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UM to pay development fees

Airport transportation available

The University of Miami will be forced to start paying impact fees for development on the Coral Gables campus. That’s because the city has now included the university in its program to alleviate traffic issues and increased the cost of providing services due to growth.

After approval from city commissioners next month, the school will start paying to fund road and infrastructure improvements tied to its expansion plan.

The projected cost is as of yet unavailable, but Janey Gavarrete, UM’s associate vice president for Planning, said the process was fair and that UM was satisfied with the amendments.

Airport transportation is available to Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale International Airport for Thanksgiving and winter break.

The shuttle hours for MIA are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 25 and 26 and from Dec. 15-17. There is a $5 non-refundable fee, which can be paid online at miami.edu/airport-shuttle.

The shuttles for FLL are leaving the Coral Gables campus three times a day, at 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m., on the same dates as the MIA shuttles. There is a $10 non-refundable fee, which can also be paid online.

The shuttles will stop at the University Village, Dickinson Circle, Eaton Residential College and Mahoney/Pearson Residential Colleges.

For questions, call the Department of Parking and Transportation at 305284-9763.

Film festival hits Little Havana

Roundtable on US policy on Cuba

The Borscht Film Festival has announced that their fourth annual event will take place Dec. 26-28 at the Tower Theater in Little Havana at 1508 SW 8th Street. The gallery will open at 8 p.m. each night and the films will run from 9-11 p.m., with live music following each night.

The event is always free and open to the public.

The festival is a celebration of Miami’s specific culture and is an annual exhibition of new works by emerging Miami filmmakers.

The University of Miami’s Center for Latin American Studies will hold a roundtable lunch on U.S. Policy towards Cuba, “Problems and Opportunities for the Incoming Obama Administration,” on Dec. 3.

The lunch and discussion will feature Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, who joined the European Commission in 1992 with foreign postings in Mozambique, Slovakia and Cuba.

The event will be held at the College of Arts and Sciences Wesley Gallery at 1210 Stanford Dr. from 12-2 p.m.

The roundtable discussion will attempt to shed some light on the challenges the new U.S. administration is likely to face when addressing the contentious issue of American policy towards Cuba.

The event is free and open to the UM community. Space is limited; RSVP required at umclas@miami.edu.

US AND WORLD NEWS AFGHANISTAN - The U.S. military and Afghan government reported on Sunday that Afghan forces and their allies killed 17 suspected militants in the Kandahar providence. Taliban commander Mullah Asad was also killed according to a NATO announcement.

ARGENTINA - An ex-Argentine police commander, Mario Ferreyra, killed himself in front of television cameras. Ferreyra killed himself before he was about to be arrested for alleged human rights violations committed during Argentina’s dictatorships.

PAKISTAN - Pakistan told India that it would not be the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict. It further proposed a nuclear-free South Asia. Pakistan’s nuclear doctrine does not contain a clause saying it would not be the first to use weapons in a conflict, unlike India’s doctrine.

BELIZE - Leaders from Antigua, Belize and the Bahamas met in a closed-door meeting in Antigua and decided they would push regional banks to give more loans to builders and exporters. They hope it will boost jobs and trade and stop the effects of the economic crisis.

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Parking director ‘feels Spending a Semester at Sea called pain’ of UM students Program ‘life changing’ Says many spots often go unused

BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLA OF THE STAFF

Seven months after Richard Sobaram began his new job, his main priority is to improve the parking situation on campus.

As a UM alum, Sobaram said he understands how upset students get over parking. He hopes that students can realize that the department has their best interests in mind, despite problems they may encounter.

“I’ve been there in their position, and I feel their pain,” he said. “I received many tickets as a student.”

Although students complain about finding parking, Sobaram said there are more than 1,000 available spaces around campus.

The newly expanded Walsh Serpentine Lot, which reopened this August, rarely fills up across from the BankUnited Center.

This location will replace the temporary lot beside the UM School of Business as soon as new dormitory construction gets underway. A new walkway and bus stop were built in front of the Serpentine Lot for convenience.

Last year, the shuttle buses served over 800,000 passengers.

Sobaram plans to receive feedback on its service.

Senior public relations major Meghan McKinsey finds the shuttle program troublesome.

“On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have class in the Flipse Building and class at the communication school, but the Hurry ‘Cane takes 30 minutes between classes,” she said. “You can’t really count on it to be reliable.”

Student Government President Brandon Gross and Sobaram formed the Department of Transportation Advisory Board at the beginning of the semester to receive student input, hoping to improve the parking situation.

