The Miami Hurricane -- October 3, 2011

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Vol. 90, Issue 12 | Oct. 3 - Oct. 5, 2011

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COURTESY CREATIVE ARTIST AGENCY

STAND UP: Hurricane Productions and Student Government have announced that Ludacris will headline this year’s Homecoming concert on Nov. 4 at 9:30 p.m.

Ludacris grabs number one spot STORY OF YOUR LIFE

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VANISHING ACT

FIRST POP-UP RESTAURANT SHOWS ITS FACE IN SOUTH FLORIDA PAGE 7

CANES ROUT WILDCATS

MILLER RECORDS FOURTH STRAIGHT 100-YARD GAME PAGE 11

Student surveys give input for the 2011 Homecoming concert

BY JONATHAN BORGE| ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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urricane Productions (HP) and Student Government (SG) collaborated to collect more than 3,000 surveys designed to gauge students ’ top choices for this fall ’s Homecoming act. Ludacris was selected after making the top-five list, although Pitbull, Avicii and Lupe Fiasco were among the most popular options.

Ludacris has a bevy of hit singles like “What ’s Your Fantasy? ” “Money Maker, ” “How Low Can You Go? ” and “Number One Spot, ” numerous collaborations with major recording artists - Enrique Iglesias,

Usher and Pharrell, to name a few – and the occasional movie cameo ( “2 Fast 2 Furious ”). He will be headlining this year ’s concert on Nov. 4 at 9:30 p.m. on the Green.

“HP tried really hard to get the opinion of the student body this year after what I guess you can call somewhat of a fiasco last year, ” said Kris Martin, head of concerts for HP. “We ’ve been proactive to please the general student body. ”

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FLORIDA’S OUTDOORS

Miami-Dade County faces slimy snail situation African species causes infection

BY ARIELE GALLARDO CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Miami-Dade County has been invaded.

The giant African land snail, Achatina fulica, has been spotted in five different areas across the county.

These areas include Southwest 33rd Court, Bird Road and 65th Avenue, Hialeah, Northwest Miami and the Kendall Hammocks region.

“We know there are a lot of snails out there, ” said Mark Fagan, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “Where? We just don ’t know for sure. ” Originally from eastern Africa, this species of snail can grow up to 8 inches in length and 4 inches wide.

The snails have both male and female reproductive organs.

“These snails are hermaphrodites and they usually lay 100 eggs per mating session, and then roughly a total of 1,200 eggs per year, ” Fagan said.

The main problem is the species ’ destructive power. The snails dine on 500 different varieties of plants.

“Agriculture in Dade County is still a very huge part of the economy, as it is throughout the

Snails invade Miami

Achatina fulica, a species of African snails, has been found in five different areas of Miami.

The snails can measure up to 8 inches long and 4 inches wide. So far, their origin is unknown.

BODY: Can lay more than 1,000 eggs per year

SHELL: Built from the calcium found in stucco, a commonly-used construction material

SLIME: Can infect humans with a noncurable strain of meningitis

MOUTH: Eats 500 varieties of plants SOURCE: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

state, ” Fagan said. “Agriculture is second only to tourism as per economic impact in the state of Florida. So, if this was to get out into an agriculture landscape, it could be disastrous. ” The species has also been known to eat plaster and stucco, which are commonly used as building materials.

“We find them on the sides of houses and other buildings, and they ’re munching on the stucco in order to get the calcium to build their shells stronger and thicker, ” Fagan said.

The snails can also infect

humans with meningitis. This rare strain is not curable, but also not fatal, Fagan said.

The meningitis is caused by a nematode parasite that carries the rat lungworm disease.

The last outbreak in Florida occurred in 1966 and took 10 years and more than $1 million to eradicate.

“A 10-year-old boy brought back three snails from Hawaii, ” Fagan said. “He was fascinated with them. His grandmother, however, wasn ’t. She tossed them in her backyard. After 10 years, we had collected 18,000 snails

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that came from just those three snails. ” As for the current outbreak, investigators from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are still unsure of its origin.

“That ’s the million-dollar question, ” Fagan said.

These snails should not be touched. If you come in contact with them, do not touch your eyes or mouth until you have washed your hands.

If you spot a snail, call the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at 888-397-1517.

NEWS BRIEFS FOUR-STAR RATING

the Hecht Residential College Master’s Apartment 122.

