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UM cost of attendance climbs $5,000, students to pay $93,000 next year

Jenny Jacoby
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UM cost of attendance climbs $5,000, students to pay $93,000 next year

Attending the University of Miami for the 2024-2025 school year will cost students over $93,000. For students living on campus, this is a $5,226, or nearly 6%, increase from the previous academic year.

The estimated cost of attendance increases includes several categories including tuition, transportation, housing and books.

Tuition, now at $60,718, has risen $2,614, making it the largest category increase. This is $4,000 more than Harvard University which ranked third in the nation based on the annual U.S. News report. The University of Miami is currently ranked at 64.

The tuition price falls within the range of several other private universities and is lower than UM sister schools University of Southern California with a yearly tuition of $69,904 and Tulane University with a tuition of $68,678.

“In order to structure financial aid packages and offer them in time for students to make informed decisions about where to pursue their education, the University publishes an estimated cost of attendance each year. The demand for a University of Miami education remains at record highs, with more than 48,000 applications received this year,” the University of Miami said in a statement to The Miami Hurricane.

The next highest increase was in the food and housing category, with an approximate $2,000 raise for both on and off-campus options. The University has not made it clear whether this is a result of the new housing development Centennial Village, scheduled to open its first residential college this summer, or if it reflects inflated food costs throughout the country.

This rise follows recent COA increments that have surpassed the expected 3% – 4% annual increase universities typically warn students of ahead of time.

For perspective, rising seniors were given a $75,240 COA estimate when they committed to UM in 2021. This has increased by 24.4% just in their four years as students.

“I’ve been paying for full tuition and every time they raise it they never tell us. Then, they’re [UM] not flexible with payment dates,” junior Diego Zubillaga Chavez said.

“I genuinely don’t think I can afford to come back next year.”

The 6% raise also far exceeds the U.S. 3.2% rate of inflation rate recorded for the past twelve months.

Justin Ammaturo is a third-year student in the School of Architecture, a five-year program that allows students to graduate with professional registration education requirment, meaning he is responsible for an additional year of tuition. Ammaturo does not understand the true reasons behind the rise in tuition or why the University has not communicated this information with students.

“I think the University should tell us and that we should not have to find out on our own,” he said.

“It’s also not fair that they don’t tell the guarantor or parents that they’re upping tuition. Then we have to tell them ourselves.”

This, he explained, creates an awkward situation for students who in many cases have to ask their parents for additional funds to afford tuition.

The COA increase comes at the same time as students are grappling with an adjustment to the University’s financial aid policies that will limit federal and state aid for students taking courses outside their main degree of study.

This change is expected to cost students trying to complete their double majors or minors thousands of dollars in lost aid or push them to graduate early.

This story was corrected to state that the five year Architecture program allows students to graduation with professional registration requirements, not a master’s in architecture and to include a better colored graph.

Oct. 7 survivors visit campus, recount experiences of Hamas attack

Caroline Val
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Oct. 7 survivors visit campus, recount experiences of Hamas attack

Three survivors from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel spoke about their experiences with students this past Monday at the University of Miami Hillel as part of the college tour series “Survived to Tell.”

The campaign, started and funded by Israel-is, Harvard University and Building Israel Connections Engagement Project, was created in response to a rise of antisemitism across college campuses, aiming to educate and develop empathic conversations about the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Dor Kapah, Hadar Or Elmakias and Shye Weinstein were at the Supernova Music Festival the day of the attack.

Weinstein, a Canadian who had recently moved to Israel, described having taken photos of all of the people he encountered when rockets were seen flying overhead at 6:30 a.m. that day.

“There were different responses to what was going on,” Weinstein said. “Many of the people were Israeli and grew up with this stuff, so many people were thinking ‘Oh, the rockets will stop.’ They thought about the traffic and whether or not they would leave and get ahead of it or wait it out. So I started discussing with the friends I was with if we would pack up our stuff, but the longer the rockets continued, the more nervous people became.”

Weinstein displays the photos he took of attendees at Nova Music Festival. Photo Credit: Janette Tannen
Weinstein displays the photos he took of attendees at Nova Music Festival. Photo Credit: Janette Tannen

Weinstein added that he heard machine gun fire on two separate occasions, leading both him and his group at the festival to run to their vehicle. He described seeing empty cars and black pillars of smoke past the festival grounds, representative of where Hamas had been burning homes in Kfar Azza, including a nearby kibbutz.

After finally getting on the main road to exit the festival, Weinstein described seeing Israeli police cars blocking the streets where they claimed Hamas militarists were hiding.

Weinstein played a video showing his view from the car as they sped past a van with Hamas soldiers aiming their weapons at his vehicle. They also needed to evade the several dead bodies that lined the street.

Elmakias,a young teacher in Tel Aviv, saw one man shot dead in front of her before being shot herself at the festival.

“I felt a sharp pain in my leg near my right knee,” she said, still needing to use a cane during her appearance on the panel. “Then all of a sudden I hear someone yelling in my direction, ‘You were shot! You were shot!’”