“We never had one of these [boards] before, and as soon as Richard and I had a meeting, we

knew it would be a good idea,” Gross said.

UM also has prohibited freshmen from parking on campus this year, another step toward freeing more spots. That move freed up about 400 spaces in the Dickinson West Parking Lot, near the Wellness Center, where most freshmen park. The lot is now divided into spaces for both commuters and residents, but not everyone is happy about this change.

“I’d rather work out inside the Wellness Center and not walk a mile before I get there,” said senior Rudy Tomarchio, a broadcast journalism major. “By the time you even want to think about parking there, you’ve already given up on getting to class at a reasonable time and you’re going straight to the Rat to drown it out.”

Sobaram said educating students has become the primary goal of the department since he arrived in late March.

“I’m not naïve enough to think that somehow that’s going to solve all of our problems but, at the very least, when you ask them ‘did you know that you had this option,’ they can say ‘yes, but I chose to drive around for 40 minutes,’” he said.

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Junior Dave Korn first heard about Semester at Sea last spring through a student in his anthropology class. He had been interested in studying abroad but was still uncertain about where he wanted to study. This changed when he visited the program’s Web site and discovered that he could be spending a semester traveling the world by boat while taking courses.

“I was just amazed at some of the places we are going to, places I’ve dreamed of going to,” said Korn, a psychology major. “I love traveling. It’s one of those important things to me.”

Semester at Sea is a program sponsored through the University of Virginia that creates a floating school on board a 590-foot ship.

“It’s a life changing experience,” junior Patrick Patton said.

“When I went to a country I didn’t know about, I got to first hand experience [their] culture.”

There are approximately 700 students and 65 faculty and staff on each voyage. Rooms are shared

by two people and have their own bathroom.

“It opens your eyes to the world,” junior Cynthia Fleischmann said.

Fleischmann had the opportunity to stay in a Dalit village in India as a part of a “home stay,” a program that allows students to stay with families for a night.

“When you go to these other countries, you realize what they have to live with, but then again how happy they are,” she said.

“You are just so sheltered here [in the U.S.].”

There are more than 75 courses offered through the Semester at Sea program during fall and spring semesters. Students meet with their academic adviser beforehand to get approval for classes. “[The professors] related everything you learned in class to the countries [visited] in some way,” Patton said.

When the ship arrives at a port city, students are allowed to travel anywhere as long as they are back on the ship before it leaves.

This typically gives students three or four days to explore.

“During my time in South Africa, I went cage diving with great whites, went on a safari and I even saw whales and dolphins [while] taking a ferry to Robben Island,”

Patton said.

The cost of a voyage, which includes tuition, room, board, premium travel health insurance and access to e-mail, ranges from $17,975 in the fall to $19,950 in the spring, or $9,795 for the summer semester.

Financial aid and scholarships are available to all students, who are encouraged to fill out the FAFSA, a free application for student financial aid.

Voyages during fall and spring semesters visit 10 different countries and last 108 days. In the summer, the trip lasts about 70 days.

Students receive between nine and 12 credits through the University of Virginia.

“The way I see it, is that we have eight semesters of college,” Korn said. “I can either do eight in exactly the same place or do seven [at UM] and take one doing something completely different.”

Students interested in SAS can apply online at www.semesteratsea.org.

Michael Spears may be contacted at mspears@themiamihurricane.com.

Visit TheMiamiHurricane. com for an audio slideshow on one student’s experience of Semester at Sea.

Christina De Nicola may be contacted at cdenicola@ themiamihurricane.com.

Spotlight: Richard Sobaram Director of Parking and Transportation Services at the University of Miami On the job for seven months, replacing four-year director Chuck McConnell Worked 17 years as the security coordinator for residence halls at UM UM class of 1987

COURTESY LAUREN HEINZ

GLOBETROTTERS: Students from the Semester at Sea program give flowers to a family in India during their voyage. The trip usually lasts around 108 days and visits 10 different nations.

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Ant infestation and pests bothersome for students Insects and rats on campus annoy

BY MICHAEL SPEARS CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Many students are learning to live with pests for the first time at the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus.

Ants and other pests are often seen by students crawling from the walking paths and green space to the residential dorms.

“When we first moved in, there were ants everywhere,” said sophomore Kyle Reynolds, a Mahoney resident and exercise physiology major. “[The ants] were all over my desk and even on the walls.”

Reynolds, a New York native, said that before coming to Miami he never had to deal with ants indoors.

