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April 24 , 2024

UM among 20 schools under fire for misleading stats

The University of Miami School of Law, along with 19 other law schools around the country, is under scrutiny for inflated job placement and salary statistics shared with incoming students. A Ne...

News Briefs 3/8

Plagiarism The Writing Center Workshop Series presents “Citation and Safe Assignment” as a way to reach out to all members of the university’s community. Writers at all levels are invited to the...

Campus dance groups feature unique styles

On Saturday, two of UM’s top dance groups strutted their stuff at their annual performances. The Indian Student Association hosted their fifth annual Miami Mayhem dance competition, which featu...

Senate to use iClickers for more transparency

In an effort to promote transparency, accountability and communication, the legislative branch of Student Government has started using iClickers during meetings to record senators’ votes on legisl...

SG tickets remain in election race after undergoing code violation trials

Student Government (SG) election results will be announced Friday at noon on the Rock after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that neither “Think B.I.G.” or “Inspired by U” would be disqualified fr...

Category 5, Distraction referenda pass

Both the Category 5 and Distraction magazine referenda were each passed with more than 60 percent of students voting in favor of increases to the student activity fee, the Elections Commission announc...

Students may be offered fifth year free of tuition to pursue passion

Both tickets for Student Government (SG) Executive Board want to give students the option to attend the university for a fifth year free. Although the Inspired by U ticket calls the scholarship...

Two referenda to appear on ballot

Two referenda will be on the ballot this spring, requesting funding for both Category 5 and Distraction magazine, according to SG Press Secretary Mike Piacentino. Each group had to gather 500 signa...

Student Government campaigning begins

With Student Government (SG) elections around the corner, new sets of faces are seeking executive positions. Two is the magic number this February, with only two tickets up for election and two refere...

News Briefs 2/9

Cold War Lecture Ines Triay, the former assistant secretary for the Office of Environmental Management in the U.S. Department of Energy under President Obama, will speak on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. The ...

Lyssa Goldberg

Lyssa Goldberg is online editor of The Miami Hurricane. She is a senior majoring in journalism and political science with a minor in math. She has interned at Mashable and the Miami New Times, and her work has also been featured in The Huffington Post.