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U.S. 1 overpass stirs controversy SG circulates petition to garner student support BY LYSSA GOLDBERG ASSISTANT EDITOR

MONICA HERNDON // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES: Freshman Teresa Browning takes a break during boxing club practice on Thursday night at the Wellness Center. The club hosts around 45 paying members and focuses on fundamentals and technique.

Club hooks in newcomers, veterans Boxing combines cardio, weights BY MICHAEL DAVIS CONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

Sometimes you just want to punch somebody in the face. Dozens of students get that chance every week at the UM boxing club. In 1960, the NCAA dropped boxing as a sport, and it subsequently disappeared from campus. But in the last two years, UM boxing has returned as an official club sport with a considerable following. Longtime boxers and newcomers in search of an alterna-

tive workout visit the Wellness Center twice a week to join the club. “Since the reinstatement of the boxing club, students have responded positively,” Club President Teresa Browning said. “After CaneFest, we had more than 100 students come out to see what it was all about. Through the semester, the number has declined … but members who come out now and try it out usually keep coming back time after time.” The club, which now has around 45 paying members, focuses on fundamentals and technique, creating a demanding workout.

Typical sessions also include individual exercises that target all parts of the body, such as push-ups, lunges and core training. Later, they dive into boxing exercises like punching, bobbing, weaving and slipping techniques. Mickey Demos Jr., a former champion who now trains at the Biscayne Boxing and Fitness Club, leads the way at each practice. Students usually team up with partners, using gloves and mitts to work on punch combinations. SEE BOXING, PAGE 12

In a final push for the completion of the pedestrian overpass project, Student Government is circulating a petition addressed to the owner of the University Centre Plaza, and the Division of Student Affairs will host a public memorial for the eighth anniversary of UM student Ashley Kelly’s death on Friday. “We’ve been working on this project for eight years and certainly it’s near and dear to my heart, and we’ve had other situations out there since that time,” said Pat Whitely, vice president for student affairs. “… This is our last rather large stumbling block for this project to go forward.” The online petition, which can be signed on Change.org, urges the property owner to allow for the Ashley Kelly Pedestrian Bridge to be built through Mariposa Court. Acquiring the northwest corner of the University Centre Plaza would be the final step before beginning construction, but the property owner has refused to accept Miami-Dade County’s offer of $1,853,900 for the land. “There’s been a lack of overwhelming student voice … so the idea was to get more students on board, to get more community members on board, so that [the owner] saw it wasn’t just administration that wanted it,” former SG President Nawara Alawa said. SG had been planning this response for about two months and considered it the best alternative, according to Alawa. The petition is seeking 5,000 signatures by Friday. SEE OVERPASS, PAGE 2

TOP OF THE CLASS PAT WHITELY GAINS NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENTS PAGE 3

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Relay For Life raises funds, awareness

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Want to know more about the Chartwells rally that happened on Friday? Check out Nick Rodriguez and Monica Herndon’s slideshow. Taylor Sperring has a video report on the Chartwells rally.

MORGAN COLEMAN // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER BALANCING ACT: Juniors Katie Pfister and Anais Pedoussaut play a giant game of jenga at UM’s American Society of Civil Engineers’ Relay For Life tent on Saturday. Each team had a member walking the track throughout the entire event to symbolize that cancer never stops.

Anniversary of student’s death strengthens cause OVERPASS FROM PAGE 1

Alawa said she hopes that if the plaza owner and individual businesses see an overwhelming response from the student body, it will help them gauge why this is an important issue to students. “Those business owners might be able to go back to the owner of the entire plaza and say, ‘... they are the people that keep this plaza alive, so maybe we should really listen to what they have to say,’” Alawa said. But Alawa said that there are a lot of people who would benefit from the pedestrian overpass if it existed, not just UM students. “Ponce Middle School is right there, and a lot of people walk from their homes to Ponce Middle School, and in the morning that’s really dangerous,” she said. The possibility of encouraging a boycott was initially discussed after certain students and alumni introduced the idea to SG. However, Alawa felt this would not have had 2

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the right effect. “The overall owner of the plaza that we’re having this kind of riff with wouldn’t be affected by a boycott,” she said. Many students and student groups have relationships that exist with those businesses, according to Alawa. For example, sisters of the Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity have a weekly breakfast at Bagel Emporium, and T.G.I. Friday’s has bingo and trivia nights hosted by a UM student. “Those relationships have been built over such a long period of time, and they’re such a positive working relationship that we decided that we didn’t want to put any kind of negative strain on those relationships,” Alawa said. “So we figured a boycott was not the best way to go.” The petition will be taken down after the memorial, which will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the Metrorail parking lot across the street from the site of the plaza’s contested corner.