“I spray my room once a week with Raid,” Reynolds said. “[My roommate and I] are careful about putting food in the trash.”

According to Orlando Aguiar, a pest control technician for the University of Miami since 1990, there are a range of different ants on campus, from sugar ants to fire ants,

and most are harmless.

He said every room is sprayed for pests during summer break, which include ants, cockroaches and other small insects. Vacant rooms are sprayed over winter break as well.

Aguiar said he is on call 24/7 throughout the year. “[Pests] are year-round. The climate doesn’t change, so they don’t go underground,” Aguiar said. “Our students come from up north, and they freak. They aren’t used to seeing ants.”

Like Reynolds, sophomore Elena Young has also never had an issue with ants growing up in Washington D.C. She said Miami made her more conscious about leaving food uncontained.

“I never leave food out in my room because I live on the third floor and I always see a lot of ants on the stairs as I’m walking to my room,” Young said. “My room is close to the door and I don’t want them in there.”

Young said she has also seen other insects around campus at night and during the day.

“I’ve seen a rat run across the path while I was walking to my dorm at night,” Young said. “One time I saw one during the day in the grass. I’m not used to seeing rats during the day, so it scared me even more.”

Jordan Thomas, a sophomore motion pictures major, said he too has seen rats while on campus in the evening.

“One night when I was walking to the C-store to get food, I saw a dead rat on the ground,” Thomas said. “A week later I was walking to the C-store and saw a rat climbing a tree by the bus stops.”

Aguiar said pest control at the University of Miami implements maintenance programs that consist of keeping the lawns trimmed, setting granules, making sure trees do not touch buildings and preparing bait boxes that target rats and other small rodents.

After each visit, Aguiar leaves a door tag with his number and tips for keeping pests under control.

“A good thing is to not leave garbage over night and don’t have dirty dishes overnight,” Aguiar said. “Make sure windows are closed because, by the time you notice it, you already have a problem.”

Students can contact Orlando Aguiar at 786-299-3458 to report a pest problem or visit http://iservicedesk.facilities.miami. edu:83/home.html.

Michael Spears may be contacted at mspears@themiamihurricane.com.

BIG FAT RAT // FLICKR.COM

STUART: Many students have reported seeing pests, like rats, on UM’s campus. Because of Miami’s warm climate, these animals are much more likely to survive year-round than other places in the United States.

Residential rooms are sprayed for pests at least once a year.

Protesting Political Imprisonments

JESSICA HODDER // Hurricane Staff

LOCK AND KEY: The UM student group Students United for a Free Cuba, or CAUSA, designed and built this replica of a jail cell occupied by Cuban political prisoners in an effort to give students and community members an inside look into the living conditions of proponents of human rights that have been imprisoned.

Also on display were pictures and descriptions of present Cuban dissidents, who have been incarcerated for opposing the island’s Communist regime, which has been in place since 1959.

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Sculpture at Sea

Spotted On Site: Diana Alvarez

WILL IT FLOAT: A University of Miami introductory sculpture class produced a project where the sculptures participants created had to float. They tested the projects by attaching students’ creations to a reel and sending them out onto Lake Osceola.

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TANYA THOMPSON // Hurricane Staff

ANIMAL LOVER: Sophomore Diana Alvarez, who is originally from Miami, wants to be a veterinarian and enjoys dancing with Miami Ballroom and Salsa Craze.

COMPILED BY TANYA THOMPSON Diana Alvarez is a sophomore majoring in biology and an animal lover who is interested in veterinary work.

THE MIAMI HURRICANE: What inspires your style?

Diana Alvarez: Other people, colors, nature and my aunt inspire my style. My aunt is a free-spirit person who has lived all over [the world], from France to Spain.

TMH: What is one thing that people don’t know about you?

DA: Well, based on my outward appearance, people look at me and think that I am free spirited and nonchalant when, in actuality, I am very OCD [obsessive compulsive]. Everything has to be in order and I also worry about school, work and the well-being of my friends. I’m a little higher strung.

TMH: Why did you decide to take a pre-vet track?

DA: Originally, I was pre-med, but after my beagle Roxy passed after a battle with lymphoma, I wanted to help others going through the same thing. And I’ve always been passionate about animals. The more I work with others such as the Society for the 6

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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Monkey Jungle, the more interesting I find it and the more I love it. Also, the best part about working with animals is that you immediately get to work hands on with the animals as opposed to at a hospital, where you have to go through a bunch of training before you can even get near a person.

TMH: Are you actively involved on campus?

