WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Second half stuns Canes

The Univeristy of Miami women's basketball gave up a double-digit halftime lead and suffered a tough loss to the Virginia Cavaliers Monday, 79-68. With the loss, Miami continues to struggle to find a ...

UPDATE: Grogg speaks to Syracuse students at hour-long session

UPDATE: Jan. 25, 2:50 A.M. Sam L Grogg, dean of the UM School of Communication, spoke with 100 Syracuse University communication students at an hour-long session Thursday, the Daily Orange reported. ...

Let athletes be athletes, not role models

People are cautiously optimistic about the possibilities this coming year offers for the country. 2008 will be a year when the wrongs of the past can be righted, when those individuals who made the wr...

University rethinks housing changes

Strong reactions to the recently announced housing allocation changes have caused the university to significantly modify their plans, said the vice president for Student Affairs. "It appears as thoug...

The conspiracy of over-priced textbooks

Even though it already costs you an arm and a leg to take classes here, sometimes it seems like it also costs you your soul for the books needed for those classes. Being forced to pay the astounding ...

Spinal cord research moving forward in 2008

Since its co-founding in 1985 by Dr. Barth A. Green and three families affected by spinal-cord injuries, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the Miller School of Medicine has enjoyed a legacy of sc...

Crist’s proposed budget would cancel Florida Resident Access Grant

Florida residents attending private universities will lose a $3,000 stipend if a budget proposal announced last Thursday by Gov. Charlie Crist is approved. The Florida Resident Access Grant, currentl...

Med School Briefs

Gene mutation for genetic mystery identified A gene associated with spinal-muscular atrophy linked to the X chromosome, a rare pediatric disease, was recently identified by Dr. Lisa Baumbach-Reardon o...

A call to (freshman) arms

Oh, returning to "The U" and still being a freshman! The bottom of the pyramid, the lowest on the totem pole, the weak, the few, the fighting! Oh, the same old roommate and same old Chartwells; lookin...

Police Beat

Pick up the paper every Thursday to read the Public Safety call log. For further information on any of these services, visit Public Safety's website at www.miami.edu/publicsafety, or contact the Crim...

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