She described how a man nearby took off his shirt and wrapped a tourniquet around her leg to stop the bleeding. After multiple attempts to hide, she decided to run and look for help despite the injury to her leg.

Elmakias shares text messages between her and a friend after she was shot on festival grounds. Photo Credit: Janette Tannen
Elmakias shares text messages between her and a friend after she was shot on festival grounds. Photo Credit: Janette Tannen

Eventually, she heard a group of Israelis talking amongst themselves in Hebrew. After asking them for help, they took her to a local clinic where she waited over an hour for medical attention.

“The first thing I did when I got there was share a picture with my family and let them know I was okay,” Elmakias said. “I wrote to them, ‘Mom, Dad, I’m here, I’m alive. I love you so much.’”

Kapah was a vendor at the festival who had a tent that offered massages and physical therapy to attendees. When he heard the rockets and gunfire, he instructed his brother and girlfriend who were at the event with him to go home as soon as possible.

After driving for some time, he ran into Israeli police, who instructed him to find shelter.

“The police told us to go somewhere safe,” Kapah said. “And my response was, ‘We’re in an open field, where are we supposed to go?”

Kapah described driving as far away from the scene as possible, passing several motorcycles and vehicles with more Hamas militants in the process.

He joined the Israeli Defense Forces a month later and isolated himself completely from friends and family later in response to the trauma.

Since the attack, the Israeli government has been engaged in a war with Hamas in Gaza, with the death toll in Gaza reaching over 30,000, according to the United Nations.

There was little discussion of the war and current political situation during the panel given the sensitivity of the topic.

In an exclusive interview with The Miami Hurricane, survivors Kapah and Elmakias discussed their opinions on the growing unrest and protests in Israel as a result of the war’s delay in getting back Israeli hostages from Gaza.

“I just want peace, we just want peace,” said Elmakias. “The world stopped that day. The most important thing is to bring all of the hostages home and that’s our responsibility. There’s a lot of political divide in Israel, but I want to be with my country and my family. I want to go back to teaching, I miss my students.”

UM Democrats host local candidates to preview 2024 election

Anya Weller
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UM Democrats host local candidates to preview 2024 election

The Shalala Student Center quickly filled up with students this past Thursday who were eager to meet three of Miami’s very own politicians.

The event, hosted by the University of Miami College Democrats (UDems), was a public forum in which candidates previewed their campaigns for students and faculty alike.

Candidates included current Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, former representative Cindy Lerner and Miami-Dade County Schools board member Lucia Baez-Geller.

“I hope this event makes students realize that their voice really does matter,” said Frantz Blanc, a junior and member of UDems. “The efforts to help potential elected officials really does matter.”

The event kicked off with powerful words from Geller, who is running for Congress in Florida’s 27th District.

The daughter of immigrants from Colombia and Cuba, Geller’s story does not fit the typical politician narrative. She was raised in Section 8 housing by a single mother who worked multiple jobs at once to support her daughter.

Despite these adversities, Geller excelled in school and would go on to receive a full scholarship to go to college.

“People can try to take everything away from you,” said Geller. “The one thing they can never take is your education.”

The entirety of the district Geller is running for, as she noted in the event, is 73.2% Hispanic/Latino and largely considered a swing district, meaning a Republican or a Democratic candidate could win the congressional race.

“I do it for my daughter. I cannot live in a world where she is going to have less freedom than I have,” Geller said.

After the emotional speech from Geller, students heard from Cindy Lerner who formerly served in the Florida House of Representatives.

After spending sixteen years advocating for Florida’s children in the foster care system, Lerner realized that the system was dysfunctional for the families it was supposed to be serving.

“When you are passionate about an issue, you need to communicate it with the people making decisions,” Lerner said.

Lerner is running for County Commissioner of District 7, which stretches from Kendall to Key Biscayne.

Given that Lerner’s district is also surrounded by water and a variety of climate change issues, she strives to protect it using her political platform.

“Many cities don’t have a clue about climate change,” Lerner said. “We all need to be on the same page in this county.”

Shortly after Lerner, Mayor Cava took the stage, prompting loud cheers from students attending the campaign forum.

In 1996, Cava founded Catalyst Miami, a non-profit organization that strives to foster economic, gender and racial justice in Miami-Dade County. After spending years leading the organization, Cava realized that she wanted to make change instead of advocating for it.

At age 59, Cava first ran for Miami-Dade County Commissioner, where she beat the incumbent by a mere 4%.

“It was like being in a candy store,” Cava said to the audience. “I was fighting for stuff and now I was in government and could actually change the laws.”

As the first woman and first person of Jewish descent to serve as the city’s mayor, Cava has used her social work expertise to advocate for residents of Miami-Dade.

Mayor Cava is running for re-election and will appear on the primary ballot in August 2024.

“People learned that you could lead like a woman,” said Cava. “If there is something that needs to be done and you have the ability to do it, it’s your obligation to do it.”

After months of planning, UDems felt they successfully hosted their biggest event of the year.

