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FINDING LOVE AT THE U BY LYSSA GOLDBERG ASSISTANT EDITOR

Students enter UM planning to leave with a college degree, but a lucky few also leave with a life-long partner. On campus, the Love Bridge leading to the Wellness Center is decorated with bricks commemorating the love of couples who met and fell in love at UM. Now, tales of romance can also be found on the "Stories of U" website, launched by the Alumni Association as a way for alumni to share their experiences as a Cane.

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PUT YOUR OWN LOVE ON TOP THE EDITORIAL BOARD DISCUSSES LOVING YOURSELF BEFORE LOVING OTHERS PAGE 7

FORGETFUL VALENTINE LAST-MINUTE DATE IDEAS FOR COUPLES WHO MISSED THE MARK PAGE 9

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Taking love from the classroom to the chapel LOVE, FROM PAGE 1

Thirteen years ago, Erin Moyer and Manny Carballea met at the Starbucks across U.S. 1 to talk about the Iron Arrow Honor Society. When their informal meeting turned into a four-hour conversation about everything but academics, the two knew they had hit it off. Igniting the spark Ref lecting back on the moment, Moyer said that, without intending for it to be, this essentially ended up being their first date. “Honestly, from that point forward, we kind of made excuses to see each other, like, ‘Oh yeah, we should probably talk Iron Arrow’ or ‘Oh yeah, I go to Starbucks all the time to study. Sure, I’ll see you there,’” she said. “I never went to Starbucks to study, but it gave me a good reason to do so.” They dated for the duration of Moyer’s senior year, while Carballea was a graduate student. Moyer was on the Homecoming Executive Committee for three years at UM, so this was an especially fun time for the two of them. “If we miss Homecoming, we’re sad,” Carballea said. “It was the one thing we did together when we were there as students, and it’s the one thing that we continue to do as alumni.” Moyer also recalls sharing evenings with Carballea at the College of Engineering. “When I was a senior in school, I would bring him dinner over to the College of Engineering and we’d sit out in the courtyard sometimes and eat dinner or I’d sit out in the engineering lab and do my homework with him while he was

working,” she said. When she graduated in 2001, Moyer moved back home to California to jump-start her career, but the two planned to maintain their relationship. “We stayed together, but the distance, as in a lot of relationships, especially when you’re younger, just kind of became too complicated,” she said. “We were both starting out in our careers. He was here and I was there. A lot of travel back and forth. It was fine, but it just kind of takes its toll.” Making it work Moyer said that she and Carballea were too good a pair of friends to let a long-distance troubles get in between them. They broke up, but Moyer moved back to Miami shortly after for graduate school. Carballea, a Miami native, was still living in the same city, giving the two another opportunity to grow together – even if not as a couple.

“We were the best of friends,” she said. “We were kind of inseparable and, frankly, everyone thought we were still together for that four years.” Moyer moved back to Los Angeles until she finally returned to Miami six months ago. After maintaining an onand-off long-distance relationship that was more friendship than romance for several years – a scenario that Carballea joked parallels the movie “Going the Distance” with Drew Barrymore and Justin Long – the couple will be married this coming June. “No matter what part of our lives we’ve been in, it has always drawn us back together,” Moyer said. “And that’s always stuck out. That there’s a reason why you get drawn back to somebody and why you never let go of them.” Carballea proposed to Moyer at the Iron Arrow mound near the campus bookstore.

“I couldn’t have planned it any better because the sun was setting – the sky had like an orange, pink kind of sunset hue to it – campus was eerily desolate. Moyer unknowingly gave Carballea the perfect segue. “Every time I come to campus, there’s so many memories,” she said as they read a plaque on the Iron Arrow mound. Carballea looked at her and responded, “Yep, there’s so many memories, and here’s one more.” “He got down on one knee and said a lot of things that neither of us can remember,” Moyer said ref lecting on that day in April 2012. Moyer and Carabllea will have many fellow Iron Arrow members coming to their wedding in Sonoma, Calif. “We’re telling all of our Iron Arrow members to bring their jackets because we’re going to take a photo,” Moyer said. “We’ll have a big fire pit at our reception area.”

NEWS

Want to know more about Black Awareness Month? Check out Charlotte Cushing’s photo brief. Missed the Student Government debate? Jordan Coyne has the scoop. Read her story. Sarah Weddington, the lead attorney in the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, came to speak to campus on Tuesday. Check out Jess Swanson’s story about the event. Subscribe for the email edition of the newspaper at themiamihurricane. com/subscribe. Have a question for V? Ask at dearv@ themiamihurricane. com.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit storiesofu.com/ tag/romantic to read more alumni love stories. Read about Alison Brescia and Jason Gray, a UM alumni couple, at themiamihurricane.com.

