and not-so-good times, r ilk . creating that special spirit of unity which kept them going I , ki \ throughout the year. , i' A- 1 I "A 1 wAi , ci, I 0 ''qq 1~ '*d> i'.1 -,.---- .1-11 t" . _14W .. / , ._ """''tit'" "" "' '" +l's _ k A :mw "s IV - The original melting pot. Students of every sex, race, and religion squeeze together at 'ki !a r an FlU. event with the same singular goal in mind - to have fun. r - V~Y k S# + s 4 Fl? GRROWWLL! Four Phi-Mus cuddle up to the Golden Panther at a basketball game. 138 People Division People Divisior 139 . q Nada Abbara ALL- ., Phoebe Abbey fA -I Nani Abdalah r I L, -- " .r Much-Loathed Process ' A. K. .'I GalalAbdel-HamidEiAbraham i Rosa Claris Ackie ar : t Elizabeth Acosta IL !~k I ir1 I , 4 Erasmo Acosta, Jr. Horror ... Panic ... It is registration week! The horror of C, I d U-- Santiago Acosta r-err thinking about registration and then actually going through } Matthew P. Adams it is present. Panic arises when one finds out that the class L iia- Y Kenneth Adderley that one registered for is closed. The reworking of the 3 yy schedule is then required. P Yvette Adrian During registration week, the first floor of the Primera Ok * Patricia Anne Affonso Casa , .. building strongly resembles a big sale at a store. 1 Heli Afshar Lines resem- Everyone is there. The lines run from one end of the building y Uit\ r to the other; they resemble a complicated maze. It can U ] a ble a compli- W-1, prove a challenge just trying to reach the elevator from any :I Julia M. Aguas one of the entrance doors. Masses of rude, obnoxious , }r-" ft., cated maze people stand in your path. You ask them politely to step F Diane S. Aguilera aside, but they refuse to budge. As you stand there saying, r, Hena M. Aguirre which wind in . r '= "Excuse me, please. Excuse me!!", out of the corner of your ,., Tufic Akil curves around eye you see people giving you the dirtiest look - as if it ht1 '7 Usama Akrouk takes so much energy and time to step aside! I the Primera Standing in line for over two hours and seeing people who Wil)"" Suad F. Al-Fayrouz let their friends cut into the line is even more upsetting. You I Alina L. Alarcon A~JIN, know what I am talking about. The wait to register then 2& -. Casa (PC) becomes even longer than it already is, yet there is no I escape. W-11 Sylvia Alarcon building. A By the time you get to the front of the line and give your Milla Alba registration form to the person working behind the comput- 1 -i k'', Lisa Albury er so that he can punch in your reference numbers, you are F r told by him that three of the four classes i. Sandra Alden that you registered i-4I a .4- for are closed. You then have to give him an alternate three ,, if /' Lisa Alder classes to punch in which will be, more than likely at all 'in a° Cody Alexander different times of the day. Most students like to have A~ F'. schedules where there are no time gaps between classes. Isabel Alfonsin There is an alternative to waiting in line, which is a 1 Ii telephone registration system that has been in use for over vs7ll two years, but even such a system has its faults. The Carmen Alfonso problem of the lines being constantly being busy is nothing Camille Allen new. It may take as much as half an hour to get through or :.M Ilk" ±+ Lenora Allen you get through but F -'~ 1 ,*-i% Carmen Alonso are disconnected be- t- l'^ , '3 '" cause of system mal- -' r Heriberto Alonso, Jr. Hfunction. At this point, I Nasif Alshaier m - a. some students be- ; 0 Melissa Altman come so frustrated 'r't IF= - ; K that they just give up, ( a w i JJ w- ' I'wj- ir +ON"- only to tackle this gru- Gustavo Alvarenga , ; I eling task another day. Nevertheless, ~ Alicia M. Alvarez -'ikl 1 0! Ana M. Alvarez whether one registers - ti-;7 K - 11- through the telephone : .., Carmina Alvarez l . -- registration system or - J LA George A. Alvarez through the lines, IU problems are bound to :. k", Juan CarlosAlvarez -, arise. It is just some- fl Julie Alvarez thing that students I 12" F A j-'1rAlm have to endure as a ,. ,: _ "''' { .., rrL.T:I Teresa Maria Alvarez 6- result of being in col- lege. r T P4 r I Carla Amar /.K: Lourdes Ambas 4 -tRf A 11, :-Y 'O' I I.C. r~ Jabry Amin f: ;_ All in a day's work 4: ; Liam t i During open registration, Freddy Varella helps to register students for the fall Mohammed Amran /I la' Ir term. He longs to see the end of a busy day. # ; Debbie Anderson 140 Seniors Abbara - Anderson, D. 1 Debra Anderson Seniors 141 Anderson, D. - Barnes -77- "F F. M qTlllffw. Donna Anderson p , Robin M. Anderson # V, ¢ ;v - I I- I '- John Anene - .. .J!^ S Isaac Angulo k, . Jwl Jose Aquino T I' hat Do You Think? aQm Minnie Araque V1P-S'- l , Victor I. Arauz ~rYi lim Miguel Arbesu 'p Nury Arbesu FIT When asked the question, "What do you think about Dave Archer registration?", these are some of the replies students Geraldine gave. M. Arellano 1 7 . .aV .'11 V- Rick Arencibai ';: fl >1,, LA1 U The lines were really long on open registration day. Soledad Arguelles Trinidad Arguelles LilA They were winding outside the Primera Casa (PC) Irpp building. I waited till classes started before I registered. ~P P "~N 5 Iv I did not have any problems; I got most of the classes Maria Esperanza Arguello -MA that I wanted. -f ;, nw Francis Arias Edwina Mincey, freshman Raquel Arias r I0 7U 11 ' There are too few sections of core courses Patricia Armes L?1h' M offered. More w : Mary F. Arnold Registration - Has the teachers are needed. Many students are trying to get Patricia Arocena system been improved so into sections that are already closed. All of my classes Inkililu Aromashodu !,Im that students can were closed when I registered by phone. I became so r register quickly frustrated! and efficiently? r777 I v I Optimist, Maria Franco, junior Jose M. Arrias P, , m Silvia E. Arrieta ;, mr .. There has been no improvement with registration. The Enanato Allen Arugu A -" -I I1 people who are suppose to help you do not help very Suheir Ashchi .I - _.U N I much. They are not very helpful when asked questions. Joseba Asolo s °7 LI A F dU '': "I jwjF'-,jjmr-q . 'M .9 In order to help ease the problems with registration, Cristina Asteinza orientations should be held for students. Patricia Asteinza Alan Pellman, junior Al 1 s . iT$ Augustine Ataga Pedro J. Atencio Stephanie Ir 1U M. Atherley V, C 4._ f -L 1 Ian Atkins A I_ r Y" ELI - Audrey Kay Atkinson . r Pornpoj Attagara L i F' WI Eugenie Auad I 11-4u,L Illqwf 19 -lir& , A -,I "- - I ,I s Christopher Auert dT Jean-Joseph Marie Augee "A . I, Arcadia M. Awarez ",'1 4.w ' '^ 1 it -IL. I "" Vivian Azopardi . ltd U- Samuel Babalola s : Hope Bader '1' Eduardo Baeza 1 IVAIr r lidL r,fAd1Ir !} r 41, Atanacia Bagatelas r47w' r-". r Rlf?-itll", Cecilia Ballesteros oP7 r Is the class closed? Mohamad Baltagi W'- a Checking "14 F L the computer print- Funmi-O Bamishig Bin T 1°' out of scheduled A P J classes is ju- _, ?, - 4 Dianne Bandhu lam ,.:, LA nior. Allan Peliman, who has seen no improvement in the reg- Mark Banky istration system. Miguel Barnes I~1 v4z 1142 Seniors A . Seniors I~A II 143 L n , I '' Barnes - Branker q" I 1r In, . ; a Roy Barnes i 1- Christina Barranco a ,, } ,~ I r - F . ' , - Orlando Bascuas I ,CJ r L } :1 I i. Scot Bates - A Pedro Bazo tudent Scores Big [9;1 Lisa Schoebel Bean I ~ a 1CAI Patricia Becena ~1J "tf .;, AI 11' IYIM, I r- Rochelle Icana Beck ichard Garcia, an accounting graduate, out-scored, Stacia Becker ; .. d vRk -f., Gur Ben-Hashal _ 9 - F lengthy Uniform Certified Public Accountant Ex- r= I'M 71" nearly 64,900 fellow students who took the A h Jose Benitez K ,i K, amination throughout the country last May. Hi i: ; Timothy M. Benjamin Garcia is one of 123 students to receive a certificate 3 Janet E. Benoit in the Elijah Watt Sells Awards r. "With High Distinction" Susana Bensussan program. Students who earn top grades are awarded a hr Lc 1 °' gold, silver, or bronze medal. , _ Gisela M. Berdote I took at x "It was tough, but not tougher than quizzes Alejandro Berengrer school," says Garcia, a staff auditor at Arthur Young Co. s .,. W-- ;° ,F.:5 I Allison Berger "The accounting school at FLU is rough, but it prepares you ';. V I T-vt -4 Nancy R. Berger 4C ,u . - - _: , VT u ° your future." I for L. I .: Accounting graduate About 65,000 CPA candidates from the 50 states, the A . -_ Felice Berman Raul Bermudez earns top score on 1 District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Dominik Bernard Uniform Certified Islands completed the exam, according to Martha Willis, ,ti director of the State Board of Accounting in Tallahassee. - k °.i Public Accountant fifth. 11,II I -, Garcia, who specializes in taxation in school, placed : } Pedro Betancourt Exam. in Florida, in the field of 923 candidates who took the exam -ZLm Julie Bevans Willis said. Oscar Bidopia "The honor of the awards is significant when you Matthew E. Biggs consider the number of people who took the examination '*- , 1 Ar - J L- In,t -. ~: and the complexity of it," Willis says. "Those who com- > Lw ! - Li-Tai Bilbao ., , -o 11:"A A pleted the exam turned in approximately 229,000 papers." _., " Dorti Binyamin I "Accounting graduates usually fare well on the examina- u:.tiili Elias Bitar I L N---An A tion," says Lew Davidson, director of the School of AlI KIM. ai 1 -4- Accounting. F ,m David Bitchatchi "Last year, Frank Cordero, one of our graduates, tied for Elisa Blair the highest score in the entire country, and two other 1 :., .;,;..ji:: Barbara Blake honors," Davidson says. "I believe the students won top 4 lift I Jacqueline D. Blanco success of our students reflects E;- the quality of our school," con- ki ! i. ' Rodolfo Jose Blandon MIMM Z! j1 ) Irenia Bolanos W". cludes Davidson. IJ! EV;,, Maria L. Bondi t 11 E ., F-- ,r , 'V 14t r-I- M- _ a Sandra Ann Bonilla a- Nl Jennifer Book I,' r";o ,, I!, Luis Alfredo Borbon Vw , ,. -2U e j ': .