• RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES Suspect arrested TURKEY'S PRESIDENT URGES STRONGER UM TIES for entering urgut Ozal, president of Turkey, challenged the Uni­ T versity of Miami and the Pearson rooms United States to strengthen ties with Turkey to further the educa­ tional, cultural, scientific and envi­ Intruder not a UM student ronmental resources of both coun­ BY ED PORTER tries. Assistant News Editor Ozal visited UM on Sunday dur­ An unidentified male was arrested Saturday morn­ ing his United States tour. He met ing by University of Miami Public Safety after he wit Turkish students and faculty allegedly entered the rooms of at least four female during a reception at the Faculty students, Michael Gage, Pearson Residential College Club. He was presented with UM's residence coordinator, said. Order of Merit, the highest honor The suspect was arrested in Mahoney Residential the University offers, by Charles College and charged with multiple cases of burglary, Cobb, chairman of the Board of loitering and prowling, Capt. Henry Christensen of Trustees. Cobb said UM has at Public Safety said . A bench warrant for his arrest had least 50 Turkish students and 20 been issued in another state. faculty members of Turkish The suspect entered the rooms of several women descent. in Pearson and sat and observed them while they "Each time I come to the U.S. I slept. visit several universities and give "We were sleeping," Yoshino Kawaiga, a Pearson speeches in those universities," resident, said. "It was 4:50 a.m. I woke up and he was Ozal said, in an effort to unite lying next to my roommate. He touched her legs and American universities and univer­ she woke up. She was very surprised and said, 'Who sities in Turkey. are you?' The man said, 'Excuse me, I'm looking for KC He went into my suite-mates' room and we wait­ UBS PLANS ACTIVITIES FOR ed for about three or four minutes. My suite-mate was BLACK AWARENESS MONTH LIRA DA VILA/ The Hurricane very surprised when he touched her leg and she • HAND IN HAND: Fifty-one University of Miami students and faculty members joined hands and circled Lake Osceola screamed, 'Who are you?' He ran away after that." lack Awareness Month fes­ Gage said the man is not a UM student and that it is tivities organized by United Saturday afternoon during "Hands Across UM." The march, held as a display of unity, was one of the events of ' not known how he got past the security doors and per­ B Black Students began with Kingweek. sonnel which guard the building. opening ceremonies last evening "He might have waited by the door for someone to on the University Center Plaza. come out. We're checking our guest logs to see if The month is designed to someone here knew him," Gage said. increase knowledge and apprecia­ UM students, staff march for unity Robert Redick, director of Residence Halls, said he tion of the black culture, Sheena is waiting for a police report to try to determine how Benjamin, chairwoman of UBS's BY SIMON P. DUVALL the lake at the University Center, half times, chanting and singing "We See page 21 PEARSON Black Awareness Month, said. Associate News Editor while at least 17 Gamma Phi Beta are the World," "It's a Small World" "We want to focus on aware­ Fifty-one University of Miami stu­ sorority sisters began at Eaton Resi­ and other songs. Several more students ness," Benjamin said. "History is dents, staff and faculty members joined and university staff joined along the part of it, but so is the present and dential College and met the other group • REGISTRATION hands and circled Lake Osceola Satur­ near Stanford Residential College. way. the future." day afternoon, in a show of unity and Each week of the month will fea­ diversity as part of "As philanthropy chairman, I asked "I'm a little disappointed that with ture a specific black culture. The the Kingweek cele­ the sorority to come and show our uni­ all the students who live on campus and first focuses on Africa. The second bration. ty," freshman Tanya Coll said. the commuters who live nearby we couldn't have gotten a bigger turnout," Ingold: Friday on the Caribbean culture, then "This is about "We believe in equal rights for African-American week. The last is everyone and we want to show every­ Joanne Nottingham, director of Minori­ me," senior Damian ty Student Support Services, said. a return to the African culture. Silvera said. "I'd body how we feel," senior Kristen Cod- Benjamin said the culture's are cel­ essentially be deny­ el, a Gamma Phi member, said. The march ended at Eaton where ebrated in this order to show the last day to pay ing myself if I didn't 1 Lajuan