University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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orlh Jfaroa Page 7 01 EPCOT: Future is now Walt Disney once said that our greatest natural resource is a child ' s imagination. The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EP- COT) in Walt Disney World has captured this natural resource and brought it to life for people of all ages. The lure of such a project is evident in the number of people who have visited the (EPCOT) Center since its opening on Oc- tober 1, 1982 — 50,000 on the first day alone went to Lake Buena Vista, Florida. EPCOT allows people to trav- el to nine countries in a single day, see where our society has been since the beginning of time, and move into the future. All of this on 260 acres. The World Showcase takes visitors to Mexico, China, Ger- many, Italy, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and America. Here are some high- lights of the World Showcase: In Mexico, visitors sail on a river takin g them through the country. Pihatas, flowers, and a restaurant overlooking a beauti- ful river and miles of land are exhibited in the setting of a breathtaking sunset. Canada takes its visitors into the canyons of Moosehead Mine for a movie which literally car- ries them through the country. The theatre is composed of nine huge screens that encircle the audience. The cinematography, com- bined with the theater in the round, produces a feeling of movement. Prior to the presen- tation, an announcement is made that nothing in the theatre moves. Most of the people who work in the World Showcase are na- tives of their respective coun- tries. Paul, who works in a Unit- ed Kingdom workshop said that Disney World officials are striv- ing for authenticity. EPCOT officials take this ex- tra step to insure that visitors to the Showcase can discuss each country and feel as though they are travelling around the world. Another feature of EPCOT, that adds to its authenticity are the double-decker buses. Not only do the buses add to the overall aura of the World Show- f! ■ • 4 »±m %3Li te a. S m W MVKM Millions of people have traveled to EPCOT to see the world of tomorrow. case, the buses are quite practi- cal. Walking from China to Mexico can be hard on one ' s feet. Separating World Showcase and Future World is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. A ferry takes travellers from the present to the future (and back again) in style. Hundreds of thousands of people have relived the evolu- tion of man in the 180-foot glove that makes up Spaceship Earth. Once the past has been traced, one steps into the future through movie presentations and live exhibits. The World of Motion Presents the development of transporta- tion, the Universe of Energy brings to life the world of knowl- edge that is available at the touch of a button. The myster- ies of the computer age are sim- plified as young and old work with computers. Journey Into Imagination in- troduces two new Disney char- acters, Dreamfinder and Fig- ment. These two characters are very significant because they are the only animated creations which are allowed to go through the EPCOT Center. One may ask, so what is Walt Disney World without Mickey and Min- nie? It is a world of adventure which leads today ' s society by the hand over the horizons and into an unknown world of fact and fantasy. C Lovin And so Walt Disney ' s dream of capturing the greatest natural resource of all is realized and preserved in the Experimental Prototype Community of To- morrow. By Amy Jacoves A look Inside EPCOT ' s Comminicore exhibit

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Page 6 arlin Nma . . i DO NOT USE F SAFETY SEAL5 ARE BROKEN McNeil ' s three-step plan to prevent future Tylenol tamperings 78 die in crash Tragedy struck on Jan. 13 when a twin-engine Air Florida Boeing 737 crashed into the busy 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. The airliner had taken off from Washington ' s National Airport during a major snow- storm. After crashing into the bridge and hitting several cars, the plane broke up and fell into the Potomac River. At first it was thought that the death toll would reach 65. The next day, the death toll was revised to 78, including four people who were killed in their cars. On Jan. 17, it was revealed that only five of the 79 people aboard the plane had survived. Pilot error was sited as the reason for the crash as a result of the de-icing system being turned off. It was this factor that caused the plane to fall dramatically after reaching a maximum alti- tude of 317 feet and a maximum speed of 169 mph. By Howard Burns Reagan resumes draft During the 1980 presidential campaign, candidate Ronald Reagan told the American pub- lic that Jimmy Carter ' s imple- mentation of a mandatory draft registration of young men for the military was unnecessary and would be eliminated if he was elected. On Jan 7, President Ronald Reagan announced that he was continuing the mandatory regis- tration. His rationale was that in emergency situations, mobiliza- tion of American forces would be sped up at least six weeks as a result of the signup. By Howard Burns Poison Tylenol Kills Seven Seven Chicago-area residents died and authorities prepared themselves for other deaths re- sulting from the discovery that tablets of Extra-Strength Ty- lenol had been laced with the poison Cyanide. The poison is so deadly that it kills within min- utes. Almost immediately, Tylen- ol ' s manufacturer, Johnson Johnson, a subsidiary McNeil Consumer Products Co., re- called 264,400 bottles of the pain reliever nationwide. Also, the federal Food and Drug Adminis- tration warned Americans not to use Extra-Strength Tylenol tab- lets until more information was gathered. Investigators labeled the deaths homicides, theorizing that the tablets were most likely tampered with after they had reached retailers. In Chicago, police visited neighborhoods and tracked more than a half dozen suspects. In northern California, Phila- delphia, and Wyoming, authori- ties investigated incidents of copycat killers who were poi- soning over-the-counter pain re- lievers. During the week of November 1, the investigation began to center on James and Leann Lewis — also known as Robert and Nancy Richardson. Chicago authorities linked the couple to a $1 million extortion letter ad- dressed to Johnson Johnson. A Chicago television station released to police a drugstore surveillance photo showing one of the victims, Paula Prince, buying her fatal bottle of Ty- lenol, with a bearded man re-: sembling Lewis in the back- ground. Another possible motive sur- faced in Lewis ' s hometown, Carl Junction, Mo., where it was re- ported that Lewis had long blamed Johnson Johnson for the death of his five-year-old daughter, Toni, a victim of Down ' s Syndrome who died eight years ago after undergoing open-heart surgery. In December, Richard Lewis was found in New York by the FBI. He vowed his innocence. By Howard Burns Williams held in murders On Feb. 27, Wayne B. Wil- liams was found guilty of killing two of the 28 young blacks that were found murdered in the At- lanta area. The trial lasted nine weeks, and Williams was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison. It was ruled, however, that Williams would be eligible for parole after seven years. Williams was arrested on May 22, 1981, when law enforcement officials saw Williams driving away on the Jackson Parkway Bridge over the C hattahoochee River shortly after the police heard a loud splash in the river. Two days later, the body of Nathaniel Cater was found a | mile downstream from the bridge. Cater was the last of the murdered youths in Atlanta. By Howard Burns Haig resigns amidst furor After a series of heated dis- agreements with members of the Reagan Administration over for- eign policy decisions, Secretary of State Alexander Haig re- signed his post at the end of June. No reasons were given for Haig ' s resignation, but it was widely speculated that Presi- dent Reagan ' s hard-line stand against Israel as a result of the conflict in Lebanon was the final straw in the love-hate relation- ship between Haig and Reagan. Reagan accepted Haig ' s resig- nation and appointed former Secretary of the Treasury George Schultz as the new secre- tary of state. By Howard Burns W moves.

