Watch out ^^^^^^^^| Up all night Life after Jimmy Two environmental action groups combine and What do students buy at odd hours of the night? UM is just now recovering from Johnson's momen­ plan to clean up UM's act Only those at XTRA know. tous decision to fiee UM in favor of Dallas. News —pages Accent —pages Sports — pages THE MIAMI Volume 66, Number H38 URRICAN University of Miami ETueeday , Feb. *ft, 1989 Johnson leaves UM badly By DANLEBATARD It all happened so suddenly. Quicker than championships. Gary Stevens can pick up the UM program, you can say "See ya, it's been fun." Quicker Perhaps, judging from everything Johnson dust it off and answer all of those lingering It was only a matter of prime time before than UM's climb to the top. Quicker than has done for the UM program, this should be a questions. No, check that. We can hope for reality reared its head and gobbled up our Dallas' slide to the bottom. Wasn't it just a few time for tribute. Johnson took a 1983 national something else. We can hope Stevens gets the football coach. days ago that Jimmy Johnson had that large championship team and kept it that way for chance to answer all of those lingering The rumors had been hovering over the "can't win the big one" label plastered on his five glorious years, a feat which is easier said questions. University of Miami campus since Jimmy forehead. than accomplished. He recruited well, coached You really can't blame Johnson. The Dallas Johnson's five-year era was still in its infancy. The feelings of shock and betrayal UM fans better and, subsequently, his teams were the opportunity was wrapped in perfection. But they were only rumors, right? We had felt when rumors became reality have worn off best. But the way the whole thing was handled heard hundreds of them. They had never been now, replaced by emptiness. But, you see, memory and memories are was beyond bad, well into the realm of awful. true- I will not miss Jimmy Johnson. Never got equally fleeting. What has Johnson done for us Johnson sneaked into Dallas on the coattails of He wouldn't leave. He couldn't leave He along with him very well. lately? Aside from leaving? And taking all his his millionaire pal Jerry Jones, lurking quietly shouldn't leave. But he was the best strategic college football coaching pals with him? Ah, but yes, Johnson in the shadows as his buddy made the big buy. He did. coach I had ever known. No doubt. And mostly left something else behind aside from the He accepted the Dallas job without telling Ouch. because of him, Miami was just six points and a football team — a huge hole bulging with his players, without telling UM Athletic LEBATARD Jimmy Johnson is gone. And just when bad game against Tennessee from four — question marks. things were getting interesting count 'em, four — consecutive national We can only hope offensive coordinator Please see page ./GOODBYE Past Hurricane coaches Season* Record Pet. Mixed feelings greet coach's departure was too good to pass up. Jimmy Johnson 1984-88 52-9-0 .852 By JORDAN BRESSLER Reaction around campus could be de­ Slaff Writer scribed as mixed, with overall feelings "It's a tremendous upward mobility Howard Schnellenberger 1979-83 41-16-0 .719 of sadness for the University as a for Jimmy. It |his leavingl is personally Lou Saban 1977-78 9-13-0 .409 "It's over." whole, but good tidings for Johnson and very disappointing," McLamore said, These were the words of University hopes for his success in Dallas. adding Johnson's decision to go was un­ Carl Selmer 1975-76 5-16-0 .238 of Miami Athletic Director Sam Jan­ President Edward T. Foote II epito­ derstandable. Pete Elliot 1973-74 11 -11 -0 .500 kovich on Sunday morning at a press mized the typical feeling. At the press conference, Jankovich conference officially announcing the "I'm sorry to see Jimmy go. He did a said he was "saying goodbye to a good Fran Curci 1971-72 9-13-0 .409 end of an era in UM athletics, as Head fine job. He was a good man who friend, but I'm happy for Jimmy and all Walt Kichefski 1970 2-7-0 .222 Football Coach Jimmy Johnson became coached well and gave us lots of happy the coaches who go with him." "former head coach." days," Foote said. Prospective linebacker Pete Preston, Charlie Tate 1964-70 34-27-3 .555 Johnson is leaving UM to take on the James W. McLamore, chairperson of who plans to join the Hurricanes for the Andy Gustafson 1948-63 93-65-3 .587 position of head coach for the Dallas the UM Board of Trustees, said he rec­ Cowboys. ognized the opportunity for Johnson Please see page 3/COACH Hopefuls 1 Students; MSIe declare [or SG live with rats i JORDAN BRESSLER Slaff Writer RHO claims rodents are gone lid