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Dorsey tops record books in tough win

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UM puts up big 4th quarter

to beat WVU

For most of Saturday’s game, the Miami Hurricanes put together an effort that threatened to cost them their chance at another undefeated season. Over the final part of the contest, though, the ‘Canes again showed why they are the defending national champions.

The Hurricanes defeated West Virginia, 40-23 in Morgantown, extending their nation-long winning streak to 29 games, which ties a school record. Miami also improved to 7-0 and kept their No. 1 ranking in both major polls, thanks to 16 unanswered points during the final 17 minutes of play.

“Our team is pretty resilient,” head coach Larry Coker said. “We played four quarters, and the big difference in the second half was we came up with big pass plays to open up the lead.”

Those big pass plays came from quarterback Ken Dorsey, who shook off a tough first half to throw for a career high 422 yards and two TD passes, while completing 22 of 36 passes. Those numbers might have vaulted Dorsey back to the top of the Heisman list, but more importantly, reaffirmed belief that the senior was still the centerpiece of the Miami offense.

Steady and good are not terms that will likely be used to describe the Hurricanes run defense, though. Two weeks after surrendering nearly 300 yards on the ground to Florida State, the Hurricanes struggled mightily against the Mountaineers, giving up 363 yards rushing. Close to half of those yards, 175 to be exact, went to tailback Avon Cobourne, who entered the game as the nation’s third-leading rusher.

The Hurricanes defensive line attributed the 363 rushing yards to West Virginia’s inability to throw the ball.

“Every team is going to try to rush on us,” defensive end Andrew Williams said. “Other teams will get 300 yards also if they don’t pass.”

After beginning the season with four straight ineffective first drives, Miami scored on their opening possession for the third straight game Saturday, as Dorsey hooked up with wide receiver Andre Johnson for a TD. The Hurricanes other first half touchdown came on a one-yard scamper from tailback Willis McGahee. However, a seven-yard score by Cobourne on a draw play, as well as a field goal closed the gap to 17-10 at halftime.

The teams continued to trade scores as the Mountaineers pounded the football through the Hurricane front seven. A bootleg run by quarterback Rasheed Marshall resulted in a 13-yard score, tying the game at 17. Miami would answer with another McGahee TD before West Virginia engineered another impressive drive, capped off by a Quincy Wilson one-yard touchdown plunge. The PAT was no good, keeping the score at 24-23.

That was when the Hurricanes decided to finish their business, as Dorsey, who improved to 33-1 as a starter, found Johnson for a 12-yard score, giving Miami a 30-23 advantage. On the ‘Canes ensuing drive, Dorsey needed just 51 seconds to drive the team 87 yards for the clinching score.

After the game, Mountaineer head coach Rich Rodriguez offered nothing but disappointment at the result.

“We’re not into moral victories, so don’t even ask that,” Rodriguez said. “In the fourth quarter, we had a couple of breakdowns and we couldn’t make plays. They did. That was the difference.”

Miami may not have given the game plan much of an overhaul in the second half, but the defense was able to get to the line of scrimmage quicker in the second half. The ‘Canes also shut down the passing atttack, holding West Virginia to a measly 60 yards through the air.

“I don’t know what happened. I can’t explain it until we actually watch the film,” linebacker Jonathan Vilma said. “We made a couple of adjustments and played better ball the second half.”

The fact remains, though, that this Miami team continues to have trouble stopping the run. The Hurricanes will certainly be in the film room dissecting their problems, but with games remaining at Tennessee and against Virginia Tech, the team knows they must do a much better job in that department.

You can reach Jeremy Marks-Peltz at jmp310@hotmail.com

UM soccer falls to state foe Central Florida

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Another struggle in their cold streak left the Hurricanes high and dry Friday night as they fell to the University of Central Florida 5-3 at Cobb Stadium.

The unranked Knights (14-4-0) threw UM (9-7-1) for a loop as the NCAA tournament draws closer.

After UM honored their graduating seniors at the last home game of the regular season, UCF got right to it with senior Nicole Cieslak easing in a goal three minutes into the game.

Sophomore Britney Butcher, who leads Miami with 16 goals on the season, quickly retorted in an aggressive 10 second drive that put the ‘Canes on the scoreboard.

UM took control of the ball, making smooth transitions up the field, and sophomore Anik Huffman was able to find Butcher to give the Hurricanes their only lead of the night.