“Our goal is to be more civically engaged, because Florida is a swing state,” said Cecilia Llamas-Ramirez, co-president of the club. “It’s make or break.”

Blue Devils mount two huge comeback efforts to defeat Hurricanes in 11 innings

Ian Graves
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Blue Devils mount two huge comeback efforts to defeat Hurricanes in 11 innings

When it looked like Miami was going to be able to slip out of Durham with at least one win against the No. 9 ranked Blue Devils, Duke managed to come back from down six runs, and later three runs to stun UM in the series finale and complete the sweep.

The first of the two comebacks occurred in the eighth inning, as headed into the bottom of the eighth, the ’Canes were up 7-1 and looked like it had all the momentum after plating three runs in the top half.

In that inning, Duke sent 10 hitters to the plate, had four base hits, drew four free passes, faced three different Miami pitchers and scored six runs to tie the game, sucking the life out of the Hurricanes’ dugout.

Even after all of that madness, the ’Canes still had a chance to win, as the game ended up going to extra innings. The 10th frame was scoreless on both sides, but the 11th is where the madness picked right back up where it left off.

Miami punched first, scoring three runs in the top half of the 11th thanks to RBI knocks from Jacoby Long, Daniel Cuvet and Jack Scanlon.

Duke fired back in the bottom half against reliever Ben Chestnutt, drawing a walk and hitting an RBI single to get him removed from the game and cut the lead to two.

Ashton Crowther, who entered the game to replace Chestnutt, made a throwing error followed by a balk that was called on an attempted hidden ball trick by Dorian Gonzalez Jr., where the umpires claimed Crowther was on the mound when the tag was applied to the runner. The balk caused another Blue Devil to come across home plate, cutting Miami’s lead to just one.

The next batter, Wallace Clark, lined a single into left-center, driving in two runs to walk off the ’Canes and sweep the series.

In the early going, Miami was playing great due to a strong outing from starter Herick Hernandez, who threw a gem against an elite Duke offense that averages over nine runs a game. His final line was six innings pitched, one earned run, one walk and 10 strikeouts.

The offense also had a nice day, with Lorenzo Carrier coming up with two huge hits and three RBIs, including a 420-foot blast in the eighth inning.

Long and Gonzalez batted well, as each player recorded three hits. including a double and two RBIs.

Unfortunately for the Hurricanes, the bullpen could not continue Hernandez’s excellent outing, and as made obvious by the late Duke comebacks, cost UM the game.

The bullpen combined to pitch three innings, allow nine hits, walk five batters, hit two batters and give up nine runs.

Comeback effort falls short as Miami drops game two versus Duke, 5-4

Ian Graves
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Comeback effort falls short as Miami drops game two versus Duke, 5-4

After falling behind 4-0 in the early going, the Hurricanes rallied all the way back and tied the game up at four in the seventh inning with an RBI double by Daniel Cuvet. Unfortunately, the Blue Devils responded in the bottom half of the inning with a run of its own, retaking the lead and holding it the rest of the way to take game two in Durham, 5-4.

The bats were hot in the early going for Duke as they got to ’Canes starter Rafe Schlesinger, quickly jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Those runs came on an RBI single from Macon Winslow and an RBI double from Zac Morris to begin the day for the Blue Devils.

Following the second inning, Duke immediately built up another threat in the third loading the bases with just one out.

A Devin Obee groundout plated a run, but Schlesinger was able to escape the third inning jam giving up just the one run with a clutch strikeout of Winslow to end the frame.

The Blue Devils plated another in the fourth, essentially marking the end of the line for Schlesinger who only was taken out after recorded just an out in the fifth.

Schlesinger was not able to ever really get going in this start as he gave up three runs and was removed from the game in the fifth inning with his pitch count already over 100 pitches. His command was clearly not on point as many pitches were left out over the heart of the plate leading to nine Duke hits of Schlesinger; something we are not accustomed to seeing from the UM Saturday starter who has been great this season.

Replacing Schlesinger was Ben Chestnutt, who up to this point in the season, has taken a step back from his production last year with an ERA over eight and approaching nine. Today, his outing started out strong as he cleaned up Schlesinger’s mess and followed it up by posting a scoreless sixth of his own.

Chestnutt was able to swing the momentum back to the Miami dugout in hopes of breaking the offensive rut the Hurricanes had been in over the last few games.

While it was not crooked numbers on the board, the offense was able to muster some runs against an elite Duke pitching staff ranked No.7 in the nation in team ERA.

Getting things going for the UM offense was Jacoby Long who led off the sixth with a double to left center. Villegas promptly followed up Long’s base hit with one of his own as he shot a single through the right side plating Long for Miami’s first run of the afternoon.

After two flyouts, Jason Torres was able to send Villegas home with a line drive up the middle cutting the Duke lead to just two.

The hitting carried over from the sixth into the seventh as Miami was able to plate two more runs and tie the game up at four. Villegas came up clutch again with an RBI groundout to plate Lorenzo Carrier, and with two outs, Cuvet was able to lace a double into the left field corner to send Long home and tie the game.

