The Tunnel of Oppression, which will be shown at the University Center Flamingo Ballrooms from 4 to 9 p.m. today through Wed., is a nationally recognized program that takes place on more than seventy campuses across the nation. The goal behind the Tunnel is to challenge student’s perceptions and beliefs on issues dealing with oppression and hatred.

The University of Miami Honor Council will host Academic Integrity Week from April 16 to April 18 in hopes of raising awareness of the University Honor Code, ratified in 1986 to encourage and protect academic integrity.

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.

UM professor wins Pathfinder Award, UM student jumped and robbed on US1, UM Debate Team wins competition, Global Entrepreneurship Week “Launches” Nov. 17

The African Student Union, founded on campus nearly 20 years ago, has begun its second annual Africa Week. Professors Patti Rose, David Kling and Margaret Marshall served as panelists at an event termed “Mission (Im)possible” Tuesday evening in the Mahoney Pearson classrooms. The event aspired to give students a holistic view of the ups and downs of missionary work in Africa.

Stomping, yelling and pounding his chest, freshman Kenji Suzuki brought a little bit of his native Hawaii to the UC Thursday night. One war dance, Q&A session and formal and beachwear competition later, Suzuki found himself crowned Mr. International 2008.
“I wasn’t expecting this at all,” Suzuki said, standing among construction-paper palm trees and seashells with [...]

Adrienne Arsht, philanthropist and University of Miami trustee since May, is donating a $5 million gift to be used for university-wide ethics programs, eye research, athletics, the music school and more.

Dance Marathon, a charity event to benefit ill children that sprouted at Penn State University and has spread to over 80 universities across the nation, will take place at the University of Miami for the first time this Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.

In the Oct. 9 issue of The Miami Hurricane, in the ”Events Beats,” Surfrider UM was cited as having held a benefit concert last Tuesday.  However, the benefit concert is actually this Tuesday, Oct. 14., at the UC Patio.