They hunkered down and kept it on the offensive for a short while, but the Knights eventually answered back, breaking through the ‘Canes weakening fort. Jennifer Montgomery slipped it to Allison Blagriff, setting up the goal. Blagriff was successful a second time late in the first half in a fast break with not a Hurricane in sight, posting a 3-2 lead that shifted the momentum as both teams headed into the locker room.

“When we do well, we jump ahead of ourselves and kind of get off track,” said Butcher. “In those few moments when we’re not all on the same page they really attack us ’cause we get confused, we’re so excited from the play before.”

The second half was even more dismal for the home team as Knight forward Nicole Cieslak delivered again, widening the lead on the Hurricanes. UM played aggressively but UCF’s powerful defense shut them down on each attempt.

Miami senior Allison McWhinney was able to set junior Mary Luke up with a successful shot opportunity after being fouled, in an effort to close the gap on the Knight lead. UCF defender Joanna Black would have none of it, helping the Knights to keep the ball in Hurricane territory. Allison Blagriff took advantage, scoring the final goal of the game.

“UCF was organized; they came out prepared, they were disciplined, and they did a nice job of finishing,” said Hurricane head coach Tricia Taliaferro.

Senior Rachel Elsby had four saves in the first half before being replaced by freshman Jessica Keller, who had one save during the second.

“When we got into the attack we did a nice job of movement off the ball, creating chances for ourselves and attacking wide,” said Taliaferro. “[But] we just have to do a better job of our communication and our team defending, which we’ve been working on in practice last week and will continue to do so next week.”

UM hosts the first round of the Big East tournament against Rutgers on November 2.

“I want more than anything to win it,” said Butcher, “but I also want the respect for this school and the women’s program that we don’t get. The girls really work their butts off-we deserve more.”

Coach Taliaferro, happy with the effort on attack, hopes to be ready defensively as well for the tournament.

“I want to continue to get the shot opportunities and the goals we’re getting right now. It’s just getting the discipline in our defending and being consistent [that we need].”

The ‘Canes play their last regular season game against Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton on Monday.

You can reach Melissa Teich at melissateich@hotmail.com.

Manon van Rooijen swims with pride

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The Hurricane women’s swimming team has big plans for this upcoming season, and those plans revolve around a former Olympian in junior Manon van Rooijen.

Van Rooijen, who last year broke the school record in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.98, will be a fixture in the 50 yard, 100 yard, and 200 yard freestyle, as well as the relay events. Coach James Sweeney will depend on her for leadership in and out of the pool.

“Manon takes everything in a professional manner,” Sweeney said. “She works hard and has high dreams and aspirations.”

Hailing from Westdorpe, Holland, van Rooijen has been swimming since she was around eight years old. During prep school at Koningin Wilhelmina College she broke the school record in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.97.

Van Rooijen admits that she misses her hometown, but she has plenty of people and work to keep her from thinking about it too much.

“I miss my home constantly and I usually only get to return for Christmas,” van Rooijen said. “But I am settled in at UM so I have gotten used to being far away from home.”

The highlight of van Rooijen’s swimming career would be her participation and silver medal in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her relay team was able to fend off tough competition from all over the world to take home the silver medal.

“It was very awkward standing up on the medal stand,” van Rooijen said. “I looked around and saw all of my swimming idols. It was an overwhelming experience.”

Van Rooijen plans on qualifying for and competing in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.

“I definitely want to try for it [the Olympics] and experience it more,” van Rooijen said. “The first time was a bit of a blur because everything was so new and exciting. This time around I want to take it all in.”

As for this season with the Hurricanes, van Rooijen hopes to move up higher in the NCAA rankings and constantly improve.

“My goals for this year are to move into the Top 3 in the NCAA, improve my own times, and break my own record in the 200,” van Rooijen said.

“We want Manon to qualify for the NCAAs in the Indiana Invite and U.S. Open in Minneapolis,” Coach Sweeney said. “Those will be big tournaments for the whole team.”

Van Rooijen feels the team as a whole looks very good, and some new faces will be sure to contribute immediately.

“We have a number of new freshmen and transfer students that are going to be big for us this season,” van Rooijen said. “We also increased in terms of the number of swimmers, so now we can compare to the larger programs like Rutgers and Notre Dame.”