ETIQUETTE DINNER

For the 11th consecutive year, UM received Charity Navigator’s four-star rating, their highest ranking. This means the university practices its overall mission in an ethical and financially responsible way, and is among the 1 percent of charities that have received the rating in 11 consecutive years.

To RSVP, email WGS@miami.edu. Seating is limited to 25.

As part of Festival Miami’s Creative American Music Series, the U.S. Marine Band will perform a special blend of traditional and contemporary pieces on campus. The performance will be on Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the BankUnited Center.

The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the Toppel Career Center will be hosting an etiquette dinner on Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hurricane 100 room at the BankUnited Center. Students will have the opportunity to practice their networking skills as they dine with companies such as Aerotek, GE, Prudential and Target. Registration begins Monday. To register, visit HireACane.com and see the events page. Students will be able to select which table they sit at.

Free tickets are available at the UC Information Desk with a valid Cane Card.

Jonathan Borge may be contacted at jborge@ themiamihurricane.com.

‘AE FOND KISS’ On Thursday, there will be a free screening of “Ae Fond Kiss,” a film about the controversial relationship between lovers of different religious backgrounds. The movie will play from 6 to 9 p.m. in

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Check out Monica Herndon’s photo slideshow of Calle Ocho’s “Cultural Fridays.”

Read what Lauren Cohen has to say about the new film “50/50.”

Andrew Blitman thinks people need to show a little more empathy. Read his column.

For a detailed analysis of Saturday’s football game against Bethune-Cookman, see Ernesto Suarez’s report card.

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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION

Chabad petitions to cancel class on holidays Students frustrated by lack of empathy

BY LYSSA GOLDBERG CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

While school was in session last Thursday and Friday, many Jewish students chose not to attend as they observed Rosh Hashana, one of the most sacred days for the Jewish community.

“We shouldn ’t be forced to decide between going to class or practicing Judaism, ” senior Daniel Namvar said. “It ’s unfair. ” UM ’s Chabad organization, which acts as a home away from home for Jewish students, is addressing this issue by seeking to have the university close on the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur during the 20122013 school year.

“I don ’t anticipate that this will change in the future unless the Faculty Senate or the Student Senate determine that this is an issue that they want to address, ” said Scott Ingold, the associate vice president for the university ’s Office of the Registrar and Division of Enrollment Management.

Chabad members have been circulating a letter to petition the administration in favor of the High Holy Day shutdown.

Written and online petitions have reached more than 700 signatures, as of last Thursday.

“We ’re trying to make it easier for a student on campus to be Jewish, ” said junior Isi Stein, president of Chabad.

Both sacred holidays require

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SWEET TREAT: Ruth Burstyn tells her 15-year-old granddaughter Shayna – whose parents attended UM – how she would like to cut her chocolate marble cake. The dessert was prepared for Thursday’s celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.

Jews to abstain from related activities in partake in reflection sacrifice, according to

all workorder to and selfChabad ’s

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TRADITION: Apples are dipped in honey to symbolize a sweet new year. Rosh Hashana began last Wednesday at sundown.

letter.

Additionally, all public schools in South Florida are traditionally closed on these days.

The academic calendar is based on providing a total of 69 class days of instruction. UM is open on Good Friday, Veterans Day, Columbus Day and other holidays. It has not shut down for those holidays throughout the year because the more holidays that are officially observed, the longer the semesters become, Ingold said.

The problem of defining which religious holidays fall into the category of a major holiday may raise additional issues.

The university ’s current policy permits students to observe their respective holidays without incurring penalties from their professors, and instructs professors not to schedule tests

or important activities. However, this practice has been ignored by some professors.

“I had to miss my bio lab, so I missed a presentation with my group and they had to present without me, ” said freshman Michael Groswald, who also had a test scheduled Thursday.

Students who miss class sometimes email or talk to their professors ahead of time, but their professors are not always understanding, Stein said.

“It ’s a shame because a lot of professors, especially Jewish professors who are not observant, say to students, ‘I ’m Jewish, but I ’m here, so you ’re going to be here on that day, ’ ” Stein said.

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worry about making up any missed work and catching up on class materials.

Freshman Rebecca Singer went to Rosh Hashana services only on Thursday to find a balance between attending classes and observing the holiday. She took school being open as an opportunity to make an important personal decision.