-r, Martha L. Borge . Ur.+ IA ,. t ,r L. A Carlos Borges F 711 'SUA - 2 J Jill S. Bornstein ..,s.. w. Herbert J. Bouverie -J4~~f .dI 1riJ Y -].M v Pedro Bouza WI?; 17M r - -4 .'. FJF F. r4 Patricia Boye Wt,'j :)a _-- Kathryn E. Boyette Way to go. T Richard Boyhan r Zi - Upon receiving an extremely high score on the CPA exam. Richard Garcia Dario Boza is in store for wonderful things in the future. As a member of Beta Alpha y L ::~4 by Beta Alpha Psi. 4I Psi he is pictured speaking to that organization. Photo Beth Ann Brago _ " .abT ?; . Paula A. Branker /, :' iLl I 144 Seniors 1A Seniors 145 L I Brannock - Capobianco -rl- Hope Brannock :;x: l6i vlp Craig M. Brayer +rm F - Ivan Bregman T Vi Victoria C. Briceno 17A ~z ,1T .' R , V. 1 ,Nj h 1 kk MIL . -;.. <, Kathy S. Bridges t_ k p a Joseph Brief iff I: ew Seal Unveilec "Ae Antonio Brina 11 17 Jose A. Briz Ar Ileana Brizuela I seal has been *I,A An official It has finally happened. 1 Paula A. Brooks - - designed to conceptualize the ideals, goals, T , unveiled, Hugh Brown f tty C L I" and aspirations of the institution. F:::: li the university's convocation Maggie Brown k In a ceremony following exercises last week, President Modesto A. (Mitch) Christina Browning ',:__ Maidique unveiled the seal which is displayed in the George E. Burgos .L'u. Primera Casa (PC) building at University Park. Susan Burke !t I "Our new seal is the culmination of a six-month Wayne S. Burnett r process that included input from members of the * .. a . student body, the Board of Re- Ernesto A. Bustillo WAIV faculty and staff, the gents, and the Board of Trustees," says President Milagros Busto t -- I 7-1 R' ;.,: 7- p Maidique. "We believe it captures through its symbols Zelda Butler 4<_ -- - !z-I .mi and its motto - hope, knowledge, and opportunity - Natalie Butto LV _- UI r Seal marks the end ofl the traditions and the aspirations of our university." Pamela S. Buzzella ft. . ra4 The seal includes "The Torch of Knowledge, Service, O 1 a six-month process. / .\ and Understanding" which is the university's visible IA 1k symbol. "The Book of Knowledge" symbolizes the Carmelo Jose Cabarcas :v Charles J. Cabarcas 'Jim university's commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, and "The Globe," depicting North, Central, Maria Elena Cabrera K; and South America illustrates the university's commit- Maria Cachinero e RTT ,~ 0 A V;1 ment to helping foster greater understanding through- Rosa Cachinero + r'. 6" w .- I out the world. Constance r I The university's motto, M. Cadien 7 "Spes Scientia Facultas," is Latin for hope, knowledge, and opportunity. _if" "Convocation is one of the most auspicious occa- £ j ;, . ,rY Maribel Calle sions of the year ... it a- . ';" " 1 marked the unveiling of Ileana V. Calvo RIP;: I 7,TIMM our new seal, which Anthony Cambas W., w Ivelisse Cambero m P%-ic ! was designed ... by the F V director of advance- Armando Camejo 'Im r -, I A1 , TS , W ment services, Danine Miriam Campa 40 Carey," says Walter L. -i~ ~ t Sandra Campbell --A i Caraballo - Civil - f; 11A Yvette Caraballo P ' Mario Carballo Awl ti Luis E. Carbonell b X4' I k--]' Marcelo Carbonell LZ - A - he Way to the Top K .My Ramon Carcases 3: 1 '. Louis Cardall Theresa E. Cargill IA*\. L,i-,lm6AA U Jeannie Carranza Doctors ... nurses ... CPA's ... engineers ... teachers. Job W-- opportunities for 1989 graduates continue to grow. As the A Elena R. Carreno "r' *' k , a more than 3600 seniors graduate, they are able to earn a :_ r Amparo Carrera 1 x*' t greater share of the economic pie for a wider range of fields, r m r Pedro Carres especially in liberal : arts, nursing, education, and engineering. We're seeing some stabilization lk-oo a:__. Matthew Carrick in the market, but the J W. prospects are still excellent," says Olga Magnusen, director of Christopher Carroll the Office of Career Planning and Placement. "This school year AV 7 Leah Maura Carter our office coordinated 197 employer schedules and more than 'Ai M.bow 2,030 students participated in the interviewing process." lI- L.,AI Maria Carvalho New companies The job market is still exceptionally strong for students in Alicia R. Casanova accounting, finance, and marketing. According to Magnusen, " M" . A Susan C. Cascio seek graduates. some employers are starting first-year accountants as high as U, A; $32,000 annually. hw~ ~.~W E~. ,. 't-r I. Marta M. Castellanos One of the consistently lucrative areas for graduates is wq Rene Castellanos engineering. According to Engineering and Design Associate a - -i L,66 - L Maria D. Castro Dean Manuel Cereijo, students graduating with bachelor's degrees in engineering can command starting salaries A t Toni Elaine averag- v, Catone ing $29,800. 1 While experiencing a a~ ' MOM severe shortage and Francisco R. Cavero OMMW battling for professional '14 Z" F Adela Cendan recognition, employ- Fr! Concepcion M. Cepero r7''A, ment opportunities in ' r I- * _MU ::..-u Francisco b nursing are plentiful. , -f sli TV' Cepero 7-3 For every graduating Jose Agustin Chan, Jr. 'r art~ ,j nursing student there is 14n L Juan A. Chan an average of four job f ,712 L. Kwok K. ' . opportunities. F Chan :-;MIl1. The average salary O UR for graduating nursing Ct i 1 Shuk Chan students runs between - Im ° 17-- ft 1 %- $21,000 to $26,000 an- .- I Wai-Yee Fanny Chan -. nually. For those be- 7. 1 Suzette Chanes rfr coming nurse practi- a -I i Raymond Chang V-- m tioners with advanced t~ <°" 1A ,. skills to prescribe, diag- ~ _ L Gilda Chavez , - s:. nose, and supervise L Jennifer Leung Chee tl - medical care in collab- Ping Chen oration with a physi- IU Fr>* ilJ if cian, the salaries range W" sih I . I- as high as $38,000 to U; I i j ,A e MAN Cl? Michelle Cherqui N' '1$40,000. Jennifer Cherrier While today's job trends point to high demand in technologi- '1 ~w sJ cal and business field, education majors are seeing their labors Ii1 Chitrekha Chetram pay off in salaries and job opportunities. KC- Hsiang Chi "Students with degrees in elementary education, math, .V - _ ' ii F.-Ji T.I') Veronica Chico-Loyola science, history, and English are faring quite well, especially t. ' i rte- . p- -. IJ Marilisa Chin those who are willing to relocate." --tA -A As one of the top-rated schools of its kind, the School of r~ A Florette P. Chinery-Hesse Building a Future. Getting Hospitality Management continues to garner national recogni- tion. The New York Times, in an in-depth story about the a "head start" on their ca- 1.1 , 71M A reers, Engineering stu- school, rated it second only to Cornell's more than 60-year-old -'- Nicole Ching-Johnson dents display their talents program. 1I Linda Chinyou at graduation. "At the master's degree level we have had students pull down salaries as high as $40,000 to start," says Hospitality Carl Chouinard i a -" Management Professor Michael Kobasky. , "~' Andrew P. Chung pr; Magnuson foresees continued high interest in graduates. I;-' ML D. Chung "This year 98 employers and more than 1,000 students T I _J Dean participated in our annual Career Fair. Last year the numbers Chung were 75 employers and 800 students. We're growing by leaps L i I Regal Civil and bounds as more people learn about the high quality of our i 1' 148 Seniors programs and graduates. YA Seniors 149 Clark - Davis ,,:r"" "& . Joan Clark Fr fro. ' :._;1 , Dwight A. Clarke x 1,,,. M Ian G. Clarke x E T " . : _ I ~ ., _, ElizabethScott Clements Clein _ 1 t's Party Time! Elizabeth Clements I: Emilio Codiasy 1I Li Fa' ,uL David . Cohen ITA t. : s .,tes' f Michael D. Cohen b '4 Mindy Cohen iyi#( J iYJ V Do you hit the beach when you are not in class or do I 'b x :E-°., U Lourdes Collazo i you relax and read a good book at home? J i Nick Edward Colovos ,i L;,-. ' Many students, when they are not studying, pass the Dania M G": a variety of different activities. Going to G. Company E' Sri l I 4U time by doing Denise G. Company t "_;F, the movies, clubbing, dinner, scuba diving, swimming, K playing sports, etc. keep students occupied. It is a 11I l RI LA\Y A change of scenery which does not involve textbooks or Luis Conception r studying. Raquel Condo - 4.U A group of students were polled and asked the Ronald Condone, Jr. ; WIu question, "Where do you hang out?" Here is some of .._ .r a v _ 'ft 0 Claudia Contreras i.-' . M the feedback received from students. m :r.: , Getting away from Debra L. Cooper -- camping, boating, and to the Keys. I also enjoy a_ L- I go Lois Cornehls school is one sure reading. Right now, I am reading "The History of the way of relaxing. World". I love to hear Aristotle. My major is English Luis Correa R& education. I like having fun. I used to play football, but ,CAI 11.1i4 9'=-7 e Ai A I I W* I'm not in anything organized now. When someone Marta Cortina wants to play though, I'm there. David Costantino Richard Thompson, senior Veronica Costero r - f I play tennis. I usually walk over to the gym to see what Carla Covell .4 ' .. they have there. It's kinda hard because right now, it's rI L4" m Edward Covino -- _ L mid-season and if you want to see somebody practice, : Allen Theodore Cox I there's nobody around. I've tried to use the facilities at to. Everytime I Christian A. Cozier Wt the Sunblazer, but I have not been able go there it's either closing or not opened. . -~ Lupita Q~uan, junior " 1 C ' David Crandall I go out with my girlfriend, to the discos, bars, Robin Crawford A IF kiW dinner, beach, and hydrosliding. Over the sum- "M Paul Creightr ;%'Pli mer I worked; now I study since I don't work Nicolas Crespo '"k- 9 pr- ,,!' :. anymore. ::.4 ,' 1 * %- Noemi Croes T IN-j .: mot Jonathan Garcia, sophomore L 7\l F V Laura Crook Pr I go to the beach - nothing out of the ordinary. Nancy Croughwell H Al Mike Thompson, senior k6 ,; I MANE Randall L. Crutchfield p5 14 M Isabel M. Cruz & Dilma M. Cubillos -- Gonzalo C. Cubillos ,. r~ °1 CIO A I -m f Rene Czerkasij [- LA ..