Entertainment value of elections down, out

What could provide more hope than seeing a rapidly diminishing field of heavily made-up individuals fight for the ability to act as the country's temporary head honcho? The whole affair is a bit sad,...

Med students double as performers in free concert

Some University of Miami medical students are putting down their scalpels and stethoscopes this evening and picking up other instruments to entertain at the Miller School of Medicine. About five time...

Annual Art Show Takes Over Ocean Terrace

The annual Miami Beach Festival of the Arts rolled into town this weekend, sprawling out over two blocks on Ocean Terrace. Over 150 national artists showed off their work in various media types, from...

What happened to the Golden Pig?

Feb. 7 slipped by quietly, and few would have guessed that halfway around the world 1.2 billion people were setting off firecrackers and celebrating the dawn of another year. No, not the New Year tha...

Students Against Sweatshops hosts Winter Conference on campus

The national and the University of Miami chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops hosted an annual Winter Conference throughout the weekend on campus. About 200 students from around the nation, a...

Step show, Gospel Explosion continue month-long Black Awareness effort

With "gospel explosions" and step show competitions, students kicked off Black Awareness Month last week with music, dancing and a month-long itinerary of events. So far, students have participated i...

Sports Briefs

Baseball Four Hurricanes earn pre-season honors The pre-season respect for the Hurricanes' baseball team did not stop at the polls, as it continued when pre-season All-Americans were named by Basebal...

Editor’s Note by Greg Linch

Some readers have raised concerns about the language in Thursday's Dear V question. The specific phrasing was thoroughly discussed among several editors and it was decided not to alter someone else's ...

At convention, Shalala emphasizes importance of women in sports, misuse of ...

On the day it was announced that the University of Miami had completed a state record, seven-year $1.4 billion fundraising campaign, President Donna E. Shalala also spoke about another topic. A group...

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