WVUM: ‘The voice of UM’

College isn't always about going to class and squeezing in some party time in between. Students spend hours in athletic practices, meetings, rehearsals, deadlines, jobs and a multitude of other things...

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TODAY UM Bookstore presents Attack the Messenger: How Politicians Turn You Against the Media, by Craig Crawford, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will be holding a questio...

Students get inside look at new novel

Bret Easton Ellis, whose literary credentials include works such as Less Than Zero, American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction, stopped by the UM Bookstore on Friday to promote his new novel, Lunar P...

UMNEWS – UM law professor takes active role outside the campus commun...

The Children's Trust has selected University of Miami School of Law professor Bernard Perlmutter as the first recipient of the newly established Champion for Children award. Bernard Perlmutter is ass...

Rita disrupts classwork

UM campuses closed at noon on Monday in preparation for Hurricane Rita, which was expected to make landfall early Tuesday morning. The storm passed through the Florida Straits at winds of up to 70 mph...

UMNEWS – Hurricane efforts continue with ‘vision van’

The University of Miami's Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is making efforts to contribute to hurricane relief projects by sending medical support to the Mississippi and Louisiana areas that were affected ...

Flipsyde shows new side of fusion

The biggest trend in music now is fusion, most notably rock and hip-hop. Few bands can combine the two with such finesse; Flipsyde can be added as one of the few exceptions. The band hailing from Oak...

Elsewhere – ‘Black liquor’ a potential fuel source

(U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah-Money may not grow on trees, but Larry Baxter, Brigham Young University professor of chemical engineering, said there is a substance in trees that can supplement the United States...

Kanye West, Barbara Bush lay down the beat

In the days following Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West said, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Barbara Bush said, "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged...

ETC

Undergraduate Juniors and Seniors with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.700 and a record of extracurricular activities who are interested in scholarships and fellowships (Barry Goldwater, Fulbright, Gate...

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