The seventh is where Chestnutt ran in to some trouble as he gave up a ground-rule double followed by a four pitch walk that brought head coach, J.D. Arteaga, out to the mound for a pitching change with nobody out.

Flamethrower Brian Walters was called on to replace Chestnutt and try to keep the game tied, but on the first pitch he threw, Blue Devils catcher, Alex Stone, hit an RBI single to give Duke the lead.

The Blue Devils were able to hold on to that without any threat from the Hurricanes the rest of the way and take game two as well as the series winning by a final score of 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.

Game three is scheduled for 1 p.m. tomorrow at Jack Coombs Field where Herrick Hernandez and Miami will look to take one game from the ninth ranked Blue Devils before coming back home to face FAU on Tuesday.

Miami falls just short to No. 15 NC State in Raleigh

Benjamin Gerkin
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Miami falls just short to No. 15 NC State in Raleigh

Following back-to-back weekend wins against No. 70 Boston College and No. 47 Syracuse, the ‘Canes rolled into Raleigh with great resilience but fell short of their seventh conference victory. The Wolfpack ranks third in the ACC and is nearly perfect at home, with a 5-1 record in conference play.

Miami opened the afternoon hot, notching back-to-back-ranked wins to claim the opening point. Beginning on court two, UM’s Leonie Schuknecht and Antonia Balzert defeated No. 11 Anna Zyryanova and Sophie Abrams, 6-3. The No. 49–ranked duo of Isabella Pfennig and Xinyi Nong quickly clinched the doubles point for the ‘Canes with a 6-3 win against State’s Amelia Rajecki and Maddy Zampardo at the top court.

The Wolfpack quickly readjusted and found greater success during the singles matches. State’s No. 45 Zyryanova proved to be too much to handle for Balzert in her 6-1, 6-2 victory. The Wolfpack jumped ahead on court four, where senior Gina Dittmann succeeded over Miami’s Schuknecht, 6-2, 6-3.

No. 71 Pfennig was able to stop the Wolfpack’s push and picked up Miami’s first singles point over Abigail Rencheli, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Court one housed a hard-fought, top-15 matchup between UM’s No. 14 Noel and State’s No. 5 Rajecki, in which Rajecki claimed a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory. State was able to clinch the team victory with Zampardo’s 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 104 Audrey Boch-Collins.

Nong got underway on court six and finished her match on top of State’s Gabriella Broadfoot, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, to cap off the Wolfpack’s 4-3 victory.

The ‘Canes will stay in North Carolina, as they next face Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on Sunday at noon.

Miami’s mistakes prove costly, allows No. 9 Duke to walk off Hurricanes 4-3 in opening game

Jayden Gonzalez
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Miami’s mistakes prove costly, allows No. 9 Duke to walk off Hurricanes 4-3 in opening game

Despite another strong effort from Gage Ziehl, the Miami Hurricanes (15-14, 6-7 ACC) failed to assist their ace on Friday evening at Jack Coombs Field in Durham, North Carolina, making far too many errors on the field and the bases. Those mistakes piled up and proved costly, as the ninth-ranked Duke Blue Devils (22-8, 7-6 ACC) rallied to defeat the Hurricanes, 4-3.

To begin the bottom of the ninth, Miami first baseman Jason Torres dropped a routine pop-up in foul territory for the second time in the game. On the following pitch, Daniel Cuvet overthrew Torres on a routine grounder to first, allowing Duke’s Alex Stone to advance to second with no one out.

Following a fielder’s choice that didn’t result in an out and an intentional walk, UM reliever Nick Robert was forced to work around a bases-loaded-no-one-out situation to prevent a Blue Devils walk-off.

After striking out Duke’s Tyler Albright, Robert made an incredible play defensively to get the runner out at home and keep the score tied. However, the next batter, Ben Miller, smacked a single past the diving Cuvet, bringing home the game-winning run.

While UM struggled offensively, Ziehl held Duke’s offense at bay, providing another dominant performance. Following a performance that earned him ACC Player of the Week, Ziehl followed his 15-strikeout complete game against No. 3 Clemson with eight masterful innings of work. The Hurricanes’ Friday night starter struck out five batters, while only surrendering three runs on four hits.

Ziehl’s only hiccup came in the fifth inning – the only frame where the UM starter allowed any runs.

After allowing a lead-off walk and single, Duke’s Wallace Clark smacked an RBI single through the left side of the infield, bringing the deficit to one with no outs in the inning. Two batters later, Albright smashed a two-run single to the right side of the infield, allowing the Blue Devils to take a 3-2 lead.

The Hurricanes tied the score back up the following inning when Edgardo Villegas laced an RBI single to right field, bringing home Carlos Perez.

The Hurricanes struck first this afternoon, scoring two early runs to open the game. In the top of the second inning, UM had the bases loaded with one out, causing early trouble for Duke starter Jonathan Santucci.

UM freshman Antonio Jimenez brought Torres home from third on a sac fly, and following a Jacoby Long single, Villegas was due up with the bases reloaded. On a 2-2 count, Villegas took Santucci’s curveball to his upper back, bringing home Miami’s second run of the inning.