-m Denise R. Daley T I :..: I) j Anthony Danella LI i : 1 1±,LLi -; Lisette Dania . 1 i- f. X Lydia Daniels , !L' Is this for Rita Das -2 real? '-U Finding time to study when he Lorraine Date N -a.. is not out partying is sopho- Lisa Mahoneu Datz Ld A 1- , more. Jonathan Garcia. Melody Y. Davis ". Irk~ M I') Rosa Davis Seniors A/ Aiia 151 150 Seniors WA W, , Fi Davis, Y. - Drouillard 1 ; PIM 111. rl-Wis 71. - Yolanda S. Davis x Pablo De Almagro -- nrollment Reaches r I Eduardo A. 7? De Aragon b;; I Lourdes M. De Armas : j,, r 7 S 7-W t" , c ,S, Carlos A. De Boyrie EF, a AlETime High ;': $fl! Alexia Marie De Carlo Sara De Gardenas Pilar De La Espriella am, Johanna De Leon Florida International University fall semester enroll- in ment has 1 Sandro De Santis increased 8.2 percent, to 17,624 students. I, g .. I This is the largest number of students enrolled in the Carmen Alina Dearmas history of FIU. I t Karen Debergerac "We are delighted that such a large number of 2 . a '.44 Vivian Dechard students have selected FIU," said President Modesto ir Alma Celeste Defillo * (Mitch) Maidique. "This increase is an indication that t, is serving the needs ri I FlU of our community. It also It' MAE Carlos Del Pozo underscores the fact that the University's expansion y, -' iWl UL-11 Maria L. Del Riesgo plans respond to the realities of a rapidly growing r I3 r Daniel Del Sol community." U "The increase this fall also surpassed the projected Shirley D. Delaney 40, University caters number of students. In the 1987 fall semester, FIU, the riri~TL Diana J. Delgado Elizabeth to a rapidly growing largest public university in South Florida, had 16,176 o- T-,4 Al Delgado a Jose community. students. Officials had estimated the University would KU M. Delgado o be serving 16,816 students this fall. The actual figure is N9. closer to the 17,657 students * i __w__ '(4 11 expected to attend by fall . itI Maria C. Delgado 1989. Russell B. Dennert FlU opened its doors in 1972 with 5,667 students. The following year, the number jumped to 8,807, a 55.4 --- ,ref Wendy Dennis k&sW LisadAnn Depalna percent increase. , by,,. rri r - Since then, the number of students has steadily L W-4 I Rita H. Deutschberger 4 tb,A -"7 V increased an annual average of 6.5 percent, leveling off Ll - Robert D. Devin during the last two years. " ".._ . Prudence Jill Di Diego This year's I, .: 9-IJ increase is the h'31qi Adele Diaz highest jump .y since 1983-84, AW^ Alejandro Diaz Ana M. Diaz when the enroll- me-f Student Enrollment by Year :,t ' , X, ment went from WIIV Jro Barbara M. Diaz 14,540 to Diana Diaz Thousands -F r~1 : t. I h 20 ( 15,875, an in- <0 Jorge F. Diaz crease of 9.18 idi-! Jorge R. Diaz percent. A4 N 151 "A higher en- i ce; rollment makes Judeline E. Diaz 101I us even more r Mercedes Diaz aware of our re- Sonia Alonso Diaz '.'1 Theresa 5-I sponsibility to A Diaz achieve excel- E l , I*'6 Thanh M. Dick lence," said .f \ John A. Dina 0 -_' ra 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 Provost Judith A 1,Ix Alberto Luis Dominguez Fall Enrollment Hw Stiehm. ii e ttl ii /a Ana L. Dominguez .fit. LAMA AAANA m '-W Ibis M. Dominguez "a I, -1 Ileana Dominguez Enrollment boom. B- - r-V ata"m >. Lola X. Donikian According to Richard Correnti, enrollment for the - b rr =A . fall semester has increased 8.27 percent which ~~. - A-J Jose E. Dorta MM--MM indicates that the demand for university pro- I{~ Marjorie Dorta gramstin South Florida has been increasing for rI - 4 some time. T Mace M. Drouillard W-1 152 Seniors VA~l Seniors a,"- 1531 Duran - Ferreyros ! Carlos A. Duran OF I Maria H. Duran II usband! Wife Team 1 A Christopher Durant y% :Li F"1 Henry Echeto $ ', ~ , Janet Edel V'' Edna Eeveron Work Together , Munga Eketebi --T °. 'I :.,,..,4 I Kerry Emlet How do you balance school and marriage at the same Linda Epstein fy '' time? According to Kelly and Dennis Hahs, the task Carlos Erban . .. , was difficult and took careful juggling of time to Cheryl Erickson A~ I complete, yet they seem to have done just fine. They I') t f" ' 114 ,7 .mE Michael Erstling -,' 'I now hold degrees and are ready to go on to bigger and ; " Hilda Escalon _ r- better things. Jose Luis G. Esguerra ::,_ Six evenings a week for the past two years, the young L "1 iih married couple loaded cleaning supplies into their Carlos H. Espina I Buick and headed for two credit unions near Homestead Lilian Esquivel MA Air Force Base. There they swept, scrubbed and pol- Rizo Estela ished until the offices were clean. IVRE i %. - T Im German E. Estevez 1 I "We had to find jobs that did not infringe on our /'L- I classes or study time," says Kelly Hahs, 23, a Physical Jessica Estrella k- -- I f , NIL majored in Elementary Judy Evans S Education major. Her husband Robert Faerman lyl 'I Graduates go on to Education. W, biggera and better ' "It was not the most exciting job, and sometimes we AZc I I I It. got to bed late which made it hard to get up the next 4 T v things. Charmaine Faichney ". morning," she says. "But it did not compete with Kenold Fanfan WFIA school and we needed the money." Vivian Farinas ,ir"m The Hahs, who met when they were members of the '-1 -: 1 Nim Douglas Farmer '- r,-, m-) track team, plan to trade the waxes, soaps, and vacuum J. Faze, Jr. ' 7 cleaner for erasers, blackboards, and gradebooks. If Arnold t t,- -4 - m> p.-Ii *.** interviews with county school officials go well and Marlene Y. Fearon La V- AL "; F'AR' openings occur, both will teach school. Chris Featherstone jd,7 -: "Wegare looking forward to getting decent jobs with Aim Ikff-JA some security," says Dennis Hahs, 21. "But thinking Renee E. Feldman back, the cleaning was not so bad. I did yard work ' Johanna Feliciano (1 before, and at least this job was inside." Ana Felipe t ti W Holanda Felipe . ' '"Mm" Terrance S. Ferguson _ " [.J[ Alexander Fernandez I EFIS L A& A,IK Beatriz Fernandez L .Iaj}.I" P.I Pa k1. ... . ",T Celso I. Fernandez ' T- -+w. V Claudio Fernandez Mr - Cristina Fernandez I-n- till4- ~- I -In ,a De Cueto R. Fernandez - ''' =1 pi,] c I - r Eloy A. Fernandez, Jr.4 . -4- hI"l- Lourdes Fernandez r " s 14, 1 ' ~ Pr * - lm Lourdes Torres Fernandez l ' r. T W, E. iI i d a, or \ r- I -; Maria Elena Fernandez a r 1 Miriam Fernandez i , Tanya Fernandez -. ' :l- V-- Teresita Fernandez _. Teamwork is the only way is- [-__-j Maria Ferrera I- LI to go. That's the belief of Kelly and Mariela I. Ferretti Dennis l-ahs. Carlos Ferreyros 7a U Seniors 1551 154 Seniors kmireA N~ Fiallos - Garcia L,, spa yxx' 6AAA .W" IN Tr,7, i Eugenio M. Fiallos '' Ana-Maria Figueredo \ _: 1 Mariela Figueroa _] Robert E. Fischer reams of the Future I Llb lz r .. ° Karen Fitzritson . ~~ii Robert Flavell ,, ;'d} Jorge Fleites 'w :. ,a. Iti, Sergio Fleites . 4I. Tracy Flemmer t kmt,", Have you ever wondered where you are going to be mss, E"; _~ter Sheri Lynn Fliegelman . rA F4, ten years from now? Will you be a successful doctor or a jt w .- I- I Foley r - - 1 Rebecca millionaire? Will you be happy with the life/career that I Q' ;: . _ Eva Fong you are pursuing? Will you have accomplished all of .-V . ,,P Lorie Fontenot your goals? Greta A. Ford These are some of the questions that we ask our- selves time after time. In fact, it's pretty scary some- I John Foreman times to think about what we will be doing years from ~ Agnes R. Fortin "" n.m.. '' I OF mIIIN'Via:'. Luis E. Fortou I Students contem - Well a group of students were polled to see where :mow Gabriel Fortun they thought or hoped to be ten years from now. Here . ''7.- "'N 1a#0 , plate where they : Silva Darada Fortun L f are going to be ten are some of the replies: .; Franklyn Foster I will be running a consulting firm. Since I'm an MIS iff, . ' ' :' "°"" Trisha Foster years from now. major, it fits my work experience and between the two ® -. ' of them and some other objectives I have along the way, V sa I will be ready to run my own busipess. I want to live Christa Foti comfortably and be able to retire at a young age. Richard P. Fountain Victor Pitts, junior r. Rebecca Freed :. Hopefully, if my dream comes true, I will be happily _~, " " Randi A. Freedman married and I will have four kids and I'll be a lawyer or 1.4/ _ ,C. ., Donna Sue Freeman - , jr 7 . r V be teaching law at a law school that is, if my dreams 4: Bruce A. Freiburger come true. If they don't come true, I'm gonna be in ,.sr~ i John Frensdorf trouble. Jr . Yvette Adrian, senior a Hopefully I'll be teaching elementary education. I'm Edylin Frias and hope to have kids when I finish 11 already married _ John D. Fried school and get my degree. W&I' ,r- v- b David M. Friederich Betty Espinoza, junior I Keith Froebel 7-j -7 '-V\.A e Karen Furlonge i ' T g ., 101F L VMM' A... George Furones [ PIK-' a 1i r ' ) Carmen Redlich Galindo I Stacy Gallin Yvette Adrian I --"q I Louis Gallucci q"-1 Charles Garavagli Ana Garcia-Solis iR -1 I ,r- "4 _ rz Angelino Garcia r.--t= . _ , \~I I I .4 ,.I Elizabeth Garcia - Jose G. Garcia ki t II AMAJIrh IL" \ - Ea, Juan Garcia s:^'* ,, 1, .lm 6 Manuel Garcia, Jr. Maria Garcia K z :. -a 1 1 I ' I~.iii r 4 4 Maria Garcia - BL.:-.J rl Martha Garcia Victor Pitts , Olga M. Garcia Betty Espinoza * 1 LiT Orlando Garcia 156 Seniors Seniors 157 Garrastacho - Goodluck -"m .}: + , Octavio G. Garrastacho Elizabeth Garrido 77m o Carin Gasset I I [° r Elsy Gathas r F K- .1I - I Karen E. Gatherer _, ' ' n the way to the Top Lilian R. Gaunaurd 'a l t;A David Gaustad Li,' ... ~ h~a1i Nelson 0. Gaviria :j Zufan Gebru um rio C° Howard Gelb x , { U.S. News and World Report named Florida International A "I'l " University one Peter B. Gentles F 'A 4L pr v 4w of "America's Best Colleges" in its annual T pI 1:nA "' _:_:/ edition rating colleges and Vanessa 0. Geron ' ;, universities. Its first year on Sheryl Ann Geronimo . ILI' the list, FIU is ranked 25th among the 399 institutions in , _,.. ' .. Haitham Gibbi -' , i the "comprehensive" category. 