Gaberdine. Fugacious. Misspell.

These were just a few of the words posed to students at the United Black Students’ (UBS) First Annual Spelling Bee, ultimately conquered by the competition’s winner, Lauren Weiner, a freshman. For many, it was a trip down memory lane to the good old days of elementary spelling wars.

Second Friday of every month to be Art Night in South Miami; New Italian restaurant opens on 56th Ave.; Fitness Together studio opens alongside South Miami parking garage

Invisible Children to screen film with world champion boxer
Invisible Children will be hosting a screening of Kassim the Dream, featuring an appearance by world champion boxer Kassim “The Dream” Ouma. Ouma was kidnapped at the age of 6 by the rebel army in his home country, Uganda. Eventually, he joined the army’s boxing team and, after 12 [...]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska lost his bid for a seventh term Tuesday, giving Democrats at least 58 seats in the Senate for the first years of the Obama administration. He was convicted last month on federal ethics charges.
WASHINGTON - In order to ease congestion during the holiday travel season, President George W. [...]

 
Eddie Pieron was one of those people that always lit up a room with token phrases like “chicka chicka yeah” and his big smile, friends said.
Pieron was going to be starting his senior year at the University of Miami when he was found murdered in his South Miami home on July 5, the day after [...]

University of Central Florida graduate starts University Cab Cash, a program that partners with cab companies near universities throughout Florida to provide students with a prepaid debit card for transportation purposes.

The School of Business Administration will host a UM Global Business Forum entitled “Harnessing the Power of the Connected World” on Jan. 15 and 16, 2009. Early registration for UM alumni, faculty, staff and students is available on a first-come, first-serve basis until December 10, and costs $500. Business leaders from around the world will [...]

The University of Miami’s Rathskeller will remain open until the start of spring break, March 13, 2009, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Whitely.

Jessica Rausch, a fourth-year architecture major, is also minoring in art and art history.

Talk about speed; the staff at the new Center for Computational Science (CCS) can perform trillions of calculations per second as part of their effort to help researchers solve complex, real-world problems.