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“We want to raise awareness, not just about the issue itself, but also to commemorate the lives of students that were lost,” Alawa said. According to Whitely, Kelly was a freshman in the School of Communication at the time she was killed. She would have been moving off-campus the following year. It was 8 p.m. on a Thursday. Kelly, who had planned to meet her new roommate at T.G.I. Friday’s at the University Centre Plaza, ran across the street and was hit by a car. She died around 2 a.m. “Everyone was incredibly saddened,” Whitely remembers. “Ashley was just a wonderful, wonderful student, as everybody knows. She had her life ahead of her, and I think she had just turned 19.” Kelly’s parents have since worked with the university over the years to put forth the Ashley Kelly Pedestrian Bridge, according to Whitely. The Miami Hurricane made an effort to reach out to Kelly’s par-

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ents, but they have remained silent about the incident since it occurred. They will attend the memorial and speak at the press conference. Whitely hopes these efforts will bring about a change. “To the UM students and community, it’s important for them to have their voice heard about how important this project is, and the reality is that we’re hoping that the shopping center owner would reconsider,” Whitely said.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: Public memorial for Ashley Kelly’s eighth anniversary of her death WHERE: Metrorail parking lot across the street from the University Centre, located at 1200 South Dixie Highway. WHEN: 4 p.m. Friday For more information, or to sign the petition, visit tinyurl.com/us1overpass.

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Whitely wins national student affairs recognition UM the first to boast two award winners BY STEPHANIE PARRA NEWS EDITOR

Sixteen years ago, Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Whitely stood before a crowd in Chicago. At the time, William Butler was accepting NASPA’s (the Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) 1997 WHITELY Scott Goodnight Award for Outstanding Performance as a dean. Whitely remembers the day Butler received the recognition. He

was already retiring, and Whitely was about to assume his position. “He introduced me to the crowd of people and said, ‘This is who’s replacing me,’” she said. “I was thinking to myself, ‘Who knows if that’ll ever be me?’” On March 19, at NASPA’s annual conference in Orlando, Whitely received the same recognition her predecessor had been awarded that day. “Sixteen years later I was able to call him up and I said, ‘Dr. Butler, did you know that there’s only one university in the country that’s had two vice presidents obtain the Goodnight Award?’” she said. “And he said, ‘Darling, is that you?’” NASPA’s Scott Goodnight Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed to a senior affairs administrator in higher education, who, according to the organization, “has demonstrated sustained professional service in student af-

fairs work, high-level competency in administrative skills, innovative response in meeting students’ varied and emerging needs, effectiveness in developing junior staff members, and leadership in community and university affairs.” The award is named in honor of the organization’s founding board chair. Both Butler and Whitely received the award, making the University of Miami the only school that has had two administrative members receive that distinction. Butler expressed his sentiments about Whitely’s recognition. “I couldn’t be more proud of her,” he said. “I was very proud to receive the same award in Chicago in 1997.” He also expressed his feelings about her performance for the past 16 years. “She’s done a terrific job and has more than met my expecta-

tions of being a first-rate student affairs administrator and educator,” he said. “I’m very proud of her. I’m also proud of the university that it was possible for two vice presidents back-to-back for student affairs from the same university to receive that same award. That says something about the university.” Nancy Ryan, executive assistant to the vice president, has worked for Butler and Whitely. She worked for Butler for 19 years, and has worked for Whitely since she first started as VP 16 years ago. “I’m very proud. It kind of pulls together the mission and the vision of the field of student affairs and what we do for students,” Ryan said. “Because this is a national award, this brings the focus of what’s going on in the country.” Ryan noted that both Butler and Whitely, though distinct, have had similar goals and visions throughout their careers.

CAMPUS LIFE

Stacks workers see other side of campus Students bond with headphones BY JESS SWANSON CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Senior Ethan Cloutier has spent the past three and a half years sorting books and keeping the Stacks’ microuniverse in sync. But like most student workers at Richter Library, his hard work goes underappreciated in the pin-drop silence of over-caffeinated students studying and writing papers. Cloutier is a student supervisor for the 16 student workers in the Stacks who maintain the more than 3 million books at Richter. Most students will scope the Stacks during their time at UM – either for a quiet study nook or specific literary journal – but Cloutier explains that Stacks student workers are not always treated cor-

dially. “I’ve been shushed and yelled at for being too loud,” he said. “I’m just putting books away, listening to my iPod, doing my job. It gets worse around finals.” Still, the Stacks workers don’t get discouraged, with most students holding their jobs until they graduate. The workers are paid almost $9 an hour. “It’s convenient,” Cloutier said. “You can keep to yourself, build your own schedule, work between classes and listen to music – with headphones on of course.” None of the workers at the Stacks are English majors. The only thing they share in common: they all sport headphones. “I didn’t know what libraries were. I knew about books though,” Cloutier joked. “I never particularly wanted to work in a library. My mom told me that I need-

ed to be working here during one of the tours you go on in high school, and I filled out an application and started working in the fall.” Junior Zoe Brown has worked in the Stacks for the past three years. She agrees that her colleagues do not all fit the gawky, awkward student librarian stereotype. “There are people like Ethan who are hilarious, nonstop making jokes and then others who are more anti-social,” Brown said. “Whether you prefer to be by yourself or with others, you can make it work here.” Almost as diverse as the students are the different scenarios that they have come across during their shifts. “I remember there was this one girl who moved in during finals,” Brown said. “She had a pillow, sleeping bag, cereal, all in a cubicle on the fourth floor.”

