UM community objects to U.S. treatment of Haitian refugees

One week ago, over 200 Haitian refugees were intercepted along the Rickenbacker Causeway after trying to illegally enter the United States near Key Biscayne. According to the American statute, often r...

Faculty senate seeks to revamp Honor Council

The faculty senate recently initiated a process to amend the composition of the Selection and Appeals Committee of the Undergraduate Student Honor Council. The amendment calls for the current composit...

‘Canes’ soccer upset by Rutgers

The Miami women's soccer team fell to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 4-3 on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament. The loss ends the season for Miami soccer. The Hurricanes finished th...

U.S. immigration policy is unfair

It happens at least once a year. The newspaper headlines may be different, but the story is always the same. Just a few days ago, 220 Haitian refugees made their way to American soil looking for jus...

Letter to the Editor

Re: Face the facts. . . most people support the war with Iraq. I find it appalling that you would state public opinion polls as justification for discrediting the general consensus on campus that wa...

news briefs

Is hip hop violence back on track after the 2Pac and Biggie tragedies? Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay was murdered on Oct. 30 while working in a New York studio. Police are still investigating the crim...

Watch JFK, there definitely is a Kennedy conspiracy

So I have to begin by saying that I've always had the utmost confidence in the American government, aside from the meandering eyes of our nearly honest politicians and the x-rated antics of the occasi...

Strange Fruit

Following the explosive launch of the Electroclash festival in October of 2001, thousands of New York hipsters-post-punk wannabes wearing skinny ties and blue hair dye or bisexual fashionistas that ma...

U.S. immigration policy needs to be re-defined

Last week's arrival off the shores of Miami of over 200 Haitian refugees highlights an immigration policy that is inherently unfair. While I do not believe that the policy of detaining them while thei...

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