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Vol. 88, Issue 21 | April 15 - April 18, 2010
HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
Making an
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COURTESY CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
CGIU: Matthew McConaughey and Tom Mycoskie join President Bill Clinton and participating students during service day at CGIU last year in Austin, Texas.
ROAD BLOCKS THE PLAN TO BUILD A ROAD THROUGH CAMPUS HAS BEEN KEPT QUIET PAGE 5
COME TOGETHER FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS BRING FREE CONCERT TO CAMPUS PAGE 7
UP TO BAT THE BASEBALL TEAM IS HALF WAY THROUGH THEIR SEASON PAGE 9
Hundreds to gather at UM for the Clinton Global Initiative BY RAMON GALIANA| NEWS EDITOR
When President Shalala takes the stage Friday afternoon at the BankUnited Center for her opening remarks, she will be speaking to about a thousand students, hundreds of college presidents and numerous international political leaders who have gathered for the highly anticipated Clinton Global Initiative University. After Shalala’s introduction, President Bill Clinton will deliver an address. “I am so proud of the young leaders who have come through the Clinton Global Initiative University. Since
the first CGIU meeting in 2008, students from 53 countries have made more than 2,000 commitments that are positively affecting hundreds of thousands of lives around the world,” said President Clinton, according to the Clinton Foundation press office. Also scheduled to participate in Friday’s plenary session, titled “What If: Igniting the Social Imagination,” is American recording artist Usher and U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. Saturday’s two plenary sessions are titled “The American Home front” and “The Future of Water.”
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Cum Laude grad murdered
Coral Gables to settle
Communication student beaten to death by Detroit millionaire BY RAMON GALIANA NEWS EDITOR
Having graduated, it seemed that her future would be bright. On March 11, Diana Demayo, a Cum Laude graduate from the School of Communication last December, was beaten to death by millionaire Peter Dabish in his own downtown Detroit apartment. Just after the incident, Dabish called Detroit police to report that Demayo had just suffered an overdose. He was eventually charged with first degree murder and torture. "She was a dog lover to the end, and a people lover,” said Linda Demayo, Diana’s mother, according to FoxNews.com. “Very bright, very beautiful, and I can hardly believe she's gone.” Demayo’s dog, which she adopted during her first year at UM, was discovered with blood stains on its coat. She graduated Demayo with a Bachelor of Science in advertising and psychology, with a minor in business law. According to her family, Dabish had been taunting them with offensive phone calls about a week before he turned on Demayo. He then allegedly called the family when Demayo was in the hospital to communicate more obscenities, according to the Detroit Fress Press. Ramon Galiana may be contacted at rgaliana@ themiamihurricane.com.
alarm told him that something was causing the sweeper to malfunction. A witness at the scene called out to him saying that a person was under the sweeper. He then drove 60 feet backwards. Milov was ejected, lying unconscious on the BY ANDREA CONCEPCION road. At first, Santiesteban gave police STAFF WRITER a false account. The police report, released 10 days The Coral Gables City Commission after the incident occurred, said a perapproved a settlement on Tuesday that son was stumbling across the cross walk, will pay almost $2 million for medical “not doing ‘good’, and fell down.” bills of a University of MiAs Santiesteban drove ami student who was struck on, he “felt a bump,” aclast fall by a street sweeper, cording to the report. according to a story in The Police say Mr. SantiesMiami Herald. A settlement teban fabricated the person of $1,960,500 will help stumbling and falling becover junior Bianca Milov’s cause he was scared after medical bills that come to the crash. $1,250,000. A Coral Gables employThe City of Coral Gaee since 2006, Santiesteban bles will use $310,000 from was charged in November the city’s insurance fund to with a civil traffic infracMilov cover a portion of the settletion, for failure to yield to ment. a pedestrian. Milov was in Milov, 20, of Livingston, NJ was critical condition when taken to the inwalking near the Village of Merrick Park tensive care unit at Jackson Memorial at about 1 a.m. on Sept. 11 when the in- Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. cident occurred. Milov walked down “It’s a very difficult medical situaa poorly lit side street in dark clothes tion,’’ said Aaron Podhurst, the Milov and it was drizzling. Jose Santiesteban, family’s lawyer, according to The Miami 44, the driver of the Coral Gables street Herald. “We are very hopeful she will sweeper was traveling east on Altara continue to recover, but she has a long Avenue and turned, going north on Au- haul in front of her.’’ rora Avenue and hitting Milov as she was crossing the pedestrian walkway. Andrea Concepcion may be contacted at Santiesteban drove 153 feet until an aconcepcion@themiamihurricane.com.