Miami cost itself a couple of key opportunities that could have gone a long way against one of the premier teams in the country.

In the top of the seventh inning, with runners on first and second with one out, UM’s Dorian Gonzalez Jr. was too far off the bag at second. Duke pitcher Owen Proksch noticed it right away, picking off the junior and preventing Miami from scoring.

In the ninth, ‘Canes sophomore Blake Cyr worked himself a bunt single to lead off the inning, giving Miami some much-needed offensive juice. However, with Cuvet up, Cyr took off to second, but had an awful jump and was thrown out easily.

These base-running errors mounted up and proved to be one of the differences for the Hurricanes in their loss on Friday evening.

Miami looks to end its four-game losing streak with another matchup against the Blue Devils on Saturday afternoon. Miami’s Rafe Schlesinger is slated to toe the slab at Jack Coombs Field in Durham, North Carolina. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

In response to Alan Dershowitz: Recognizing genocide and the humanity of Palestinian people

Letter to the Editor
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In response to Alan Dershowitz: Recognizing genocide and the humanity of Palestinian people

From the outset, I humbly ask my Jewish brothers and sisters to remain open to this message. Hate directed at you, your family and your faith directly assaults our shared prospect of equality, and your liberation is inextricably tied to liberation for myself, Palestinians and indigenous peoples across the world.

While critical of Israeli state actions, this article will not denigrate Judaism as a religion or Jewish people as a culture, ethnicity or community. Such conflations of criticism of Israeli policy with criticism of Judaism are antisemitic in themselves, inaccurately implying that Israel could represent and speak for all Jewish people across the globe.

Last month Students Supporting Israel at the University of Miami invited Alan Dershowitz as a guest speaker. After his remarks, I hoped to shed light on misrepresentations and lies of omission littered throughout his defense of Israel’s ceaseless bombing of civilians in Gaza.

I asked: “As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently found Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza, massacring more than 12,000 children and blocking food, water and medicine to 2 million innocent civilians, should the U.S. government be found complicit for arming and funding this genocidal campaign?”

His response offered a diatribe of predictable talking points justifying the ongoing atrocities. While I wanted to pick it apart point by point in real-time, the floor and the microphone were his. Thus, I’m left to correct a few of his more egregious misrepresentations in writing.

To begin, Dershowitz boldly proclaimed that “Anyone who would refer to what Israel is doing as a genocide is a Holocaust denier!”, a statement which on its face is patently ridiculous and in no way addresses the meaning of the word genocide.

No, Mr. Dershowitz, recognizing and seeking to prevent the genocide unfolding before our eyes in no way denies the genocide of Jews (and transgender, Romani, disabled and non-White peoples) during the Holocaust. Acknowledging that Jewish people experienced genocide does not negate the genocides faced by Armenians during WWI, indigenous North Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries, nor the attempted ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza today. Indeed, if we hope to have learned any lesson from the Holocaust, it should be “never again,” a promise that demands the courage to call out and prevent such atrocities committed against any people.

Normally, establishing intent is the most difficult aspect of genocide cases in the ICJ. However, indiscriminate hostility and violence toward the Palestinians, belying such intent, has been repeatedly demonstrated from low-level Israeli Defense Force (IDF) troops to the highest-ranking Israeli officials.

IDF soldiers have shot and killed unarmed civilians waving white flags, including three of their own hostages yelling for help in Hebrew, and murdered dozens of civilians execution-style near a Gaza schoolyard. In the occupied West Bank, where Hamas is not in control, at least 350 Palestinians have been killed between October and January, including dozens of children, with thousands more detained without charges. We even see IDF soldiers preparing to enter Gaza admitting genocidal intent, chanting “there are no uninvolved civilians.”

Such actions are directly in line with dehumanizing statements calling for the destruction of Palestinians made by the most powerful people in the Israeli government. This includes Prime Minister Netanyahu telling troops to “remember what Amalek has done to you,” citing a biblical passage in which Israelites were commanded to “put to death men and women, children, and infants.” In announcing the complete siege of Gaza, cutting off food, water and medicine to 2.3 million Palestinians, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated “we are fighting human animals.” Abundant similar examples include Deputy Knesset speaker Nissim Vaturi proclaiming Israel’s goal is “erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the Earth.”

In stating that “women and children can be terrorists too,” Dershowitz joins these Israeli officials in engaging in a rhetorical strategy of dehumanization, finding rationalizations for the mass execution of tens of thousands of non-combatants.

Indiscriminate application of the “terrorist” label to Palestinians is strikingly similar to the labeling of Jews as “vermin” by Nazis or the use of “savage” to describe indigenous resistance to European settler occupation. Such dehumanization is a necessary precursor to tactics such as targeting hospitals and schools or systematically blocking food to 2 million people on the brink of famine.