Cloutier said he has heard about some more provocative happenings. “I haven’t seen it, but I know someone who actually saw two people having sex in the Stacks,” he said. “I know that rumor goes around, but I’m technically only once removed from it.” Some workers also describe experiencing an eerie feeling, thinking that they are being watched when they are shelving books. Senior Cody Pace has worked in the Stacks for three years and has caught himself looking over his shoulder, second-guessing unexplained sounds he sometimes hears. “I definitely have felt something,” Pace said. “You’re by yourself, it’s really quiet, and sometimes I think I hear someone walking or see something run past an aisle, but no one’s there. Maybe I’ve been looking at books for too long.” April 8 - April 10, 2013

“The two of them have always had a good vision of what’s important to students and looking ahead,” Ryan said. “We’re ahead of the game. A lot of universities across the country have looked toward the University of Miami to help them when they’ve encountered different areas. It’s very rewarding. It’s challenging because you have to stay one step ahead of them, and that’s always hard to do.” When asked about her feelings toward the award, Whitely expressed simultaneous feelings of pride and humility. “I am incredibly humbled,” White said. “At the same, I’m proud of the award. Never in a million years would I have ever believed I would have achieved that or been honored by it. I am deeply humbled, honored, proud. There’s teamwork here at the university. There’s been a terrific team of people I’ve worked with.”

NEWS BRIEFS TUNNEL Tunnel of Oppression is a three-day, sensory-based multimedia program that runs Monday through Wednesday in the Flamingo Ballrooms of the UC. The Tunnel experience is designed to expose participants to acts of oppression taking place in the world. This year’s tunnel addresses issues such as gender and body image, the environment, education, religion and racism. Tours run every 20 minutes and are open to anyone on campus. For more information, email tunnel. umiami@gmail.com.

FASHION SHOW The Public Relations Student Society of America UM chapter is hosting the “Pop Some Tags” Fashion Show at 7 p.m. on Friday in the School of Communication. The theme incorporates the song “Thrift Shop” to show college students how to dress well on a budget. For more information, email m.stoner@umiami.edu. Lyssa Goldberg may be contacted at lgoldberg@themiamihurricane.com.

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Entrepreneur creates collaboration website LAUNCHPAD PROCESS Have a great idea? Visit the LaunchPad and follow these steps to make that idea a reality. Create a profile at thelaunchpad.org Profile gives prospective entrepreneurs access to other entrepreneurs’ information that fosters communication and networking

Submit a Venture Assessment Form This form must be submitted before meeting for an in-person consultation to discuss the entrepreneur’s venture.

The LaunchPad is open from Monday to Friday during regular business hours and is located in the lower level of the UC. Services provided include the following: One-on-one facilitation Put a team together Business plan evaluation Discuss strategy and business guidance For more information, visit thelaunchpad.org.

Collaborizm.com fosters innovation BY SAM ABASSI STAFF WRITER

Senior Steven Reubenstone created the professional counterpart to the popular dating website eHarmony.com with Collaborizm. “Collaborizm is a lot like eHarmony in the sense that, except we’re matching collaborators instead of romantic partners,” he said. With the help of the LaunchPad, Reubenstone created Collaborizm, which matches prospective entrepreneurs together. The word “Collaborizm” is a combination of the words “mechanism” and “collaborate.” Reubenstone found that social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are inefficient and impractical because they introduce people, but do not offer a platform for collaboration. “Introduction isn’t collaboration,” he said. “It’s just the precursor.” Similar to eHarmony and

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other online dating services, Collaborizm connects people based on their skill sets, age, lifestyle, proximity and education-level. Collaborizm is meant to be playful and creative, but simultaneously have proper functionalities such as uploading, downloading, REUBENSTONE messaging and even setting up intellectual property contracts and agreements among collaborators. Reubenstone said that his major in mechanical engineering inspired him to develop Collaborizm. “It was difficult for me to find and collaborate with different types of engineers on campus, let alone find a business or art student in my proximity,” he said. “This solves that problem.” Reubenstone unveiled Collaborizm for the first time at the South by SouthWest (SXSW) conference in March. “We had a great response,” he said. “About 500 people could see

the platform and play with it.” But Reubenstone is working with the LaunchPad to determine Collaborizm’s target audience. “You need to market to a specific group of people and show how it’s going to provide value for them,” said Will Silverman, director of the LaunchPad. Reubenstone said that this target market could include a young entrepreneur like himself, or a 38-year-old engineer looking to collaborate with a young artist, for example. “We want to learn who our ideal customer base will be when we first launch,” Reubenstone said. Collaborizm may even be useful to other users of the LaunchPad. “We promote the idea that entrepreneurship is a legitimate career choice, regardless of your major,” Silverman said. “You don’t need to work for employers if you have idea you can make a job for yourself.” Collaborizm has not officially launched but is taking registrants’ email addresses on the website Collaborizm.com for those who are interested in participating in the beta phase launch in two months.

