Dear V

Dear V, I am insanely jealous of my roommates for one reason and one reason only: They all have boyfriends, and I do not. I used to be the kind of girl who was able to preoccupy herself with other th...

UMNEWS – School of Music presents students with cutting-edge concepts...

Take a midday stroll around any college campus, a weekend trek through a mall or a workout session in any gym, and you'll notice dozens of people doing the same thing: listening to downloaded songs on...

Ideas at the forefront

Last fall we had the presidential election, the debate on campus and the Dalai Lama to keep the discourse at UM alive. This spirited conversation became somewhat muted during the spring semester excep...

Coach’s Corner

You guys went through some Georgia Tech preparations earlier this season before the game was cancelled. Has anything changed since then? Not a lot has changed. I think they're very similar. We do hav...

A War on Bullshit

Harry G. Frankfurt has declared war on bullshit. And he means it. "The bullshitter does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does. He pays no attention to it at all," the retired Prince...

Elsewhere – Gender can determine your sense of humor

The Stanford Daily (Stanford) (U-WIRE)-Two atoms walk into a bar (why is it always a bar?). One turns to the other and says, "I think I lost an electron!" The other replies, "Are you sure?" "Yes, I...

Goodbye, C-Center

Corporate America invaded campus Wednesday with the renaming of the Convocation Center to the BankUnited Center. We're saddened to see our former and well liked name go. UM has now joined the likes o...

Tough loss to FSU in volleyball

The women's volleyball team fell to ACC opponent and longtime rival Florida State in five games on Tuesday night at the Knight Sports Complex. "Losing to your rival hurts more than losing to anyone e...

Miami Book Fair : four stand out from the rest

Wasted Beauty, by Eric Bogosian This is a novel about drug abuse, adultery, mental illness and the difficult world of professional modeling which shows the shaded part of life. Novelist, playwright a...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PROUD PARENT I am a UM parent who regularly reads The Hurricane online. While I have not always agreed with Donna Shalala's politics, I think she has been an outstanding university president. Invi...

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