DA: Yes, I am a member of the Pre-Veterinary Society, which basically speaks for itself as to why I joined it. I am also a member of Miami Ballroom and Salsa Craze because I love dancing; I have been dancing since I was little, and this gave me an opportunity to learn something new.

TMH: Why did you choose to go to the University of Miami?

DA: Mainly, I was afraid of change. I’m from Miami, and I didn’t want to go far from home and my family. But now that I have been at UM, I feel more capable to leave for vet school in the future.

Tanya Thompson may be contacted at tthompson@themiamihurricane.com.

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Taking a look at the lives of theatre arts students Performers balance studies, rehearsals

BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLA OF THE STAFF

Sophomore Mike Collier took psychology as an elective during his freshman year.

He did not like it.

While scrolling online for classes the next semester, he decided to sign up for professor Patricia Dolan’s introduction to theatre. That changed his life.

“On the first day of class, she talked about elements of theater and what makes it so special and unique,” Collier said. “My love for theater all rushed back to me from my first part when I was 9 years old, and I realized it wasn’t something I could stop doing.”

That Friday, Collier tagged along with his roommate, Matthew, to the on-campus auditions for Little Shop of Horrors. He won the lead role of Seymour.

The veteran of more than 30 musicals now credits these events for helping him make the decision to major in theatre arts.

“I never thought that majoring in theater was a viable option because I didn’t want to be one of those starving actors who weren’t good enough, because it’s so competitive,” he said.

Senior transfer and theatre arts major Kevin Rose says his mother was responsible for initially getting him involved in the arts.

She helped him overcome his stage fright in fourth grade for an audition of Beauty and the Beast and encouraged him to hone the skills he would need to become financially successful.

Rose said his family has always supported his major and believed in him.

“My mom found every theater company, every voice teacher and every academic institution,” he said. “She found everything that got me started.”

At UM, theatre arts majors’ required classes include visits from image consultants that prepare them for auditions.

Collier said that resumes don’t matter as much in acting.

“If the director casting doesn’t like the way you look, he won’t hire you,” he said.

“You can’t control that. It’s so unpredictable.”

Sophomore musical theatre major Annette Navarro sang pop music until the end of her junior year of high school, when she took an acting class.

“I was so happy that I could do all three things in one profession, singing, acting and dancing,” she said. “That’s what makes musical theater so hard.”

Musical theatre students generally don’t

earn internships while in school like other majors. Their experience is based on actual paid or unpaid jobs.

Department of Theatre Arts Chair Vince Cardinal said that the biggest difference between a theatre major and other majors is that actors sell themselves as “brands” when they audition for roles regularly.

Community theatres around the country often offer parts to students who wish to sharpen the skills they learn in class before they head to Broadway.

“Most of them end up going to New York City because that’s the nexus for all kinds of work, and out of there they can get jobs at regional theaters, dinner theaters, TV and film,” Cardinal said. “Most of them make their way up the ladder.”

He said that once students take on a role, they must balance rehearsals and schoolwork as well as their health.

Navarro recently had rehearsals for a production of Fame every weeknight from 7-11 p.m. and for Beauty and the Beast on weekend afternoons. He also teaches a small children’s choir, Broadway Voice, at the Key Biscayne Community Center every Friday night.

“It’s exhausting and I don’t go to sleep late, so I can be energized and keep my voice healthy,” she said. “I keep a water bottle in my bag all day and eat a bowl of oranges.”

Like Navarro, Rose tries to act in several plays a year at the university’s Jerry Herman Ring Theatre.

His break came this past spring when he earned the role of a male understudy for the production of Forbidden Broadway at the Adrienne Arsht Center in downtown Miami.

Mollye Otis, the program director of vocal performance in musical theatre, said she jokingly tells her students to get her front row seats when they make it to Broadway.

“There’s a really special thrill when you see students make it and get out there and really get to work,” she said. “You see them through the formative stages of their career paths and sometimes you make or break a person in a college situation.”

Rose, who expects to graduate after the spring semester, hopes to get a summer job at the Unified Professional Theatre Auditions.

He also plans to look into regional and professional theatres on the eastern coast and move to either New York or Chicago.

“You have to be willing to change and to be vulnerable on a daily basis because as a performer it’s really not about you,” he said.

“I think I’ve been following this career path for a reason and it’s where I’m supposed to be.”

KENT LANTAFF // Hurricane Staff

PASSION: Kevin Rose performs during the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre’s production of Cabaret earlier this year. After college, theatre students’ lives are different from most college graduates because they often move to New York to begin auditioning for roles instead of taking internships.