PROFILE

Alumna climbs ladder to VP of MTV Networks Real-world experience creates opportunities BY DANNY CEPERO MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

University of Miami alumna Michelle Alberty’s journey to MTV began with a karaoke night in Miami. “We set up a karaoke night at a local bar and had to promote it all throughout Miami to fundraise for our trip to a major advertising conference in New York City, where we were exposed to some of the best ad agencies in the country,” she said. ALBERTY At UM, Alberty served as the president of the Ad Club, where she was able to develop her 4

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advertising and leadership skills. Alberty used her experiences at UM, like the karaoke night initiative, to build the right career in television production. Since graduating in 1993, Alberty has climbed the ranks at MTV Networks Latin America to become the vice president of production management and executive in charge of production. She has worked there for 16 years. Alberty’s responsibilities include financial and budget tracking, working with creative teams in original productions and promotions, and strategizing with the different brand heads of Viacom. Viacom’s media properties target Hispanics through their channels: VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV channels. “My favorite part of my job is working with producers, seeing that creative idea come to life, and being a part of that collaborative and creative process,” she said. “I love being a part of the media industry.” Alberty leads various production management teams located in Mexico City, Mexico;

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São Paulo, Brazil; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition to these teams, she is involved in the creation of long-form novellas and shortform, on-air promotions, like MTV’s globally popular “Unplugged” series. From her beginnings at UM to running the operational logistics and financials of Viacom’s channels in Latin America, she has never forgotten what tools UM gave her to succeed. “UM helped build my confidence by giving me a lot of hands-on experience to know what it was like to work,” she said. “They prepared me to be a confident leader and gave me the experience to feel comfortable in the ‘real world.’” As a double major in advertising and psychology with a minor in marketing, Alberty began her journey with the intention of working in the advertising world. She landed an internship at the Beber Silverstein Group, an advertising firm. But the experience only led her to become interested in the world of television production.

A broadcast producer recommended Alberty to intern at Filmworks, a commercial production company, the next summer. She did, and the company hired her right after her graduation from UM. After years of working in commercial and music video production, Alberty was then hired as a production manager for MTV Networks Latin America’s on-air promotions and special productions. “I was a good communicator and loved planning,” Alberty said. “They saw my skills, and I quickly moved up to director of production and eventually the vice-president position.” Alberty advises students that real-world experience is the best way for students to get ahead and decide their post-graduate lives. “Definitely get your feet wet in a professional environment by interning every summer,” Alberty said. “Intern in different companies in related fields to learn more and divert a little bit. I diverted, and I’m happy.”

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KAYLA BOLDEN FRESHMAN “We are very laced internationally, so if we close our borders it could offend a lot of people ... and we’re so economically interlaced with foreign countries that our economy would fall apart.”

TOM FRANZEL FRESHMAN “I support making it easier for immigrants to obtain legal status because America was founded on the principle of finding a better place to work and live.”

“I believe it should be easier for immigrants to come to this country because we are all immigrants and it’s only fair to let other immigrants come to this country too.” Speak Up answers are edited for clarity, brevity and accuracy. Check out video Speak Ups at themiamihurricane.com. compiled by

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Clear path to citizenship needed Congress has returned from its spring break, and immigration is ready to be addressed. The “Gang of Eight” – four Democrats and four Republicans – will be presenting a bipartisan plan that attempts to resolve the status of 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. In Miami, thousands of individuals marched through Little Havana and Downtown on Saturday, advocating for Congress to grant a clear path to citizenship for these undocumented men, women and children who want to begin a new life in America. Many other immigration rallies are taking place throughout the country. Immigration has been a hot topic for several years, especially now that more families continue to travel to the U.S. in search of the American Dream. A large majority of these immigrants travel to America illegally and

are not able to properly apply for a work visa or citizenship. However, there are others who have migrated legally, but do not want to wait the decades it could take to be granted citizenship. Residency and work visas are also a process that many don’t bother applying for. Therefore, they are left to work under the table. This means no health insurance, paid vacation days, maternity leave or disability. The majority of the editorial staff at The Miami Hurricane is comprised of immigrants, children of immigrants or grandchildren of immigrants. We’ve seen or heard about the struggles and sacrifices our families have had to make in order to make a decent living. It isn’t easy to leave the country you were born in. You don’t just pack your bags and get on the next plane to your desired destination. The majority of im-

migrants come to the U.S. with nothing but the clothes they are wearing and the people they love – if they are lucky. The risk immigrants take by leaving their countries outweighs the benefits. And upon arrival, nothing is guaranteed. They leave their countries to live in a nation where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a right, not a privilege. They leave their countries to find a place to call home. Although the U.S. isn’t a theme park that can be open to everyone to come and go as they please, it can be a place that immigrants who are already here can reside in. Hopefully, Congress can resolve this issue once and for all for a better America – a better future. Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial board.

