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Student on house arrest after car crash

University of Miami student Ivanna Villanueva, 19, was involved in a fatal car crash early Sunday morning at the intersection of LeJeune Road and Majorca Avenue. At around 4:30 a.m., Villanueva...

Grad student attends 2011 Nobel Laureate Meetings

Nobel Laureates are the rockstars of the academic world, and one UM graduate student recently had the chance to to meet and share her ideas with the prominent group. Melvys Valledor, a micr...

Bank hits debit card users with fee

Starting in 2012, Bank of America will levy a $5 monthly fee on customers who use their debit cards for purchases. Customers will be charged the same rate no matter how often they use the card...

Trip to Blacksburg starts tough ACC road

As Miami travels to Blacksburg this Saturday to take on No.21 Virginia Tech, beginning what head coach Al Golden calls the “ACC tournament”, it will be against the team responsible for ending any dreams of a conference title. The Canes (2-2) gave up 31 points last season in a home loss to Hokies (4-1), ending their shot at the ACC Coastal Division title.

Stop procrastinating, start working

Everyone does it constantly. As much as we enjoy it, we tend to feel pretty bad about ourselves after the fact. Yes, I’m talking about Facebook and Sporcle and StumbleUpon and eating and tweeting a...

Balance is key during digital age

On my flight down to Miami at the beginning of the school year, the light-hearted flight attendant instructed us to shut off all electronic devices for take off: “Turn off your iPods, your iPads, your...

Top four happy hour locations

After a long week of class, work, projects and anything else college life might throw at you, sometimes it’s important to just hang out with some close friends and knock a few drinks back. But wit...

Ludacris grabs number one spot

Hurricane Productions (HP) and Student Government (SG) collaborated to collect more than 3,000 surveys designed to gauge students’ top choices for this fall’s Homecoming act. Ludacris was selected...

Facebook profile changing face

  In the last two weeks, Facebook has undergone numerous changes, such as the addition of a ticker on the side of the homepage and the option to subscribe to certain friends. Now, t...

Miami-Dade County faces slimy snail situation

Miami-Dade County has been invaded. The giant African land snail, Achatina fulica, has been spotted in five different areas across the county. These areas include Southwest 33rd Court, Bird ...

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