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...

Induce blends organic with electronic

"Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one." Thus begins Cycle, the debut album by Miami DJ Induce, and by the last song it's evident that this line is more than just a sound bite; i...

Plastic money, real debt

On any given day, students passing through the Breezeway can walk away with a new credit card-and a financial debt waiting to happen. Credit card companies are bombarding millions of students across c...

Rap and hip-hop music receiving unfair rap

Why, why, why must hip-hop vindicate itself yet again? Not since the early days of rock 'n' roll has a popular music form been criticized so much by so many, from the mainstream media to groups of con...

Medical College Admissions Test to change to electronic format

Students may have just crawled their way out of the new SAT tests, but reformatted testing does not stop there. The Association of American Medical Colleges announced last summer that the Medical Coll...

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