UM needs a Middle Eastern Studies program

In the fall of 1990, while I was deployed to the Persian Gulf emirate of Bahrain as part of the military build-up for the Persian Gulf War, I saw a poster on the wall of the mess hall advertising a se...

Creativity Forum displays months of intensive research and experimentation

With over 160 undergraduate and graduate student research projects on display last week in the UC, the 2004 Citizen Board Research and Creativity Forum was the largest forum of its kind ever held on ...

Esteemed scholar speaks on new minority perspectives

"By 2060 we will all be minorities," said Ronald Takaki, renowned scholar and pioneer of Asian American studies in the United States, during his lecture at Storer Auditorium last week. Hurricane Produ...

Students up all night for children

Before the age of 19, one in every 330 children in the United States will develop some form of cancer, according to the National Children's Cancer Foundation. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, f...

WEST SIDE BORE-Y

"Tonight, tonight, tonight I saw a play, with girls and boys all over the place. Tonight, tonight, the world is dull and trite, with actors staggering upon the stage. Today, West Side Story was just a...

FROM THE WIRE: E-mail demands U. Missouri sorority sisters lie for blood dr...

(U-WIRE) COLUMBIA, Mo. - After a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority at the University of Missouri sent an e-mail demanding members to lie about their health history for the Greek Week blood drive W...

THE WRAP

YAWN... So unfortunately this weekenad was a bore...nothing going on in South Beach, nothing going on in the Grove, and absolutely no good house parties. Oo...a sighting The P.I.M.P. of comedy was ou...

PLAY REVIEW Sweet Charity adds some flash to another tale about love

Sweet Charity follows the adventures of ballroom hostess Charity Hope Valentine, a perpetual optimist, (Tara Callahan) who is looking for love in all the wrong people. Dumped in the first scene, Chari...

COMMENTARY Berlin should be starting QB against FSU

When looking at the University of Miami's quarterback situation, there is one obvious answer regarding who should start against Florida State Labor Day weekend. His name is Brock Berlin. Yes, the same...

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