“It ’s a chance for me and other freshmen to figure out our ideas and feelings about how religious we should be when we ’re away from our parents, ” Singer said.

Read more about religion and school in the editorial on page 6.

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Be the change FRESH COAT: University of Miami freshman Hunter Mitchell (below) paints a house during the National Gandhi Day of Service on Sunday. Senior Tiffany Brown (left) paints another house during the service day. Mitchell and Brown’s group helped Rebuilding Together, an organization that works with the elderly and disabled to rebuild and renovate their homes. Other members of their group helped to landscape the home.

Gandhi Day has been an annual service event at the University of Miami organized by the Butler Center for Volunteer Service and Leadership Development. According to its website, the service event attracts more than 1,000 participants each year.

Check out the photo slideshow by Monica Herndon at themiamihurricane.com.

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SOCIAL NETWORKING

Facebook profile changing face New Timeline feature mimics scrapbook

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BY DANIELLE PORA CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

In the last two weeks, Facebook has undergone numerous changes, such as the addition of a ticker on the side of the homepage and the option to subscribe to certain friends.

Now, the social networking site is announcing its biggest change to date.

At the 2011 Facebook F8 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the addition of the Facebook Timeline, which is a monumental shift in the way a user ’s profile is organized.

“Timeline is the story of your life, and it has three pieces: all your stories, all your apps and a new way to express who you are, ” Zuckerberg said during the keynote address of the F8 conference.

The profile page will now be split into two columns with a timeline stretching down the middle.

Information shown will include statuses, updates, photos, videos and will essentially document a person ’s entire life.

According to CNN, “Facebook will become a record of your existence: all your memories, your victories and your defeats, your loves, your losses and everything in between. ” This new virtual scrapbook will also use a logarithm to display the most memorable moments of an individual ’s life.

A person can also include information that occurred before the

Homecoming act expected to create buzz

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SCRAPBOOK: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s profile displays the new Timeline layout. The changes will highlight memorable events in one’s life. profile was created or was not added at all.

The biggest issue Facebook is facing is privacy. According to a recent article in The Washington Post, “Some apps, such as The Washington Post ’s Social Reader or Hulu will let you consume news and media content right from Facebook and tell your friends what items you ’re reading, watching or listening. ” However, the addition of these apps is completely optional.

While some users have access, the timeline is not yet available for all users.

Some students do not like the changes.

“I don ’t think Facebook should change, ” freshman Allie Gerspach said. “I like the way it is now. It ’s social networking; it doesn ’t need a timeline. ” Other users do not mind the change.

“I don ’t really mind, ” said Sophie Juneau, a first-year architecture student. “I just go there to maintain contacts. ”

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Last November, HP presented Ms. Lauryn Hill as the concert ’s performer, but students were disappointed in that selection; Hill arrived more than an hour late and played many unfamiliar songs. Many students left early.

“Not enough people knew her or her music and she was from the ‘90s, ” sophomore Vidhya Krishnan said. “I waited for so long and then it wasn ’t worth it. The year before was Common. So from Common to Lauryn Hill, there was a disparity in star power, so I guess people were let down. ” Ludacris, however, is expected to garner a much larger audience.

“We ’re really excited to have a mainstream act coming that has a really good, loyal fan base, ” Martin said. “There have already been rumors circulating about who the artist is and certain people have already heard. The buzz has been phenomenal. ” Rudy Currence of Mike Chek Ent., DTP and Island Def Jam Records will open the show at 9:30 p.m. and will be followed by Ludacris shortly after.

“I ’m definitely going to go to the concert this year, ” Krishnan said. “It ’s going to be crazy. ”

IF YOU GO WHAT: Homecoming concert WHEN: Nov. 4 at 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: University Green

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If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

DANIEL BELDY Junior “Bankxy.”

SABRINA CLARK Sophomore “Lady Gaga.”

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Natasha Tomchin, Contributing Columnist

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Separating church, school Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are Judaism ’s High Holy Days, representing the Jewish new year and the time when Jews frequently attend religious services, abstain from certain forms of pleasure and fast. But instead of focusing on atoning for sins and beginning the year with a clean slate, Jewish students must continue to worry about academics; some even have essay deadlines to meet and exams to take or study for during the holidays.