4 l University is "y -.L " "We were very pleased to be included ... U.S. News R ~'C~U # 3/3 .. r t lr il well on its and World Report has added the individual pieces of Lira Gilberto . academic achievements and placed us on the national Tdr Bettye Gilchrist _. ,: Way in gain- map," said President Modesto Maidique. Cheryl Gimenez 1 P'l _ F i; Each year, the magazine ranks the country's top F I p !.,:_ universities using five categories: national Paul Kimahi Githuka I_ ing national liberal arts, Randi Giwner -," W.I. LLimb regional liberal arts, comprehensive, and small compre- 9 I F, F. M. Joseph GlenfordI If A reCOgnition. hensive. The comprehensive category includes institu- Jackeline A. Gluck mmiJ ~, tions enrolling no fewer than 2,500 students and awarding j more than half of their bachelor's degrees in two or more -V occupations and professional disciplines, including engi- ,. ;: Alyssa Gold - _ _ 1 neering and business. Etta D. Gold National and comprehensive universities' rankings are m based on information Arthur Goldberg rl -Il included in the College Board 0, 1 k Annual Survey of Colleges Cristina Gomez AM VA ?I -1 and a poll taken by U.S. News Luisa Gomez I L and World Report of college presidents, deans, and Monica Gomez 7. admissions directors across the nation. 6-0,1'1''' -° "° Dora M. Gonzalez The other three categories are ranked solely on the A, objective College Board data and are not included in the " ig k-,iv reputation survey. ,;;r Eddy Gonzalez, Jr. As a member of the State University System of a a . :; Elizabeth Gonzalez I " Florida, FlU is also named in two Barron's Guides, "The Emilio Gonzalez .T p7a"I. Most Prestigious Colleges" and "The Best, ,1 I tt Humberto Gonzalez Most Popular and Most Exciting Colleges," K-A - -. Isis P. Gonzalez r 7"q and The New York Times' "Best :j .. Buys in Jane Rose Gonzalez College Education." : 1 Javier Gonzalez I fP~ I V. sot N;. .® Ad Ji Jose A. Gonzalez -;m --A Jose M. Gonzalez I4. m. : Juan Jose Gonzalez I,. A,' , ,p" .:= bR Lillian A. Gonzalez ,r ;:, ' 1 1 i Fin . ?. -- Malka Gonzalez lr ----. ~" - Jl.bL& = 1 ",, i4mwur Maria Cristine Gonzalez f, ' M i . Nitza Gonzalez -4F,\- r F:. LII With the ocean as a backdrop, -Lip* FlU. North offers many places Otto L. Gonzalez Iwi to study or just relax. Paula Gonzalez .'!P Pedro A. Gonzalez -g. m u-c, r "M 1 Ralph Gonzalez _ Rosie Gonzalez V-:1>. FL-J Samuel E. Gonzalez I ' i/. ; Keith Goodluck X. T I"A 158 Seniors Seniors 159 L . R .u:W4, AI Gore - Hernandez, M. I , gl-7 MITM ' Jay Thomas Gore IV 1 a t T ff- 4m Ban y Faith-HopeTracy Grant Graham oiaen vanner . _ r: 4 M c' ->AA Wesley Greaves 91. :° Bibiana Halim _,a sity-wide functions. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble 4. - ,vim1,711 Ana Hall I 147 __:Im' presents several concerts every year of standard wind s Jean E. Halstead band compositions, including marches, overtures, and J -4r.ow Jason Hamilton orchestral transcripts. All concerts are free and are it7 k presented in the Athenaeum Auditorium (AT100) on the IbdsY-A0 mi Alejandro S. Handal University Park campus. t x a __ Donald Hanson So come on out and show your pride. Support the lr:.. Norma Harris band. ,. 4-- I 1_ Raymond Harrison \ - Kenneth Hart r4 JO a 1% Napoleon E. Hasbun Mahmoud Hassouneh iALaA LA_ L,&- m.A __ Corneliu M. Hategan ' Mitchell A. Hausmann ' . 1 S 1 4.I. George Hefty .. . T '-V , Susan Hegyessy , '7 V I, " t- ri Hermann R. Hemn .* Heidi Hentschel F-"%I -~ I~, qE A Albert Herbst (Fig VL "d'i MIA :;f. P71 I Crystal Hern 1 IL6 W4 COX K-l =-in F"'I Desi Hernandez M09 Dulce M. Hernandez 1 v ''Y jI iz';lW k17 I q~4 - Hector Hernandez '; I,. a,. . Jacqueline M. Hernandez Everybody say yeah! Jorge Hernandez Proud to be a part of a Super Bowl pre-game 9 party at Joe Robbie Stadium, the Golden V Marisela Hernandez Panther Band wows 160 Seniors a crowd of 7000. Seniors 161 'Q ernanaez, VI. Jack- _, !, ?: : on, A. Mayra L. Hernandez a. 1" "' M Pedro Hernandez °or' i 'r P r.. r rice Increase Pedro P. Hernandez A~ w , 6 V -UFk 3. Charles Herrera ' ' I. 'Z~ j f« :'47 e t , Margaret Hesford 1 ;; , " 1 06A ... k Michael W. Higgins ,. Jd "l ropose( Laura Hilderbrand .71: Irene H. Hill JM _ '. Sandra Hireles E171r, To finance the construction of new parking lots and Ahmad Firdaus Hisham ensure adequate parking facilities at University Park Wilma Ho a x'11 , 71 I and North Miami Campus, the administration is propo- sing a substantial increase in parking fees. Richard Hoelderlin - s"'-, V Mark Peter Hoffmann a y I The price of decals would be increased from $10.00 to Ralph Hoffmann $26.50 for students, and from $15.00 to $37.50 for -Illlm - MEN'I .- 1 WIIMIF faculty and staff, with parking in outlying locations priced at $12.50 per year. The price of "A" decals would Tirdad Hoghooghi E., i1 :.dF 1,'; Fees are to be raised I double, from $50.00 to $100.00. Decals for a second Cassandra Holder m 'C: , to decrease vehicle and replacement decals would be $5.00 for Judy Hollis in order to the price of faculty, staff, and students. Eduardo Hondal 3 aj The only way we can build parking lots is to generate u- _A I building Christienne F. Hopkins b.r new revenues to offset the price," says Paul Gallagher, " > LA new lots. Mieko Hori L . p } Vice President for Business and Finance. "There is no Dennis S. H. Horn k. other available source of revenue." i. The new fees were recommended by a special task F .llI f / force to the University's Traffic Advisory Council. Its Roselia Horta 1irim- .. _ . g - - recommendations are subject to approval of President Charade Horton H ink - Maidique. If approved, it would be the first parking fee AN Kevin L. Householder m- ;rI . I'l increase in several years. Nelson Howard 7~;'l' Vi -r- 1 .1 The parking shortage has been exacerbated over the Corrine Howe - I :;. L,--lk__ . - ,. r l1 past six months by the closure of three lots due to new Sylvia A. Howell j~, I-' construction: Engineering, Owa Ehan, and part of the Carmen M. Hoyos a usUniversity House visitors lot. The University will need Q0 ., ' CROSSWALK F more parking facilities by next fall due to increased iI enrollment and new construction. The administration is Nancy J. Huard IiT 1 soliciting bids to construct a new 500-spot lot to the AWIMINL7 . Deborah D. Hudson r 1 north of the new Engineering building and the Chemis- igA t Martin Huebner rl- IKIelr try and Physics building. Barbara Hujber r- -Ow r. W; rl. Workers on premises. Gallagher says that the increase in parking fees will N f With the expansion and building Ronald D. Hume ' . \ cover the cost of constructing the first new lot, which vk t' -- . 1 of new lots, hopefully the park- Andrew Hunes - ,;A ing situation will improve real will be north of the Engineering building and the Kemberly Hunt soon. Chemistry and yI kit,' Physics build- -1Y ing and is Jonathan Hyppolite RPM,, FM 4 1 er 4.q r_.y > 4' J31 ~'scheduled for Silvia R. Ibarra i~m .: mb Nicholas I. lgwe in I!r-?r I, IcompletionSeptember. Marcia Imel Z Offl .,.-Il 291i Joseph Infantino U l , IA , , 7 Jacquelyn D. Ingle r:-I t "_ " , S. Bernadette Ingraham "8'Nq It L'r a w , ,*z [ I ~n mJ Nasir lqbal -- Madeleine Isern _' .. M .. LAI.a Richard Isicoff Irv Alfredo C. Issa a e 7w. Jeff Iturralde . O aa , , 'Zn d -1 Is that space taken? Ana lzquierdo ;, Trying to find a parking space for your car can be nerve-racking. It seems like 4 k.;Pw,. IlPw Anthony Jackson aJda -1 you circle the lotforever, and you still -,ktb. " -- L can't find a place. - V -- ,-)A Seniors 163 162 Seniors A., gk i'. W-' 1-3m G. - Korhonen 7-1W-" W777 Jackson, FF7P Gracieta Jackson & ;.0V Lacita JacksonI Fir -- Wensley Jacobus uitures : -4 ierae Ricardo A. Jadke WU" i QL3, ', ! Larry Jaffe T- ® w I Ai 1 Asim Jafri Ioetner Ti ; _.P.: Y Marianne James . r Andres Jaramillo r International students - just who are they? Well ~b1 ~F, Im Denise Jaramillo they are students who come from abroad to study in the W cif; Sara Jaramillo United States. Some of them come from as far away as rE~ ~'I F°: Michael Jarjour I ' Europe, the Orient, the West Indies and the Carribean \F Raquel Jelenszky 1 WA,6k Islands, and Pakistan. All have their reasons for choos- .w 'm- 1111-1 ,.L Kim A. Jellema ing to complete their studies in America. Many of them i I Joella Jennings dream of finishing their studies here and then going N back to their homeland to apply what knowledge they &Ad .tm r . Thomas D. Jogis have learned. Sonja Monique Johnson OF ; im q TMM w It is not always easy for these students to adapt to ,_ sue. F I Jodi Jones our different ways and culture, but they have the W It ,. rZ ,ter "--, Regina Jones International students motivation to strive for their aspirations and will do ° An f Susan E. Jones to accomplish them, even if it _, seek a better education anything necessary r Frederick Jorgenson means giving it their all. in the United States. Paul Richard Joseph Below are some replies of international students y~ Vt I' when asked why they chose to come to school here. I came from Shanghai to study. I have been here for a 1', It. .. AIJ Veronica Kaleky year already. I plan on getting my Ph. D. here. There is a U-.;. -I I' i Scott Kalkstein high standard of education in China, but I feel I can get a r Natacie Kalphat better education here. I have more choices. I may go r f _ Denise Kamsler home when I finish, but it is not likely. I like it here. ^° w George Kanakis, Jr. Min Chen, graduate student 'E 1,41 ' _, Steven B. Kaplan FUT - At first, I went to Barry University then I transferred 14- here when I heard that it was cheaper. I am from a Murad Karim Curacao and I am studying psychology. I will get my I ^ Ia L master's first then go back home. I want to work with Noorsiah Kassim -. I kids who have problems. rn Maria Katz ems °. Jennifer Jones, senior Tracy Keefer "wt,j Mt*, 1! 