Nobody Beats the Biz: An L&A interview with the “Clown Prince of...

The Clown Prince of Rap (or that's at least how he's been labeled by the media) hovered his corpulent figure and idiomatic sense of humor above the South Beach surf and onto the glittering stage at Bi...

Casa Bacardi teaches Cuban history, culture

Located on Brescia Avenue is a microcosmic dwelling that represents all that is Cuba, past and present. Casa Bacardi, a new interactive cultural center highlighting Cuban history and culture, opened ...

GLBC should include transgender in its name

When the Reverend Martin Niemoller was rescued from German concentration camps, he was asked why even he, a respected and well-known preacher, was targeted by the Nazi government. He answered, "firs...

The Miami Hurricane Top 25 Poll

1. The University of Miami 2. Texas 3. Oklahoma 4. Virginia Tech 5. Ohio State 6. Oregon 7. Georgia 8. Notre Dame 9. Tennessee 10. NC State 11. Washington State 12. Florida State 13. Michigan 14. Penn...

Entertainment News

The world of fashion and chi-chi saw a rupture of tastes at the Paris ready-to-wear collections this past Sunday. The split flavors stirred up the fundamental fashion question: what is elegance? Julie...

Symposium brings urban Latin America to U

Miami acts as a hub of South American culture. As such, it was only fitting that the the UM College of Arts and Sciences, the Joseph Carter Memorial Fund, the Department of Foreign Languages and Lite...

Racial profiling necessary in times of conflict

In light of recent events involving three medical students who happened to be of an unfortunately conspicuous nationality, I still agree with it. When I was in eighth grade and we toured the White Ho...

Exhibit remembers Andrew a decade later

"Life Begins After Andrew," according to the vivid pictorial display on the walls of the Richter Library. The exhibit honors those who experienced Hurricane Andrew a decade after it devastated the So...

Respect women regardless of how they dress

For centuries women have had to conform, bow down and abide to whatever ludicrous rules of the highly patriarchal society were imposed on them. Decades went by, protests were held, time went by befor...

Q and Not U: Art ideals swirled with dance and D.C. punk

When the word "Dischord" exits someone's lips in a conversation about music, the conversation instinctively flips into solemn, survival mode. When the Dischord "logo" pops up randomly in a record sho...

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