Many students are up in arms that the University of Miami doesn ’t cancel class on these holidays, as shown by the petition being circulated by Chabad. However, the university does have a policy that requires faculty members to be sensitive to students ’ religious obligations. The 2011-2012 faculty handbook states that “no major test, major class event, or major University activity will be scheduled on a major religious holy day. Faculty members and University administrators shall in no way penalize students who are absent from academic or social activities because of religious observances. ” Some professors disregard this policy by scheduling exams and assignments on religious holidays, instead allowing students to make them up on a later date.

Anger about this ambiguity is certainly understandable, especially since there is no school on

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Hopefully ... we can soon climb out of the recession and strengthen the value of a dollar.

Christmas, a major Christian holiday. But we need to take a look at the role religion actually plays in these days off. Christmas, for instance, falls during winter break, which is a vacation period lasting until January and is typical for any university.

In fact, UM doesn ’t give a day off for any religious holidays in its efforts to stay secular. The only holidays on which the university does not hold classes are national holidays: Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Having class on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar may seem unfair, but if we get those days off, it would only be fair to equally recognize other major religious holidays as well, like those of the Islamic faith.

Where is the line drawn? How many religions does the university have to take into account to be considered fair?

As an academic and secular institution, UM has no obligation to grant days off to students for any religious holiday and should maintain its current policy of asking professors to acknowledge and empathize with students ’ religious observances.

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Proposition could rebuild job market JORDAN LIVINGSTON Sophomore “Sebastian the Ibis.”

BRIAN HIRSH Sophomore “Thomas Jefferson.”

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he future d o e s n ’ t l o o k promising right now.

Unemployment is at an all-time high with 14 milNATASHA TOMCHIN lion people CONTRIBUTING jobless and COLUMNIST 25 million unable to find full-time jobs.

President Barack Obama recently proposed the American Jobs Act, which would create 1.9 million new jobs and a one percent drop in unemployment rates by the end of 2012.

For those of you about to graduate, or even those just look-

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ing for jobs, that ’s great news.

However, the funding for this draws sharp criticism from Republicans.

There will be a permanent income tax increase, mostly on the wealthy and on corporations. Independent economists have evaluated this plan and say it would succeed, only if it passes by the end of 2011. Otherwise, it won ’t effectively lead to an economic recovery. However, Republicans in the House don ’t seem to be budging on their opposition to the taxes.

I understand the mindset.

It ’s “their ” money, not the government ’s. But this act needs to proceed if we ’re hoping to avoid a new recession. After 2012, the stimulus funding for this

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package will drop significantly.

However, if we move ahead and the House works together to meet its demands, then there wouldn ’t be a need for cutting Social Security and increasing taxes. The job market would be strong enough to support the creation of new jobs on its own.

This is all very optimistic though. Even if it passes, we won ’t see levels of unemployment under five percent for a while. Hopefully, the 1.9 million jobs promised are created, and we can soon climb out of the recession and strengthen the value of a dollar.

Natasha Tomchin is a sophomore majoring in history and public relations.

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Want to start October the right way?

Through Sunday, visit Fritz & Franz Bierhaus in Coral Gables to celebrate Oktoberfest the German way.

For more information, visit bierhaus.cc.

BY ALEXANDRA LEON | SENIOR EDGE WRITER

COCO LOCO: Cesar Zapata, one of the owners and the main chef on the floor, puts his finishing touch on the Spanish mackerel, which is made up of caramelized egg plant and coconut broth.

One minute it ’s there, the next it ’s with on the project. gone. It ’s easy to pull the vanishing act From there, it was simple deciding what to put with a little bit of makeup and a few on the menu. Since Meinhold ’s mom is Vietnamese, stage lights. But, maybe all it takes are a and Zapata and Treiman both love eating Vietnamfew decorative IKEA curtains. ese food, they chose to focus on traditional southAt Phuc Yea, white IKEA curtains ern Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist. decorated with tiny Red Riding Hoods “We really want to create a dining experience and her Big Bad Wolf mask the fact that the that is based on the things we love, and to have crespace, known as Crown ative freedom, ” Meinhold Bistro during the day, moonsaid. “That ’s what ’s good lights as a hip Vietnamese popabout the pop-up concept. ” IF YOU GO up restaurant by night. While On Zapata ’s quest for a WHERE: Phuc Yea it ’s not the first of it ’s kind, Phuc name, he googled VietnamWHEN: Tuesdays to Yea is the first full scale pop-up ese baby names and came Saturdays from 5:30 p.m. to to appear in Miami. That means across one that was just sugtaking over another restaurant ’s gestive enough to garner the 10 p.m. until mid-November space during its off hours and right amount of attention.

