News Briefs and Campus Calendar

SCREENWRITING: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Dr. Paul Lazarus, Director of the University of Miami's prestigious Motion Picture Program will work one-on-one to assist you in planning, outlining, and beginning...

Pediatric AIDS benefit begins

Sigma Alpha Mu officially kicks off its inaugural SAM SLAM today, 6:30 p.m. at the Rock with special guest appearances by President Donna Shalala and Sebastian the Ibis, organizers said. Pronounced "...

Wyche hired as Dean of A&S

University of Miami's first African-American dean, Dr. James Wyche, will join the College of Arts and Sciences this Aug. 1. Wyche, an established biology professor and researcher, was also appointed ...

SG bill shot down

The Student Government Senate overwhelmingly shot down a bill last Wednesday that proposed that the Honor Council adopt standards of precedence for sanctions of honor code violations. Twenty-four sen...

UMTV program takes national award

The UMTV news program, NewsVision, was recently awarded first prize for newscasting in the National Broadcasting Society competition. This is the fifth year the program has placed first in the live n...

Athletics no excuse for second-rate diploma

When I was twelve years old, I fully believed I would become a major league baseball player. At twenty, I find myself in a position where I haven't thrown a ball for at least four years and if I have...

Moonshine Music’s Barbecue Party

Call it a huge South Beach business lunch-- Winter Music Conference style. That was the scene on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Moonshine Music's Beach Barbecue at The National Hotel Beach Bar. With sev...

Hang up and talk: Disconnect and reconnect

The following is a transcript of an actual conversation between an employee of a fabric and craft store and a customer purchasing 4.5 yards of taffeta. "That will be $22.50 ma'am." "Just put it in t...

Del the Funkee Homosapien Rocks

Anticipating the infiltration of hip-hop culture at Saturday's Ultra electronic music festival, a circle of break-dancers joined the audience at the Coolworld stage, showing off supple movements to ol...

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