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Cox keeps iconic look despite recent renovations New technology to connect campuses BY ALEXANDER GONZALEZ ASSISTANT EDITOR

Almost 50 years since its inception, the Cox Science Building is undergoing renovations that include building a Neuroscience and Health Annex and an expansion of Cox’s plaza. The Cox plaza, now a front lawn and patio seating area, will be converted to a larger landscaped terrace where students can enjoy more common space, according to Angel Kaifer, senior associate dean for research and graduate education. The renovated space will also house a small amphitheater for a class of 20 to 25 students to take advantage of the weather. “The project may take another two months,” he said. “It will better transition Cox from the rest of the university.” The project is meant to enhance Cox without compensating its “iconic” 1960s, concrete design, Kaiser said. “We do not want to change the concrete façade,” he said. “The renovations will make Cox more usable, more modern and more practical for its current use.” Sophomore Kinja Thakor is more excited about the latest Cox update, the Neuroscience and Health Annex. She thinks that the presence of an on-campus research lab will lead to more undergraduates engaging in scientific inquiry. “Having the Neuroscience Building so accessible will cause a lot of students to take advantage of it,” she said. Located near the Ungar Building and planned for a summer opening, the 37,700 square-foot Annex will feature three floors with state-of-the-art technology and laboratories. The addition was funded by a $14.8 million grant awarded from the National Institute of Health coupled with funds from

CHARLOTTE CUSHING // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER CHEMISTRY BETWEEN CAMPUSES: Construction on the Cox plaza takes place Wednesday afternoon. The new center, located near the Ungar Building, will open this summer and will include three floors of state-of-the-art technology and laboratories.

the Executive Vice-President and Provost Thomas LeBlanc’s office. New forms of technology will include a human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) laboratory on the first floor and the latest in molecular imaging on the second. The building will mark the first introduction of human fMRI imaging techniques to the Coral Gables campus, according to Philip McCabe, director of the undergraduate neuroscience program. “I am pretty excited because these facilities with high-tech human biological imaging don’t exist on campus,” he said. The fMRI will also help researchers understand how to map brain activity and

study anatomy, McCabe said. The second floor will be biology-centered and will include a microscope that can actually visualize interactions between proteins. Throughout this floor, a variety of cutting-edge microscopes will be available for collaborations with researchers across multiple on-campus departments and the Miller School of Medicine. “It’s a fostering of the collaborative enterprises,” said Kathryn Tosney, chair of the biology department. Rod Wellens, chairman for the department of psychology, feels similarly. “One of the goals of the project was a building described as a transformational fa-

cility that would bring people from different disciplines together,” he said. Though focused on neuroscience and the work of specific researchers who will have permanent labs there, the facility will be accessible to all researchers and students who may require neural imaging as part of studies in fields as broad as marketing and advertising. In addition to research, the Neuroscience Building will offer graduate programs that will train future neuroscientists and health psychologists. Undergraduates interested in working with a faculty member’s research will also have opportunities to use these technologies, according to McCabe.

NEWS BRIEFS FILM INDUSTRY TALKS

YEARBOOK PORTRAITS

IRON ARROW NOMINATIONS

Roger Bundt, a professor at the School of Communication, will give a talk on the Brazilian and Mexican film industries from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m on Thursday at room 2040 in the Wolfson Communications Building.

The deadline date for senior portraits has been extended through Feb. 22. Graduating seniors can make an appointment for yearbook portraits at ouryear.com, with the school code 136. Portraits for undergraduate students are free. No appointments are necessary.

Iron Arrow Honor Society is accepting recommendations for the spring 2013 semester. A brief description of the nominee’s accomplishments and explanation of why they deserve the honor is required as part of the application. The recommendation should not be more than

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one page typed, and a resume may also be submitted. Recommendations should be kept confidential. Email recommendations to ironarrow@miami.edu no later than 5 p.m. Friday.

Stephanie Parra may be contacted at news@ themiamihurricane.com.

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Academic Integrity Week events The week will include an information session about the Honor Council, a trivia event at the Rathskeller and a racquetball challenge with Dean of Students Ricardo Hall. For more information, visit facebook.com/UHonor/ events.

