Speaking to media members via teleconference on Wednesday, Golden brushed across topics including the status of junior quarterback Stephen Morris, players who made an appearance to him during the spring, and what will happen once the remaining incoming freshman make their way to campus.
As the spring semester comes to an end, so does the first phase of UM’s three-part effort to create a smoke-free campus. The first phase, which was implemented this year, restricted smokers to designated areas on campus. The university’s previous smoking policy only banned smoking inside buildings. Nonsmoking and smoking designated areas around campus were...
Like many other students on campus, sophomore Mikayla Vielot makes a habit of running the loop around campus as a way to stay in shape. Unlike those students is the time that she chooses to run these routes.
Students at UM have endless academic opportunities. And our options are growing each semester. But in the University Honors program, I see room for improvement. To graduate with honors, students in the program need to complete 24 honors credits, which is an average of one honors course each semester. However, with such sparse honors offerings,...
After a rough weekend that saw Miami lose its second ACC series of the season and its best hitter, Peter O’Brien, to a broken wrist, the twelfth ranked Hurricanes baseball team responded with a 3-2 victory over Stetson.
Starting next semester, the University will welcome its own chapter of Students For Educational Reform (SFER). Rooted in the national nonprofit of the same name, SFER is geared toward promoting policy change that will close the racial and socioeconomic “achievement gap” in K-12 public schools across the country. An achievement gap is the disparity between...
One week into the new season, the hometown Miami Marlins have found themselves as the topic of conversation for all the wrong reasons. Just days after the regular season opening of their brand new ballpark and new team name, the team has fallen under a PR nightmare following comments made by head coach Ozzie Guillen...
One fall day when I was younger, I came home from school with a burning question. I burst through the door with enthusiasm and yelled, “Mom, can I have an allowance?” I remember learning about this allowance concept and it blew my mind. Kids were paid. They were paid to do chores around the house...
After working with artists like Eminem, Rihanna and Britney Spears, music video director Joseph Kahn is taking a stab at the horror genre. Kahn, who has been recognized at the Grammys for his work, is promoting his horror-comedy about a group of high school students being stalked by a killer before their senior prom. To...
Ernesto Escoto will assume his new role as director of the UM Counseling Center on July 1. “I’m very much looking forward to working with the staff at the Counseling Center as well as the faculty and staff of the University of Miami, and to have an opportunity to serve students,” he said. A native...
Senior Andrew Szarejko may be of Polish descent and from a small town near Tampa, but his heart is now in Turkey. After taking a class on U.S. relations with the Middle East at UM, Szarejko fell in love with Turkey. On Thursday, Szarejko was among the 631 students to be awarded a Critical Language...
On Saturday, costumed Canes reveled in Japanese culture, food and music at the Anime Club’s first Hurricon, a convention that focused on anime, manga, and video games. Anime is short for animation and refers to a specific style of television cartoons that originated in Japan. Manga refers to comic books that also have Japanese origins....
David Hernandez has been president of the Sailing Canes, won a host of race trophies and mentored the next generation of UM sailors. It just so happens he can’t stand getting wet. “Let’s play a game,” said freshman Kara Voss, president of the women’s sailing team, quoting Hernandez talking to his crew members. “The game...
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