'i Thomas Kehoe I Kathy E. Kell L-1 h d Eileen Kellett ELI W. ju A1 Richard Kennedy I!W, F46"NW r I Dorothy Kennerly W. The best of times. lYl Richard Kersehner Having made many friends Il here, Jennifer James, has 1'? Kiwan Khoury something to talk about. A na- *1 Amy Susan Klein -i, 'A. rF~I tive of Curacao, Jones plans on -9 P4 1 Wayne D. Knight earning her degree here. 1 {r -7 [lii - Catherine L. Knighton -71 II kL Jimmie Carl Knowles i/i . ~Ji 4 ~ r !11'! °' Terrence Knowles fLIT V.,, A-L - ! - Valerie Knowles IF-oA i '- Tracy Kochvara You can do it! Say cheese. I Ai ;..-' w w_--- ^!U Marie Koeval To be successful in her studies is a Sophomore Paul Knight is thrilled " e' Mir Carolyn I1 - ; lifelong dream of Guadalupe Gris- to be in Miami. He finds living here L< 1 Diana Komorowski olia, an international student from exciting as well as interesting. Min iW-T, Regina Kopp Panama. Photo by Julie O'Dell. i -A k4l . lg- ";,IAL Lisa Korhonen 164 Seniors Seniors 165 ," Korth - Lomonaco P Laurie K. Korth W14, ILON Beth R. Kramer -..I F Fc ; -I A " Marc Kramer A- .4r t the Bottom of the Peter Krausa - , r -VC- 11 'M Mark Krauth F.";\. - Pl. kj I -- ;s Fabid D. Kreplak r a : Ladder its~ 1w1 'U~ Gisel C. Krok [ni Mara T. Kwast Jose C. Lacal '-N; I" Suzanne Lacen a 1 V Y Whoever said that college was going to be a time to sit back and UI relax? Well. .. that is the impression that students got from many Mercedes R. Lacret , - p r:k r of their friends. Their friends sorta forgot to tell them about all the Kym Lagattuta UU-l work - studying for tests and finals, reading and motivation- Laguardia -7117 W. ' s. -.Si Jorge 41, that it took to succeed at one's studies. They only talked about the Roger Garry Lalanne parties, fraternities, sororities, extra-curricular activities, and L~EdIle, what fun they had. George Lam FT- - r The first thing students learned when they started college was that they did Toussaint-Jean Lamour have to put forth the effort to study. They were not Q going to assimilate the material by just going to class alone. Diane Lane r ' Students also came to the fast realization that professors were not Y k0 going to seek them out to tell them to try harder - they Lisa E. Lang OL LZ 1# had to do it on their own. This was one major Teresa Lantigua . W- r- 1 change students had to adjust ,. r- - to. since in high school students had a one-on-one relationship with .tit: L 6 Maria Lara I .., most of their teachers whereas in college, the professors have an WW" W,, Francisca LaRosa Abo Freshmen embark impersonal relationship with their students. r4 College life is different in the sense that one has more responsi- 4iA E 'A 1-mr7 R into the world of bilities. Students are responsible for all their actions and have to Argelia Larrasquito 11i face whatever consequences arise because of their right or wrong I adulthood. judgments. There is no one watching over them to make sure that Diana Larriviere = U IFVI Rafael Larrubia j W they make the right decisions. w In any event, students have realized that whoever tells them Robert Latorne I 4 - I- I , I that going to college is going to be all fun and games is kidding - 11 d Fonte C. Lazara I 4z1 them. One has to motivate oneself and put forth the effort to study I. - ? '" J in order to accomplish one's goals in life. Opportunities are not Alice Leal A7~ I- , Deborah Leal v going to walk up to you. You have to go out and seek the ample ' f . .,-'A amount of them that are available at your feet. One thing is for sure though - life after college is suppose to be an experience - a time to learn and be on your own. Jean Lehman : w .te > : ''..s:. '' .' ' ' .-..- Dorothy Lenmann Frank J. Leon p, Mercedes Leon f- 7 1 A = U Lertchai Lertpani I -,M r7. -:_ A L I- Simon Z. Lesly k W LV ,ate Paulette Lester °I: AL 2 I A iUs 1hi -711 F -,- A Susan Levenson I "- ti Elizabeth Lewis aI R Winnie Lherisson V oo~ -"m I . 16.'l w-M - U Joe Ligua 1ii ;> :Iq 4. 4 1 F-,o v W Jennifer Lim ,i _ a. Jose A. Lima - .. ,_ Alina L. Linares 11I Richard Linares Iml Jennifer Linscheer I. Mylene Llado w=Mt a l W11 a1 a'"I - Lourdes Llanes-Cabrera ;I f=."-- 'U. How low can you go? Taking a break! dur- Fred Lobello r .,L ,: "' Students get their first taste of col- Students find little time to rest I'- ing their busy college schedule. Orlando Lolo ", * ' lege at annual freshman picnic John P. Lomanaco p I FVZ Seniors Seniors 167 166 C I 73-K London - Mayo l*.' s=. ; Felice London r ON Christina T. W'Aml -- Lopez ie imate - J im Dalia M. Lopez ,tl- -r Diana Maria Lopez Hernan Lopez VAN 1 . Rene Lopez $( / FF iaiienae L l i.lsG Teresa Lopez IA V Y x Martha I Lorenzo The parking lots are always packed with cars and, at Henry T. Louden times, it can prove a challenge trying to find a parking I- Ar Dorothy A. Loyd nl rt. Leonard J. Lucia space. If a student gives up trying to find a parking il- I MW - i Ir i#; L - $. "' Carol Lucy space within adequate walking distance, he or she ends I '' , up with a space at the far end of the lot. Then a long Sandra Lugo " if walk is ahead of him or her. 7 ii . ,. Lierla Luydens -U i Recently, a group of students were asked for their t _ opinions concerning the present parking situation. It Ik i tCS J{ Ana Machado was revealed that all students faced the same problem t h 2719 Elizabeth Machado - that of crammed lots. Students agreed that a Fim p Timothy Macivor solution is needed and gave their suggestions. . RAW r x - m- l Jimmie Maestre Here are some of the replies of students who were T wo, f IFS "" ;; a,- Soad Mahgoub Trying to find a asked to speak out about their feelings on the situation.> -4 ~ 1W : ;m ! 3 i' Rosemarie Mainieri good parking space I It's terrible! There are never any parking spaces. TheI jF I a1l Monica Valerie Malave has become one parking lot is always packed. More parking facilities are _. needed. Get rid of some of the trees and grass. There are ! - --,q Amih ordeal that students too many people and not enough space. I am always ~'-~ f Wllmmkj :: a. In Lorraine Maldonado have to face late to class because of nowhere to park. Holly Manheim each day. Susan Selles, sophomore Ttl Jorge Manzuil The parking lot is always packed during the first two ' , r ~i 1i -I i. Francisco Marcolino weeks of classes. After that it calms down a bit. I am I igg"m I 3 i Victor Marina used to it now. It does not bother me. C IW VX -aA -M Talia DeMiranda, junior I A r", ix U-V Ana Marino I noticed recently that a lot more students have cars this ii mL Angel Marquz year. The parking is good enough for right now, but we 'A LIl have to start thinking about the future. The price of 1kY \ Rosemarie Marquez decals has gone up. I don't know if tmI Ir- .a t Maria C. Marrero i they plan on doing anything in the Lr e Cleo Marsh future, maybe that's why they are 4 F- Stuart Marshall s " ! Y taking our money. As an engineer- !-' - 4 "A Todd C. Marshall ing student, I don't know what 2 e. { : Claire Martakis : kind of parking they will have at j =' . "7 the new engineering/physical sci- t A Irma Martell ":4 o Sence building. But they should in- Wi L1\i i i . form students on what they are 1 I Gertrude Martin going to do, if they are going to do Ems" , A07= Maria Martin - !" anything at all. 11I : 'il 4 .. Gina Milanesi ';' r Lorraine Millar 14r, f .-.. - 1 , A k Hilary Minott JAm I.-- w-, IL -, L -;-F 4- L't zJ'3 Maria Miranda 11. ,q., i e- Martha Zaymee Miranda W,- , t ;4. A ____ . i Olga Maria G. Miranda Lil Nlary Mites L ". . Leonardo Miyares m 4" 1 Carmen Molina -I 'T -- } l I'PL "mr-- ;;- MKI ® 0 F46L- Carmen G. Molina LJ%) T, Juan C. Molina ^ ( ''A / ,1J Nelly Molina 1 :' I I ltk,9,W ~I I, I ( Ih Montalvo Reinaldo - -qfl 'f': r. Y Maria Montealegre 'r~ ; I Suzy Monteferrante Eln M*j &-;M L Eduardo A. Montejo -s i :m f im I°. U t Me Joel Montgomery ;: °r V= Nalberta Montoya M [ : lik t-1 Thomas Mooney ~~\jj 4. wi I; Ofra Mor 4 L "I I- w Rodolfo Mora i w it OIEZ Fkj "< Kathryn D. Morales Follow the paws. T7 4 wl The fraternity members of Phi Delta Theta painted 144 paw prints around Gloria Moreira r aI - - the Sunblazer Arena. Pictured from the left are Athletics Director Richard Patricia Moreira ~.7J Li Young, President Maidique (kneeling), Douglas Jeffries (opposite the Presi- Elizabeth J. Moreno Mil. e [- dent), and Vice President for Student Affairs, Richard Correnti (standing behind Jeffries). Clara M. Morgado " r . : a 170 Seniors ARL k4r Seniors 171 Morrell - Owens U.... ., ac Leila Morrell Elizabeth Morris k t ,. ' - . _ ^ 7-- !;-1 Valerie Morris 4 , Al ' .. i Vicki E. Morris !411m- I it V I Barry Moskowitz 0;:*Ic'4 ,a Christopher G. Mueller Sylva Muriedas . ji 1 M. Murray I . "" Denise Kamal Mustafawi The library facilities here cater to the needs of all Rhonda Myers students. Located in the Athenaeum at University Park PIMA 1'' -I PaulanNaaman and in the new library on the NMC, some 750,000 U "'"m"T Myrland Najac volumes comprise the total collection. ai U, -' A~ rkx L. There is a Library User Information Service (LUIS) V t Waheed Keith Najee A ,; which aids students doing research. It lists most Dulce M. Naon resources from both campuses. The LUIS enables i students to find reference material pertaining to their fr F1 I- -ta j rn. Daniel Narescu topic of research quickly and efficiently. -I Jorge Narino A language lab is on the premises, as well as 4im _~ I: I .j Francisco Navia microforms, newspapers, audiovisual resources, schol- -W- ; -7~ ,A r."I'Mm EzU -w w Carmen Negron arly journals, periodicals, and typewriters, all of which 77" r F-- -~1 V .,. Meeyien Ng are available for students to use. .. a r-. L;-_1- 14 lk Barbara M. Nieto Reading materials in When asked for their views on library access, here is ; AG [ the library impart how some students answered. "14 , P.. Carmen Nieto knowledge upon Sus. The LUIS system is not helpful in the sense that you I cannot find everything you need. When I type in a° 44 hindVmA E Yang Woo No is no exact match so I have to subject, many times there Rudolf Noguera look at all of the title. But overall, the system is good. Ww. -T-12, Sandra Norberg The references are adequate and the library assistants '5:. - -. are helpful. t '[ "*1 Manoochehr Nosrati-Shamloo Carlos Rodriguez, senior It L',:1 .:. - A Magaly Noud The computer system does not help me very much. I w-.. Abderrahim Noudali always end up asking at the reference desk for help. Jesus Novo Eventually, I find the books without help. Information - should be given on guided tours of the library so tA Betty Nunez students can find books they need on their own and also a -® kk- Leonel Nuntez use the rest of the facilities without any trouble. "" 9CM EL Angela O'Driscoll Vivian Amor, junior -F -M E .7-1 W-~ - - F-. J I . : IV r Justine C. O'Hara I t. '1 1 4. Kim O'Hara :. IW'L' Susan M. O'Hara Fk-wAi I M ,"qqq to- German Ocampo [', . CL1 I -"M IVAM Anthony Ocasio I l I r N. M" - Marcial P. Ohaco . RI Adekoye Ojurongbe I A-It May I help you? Fr-., - MAlberto Oliva As a staff member of the library, -0-1 '~ m &,- 4. / Ug Nilda Oliva Luis Gaviria checks out books I, r - ,. ' '-: :2 r": Lourdes Olivera to students and answer any l ! questions that they may have Michelle Olson about the facilities. :.: ...:;d : iiII .; 'n"= Suzanne Opatosky .