Home-grown talent Supreme courts A recent Mozart opera featured three alumni of the UM The 15th-ranked Lady Canes go up against three School of Music. Top-10 teams at the Schiff Center this weekend. Accent — page 6 Sport 4 — page 9 IIMIUTPSITV nr ,.i»,1L ff§ 2 mo LIBRARY., THE MIAMI 'ics.d fVf Volume 67, Number 29 URRICANE Friday, February 2, 1990 Leaders suggest Class tuition times protest change Parking problems By MICHAEL R. MORRIS Players turn Associate News Editor add to decision A group of concerned students has produced a list of demands con­ cerning the usage of the increased on Mark Light By MAUREEN McDERMOTT tuition. At Wednesday's Student Insight Editor Government Senate meeting, along with the demands came the decla­ By CHRISTOPHER J. RINGS The University of Miami is going ration of a series of protests against Sportr: Editor back to the past. The fall semes­ the proposed increase. The pro­ ter's scheduling allows a return to tests are to begin on Valentine's the customary oversleeping of 8 Day, said protest organizer and SG ake the starting nine from last season's Uni­ a.m. classes instead of this year's President Troy Bell. versity of Miami baseball team, which went innovative 8:30 a.m. start. "We are mourning the death of 49-18 and made it to the College World Series, "I had to promise the deans we affordable tuition. We are mourn­ and subtract all those now playing professional would not tinker with this [sched­ ing the death of financial aid," said Tball . ule] again," said Vice Provost Dr. Bell. Ross Murfin. In the last two years, The demands focus on two areas: What you've have left is catcher Chris Hirsch, UM has experimented unsuccess­ room and board, and general Uni­ UM's only returning starter as the Hurricanes fully with class start times and a versity concerns. open the 1990 regular season against Seton Hall Tuesday/Thursday free period at In the area of room and board, at 7:30 tonight at Mark Light Stadium, lunchtime when no classes were there are three demands. The first Hirsch, who hit .242 last year with two home scheduled. concerns meal plans and itself con­ runs and 24 RBIs, is the leader of a largely-inex­ In the fall, UM will return to the tains three points. way the semester was set up in • The University should raise perienced ballclub, said Coach Ron Fraser. He 1987. Classes will begin at 8 a.m. the cash amounts on the meal cards might as well be. every day with 12 sections on Mon­ without an attendant raise in food With the exception of junior second baseman days, Wednesdays and Fridays and prices, have an open meal plan Mike Tosar, Hirsch's 100 games in a UM uni­ nine sections on Tuesdays and available at no extra expense and Thursdays. Also, no class will be allow commuter students to have a form total twice as much in experience as anyone scheduled between 4:20 and 5 p.m. meal plan that costs the same as the else on the 1990 squad. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. meal plan offered to residents. "We lost eight starting position players and Murfin said the 8:30 a.m. classes • The second demand requests two first-round recruits," Fraser explained. "It caussad U»r Maaafl asagaaajaa adjustIIIR the hours of operation of promises to be a competitive year with the key of the adminstration. employees the dining service. being the team concept. Everyone is going to and some faculty are expecteid to • The last demands increased have to contribute." arrive for work. speed and quality of dorm mainte­ But just exactly who is everyone? The depar­ According to Dr. Thompson trig­ nance. gers, associate dean of enrollment, There are nine general demands. ture of pitchers Alex Fernandez, the only first- administrators had hoped more stu­ These demands vary in scope and round draft choice to bypass the pros for college dents would take classes beginning range from tuition and parking to ball since 1979, and Joe Grahe, which together at 8:30 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. registration. formed, according to Fraser, was "the best one- Increased enrollment would have • There should be no increase in two punch in college baseball", has as much to do maximized general purpose class­ parking fees for two years. with the preseason doubt as the all-new lineup, room utilization in the Learning • The administration should put Center and the Memorial Class­ up matching funds for a proposed leave a huge gap in an already shallow pitching room building. parking garage. rotation. Bob Fuerst, director of academic "Our pitching is by far our short suit," Fraser services, said classroom utilization • There should be a rolling remained at 75 percent with the tuition plan. said. "We were counting on Alex Fernandez to time change. • A commuter lounge should be pull us through, but now, well, what's done is Fuerst said time blocks wth 100 placed in the Memorial Building. done ... He said if [the pros] didn't work out he'd percent general classroom utiliza­ • A federal credit union should come back to Miami." tion are 9:30,10:30 and 11:30 a.m. be established. