2007: Already a bad year for some celebrities in the spotlight

Just weeks into 2007, while most of us are still clinging for dear life to our New Year's resolutions, a handful of celebrities have already landed themselves exactly where they left off in 2006- or w...

Setback threatens to delay construction projects

Another roadblock has been laid in the ongoing construction and renovation projects scheduled to break ground on the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus. At the City of Coral Gables Planning an...

Wireless company aims to keep students connected

As the number of college students who own a cell phone increases yearly, wireless technology corporations continue to gain new clientele to expand the trend of social networking via mobile phones. Ac...

University adds second HMO plan for employees

The University of Miami created a new HMO healthcare plan last month for faculty and employees that features three main provisions, one of which is no increase in the monthly cost compared to the orig...

Coral Gables city government thinks you’re irrelevant

Once again this month, the Coral Gables city government has made it clear the degree to which they hold you and this university in contempt. For several years, UM has sought to improve the facilities ...

News Briefs

UMNews UM medical school pays $2.2M settlement The University of Miami agreed in December to pay $2.2 million in a settlement on allegations that it overcharged Medicare patients for services given at...

Alternative viewpoints are essential to freedom

Over winter break I watched a documentary called "Loose Change," which promoted the idea that September 11th was an inside job, and not actually carried out by a slew of terrorists who were part of Os...

Editorial: Non-‘commissioned’

And so, the cycle repeats. More than a decade after its conception, the University Village is finally complete, despite the City of Coral Gables' best efforts to prevent this. Now, after years of str...

What’s going on?

TODAY (Jan 19) The visiting Cleveland Orchestra at the University of Miami features a performance by soprano Kimberly Ogonosky. The recital will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. at the L. Austin Weeks Cen...

Freshman Survival 101: Air Travel

This column speaks to all air travelers and so will simply be an advice column on the following matter regarding holiday traveling: don't. However, if you have no other way to reach your home for the...

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