The best way to guarantee security, for both Israeli citizens and everyone in the region, is to ensure the necessities of life and basic human dignity to all human beings regardless of race, religion, culture or language. Offer life to the Palestinian people, primarily because it is just, but even if only for the self-interested motivation of Israeli security. As long as civilian populations and infrastructure continue to be indiscriminately destroyed, more people will be radicalized to violence. This does not have to be the case, as human rights groups across the world strive to end the apartheid and occupation.

Call on your representatives to pass ceasefire resolutions and condition future aid to Israel on operating within international humanitarian law. Do not let genocidal narratives go unchallenged, because “never again” starts with each of us, right here, right now.

While we cannot change the Israeli government’s approach, we in the U.S. must choose whether we want our tax dollars and weapons employed to perpetrate these atrocities. I call upon you to get organized and educate each other about the history that led to this situation. Join your local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace or another group in the South Florida Coalition for Palestine. Teach yourself about the long history of occupation and apartheid leading into the current situation. Learn how attempts at non-violent resistance against Israel’s blockade of Gaza during the Great March of Return were met with IDF violence, killing hundreds and injuring thousands of Palestinians. Let sunlight be our disinfectant as we come together to learn from each other and collectively struggle for a just peace for all.

Dr. Morgan Gianola is a T32 Postdoctoral Scholar for Behavioral Medicine Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, working under mentors Dr. Maria Llabre and Dr. Neil Schneiderman. He earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience track, at the University of Miami and his Bachelor of Arts in neuroscience and Spanish from Carthage College.

Celebrate Earth Month in Miami with this calendar of events

Jenny Jacoby
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Celebrate Earth Month in Miami with this calendar of events

If you’re looking to get involved in a cleanup or learn a little bit more about the Earth people call home, check out some of these events on and off campus.

University of Miami Events

The events are listed in chronological order and require registration through the UM Earth Month link.

Mangrove Planting With Eco

April 6, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Student Government ECO Agency, alongside Coral Gables Vice Mayor, Rhonda Anderson, and Miami Dade County Artist in Residence, Xavier Cortada, are planting mangroves to help provide a natural barrier to storm surge.

Ocean Awareness Week

April 8-13

A week celebrating the oceans on campus. For more information follow @oaw.umiami on Instagram.

Sea Secrets with Dr. Soden

April 9, 6.30 p.m.

The Rosenstiel School will be hosting “Climate Engineering: A Bold Idea Whose Time Has Come?” and Dr. Soden in a discussion on climate engineering in a dramatically warming planet.

Sustainability Panel

April 11, 9:30 AM-6:30 PM

The University of Miami School of Education and Human Development’s Sport Administration Program is hosting its Global Sport Industry Conference (SIC) including a “Green Future Forum” panel.

Butterfly Garden 101

April 12, 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Come learn about butterfly garden design with Giselle Jordan, Master Gardener at the Miami Dade IFAS extension. Join us in room 250 of the Campos Sano Building (1300 Campo Sano Ave, map).

Miami Clean Energy Summit

April 15, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The University of Miami Clean Energy Summit focuses on the role of Miami in leading the way for clean energy and sustainable city approaches. Members of the government, academia, local community centers and the energy sector will be in attendance.

Arbor Day Concert

April 18, 6 p.m.

The event will include a land acknowledgement at the Arboretum Stone Circle and include a concert from Frost School of Music artist Jasmine Harris.

Beekeeping 101 at Richter

April 23, 1-2 PM

Learn the basics of beekeeping with proud honeybee colony owner Ray Santamaria.

Visit Florida Power & Light’s Miami-Dade Solar Energy Center

April 24, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

As a part of the FPL SolarTogether program, students are invited to tour one of the largest solar centers in the country. Limited spots are available.

‘Canes Day of Service

April 20, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Alumni and students will be planting and gardening throughout the UM campus to beautify areas of campus in partnership with SG ECO Agency, in partnership with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. A butterfly garden will also be planted.

UM Surfrider Earth Day Coastal Cleanup

April 21, 10am – 2pm

UM Surfrider is hosting a series of coastal cleanups at Black Point Marina and Chapman Park in honor of Earth Day on April 21, 2024. Join us to help keep our South Florida coastal ecosystems clean, beautiful, and free from plastic pollution.

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/surfriderearthday

Earth Day Fair

April 22, 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

One of the biggest Earth Day events on campus, students, faculty, staff, vendors and community partners will table in the center of campus to talk about everything climate change and Earth related.

Resilience in the built and natural environments

April 24, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

This one day symposium hosted by the University of Miami’s Climate Resilience Academy will look at smart-land use and sustainable infrastructure to build a resilient community.

Events throughout Miami-Dade

Everglades Dark Sky Week and Month

The month long celebration will feature an event April 8 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Naranja Branch Library with telescopes to view the sky and space science experts to discuss the negative impacts of light pollution.

Coral Gable Green Events

Coral Gables is hosting events to remove invasive plants, participating in the Great American Cleanup and a drive-through recycling event.

Day In The Dirt With The Underline

April 6 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Down in the Dirt allows locals to plant native Florida species and clean up the existing greenery running under the metroline.