Always having to set an example in and out of the pool, van Rooijen works hard in the classroom to send a message to the other swimmers.

“It is hard managing time between schoolwork and swimming,” van Rooijen said. “But I have to set an example for the other girls and help to eliminate stereotypes about student-athletes not taking their classes seriously.”

“Manon works very hard to keep her grades up,” Sweeney said. “She is a determined kid and a positive influence on the rest of the team.”

In and out of the pool, Manon van Rooijen has been and will continue to be successful. Not many college athletes have Olympic medals to boast about, and don’t be surprised if you see her on the medal stand in 2004.

You can reach Erik Kalis at elk777bc@hotmail.com.

Hurricane volleyball upset by Virginia Tech

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The Virginia Tech volleyball team withstood a superior offensive performance by Hurricane outside hitter Valeria Tipiana (Lima, Peru/Cristo Rey Catholic HS) to upset Miami in three games Saturday night in Blacksburg, Va.

“We were just flat and we were never able to pull ourselves out of it,” Miami coach Nicole Lantagne Welch said. “Virginia Tech played like they wanted it more.

“We lost to a very good Virginia Tech team, but we didn’t play close to the level of volleyball that we’re capable of playing at.”

Tipiana led with a match high 18 kills and a .424 hitting percentage, while the Hokies relied on solid contributions from a number of different players including Ana Lang (15 kills), Ann Spicer (16 kills), and Cheryl Stinson (11 kills). Virginia Tech took the three matches by scores of 30-28, 30-24, 30-25.

Middle blocker Karla Johnson (Houston, Texas/Westfield HS) was second on the Hurricanes in offense with 11 kills and a match high .474 hitting percentage.

Libero player Jamie Grass (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) led the Hurricanes defensively with 13 digs, while setter Mallorey James (Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS) chipped in with 41 assists.

The Hurricanes will look to bounce back Tuesday night when they travel to Boca Raton to face Florida Atlantic in the Owls’ facility.

Information provided by the UM Sports Information Department

Face the facts…most people support war with Iraq

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Face it ‘Canes…You’re out of touchThe latest CNN/Gallup poll shows that of the adults surveyed, 57% believe that the US should go into Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power, with 36% opposed. Not stellar, but a clear majority nonetheless. Well low and behold: the majority of students and faculty at UM are against it, or so the Hurricane reports. My favorite quote from that article is from the representative of yet another multi-syllabic “consciousness” group. “The US should force the Iraqi government to accept the UN Weapons Inspection teams and lift the sanctions that have been imposed.” How exactly are we supposed to do that? Eleven years of economic sanctions and military air strikes haven’t accomplished it. I guess we should use harsh language and take away Saddam’s The Godfather DVD collection. Makes about as much sense as people who have said, ‘Sure, I don’t have any problem with assassinating him.’ Okay, we should skulk around and shoot him from the shadows and let the country fall into chaos that we can’t control, but never, never use the US army to go in. And this makes you the noblest of people I guess.

Then there’s the pedantic commentary about North Korea and Iraq being invaded simultaneously. How typical that you drones on the left spin it that way rather than focus on the fact that North Korea’s admitting to treaty noncompliance is an abject failure of one of Bill Clinton’s foreign policy cornerstones. First, no congressional authorization exists for an invasion of North Korea. Second, unlike Iraq, North Korea lies between the US Army and China, who intervened on their behalf once before.

My final example of how few of you people are rooted in reality is the letter to the editor edifying Steve-O. I mean, by his own words, “… I did a lot of tripping on acid when I was at UM… I f****ing smashed the window on the 13th floor… and jumped through it…” My hero! Maybe when he goes to prison, he and his new boyfriend will get the cell next to Martha Stuart. Steve, shut the f*** up, you punk a** b****. These are but a few of the reasons why college students aren’t the benchmark by which public sentiment or rational thought is measured. Congratulations.

Scott Wacholtz is a junior majoring in computer science and political science.

Mold spores may pose health threat in dorms

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Living in South Florida, there are a few things we should all expect from our environment. The combination of sun, rain and humidity can result in factors that can range from minor discomforts to serious health problems. We should all be aware of how our environment affects us so that we can better adapt to a sometimes hostile climate.

