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Study Abroad Fair set for Tuesday
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University of Miami students who dream of studying abroad will have the opportunity to learn more at the annual Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday, which takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rock. Students seeking an international experience will get an overview of each program from past participants. “Each student will be in charge of promoting the program they attended, since it’s the best the best way to let students know what to expect,” said Kefryn Block, coordinator for the International Education and Exchange Programs. This year, the program’s study abroad office is offering new courses, such as a business course in Italy, a dance course in Jamaica and a public relations program in England. To qualify, students have to be sophomores and have a minimum 3.0 grade point average. Currently, UM holds partnerships with 80 institutions in 33 countries. Students can choose a single semes-
ter, a full year or a short summer program. “The most desired locations are England and Australia, but we have two new programs that were successful in Israel and Prague,’’ Block said. “They are designed by UM, so it is just like classes on campus, but [in] a different country.” During the past academic year, 321 students from UM went abroad for at least a semester. According to the Institution of International Education, 241,791 students in the Unites States studied abroad during the 2006-2007 academic year. “Everyone should take advantage of an opportunity to study abroad”, said Fernanda Carrasco, an exchange student from Brazil studying psychology at UM. “I am able to see different ways of how my profession is perceived in the U.S.” – Marina Granziera
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Check out what’s exclusively available at TheMiamiHurricane.com.
View slideshows of Miami City Ballet’s dress rehersal for Don Quixote and the Florida Rennaisance Festival by Chelsea Matiash. Find out what’s going on at Virginia Key with the RSMAS beat notebook by Analisa Harangozo. Read a review of the new movie Taken by Sarah B. Pilchick.
Kevin Jones, a resident advisor, celebrates Hecht’s victory at the closing ceremonies of SportsFest on Sunday afternoon. Hecht won SportsFest for the eighth year in a row.
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Step Africa kicks off Black Awareness Month SYNCHRONIZED: On Thursday, Feb. 5, United Black Students held the opening ceremonies for Black Awareness Month at the Rock. The heart of the ceremony was performance troupe Step Africa, who performed a step show. Twelve UM students were brought on to the stage and taught a miniature step sequence so they could join in as well.
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Special Interest Housing available, applications due on Wednesday
Kappa Sigma organization revokes UM chapter’s charter Fraternity punished for social, alcohol violations
Themed floors guide learning
BY ED S. FISHMAN ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR BY ELENA SCHMIDT CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER
The party could be over for one of UM’s best known Greek organizations. The Epsilon-Beta Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Miami is no longer a charted chapter of the organization, according to Mitchell Wilson, the executive director of Kappa Sigma. This punishment was in response to social and alcohol violations contrary to their code of conduct. This decision was reached after members of this chapter went to San Antonio on Jan. 31 for a hearing. They have 30 days to appeal this decision. If the appeal is successful then the charter could be given back to this chapter and would receive a lesser punishment. However, if it fails than Kappa Sigma would leave campus and would not return until a date decided on between the UM and the national Kappa Sigma organization. “We will wait until the landscape has changed,” Wilson said. “It will be after everyone that is currently a member graduates so we can get a fresh start.” The action was made internally by the fraternity and the school was not involved according to Tony Lake, the associate dean of students.
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Ed S. Fishman may be contacted at efishman@ themiamihurricane.com.