Christina De Nicola may be contacted at cdenicola@themiamihurricane.com.

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Freshman conquers first annual UBS Spelling Bee Challenging words entertain the crowd

BY JESSICA MACIAS CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Gaberdine. Fugacious. Misspell.

These were just a few of the words posed to students at the first annual United Black Students (UBS) Spelling Bee, ultimately conquered by the competition’s winner, freshman Lauren Weiner. For many, it was a trip down memory lane to the good old days of elementary spelling wars.

Held Tuesday night at the Rathskeller, currents of laughter swept through the room as the audience watched their fellow Canes struggle to claim the championship.

As participants shook their heads, raised their eyebrows and scratched their heads in utter bewilderment, it became clear no one had expected the bee to be so very difficult.

“What are y’all laughing at? I’m trying, alright?” said junior Nick Ahye, a member of the Association of Commuter Students (ACS). “I must have pronounced the word 10 times.”

Inspired by the film Akeelah and the Bee, UBS second vice president Jarrod Matthei, a senior, thought it would be fun to host a spelling bee on a college campus and tie it into their theme of Blackademics, a study of academics in black culture and its influences on the campus community.

Four organizations – the ACS, Federación de Estudiantes Cubanos, National Panhellenic Council (NPHC) and Stanford Residential College (SRC) – participated in the event, each sending five of their members to represent them at the Rathskeller.

The fifth competitor, Team Sebastian, was composed of a group of students, unaffiliated with the other organizations, who wanted to participate in the competition.

“The words are pretty difficult,” sophomore Caitlin Dudevoir said. “Some of them I haven’t even heard of.”

The audience, safe from the sting of the bee, was ecstatic. Cheering and clapping, they traded stories about their own spelling bee mishaps and chuckled.

Two hours and two competitors later, UBS president Shajena Erazo hurriedly tried to find a word online to replace the exhausted spelling list. Hairs stood on end as the audience waited to crown their first spelling bee champ.

In the final bout between NPHC and SRC, SRC member Weiner triumphed over her rival Jeremy Ladson, a junior.

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“It feels like an accomplishment,” Weiner said. “I never won a spelling bee before. I couldn’t believe it.”

As reigning spelling bee champions, the SRC team will be provided a pizza party provided by UBS. Second and third place winners NPHC and ACS will also be given an ice cream social.

“Education doesn’t always have to be boring,” Erazo said. “The spelling bee was a way of tying in our theme into the threads of campus life.”

Jessica Macias may be contacted at jmacias@ themiamihurricane.com.

A sample of words at last Wednesday’s UBS Spelling Bee: Gaberdine (gah-ber-deen) - duster: a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles Example: Laborers of the middle ages often wore a Gaberdine to work to protect from falling dust.

Fugacious (fu-gay-shus) lasting a very short time Example: Julie’s sorrow over her quarrel with Angela was fugacious, melting rapidly into excitement about the unexpected arrival of Mr. Daniels.

Misspell (miss-spel) - To spell incorrectly Example: I was eliminated from the UBS Spelling Bee when I misspelled the word fugacious, accidentally adding a t.

Zeitgeist (Zyt-guyst) - The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation.

Example: The new politician has a true sense of the country’s collective zeitgeist, touching on all of the beliefs of the people.

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opinion Editorial

by daniel medina

We apologize for our bad advice

Another bailout? Should we or should we not?

To the readers of The Miami Hurricane: The Editorial Board would like to offer our sincerest apologies for writing in this space last Thursday that you should go to the Rathskeller to watch last Thursday’s game against Georgia Tech.

We know how optimistic we sounded on Thursday, and we regretfully take it back. Our hopes for the future are still strong, but the smell of success for this season has blown away.

Our suggestion that students watch the remaining football games at the Rathskeller was a bust. About an hour before game time, the Rat was teeming with bright-eyed students, faculty and alumni eager to watch our team step it up and ultimately secure our position as No. 1 in the ACC Coastal division.

After two heart-wrenching interceptions, the pessimists in the crowd began to clear out. The Yellow Jackets had successfully silenced a crowd over 600 miles away.

It is true that we only have a limited time to enjoy our precious ‘Skeller, but the keyword here is “enjoy.” Enjoyment only came in miniature waves of emotion as the Hurricanes scored successive touchdowns in the fourth quarter too little, too late.