One particular problem is affecting the residents of our campus community: mold. It is caused by humidity and builds in such places as air conditioning ducts and behind walls. Although harmless in small quantities, if unchecked, large build-ups can be extremely hazardous to one’s health. Mold spores can cause nasal and sinus congestion, dry cough, wheezing, sore throat, shortness of breath, burning eyes, skin irritation, central nervous system problems and other respiratory problems. Most of these symptoms can be easily mistaken for a cold and mold may never be identified as the culprit. If left untreated, permanent physical damage can result.

How do you know if your dorm room or apartment has mold? It’s not that difficult: if you can see or smell mold, you have a moisture and mold problem. Mold growths are often seen in the form of discoloration.

It’s a problem that has construction companies around the country scrambling to solve the issue when building new homes. Millions of dollars have already been claimed by people who have been affected, since, the argument is, it is the way buildings are constructed that make a house more inviting to mold. In fact, Erin Brockovich, whose fight against the electric giant PG&E led to a movie, has taken on this new battle against irresponsible construction work after her own house had been affected by a hazardous amount of mold.

Some UM students who are well versed in this problem have discovered mold in their own dorms and have been experiencing most of the symptoms attributed to mold. However, it took numerous complaints on their part for it to be removed from their air conditioning ducts.

This lack of response from the university should not be blamed on laziness or disrespect, however. It is more likely that those in charge of maintenance are not aware of the serious health risks involved with the build-up of mold. It is important that measures be taken so that more serious health problems involved with these organisms do not arise.

Jean-Paul Renaud is a senior majoring in Journalism and Political Science.

Perfect bodies on television create false illusions

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I’m so sick and tired of seeing those ridiculous, fake Bowflex commercials, among others, on TV. The ones that have models with perfect bodies and perfect tans, with skin glistening like that’s what you really look like when working out.

They need to run a disclaimer with those advertisements saying that what you see is not normal. It’s obviously not as simple as “work out on me, and you’ll look like this.” The people you see on television “using” the machines did not look like that from the product. Working out is just a part in having a great-looking body, and we sometimes forget that.

There’s a whole variety of things that men and women do to look their best, including steroids, muscle enhancers, diet pills, plastic surgery, and so on, but many people forget that what you eat is as vital to your body’s physical presence as working out and lifting weights is. You simply cannot build a full body without the nourishment your muscles need to grow after you tear and shred them up in the gym.

I also know that you need the right type of exercise suited for your body. For example, I’m skinny so I’m not going to go out and run four miles. It doesn’t help my situation because that only makes me lose more weight when what I want to do is add it on. Don’t get me wrong, cardio is all good, but only when you know how much your body needs. It’s the same thing with lifting weights. Building muscle differs totally from keeping weight on which differs from trying to cut fat and lose that gut.

What’s unfair when you see fitness models and even celebrities looking so damn good is that they have the money to hire a personal trainer who keeps them on the best exercise plan and diet because their jobs depend on it. Most people aren’t required to look good but they want to for whatever personal reasons of their own.

Can you blame them? Especially living in vanity-filled Miami, where all you need to do is look around and see the overabundance of people looking like they just stepped out of a Sports Illustrated magazine. And don’t even get me started on South Beach where the guys are practically popping out of their shirts and the girls can barely keep their skirts on their hips. It’s nice to live somewhere and have so many people looking good and going out and flaunting it. But at the same time, the fact that it’s always in our faces can be frustrating, especially when you see some glossy, mechanical commercial that makes looking good look so damn easy.

Derek Bramble is a senior majoring in Broadcast journalism and Theater.

EDITORIAL

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On Saturday, Miami joined San Francisco, Tokyo, Mexico City, and other cities across the world in an international day of anti-war protest. People came out to express their staunch opposition to the Bush administration’s propagandistic push to make the world believe war is necessary. We hope the Bush administration will take a lesson from the past, and heed Saturday’s anti-war rhetoric.

Of course, the relative failure of protests during the Vietnam War has taught us anything, it is that the government really doesn’t care how many people are against war; if they want it bad enough, it will happen.

These recent protests, however, show that significant parts of the nation and the world are seriously opposed to fighting in Iraq, and the protesting factions do not seem to be any more willing to give up their efforts to prevent the war than the protestors of the Vietnam War were.

