EDITORIAL

Although final approval of the Federal Budget is still weeks away, Congressional appropriations committee members brokered an agreement in a 2 1/2-hour nighttime negotiation on February 10th, barely f...

‘Canes climb out of cellar with convincing victory

For now, the Hurricanes seem like they are back on track. Miami steamrolled Virginia Tech 85-65 Tuesday night at the Convocation Center, boosting its record back up to the .500 mark. The 'Canes (10-1...

Don’t Give Me a Gun or I Will Use It, and like it

I want to shoot a gun. A warm handgun is like sex without commitment. It is heavy in your hand and the power oozes from the metal straight through to your finger-that small digit that wields death wit...

UM tuition to jump 5.9 percent for 2003-04

Tuition at UM will go up 5.9 percent for the 2003-04 academic year, Dr. Luis Glaser, executive vice-president and provost for UM, reported to the Miami Hurricane. The price for tuition alone will ju...

Disparate Views of Iraqi War: Right vs. Left

The following is a hypothetical dialogue between a liberal and conservative over the possibility of war with Iraq. Conservative: So, do you think we should go to war with Iraq? Liberal: Oh my God, no...

Hardball hits UM for live show on liberal bias in the media

Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, brought the Hardball College Tour to UM for a live national broadcast discussing the topic of liberal bias in the media with CBS insider Bernard Goldberg, who...

Aspirin pizza and the Everyman as Death

Ed. - For examples of Mr. Garbaukas' work, see this issue's "Aesthetic" article. Americans can depend on the comic strip. The art form's traditional simplicity - a fixed number of characters who rare...

Campus Calendar and News Briefs

TODAY UBS and The Presidents' Lecture Series present "Life and Def with Russell Simmons" of Def Jam Records, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and Phat Farm Clothing. The lecture will be at 7 p.m. i...

How about low APR financing for that permit?

As I walked back to my car the other day, I saw a parking officer ticketing cars at expired meters. I stopped to ask him if he also tickets cars with invalid permits. I mean, has anyone ever noticed t...

Urban Legend Series

As UM students rush to their classes in and around the Memorial Building, many notice what is believed to be the gravestone of the famous American poet, Robert Frost, located on the grassy area behind...

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