For ongoing updates on Kappa Sigma and their appeal process, stay with The Miami Hurricane, or follow online at www.TheMiamiHurricane.com
The application deadline for new and existing groups looking to create a unique living experience on the special interest community floors located in the Mahoney-Pearson residential colleges is quickly approaching – those interested must file their applications by Wednesday. The university currently has five Special Interest Housing (SIH) floors, which accommodate between 16 and 32 students. Each floor has a faculty adviser who helps plan programs and serves as a mentor to the residents. “SIH allows students to develop their own living community from start to finish,” said Emily Vaughan, the program coordinator at the Office of Academic Enhancement. One of the newest floors is the International Quarter, which opened at the beginning of this school year. The floor houses students who are culturally curious about international experiences and diversity. Group coordinator Cybele Safadi, a sophomore, couldn’t believe that an internationally-themed floor did not exist in a place as diverse as Miami. Consequently, she and some friends submitted an application last year, found a faculty adviser and got approval from the director of housing. “We wanted to explore Miami,” Safadi said. “We take advantage of diversity and resources,” adding that in a globalized world, it is important to meet people beyond your borders. So far, IQ has been involved in several campus-based events and community service opportunities. Floor residents worked
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with other groups at the International Affair, which featured a variety of foods and activities, and helped raise money for Haiti. The students also have taken trips to an Ethiopian restaurant, the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and the Art Deco District. This spring the floor plans to raise money to financially adopt underprivileged children through planusa.org. IQ consists of 30 students, mostly from the U.S., who speak more than 10 languages collectively – and there is room for more. The group plans to reapply for recognition for the 2009-2010 school year and will open up to applicants interested in living on the floor. In addition to IQ, the other special-interest floors in Mahoney and Pearson are La Casa, Wellness, Strive and Living the Green Life. “Special Interest Housing creates numerous on-campus leadership opportunities for students wishing to join their communities e-board,” Vaughan said. Elena Schmidt may be contacted at eschmidt@themiamihurricane. com.
For more information Go to www.miami. edu/housing and click “Special Interest Housing” Get an SIH application at the Department of Residence Halls office in Eaton Residential College, Suite #153 – the application deadline is Wednesday. Or e-mail Emily Vaughn at evaughan@miami.edu or Cybele Safadi at sibellexo@aim.com.
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Dance Dance Preparation GRACE: The Miami City Ballet held its dress rehearsal on Thursday in preparation for the weekend’s performances of Don Quixote. Mary Carmen Catoya performs as Kirtri in the program. Visit TheMiamiHurricane.com to view an online slideshow of the dress rehearsal.
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In photos: Hecht wins SportsFest for eighth straight time
TANYA THOMPSON // Assistant Photo Editor
REAL ULTIMATE POWER: The annual SportsFest competition took place from Friday to Sunday. Hecht, whose tug of war team competed Sunday, reigned victorious for the eighth straight year.
CHELSEA MATIASH // Photo Editor
CELEBRATION: Participants from Hecht Residential College celebrate winning the ethics award at SportsFest on Sunday. The ethics portion of SportsFest is a relatively new addition, adding an academic component to the competition.
ALEX BROADWELL // Hurricane Staff
HUGE: A member of 80085 head butts a ball soccer. 80085 (Hecht) won first place overall among men’s teams in SportsFest.
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opinion Editorial
“The Ibis should be a celebrated tradition...” – Chris Rackliffe, Editor in Chief, Ibis yearbook
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SportsFest formula needs to be reworked So whoopty-doo, Hecht wins SportsFest again. Who would have guessed it? Better lobbies, better athletes, hotter freshmen girls, they have it all. But it does beg the question: thousands of students and hundreds of teams, and not one year could any of them break through? It’s hard to believe the best athletes have resided in Hecht for the last eight years (and Stanford for the six before that). Participation is a major part of the formula which decides the ultimate SportsFest champion, and no matter the year, Hecht has gotten the best of it. Of course participation is part of winning, but the freshman towers have a natural advantage at that. As freshman, they’re much less likely to be employed than upperclassmen residents. They all live together in a shared environment (those communal bathrooms really can build teams on their own), and honestly, what else do freshmen have to do but come outside and play with their friends? We wish we had that kind of time. And now we head down a slippery slope. Teams that aren’t Hecht constantly see Saturday night leads eviscerated, creating a (well-founded) feeling that there’s no way to win. So why show up at all? Participation decreases, and the gap between the top and the bottom grows. That’s like cutting off the legs of someone has no feet, it’s just not fair. Is there a way we can make it fair? Perhaps the SportsFest formula needs to be reconfigured, providing less advantage for stellar participation. Or, to have the best of both worlds, maybe there should be a two-title system, one featuring pure competition totals (like the NHL’s President’s Trophy) and one overall winner (like the Stanley Cup). No matter the solution, let’s come up with a system that rewards the best team and not just the one with the most bodies.
Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial board.