If the comparisons to Vietnam seem out of place, it would perhaps be beneficial to note some comparisons between then and now. Granted, the world is a completely different place today, warfare is carried out in a different manner, and the war we are about to fight is in many ways fundamentally different. Still, it is interesting to note that John F. Kennedy planned on needing no more than 15,000 specially trained units to take care of business in Vietnam, and within two years that number skyrocketed to include mostly civilians. Echoing Kennedy’s estimations, George W. Bush currently claims that the war with Iraq will be carried out by a relatively small number of professionally trained military personnel.

Of course, our professional military might indeed be strong enough for the job. The question, much like in Vietnam, is what happens if we are forced to fight a different war than we are expecting? We may not be able to simply drop bombs in strategic locations to win this war. Hussein has already promised that if we attack, he will make us fight in the streets, and that will likely mean heavy casualties on both sides.

It is also important to remember that President Johnson asked Congress for more executive power in the war, powers very similar to the ones that George W. Bush was recently granted. Johnson’s request was passed 416 to 0, and while Bush had a few dissenters,the basic storyline is eerily similar. Moreover, the threats posed in both wars are somewhat comparable. Terrorism could well be the new Communism. True, the specific aims of terrorism have little to do with those of communism, but the similarity lies in the fact that terrorism is a dark, ambiguously defined threat. No one can ever be quite sure who is a terrorist, and we are not even always sure of who exactly we are trying to fight.

In the end, the most important thing is that we as Americans do not allow our government to involve our country in another war that will assuredly result in terrible casualties, especially not when the motives behind that war are so questionable and the sentiment of the world is largely against us. Rallies such as the ones held on Saturday are very important, but are not enough. We must use the power of the ballot as well as our Constitutional rights to demonstrate in order to stop such a dangerous and ill-conceived war. If necessary, we must exercise our right to object to active military duty on the grounds that this war is not a moral war on terrorism, but political shrewdness at its worst.

If nothing else, the Vietnam War also taught us that presidents who disregard the sentiment of large portions of the population are not often reelected, especially not when they use war as a distraction from appalling domestic inefficiency and failure. America and the world have spoken. The impetus is now on president Bush to respond.

Effective resume key to scoring dream job

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By Karen Overdeck
The Lantern (Ohio State U.)
10/25/2002

(U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio – Throughout their college years many students spend a great deal of time earning good grades, acquiring internships and joining clubs, all with hopes that when they leave the university prospective employers will be impressed with their accomplishments.
However, when graduating with over 6,000 other people, the competition of being the most qualified candidate for a career opportunity can be grueling.
The most effective way of impressing a potential company is by having an outstanding resume, yet many people don’t know how to correctly compose one.
The Five O’Clock Club, a national career-counseling firm, has dedicated itself to helping individuals in perfecting their resumes. Complete with tips and guidelines, the Club aims to help individual students stand out from the rest.
One recommendation is to begin a resume with something other than educational background.
“Starting your resume with education makes it identical to the resumes of hundreds of thousands of students and recent grads,” said Kate Wendelton, President and Founder of The Five O’Clock Club.
The firm suggests developing an accomplishments-based summary that focuses on the personal experiences that would be of interest to the target market.
The summary should then be followed by a work history, which is a listing of the jobs held and the dates. Finally, finish a resume by detailing education history.
Stephanie Miller, a senior in English, has just begun the often daunting task of writing a resume.
With just a year of experience in her job field, she said she is having a hard time listing her accomplishments in a way that will make possible employers take notice.
“I’m not sure if I should make my resume formal or if I should have some flexibility in the way I write it,” she said.
Although it can be difficult, The Five O’Clock Club believes that using creativity in resumes may help in landing a dream job.
“The average resume is looked at for only 10 seconds,” Wendelton said. Being original in presenting oneself to a company can help “distinguish [yourself] from all the other undergrads in [your] geographic area.”
The Five O’Clock Club is a “members-only” organization.
According to Jared Kreiner, spokesperson for The Five O’Clock Club, the Club has over 8,000 members nationwide.
Along with counsel on building a resume, career coaches from the Club also offer advice on targeting the ideal job, affordable outplacement, interviewing, salary negotiation and job-search strategy.
In addition to founding the Five O’Clock Club, Kate Wendelton is also the author of Kick Off Your Career, an informative book about getting a foothold in the job market.
For more information about writing a resume, The Five O’Clock Club or Kate Wendelton, log on to http//www.FiveOClockClub.com.

‘Canes compete to stay afloat

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UN Day seeks to spread peace and unity

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A sunny afternoon filled with dancers, international foods and a variety of music styles from more than 20 nations around the world celebrated United Nations Day on Oct. 24 at UM.

