ROAD WARRIORS TATTOO OF THE WEEK The UM men's basketball leam has This new feature, for and of UM stu­ won two Big East road games in a row, dent, debuts today in Accent, page 9. FRIDAY their first two ever. Sport, page 12. JANUARY 20, 1995 VOLUME 72, NUMBER 26 DUVfitlTY OF ¥1*1*1 JAN 2 01995 RESERVE fJRRICANE AN ACP HALL OF FAME NEWSPAPER NEWS Erickson leaving for NFL BRIEFS Decision CINEMA DEDICATION UM officials are SET FOR FEBRUARY looking at a new to leave The Bill Cosford Cinema will hold its official dedication ceremony at 7 p.m. Feb. 23, in honor of late film critique pro­ plan to clean up fessor Bill Cosford. Miami The movie theater has been under con­ struction since August, said Gayle Remer, Lake Osceola and assistant to Dr. Robert Hosmon, assistant dean of the School of Communication. 'difficult' Approximately 110 of the Cinema's keep it clean 232 seats have been sold. The seats, By LIAM FITZGERALD which sold for both $100 and $500 to Sports Edilor help pay for the reconstruction. Each seat Following the University of that is sold will have permanent brass Miami's third straight bowl game plates on them with the names of donors. defeat, Dennis Erickson decided the time had come to leave South Remer said approximately $15,000 has Florida and return to his native been raised. state of Washington. "We would really love to sell every seat On Thursday, Jan. 12, at a press in the cinema," Remer said, adding that conference in Palo Alto, Calif, the seats are available "until the last seat Cleaning where he was preparing to coach is sold." the East in the annual East-West Cosford, the cinema's namesake, was Shrine game, Erickson was named the Miami Herald movie and cultural crit­ the head coach of the NFL's Seattle ic and an adjunct professor of film cri­ Seahawks, which is just 30 miles tique for 14 years. from his hometown of Everett, Wash. Seahawks President David —MADELINE BARO Behring. said Erickson's contract is for four years with a one-year ESCORT SERVICE the option while his salary would be UP about $5 million over five seasons. RECEIVES CRITICISM "This was a very difficult deci­ sion that I vacillated on and did not Campus safety and security has become make a final decision on until last an issue of importance to many students night [Jan. \\]," Erickson said at following recent episodes of theft, vandal­ the press conference. ism and sexual assault. He added, "The opportunity to go In response, Jim Helms, Campus on to the NFL in my home area is Security coordinator, has been visiting something I had to consider. It's a residential colleges to speak of the escort great challenge at the highest level service's benefits, and to encourage stu­ MESS of coaching. In the end, I felt this dent opinion on possible modifications of By FERNANDO BATTAGLIA was best for myself and my fami- Ihe service. Editor in Chief ly" The escort service, which accommo­ This is first in a series of articles aboul During his six-year tenure at dates approximately 30 people per night, the environment and the University of has recently been receiving criticism by Miami. some students in regards to the prompt­ oor Lake Osceola. The University of See ERICKSON, page 12 ness of Ihe escorts. Miami's artificial lake is being invad­ "We have two carts available and sev­ Ped from all sides. Buildups of silt, the eral foot escorts," said Helms. "Usually it proliferation of harmful weeds and improp­ takes about five to 10 minutes for the er drainage have all contributed to the lake's escort lo reach Ihe destination. However, dark, grimy look. Even the ducks who wan­ the foot escorts take a little longer, about der the lake's shores are getting into the act. SEAN HEMMERLE / Photo Editor 10 to 15 minutes." The University is reviewing plans for Helms said the student escorts are pro­ cleaning-up the lake with the help of UM LAKESIDE REFLECTIONS: Lake Osceola is one of the more visible landmarks of UM. cessional and usually prompt. However, faculty and staff as well as outside consul­ Making its beautification a priority. some students differ in their opinion of tants. In the past five years, UM has spent Ihe program. number of ducks is so high, the waste mater­ $75,000 to clean up the lake. One of the ial produced by the fowl has become a sig­ In one case, freshman Trisha Ali said measures the University had taken to nificant addition to the sediment that accu­ she was told that an escort would meet improve the lake was to add fertilizer, but mulates at the bottom of the lake. her at the Metrorail station in approxi­ that measure created more problems. mately 10 to 15 minutes. After having