In less than a week, we the students of the University of Miami will finally get what we’ve been waiting for since Thanksgiving break. We can wake up at midday and not feel guilty about missing class because there will be no classes or assignments (yeah, right). Class attendance for lectures this week will probably be low because spring break is here.
There is a collective anxiety among millennial college students: we know it’s hard to get a decent job out of college and we know we need to constantly be doing something to help our post-grad job prospects.
UM has a tremendous amount of black history and honestly, we should be ashamed we don’t know more.
“I’m sure when I’m retired and sitting on the beach somewhere, I’ll think about this as the greatest win, but these wins can be canceled out really quick if you don’t focus on the next one,” Miami coach Katie Meier said after the 350th victory of her career. “We’re on a mission and we just have to keep getting better.”
“This debate provided the opportunity for students to meet the candidates and hear from them personally what they hope to change about the UM experience.”
“How the baby boomers remembered the Vietnam protests of 1969, I’m certain that’s how generations raised throughout the 2000s will remember Parkland.”
“We had cockroaches for about a week and I wouldn’t shower on my floor. They were all over the bathroom and sometimes got into bedrooms.”
“It’s immoral that politicians are getting paid when hard-working people like TSA are not,” said UM trustee Jonathan McAndrews.
“It’s very closely mimicking life,” he said. “Points are played, and they’re either won or lost. That’s how I looked at it. You either win or you lose. Every time you step on the line, you have the opportunity to do it again. That’s the biggest thing I’ve learned from competing in tennis. That’s something I try to pass down to my players.”
A photo collection that captures some of the events that occurred on campus this past weekend
The University of Miami started the new year with a new look. That’s because UM Facilities was hard at work over winter break, completing numerous improvement projects and renovations while students were away.
The freshmen towers will soon make way for a transformative new era of on-campus housing.