“This is a unique event because we have representation from every international and multicultural club on campus,” said Nikki Chun, vice president of COISO, the organization that organized and funded the UN Day activities on campus.

The “Road to Peace” was the theme for this year’s festivities.

International student organizations throughout UM took the opportunity to express their own views on peace as they shared their culture with others, according to organizers and participants.

“By promoting our culture, we promote peace through a sense of unity and understanding,” said Shawbong Fok, graduate member of the Asian Student Association.

According to Fok, the tea, tofu, decorations and calligraphy gave students a much-needed sampling of Asian culture.

“The percentage of Asians in the University is very low, and a lot of people don’t know much about Asia,” he said. “Without this event there would be no way for this sort of cultural discovery.”

Many organizations decided to call attention to the fact that there are many political conflicts occurring in their countries.

“A lot of people are suffering from radiation, and there has been destruction and contamination of ecosystems due to the military target practices,” said Ivan Morales, president of the Puerto Rican Student Association.

The organization had a display of pictures showing both sides of the U.S. bomb testing conflict in the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.

“People coming together and compromising- that’s a road to peace,” Morales said.

Similarly, the Colombian Student Association [COLSA] tried to help students visualize the conflict and the peace process between the government and the guerrillas through pictures of refugees and important figures in the conflict.

According to Vice President Edith Londono, COLSA also tried to show another face of Colombia through its Latin pastries, typical candies and sodas.

“People need to understand that peace is a process, much like building a road, which involves a lot of hard work, patience and willingness to work together,” said Kevin Smith, president of the Organization For Jamaican Unity, in his speech at the event. “No one man ever built a highway by himself.”

Krystle Canaii, president of the Virgin Islands Student Association, said that peace is possible in culturally diverse areas.

“In this very little island of St. Croix, your neighbor is from Palestine; one of your friends is from Venezuela and the other one [is] Dominican,” Canaii said.

Other organizations chose to interpret the theme in various creative ways.

A road painted red, white and black exhibiting the colors of the Trinidad and Tobago flag was marked with stop signs indicating important historical developments.

Patricia Pena of the Dominican Student Association explained that they chose to portray the three Mirabal sisters as icons of peace because they are highly visible icons against Trujillo’s dictatorship and also mark the international day of “No Violence Against Women.”

“We have always advocated that education is more than just showing displays and brochures,” Chun said. “Education is most rewarding when visitors have a face to associate to the culture, and hopefully, after such interactions, visitors walk away not only with information but also with a new friend.”

Up coming events include International Education Week, Nov. 18-22, and International Week, April 4-12.

Andrea Alegria can be contacted at neaalegria@aol.com

UM School of Communication hosts MPA Latin American Film Workshop and Competition

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The 2002 Motion Picture Association [MPA] Feature Film Project Development Workshop and Competition was a five-day course for selected Latin American screenwriters to develop their film scripts under the guidance of established Spanish-speaking professors from Spain, Argentina, Mexico and the U.S.

The sponsors for this year’s event were the MPA Latin American Regional Office in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, the School of Communication at UM and the Miami-Dade County Office of Filmed Entertainment.

The event was held last week in the School of Communication on the UM campus.

“There is no better location for the workshop than the University of Miami, where professional programs taught in Spanish are already in place to serve communication and educational needs throughout the western hemisphere,” President Dr. Donna E. Shalala said.

The screenwriters came from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela and the U.S.

The professors involved in the event were Jorge Goldenberg, Vicente Lenero, Juan Manuel Chumilla Carajosa and Rafael Lima, a professor of the UM School of Communication.

Participants were selected and sponsored by the film industry agencies of their native governments.

They met with professors to improve their screenplays and to reach what organizers referred to as a “filmable quality.”

The participants were then entered into a competition that was in turn sent to co-sponsoring film and TV production companies.

“The future of film and entertainment in Miami-Dade is closely tied to the development of those industries in Latin America,” Mayor Alex Penalas said. “The MPA Film Workshop will help raise the profile of participating Latin American screenwriters and, at the same time, strengthen our relationship with these exciting new filmmakers.”

Winners of the competition were announced at a reception and awards ceremony held Oct. 25.

Kathleen Fordyce can be contacted at K4Dice@aol.com.

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