Student journalists cover the Florida Priorities Summit, held Nov. 13-14 at the University of Miami’s Shalala Student Center.
Blogs, Cover, Football, Sports
No. 7 UM vs. No. 1 Clemson Live Blog
ACC Championship Game: No. 7 Miami Hurricanes (10-1, 7-1 ACC) vs. No. 1 Clemson Tigers (11-1, 7-1 ACC) Here is what you need to know… FINAL SCORE: Clemson 38 – Miami 3 Rosier: 14-29, 110 yds, 2 ints Dallas: 6 rushes, 44 yds Bryant: 23-29, 252 yds, 2 tot tds 3rd Quarter: Clemson Ball: To…
Blogs, Cover, Football, Sports
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Miami Live Blog
No. 3 Notre Dame (8-1) vs. No. 7 Miami (8-0, 6-0 ACC) Here’s what you need to know… FINAL SCORE: Miami 41 – Notre Dame 8 4th Quarter: Miami Ball: DJ Dallas having his best overall game as a Hurricane. 4-yard touchdown rush, Miami leads 41-8 with 4 minutes remaining in 4th quarter. Notre Dame…
Blogs, College GameDay 2017, Cover, Football, Sports
Live Blog: ESPN’s College GameDay broadcasts live from campus
It’s College GameDay! This is a live blog covering the broadcast of ESPN’s pre-game broadcast from the Coral Gables campus of University of Miami.
Blogs, Cover, Hurricane
Hurricane Irma Liveblog
Hurricane Irma is expected to make a turn toward Florida in the next 24 to 48 hours. The size and strength of the storm drove the largest evacuation in the state’s history. Thousands of residents are in shelters. Even more left the state entirely. Most of our reporters and staff at The Miami Hurricane left…
Blogs, UBuzz
Tech gadgets that will make college life easier
Excitement and energy fill the University of Miami campus as students are eager to tackle the beginning of a new school year. However, while the start of a new year is thrilling, to some it could also be daunting. College life is filled with long hours of studying, important deadlines and time management. Where some…
Blogs, Culture Shock
Lessons from prejudice abroad inform demand for justice at home
In a quiet corner of the Prague Six neighborhood, scrawled in white paint and angry capital letters, a solitary park bench reads “Allah is Jewish Gay! F*** Islam.” The adjacent sidewalk reads “F*** Islam” and “GNLS,” which I would later learn stood for “Good Night Left Side,” written clockwise a Celtic cross spanning several feet….
Blogs, Culture Shock
Culture Shock: Travel shows a place’s value
Whenever I get homesick, it does not manifest as moping around, constantly calling people back home or missing my family (sorry Dad). Instead, I get emotional about my love for my hometown. Freshman year, my roommate had to agree to hanging a six-foot-long Chicago flag in our room. New Yorkers had to hear my unsolicited…
Blogs, The View
The View: Telltale signs of finals season, as told by Scandal
It’s mid-April. You ask yourself how next week is the last week of classes. You are suddenly bombarded with projects, papers, presentations and an absurd number of tests. That’s the sign of finals week quickly approaching, and we’re all just wishing we could rewind. The following are some telltale signs that it’s definitely finals season,…
Blogs, Culture Shock
Culture Shock: Penchants for privacy abroad
Culture Shock is a blog that analyzes the experiences, from awkward to awe-inspiring, of moving abroad for a semester as junior Annie Cappetta studies in the Czech Republic. I have no Czech friends. Most of you will read that and think I must be socially awkward or a weird shut-in. I promise, although I sometimes…
Blogs, Culture Shock
Culture Shock: Going through actual culture shock
Culture Shock is a blog that analyzes the experiences, from awkward to awe-inspiring, of moving abroad for a semester as junior Annie Cappetta studies in the Czech Republic. Before departing for a semester in another country, the study abroad office makes students go through certain modules so we understand any responsibilities and risks associated with our…
Blogs, WCGSports
WCGSports: Lavar Ball entertains with ‘Big Baller Brand’
There is no question that UCLA freshman Lonzo Ball has tremendous talent, as he will be a high draft pick in the 2017 NBA draft. His younger brothers LiAngelo and LaMelo will also attend UCLA in the near future – basketball runs in the Ball family. So why is one family getting all the media attention this…