For the final game of the season, we’re not going to tell you that the Rat is the place to be. It very well may be an exciting time as we crush the Wolfpack but, especially for those seniors out there, enjoy it in good company. Don’t worry where you’re watching it, because the only thing that matters now is that you’re with your friends, drinking beer and barbequing. Satisfaction is relative.

Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial board.

Less than 60 days after Congress passed the historic 700 billion dollar bailout package to aid the failing financial sector, the nations’ three largest automakers last week strolled to Washington for their own piece of the pie. The CEOs of GM, Ford, and Chrysler boarded their private jets only to literally beg the Senate to hear their pleas for funding upwards of $25 billion or bankruptcy was inevitable.

After decades of refusing to innovate in new technology for fuel-efficient cars and laying hold to powerful labor unions, the American auto industry’s collapse is long overdue and if Congress grants them this bailout, it will be destroyed indefinitely in the long run.

The argument that has been presented by both these companies and by leading economists is that if these companies are denied the funds and are forced to file bankruptcy, up to 3 million jobs will be lost – possibly devastating the Midwest.

Thus, given the evidence on both sides, the question still lingers: Should we or should

we not grant them this bailout?

I, personally, feel that a bailout will only delay the inevitable and give Detroit another chance to continue with the status quo – massive burdens placed on them by the labor unions, continued product inferiority and more job losses – all a result of failed management. As I see it, the harsh reality is that regardless of whether or not Detroit receives this bailout or not, jobs will be lost because the automakers are, simply, too broke to sustain the salaries of their employees.

Bankruptcy will force the “Big Three” to restructure themselves in a manner they have not needed to do for 50 years. It will force them to recruit new management, balance their debt sheets, and invest in innovation for “green” technology – the future of the auto industry given the instability in the global petrol market.

Most importantly, it will give them the opportunity to once and for all break away from the labor unions that have controlled them for far too long. I am not saying that the labor unions should be terminated; however, there must be a healthy medium between guaranteeing employees their rights without having to meet hefty unreasonable wage de-

mands. As a result, they could finally reduce the price of their cars, which are currently $2,000 more than any other major competitors, on average.

Congress has granted Detroit until early December to present a more formidable plan proving that the funds would save the industry from disrepair. Nonetheless, with the infamous financial bailout still fresh in the minds of the American people, the Democratic-controlled majority will find it hard to justify another “rescue” package.

The “Big Three” used to be the face of American industrialism because they produced quality cars at low prices and at an unprecedented rate. It is in our national interest to allow them to stay afloat, but we must do so in a responsible manner.

As Mitt Romney, whose father George Romney saved GM in the 1950s from economic collapse, stated in his New York Times op-ed column last week, “Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.”

Daniel Medina is a junior majoring in broadcast journalism and political science. He may be contacted at dmedina@ themiamihurricane.com.

by andrew hamner

This is a thought-free zone To make thinkers and leaders is the mantra to which we subscribe here at the Mt. Olympus of Knowledge. Untouched rock enters into the hallowed doors of the university and emerges but a few years later as a diamond, sprinkled liberally with the ethics and thought of countless generations.

Glossy brochures reveal these things to all who are deemed worthy of receiving them.

For those lucky souls, only one piece of advice can ever truthfully be given: be energetic in your pursuit of knowledge.

For those who recognized the archaic elements both of the phraseology and sentiment expressed above: congratulations on your pragmatism. Who in this day and age still subscribes to the notion that school is anything more than a training ground for entrance into the workforce? Anyone with dreams of getting a liberal education and

using it to spend a lifetime lost in thought evidently assumes that the dream of the leisured class continues to haunt the corridors of the collective mind.

Thankfully, most of the fiction regarding thought’s intrinsic importance is recognized to be such. When little Johnny and Susie make their way into the big world of secondary education they, their parents, and their professors know full well those coming four years are an investment in the most literal sense. Money is lost with the expectation that someday relatively soon a career will come to the student that more than repays them in status and cold cash.

With the few detours into debauchery and frivolous majors shrugged off as the inevitable consequences of youthful flightiness, the ideal student will enjoy the favor of their elders throughout the collegiate years until their work is rewarded with a job. What an exciting event that is! Finally the child becomes the adult, secure in the knowledge

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that they leveraged what talents were most obvious into a job - otherwise known as a calling - that will provide for them until they die.

This is life, ladies and gentlemen of the soon-to-be-educated class. Are there fools who cherish the opportunity to learn and learn without any obligations? Perhaps you should learn that at career development centers, even learning carries with it an obligation. Here you and I learn not to learn, but to get hired. We learn that only our first choice of career can give us food. We learn that knowledge is infinitely inferior to practicality.