EVERY DAY Don’t Stake Your Degree Noon to 2 p.m. at the Breezeway Free giveaways

MONDAY AI Week Opening Event Noon to 2 p.m. at the UC Rock Free pizza and refreshments

ACADEMICS

Honor Council to host AI Week Events promote cheatfree classrooms BY LYSSA GOLDBERG ASSISTANT EDITOR

Looking over at another student’s exam is a thing of the past. It’s all about looking down at a cell phone. While the frequency of cheating at UM remains about the same, the ways in which students cheat are changing, according to Assistant Dean of Students Dayle Wilson. Seventeen honor code violation cases were brought to the Undergraduate Honor Council last academic year, and the number has ranged between 17 and 20 over the past few years, Wilson said. Violations go undocumented if the professor chooses to handle the issue independently. “The only trend is that they’re getting more sophisticated in their cheating,” she said.

TUESDAY Pledge the Code

Noon to 2 p.m. at the UC Rock Free ice cream by Wall’s Men’s Basketball Game v. Virginia

9 p.m. at the BankUnited Center

WEDNESDAY Intro to Academic Integrity at UM with the ARC 3 p.m. at the I-Lounge Free Chick-Fil-A and refreshments

THURSDAY What do U know? UM and Sports Trivia 6 p.m. at the Rat Free food, refreshments and prizes Laser Battle

8 p.m. at the Wellness Center

FRIDAY Racquetball against Dean Hall

Students can put their racquetball skills to the test by playing a game with Dean of Students Ricardo Hall. 1 p.m. at the Wellness Center

NEWS

We still get the classic, looking-atsomeone’s-paper cheating, but more so, it’s using sources and not citing, or using other people’s papers, using people’s old lab reports and submitting them as your own. It’s a lot of more premeditated than in-the-moment type of things. Erica Lewis-Blunt, Graduate assistant for the Undergraduate Honor Council

At UM, plagiarism is the most frequent type of honor code violation, according to Erica Lewis-Blunt, the graduate assistant for the Undergraduate Honor Council. “We still get the classic looking-atsomeone’s-paper cheating, but more so, it’s using sources and not citing, or using other people’s papers, using people’s old lab reports and submitting them as your own,” said Lewis-Blunt, who is pursuing a masters in higher education administration. “It’s a lot of more premeditated than in-the-moment type of things.” The Honor Council has also seen cases involving students taking tests for each other, storing information in their cell phones, and even hiding answers in the bathroom, according to Wilson. Junior Kelsey Terhorst said he thinks

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academic dishonesty is a problem on campus, specifically in testing environments. “I’m an international studies major, and we write a lot. So there’s not a lot of cheating in our department, but when I was a bio major freshman year, there was a lot of cheating going on,” Terhorst said. “It was a rampant thing.” Terhorst would see people cheating on tests, having other people take tests for them, and bringing answer sheets to the exam. Many of these instances occur because of pressures that students are experiencing, according to Wilson. “It’s the pressure that, ‘I can’t get less than an A. I need to graduate. I need to get into med school,’” Wilson said. “And they succumb to those pressures.” Students turn to cheating and use the excuse that they have taken on too many responsibilities. “They say, ‘I’m busy, I’m overextended, I work,’” Lewis-Blunt said. With these increasing pressures, students must realize that a good grade should not come at the expense of sacrificing their morals, according to Lewis-Blunt. “I think you have to be true to your values and understand that if you get a B on this and it was your work and you did the best that you could, that’s okay,” she said. “I think that’s one thing a lot of students don’t realize. That it’s okay.” Senior Julian Jowise agreed that pressures on students may lead them to cheat, but he also said that cheating may correlate to student interest. “It mostly comes down to how much you want out of the class,” he said. “If it’s an introductory course or it fills up a requirement, you just want to get through it. ... If you’re really just interested in the class and the subject matter and you want to actually learn about it, you’re probably going to put in the time to study and won’t cheat.” Consequences like being kicked out of UM are the second most popular reason for students to choose not to cheat, according to an online survey of 59 students conducted by The Miami Hurricane. Moral qualms are the first. Sanctions issued by the Honor Council range from a warning to suspension or expulsion. Between 1986 and 2009, 103 students were suspended by the Honor Council, but only 14 were expelled. Members of the Honor Council will also often recommend a related workshop, like a session with the Writing Center on citing sources if the violation involved plagiarism, according to Wilson. In an online survey of 59 UM students, 22 percent responded that they are not familiar with the honor code, and 44

It speaks to the core value of leveling the playing field that everyone has the same opportunities to success and that no one has any more of an advantage than any other individual, especially not by cheating. Dayle Wilson, Assistant Dean of Students and adviser to the Undergraduate Honor Council

percent are only somewhat familiar. The Honor Council will be hosting its annual Academic Integrity Week starting Monday to help familiarize students with the honor code and the role of the Honor Council. “It speaks to the core value of leveling the playing field that everyone has the same opportunities to success and that no one has any more of an advantage than any other individual, especially not by cheating,” Wilson said.