Campus should exercise civic duty he 2012 elections may be over, but our work is not done yet. Tuesday is Election Day for Coral Gables, and I urge you to stay civically engaged and vote. In essence, all politics are local, and we have the chance to make a difference. JORDAN LEWIS CONTRIBUTING Ross Hancock is running COLUMNIST for group two city commissioner, and he is the best candidate to represent the needs of University of Miami students. Ross gets it. He’s run in our district before and has visited our campus dozens of times in the last few years. UM students have his ear when it comes to policy initiatives, including a student advisory board. When Ross ran for state representative, he fought to make college more affordable. Ross sup-

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The risk immigrants take by leaving their countries outweighs the benefits. And upon arrival, nothing is guaranteed.

ports the overpass at U.S. 1 and Mariposa that can save student lives. He supports equal representation for all Coral Gables residents regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. He backs a progressive drug policy that allows police to focus on real crime and not nonviolent offenders. Ross believes in creating a sustainable economy and environment. He best reflects the values of UM and the Coral Gables community. Ross has been endorsed by several organizations, such as the Sierra Club, SAVE Dade, Democracy for America and Commissioner Maria Anderson. We are honored to add our name to this list. Ross will be a great city commissioner and an even better representative of the UM community. Jordan Lewis is the president of the Young and College Democrats. April 8 - April 10, 2013

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Trafﬁc threatens pedestrians hile I never have and never plan to view the Miami roads from the driver’s seat, I would consider myself quite the expert at navigating the treacherous Miami highways as I partake in my daily trek across South Dixie Highway walking back ALYSSA JACOBSON and forth from my apartment CONTRIBUTING to campus. COLUMNIST Every student is certainly aware of the special Miami drivers after spending a mere five minutes on the roads, or even while meandering along the twists and turns of campus. There is nothing new about the fact that pedestrians seem invisible to those racing by in their huge SUVs complete with ear shattering music. And don’t even let the thought cross your mind that pedestrians have the right of way, or you will soon be a dead man walking. The only law for driving in Miami is that there is no law when it comes to driving in Miami. Anything goes. But as a daring and apparently reckless pedestrian, I have found some techniques for staying alive in a place where a walk becomes a run for your life. First, never underestimate the power of a stare-down. While the driver may have more

power in the car, unrelenting eye contact with the driver can surely convey plenty of sentiments. I usually imagine my stare to mean, “You better stop that car because I will throw something at you if you don’t.” Usually it gets the message across, and drivers even go so far as to stop an entire five feet away from me instead of the usual one foot. Never underestimate the power of a workout — workout clothes that is. I find when I am wearing my exercise attire, more cars are willing to let me cross (shockingly enough even when I dare to go without a pedestrian walk sign) because they assume I am fit enough that I will walk more quickly across rather than lollygagging along taking my sweet time. Another important factor to consider, or not consider, is that police directing traffic does not mean that any rules apply. Frankly enough, even police don’t care about pedestrians and seem to forget they exist just like the drivers. Even the walk signs ignore pedestrians by never appearing. There is no right-of-way for pedestrians — more like a wrong-of-way based on the sole fact that you are a pedestrian. So the answer to the lifelong riddle of why the chicken crossed the road: He wasn’t in Miami.

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invented. Just because you are outside your house actually consuming a meal that doesn’t consist of microwavable macaroni and cheese, does not give you the right to harass social media about how cool you think it is that you got an extra piece of bacon on your Wendy’s burger. The time has come to stop photographing every calorie or noncalorie that goes into your digestive system. Worse than posting food on the Internet is this weird thought that sharing the fact that you eat extremely fattening foods is a cool thing to show your friends. Clogging your arteries with a pound of bacon is not really something you want to post for the world to see. Leave the Friday night chicken wing contests between you and your other friends off the social networking radar. 6

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Oh, so you also despise calorie-eating contests? Don’t think that your newfound diet of tofu burgers and soy cookies isn’t any less obnoxious. No one wants to see that all you had to eat the entire day was a smoothie made of grains and wheat. As fun as calorie counting is, keep your Weight Watchers statistics to yourself. If you really feel the need to brag, go to the Oprah website’s dieting section and comment away. There you’ll find just as many failed dieting stories as yours. Maybe it’s just me, but I prefer to eat at restaurants as opposed to turning them into a place to do a photo shoot. If I have to see one more Starbucks coffee cup with a misspelled name on the side, I will never order an iced, caramel, double-shot Frappuccino again. Everybody eats. If you can take a picture of what’s going into your digestive system, then I don’t understand why you can’t take a picture of what’s coming out. It can’t be as disturbing as half of the food pictures that are posted. I am giving the social networking humankind one more chance. If one more person checks into Burger King on their phone or shares a picture of a Subway sandwich that was four feet long, I’m deleting all my social networking profiles and going back to Myspace. Kyle Rambo is a junior majoring in education.

