Evaluating first impressions

College students will be taught all kinds of information, but that is only part of their education, Malcolm Gladwell said at the University of Miami's third annual Fall Convocation. "A bigger part of...

Greek chapters receive national honors

Two University of Miami fraternity chapters have won their respective organization's most prestigious awards given to individual chapters. The Gamma Phi chapter of Sigma Chi and the Florida Alpha cha...

School’s Response Was The Right Thing

Based on the barrage of hurricane coverage the media bombarded us with on the eve of Ernesto's landfall, the storm should have brought storm surges, high winds, power outages and mass pandemonium to S...

Boss of Labor Disputes: The Market

In her editorial column titled "Where are all the protestors?" Alyssa Cundari lauds the work of those who fought to unionize UNICCO workers at the University of Miami. However, as famed economist Fr

We have proven that change is possible

I try to avoid using the word "mistake" when reflecting on past actions, because I like to think of such actions as learning experiences. However, hindsight is 20/20, and every so often there are act...

Love for my T-shirts

Two of my most treasured possessions are political T-shirts. One is a Ross Perot '92 T-shirt that says something like "Time for a Change." It didn't quite fit when I bought it at the Salvation Army ab...

Women’s soccer poised to win big

The women's soccer team has already started off to a strong start this season, vanquishing both the No. 10 University of Central Florida and the No. 9 Samford. The two victories enabled the Hurricanes...

Men’s cross country sprints to quick start

For the fifth straight year, the University of Miami's men's cross country team won the season opening event at the Nova Southeastern Sharks Invitational. "We were hoping to have a little better perf...

Don’t want a relationship now? then don’t rush it!

, I've got a pretty unusual problem on my hands. I'm a twenty-year-old girl who doesn't want a relationship. It's not that I have problems trying to land a guy because I don't at all. Actually, ...

No playing games…

The Roots sound more alive on their albums than most other hip-hop groups, which is probably what makes them such a sensational listen. Their ability to design beats that couple so well with singer Bl...

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