WHERE: 19 SE 2nd Ave. converting it into a whole new “I saw the name ‘Phuc ’ venue for a short period of time. and I was like, ‘wow, that ’s “Technically we could crazy, I feel sorry for this open as a full restaurant, ” chef and partner Daniel kid, ’ ” Zapata said. “But phuc actually means prosTreiman said. “But the reason we opened as a pop- perity, good luck, and well being. It ’s something up was because it gives us a chance to test out a new that says something good is happening in Miami. ” concept, maybe something that doesn ’t already exPhuc Yea will be around until mid-November, ist in Miami. ” but Treiman, Zapata and Meinhold hope to give Treiman had been thinking of opening a pop- Miami a taste of true Vietnamese cuisine until up restaurant for two years, and when he met An- then. iece Meinhold and Cesar Zapata at the Blue Piano, “That urgency to try something before it ’s he knew he had found the right partners to embark gone will hopefully draw people in, ” Treiman said.

MIXING IT UP: Chefs Nohemi Cortes and Osiris Hernandez get ingredients ready for the “oodles of noodles” dish which consists of shrimp rice noodles and ground pork.

VARIATION: On weekends, customers can expect long waits. The menu, which varies daily, serves traditional southern Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist.

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French High Club moves to Miami

BY DANIELLE UNGERMANN CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

Opening its French doors to the Miami playground, High Club has landed its notorious nightclub stateside.

A spin-off of the original nightclub on the French Riviera that packs its rooms with crowds of 2,000, High Club Miami offers a more “intimate, chic setting while maintaining all the same attitude and sex appeal. ” Located in Ocean Drive ’s Casanova Suites Hotel, the club is distinctively situated right on the beach.

The original owners decided to import High Club Miami after they “fell in love with the beautiful people of this beautiful place, ” said Mehdi Bessaa, one of the co-owners. “From there it only seemed natural to expand the nightclub to the city where everyone wants to be. ” Making good use of the most important rule of business, High Club is already enticing people with its central spot.

“It ’s so close to all my favorite South Beach spots, ” junior Jen Ramsden said. “The French DJs there look pretty cute too. ” Inside, the classic area of the club is adjoined by two separate, more upscale VIP areas which overlook the main f loor ’s disc jockey booth.

With resident DJs Axel Beca and Mike Andrea spinning their French touch on popular house music hits, patrons are sure to sip French champagne.

Senior Pedro Urbina is eager to visit the house music haven.

“French inf luence bringing hopes of nights filled with Mr. Oizo and endless sipping of their wide selection of champagne, but also mythical French smoke clouds? ” Urbina said. “I dig the idea of digging my toes in the sand here. ” Open Thursday through Saturday, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., High Club hopes to eventually extend its hours of operation through Sunday, transforming into a gay club. Their next major event will be Friday with DJ Josh spinning.

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Chef prepares plantain soup

BY KEVIN MASON | CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

“Kiss the Chef ” is a new venture that pairs me with local artists and personalities inside their kitchens, finding out the culinary delights that they have in the little recipe books in their brains.

Why me? I ’m a foodie with a palate for everything from Tibetan momos and Peruvian chaufa, to Indian kulfi and American Twizzlers. I am also a student at the Frost School of Music and program director for WVUM 90.5 FM, so this combines my culinary savvy with performers and personalities, who make Miami such an artistically forward place to be.

Our first chef is Dino Felipe, a Miami-based pop innovator who

started upon a nationwide tour last week and wraps up on Oct. 30 at Siberia in New Orleans, La. Felipe is a rare musician whose sheer output and cut-and-paste aesthetics are hard to pin down.

With more than 50 albums to his name and a Pitchfork rating higher than Kanye West, base descriptions of his style can only confuse the situation further. His new album, “Onhcet D, ” just dropped on Otto Von Schirach ’s Triangle Earth label this week.