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Tousled blonde hair, a voluptuous pout and glimmering eyes are the centerpiece for Ph.D. candidate Ricardo Zulueta’s two-part film series on legendary French film star Brigitte Bardot at the Cosford Cinema. “Adored not only as an actress, but also as a fashion icon, recording artist and international sex symbol, Ms. Bardot’s star image extends beyond the big screen,” Zulueta told the audience March 28 at the first of two screening sessions for “Ms. Bardot: Liberated Post War Sex Symbol and Style Icon.” Zulueta chose the film “Come Dance With Me” to kick off the series. After the screening, viewers discussed the importance of Bardot. “I hadn’t seen her films before this, but knew who she was,” freshman Rori Kotch said. “After watching the film, though, I can see how she revolutionized how women are portrayed in films with her natural undone beauty.” The second part of the mini-series will screen Thursday, showcasing two of Bardot’s other films, “Her Bridal Night” at 7 p.m. and “Mademoiselle Striptease” at 9 p.m. Zulueta’s project is a part of a larger series hosted by the Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies called “Out of the Vault: European Cult Classics.” In this series, Ph.D. candidates in the cinema department are invited to curate films in the Herrick archives that didn’t get a lot of exposure. “There are 3,500 titles of movies, and there is a library with outdated technology that we’re in the process of digitizing,” said professor Christina Lane, the center’s director. The Herrick archive, which was acquired by the School of Communication in 2010, has a variety of films including old films and what some may call “B” films. “These films aren’t usually critically acclaimed, and we are discussing their cultural and historical value,” said Trae DeLellis, director of Cosford Cinema operations.

Zulueta chose the films he’s screening from the collection because they highlight Bardot in her early, rarely-screened, pre-Nouvelle Vague (French New Wave) movie roles. Nouvelle Vague films were films made by young French directors such as Jean-Luc Godard in the 1950s and 1960s. “With her rebellious attitude and rejection of social constraints, B.B. [Bardot] anticipated the rise of the French New Wave film movement,” Zulueta said. “She signaled the advent of a newly emancipated woman that would soon herald a cultural revolution whose effects would leave an indelible mark on cinema forever.” Bardot began her acting career in 1952, but her breakout role came in “And God Created Woman” in 1956. Bardot was best known for her relaxed style and natural beauty. “A lot of UM students don’t know much about her, but she was bigger than Angelina Jolie during her time,” Lane said. “It’s interesting to take a look back to reappraise her symbolic value in today’s perspective because she was powerful in the days before second-wave feminism in the 1970s.” Bardot retired from acting in 1973 and has rarely been in the spotlight since then. “We didn’t get to see her age since she shied away from the spotlight, kind of like Greta Garbo,” DeLellis said. “Other stars like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean died young, and she didn’t have that. So she had to shy away.”

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Sounds of paradise SING IT: John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood performed at Hurricane Production’s U-topia Friday night. U-topia served as Hurricane Productions’ spring concert. It featured two live shows, food and other entertainment. Alternative rock band Surfer Blood and the experimental hiphoppers of The Cool Kids pumped up UM’s student body with the campus’ first outdoor concert of the year. The event was free to students and open to the public. The first 300 people to show up got food truck vouchers. There was also a bounce house.

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Yunalis Zarai, more commonly known as Yuna, is an artist who appreciates the power of music. It is the first thing the Malaysian songwriter, who released her first EP back in 2008, references on her website as well as her Facebook page. Yuna’s self-titled EP was widely recognized at the AIM awards, a Malaysian music awards ceremony. In 2010, Yuna joined the record label FADER and released her second EP “Decorate” in 2011, followed by her self-titled album in April 2012. Most recently, Yuna recorded a song with Owl City called “Shine Your Way.” The collaboration is featured on the soundtrack of the new DreamWorks film “The Croods,” which hit theaters March 22. The Miami Hurricane got the chance to talk to Yuna through email about making music, performing and working on a major movie soundtrack. The Miami Hurricane: What inspired you to pursue music? Yunalis Zarai: When I learned how to play the guitar and wrote my first song, I felt the need to share my music with every-

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one. I remember this one video of Feist performing in Paris years ago, and I was like, “That’s it! I’m going to do it, play my guitar and perform my songs.” TMH: Who would you cite as your musical influences? YZ: Fiona Apple, Feist, The Cardigans, Coldplay, Francoise Hardy. TMH: Who are you listening to current-

ly? Are there any new artists in particular you like? YZ: I’ve been listening to Miguel, The Submarines and Best Coast. TMH: You’ve released two EPs and a full-length record. What has it been like recording? YZ: It’s exciting to see something you created and wrote bloom into a full song and then into a full album. Working with a lot of different producers definitely made the process more exciting. I … became friends with them along the way, and we got excited when the album came out. TMH: How do you think your music has changed from when you first started? YZ: I try to fuse different types of music into my music and try new things. When I first started out, it was singer-songwriter, folk and little bit of jazz music. Now I’m open to a lot of new ideas: trip hop, orchestra, R&B. TMH: What has been your favorite part about being a performer? YZ: I love and hate touring at the same time. I’m always prim and proper, so one part of touring that I don’t like is having little or no comfort to get ready before the show, and the fact that we spend most of April 8 - April 10, 2013