City to give student street sweeper victim $2 million for hospital expenses
Painting the world SHOW YOUR CREATIVITY: Sophomore Nicole Cheleotis works on her color assignment in ART202. Cheleotis’ color assignment consists of transferring a still life black and white painting to color. Her professor described it as an exercise where students learn to mix colors and apply arbitrary and exaggerated colors, as well as learn about the reflective nature of color. “it’s a good class to take for your art credit and Kyle is a good professor,” Cheleotis said. ERNESTO PRIETO // The Miami Hurricane
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CORRECTIONS In the April 8 issue Ivan Rocha and Jessica Hodder followed a class of autistic children as they learned to surf. The “Totally Tuesday” performance of “RENT” at the Ring Theatre mentioned in the April 12 issue starts at 8 p.m., not 2 p.m.
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Construction of internal road a prerequisite for other plans MAP KEY Proposed road through campus Gifford arboretum
COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CAMPUS AREA DEVELOPMENT
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD: This displays the approximate route according to the 2007 master plan. A more specific map of the road has not been released.
Project scheduled to begin in June BY LILA ALBIZU ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
In the fall of 2008, it seemed like the reconstruction of the University Center was imminent. Originally stalled by the downturn in the economy, this and other University of Miami projects are now facing another roadblock from the city of Coral Gables. According to Coral Gables city ordinance number 2007-16, before proceeding with any new construction projects, the university will first have to comply with the building of an internal road meant to alleviate traffic on San Amaro Drive. “As the university grows, citizens [of Coral Gables] living around the university are concerned with traffic,” said City of Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick II. “This has
been a demand of local neighbors for years.” The road is planned to take up part of the Intramural sports fields and connect the law school, music school, art department, communication school and Pan-Hellenic parking lots and the road in front of Storer Auditorium. The road is also set to go through the Gifford Arboretum. “I’ve visited [a lot] of college campuses,” Slesnick said. “UM is the only one I’ve seen that doesn’t have an internal road.” The internal road project is part of the University of Miami Campus Area Development (UMCAD) plan, which also oversees all other university projects. According to Slesnick, it would function as an internal circulator road that would alleviate university traffic in San Amaro Dr. and Campo Sano Ave. According to Slesnick, the road was agreed to by the city, the citizens and the university as a prerequisite
before proceeding with the rest of the University of Miami Master Plan. The university will also be responsible for all costs incurred by this project “UM agreed to it,” Slesnick said. “They [UM administrators] probably didn’t care to be obligated to do this.” In order to continue with projects such as the new University Center, the demolition of the Learning Center and additions to the Frost School of Music among others, the university will have to build the internal road before December 31, 2010. According to plans submitted to the city of Coral Gables, phase one of construction is scheduled to begin in June after students have gone home for the summer. Phase two would then take place during the fall. According to Slesnick, the university has not formally petitioned the city for a delay or a suspension of the project.
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“I have asked both the mayor and the manager for a delay in phase one of the internal road,” senior vice president of business and finance Joseph Natoli said in a statement to Media Relations. “The city is well aware of that request and we are hopeful that they will grant a delay.” According to the city ordinance, after construction is completed, the university will have to revise the routes for the Hurry Cane shuttles and delivery trucks. The course of the road has caused concern among students, faculty and administrators due to the proposed route of the road, which according to the current plan, would take out a part of the Gifford Arboretum. “We didn’t dictate the course of the road,” Slesnick said. “The route and the use of the road are up to them [UM].” The Miami Hurricane has been trying to schedule a briefing on this project since the beginning of the school year but has not been granted a meeting by UM administrators in charge of the project. Faculty, April 15 - April 18, 2010
administrators and student leaders have been briefed on the project several times. “The University has been in daily contact with the city of Coral Gables in an effort to resolve the timing and scope of constructing the internal road. We are hopeful that an agreement can be reached that would delay Phase I of the road, which is required by the 2006 UMCAD ordinance. Meanwhile, we have contracted arborists, who are helping us deal with the task of identifying alternative locations on campus, where impacted trees/plants can be transplanted and properly cared for in the event that Phase I of the Road must proceed this summer,” read a statement from UM Media Relations to The Miami Hurricane. Lila Albizu may be contacted at lalbizu@ themiamihurricane.com.