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President Shalala’s birthday is the 14th. What would you get her?
letter to the editor After reading “Speak Up” from Thursday’s Hurricane, I decided that I had heard and seen enough. As editor in chief of the Ibis yearbook here at UM, my staff and I work arduously to try to get as many people as possible in the yearbook – sometimes against their own will, but always for their own good. Never have I been so outraged as I was to read about students blatantly disregarding the yearbook as if it were a log worth using for firewood. As such, I want to address this general apathy with a few comments. To those of you out there who feel that the yearbook is not a “priority,” I strongly encourage you to stop by our office in the University Center and thumb through our 82 volumes, dating back to the original Ibis that documented the 1926-1927 academic year. Once you do so, you’ll discover that the Ibis predates most of the traditions that we currently hold dear here at UM, with the exception of football and Iron Arrow. That’s right folks: the yearbook is older than homecoming, “I-Week,” FEC, UBS, ACS, SAFAC, COSO, the “U,” the Rathskeller, Sebastian and even The Miami Hurricane. Clearly, Bowman Foster Ashe himself prioritized the creation of a permanent record of our academic years here at UM or the yearbook would have been created much later. The point is, history doesn’t wait for us; it will forget us just as easily as we’ll forget our professors and acquaintances in as little as three or four years. The Ibis should be a celebrated tradition here, just like the others I listed above. Yearbooks are tools to reminisce
– a method by which to laugh and cry as we recount our college years and become nostalgic. Whether three months or three decades after graduation, that moment will arrive. The Ibis is a permanent piece of UM that can never be taken away; try getting your Facebook to accomplish that! Just as quickly as we update our status, our photos could be untagged or our friend request denied. Yearbooks never forget or erase. Always remember that. And so, in parting, I have little sympathy or patience for those who insist they are true Canes at heart but dismiss the Ibis as another assignment heading for the recycling bin. I also have little tolerance for students who moan about a $25 sitting fee for senior portraits but have no problem blowing multiples of that amount on drinks in one night to forget why they spent it. The truth is that the Ibis is provided free of cost to all undergraduates as part of the student activity fee, and the only cost associated with the yearbook whatsoever is $25 to secure yourself in your senior book. Underclassmen snap their portraits for free. Let’s face it: $25 over four years is not a lot of money. Take that into perspective the next time you see the flashes in the UC and tell yourself that you’re too cool to be pictured in our school’s book of record.
EVAN WALLICK senior “A Canadian health plan.”
MILES WILEY junior “She has everything: a really big house, a sick car and a school...I would get her a nice card.”
– Chris Rackliffe Editor in Chief Ibis Yearbook P.S.: Don’t forget, portraits end Thursday.
ELLIE TEPPER junior “Her own personal Ibis costume.”
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Ne-Yo with Musiq Soulchild and Jazmine Sullivan Wednesday, February 11th at 8 p.m at the American Airlines Arena www.ticketmaster.com
Hip-hop star to perform, speak on campus BY IAN HEST // CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER
If You Go What: Emmanuel Jal Concert Where: Gusman Hall When: Monday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Cost: Free www.warchildmovie.com
COURTESY: WAR CHILD MOVIE
WAR CHILD: Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Sudan, found solace in hip-hop music. He has spread his message on campuses around the country. Imagine living throughout your childhood in fear. Imagine being 7 years old and playing with a gun rather than toys. With all of this around you at such a young age, what would be your escape? For Emmanuel Jal, it was music. “It was music therapy,” Jal said. “It reduced my nightmares, my depression disappeared. I was very active.” Jal escaped Sudan after nearly five years of being a child soldier and is now an international hiphop star. He will be performing and talking about his experiences tonight at 7 p.m. in Gusman
Hall. “Emmanuel Jal is on a whole other level,” said Jared Smith, the special events chair of Hurricane Productions. “He is such an underground superstar. It’s amazing.” The event, which Smith described as “a few bars higher than def poetry and one bar below a concert,” is co-sponsored by Hurricane Productions, the Council of International Students and Organizations, African Students Union, United Black Students and Invisible Children. Jal brings a unique and original style to hip-hop. His lyrics
are very direct, almost as if he is speaking instead rapping. “I’m telling my story through the music,” Jal said. “I’m bringing my neighborhood into the world just like other hip-hop artists do. What’s different is that I am the voice for those who can’t speak.” Jal’s voice is now heard throughout the world and he is bringing his message to the United States, especially to universities. He is currently touring colleges, both performing and talking to students about his life and experiences. He will also be appearing on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report later this month.