Cheating becomes trend at other schools Recent high-profile cheating scandals at other universities have called attention to academic dishonesty. More than 70 cadets at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado were found to have cheated on an online calculus exam last April. Students’ poor scores on the final exam, which was administered on paper, did not reflect their competence on the prior online test, according to The Colorado Springs Gazette. As many as 125 Harvard students were suspected of collaborating on a take-home final exam in an Introduction to Congress course in spring 2012. Investigation results were announced at the beginning of this month, according to The Crimson, the student newspaper at Harvard University. More than half of the students were forced to temporarily withdraw from school.

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Supreme Court Justice visits campus Anthony Kennedy talks Constitution, court BY LYSSA GOLDBERG ASSISTANT EDITOR

Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy discussed the functioning of the Supreme Court and his ideas about democracy in the legal system at the BankUnited Center Fieldhouse on Monday evening. “The Constitution – big C Constitution – doesn’t belong to a bunch of judges and lawyers,” Kennedy told his audience. “It’s yours.” Kennedy is the second Supreme Court justice to visit UM in the past two weeks – Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor participated in a conversation with President Donna E. Shalala on Feb. 1. While the Sotomayor event was held in conjunction with local bookstore Books & Books, Kennedy’s visit comes as part of the School of Law’s Robert B. Cole Distinguished Jurist Lecture Series. Established in 1985, the Cole Lecture Series brings distinguished jurists and public fig-

ures to UM to discuss important legal matters. Eight other Supreme Court justices have participated in the past. Kennedy talked about his experience on the Supreme Court and the duties that justices are faced with, such as deciding on which cases to see by reviewing thousands of petitions each year. “Just like doing push-ups in the morning or something, every morning you read those petitions,” he said. Kennedy compared writing opinions of the court to college assignments, which the justices do until the Court session ends for the summer. “It’s as if you have five term papers, some of which haven’t even been assigned yet, that are due June 1,” he said. Kennedy also explained the effort that goes into reading lengthy legal briefs before argument day. “If they’re long briefs, I play operas,” he said. “I like opera in the background. I have one-opera briefs and two-opera briefs.” Kennedy concluded his speech by emphasizing the importance of preserving and encour-

aging democracy through the law. The theory of democracy is that the current population acts as the trustees of freedom for the next generation, according to Kennedy. “You’re trusted to hand down a democratic system to your children and grandchildren, your successors, that is stronger than the one you earned,” he said. Therefore, Kennedy said that the public should be concerned about the lack of civic instruction in this generation and a lack of appreciation for America’s history. “You can’t preserve what you haven’t studied,” he said. “You can’t protect what you cannot explain. You cannot defend what you do not know.” After speaking for about 40 minutes, Kennedy opened the floor for a question-and-answer session, moderated by Patrick Gudridge, the vice dean of the School of Law. Law school students and undergraduates in Shalala’s health care policy course took turns asking questions. One student asked about the extent to which the American public’s view of an issue affects the Supreme Court’s decision on a case. “We decide issues that have political con-

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sequences,” Kennedy said. “We don’t decide them in a political way.”

NICHOLAS GANGEMI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER HAIL TO THE JUSTICE: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy visited campus on Monday to speak to UM students.

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FunDay to celebrate its 30th anniversary students on campus. “It’s about friendship, fun, having an open mind and opening yourself up to a new experience,” FunDay Chair Amanda Corey said. According to Corey, about 150 of the special needs citizens, or buddies, come from the Wayside Baptist Church community and the rest from group homes and the University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism Related Disabilities. Special needs citizens are brought to Stanford Circle and then split up into several groups and joined by the UM students to share a carnival-like experience. The FunDay staff will guide the buddies from Stanford Circle to the Rock, where they can enjoy the activities at six different stations designed around the theme “30 Years of Fun in the Sun.” “We’ve stuck with the theme this year and will be having things from coconut bowling to hula hoop lessons,” Cameron said. Additional stations include arts and crafts and dance therapy. They are

Event sees historic registration rates BY SAM ABBASSI SENIOR NEWS WRITER

Pair up 300 special needs citizens with more than 600 university students and you’ve got yourself a record-setting and historic FunDay. FunDay is the longest standing service tradition at the University of Miami, and it will be celebrating a milestone this year: its 30th anniversary. With the number of students preregistered for FunDay as of Wednesday, this will also be the biggest. “You’ve got bounce houses, dunk tanks, karaoke, photobooths, BBQ – it’s a lot of fun,” FunDay Vice-Chair Lisa Cameron said. FunDay brings together special needs citizens with a range of circumstances, from autism spectrum disorder to physically disabilities, for a day of partnered friendship with the university

TECHNOLOGY

Taking love to the Web BY ASHLEY MARTINEZ COPY EDITOR

Recently, many applications and websites encouraging connections and relationships to be formed at one’s convenience have popped up -- giving people more options and greater flexibility than ever before.