some controversy and By ELIZABETH A. KRAMER linging, the candidates for Staff Writer Itudent Government spring 'We've had a few rats, ons were announced Thurs- Students at Mahoney and Pear­ yeah, but I wouldn't call son residential colleges claim rats f total of 42 candidates make have become a serious problem in it a problem.' hree tickets and cover all po­ the complex, but officials at the ns from president to senators University of Miami Residence Rick Yovanovich, , ecific schools. Halls Office say the problem is Mahonay Jie announcement of the three "past history." residence coordinator kets comes on the heels of re- It scrutiny and outcry involv- the ticket system, judged by Residents of the second and ne to give "inside" candidates seventh floors of Pearson and the Students disagreed. unfair advantage, seventh floor of Mahoney say they have seen rats since the be­ Jake Rose, a resident of Pear­ kpokespeople for the three son's seventh floor who put out lets running have revealed ginning of this semester. Students say the furry rodents his own rat trap, said the smell of fir platforms, which contain is- decaying rats was still a problem l as diverse as tuition reform range in size from six-and-a-half to eight-and-a-half inches long. long after the poison had been I campus security, laid out. leading the Synchronicity Dr. Robert Redick, acting di­ «et is presidential candidate rector of residence halls, said on­ Students also disagree with ad­ tin Hudert. Hudert, a sopho- ly "two or three" sightings of rats ministrators who said the rats j>re with no previous SG experi- have been reported this semester. have been eradicated. Many of |ce, said he would like to reform He said traps and poison were put the students, fearing reprisals I way SG works. down within an hour of the sight­ from RHO, requested their names "I stand for the students who ings, effectively eradicating the not be used. m't like what's going on now in pests. I Hudert said, adding he Redick denied any sightings A Mahoney resident assistant ;>uld like to "eliminate a lot of within the last week and a half. said a student complained to him |e red tape" and make SG a Said Dave Leonard, Pearson about a rat less than a week ago, are participatory body. residence coordinator: "The ro­ after RHO officials said the com­ I Hudert also said tuition is "a dent problem is solved." plex was rat-free. In addition, problem" and said he would No rats have been sighted in the some students who live on the kampion reforms to improve the past two weeks, Leonard said, second floor of Pearson and some •rrent structure. and response to the previous in­ desk assistants in the building say |Currently, Synchronicity has festation was immediate. they still hear "scrabble noises" r sin candidates — Hudert and Jo- — as if the rodents are scratching pph Zager, the vice presidential Rick Yovanovich, residence co­ — in the walls. andidate. ordinator at Mahoney, said he An incident report filed Friday heard of only two rat sightings. Mark Buenafe, a Mahoney RA, /ith Public Safety charged Hu- Said Yovanovich, "We've had a said a rat iived in his room earlier ert with setting off a false fire few rats, yeah, but I wouldn't call this year. It took five days for an llarm at the Rathskeller. it a problem." exterminator to come, he said. Hudert declined comment on Buenafe had to buy the traps, he |he incident, which will now go He said the problem was partly said, and they were not very ef­ William Sandler, acting dean MICHAEL DtBARUStatl Photographer caused by students who left food fective, he said. of students, for action. out in their rooms, he said. C. Dean Furman, current Strike one! RHO officials say the problem Buenafe said the rat was speaker pro-tempore of the SG also stems from students leaving snapped into the trap within 24 Christina Barefoot, playing for the Mahoney Mommas, swings and misses during hours. The rodent had entered Senate and presidential candidate a Sports Fest softball game. See page 8 for more on the weekend tournament. trash in the hallways and stuffing peer the Impact ticket, said he garbage behind the ceiling tiles. through a six-inch hole in the vants the University of Miami to wall, he said. ftecome a more involved and However, Matthew Mitchell, nore spirited campus. Foote: UM won't cut ties with WIOD who lives on the second floor of Residence halls officials say the "One thing we want to do is Pearson, said the only time trash delay in Buenafe's case may have fight and win the war on apathy, sume proportions that it doesn't lies in the hallway is when the which has become cliche on cam­ University of Miami President reputation of the University.