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CGIU FROM PAGE 1 The plenary sessions are tasked with bringing all of CGIU’s participants together for an introduction of many pressing global issues. Several small-group workshops will be based around the plenary sessions and will focus on five major topics: education, environmental and climate change, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation and global health. CGIU’s last day will feature a major service project at the Homestead Air Base, where participants will work to aid the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust’s Homestead complex. In addition to volunteering to help the community
of 500 formerly homeless people located at the complex, participants will help rehabilitate the onsite facilities. "I'm looking forward to helping the participants at the conference," said junior Kartik Telukuntla, a project leader and volunteer for CGIU. "[We're] going to be heavily involved with the service day on Sunday. I feel students will benefit greatly from the experience this weekend." The complex is expected to expand by 145 additional housing units with an organic nursery and a farmer’s market following CGIU. Sunday’s service event will
help facilitate these expansions. Many student organizations have held with community service programs in advance of CGIU. The Undergraduate Honor Council, Lead Serve, LINK, Give Back Week and STRIVE recently concluded their book, food and supply drive last week. People from all around Coral Gables are expected to have anonymously raised $30,000 worth of books. “It’s been a collaborative effort,” said Michael Schick of the Honor Council.
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COURTESY CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
GIVING BACK: On the final day of events in New Orleans, participants volunteered in a service project.
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YOUNG LEADERS: During CGIU at the University of Texas in Austin, the opening plenary session engaged a diverse group of student leaders on how to take action in their communities.
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Open the discussion to all points of view from this road are asking for all university related traffic, from delivery trucks, to your physics professor’s Toyota, to be re-directed out of their way, and into a bustling, pedestrian-friendly environment. Although Coral Gables held a public hearing, open to anyone, to discuss the road, at the university the project has been so shrouded in secrecy that students and faculty could not have possibly been well enough informed to attend the public hearing and express their point of view. The University of Miami is one of the nation’s top 50 schools; the city of Coral Gables should be proud to call us their neighbor, and should be open and willing to listen to the opinions of the people who use the campus every day. But the university has intentionally left the members of its community out of the discus-
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Hit the snooze button. Grab a latte. Run to class. Avoid getting hit by cars? If this last statement doesn’t sound like a part of your morning routine, you might have to start getting ready for it. The city of Coral Gables, a community notorious for its hyper sensitive zoning restrictions, has mandated that UM must build a circulator road through campus before it can start construction on any other new projects. What the city of Coral Gables, a planned community that has shared the neighborhood with our university since 1926, fails to understand is how inconvenient a road through our extremely walkable campus would be. What our own university hasn’t recognized is how ridiculous and ineffective their proposed road actually is. The residents of Coral Gables who would benefit most
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sion, which is unacceptable given the fact that we are the one footing the bill for this road. There needs to come a point where students and Coral Gables residents can talk face to face about the pros and cons of this road. Despite briefing select faculty and student leaders UM has done nothing to invite discussion of this topic from the greater student body. It is ridiculous that this publication, which seeks to be a credible source of information for its readers by providing a balanced perspective, has gotten more facts about the project from the city of Coral Gables than its own university. For more information on the circular road turn to page two. Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial staff.
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SOUNDS OF FAITH concert to
rock campus BY HILARY SAUNDERS SENIOR EDGE WRITER
It’s pretty fitting that the student organization known as JAM is putting on a concert this weekend. The group, more formally referred to as Jews and Muslims, is the primary organizer of Sounds of Faith, a groundbreaking sonic adventure through the music of multiple religions. The multi-faith event will take place this Saturday at the Chapel on Venerable Bede on campus. Presented by JAM, UM Hillel, Muslim Students of the University of Miami (MSUM) and the Church of the Venerable Bede, the celebration of sound will feature performers from each of the three Abrahamic faiths—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. As such, the student-led concert aims to inspire communication and open-mindedness between people of all religions.
Shoshi Gottesman, co-founder of JAM, said that the goal of the event “is to bring together multiple people of multiple religions. It’s a way to gain respect for other people.” She hopes people will come to, “experience [the music] in surround sound and understand that it’s very strong and holy to certain groups of people.” Both students and guests from outside the university will perform at the concert. Participating groups include the Christian Baroque Ensemble, Greater Miami Jewish Ensemble, Inspirational Concert Choir, Ismaili Ginan Devotional, Recitation of the Quran and Sufi Poetry and Music Ensemble. Barrett Johnson, a junior majoring in music education with an emphasis on jazz vocals, is one of the many student performers involved with the concert. “I’m a Christian and I thought it
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was a really cool idea because the whole philosophy behind music in my faith is that it’s a unifying art form that speaks to everyone,” Johnson said. “I’m as excited to listen, as I am to participate.” Though the Sounds of Faith concert is free of charge, the organizers re-
quest that audience members donate a minimum of $2 for Haiti relief efforts. Above all, said Gottesman, “I want people leave the concert with hope.” Hilary Saunders may be contacted at hsaunders@themiamihurricane.com.