FACEBOOK GRAPH

Facebook has been an unofficial matchmaker for years and with its new Graph Search tool, users can extend their search for singles on the network to friends of friends allowing for more options when looking for that special someone.

BANG WITH FRIENDS

For someone not looking for a commitment of any kind, this website allows users to sort through their list of Facebook friends and select those who catch their fancy. If a user selects a friend who selects them back, both parties will be notified.

NEWS

WHAT’S YOUR PRICE

The world’s only datingauction website allows members to bid on first dates and has received quite a bit of attention due to the 369,282 first-date offers made in the four weeks preceding Valentine’s Day for an average price of $131.70.

SINGLES AROUND ME

This social discovery app shows single people in the area. When a user finds someone of interest, he or she can message, flirt and form a relationship. Users can be mobile and meet people while out and about rather than behind a computer screen.

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manned by students in other organizations partnering with FunDay. “We’re going to have about 12 to 13 different organizations that will have their own booth, including Greek Life, which always plays a big role,” Corey said. One of the collaborative events will be a Hawaiian club performance in line with the luau theme. The Butler Center for Service and Leadership plays a key role in these oncampus and off-campus collaborations, according to public relations coordinator Mike Piacentino. “We predominantly have helped with the funding, resources such as printing f liers, weekly direct advising, the planning process, logistics and reservations,” Piacentino said. Not only has the Butler Center been a resource for FunDay since its own inception, but FunDay predates the Butler Center itself. “We’ve had a really good foundation from the beginning,” Corey said. “Our sponsors, and the reality that it’s a UM

tradition, now have really played a key role in sustaining this event.” FunDay has become a defining event for service at the university, but for the visiting buddies, it is just as important. “I can’t even imagine having to break to them that there wouldn’t be a FunDay next year,” Cameron said. “Some of the them have been coming since they were kids and now they’re adults.”

IF YOU GO WHERE: UC Rock WHEN: Walk-in registrations will be taken the morning of the event. The event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

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NICK HAENEL SOPHOMORE “I don’t really have strong feelings for it. It’s great when you’re in a relationship, but it kind of sucks when you’re single.”

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the year as long as Cupid comes to the rescue just once. In the midst of this 24-hour period, people forget that romantic relationships are essentially meaningless if the relationship you have with yourself is nonexistent. Carrie Bradshaw once said, “…The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that’s just fabulous.” Being with someone shouldn’t define you. You shouldn’t feel less than what you are because you aren’t in a relationship. And if you are in a relationship, this shouldn’t exempt you from this rule. It’s not all about the romance. There are other relationships that

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Let your own love open the door Valentine’s Day is the one day out of the year where people rush to find a date, rush to make a dinner reservation and rush to feel any sort of affection. Romantic relationships consume our lives on this day – even if it’s not “Facebook official.” We crave the heart-shaped chocolates, the oversized teddy bears, the fivecourse meals and the dozen roses. But any other day of the year, the same people that crave the love on Feb. 14, don’t mind being alone. Society has made it OK for people to feel this way. This commercialized holiday patronizes the single individuals while praising the couples. The worst part of this is that people settle for being treated mediocre by their partners 364 days of

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are just as important, if not more so, such as friendships and family. These relationships form unbreakable bonds that probably last longer than most college relationships. For those that don’t have a date on Valentine’s Day, you are not alone. You have yourself, and that, should be more than enough. Being happy with who you are is a priority. If not, you will never be able to be happy with someone else. This is not to say that true love is extinct. It isn’t. But, you don’t have to go searching for it on Valentine’s Day. Let love find you. Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial board.

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PERIHAN EBARAWI FRESHMAN “I don’t really care about Valentine’s Day. I think it’s great for people in relationships to spend the night together and show their affection for each other. And for the rest of us that are single, it’s just an ordinary day.”