He has a plantain tree in his backyard that is ready for harvest at his home in Westchester, and I joined him for a hot soup on a cool day, where he outlined the following recipe:

Five plantains

To make the garnish:

Three medium white onions

1. Use six to eight leaves of sage.

Three sweet potatoes Six cloves of garlic

2. Fry in olive oil for two minutes until crisp.

Four carrots

3. Strain on towel, add salt.

Eight cups water

To make the soup:

Three teaspoons of powered black pepper

1. Peel and slice all vegetables in 1/4 inch chunks, and peel and dice garlic.

5. Let simmer for 45 minutes, stirring every five minutes to develop thick consistency.

Two teaspoons of powered red pepper 2. Boil water with one tablespoon olive oil.

Two pinches cumin (Dino likes to do throw in two 3. Add vegetables, boil pinches) high for 10 minutes.

Two pinches curry powder Salt to taste

4. Stir with wooden spoon, reduce to low-medium heat.

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Serve hot in a bowl with garnish of sage.

Chef analysis: Consistency is thick and cumin is the overpowering spice. An addition of ginger, nutmeg, or dare-I-say pineapple, would bring out the sweet potatoes a bit more. Adding a grilled and chopped filet of fish or lentils would give a nice, wellbalanced protein to the meal.

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consecutive games with an interception for Jacory Harris, a streak that ended Saturday

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straight weeks that a former Hurricane has scored a touchdown in the NFL

VOLLEYBALL

Lane Carico becomes all-time kills leader Canes defeat ACC foes Wake, Duke

BY ADAM BERGER SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

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GOING IN FOR THE KILL: Senior outside hitter Lane Carico spikes the ball during the Hurricanes’ straight set victory against Duke on Sunday. With her 33 kills during this past weekend’s games against Wake Forest and Duke, Carico became Miami’s all-time leader in that offensive category, passing former outside hitter Karla johnson.

For all of Lane Carico ’s accomplishments as a star outside hitter for the University of Miami volleyball team, none were bigger than her fourth kill of a match against Duke on Monday at the Knight Sports Complex.

It marked the 1,495th kill of Carico ’s career, passing former Cane Karla Johnson for sole possession of first place in that offensive category.

Nevertheless, the senior remained characteristically humble when talking about the impressive feat.

“It ’s great to be on a good team and to have a great setter [in senior Katie Gallagher], ” said Carico, who finished with 14 kills in the match and 33 for the weekend.

Head coach Nicole Lantagne Welch was slightly more willing to acknowledge the significance of her fourth-year starter ’s feat.

“I ’m very proud of her and all of her accomplishments, ” Lantagne Welch said. “It ’s only deserving that she be on the top of that leader board. ” Lantagne Welch finds it especially notable that Carico was not highly recruited coming out of Mira Costa High School.

“I think a lot of programs overlooked her because they weren ’t sure if she could handle the attacking at this level, and she ’s proved all of them absolutely wrong, ” she said.

In addition to Carico ’s recordbreaking moment, the 20th-ranked Hurricanes came away with victories against ACC foes Wake Forest and Duke over the memorable weekend.

On Friday night, Miami beat the Demon Deacons in straight sets, 3-0, but not before they pulled off a dramatic come-from-behind victory in set three.

The Hurricanes found themselves down 17-10 in the third frame, and it looked all but certain that Miami and Wake Forest were headed to a fourth set. But then Carico converted a kill Oct. 3 - Oct. 5, 2011

shot to make it 17-11, freshman libero Ryan Shaffer stepped to the baseline of the court to serve, and eight points later the Canes had a 19-17 lead and the match was just about over.

Miami went on to win the deciding set by a score of 25-23.

“Ryan really gave us a nice lift there, ” Lantagne Welch said, referring to Shaffer ’s eight straight service points that included two aces. “She was serving aggressively, putting [Wake Forest] a little bit on the defensive. ” In the final match of the weekend the Canes took on the Duke Blue Devils, a team that made it to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 2010.

Despite losing their last three matches to the Blue Devils, the Canes put Duke away in short order, again winning in straight sets by scores of 2522, 26-24 and 25-22. The Canes have now won 12 straight sets, going back to the squad ’s 3-0 victory against Virginia Tech on Sept. 23.

“We felt prepared coming in, ” Lantagne Welch said. “We have great respect for them and their program, but we beat them 3-0 so it [shows] a lot about where we ’re headed. ” Miami will now hit the road for a pair of matches in North Carolina.