our time in a van. But, when I get on stage, I love it. TMH: What was it like recording “Shine Your Way” with Owl City? How is recording a song for a movie soundtrack different than for an album? YZ: I loved it! It was different from my music, but I loved being able to collaborate with Owl City and work on an incredible project. TMH: Where do you see your career going moving forward? What goals do you have for the future? YZ: I just want to make more albums and more music. For some artists, music says so much about you and the person you are. I’m that kind of artist … I define my music, not the other way around. Check out “Shine Your Way” in the movie “The Croods.” For more information on Yuna, visit her official website yunamusic.com.

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consecutive wins for the women’s tennis team, which beat BC on Saturday and faces No. 1 UNC this Friday.

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Miami drops two of three to No. 5 FSU Radziewski 4-1 after Saturday start BY SPENCER DANDES SPORTS EDITOR

NICHOLAS GANGEMI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER OUT OF THE PARK: Junior shortstop Alex Hernandez rounds the bases and heads to the dugout after his home run during Miami’s 6-0 win over No. 5 Florida State on Saturday. The Canes dropped the other two games to the Seminoles. The team’s record stands at 21-14.

Miami sandwiched a 6-0 shutout between Friday and Sunday losses to fifth-ranked Florida State this past weekend. The Canes’ bats failed to wake up after a 45-minute lightning delay before the series opener, and Miami (2114, 6-9 ACC) fell 4-2. Junior Alex Hernandez and senior Chantz Mack each knocked in a run with fifth-inning singles, but it was not enough to back up a solid outing from Chris Diaz. The sophomore lefty pitched into the eighth inning, striking out seven Seminoles and allowing just two unearned runs. Diaz is 3-2 in his role as Miami’s Friday night man, with six quality starts under his belt. Florida State (27-5, 10-5 ACC) took the lead in the final frame with an RBI double off Eric Nedeljkovic. It was the first run he’s given up this year, but it lifted the Noles to their fourth straight win over Miami. Saturday was a different story, and clearer weather brought better looks at the plate. Miami gave star pitcher Bryan Radziewski plenty of run support in the 6-0 win. “It’s a huge win for us,” coach Jim Morris said. “We got a great performance from our pitchers, big night from our hitters, and we played outstanding defense.” Radziewski – who has surrendered a total of three earned runs in 35 innings on the mound this year – tossed seven shutout innings and struck out eight. He led Miami to its third win over April 8 - April 10, 2013

a top 10 opponent, lowering his ERA to 0.78 in the process. “I was able to locate everything,” Radziewski said. “I was throwing my fastball for strikes, my slider, my curveball. Luckily this year I have a changeup, and that helps a ton.” Hernandez extended the lead to 2-0 with his first career home run in the third inning off Florida State starter Brandon Leibrandt. “I didn’t know it was gone,” Hernandez said. “I hit it and tried to run as hard as I could. I thought maybe it would hit off the wall or bounce. It was exciting to hear the crowd roar after the home run.” Florida State jumped ahead early on Sunday afternoon, tagging Andrew Suarez for five runs in four innings. They took the series’ rubber match with ease, 5-1. The Miami bullpen combined to contribute five scoreless innings, although the large deficit was too much to overcome. Seminoles starter Scott Sitz threw a gem: 106 pitches over eight innings, five strikeouts and just one unearned run. The Hurricanes have fallen to last place in the ACC Coastal Division after losing seven of their past nine games.

LOOKING AHEAD 6 P.M. WEDNESDAY vs. Stetson 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY at Maryland 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY at Maryland 1 P.M. SUNDAY at Maryland 6 P.M. APRIL 17 vs. BethuneCookman All games can be heard live on WVUM (90.5 FM or wvum.org).

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Practices are held from 9:15 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in Multipurpose Room B at the Wellness Center. Junior Mark Agate joined the club a few weeks ago because he liked the convenience of learning to box right on campus. “I got tired of my usual weightlifting routine and wanted to try something new,” he said. “[Boxing] is a great cardio workout, which is what I tend to lack. It’s also very enjoyable to learn something new that doesn’t revolve around a textbook and academics.” Other members bring considerable experience to the club. Freshman Mladen Milovic has been boxing since his sophomore year in high school. He said the sport delivers “endless” benefits. “Mentally, boxing instills a sense of self-confidence and determination,” Milovic said. “The physical benefits of boxing are incredible … Constant arm fatigue helps build muscle memory and definition. Your abs become much stronger, and in turn your core as a whole becomes strong. It is essentially the perfect whole body workout.” For students with the desire and skills to go to the next level, there is

also a UM boxing team. To make the cut, a student typically attends club practices first, where a coach may recognize his or her competitive potential. The boxers then work with Demos Jr. or another coach to improve their sparring and prepare them for matches. Demos Jr. won seven state titles as an amateur boxer in Florida, as well as four Junior Olympic gold medals. He began teaching the sport at the age of 15. Miami’s boxing club and team have memberships in two leagues, the Florida Collegiate Boxing Conference and the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association. Through the FCBC, the club competes against schools around the state including FSU, UF and FIU. Member dues are $25 each semester, which includes free training at Biscayne Boxing and Fitness Club. Team sessions are at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays, 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and 8:30 p.m. on Fridays. “I would recommend the UM boxing club to other students because it’s really the best of both worlds,” Milovic said. “You get to make great friends who share a passion for this sport with you, and you get in the best shape of your life.”