DANIELLA ESCALONE SENIOR “I feel pretty neutral about it. It’s good for people in love and good for friends to make each other feel special, so I guess it’s nice.” Speak Up answers are edited for clarity, brevity and accuracy. Check out video Speak Ups at themiamihurricane.com. compiled by

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Valentine’s plans set tone for love here is nothing a guy wants more than to pronounce how much he cares for his girlfriend by standing in front of people with an unhealthy amount of chocolates and an 8-foot teddy bear while she runs toward him screaming like a 14-year-old Justin Bieber fan. This is an obligation that every KYLE RAMBO CONTRIBUTING guy must fulfill on Valentine’s Day. COLUMNIST Unless you are a hopeless romantic character from a ‘90s movie or Ted Mosby from “How I Met Your Mother,” Valentine’s Day can seem like a chore for most college men. Most of us have an ego big enough to chase multiple women and wear an Ed Hardy shirt on Friday nights. The last thing we want to do is express our feelings to a girl. We would rather be fist pumping. We men are basic primal creatures, and therefore, it can be difficult for us to grasp the concept of planning an event to make another person happy. But, most of us guys are able to pull it together and have a successful day. All we have to do is walk into a Walgreens or CVS and they have a step-by-step plan. They have the cheesy cards, the chocolate heart boxes, and then we pick up a Red Lobster gift card at the cash register.

I mean, there is nothing more romantic than buying gifts for your significant other at a mainstream drug store where you can also purchase energy drinks and laxatives. Now, some men are lucky enough to be with a girl they actually want to do something special for. These are the guys that will wear matching sweatpants to class with their girlfriend and have date nights that do not consist of froyo and Netflix. For these guys, Valentine’s Day could actually be something enjoyable. These are the guys that are not faking the smile on their faces when they pick up the $80 check on Valentine’s Eve. If you are a guy under the spell of some seductive princess, plan her a sweet day. But don’t go overboard. There’s nothing more pathetic than a guy bowing down to a girl and attending to her every need. What occurs on Valentine’s Day will up the level of the relationship a few notches or have it come to a screeching halt. Guys know this. Whatever we plan is precisely thought out and its effects are usually what the man wants to happen. Men have been scheming to get girls since they wore light-up sneakers. By now we have some experience and a little skill. Plan accordingly, men. Kyle Rambo is a junior majoring in education.

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Invest in academics rather than aesthetics t’s hard not to notice the construction on campus. Chances are, unless you’re the rare fan of lengthy detours or booming and blaring power tools, you haven’t taken too kindly to this construcPATRICK QUINLAN tion, especially around CONTRIBUTING the almost-finished $20 COLUMNIST million Student Activities Center (SAC). Unfortunately, such a scene is common across any institution of higher education in the country. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on a tremendous college building boom over the past 15 years, especially in “the amenities: the climbing walls, the swank student unions

and the luxury dorms.” The fact is, such facets of campuses make college life more bearable and remain a huge draw for incoming freshmen. This university’s administration knows it too. Our brave members in P100 simultaneously walk backward, try not to look like tools in their khakis, and point out the wonders of the breathtaking SAC that will be finished in time for their campus visitors to move in. Interestingly, a new report from researchers at the University of Michigan points out that these new amenities are a factor in students’ college enrollment decisions. However, the academically minded ones (that a rising university like UM would hope to attract) primarily decide, unsurprisingly, on the school’s academics. Bells and whistles are enjoyable, and

surely by this point we all can’t wait for that first Rathskeller pitcher. But investments in good resources, professors and research will sow the best rewards for universities and students alike. It’s heartening that the total spent on the SAC, basically a glorified pub, is less than half of the $47 million on the RSMAS’s Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Complex, or in English, science’s coolest wave pool. Such decisions show that once the construction has stopped - that is hoping that this will be the end of it - our Alma Mater can focus on the most important part of the college experience: a solid education. Patrick Quinlan is a freshman majoring in international studies and political science.

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Congress needs to grow up ongress has finally reached a decision on the fiscal cliff, but the way in which the decision was made disturbed TAYLOR DUCKETT me. Are these reSENIOR ally adults? BeCOLUMNIST cause the way that they were behaving was reminiscent of high school behavior. The Republicans and Democrats are drifting further from the middle and closer to the extremes of each party. Some Congress members have forgotten that their jobs are not to cling so stubbornly to their party’s ideology that it renders them ineffective. They are supposed to function as a voice for the people who elected them; the people who placed their trust in them to represent their interests to the best of their abilities. If that means reaching across the aisle once in a while in order to pass a bipartisan and well-thought-out piece of legislation, then so be it. Our Congress should not be this dysfunctional. No government is perfect, but something has got to give. We may have passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff, but we still have upcoming battles on the debt ceiling and the stopgap measure. We cannot keep putting Band-Aids on situations that may actually require surgery. We cannot keep using shortterm solutions that appear to fix the situation now only to set the stage for more of the same debates down the road. Enough is enough. Members of Congress should go back to grade school where team work, cooperation and manners are taught. You know, things you think reasonable adults would understand by now. If the members of Congress refuse to learn how to get along then we only have one alternative: Vote them out and send new people to Capitol Hill, people who may actually do their jobs.