- r -4 I Lorraine Ordenes k i ,,. .: Ada Michelle Otero Shh ... quiet please. U.- e ' 44 Linda M. Otero Uw w .- N U In order to study for an upcoming tests, these students knew that they \-- P~ Lourdes Otero could find some peace and quiet in the library. 1-1 , .:r Harold G. Ouimet f-a Lisa Owens , 172 Seniors U> Seniors 173 Oyola - Pino ., F ir, -1"EMI! rt Arturo Oyola "m IN I mom; ,l ; kIM W Maria De Lourdes Padron ;, ,; UK * ' -° :1* I Al itidren' Helene 's Raini Pagot forest -~ Isabel Palacio V ~ I I, 0c ni Robert Palacios [-- F a" F- Manuel J. Palomino Ilya 'roject niaei Wai-Yee Pang Tei1.1 . Richard Pareja ,ZF]l ! - _ The Quetzal, one of the Ji Park V, rl world's most beautiful and elusive birds - the national bird of Guatemala, lives in Miriam Parra 'L 1 % the tropical rainforests of Central America. But as _, ' U Aida H. Parrondo . ' J - vp L-K hA~ A6 -,T-at rainforests are cut down, the Quetzal, and thousands of Rith M. Parry other rare species of m Vt' plants and animals, face possible Grizelle Paz extinction. Juan Dario Penagos A Dr. Jack Parker, professor of chemistry/environmen- Ih'.ii Idw7o L~ I x3 tal science and director of the environmental studies May Pendraat U m=r U 7779 program at Florida International University, has been Elizabeth Ann Peniche 1, instrumental in forming Students for the Children's Alexis Perdomo W, WE Rainforest Project, an organization of students, teach- F- '; Alina Pereda -, 7.- IL- : ers, and environmentalists actively involved in educat- Ivette Perez-Almeida yr- Fm -- - Projecta aims to ing the community about rainforests and coordinating F- Yamile Perez-Feria l fundraising efforts for the Children's Rainforest Project 'I educate the I Nacter Perez-Tristan lc if t. in Costa Rica. I community about Their inaugural program which will focus on the 1 :. rainforests. deforesting of rainforests worldwide and on local and ,,I Carmen Perez ;:' II international endeavors to preserve remaining rain- Carmen Perez forests will be held on Thurs., March 9, 1989, at 7 p.m. Elvia Alicia Perez , ol "Iiw -- 1 jd in Athenaeum (AT) Auditorium at the University Park F--. f Ir I: ,. h err Gabriel Perez , ' *w.1 .. a campus. Henry Perez ' . U' The highlight of the program will be a presentation on Hortensia Perez 1~Y r" the Children's Rainforest by Dr. Sharon Kinsman, pro- Julio Perez fessor of tropical ecology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and founder of the Children's Rainforest Project. iiiy1A ; 1.Ii ;1 - Initiated on Sweden by Dr. Kinsman, the Lone Perez ii _ . im V: 43 _. 1 wwl --- Children's Rainforest Project is an international Ramiro J. Perez effort by students and schools to preserve Rita Perez ' o FAIJ <; r rainforest lands adjacent to the Monteverde Suzette Perez ,; - . I I Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. Recognized as a Stephen C. Perkins II ^'i '". 3A A y1 r?: unique environment, with more than 490 differ- Luis A. Perozo -4 ent species of butterflies and thousands of other b -, Diego J. Perrera species of plants and animals, including the H yr i 1.1 Quetzal, the lands surrounding the Monteverde ry / 'i ., 11. 11, Cloud Forest will be designated as the Chil- Tom Peter dren's Rainforest. Theresa Peters die-s q The Dade County group, according to Dr. Janice Peterson ,j Wi,!_.'I Parker, has set a 1989 goal of $50,000 to be DIJ Andrea Petrosa ®r f- -- Q^ raised for the Children's Rainforest Project. 1t~ Melissa J. Pfiester c~ kLw~. t':> I - i Monies will be raised through a series of conser- L- _° Karen Michelle Phillip 64m t. -I vation-oriented programs such as recycling, John Phillips - r seedling sales, and school yard plantings of ti .or 11 .: ,f"i native trees. Schools 1~A'00-iF: ji raising $2,000 or more I. will have a tract in the Children's Rainforest Marie Philogene Ti PW - named after their school. A benefit concert Herbert Phinn kip f j planned for early summer will be part of the . xjw Marisol Pichardo TAL community fundraising activities. I Help preserve rainforests. Jose F. Picos A W ;,- I , As one of the main organizers of the Children Ranil Pieris 3--- Rainforest, Dr. Jack Parker, professor of [l chemistry/environmental Maria Pimienta F science, hopes to educate others about the possible extinctions /% Pino of rare species as a result of rainforests being Agustin da p 1 A cut down. r "'A 174 Seniors .Lk, I Vi J1/4 Seniors 175 t 1 Pinto - Rey Rey 46- F . ;{ Lr fi Maria T. Pinto I i Carlos A. Plantada 'a V- h V * r Rog Pomeranz ance to the Beat r- r .i 1 A .. Fernando Pons Laura M. Pozzolini - m. R _w ji efl _r° ,14 Fernando J. Prado L" Arminda Pravia 7 _-l Stanley Edmund Prevost Music is a big part of any student's life. Whether it is rock, country, soul, Ai'.1 rkfll , Claudia Prolifi or pop, it is always there to help students relax when they are angry, stressed out, or just plain tired. _ ill r Tami Propper rw _lr The soothing sounds of our favorite group calmed our nerves and made k i, I Thomas Province volume of their favorite -U us less tense. Many students found turning up the s'j* -/3 -._ artist to be of some consolation for when they are feeling down. The loud I ,- 11 Emma L. Puchols sounds would drown out all of their problems. Donald W. Pugsley As month after month passed, the number one song on the charts l Magaly C. Pujol changed - so did the taste of some radio listeners. One day it was George N''- I 'aI Michael, the next day, Madonna. LZIL Yet, in the end, all can applaud to the top songs and albums of 1988 as tj ill Punyed ! Jose recorded by Billboard magazine. °f 1 M77M TOP TEN POP SINGLES - Vannie G. Purkiss FA I 1. Faith - George Michael il Lisa Quan 2. Need You Tonight - INXS Vll, ; l.A lk"" , - :i' I Peter Quan Music enhances 3. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison I-V k"i w-- 11, Nelson Quevedo students' lives in 4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley -., .,. L4 5. Sweet Child 0' Mine - Guns N' Roses L' Miguel Quinones 6. So Emotional - Whitney Houston - w1 I tyylI. many ways. I WA Marcela Quinonez 7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle U O,4 8. Could've Been - Tiffany ., 9. Hands To Heaven - Breathe ...... _.... .'4 -L. IL -49 ( .4K7I - I 10. Roll With It Steve Windwood I, Mercedes M. Rabago TOP TEN POP ALBUMS Evan Rabin 1. Faith - George Michael 2. Dirty Dancing - Soundtrack Pilar Radillo 3. Hysteria - Def Leppard F- "' AIW r C 21 WE Julie Rainey 4. Kick - INXS 5. Bad - Michael Jackson w.,, Vr r.- 6. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses 1 , Herminio Ramierez 7. Out of the Blue - Debbie Gibson a L] [ Maria L. Ramirez 8. Richard Marx - Richard Marx A Ramiro 9. Tiffany - Tiffany N; :-- -I Mirna , 10. Permanent Vacation - Aerosmith I :., , IF Jose A. Ramos, Jr. Lis 4,x r 5 Rebecca Ramos ifi lij e-4 Dorna Ramsay W.~ d' Linell Ramsay ILI Natan Finifter Rapoport 4w-vp-/-,T 4r-. r 'I' IF,.1 I: Fern R. Rawis _ V!KtbF I i 1V711 7T 4 &~Antonio Re iL~ _i r . I I-oI Allen B. Redmon Darma Redondo .31 'IA kkLmqq Laura Redondo .": I f i 40" "' ' ---m L Norris Redondo W I Arlene Regulus I -- L ". rd Sandra D. Reid I Winston G. Reid IF- lIN &Ai Amy Reiff .J A6.1,-;; -- 5_ Marta H. Reily :AJ r I, i- Ron Rendina R . I aI" ! ., Dana R. Renuart Wild Thing Rythym is gonna get you. .r a mr-- I -A Ed Restani An enthusiastic dancer gives it his all on stage at the A student is posessed by the Latin beat at Calle v~ L Caribbean Festival. Ocho. /. Albert Rey 1 T rA ' Eduardo Rey Rey PR!do 176 Seniors Seniors 177 LI Reyes - Rueger "' Jose L. Reyes IF-I'm rai Lisette Reyes Paul Reyes -~7 1 I -A ,a, ., L'Adrianna Riano rIF I A; y Edward R. Rice >. icense Plate Kevin D. Richards :jq- Program Begins Jeffrey A. Richman V Alj Gloria Rico IkA Maria Ricon T-W i + How would you like to show your support for our Claudio Riedi I. university? Well, interested alumni and friends looking Sylvia C. Riera for ways 10: W.- 1- -12 to contribute to the growth of the university LY irs Maria Teresa Rincon 'A I are encouraged to participate in the College License -m "" + Steve Rings Plate Program. The program, initiated by the state I r - , I. Martha Patricia Rivas legislature in 1987, allows universities in the Florida State University System to sell license plates with their } ti eC school insignia to interested alumni, friends and suppor- Lori A. Robillard ters. Richard A. Robinson "It's a great way to promote school spirit , and Susan E. Robshaw 144 recognition while at the same time bring in needed Olga Rodriguez-Block lrl 4 -ullm 1.