Point Counterpoint: Sending more troops to Iraq…

...will waste more lives by Beni Yunis It has been four years and two weeks since this mess started and just shy of four years since President George W. Bush called this debacle a "mission accomplishe...

News Briefs

UMNews Global warming study shows decrease in hurricane activity New research by the Rosenstial School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that increased wind shear in the Atlantic Ocean may in...

Weird News: No child left without an iPod, and more

iPods for every Michigan child Michigan state Democrats want to appeal to both education and children at the same time by providing an iPod for every child. The state, however is facing a budget cris...

Kurt Vonnegut (1922 – 2007)

Everyday, people are born and people die. So it goes. Last Wednesday, we lost the author who coined the phrase, "So it goes." Kurt Vonnegut died at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital at 9:45 PM at the a...

Shooting raises questions of safety

Monday morning's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, the deadliest such incident in American history, has forced colleges and universities around the country, including the University of Miami, to reev...

Sex: Caught your attention, didn’t I?

Sex: it seems like it's everywhere these days. From every channel you turn to, to every rap song you listen to, to even some carnival on The Rock, whatever that was all about. Casual sex has become a...

UM honors fallen Hokies at Vigil

A light, somber wind blew through campus Wednesday evening as the University of Miami paid tribute to the 33 students and staff who lost their lives Monday at Virginia Tech. The gentle breeze ever so...

What’s going on?

TODAY (Apr 20) Enjoy rides, games, prizes, food and free contraception at the Annual Safe Sex Carnival from 7-11 p.m. on the Green. Celebrate the Earth's beauty at the Go Green Festival in honor of G...

Baseball: UNF (16-25) defeats Miami

After an embarrassing loss on Sunday, the Miami Hurricanes' (22-17, 8-10 Atlantic Coast Conference) season took a turn for the worst, as they were outplayed in a 3-2 loss to the North Florida Ospreys ...

What went wrong at Blacksburg?

The Virginia Tech tragedy will continue to resonate for some time to come, and rightly so. Many questions surrounding last Monday's events are yet to be answered, and must be in order for the grieving...

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