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

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T we Colors T 2 .9 I 0. a Susia Bathgate Organized Cheer was only one of many colorful events during Homecoming. Dave Bergman Megan Welch was crowned Miss UM 1992 dur- ing Homecoming week. The Year In Review 1 S

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born abroad. ltMany of them were running from something, from communism or tyranny or hunger, and an accident of geography made Miami their haven? wrote the St. Petersburg Times in a feature story last April. Its diversity is a strength. ttl went to get my tire fixed the other day in the downtown, and as they were doing it, I walked down a street over near Second Avenue? said Miami native Jeff Byrne. llAt the first house people were speaking Creole, at the next house they were speaking this J amaiean patois la dialectl and at the next house they were speak- ing Spanish and the next, English and fl In Miami, ttwhites and blacks, Cubans and Haitians, refugees from Nicaragua, El Salvador and elsewhere are all vying for a piece of the American dream? wrote US. News 8: World Report. The City has been compared to a tossed salad - not a melting pot, however. People arriving in Miami do not llmeltli together and blend smoothly into one cohesive community. But they do come together to lend their ttflavorsil to a great mix - like a tossed salad. The University is just as diverse - if not more so - as the rest of the city. Sit in the International Lounge of the University Center for just a little while and that becomes quite evident. TI'IIB COIIII'S Sometimes it has seemed like that tossed salad has more in common with a salad dress- ing - oil and Vinegar - than lettuce and toma- toes. The different groups in Miami have, at times, been at odds. The Mariel Boat Lift, ttthe most abrupt demographic upheavalii to occur in ltany city on the North American con- tinent? according to Newsweek, the drug wars, rioting in Overtown, Liberty City and Coconut Grove, and the homeless problem have all polarized portions of the City at one time or another. But adversity is something Miamians are Jim Gibson used to. And most of the time it brings out the UM's campus is best in them. often compared to Hurricane Andrew is just one example. a tropical garden. They showed their true colors then, in the aftermath of the llworst natural disaster in US. history? Neighbor joined neighbor in cleaning up and rebuilding. The University community jumped in and did more than its share of good deeds following Andrew. Students, faculty and staff from all the Universityls schools and departments, after helping our own, went immediately to work helping others less fortunate. They turned a dark moment into a shining one. It has been like this following every upheaval. After the big hur- ricane of 1926, the Great Depression, World War II, the drug wars and the influx of refugees, Miamians have pulled together and rebuilt their city, stronger and better than before. The III'ODIS On these pages we have collected our best colors. All of the words and images reflect the colorful nature of this msmutlpn and Its p cop 16' Ill some The Hurricanes defeated the way, thlS ent1re book 1s dedicated to Fl ori d a Stat e S emin 0' e s in that idea. 1992's biggest game in the We have attempted to capture Orange Bowl. The orange this yearis range of colors and events and green crowd urged the and record it for you, for the future. team on in another close We hope you enjoy it. contest with the inter-state rival. 14

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