~: funds for scholarships and other worthy projects," says Catherine Rodriguez -- I :' 1 U-1 President Modesto A. (Mitch) Maidique. Elizabeth Rodriguez I I : A portion of the proceeds from the license plate Eva Rodriguez IW" Proceeds will go to charge will be a tax-deductible donation to the FlU scholarships and ' Foundation and will be used for scholarships and other L '7 I iii!/lai ll university needs. Gloria M. Rodriguez 1 ca projects, so show xI Whena vehicle owner renews a license plate, the Irene L. Rodriguez 'a spirit. 1I'y your school initial cost for a collegiate plate is $30 above the regular Jose Rodriguez registration fee. In subsequent years, the cost will be k V,-- r v Juan Rodriguez F r T , $27 in addition to the registration fee. When a valid N-. aA fl- I Juan Manuel Rodriguez Im -" !icense plate is returned and replaced by a collegiate :_ Lourdes Rodriguez 4;~ I vz- plate, the cost is $36.75. Special personalized plates Manuel Rodriguez 11 LU- p are available at an extra cost. Plates for the other eight _o-I state universities are also available through ,_ the Collegi- -, ate License Plate Program. Maria Rodriguez - Pablo Rodriguez -e fi I6$ t Raul Rodriguez W i '' E: ,r ,.--. L i M. Raymar Jose Rodriguez a 4 FH a Rosa Rodriguez a wl. I I 1- 1++j r at Tyrone Rodriguez 4 as I - 14 iv~ Yt. A Elizabeth Roebuck - -4, IL I' . M Eileen Roge Ir i,. ' ' FLORIDA Ruby Rogers :,; I :: Ah 4,- , Tflnh"1-r Dania Roig-Puentes ,.im Fri a C'. °M t1 = Albert Romano, Jr. a _.: L q ! E. ! 9~.: U Raul Romero E -W ;' Fx ; &I 'rJ I " LL Lauren Roper .. J- . L Irl,I, Isis Rosello -d a. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL a ULa A I ii t UNIVERSITY Marcia D. Rosenberg fli Beth Rosenthal- H-ow cool! Cherie Ross 1rA A', sw Students can now show their Deborah Ross pride for our university by pur- chasing I .~ a license plate with the Evelio Rubiella I. .. school's insignia. Wanga U. Rubisja LA,~ . Eric Rueger & ,A N - " 1 E L',.Y 178 Seniors AWA"j i !d Seniors 179 I _- - ; , Ruiz FRAN I 1 _ , - Silverberg C.v. Estela M. Ruiz I>..Io' r __ ,aJtI ; L a i " ,alpTlrA _,;; Maria Ruiz " TW ,4. W, Nancy M. Ruiz _" V- !'re =. Janet Sailer U It- - i~v n 'ur iwn "a Carka Salazar Marta C. Salazar 7-,d I ' Alfonso Salcines v.;- Il r Jorge Salgueiro Do you find living away from home any different as Bill G. Saltes Yva Salvant compared to if you did not live at home? Do you have , more freedom and responsibilities? Is it a one of a kind I C Desiree Sanabria I A. """ W, _.._ experience? r- 1 ' t Ivonne S. Sanchez-Ledo Well here are some of the replies students gave when V- Altj Alfredo Sanchez kia they were asked this question. Ana M. Sanchez Y. I I don't think there is much difference between living at * ,, home and on campus, because I still live at home and I M have my freedom and can do as I please.I I don't think Ivan V. Sanchez .ern Iwo Liddora Sanchez I'm missing out on very much. = ' w~,, Liliana Sanchez Jose Abreu, junior WYE * W :w In terms of freedom, you won't have to answer to 7' Lourdes Sanchez L.. rNg-; T ~ tel Maria Sol Sanchez FI, anyone when you have been out late all night. You have ,{ ' . I~rn , - R"i fq more responsibilities. I live at home and don't mind. I Placido Sanchez am used to it. It's only a half an hour away from here. If I Tania Sanchez Life's a beach. w Judging from the big smile that ' wanted to be in any sororities, clubs, etc., I can still join ' I~LrL~djA is on Maria Diaz's face, it is them. Living at home has nothing to do with it. II', Vivian Sanchez obvious that she does not think Maria Diaz, junior that she is missing out on any I used to live in New York, but I moved down here to go Natalia Sanjuan real big experience even though Carmen Santamarina she still lives at home. to college. I really like it here; it's better than New York. 4 Living with my dad is just like living with a roommate. I -, Silvio R. Santana I' 'i have my freedom. I don't know if I'm going back to New 111--* - t 440" A Richard A. Santelises - . -Map W... York when I'm finished. It depends on what kind of job 7' . Brian R. Scanlon offers I get here. 40 Im y £. Aymara R. Schmidt The added Michael Arias, junior responsibilities that Lisa R. M. Schmidt students have as a . "_: r. . Kurt R. Schneck result of living II Soledad Schneegans away from home R e F. t @' Judy A. Scholl enable them to tackle Traci Ann Scott n! I I any obstacle without W" iniA Nereyda Segui rLr _ a problem. .'i Christine Seno pr YKdI )a L *M 4rtj2-- ~ Marie E. Seraphin rpm Brenda Serns Martine Severe ir a a1 1--), ! r4 4 ' Mark Severino I ] I ,Sb .v rte Mohammad S. Shad Lileth Sharpe $- Kathleen Sheridan Iv " JV /1 A 'a A Mu Elizabeth Shidiak .pL.w '. Abdul Ghani Sidani r r Michael Andrew Sierra . - r , If.. hl -2I vr,7M-r . - Victoria Susanne Sigg v-. 1 F~lln , \ . 4 ., t - Steven K I " j 1 Silberglied Do you really want I m to know? 4. LA ""A2 Javier S. Silva According to junior, Michael Arias, living with his dad is like living with a i, !. law roommate. 71 Jeffrey Silverberg 180 Seniors I ts. r'? II.V, MI., Seniors 1811 W-- 0,. :I Simon - Temkin Fr WMI"- I Jacobo J. Simon .,.,, "tj Lourdes Simon i lr pk F, :. ', Y u' 'in' tori Maria Sirvas }. - - I :ti]E Stacy Sloan Ski L'i] , A _ -,d Richard Wayne Sloop : :e.. r Y Victoria Small -m W-A Alicia Smith m anh IcnlooI r Smith '4 W Amy-Terese I For many students school and work went hand-in- Charles J. Smith for their education, these students I i L 1 hand. In order to pay Joce M. Smith f - had to work. It was not always easy to balance but , r r"Ir T.'. ";'_ 4<. Many students have proved Shirley Smith OKI somehow it had to be done. L ' ; to be a success at such an endeavor, but they just have Sophia Sniman i : Man-Yin So not been noted for their high achievements, until now. 4 For Daniel Greisel, a twenty-four year old Finance Perla Sole major, work was a principal part of school. Greisel and L _ fa In his cousin, Steve Schwart, another graduate, opened Jeffrey R. Sollanek the Hot Doggin about five months ago in the University from University Park. Luis H. Somoza Al Shopping Center across WI I The business and the FIU degree are dreams come Cesar R. Sordo ,x I R - true, Greisel says. zI 1 Richard Soto %r-- ME ..yy -Ai "I have always wanted to own my own business," Flavio B. Souza-Campos Greisel says as he stands behind the counter of his hot Students succeed at I dog eatery. "And I always wanted to get an education Phyllis A. Spell v Richard W. Spellman , endeavors that they ' - I have done both." 4 ILjj of. Greisel thinks running a business while attending can be proudc ik A 4 KmI Li WPM' school was not the hardship it may seem to be. The two Donald G. Spencer enhanced each other, he says. F-7' We are able to apply what we learned in class - how Joseph Spitzer 4 M product, Robert Standers to do marketing surveys so we can target our 91 figure our overhead and know what our fixed costs are," I ,° Esther Stansu i - irI Wtilli Greisel says. "The education gave us an advantage in Joanna Stawicka 1 - w-V T i business over people who just strike out without any Aviva Stein rn background." Merrit Storr F:I " fiAli r, 1,:17 1 Victoria Streppone 7 Annie Strouts Fix? 'P h Edward A. Stucke, Jr. f r~-'I--- A Barbara Leslie Suarez V.' f~* pR 'u "' :i - Benigno Suarez K 4 R! / --4 Jorge Suarez '1 "Ij for DOGGIE Ricardo Suarez k i I t(A ;: Mirta Sucena ,~ ~so. Leonard Sullivan Habibie Sumargo I r w., . , /' j f, } W Janice S. Swinton ' cst , R _K L. .W _Ir7,'*i r, , ,ti Marisela A. Tabares L.-' *I a . 17 A I Luis Taborda r 6 -- jo -TIV Yasuko Tanabe M .A-Ni A ... U -- i ,1 Lorraine Tang-Yuk Congratulations are in or Paul R. Tansey der. In spite of the many obstacles Maria A. Taraboulos r that he faced while attending Entrepreneur on hand. Teresa C. Taylor college, graduate Patrick Scott Daniel Greisel is able to give a smile ;M can say that he overcame those Yvette Tejeda 1 --- since he successfully opened a busi- - =- !A I obstacles and was able to earn a ness with his cousin. Pretty soon, he'll L l'. Carlos Telleria III i degree in English. have a chain of businesses all over the Daniel E. Temkin r - ; world! 182 Seniors U seniors 183 - M ' Orranooch Thaveepin-Udom 1<,. Spiro Theodoroponlos Dwayne A. Thomas -- t .,ry119 .o Eddie Jose Thomas ey Mister, can you spare a Ty w-- _ v .. Michael Thomas Dime? Julie M. Thompson x, Robert Thompson, Jr. x;Fo4': O. I-A 4 2djIAI 4 I . Buddy Thornton I WWI197 Juanita Tichy Evellen Ticknor The total cost for school tuition, parking decal, ;i I 4 I ;- Stephan Titleman books, rent, food, gas, etc. adds up so rapidly, that at a w4 ': blink of an eye, money disappears. 00* .:- Amparo M. Toledo This is an everyday occurrence in the life of a college Kenneth Toms College x 00 yt a student. It goes with being a mature, young adult living Iw't Sabina Tonarelli students on his own. Did you know that the average cost of: IL TUITION ...... $12000 I often find OFT Pamela H. Toomer BOOKS ...... $ 250.00 r~ ,a z:,try Matthew Torchia PARKING DECAL ...... $ 26.50 F t h e m - GAS FOR A WEEK... .. $ 15.00l ;. .. Maria Macarena Toro sri 4 BURGER AND FRIES.. $ 3.00 I P - 72 Olga Torra s e lv e s MOVIE...... 5.50 :i Rafael Torras DINNER FOR TWO... $ 38.00 ._ Bridget Torres-Laroche AUTO INSURANCE...... $1100.00 j. W p in ch in g T-SHIRT ...... $ 8.00 ,"I Jose G. Torres ... $ 8.00 ml pennies in ALBUM . L, !tNkl A _ 1 order to get 77 + I Benigna Torviso-Marko e 4 ' A Lourdes Trenzada by. r Claudia E. Trilles pFk I _a ,,. rw F 1 I a e Elizabeth F. Tritt ,- ! Estrellita Tromp -. -!I LV-- I Walquiria Trujilla W Miriam T. Tur .l.. 1W W11a FI, 1 t TN Jill,, t E L Anthony J. Turner IF- : k # f ' Paul A. Tyson : Naseer Uddin rc , <.! I 7:;' Sarwar Uddin t ' , 'r ww KIAJm Adam Underwood MEL. F-+,v *1 -I i i -14 Susan K. Underwood ., ._. _ .: ., 1. ...,. 44 A. Unger .1 w Ronald Is k \ Cigdem Ural Derin N. Ural w +c" Maria Rosa Uria -- M Stacy A. Urlich -19a / Stephen J. Urso _ ./'0- .m>. 