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Focus on Fitness: Vitality U promotes overall health, wellness

Hello all you 20-somethings out there! Yes, you!  Give me one reason why we shouldn’t be living the best we can? At our age, why shouldn’t we make sure, that this prime physical condition should be ut...

Back-to-back victories frame weekend matches

The Miami men’s tennis team had its share of struggles in five previous matchups against Rice. Perhaps the most painful of all was last year’s 7-0 shutout loss when rain forced the match indoors to th...

Focus on Fitness: Yogis congregate on the Green

  How familiar does this sound? Your cell phone alarm is the most dreadful sound attempting to wake you up for that morning class, that seems to come earlier and earlier each w...

Focus on Fitness: Take a running challenge

When most South Beach revelers will finally head home from the clubs, a select group - or should I say a special breed of dedicated athletes - will hit the pavement. Hard. Sunday marks the 11th ann...

Rioters push for change amid Spanish economic hardships

MADRID -- Amid dire economic crisis and the passage of new austerity measures, Madrid has attracted global attention as a city of social activism.  Anti-government protests began Sept. 25, nicknamed “...

We’re not in Kansas anymore … or are we?

About 3,407 miles away (or, should I say, 5,482 kilometers) from my family in Boston, 4,145 miles from the U, a few time zones ahead, I emerged from the metro to the gleaming sunshine of a Madrid maña...

Religious studies classes move to Rome for semester

The University of Miami recently extended its boundaries to Rome. This spring, the Department of Religious Studies sponsored UM’s latest Semester-on-Location program, with help from the America...

Howarth carries team after rehab from injury

Howarth, who hails from Grand Blanc, Mich., leds the team in offensive statistics with 11 goals, six assists, 26 points, 39 shots, 17 shots on goal and three game-winning goals, while leading the team to the first postseason win in school history.

Directed Independent Language Study program provides immersion experience

The UM student body personifies the extreme diversity of the University of Miami, with more than 110 countries represented in the student population.  The Directed Independent Language Study (DILS...

Canes destroy Cavaliers, Hokies in final homestand

In the final homestand of a successful season, the ninth-ranked University of Miami women’s tennis team routed the Virginia Tech Hokies in a 7-0 demolition. Seniors Anna Bartenstein and Gabriel...

Kristen Spillane

Senior Sports Writer