IF YOU GO: WHAT: Sounds of Faith concert WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Chapel of the Venerable Bede, University of Miami, 1150 Stanford Drive COST: Recommended $2 donation for Haiti relief efforts HOSTED BY: Jews and Muslims (JAM), UM Hillel, Muslim Students of the Univeristy of Miami (MSUM) and the Church of the Venerable Bede
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B.o.B. not another one-hit wonder BY DANIEL MEDINA CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER
Atlanta-based artist B.o.B, whose acclaimed single “Nothin’ on You [feat: Bruno Mars]” has reached near platinum status, believes his unique sound and musical style is unlike the rest. The Miami Hurricane recently had the opportunity to interview the artist and find out what exactly separates him from a myriad of performers plagued by the “onehit wonder” label. The Miami Hurricane: Did you expect this level of success at such an early stage in your career? Why did you choose “Nothin’ on You” to be your single? B.o.B: Well, it’s been really an incredible year for me. I still can’t believe it really. (Laughs) We wanted to release the single early, hoping it would built momentum for the summer where we thought it would take off but yeah, it definitely was not expected to blow up as quickly as it did. TMH: What can we expect from your next single?
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B.o.B: It will be completely different for sure, I like to mix it up. TMH: Coming from the hip-hop mecca of Atlanta, where artists from that genre seem to be plentiful, how do you see your sound as different? B.o.B: Well, I don’t like to be tied to a certain genre of music because then you can get stuck in a box where you can’t branch out of. I definitely classify my sound as reggae, R&B, hip-hop-everything really. It’s definitely something fresh and real. TMH: Starting out, you are acutely aware of the difficulties most new and even established artists are having selling their records to young people, especially college students. How do you feel you can convince the average college student to go out and buy your album? B.o.B: Well, I’m still of the belief that if people really like the music, they’ll still buy the album. It may sound old-fashion but that’s just how I see it.
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TMH: I didn’t see a tour date stop for Miami on your Web site. Are you planning on coming down to South Florida in the near future? B.o.B: Definitely. I haven’t been down there in years. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to perform there soon. Daniel Medina may be contacted at dmedina@themiamihurricane.com.
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OUT OF THE BOX: Atlanta-based artist B.o.B’s single “Nothin’ on You” has received a lot of attention in recent weeks.
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Tough stretch ahead M o r e than half way through the 2010 baseball season it’s still hard to judge how good this Hurricanes baseball squad is. JUSTIN ANTWEIL It’s clear that SPORTS EDITOR they are a lot better than last year’s crew that was derailed by team chemistry issues, but this team is not the team from two years ago that earned the No. 1 national seed in the postseason. No. 13 Miami (23-9, 11-4) has to play an extremely tough schedule the rest of the way. They have formidable series against North Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Virginia. They played the weaker teams in the ACC in the first half. The schedule was beneficial for a team with 14 new comers and with an ace coming off reconstructive elbow surgery. The team got their feet wet against lower echelon teams and the coaching staff got to evaluate each player and players found their niche on the team. It’s clear that Miami will extend its own record of making the NCAA Tournament 37 years in a row. They will compete for a top 16 seed meaning they would host a regional. The question lies in how good this team will be against stout competition. Miami has played two series this year against ranked teams (Florida and Virginia Tech) and lost them both. The second half of the season is going to be a grind and the Canes will face aces on a consistent basis. Below I evaluate the great, the good and the bad. The Great Junior catcher Yasmani Grandal. The reigning ACC Player of the Week is clearly the team leader. He consistently shows the team YouTube highlights of the 1999 championship
team to motivate the youngsters. Early in the year he was only seeing off-speed pitches. He made an adjustment and is now clicking on all cylinders. He has nine multi-hit games in his past 12 contests. He had four home runs last week and his hitting a league best .429 in ACC play. He leads the Canes in every essentially every offensive category. Grandal is clearly a legit candidate for College Baseball Player of the Year and will be a top 10 pick in the June MLB Draft. The Good The weekend starting rotation. Junior Chris Hernandez (3.08 ERA), redshirt junior Eric Erickson (2.81 ERA) and senior Jason Santana (4.46 ERA) have been outstanding thus far. Hernandez is more comfortable on the mound and is pitching like he did his freshman year. Erickson has been flawless since recovering from Tommy John surgery. The biggest surprise has been Santana, who has been pitching his best baseball in six years as a Cane. The starting pitching is going to have to anchor the Canes, especially against top notch competition and lethal ACC hitters. The Bad The bullpen. Miami has blown two games with five run leads late in ball games this year. Senior David Gutierrez started out strong in the closers role but struggled recently and eventually lost his job. Sophomore Danny Miranda is the new closer. Miranda has one career save so the experience is not there. Head coach Jim Morris has always said he would trade two starters for one closer. If UM wants to advance to the College World Series, they are going to need to solidify the bullpen woes. The second half of the season will be a big litmus test for the Hurricanes as they continue their drive for a fifth national championship in the program’s storied history. Justin Antweil may be contacted at jantweil@themiamihurricane.com.