Miami Clean Ups

A full list of these events and their details can be found at this link with a shortened version below.

  • Haulover Park Coastal Clean-Up: April 6, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

  • Homestead Bayfront Park Clean-Up: April 6, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

  • Miami Waterkeeper Kayak Clean-Up: April 6, Crandon Marina in Key Biscayne from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

  • Baynanza: Biscayne Bay Clean Up Day: April 13 9 a.m. to noon.

  • Black Point Park Coastal Clean-Up: April 13 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Earth Day Celebrations

International Big Mamma Day Earth Day Festival

April 20, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This celebration of Miccosukee culture and the environment will take place at the Miccosukee Indian Village, at Mile Marker 36 on Highway 41.

Miami-Dade County Parks Earth Day Celebration

April 20 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Plant native species and clean up trash in the Pine Rocklands.

Earth Day 2024: Presented By FPL SolarNow At Frost Science

April 21,11 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science hosts a hands-on experience and Earth Day celebration.

Earth Day Celebration At The Miami Beach Bandshell

April 21, 4 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Enjoy free music, yoga and a beach cleanup. Tickets are required.

Race For Our Future Earth Day 5K

April 21, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The CLEO Institute hosts a 5k to raise funds for climate resilience education.

Surfrider Climate Action Program Launch in Miami & Dune Restoration

April 20, 8am-10am

The event will feature guest speakers, followed by a restoration event that will include both native planting and invasive species removal, and you’re invited to join us! The location is South Beach at 5th Street for the first hour and then 6th Street for the restoration event.

Climate Action Program Launch Registration Link

Miami announces hiring of WBB head coach Tricia Cullop

Carter Lutz
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Miami announces hiring of WBB head coach Tricia Cullop

Miami has hired Tricia Cullop to become the next head coach for Miami women’s basketball, the school announced on Friday.

Cullop spent 16 seasons at Toledo and is the Rockets’ all-time winningest head coach. Known as one of the most successful mid-major coaches in the country, Cullop transformed the Midwest program to national prominence.

“We are excited to welcome Tricia to the University of Miami family,” Miami Athletic Director Dan Radakovich said. “Tricia is a proven winner who understands what it takes to build a championship culture, develop talent, mentor student-athletes, and generate excitement around a program.”

During her 16 seasons with the team, the 52-year-old was named MAC Coach of the Year six times, leading Toledo to 11 postseason trips, five MAC regular-season championships, two MAC tournament championships and an NJIT championship in 2011.

Cullop takes over as the eighth coach in Miami’s program history after Katie Meier retired following the 2023-2024 season.

“This opportunity is a dream come true,” Cullop said. “Miami has a world-class education, winning tradition, competes in the one of top conferences in the country, and is in a beautiful location. While I will be eternally grateful for the opportunity given to me by the University of Toledo 16 years ago, I am also extremely excited for the challenge of what lies ahead.”

In the 2023-2024 season, Cullop led Toledo to a 28-6 record while going 17-1 in conference play. In the past three seasons, the Rockets have had 86 wins. After finishing the year 19-12 and being bounced in the second round of the ACC tournament, the Hurricanes got a coach who built a perennial winner.

With the transfer portal opening up and Miami having some roster spots to fill, the ‘Canes have a leader with a strong background and national respect.

“Girl Math” Doesn’t Add Up

Laura Martella
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“Girl Math” Doesn’t Add Up

TikTok trends are trendy for a reason: they’re relatable, short, entertaining bits of comfort that humanize us in a world where community is sought digitally.

While social media helps our generation learn to navigate young adulthood through shared experiences, it can also become so saturated that one trend can vary meanings from one day to the next, like “girl dinner” and its endless variations.

Social media is brimming with videos poking fun at “girl dinner” and “girl math”— informal terms referring to a lesser expectation of the way girls and women approach certain activities.

For example, “girl dinner” refers to plates with lighter, smaller portions of food based on the stereotype that girls are supposed to eat less or be more concerned with their weight than boys. At first, these videos were being circulated for fun. But, as internet jokes do, these girl qualifier ‘jokes’ quickly got out of hand, and have since evolved into a broader stereotype in regards to the way women approach life.

“Girl math” turned into the idea that girls aren’t as skilled in math as boys by implying that we take a more simplified, airheaded approach to the subject. While they appear to be innocuous terms on the surface, the core of popular “girl” trends like this one are subtly reinforcing the infantilization of women by perpetuating harmful stereotypes that limit our autonomy and potential as a whole.

Whether it’s “girl math,” “girl breakfast” or virtually any other phrase with the “girl” qualifier positioned before it, one thing is certain: despite being originally lighthearted, mockery remains mockery.

I’m no stranger to microtrends; in fact, I feel like I can associate memories from pivotal parts of my teenage years with what social media trend was popular at the time.

The effects that these fleeting trends can have on women, especially young women and girls, are long-term.