Andrew Hamner is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. He can be contacted at ahamner@themiamihurricane.com.

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“Any real college football fan simply cannot argue for the continuation of the current BCS format...”

– Austen Gregerson, Contributing Columnist

by austen gregerson

speak

Time to kill the BCS cash cow When Barack Obama has something to say, rarely does anyone turn a deaf ear.

During his recent interview with “60 Minutes”, the president-elect vowed that he would “throw [his] weight around” in trying to get college football to switch from the current BCS format to an eight team playoff system. While the idea of a college football playoff is nothing revolutionary, it does carry some extra gravitas when delivered by the soon-to-be leader of the free world. To some, at least.

John Swofford, the commissioner of the ACC and current BCS coordinator, has made it quite clear that he has no intention in changing the way we decide our national football champion any time soon – and why would he?

Citing the excitement and controversy that the current collegiate regular season has, he feels that it would be dulled down by implementing a playoff system.

However, we all know that the real reason Mr. Swofford and athletic directors all across the country seem to be so smitten by the BCS is not how excited they get over October football, but by the gigantic sums of money that are made by artificially inflating and selling the

importance of some random games in January.

Just recently, ESPN bought the rights to show all BCS games from 2011 to 2014 for, get this, half a billion dollars (some recession, right?).

With that kind of coin being tossed around to show the Fiesta Bowl for four years, it should come as no surprise that we fans are stuck with arguing about which one-loss team is better than the other, only to have a math equation determine it for us.

Let’s not be so quick to forget what hap-

pened back in 2004. Auburn went undefeated through the gauntlet that is the SEC schedule, only to be rewarded by being on the outside looking in at the national championship game.

We all should have known then and there that the BCS experiment had failed. We did. But with the dollar values ever-increasing for television, merchandising and other BCS game tieins, there was no way that those in charge were going to willingly kill their cash cow.

Any real college football fan simply cannot argue for the continuation of the current BCS format with a straight face. To say that the BCS is worth it for the excitement of regular season games is to say that the Bush presidency was worth it for the jokes we had along the way. In each case, all we have to do is look where we are left after the fact – and the answer becomes pretty clear.

President Obama is going to have plenty on his plate when he takes power. And although implementing a college football playoff might not be top priority, it might take someone of his stature to return college football to the fans.

With every tragic event, there are tragic repercussions. In the case of the beloved Eddie Pieron, a close friend, closure came in the form of a beautiful ceremony put on by his closest of friends. When a fellow student mentioned that the police have made little progress with Eddie’s case, I went and did a little research. I found that the reward for information leading to an arrest for our dear Eddie is $1,000. On the outside this may seem sweet and simple, but under the surface, it is upsetting and illogical. The reason I say upsetting is because the reward money for the mutilated American crocodile was five times that. $5,000 for an animal, $1,000 for a human, friend, peer. I’m just curious who the hell decides these arbitrary prices. Is it Crime Stoppers or the police? Either way, it is borderline disrespectful to put a price on closure – especially when that price is 20 percent that of an animal.

– Ramsa Mosari Senior

If you could go anywhere to study abroad, where would you go?

STEPHANIE ELIAS Freshman “Japan: Experience a different culture on a new continent.”

Austen Gregerson is a freshman majoring in journalism. He may be contacted at agregerson@ themiamihurricane.com.

ANNIRUDDHA KRISHNA Junior “Paris: Great architecture and the rest of Europe is easily accessible.”

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ON THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and connect. We gather together to connect with family and friends and reflect on the times that have already passed.

For reasons many of us cannot answer, turkey is always the main dish. Carving the turkey is something many families honor the eldest male with. In my family, a perfect cut is symbolic for a fresh start to the rest of the year.

Always a month before Christmas, we give thanks on Thanksgiving to the pilgrims who risked life and limb for generations to come. Maybe they were thinking about the future, but probably not. As selfish as people are nowadays, I’m sure that these pilgrims were simply trying to survive. They certainly had no intention of us stealing land and raping women and children to honor our predecessors.

So this Thanksgiving, just make sure you have some meaning behind the holiday.

Of course, the main goal is to bring together family and friends around a large dinner table

for an eight-course meal. But maybe you can try and add additional meaning, just like my family adds symbolism to the carving of the turkey.

– Samantha Silver Sophomore LAURA BELMONT Freshman

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“Greece: It’s beautiful and filled with historical sights and exciting nightlife.”