Recently, several measures were taken to waited for over 20 minutes, she called improve the lake that seem to be working. again, only to learn that the escorts had come to the station, but could not cross The Problems "Any drainage from Ponce de Leon Blvd. because it was Lake Osceola's history goes back to the against policy. beginnings of the University. A section of "I wish that they had at least told me the canal running through the University Coral Gables [that that they were there so I could have property was dug out to create the lake. The SEAN HEMMERLE / Pholo Edilor crossed the street," said Ali. lake itself is part of the Coral Gables SEAN HEMMERLE / Photo Edilor ends up in the lake], SEATTLE-BOUND: Former UM Waterway, and that in itself has been the Head Coach Dennis Erickson will cause of many problems. THE ENEMY?: The waste of Moskovi ducks has contributed to the lake sediment build­ we [the University] coach the Seahawks next year. All chemicals that are dumped into the up in Lake Osceola. waterway eventually wind up in Lake WEATHER Osceola. All the drainage that ends up in the installed aerators keep the water at the bot­ feel." waterway also ends up in the lake. tom moving, hopefully breaking up some of Payoffs TODAY "Any drainage from Coral Gables [that the sediment buildup in the process, accord­ ends up in the lake], we [the University] ing to Ken Wolfe of Aquajet, a contractor LINDA FARMER SUNNY feel," said Linda Farmer, director of the UM hired by the University to help in the lake's still under HIGH:84 Undergraduate Marine Science program. cleanup. director of the UM Undergraduate Most of the silt, chemicals and sediment Probably the strangest problem the lake LOW:75 built up by the waterway gets deposited in has to deal with is the proliferation of Marine Science Program investigation the lake if there is not enough circulation to Moskovi ducks along its shores. Since the By LIAM FITZGERALD SATURDAY: SUNNY, 83-78 Sports Editor SUNDAY: PARTLY CLOUDY, 81 -71 Allegations of improper cash payments to University of Miami MONDAY: RAIN, 80-72 players are still under investigation. Following a six-month investiga­ Moss appointed to Canal committee tion into numerous allegations against the University of Miami INSIDE football program. The Miami Herald uncovered alleged wrong­ NEWS Former UM dean will work toward a doings in need of resolution. In the first of two articles in late • SG President Adam August December during Orange Bowl week, The Herald alleged that UM delivers the State of the smooth transition in control of canal linebacker coach Randy Shannon, University Address. Page 2 By LOUIS FLORES 1982. Panama to attend committee canal," said Munoz. "I think who played at Miami from 1984- Assistant News Edilor Moss said the purpose of the meetings, he said he will continue nobody is better for the job. We 88, knew that money pots were Ambler Moss, professor of committee is to suggest ways to teaching graduate level courses in are proud of him." given to players when Shannon was a graduate assistant coach in OPINION international studies and director both nations on how they can international studies. of the North-South Center, was ensure a careful transition in man­ According to Curtis, Moss's "With proper man­ 1991. • Check out the new and recently appointed to the Panama agement and control ofthe Canal. students have much to gain from Former Hurricanes Martin Patton Canal Consultative Committee by "My appointment is not perma­ his expertise in foreign affairs and agement, transition and Todd Seiple said Shannon col­ improved Miami Hurricane. President Bill Clinton. nent, and I don't get paid for it, his unique position on the Panama of control should be lected from former Miami players Page 4. "I follow the affairs of the but most presidential commis­ committee. in the NFL and awarded those who region, and I think the canal is in sions work this way," said Moss. "He's been involved personally, very smooth and suc­ played well in a given game. excellent shape," Moss said. Gerald Curtis, associate director and he can add another dimension Shannon, The Herald reported, "With proper management, transi­ of Latin American Studies, said to the classroom and fascination cessful. " denied the allegations, adding that ACCENT tion of control should be very issues concerning the canal are for students," Curtis said he had no knowledge of the money • The Beaux Arts Festival smooth and successful." still important to the U.S. ('urns Sarah Munoz, Moss's adminis­ pots. The White House announced said he also expects a smooth trative assistant, said she supports AMBLER H.