Plans still under way for overpass construction

April 11 marks one year since UM freshman Ashley Kelly was killed by a motorist at the crosswalk at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Mariposa Court. At the time of the accident, impassioned students acr...

In loving memory of Ashley Kelly

Ashley was a promising freshman at UM on April 11, 2005, when she was struck and killed by a car in the crosswalk of U.S. 1 at Mariposa. At the time of her passing, she had been named to the President...

Briefs

Men's Tennis The 14th-ranked Miami men's tennis team handed No. 8 Virginia its first ACC loss in two seasons Friday, knocking off the Cavaliers 4-3. The victory over the Cavaliers (17-6, 7-1 ACC) ma...

UMNEWS – National public health expert joins UM faculty

Claude E. Fox, the founder of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, has been named a research professor in the department of epidemiology and public health. "We are very fortunate to have been ab...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I cannot disagree more with the column "Where Eye Contact Can Go Wrong...Horribly Wrong." I find you authoritative tone on social dynamics and human relations offensive and pompous. Passages like "I m...

Elsewhere – 10-year study reveals autism not national epidemic

By Ann Babe Badger Herald (U. Wisconsin) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis.-A University of Wisconsin scientist is challenging recent rumors of a national autism epidemic, pointing to a new study. The study ...

AS I SEE IT

Once again providing ample proof of why it's never a good idea to vote while you're drunk, Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is back in the news. In this latest episode, McKinney was apparently ...

ETC.

The UM Alternative Breaks E-board is accepting applications for the 2006-2007 year. Applications and interview sign-up sheets are available in the Volunteer Services Office, UC 240 and are due on Apri...

Dear V – Can’t you smell that smell…coming from your own ...

Dear V, I have noticed recently that I smell really bad. I shower, and I am totally hygienic-I always shower at least once a day, and I always shower after I go running, but still, I seem to have rea...

Ponnock takes oath as SG president

Approximately 60 students, Student Government members and administrators attended the 2006 SG inauguration of the 2006-2007 Executive Board, held in the I-Lounge Wednesday. President Annette Ponnock ...

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