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Page 8 •National Jferoa Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev dies Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, the man who led the Soviet Union to great military expansion and economic decline over a period of 18 years, died at the age of 75. In a surprisingly sudden turn of events, the Soviet Politburo turned the nation ' s reigns over to Yuri Vladimirovich Andro- pov, a former spymaster in the KGB, the Russian Secret Police. Brezhnev drove the Soviet Union as hard as he could to match the United States in mili- tary supremacy. He was also known the world over for his harsh handling of dissidents, as exemplified by his heavy hand in Iron Curtain nations such as Po- land and Czechoslavakia. The Soviet people were not in- formed of Brezhnev ' s passing until 26V2 hours later. One day later, the Politburo met and an- nounced in an uncharacteristi- cally rapid action that 68-year- old Yuri Andropov would be Brezhnev ' s successor. Political analysts listed five main tasks that Andropov would have to satisfy as the new Soviet leader: 1) Satisfy the Russian Generals, 2) Measure the risks abroad involving the plans of the NATO allies, 3) Keeping East- ern Europe in line with Soviet policies, 4) Reforming a strug- gling economy, 5) Coping with Russian dissenters in a fashion that may differ from his han- dling of them as head of the KGB. Jury calls Hinckley insane John W. Hinckley Jr., the man accused of shooting President Ronald Reagan and three oth- ers, was found not guilty by rea- son of insanity on June 21. Hinckley had been brought up on 13 charges, ranging from at- tempted assassination of the president to possession of an un- licensed weapon. Hinckley was the first person to escape conviction of attempt- ed assassination on a president since 1835. As a result of being found not guilty, Hinckley was confined to St. Elizabeth ' s hospital in Wash- ington, D.C., where he would re- main until the courts rule that he would not be a threat to him- self or to society. War rages in Falklands Alexander Haig was in Lon- don by the end of the week to try and work out a peaceful solution with the British government. Britain warned that time was running out and that only Haig could persuade the Argentines to pull out of the Falklands. After meeting with Haig on April 10, Argentinian President Leopoldo Galtieri announced that his country would fight if provoked by the British. The first sign of British resur- gence occurred on April 25 when the port of Grytviken was cap- tured. The next day, the entire island of South Georgia had been recaptured. On April 2, the ruling junta in Argentina announced that its armed forces had taken hold in the British-controlled Falkland Islands, located approximately 250 miles from Argentina ' s southeastern tip. In response to the Argentinian aggression, British Prime Minis- ter Margaret Thatcher the next day ordered several large naval units to head for the Falklands at once. She also announced that about $1.5 billion in Argentinian assets in Britain would be imme- diately frozen. On May 2, Argentina ' s only cruiser, the General Belgrano, was hit by a British torpedo. The next day, it was announced by the Argentine government that 500 of their seamen had been killed in the attack. Two days after the attack on the General Belgrano, an Argen- tine jet fighter crippled the Brit- ish destroyer Sheffield, which had to be abandoned. On June 14, Thatcher made the announcement that the Ar- gentine forces on the island of Stanley had surrendered. Three days later, Galtieri resigned as president, commander of the army, and member of the junta. New President Maj. Gen. Reynaldo Bignone, was sworn in on July 1 and pledged that one day, the Argentines would be free from British rule. His first task, however, was to negotiate the release of some 600 prisoners being held by the British. A couple of months later, Ar- gentina and Britain worked out a cease-fire, and mourned the losses of thousands of troops killed in battle. Pope meets Arafat; Begin is critical In what one of his aides called ... the most important meet- ing of his life, PLO leader Yasir Arafat met with Pope John Paul II for twenty minutes. It was a meeting that delighted the PLO ' s leaders and outraged the Israelis. Commenting on the meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Mena- chem Begin said: It shall now be recorded in the national memory of the Jewish people that the spiritual leader of mil- lions of believers the world over did not recoil from meeting the head of the organization that had written into its constitution as a central aim the annihilation of the Jewish people. A Palestinian Roman Catholic priest named Ibrahim Ayad said of the meeting: Now that the head of the Palestinians has been received by the Pope, Catholics throughout the world will cease to look on the PLO as a terrorist organization. Many Jewish sympathizers were outraged to see pictures of the Pope and Arafat on the front pages of many daily newspapers and the weekly news magazines. Scattered protests against the media soon followed. face a Mesicr