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YAZ MAN DOES YARD WORK: Junior catcher Yasmani Grandal is a candidate for College Baseball Player of the Year. He leads the team in almost every offensive category.
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Junior Yasmani Grandal leads the team in hitting (.415), doubles (13), RBI (35), total bases (87) and onbase percentage (.520).
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Pitching coach JD Arteaga should be proud of what his veterans have given him. Miami has a 3.67 team ERA, third best in the ACC.
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The bullpen has been the Achilles heel thus far for the Hurricanes. Danny Miranda is now the closer for the foreseeable future.
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Stephen Perez has been flawless at shortstop with the glove. Harold Martinez leads the team in home runs (nine). The outfield is very fast as Chris Pelaez, Zeke DeVoss and Nathan Melendres have combined for 24 stolen bases. Offensively there needs to be more consistency, as they do strike out a lot. Jim Morris has pressed the right buttons this year. He has taken it slow with Eric Erickson, and utilized team speed as Miami has 80 stolen bases.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference named three Miami Hurricanes to it’s All-ACC Academic Indoor Track and Field team. Senior sprinter Kristy Whyte, junior jumper Megan Novinger and junior thrower Miranda Wilson were the student athletes named to the squad on Wednesday. Clemson led all schools, having seven of their student-athletes honored with this distinction.
Senior diver and civil engineering major Reuben Ross captured his third All-ACC Academic Team award in as many years this week. He is also a seven-time AllAmerican and is the first Hurricane diver in over five years to have been named an AllAmerican in each of his four years.
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MEN’S TENNIS MEN’S BASKETBALL On Thursday night the Hurricanes will host their annual Postseason Banquet where they will honor seniors Dwayne Collins, Cyrus McGowan and James Dews. This ticketed event will take place on the BankUnited Center court, doors open at 6 p.m. A team source reports that Miami’s All-ACC Academic freshman guard Antione Allen has been putting in extra hours working on his shot in preparation for his transfer out of Frank Haith’s program over the summer.
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Led by the red-hot Waylon Chin, the 50thranked Hurricanes topped the Boston College Eagles 6-1 to capture their second straight road win and third straight win overall. They will host their final two regular season ACC matches against top ranked teams Duke and North Carolina this weekend. Information compiled from hurricanesports. com.
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Dear V: To groom or not to groom...
, Dear V, I have been seeing a guy for a couple months, and I am a complete, I mean complete, virgin- nothing past kissing. We’ve been talking about taking it further, but one question I’ve got in my mind is how well groomed I am supposed to be downstairs. Hairless? What do boys expect? Sincerely, To Groom or Not to Groom Dear Groomer, This is really a personal matter and varies among all females. While some girls like the aux natural deal, others flock to the waxing salons as though having one stray
hair will kill them. Just as females vary in their grooming, guys expectations are exactly the same. Some guys don’t care, some guys like you to look like a prepubescent 12-year-old, and some actually like the bush. With all these factors and opinions swirling around, the decision really comes down to personal preference. Seeing as you’re still a virgin and less experienced in the sexual realm, you want to make sure you don’t rush into anything too quickly. If you and your partner decide to take things to the next step, you’ll want to be very comfortable in this new situation. One the one hand, knowing that you’re smooth and clean may bring a feeling of confidence and sexiness for your first time in the bedroom. On the other hand, running out to get a Brazilian might be a bit of a shock to you if no one but you has ever seen your downstairs. Might want to wait a little while to take that leap, ‘cause let me tell you, OUCH!
I suggest you groom but don’t go c o m ple t e ly overboard. Shave your bikini line and trim the hair down very fine so it’s barely noticeable. If this guy knows it’s your first time, I doubt he’ll be too judgemental, but knowing that you did a little personal care down might will make you feel more at ease. Once you get in the swing of things, and figure out what your guy likes, you may change your mind about how to handle that hair. Ultimately, though, it is your choice. Don’t let someone rip strips of wax off your lady parts just because a boy likes things smooth. If he can’t learn to like you the way you are, it’s not worth the pain. Take it easy, V Have a question for V? Hit up DearV@themiamihurricane. com.
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