Meyer, coordinator of King- voyage of the slaves. Andrea Rizzi, a counselor in the participate." Office of Admissions, said she was glad week, thanked everyone for participat­ Wednesday will be "Afrieca Day," Twenty-three ing. will be held from 10:30 a.m. to she participated. people began the "It's an important thing," Rizzi said. "I felt a sense of unity today," Mey­ 2:30 p.m. on the UC Plaza. To "Hands Across University bills accentuate the theme of "Be Afri­ "It shows a real sense of community." er told the marchers. "If you felt it too, UM" march around • Nottingham The group circled the lake one and a take it back with you^,' BY SIMON P. DUVALL can For A Day," food, dances and Associate News Editor an African photo booth will be pre­ University of Miami students will have their classes sented. canceled and will be in jeopardy of having Cane Card Thursday there will be an Afri­ services, including meal plans, cut off if they do not can arts exposition in the UC lower • A CLOSER LOOK: CHEATING complete financial registration by Friday, Scott lounge from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ingold, assistant dean of enrollments, said. As of Monday, 8,789 undergraduates have course COMMUTER NEWSLETTER selected, but only 7,514 have completed financial reg­ NEEDS SUBMISSIONS istration, he said. The figures show 272 fewer students have com­ he Commuter Connection pleted financial registration than by this time last newsletter, written and A QUESTION OF HONOR year, Ingold said. T published by the Depart­ "We're trying to do this as humanistically as possi­ ment of Student Affairs, is current­ need is more references from the me once, but I don't remember it." ble," Ingold said. "We realize financial problems that ly looking for articles and pieces of Although few cases are faculty." The faculty member who discovers people are having, but we also realize the realities of inlormation to be printed in the reported, students and fac-. The Honor Code, which was the Honor Code violation maintains the University. It's frustrating at best." February issue. established in 1986 by student control over the grade assigned to the Last year, 8791 students had sleected courses, and Information about programs, ulty say there is more cheat­ referendum and Faculty Senate and student even if they do turn the student 7786 students financially registered by this date. services and opportunities for com­ ing than you may realize. presidential approval, consists of 13 in. "Even if everything goes the same as last year muter students are the main topics articles traditionally represented on UM "Many teachers take care of students between now and Friday, we're still going to be 272 " of interest. Entries must be sub­ exams as, "On my honor, I have neither they catch cheating on their own, mainly, behind," he said. mitted to the Commuter Student BY JENNIFER RAMACH given nor received any aid on this I think, because usually if a case does Assistant News Editor Last year, the Office of Enrollment Services Affairs Office in UC 209. Deadline examination/assignment.'' reach the Honor Council, it results in dropped the classes of students who did not complete is Feb. 5. he University of Miami has had an Punishments for Honor Code suspension," Jodi Barker, a member of financial registration on the last day of fall semester Commuter Connection will be average of six Honor Code violations can vary from a reprimand to the 1992-93 Honor Council, said. classes. mailed out to over 4000 commuter T violations heard by the Honor public service to expulsion from the "Teachers just fail the student for that Lillian Ser, director of student account services, students during the last week in Council per year since 1986, but Dean of university. course or assignment." urges students to pay or make arrangements to pay as February. Students William Sandler said he thinks Some students said they are not really Thomas Goodman, an assistant soon as possible. For more information contact there are more incidents of cheating than sure what happens if a student gets professor in the English department, said "We've got all sorts of different payment alterna­ Jennifer Willen at 284-6399. professors or students are reporting. caught violating the Honor Code. he prefers to handle Honor Code tives for students," Ser said. "Sometimes students "Sometimes they see people cheating Don't you get a zero or something in violations on his own. Goodman said he feel like they're in a big black hole and all alone. That's and don't turn them in," Sandler said. the class? I have no clue," freshman not the case. It makes it worse for students who wait.