Associate director to retire after 32 years of assistance
Robert DuBord and his wife Rhonda packed a U-Haul truck full of Midwestern antiques before beginning his post at the University of Miami in 1981. “My wife was a native Floridian and wanted to head back,” he said. “I was lucky enough to get a job opportunity at UM.” After 32 years of UM under...
Jay-Z, Beyonce’s trip to Cuba under scrutiny
The Boston Marathon attack and threats from North Korea have shared headlines with Jay-Z and Beyonce Carter’s visit to Cuba. The media has focused on the legality and political implications of the celebrity couple’s decision to celebrate their wedding anniversary in a country that has a trade embargo with the United States. “The plight of...
Hurricon’s anime celebration transforms campus
The sounds of karaoke singers, all dressed in anime attire, replaced the UC Sunday humdrum for the second annual Miami Hurricon led by the Anime Club. “There are people who have come as far as Gainesville,” said Ashu Joshi, the president of the Anime Club. Hurricon celebrated the Japanese cultural art form anime, which has...
Wendy Walk carries legacy of liposarcoma fighter
Wendy Landes, the symbol for the annual Wendy Walk that raises funds for liposarcoma, passed away this March. “She was an incredible human being,” said Alex Norton, a member of the Wendy Walk executive board. “She lived life to the fullest and never pitied herself.” A memorial service for Landes will be held before the...
SunSmart raises funds, provides skin cancer screenings
Runners wearing sunglasses, a dab of sunscreen and a visor will join Sebastian the Ibis for the SunSmart 5K Run/Walk. Students in the Miller School of Medicine organize SunSmart to help raise awareness about skin cancer and public access defibrillation, the process of applying electric currents to the chest wall or heart during medical emergencies...
Historic building regains former glory
Germaine Price, a UM alumna who graduated in 1983, recalls attending photography classes in the Art Building when she was a student. “It was not what I was expecting from a college campus,” she said. “The paint was peeling, and the floor was creaking. I guess it had that funky college feel.” Price is referring...
Plus 1 initiative in the works
Student Government’s “Plus 1 Scholars Program” may need to wait plus one more years before taking effect. Plus 1 was a main platform of SG President Nawara Alawa’s administration during the spring 2012 election. The initiative would allow students to study an academic passion separate from the student’s current degree for an additional year without...
News briefs: 3/21
USpeak The fifth issue of UM’s literary journal Mangrove will be unveiled at USpeak. The event will feature readings from Mangrove, open-mic readings from some of the Mangrove staffers and members of the Miami writing community. USpeak will occur at the Oasis Cafe in the UC from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday. For more information,...
Shakespeare library continues to grow
As part of “Shakespeare in Miami,” Gail Paster, the former director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C., came to campus to discuss “King Lear” and her ideas on The Bard. The Miami Hurricane: This is really great because as an English major you’re kind of a superstar. What you do and what you’ve...
News Briefs 2/25
UHack Senior Oscar Sanchez, president of UM’s branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, organized the second-annual UHack, a coding marathon that began on Saturday and continued into Sunday afternoon. UHack was centered on a theme of the arts. Winners were awarded based on their creativity, adherence to the theme and the polish...
‘Les Mis’ to premiere at Arsht Center, actor shares experience
Over the holidays, fans of the hit musical “Les Misérables” were treated to a film adaptation directed by Tom Hooper and starring Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Anne Hathaway as Fantine. Fans and newcomers to the musical can relive and experience this tour de force at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Ziff Ballet Opera House...
Design-a-Course allows for academic freedom, creativity
A course dedicated solely to the novel “Jane Eyre” was proposed during the last academic school year. “Jane Eyre” did not get approved, but Niurka Monteserin, chair of the academic affairs committee of Student Government, continues to lead the Design-a-Course initiative, which allows students to develop their own courses, create a syllabus and teach the...
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