Research has found that the scale of association between social media and depressive symptoms was larger for girls than for boys, and that girls are more likely to experience negative mental effects from social media in regards to online harassment, sleep quality, and poor self-esteem. It doesn’t end there, as both young women and girls suffer the real-life consequences of subscribing to these harmful notions.

According to Lindsay Allen, a registered dietitian nutritionist, “Young women are especially prone to the negative effects because they are still developing and they need extra nutrition.” With adolescence being a major period of vulnerability in any woman’s life, it’s crucial that we remain conscious of the discourse we engage in online.

I’m not going to act like I’ve never mindlessly taken part in making jokes like this too, but at some point, we have to stop letting the internet mock us. It’s not helpful for women, nor is it conducive to everything feminist advocates have so fiercely advocated for in the past, like freedom with finances for example.

I don’t think these microtrends are created with malicious intent, but at the same time, we must examine the language we use when we engage with “girl” trends. Sharing discourse with other women online is a feminine pastime of the digital age. Subtly undermining the power of the female gender should not be.

By labeling activities with “girl” qualifiers, the implication is now that women need “special” or “simplified” versions of things, undermining our capabilities. By sending the message that women are not as competent as men in these areas, it’s discouraging, and leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy where women then avoid these subjects “not meant for them.”

It’s essential to think twice before sharing the things we see on social media and challenge them. While the world is gradually becoming more progressive towards women, women continue to be at a social disadvantage, and it’s our job to combat this.

It’s 2024, and now more than ever, it’s time to do our part in remaining conscious about the trends we’re subscribing to, the vocabulary we’re using daily and the harmful effects they can reap on our own community as women.

Rain on the Ultra parade: Friday washout cancels Miami events

Ethan Mannello
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Rain on the Ultra parade: Friday washout cancels Miami events

This was initially supposed to be published on Wednesday, Mar. 27 alongside the print edition.

On one of Miami’s most anticipated weekends of the year, rain and mud ruled, as thunderstorms swept through the city, delaying some of the weekend’s most sought-after events.

Miami Music Week’s Ultra Music Festival as well as the Miami Open and Miami-Dade youth county fair, were all delayed and canceled on Friday due to the inclement weather. Miami’s International Airport was also impacted as flights on Saturday morning were delayed for hours.

The storm, which raged throughout Friday afternoon and into mid-day Saturday, brought torrential downpours and heavy thunderstorms across the area, leaving music fans and locals equally drenched.

The National Weather Service issued multiple flood and tornado warnings for not just Miami-Dade County, but all of South Florida.

Ultra, a massively popular electronic music event annually held in Miami, was shut down Friday night around 9 p.m.

The festival had begun at 4 p.m. earlier that day, but after violent rain and wind plagued the first four hours of the event at Bayfront Park, it was shut down. Organizers cited lightning and strong winds as their reason to halt the festival for the night.

Ultra has never had to stop due to weather conditions since its inception in 1998.

“I’m definitely upset they shut it down. I was really looking forward to the set on Friday night,” said Jess Bucello, a junior chemistry major at the University of Miami. “It was a complete mess though, so it was probably the safest idea.”

Bucello is among the many university students who attended the festival Friday, but were ultimately left in disappointment. Her friend, Sophia Giovannone, a junior at the College of Charleston, had similar feelings.

“I came all the way down here for Ultra, got the three-day pass, then one of the days gets canceled? That’s not right,” Giovannone said. “I also don’t understand why they didn’t prepare for the rain.”

On Friday, festival-goers not only had to battle rain and winds but also mud and sludge created from the park grounds. These problems persisted when the festival was shut down, as tens of thousands of attendees flooded into Biscayne Boulevard, which is notorious for flooding, trying to find their way home.

In anticipation of problems at Ultra, the University of Miami’s senior vice president of student affairs, Pat Whitely, sent out an email early in the week imploring students attending the event to take proper precautions.

“We want to remind you that it is vital to remember that ‘’Canes Care for ‘Canes’ by looking out for one another and asking for help if you need it,” read the newsletter. “If you are planning to attend Ultra, create a plan to keep you and your friends safe.”

Whitely also advised students to hydrate, travel in groups and leave their valuables at home, among other tips for the weekend. Whitely was prompted to write the letter because of the many problems UM students have had at Ultra in recent years, including a student’s death in 2016.

Ultra resumed the next day at noon and organizers decided to extend the festival into that night to make up for the previous day’s shutdown. The festival then completed its final day on Sunday with no weather interruptions.

The Miami Open, a fan-favorite tennis tournament hosted at Hard Rock Stadium every year, was in its 5th day of competition when rain also brought the anticipated event to a halt. While the day’s competition was planned to begin at 11 a.m. Friday morning, the event was delayed until 5 p.m.

It was able to resume play at 5 p.m., but two hours later, the tournament had to be shut down for the night. The remaining matches were moved to Saturday, which would also be subjected to a three hour delay, but after resuming and extending play, the tournament is now fully caught up.

The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair, which has been set up in Tamiami Park since March 14, didn’t attempt to wait out the weather at all and was promptly canceled Friday morning. Organizers resumed the annual fair at 3 p.m. the next day.


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