“If you look at history, these [collegiate] people are the ones that have the power. If you go back to MLK, the university people were the ones that made the difference,” Jal said. “They have the free mind and can make the choices. They have the power. I’m trying to tell them, ‘Look you can make it happen.’” Jal also practices what he preaches. He has recently begun eating only one meal a day, using the money that he saves by not eating to help build a school in Sudan. Jal’s actions and determination are the reason Smith believes February 9 - 11, 2009
this concert is the perfect event for these organizations – this is why they think the university will embrace Jal’s message. “This is something that I can relate to,” Smith said. “This is politics. This is music. This is history.” Ian Hest may be contacted at ihest@themiamihurricane.com.
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Deerfield Beach’s Renaissance Festival brings history to life Artisans, actors turn back the clock BY SARAH B. PILCHICK // OF THE STAFF
Think of Deerfield Beach’s Renaissance Festival as something like a “Star Trek” convention for history majors or fans of “The Tudors.” It’s certainly not the coolest place one could be spotted, but the Florida Renaissance Festival, now in its 17th year at Quiet Waters Park, still retains its dorky charm. Although it seems slightly subdued this year, the fair is still always worth a visit. The best part of the fair is easily the Filthy Rotten Scoundrels, whose performances of classic literature are akin to Sparknotes set in a pit of mud. There’s always a chance visitors will emerge from the show completely covered in mud, but that’s part of the Renaissance Festival experience. Also reliably entertaining is Christophe the Insulter, who subjects his victims to a slew of 16thcentury insults. Art-lovers can see glassblowers, weavers and blacksmiths partake in their crafts.
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If dressing like Henry VIII or Anne Boleyn seems more appealing, visitors can buy full Renaissance outfits; some dedicated fair-goers even wear them out in public. For those suffering from low self-esteem, just visit the Renaissance Festival. Seeing other visitors dressed up like history characters, fairies, and outrageous other costumes has the fun effect of making you, the normal person, feel far more confident about your appearance. Themed weekends include Romance Weekend, Feb. 14-16; Pirates Weekend, Feb. 21-22; Wenches Weekend, Feb. 27-28; and Fantasy Weekend, March 7-8. Sarah B. Pilchick may be contacted at sbpilchick@themiamihurricane.com.
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If You Go What: Florida Renaissance Festival When: Every weekend through March 8, 10 a.m. through sunset Where: Quiet Waters Park, 401 S. Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, FL Cost: $20 CHELSEA MATIASH // Photo Editor
‘I’M HENRY THE EIGHTH I AM’: Artisans partake in their craft at the RenFest.
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Point lead squandered by Miami in the second half of their game against Duke
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Basketball teams endure two tough ACC losses Men collapse at Duke; women fall to FSU BY LELAN LEDOUX SENIOR SPORTS WRITER
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DISMAY: Hurricane Charmaine Clark sits on the sideline during the game against FSU on Sunday afternoon. The Hurricanes lost 79-59.