Taylor Duckett is a sophomore majoring in economics.

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OUT OF TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY BY MARGAUX HERRERA EDGE EDITOR

It’s a month into the semester and we’re all busy. No one blames you. But even if you forget Thursday is Valentine’s Day, it isn’t too late to pull out all the last-minute stops. Just pretend you wanted to celebrate this weekend and make it a date night. Here are five suggestions for wooing your lover this Valentine’s Day weekend. 1. A sunset picnic at Alice C. Wainwright Park If you’re both broke and can’t afford a night out, the park is the perfect spot for a romantic afternoon delight. Pack a blanket, some Publix subs, strawberries and a cheap bottle of champagne to

wow your significant other. Overlooking Biscayne Bay, the park is just next door to Viscaya Museum and Gardens. As long as you remember early enough in the day, you can still pull this off for sunset on Valentine’s Day. Just remember, you’re out in public, so keep it PG-13. Alice C. Wainwright Park is located at 2845 Brickell Ave., Miami. 2. Jamming with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals If you’re looking for an upbeat night out (and to cover up why you have nothing planned for Thursday), the Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are having a concert at the Fillmore on Saturday and it isn’t sold out yet.

The show is general admission, and tickets are $38.50 each online. Before the show, grab a bite at Pizza Rustica right up the road on Lincoln Road. Slices are huge and range between $3 to $4.95 - a relief after spending nearly $80 on concert tickets. All pizza is warmed in the oven before it’s served, and you can be in and out in less than half an hour if you’re in a rush. The Fillmore is located at 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Pizza Rustica is located at 667 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. 3. Sharing milkshakes at Johnny Rockets then watching a movie at Paragon Feeling more traditional? Grab burgers and split a milk-

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shake like Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson in “Grease” at Johnny Rockets in Coconut Grove. Then make your way across the street and catch a romantic movie, whether Nicholas Sparks’ “Safe Haven” or rom-com-zom “Warm Bodies” perfect for the couples who can’t quite stomach the heavy doses of romance. Best of all, the theater sells wine so you can make sure the night feels like a proper date night. Johnny Rockets is located at 3036 Grand Ave., Miami. 4. Dinner at Joe’s Stone Crab and a walk on the beach Nothing says romance like a crab bib and a shell bucket. But seriously, Joe’s is the place to be if you’re looking for a place that makes you feel swanky and comfortable. Take a “last supper” approach to this meal and really treat yourself. Start with an order of the legendary fried chicken, without telling your date that it’s only $6. Indulge

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in a heaping platter of stone crab claws just asking to be drowned in butter. Don’t even think about asking for the check before you each consume the best slice of key lime pie in South Florida. If you’ve got money to blow and don’t mind a wait, head to Joe’s this Valentine’s Day. She’ll feel the love. Joe’s Stone Crab is located at 11 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. 5. Cook dinner (or order in) and play video games Stay in for the night and cook dinner for the two of you. For more time with your partner, make a lowkey meal, like pasta with meat sauce and a bottle of red wine. Or order take out, and you can play video games while you’re waiting for the food to be delivered. Pull out your old Nintendo 64 and stick in Mario Kart for a friendly race with Mario and Kirby down memory lane. To make it a little more exciting, turn it into a game of strip Mario Kart. Every race lost means another piece of clothing on the floor.

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Exhibit takes visitors on flight through time BY ERIKA GLASS COPY EDITOR

Tucked away on the second floor of the CocoWalk shopping center in Coconut Grove is a cultural treasure. First Flight Out is a destination-apparel retail store that doubles as a Pan Am Airways exhibit. “[We] have always wanted to open an exhibition for Pan Am,” owner Stephen Licata said. “… The birthplace of Pan Am is Coconut Grove.” Owners Licata and Gailen David intended for there to be an aviation museum in Coconut Grove, but more recently they have teamed up with Pan Am to develop an exhibit based on the classic airline, smack dab in the middle of the store. “ … I own a chain of stores called Palm Produce …,” Licata said. “We have been carrying the