YINGHUI SUN // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER COME OUT SWINGING: Freshman Dmitry Kan warms up during boxing club practice on Thursday night. The boxing club practices are held from 9:15 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Canes beat Boston College 7-0 for 10th home victory All six Miami singles win in straight sets BY KRISTEN SPILLANE SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

The Canes couldn’t have picked it any better. Sunday’s scattered clouds and breezy 77 degrees at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center created a fine setting for the UM men’s tennis team to dominate Boston College in a 7-0 rout. Miami (13-8, 2-4 ACC) extended its winning record to 10-2 at home in Coral Gables with the victory over the Eagles (5-11, 0-6 ACC). After a trio of tough road losses to Florida State in Tallahassee, Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., and N.C. State in Raleigh, the Hurricanes’ morale and confidence 12

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proved resilient across all courts. “It does wonders for us. We’re in the middle of a really difficult schedule,” coach Mario Rincon said. “We practice hard for an entire week, and it’s great when the guys get rewarded. Winning the doubles point, winning all the singles matches out there, it’s great for their confidence and for our confidence as a team as well. It’s just nice being rewarded for it, especially when we’re up against other ACC teams that are winning on the road.” Miami started off strong with a doubles win from the first pair, junior Omar Aly and sophomore Wilfredo Gonzalez, 8-6 over Boston College’s Philip Nelson and Michael McGinnis. The Canes’ third pair included freshman Jack Murphy, making his collegiate debut, and junior Marco Stancati. They won 8-5 over Alexandre Thirouin and Kyle Childree to secure the doubles point and take the 1-0

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lead in the match. All six singles players claimed their matches in straight sets from the Eagles, who won just 11 games combined during the first sets of singles play.

We have four big matches left on our schedule against UNC, Duke, Virginia and Virginia Tech. They are all very good teams, but we are going to play our best and peak at the right time. We have great opportunities ahead of us and hopefully we can capitalize on them.” Mario Rincon, Men’s tennis coach

Freshman William Albanese took the first singles point for the Canes, allowing opponent Klaus Puestow of Boston College just one game in two sets. “It’s a little bit tough, whenever you win the first set big like that, it’s easy to lose your focus,” Albanese said. “Especially if the guy’s a good player, he can come back and win the second set and then you’re even. But mostly it’s just focus.” Top-seeded Diego Soto defeated Boston College’s Phillip Nelson 6-3,6-2, Gabriel Flores defeated Michael McGinnis 6-2, 6-2 and Wilfredo Gonzalez notched another singles point with his 6-2, 6-3 win over Billy Grokenberger. Stancati breezed to a 6-2, 6-1 win against Childree, while Victor Mauz secured the fifth singles point 6-2, 6-4 over Matt Wagner. The Hurricanes will take the court on Friday against the UNC Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, N.C

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An African rite of passage ceremony honoring Black graduates

Dear Student Employees, In appreciation for your hard work and the many contributions you make to our University and our community, we invite you to participate in National Student Employment Week, April 8-12, 2013. Join us in the celebration.

Thursday, May 9, 2013 2:00pm Gusman Concert Hall Coral Gables Campus

-The Oﬃce of Student Employment

Please make your reservations by Friday April 19, 2013 to www.miami.edu/msa/seniormwambo

National Student Employment Week Kick-Oﬀ Monday, April 8th, 9-11 a.m. @ UC Rock Student employees enjoy breakfast and chair messages. Breakfast catered by Chartwells

*Students please invite your family to attend the ceremony and take part in the celebration.

Student Employment Night at the Rathskeller Monday, April 8th, 4-10 p.m. @ the Rathskeller Student employees receive 15% oﬀ food purchases. (Must show proof of current employment. No alcohol) National Student Employment Week Lunch Break Wednesday, April 10th, 12-1:30 p.m. @ UC Rock Free lunch for student employees. Lunch catered by Boston Market

The term “Mwambo” literally means ceremonial rite of passage. It is Chichewa and comes to us from Malawi, East Africa where it was founded. This African rite of passage ceremony marks the transition of black graduates from their lives at the University of Miami to advanced education and professional careers. It recognizes the accomplishments of our black graduates and their families, and is a celebration of the transition from one stage of life to the next. visit www.miami.edu/msa or call 305. 284. 2855 for more information

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