The Canes will take on N.C. State in Raleigh on Friday night and North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Sunday afternoon. Miami returns home the following weekend to take on Clemson and Georgia Tech.

UPCOMING GAMES SUNDAY: 1 p.m. @ UNC OCT. 14: 6 p.m. vs.

Clemson OCT. 16: 1 p.m. vs.

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FOOTBALL

Lackluster victory brings Canes to 2-2 Harris free of picks against Wildcats

BY AUSTEN GREGERSON SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Disappointment, frustration, lack of focus. All components of a 45-14 Miami win over Bethune-Cookman that was as far from dominant as a 31-point victory could be.

After three quarters, the Hurricanes (22) led by just 10 points, far from the blowout most would expect when a lower-division opponent is paid $400,000 to play such a game.

“Go watch the ticker tonight and see how many guys are heartbroken because they lost to a team that they were supposed to beat, ” Miami head coach Al Golden said, responding to his team ’s lackluster performance against an FCS school. “Each game is hard to win. ” The Hurricane defense struggled once again to contain a spread-option running attack, allowing the Wildcats (2-2) 132 yards on their first two possessions. Miami forced a goal line fumble on safety JoJo Nicolas ’ hit on running back Rodney Scott during the opening drive, but confusion and missed tackles in the secondary allowed the visitors to strike first on a one-yard touchdown pass.

“It ’s fixable things, and it ’s not going to be perfect, ” said senior linebacker Sean Spence, noting the persistence of missed defensive assignments this season. “There ’s going to be mistakes, guys are going to miss tackles, you ’ll have penalties here and there because nobody ’s perfect. We just want to keep declining those things. ” While the Canes were outgained in total offense – 422 to 335 yards – and trailed the Wildcats significantly in time of possession, Miami ’s offensive efficiency

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TWICE AS NICE: Junior wide receiver Tommy Streeter evades a Bethune-Cookman defender in the endzone for his second touchdown of the afternoon. His first catch was a 56-yard bomb from Jacory Harris that gave the Canes their first points. was strong despite the defense ’s inability to stop the spread-option run attack for the second straight week.

The Hurricanes averaged 7.6 yards per play and ran 40 less plays, alongside another 100-yard rushing effort from sophomore running back Lamar Miller – his fourth in a row.

As Miller ’s streak remains intact, another found its merciful end. For the first time in his past seven starts, senior quarterback Jacory Harris did not throw an interception, finishing the day with two touchdowns and 175 passing yards, completing 70 percent of his throws.

“As long as we get that ‘W ’, that ’s all I care about, ” Harris said. “Stats really don ’t matter, but it ’s a good thing that we ’re doing this in the offense and the scheme is good, we ’re executing the way we ’re supposed to and staying within the system. ” Catching both of Harris ’ touchdowns was 6-foot-5-inch junior Tommy Streeter,

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his only two catches of the day. His first catch – a 56-yard post route, the longest offensive play of the game – came in the second quarter, with the Canes trailing Bethune-Cookman by seven points.

“I just want to focus on that one play, ” Streeter said. “We have a model of being a six-second competitor for that individual play, and that ’s where my focus goes. But sometimes when I think about the play that ’s being called, if it ’s similar to a high school play, I ’ll play it in my head and then put myself in a University of Miami uniform, and play it again. ” Streeter hails from Miami Northwestern, a key part of the 2008 recruiting class ranked the best in the country by some outlets. However, he has yet to find consistent play on this team due to early injuries, logjams in front of him at the position, and his own struggles with dropped balls.

But for Harris, his teammate since

high school, this newfound production from Streeter is no surprise. “[Streeter ’s] a hard-working guy, he shows it in practice and it lets you go out on the field and trust him, ” Harris said. “Just like coach says, you have to bring your talent to the field, bring what you do in practice to the field and everything will work out. He ’s always been a very talented guy, has had the physical ability to perform, just had to have the opportunity. ” The Hurricanes ’ most challenging opponent thus far has been expectations, thrust upon them both by fans and their own promises of change. Now for Golden, having finished a September of fleeting brilliance against Ohio State and a potentially devastating NCAA investigation still underway, what lies ahead remains largely as it has for the past month – unknown.

“That ’s all done now, ” Golden said.

“We went through hell and back the last five weeks, and that ’s all done. ”

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