Pan Am products and then came up with the idea of putting First Flight Out together.” Walking into the store is like stepping into a time machine. The classic ‘60s tunes catapult visitors back to a time when Pan American World Airways ruled the air, a time when being a stewardess was the most elite job in the sky, and flying was a luxury only a lucky few could enjoy. “It’s just such a totally different world … today we get a bag of nuts,” Licata said. The entire right side of the store is dedicated to the Pan Am exhibit. There is a full timeline of Pan Am’s history, original travel documents and authentic crew uniforms. To the right of the exhibit is a 747 first-class cabin, fullyequipped with original seats, posters and a dinner menu. “What we did here is sort of basically represent what the ‘60s

look like, that’s the way the store is built out,” Licata said. “On display we have route maps, and we have menus and utensils and things that we used during that period.” They also have Pan Am merchandise ranging from modern graphic tees to bags made of vintage seat fabric. This store is not the only Pan Am resource available in Miami. UM’s Special Collections holds the official Pan Am records. The 1,600 boxes of photographs and documents contain information from its opening in 1927 to its closing in 1991. “It’s important to keep it wellpreserved because there is still such an interest in the company,” said Beatrice Skokan, special collections librarian. “It just played such a pivotal role in social history in general … there is a high demand and we are going to preserve it as much as possible.”

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College musician balances academics, career BY MARLEE LISKER CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

A new voice has joined the alternative music scene. Maryam Qudus, a college student who records under the pseudonym Doe Eye, debuted in 2011 when her single “I Hate You” premiered on San Francisco’s Live105. Maryam was voted the No. 1 artist on the West Coast in Billboard’s Battle of the Bands in 2012. Her second EP “Hotel Fire” was released in September of that year. Now she’s back in the studio, working again with producer John Vanderslice to record her first full-length album. The Miami Hurricane got the chance to speak with Maryam about her inspirations, musical tastes and experiences being a college-age recording artist. The Miami Hurricane: When did you first start getting into music, and what inspired you to pursue it? Doe Eye: I always loved music ... For my 12th birthday, I asked my parents to buy me a guitar. Once I turned 16, I was basically working to pay for all my training on guitar and piano and voice. I wasn’t thinking that I was going to pursue music. I was doing pre-med classes in college, and then I decided that I hated it. I applied to music school. I got into the Berklee College of Music in Boston. I went there for about a year and started songwriting and that’s kind of 10

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how it started. TMH: Did you have specific inspiration when you were writing [“Hotel Fire”]? DE: That title came from when I was living in Boston for a year. It was my last couple of months in Boston and I had to lease my apartment out. I was getting ready and, all of a sudden, all the power went out. I went outside and saw that there was a bunch of people running down the street and there was smoke in the air. I asked a girl what happened and she said that there was this fire at, I think it was the Hilton Hotel … there was an electrical explosion at the hotel that caused almost all of Boston to black out ... I Feb. 14 - Feb. 17, 2013

had to be in complete pitch-blackness. So I spent that time writing ... and that’s what inspired the name of the EP and the song itself. TMH: Are there any artists that influence you? Any artists you’ve been listening to a lot lately or any new artists that you like? DE: My inspirations change all the time, but while I was writing this record, I was really influenced by Arcade Fire and I was inspired a lot by Saint Vincent and Sufjan Stevens ... and Beach House. I’m listening to Bat for Lashes a lot, Elastica, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jack White, [and] Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. TMH: Were you in school while you were recording and promoting “Hotel Fire?” DE: I recorded “Hotel Fire” over the summer. When the EP came out, I took the semester off from school to focus on the release. But my first song, “I Hate You,” came out in 2011 and went on the radio ... That’s when everything got really crazy with my career. I would have to travel back and forth between Boston and California ... to play shows while I was going to school full-time. And I’m doing it now. I’m in school and I’m working on a full-length record. TMH: How do you balance school and work? DE: It’s a lot of time management and dedication, and being completely focused

… also not really having a social life … It’s kind of like when you start exercising. If you haven’t exercised in a while, the first few weeks your body’s sore and you’re so tired, but if you continue … your body doesn’t hurt as much anymore and you’re actually more motivated... You just have to be really driven to do it. I am tired a lot, but you make it happen. TMH: Where did you get the name Doe Eye? DE: The name came from a nickname that my friends gave me when I was a kid ... At the time when I was starting to write my own music I didn’t want to go under my own name. I’m into so many different genres of music that in the future if I ever did want to go in a different direction I didn’t want my name to be attached to a specific genre, so I chose that nickname as my moniker for my music. Doe Eye’s EP “Hotel Fire” is available through download on several websites, including iTunes.

Want to read more? Check out themiamihurricane.com for Marlee Lisker’s review of “Hotel Fire.”

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