Boston College
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Clemson
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North Carolina
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Wake Forest
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Virginia Tech
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Florida State
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Maryland
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Not a good weekend for Miami basketball. Another overtime heartbreaker, and another crushing loss. It seems like the Miami men could not shake the overtime bug as they were unable to hold a 16-point second half lead against third-ranked Duke, falling 78-75 on Saturday afternoon at Cameron Indoor Stadium. With the loss, the Canes became 0-3 in overtime games this season and dropped to 15-8 and 4-6 in the ACC. “Our guys know we can play with everybody in this league,” head coach Frank Haith said. “We’ve had some tough losses where our kids have played really hard. It was just a great ACC basketball game. You’re going to have those games.” Tied at 63, senior guard Jack McClinton took the game into his hands and hit a driving layup for UM, but senior guard Greg Paulus answered back and hit a 3-pointer to give the Blue Devils (20-3, 7-2) a one-point lead, 66-65. After a pair of Duke free throws, McClinton would once again respond. From almost the inbounds line, and with two defenders in his face, the 6’1” Baltimore, Md., native hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 15 seconds left to send the game into overtime at 68 all. “The shot he hit with two guys on him was just a big-time shot,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said about McClinton, who finished with a season-high 34 points. “It’s not luck. The kid is just a great player, a great shooter. McClinton was just spectacular.” However, the Hurricanes struggled in overtime and didn’t get their first points of the extra period until McClinton’s shot from behind the arc with 32 seconds left. Duke had jumped out to a comfortable lead against the Canes and sealed the game with free throws down the stretch. “I thought our guys competed and played hard,” Haith said. McClinton scored Miami’s last 11 points of regulation and all seven in overtime. In the past two games, he has scored 66 points on 23-of-37 February 9 - 11, 2009
shooting and nailed 11 3-pointers. But No. 33 would rather notch a win against a top-five team and one of the most prestigious basketball programs in the country. “It’s difficult to leave here not winning,” McClinton said. “We didn’t win, but we can learn from this game.” The Hurricanes were all over the Blue Devils in the first half and took a 32-19 lead into halftime. Miami’s intensity held Duke to a season-low 19 points in the first 20 minutes and 19 percent field goal percentage. In the second half UM went up by as many as 16 until Duke went on a 21-4 run and tied the game at 42. Duke took 39 shots from 3-point range and grabbed 17 offensive rebounds, while taking advantage with 24 points off turnovers and 19 second-chance points. “The thing in the first half I thought we were really good at was rebounding the basketball,” Haith said. “They got [14] offensive rebounds in the second half and just had opportunities. That’s what did us in, the second-chance points.” Miami returns to the BankUnited Center to square off against fourth-ranked North Carolina (21-2, 7-2) on Sunday at 7:45 p.m. “That’s the good thing about basketball, you live to play another game,” McClinton said. As for the women’s basketball team, the Canes (12-11, 1-7) lost to rival and 15th-ranked Florida State (20-5, 8-1), 75-59 on Sunday afternoon. Four Seminoles reached double-digits in points and as a team shot 19-of-21 from the freethrow line. Senior guard Tanae Davis-Cain scored a team-high 19 points. “We played really tough,” head coach Katie Meier said. “They amped up the pressure on us. They are one of the best offensive teams in the nation.” The Seminoles, who remained undefeated on the road at 8-0 and have won seven straight against Miami, scored 35 points off of Miami’s 23 turnovers. Freshman forward Shenise Johnson led the Hurricanes with 20 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Miami travels to take on Virginia Tech (1113, 1-8) on Thursday at 7 p.m. Lelan LeDoux may be contacted at lledoux@ themiamihurricane.com. THE MIAMI HURRICANE
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Tennis teams storm past competition over weekend Men go 7-0 against Clemson and Penn BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Whoever said perfection wasn’t possible obviously didn’t watch this weekend’s men’s tennis matches. On both Saturday and Sunday afternoon, the 23rd-ranked Hurricanes (4-2, 1-0) swept both 63rd-ranked Clemson (3-3, 0-1) and Penn (2-2), 7-0. Sophomore Christian Blocker won his first two matches of the season in the first position while freshman Ignacio Taboada and 96th-ranked All-American sophomore Carl Sundberg improved to a flawless 5-0 in the spring. Besides winning all three doubles matches on Sunday, every singles point was decided in straight sets except for sophomore Keith Crowley’s 7-6, 3-6, 10-4 victory against freshman Jason Lin. “The guys have stepped up and are becoming better play- ers,” volunteer assistant Mel Spence said. “I don’t think we did anything different over these last two wins. I think it’s the mindset that these guys are getting comfortable with that’s