Changes made to student rights handbook

While the majority of students may have spent their summer breaking the rules, the University of Miami Dean of Student's Office was busy creating new ones. Policies addressing student vices such as g...

Facebook equals reverse voyeurism

This summer I worked with a guy named Seth. He graduated from Cornell a year or two ago. Shockingly, he is not on Facebook. And interestingly, it is not just because he's lazy or doesn't know anyone h...

Masters of disguise teach students the art of deception

They made cameras out of lipstick tubes and suit jacket buttons, forged government documents and transformed men into women and women into men. For the duration of career, until their names were rele...

To “Hey” or not to “Hey?”

Every school day of every year, college students must make an important choice. This decision may not decide your grades or even your future occupation, but it is something much more important and urg...

Police Beat

Safety Tip of the Week: Today, binge drinking is out of control. It not only impairs your judgment, affects your body, and can lead to trouble; but it also is a sign of immaturity to those around yo...

University Village refugees: it’s not all that bad

It is 8:45 a.m., the sun is blistering, my eyes are tired, but the shuttle to campus is already happily waiting for me at the bus stop. I'm one of the many University Village "refugees," and my curren...

Calendar

TODAY SEPTEMBER 12 Today is the deadline to register for the Wellness Center's CHAMP Challenge. Participants earn "miles" every time they work out at the Wellness Center in an attempt to make it from...

INS trumps ECO in explaining free trade

Why is it that people use basic concepts of microeconomics to counter "vague notions?" How completely ironic is that? When I was a freshman, I used to talk to business majors on my hall about the Fre...

Castro brothers’ power changes

When news got out that Fidel Castro was rushed to the hospital and relinquished power to his brother, Defense Minister Raul Castro, at the end of July, people realized the great historical weight the ...

don’t be afraid to explore your…everything!

Dear V, My birthday was last week, and my boyfriend bought me a vibrator because I had told him that I had never masturbated before. I am kind of upset that he did this because I think that masturbat...

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