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri­ • The sixth item demands full Fraser will try to patch up the rotation with days and at 9:55 a.m., 11:20 a.m. registration services during the newcomer Shawn Purdy, a junior college trans­ and 12:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and weekend. fer who pqsted a 2.23 ERA with 91 strikeouts in Thursdays. • Seventh comes a demand for Biggers said the changes were interest to be paid on Cane Cards. Please see page S/PREVIEW approved by the deans of UM's col­ • The eighth demand requires leges, schools and the Faculty Sen­ Please see page 2/PROTE ST ate in January. Commuter students: Let us participate in Sportsfest events to help control the weekend activities. By ERICK JOHNSON Apartment area residents want to play, too Fitzgerald noted that Sportsfest distinguishes the Staft Writer residential colleges from the rest of the University For many University of Miami students, Sportsfest those who have money from those who do not. community. '90 promises to be a weekend of fun, excitement and those who live in on-campus apartments and fraternity "There are certain events the colleges feel should unity. houses. Students living in the residential colleges pay a However, Sportsfest is not open to everyone this fee for the event upon registration. year due to the unexpected high participation rate, said be unique to their college," he said. However, for non-residential college students, this John Fitzgerald, master of Hecht Residential College Supersports, a similar event held in October for all weekend might be no different from others. "It is not an elitist event," said Bob Wyner, Sports­ fest coordinator. "The purpose of Sportsfest is to fos­ who helped organize the event. Fitzgerald expects registered students, was geared toward commuter Sportsfest, a weekend of athletic and non-athletic approximately 2,000 students will participate in the students and those living in the apartments. The one- competition that begins today between the five resi­ ter spirit among the residential colleges." Next year's 8 percent increase in room and board weekend, up from last year's 1,500. He added that the day event featured seven activities compared to dential colleges — Eaton, Hecht, Mahoney, Pearson Sportsfest Committee is considering eliminating some and Stanford — is not open to commuter students or rates have made some fear Sportsfest will separate Please seepage ^/SPORTSFEST Student won't press charges Coca-Cola CEO Stanford, "It's not worth the hassle," ByTODDCLINE said Dewing. "It [simple battery] Pearson Statt Writer was a misdemeanor and he has no details success record, so it would probably be Sophomore Jay Dewing said dropped in two seconds." New Coke taught lessons get new Monday evening he has decided Dewing said he has been con­ not to press criminal charges tacted by the UM athletic depart­ Rosemary Helenbrook, assistant against University of Miami quar­ ment, which is also investigating By MAUREEN McDERMOTT director of executive development terback Craig Erickson. the incident, and they had been Insight Editor programs and coordinator of the masters lecture series, said she was pleased Dewing filed a complaint last cooperative during the process. Coke is it. Take it from Roberto By MICHAEL R.MORRIS Friday with the Coral Gables Dewing said he hopes Erickson C. Goizueta, chairman of the board with the standing room only crowd. Police Department alleging will receive some form of punish­ and chief executive officer of The "We do have a responsibility to Associate News Editor Erickson punched him four to five ment from the athletic depart­ Coca-Cola Company which strives these people who have no real need The president's office of the Uni­ ment. versity of Miami has named two times in the face at the Rathskel­ "to serve a changing marketplace to come here," Helenbrook said. new masters for residential colleg­ ler the previous night. At that "That would be good; I want and sustain double-digit growth "They are not paid." es beginning in fall 1990. time, Dewing said he planned to him to get more than a slap on the into the next century." In the 1980s, Coca-Cola's soft Drs. Edward Baker III and Benji- talk to the Dade County State's wrist," Dewing said. "I want him "When our current management drink sales volume doubled, net Goizueta man Webb will be the new masters Attorney about the possibility of to get more than 'Don't do it team took the helm in 1981, we income tripled, the price of com­ of Stanford and Pearson Residen­ pressing criminal charges; how­ again.'" were blessed with a company that mon stock increased from $11 to zueta believes the desire for- tial Colleges, respectively.