helping them execute better and get more mature as we move along.” Senior David Rosenfeld returned to the court on Saturday for his first action after having surgery in the ACC opener. Senior Daniel Vallverdu remains sidelined by a pectoral strain. Blocker and Taboada each battled back in three-set affairs to take down their Tiger opponents. “We are very glad to have David Rosenfeld back playing again after recovering from surgery,” head coach Mario Rincon said. “Christian played a lot more aggressively and used all of his weapons. We played solid in every spot.” After a short break, the Hurricanes, who have won three straight, hit the road to face in-state rival and seventh-ranked Florida (5-0) on Feb. 22. A week later, Miami heads to 17th-ranked Florida State (6-2). “During the next two weeks we will focus on making individual improvements for all of our guys,” assistant coach CJ Weber said. “We’ve learned a lot over our first six matches, so now we get a little bit of a break to allow our guys to rest and work on some of those things we need to improve.” The 13th-ranked women’s tennis team won its ninth-straight home victory on Sunday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center with a 6-1 defeat of Central Florida 10
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ALEX BROADWELL // Hurricane Staff
STRETCH: Claudia Wasilewski returns a shot from UCF’s Kenza Belbacha at a match on Sunday. The Hurricanes won that matchup by a score of 6-1. (2-2). For just the second time under head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews, the Hurricanes jumped off to a 6-0 record to start the season. After securing the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles matches, including wins from junior Laura Vallverdu and sophomore Julia Cohen in the first position, the Canes took an early 1-0 lead. For the first time this season, Vallverdu competed in the first position and dominated in a 6-0, 6-0 decision. Eichkorn also won 6-0, 6-0 in the third slot. Kissell, who moved into the second position with Cohen out of the singles lineup, earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory and remained perfect in the spring at 6-0. The lone loss came in the sixth position as freshman Alessa Waibel dropped her first match, 6-7 (2-7), 2-6. “Our No. 1 through No. 4 singles positions are looking really good right now, and I’m proud of the way they stayed focused today and kept playing to the level I know they can play at,” Yaroshuk-Tews said. “We needed to stay focused as a team today, and make sure to keep playing at a high level.” Miami heads to Madison, Wis., for the ITA National Team Indoor Tournament, which the team earned a bid to last weekend by winning the Coral Gables qualifier. Christina De Nicola may be contacted at cdenicola@themiamihurricane.com.
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So he’s kinda new to this gay thing... Dear Hurriqueen, I have been hanging out with this guy for about a month and we’ve really been enjoying our time together. The only problem is that he’s kinda new to the whole gay thing and he’s worried about getting too physical too quickly. We’re really attracted to each other so I don’t see why we should wait any longer. I really don’t even wanna rush into having sex with him. All I want to do is make out and go from there. How do I make him want to lock lips without making him feel uncomfortable and pressured? -Lips Don’t Lie
Dear Lips, Just when I start believing that every man in Miami is a trashy whore, you send me this wholesome question and give me some faith! Kudos to you for being so patient and understanding for your man. While Miami may be a very liberal and evolved city that fosters acceptance, the reality is that several UM students remain “closet cases.” They are convinced that they can’t come out of the closet and succeed as the men God made them. When they’re not parading around town with the straight crowd, they’re hooking up with guys via
the Internet, digging deeper and deeper into a state of depressing denial. Others take baby steps as they explore their homosexuality. They meet gay people on campus, learn that being gay isn’t that big of a deal, and slowly come out to a select few. With time, they learn to love themselves so they can in turn love someone else. It seems to me that the man you’re gushing over falls into the later category. Believe me, be thankful. Yes, I understand that it’s frustrating at times to not yet be able to physically express your attraction to him. However, as experience has shown me, it is
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exponentially ally better for the he feelings to come before re the exchange ge of bodily fluids. ds By waiting for the mind numbing make out sessions and sex scenes fit for a Hollywood movie, you are giving yourself the opportunity to develop a foundation on which you can build a healthy relationship with your guy. But all of your work will mean nothing if you do the slightest thing to hurt that foundation. Although you’re tempted to put the moves on him,
you need to give him the time he needs. Only then will you have the relationship you deserve. Keep me updated. And when he is finally ready to take it off, make sure ya’ll get tested together and wrap your pickles. XOXO, The Hurriqueen. NOTICE: This column was originally printed last year; The Hurriqueen is now happily single. He’ll be back next week with something FRESH.
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