691.1, Steven C. Urso w r7 Roberto Valcarce -i r._ .,. p RA :s ' Jesus Valderrama ul Jorge Alberto Valdes Eloisa Valencia -I 4' W-1, r- Al. - r-. IA, T~it Silvio G. Valencis Tom. 'l - IF Teresa A. Valentine-Smith You want how much for this book? Students, particularly Freshmen. /'' .°i Anthony Valino are often shocked at the high prices of their college textbooks. -" 1 1 '" Carol N. Van Horen f ) 184 ., 185 -y P mI Van Zee - Wong, H. ', f !w Wendy N. Van Zee a .-. IWE Iliana Varona rj j , i'm Romen L. Vasquez tW k I te Katherine r I IF_ p }a Lena Vaulk v U r 'erteci EV. wr, - " ' V I Betsy Vazquez i-- L ;a Jaime Vazquez [-A 1: ,,,,ka Rosa Vazquez is I~ i 1 late Boris A. Vega _" Mehrdad Vejdani I7rrT "' k e Have you ever dreamed of what your perfect date Carlos A. Velasquez { r would be like? Whether it's a candlelight dinner or . Fp -;, Gloria M. Velazquez T IL dancing the night away, each person has his own image , , ~"UL!~u I of what constitutes a perfect date. Garrett Vendena ,- 7A - 11S.. U,- Various students were asked what their ideal date Carlos Vera /'19I -" Elina M. Verdecia 1 b, I would be like. These are the replies that they gave. / My perfect date is a candlelight picnic at the beach .- , r . fl eating honey chicken and take-out Chinese food. Robert Vesschemoet ,. -._ .. Marcia Monserrat, senior Dana Vicnneau k- WM- , -~s My ideal date will consist of going out in a fast car, like a Liset Vigil Porsche. We'll have dinner somewhere off-beat, maybe p. iI A Adriana Villa I; '"'3 01~ Chinese food and using chopsticks - something differ- ti I T- -U Fw Robert Villano kI i-) - IM ent or off the wall. Juan Villar Lr +' We'll have it at the airport and watch the planes take 1011 w Li- A night in heaven. Isabel Villarnovo -i5 off. Then we will walk off dinner at Bayside. If she is not Y WA Only willing to settle for the ' toot tired, we'll go clubbing or something, then have L L IiA llll I A, Lee Lucretia West 17.::. _ Katherine Whalan =. = S'f ~Ir~ T.W. Whitton r- , M. Jill Wien - " 0 Gerald A. R. Wight w j x r-", t : G.I Colette Williams 'a Everton A. Williams 1 I /~I 1 iA i A Kimberly Williams -~ - i_ Patrick D. Williams i Catherine Wilson "I I -4 M. Dalois Wimberly f--+ ....' . o LV~i - You don't say. Lisa Windish i -- I ; ! According to Yvonne Petit, for a date to be perfect, it .i~. ; Chris Wong-Sang 'p f, . , \ k; doesn't have to be something extravagant. Dinner or Harriet Wong ., a movie is fine, just as long as she has fun with her 186 Seniors :. Ipart""". Seniors 187I L- w iR Garrastacho - Goodluck 'p, P I r7 y Hungquiu Wong rI Nicola Wong tudents Triumj T3 .. rI Tony Wong Jamie L. Wood f: , C_ ! t Rhonda Worley a? RIF7 :.y Jennifer Wu %J E - 4- in I A Metzeler Xaviere Paaeants 4,4, )71w, . ,''i L % Tracee Yablan Cesar Yabor Two students will be in the limelight when they represent 3! Er' ,; .. , ILr Rene H. R. Yacinthe the state of Florida in upcoming national competitions. rt. ", i CFY' k~ ,, , . + LdowL 4. \ Michael Yarberry iiii" For Sandra Joanne Frick and Mercedes Rodriguez, partic- r _I~ ~ ' '~.: ~ ipating in statewide contests was an expression of their " James Yedo c3 ; i& aspirations and interests. And while the two competitions !: Silvia Yelaho may differ, both students both realized personal triumphs I ' Man Yeung by capturing first place in their respective events. In June, Frick became Miss Florida, leading her to I ,,i*iA Nancy C. Yi compete in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City in ;: =L fx ".a Ben-Horin Yizhak September. In May, Rodriguez was named Miss Wheelchair PIP r ;a ., ,. 4 Satsuki Yokose Florida, and next August she will compete in Cincinnati to ,; I I s rj Hassan H. Younes become Miss Wheelchair America. lz - F (,3+ ~ rk Ae Young Yu Rodriguez, a Psychology major entering in her junior . - year, was injured in an automobile accident in 1984 caused °w r Barry Zabielinski by a drunk driver. Damage to her spinal cord left her a z \- x Cynthia Zaldarriaga U < paraplegic, confining her to a wheelchair. Despite her injury, Rodriguez has continued with her studies and devotes a .. __ I- rwi*M A~t1h Madeline Zaldivar Frick and Rodriguez i great deal of time to projects that "make a difference." I am very interested in the Miami Project to Cure , Mylene C. Zaldivar capture 1st place in . Lilliam Paralysis and in getting kids concerned about the serious u 14 Zanatti Ms. Florida and ".4;A dangers of drinking and driving. More than anything else, I T" ' : .. Johnny Zannis i ,q I O 44 Miss Wheelchair I want to change people's conception about disabilities. I ,'; ' " 4r^m Graciela S. Zara %'A I! America pageants, i don't even like that word. In spite of our limitations, we get Diane Zimmerman LJ11 IVl; a the job done - sometimes even more so than peopleI _t. 0 Evelyn respectively. iYj Zpata .iY qr ,-W,I, A -,i i~ Al I' K- W-, .I i ,:' without such limitations. We are people with the same competitions since childhood. Her reason for seeking the 4- °"- . ; w", feelings, hopes, and fears. We're really just like everybody Miss America crown is pragmatic. 1! else." "I need scholarship money for school, and Miss America Rodriguez competed against 12 other contestants for the offers the most," she says, adding that T " the pageant awards t " L : 1I ;A jr 0 title of Miss Wheelchair Florida. She says the event is an a total of $5 million in scholarship money every year. She 51i !tg ik6m l P" h "inner beauty achievement" competition, which seeks an will receive a $10.00 scholarship for Miss Florida and is . individual who will act as a national advocate for disabled vying for a $35,000 Miss dU America scholarship. In addition ..,,..- rights. For the "talent" portion of the competition, she to her studies, Frick operates Head Over Heels, a dance and wm;. ,, E=1. 11 -1A submitted a piece about her work on behalf of The Miami aerobic studio she opened two years ago. Project that ~1 Channel 51-TEL produced for the television "I am just shocked (that I have won)," she says. "I am show "Dia a Dia." She is seeking sponsors to help under- just so ecstatic. It is something I worked so hard for over S,1 r write the cost of her participation in the national competi- the years, and I could not believe it." Ir I tion. Frick is now busy preparing for the Miss America ' .-:A Another project Rodriguez initiated with her friend Susan pageant, fine-tuning her wardrobe and talent presentation, a .1 Kern, a -1-- - . " who suffered a head trauma in an accident caused by jazz ballet piece. She is taking a leave from the University iLM; ) -Ai a drunk driver, was an educational effort about the dangers during the current academic year, but looks forward to ML NI.,'--" of drinking and driving. With the assistance of the Miami returning in 1990. -,, _C chapter of the International Television Association, they "I love FIU," she remarks. "it is a wonderful atmosphere ow produced a public service announcement which has been academically, and I love the teachers. I cannot wait to get r. airing on local television stations. back. But this is going to be a very worthwhile year. I have r- A q "Hopefully, it will make a difference," Rodriguez com- learned that you can accomplish mwl -- i anything you really want : / mented. "Kids will think twice when they see it." to if you set your mind to it. The ingredients are hard work Reach for the gold. Frick, who is an Apparel Studies major but will switch to and determination." Miss Florida winner. Joanne Frick, speaks with President Maidique about her goals and aspirations in life. She is now vying for the Miss America title. Management in her junior year, has been participating in 188 Seniors Seniors 189 U, t4 , RIMa I f:f! U, I Ik u Breaking Away vas . xfix .. I ' W.. A s the year came to a close, many walls were L--"i- A AS, overcome. The Berlin Wall was finally broken r WTI . 1 , ,- rfl ; + ,jq, r Int down, bringing freedom to West Germany. Racial and .f ,. R ?I political barriers among Americans slowly began to 1'f a v X0000, _ YY __ crumble. And last but not least, the wall representing 10,OV* the hardships of college was conquered, bringing free- Ii ,1 i. T 1154 -" 'V I '? _. dom to students. Graduates were now able to venture I, 'A K - f f tl r i . A ' . . out into the real world, where they undoubtedly will ;. .: ii; , ' t zh : 1 'ti' ; " . face many more "walls" in their lifetime. Yet with the W, R : ' ." -'} ..., ., .r. ',' kM 4 3y C' 'i knowledge and experience they gained in college, they p " ly I ' W i ol if they made it this will once again succeed. After all, y i.r V ma NVJ/i far, there's nothing that can hold 'em back now! $1 004 I, - . F~' Ln I,; 14 k" oz ': vj: 'iY_ Z .. ~ ' x WIA li W" d; ,j '.,' FI- Y'' t. .4. > : y:za : . I-4m Taking a break. With all the pressure that a typical college day can bring, students have to %OAU; take advantage of the few rare moments they have to catch up on those precious ZZZ's. Photo by Geoff Bass. - & .i ,... '.T... ; .ice.y j , -- }CMR.3EZi +I 1 We're outta here! Alan Liebman and John Capobianco lead a pack of ecstatic grads after commencement ceremonies. Photo by Darma Redondo. jllia Lla c 190 Closing Closing 191 I s S t S ,b } ~ . ., '_ t AAir - i '' '1 4P COLOPHON Volume 2 of Florida Interna- tional University's FLASH- BACK yearbook was printed by Delmar Publishing Compa- ny, 9601 Monroe Rd., P.o. Box 220025, Charlotte, North Car- FLASHBACK olina, 28222. Byron Kennedy III served as our local Delmar '89 representative. Special thanks go to Byron Kennedy, Dr. Larry Lunsford, Geoff Bass, Anna Athanasiou and Diana Oliva for their help during the final stages of prep- aration. We apologize for the delay in production and hope you thoroughly enjoy this edi- tion of FLASHBACK. 192 Colophon I Ras , . : ' 4J ^ . c k *w S I _ . # .. .. , x ~ ., . I t tr I ~.~e . I . *k e ;° , .., t I - I ,_ ,'rte' 4 r^:"' f1t ; ,,. tlp. ,,: V> 4 ;: ' M .. F . . 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