ALEX DIMAGGIO Senior “Jamaica: I get the pounds for the low low.”

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Miami Beach’s Art Basel is a weekend-long art exhibition featuring open galleries, live art, exclusive parties and some of the best people-watching in the world.

The exhibition officially begins on Dec. 3 and runs through Dec. 7. Artists come from all over the world to display their work at the Miami Beach Convention Center and other participating venues.

“These artists have been in the art scene for decades,” said Aiyana Baida, an Art Basel fan and graduate student in the School of Communication. “It takes so much to get featured.”

Opening night festivities begin on Dec. 3, with a free nighttime concert held on the beach between 21st and 22nd streets at 10 p.m. The main act has not been announced, but last year Iggy Pop and The Stooges performed.

Tours of select galleries in the Wynwood art district and the Design District of downtown Miami are open to the public, as are many studios and assorted nighttime performances.

The original Art Basel, held in Basel, Switzerland, began in 1970. Local arts and business leaders, including Norman Braman, helped bring this worldrenowned event to Miami Beach in 2002.

Art Basel not only features well known artists, it also showcases some up-andcoming, less visible artists.

“Last year, I went to Lincoln Road, where there was the work of lesser known artists that weren’t displayed in the Convention Center,” Baida said. “Their work was incredible. It’s a great opportunity to discover new artists. It’s rewarding to see all of the presentations and not just the official Art Basel ones.”

Hungry art enthusiasts this year can find 10 different area art shows that are

not directly connected with the official Art Basel. Because many galleries throughout Miami-Dade hold their own walkthroughs and events to celebrate this unique event, Art Basel touches all of Miami, not just Miami Beach.

The center of Art Basel is the ArtDeco district in Miami Beach, within walking distance of many hotels and restaurants. Filled with artists, art lovers, tourists and the usual local characters, the entire area will also provide excellent opportunities to just sit and observe people.

Shuttles are available between many of the events. Most galleries can be reached by a short cab ride (somewhere between $5-$10) or a South Beach Shuttle ride (for $0.25).

In addition to the art exhibitions, many nearby nightclubs will host events, including sets by DJ duo MSTRKRFT at Heathrow Lounge in South Beach, Detroit musicians ADULT at the White Room in the Design District, and the Homegrown Party hosted by the Miami New Times, featuring the Spam Allstars and live art by Lebo and others at The Vagabond.

Students can purchase discounted one-day tickets for $20. General admission is $35 for one day, $55 for two days, and $75 for a full pass. Other options are available as well and can be purchased through Ticketmaster. Some events may have separate admission prices or require special passes.

More information and a complete schedule can be found at www. artbaselmiamibeach.com.

Megan Terilli may be contacted at mterilli@themiamihurricane.com.

Art Basel’s back and it’s hitting the beach

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Musicians and roommates working on a world party Friends come together in music business program

BY DAN BUYANOVSKY EDGE EDITOR

Over the years, famous faces and future stars have intently strolled through the beautifully green campus of the U. With over 10,000 students, it’s a place filled with talented individuals – from writers to doctors, artists to architects. It’s rare, though, for two students who’ve honed their crafts to meet and come together as friends and creative partners. However, Eduardo Pereira and Curt Parks have done exactly that. The two are roommates and musicians that are working to carve out their place in the Miami music scene. Pereira’s band River Raid is currently working on finishing up their second LP, while Curt “CP” Parks is performing around Miami to spark his solo career.

THE MIAMI HURRICANE: You two are now roommates, but how did you guys initially meet?

Eduardo: We met as students in the graduate music business program here at UM last year.

TMH: What are your inspirations when you create music?

Eduardo: The experiences we are having in Miami and as we travel to places like Guatemala, Brazil, and L.A. is inspiring. For example, we wrote one song about a white party on the beach in Guate. The beach was the black ashes from the active volcano we passed on the way. Everything influences you when you make music, people, places, weather and topography – all of God’s work.

CP: My feelings inspire me. Whatever makes me feel something, or evokes emotion, I write about it.

TMH: Who are your influences?

CP: Outkast, James Brown, Prince, Fela Kuti, Kurtis Blow and Paul Roberson.

Eduardo: The Doors, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, a lot of blues, and Brazilian artists such as Tim Maia, Jorge Ben, Roberto Carlos.

TMH: Have your professors pushed you more so to be artists or to understand the music business? Or both?

CP: Both. Our program director, Rey Sanchez, is an artist himself. Our other professor Serona Elton is a lawyer and consultant so she has a great point of view from the business/corporate side. They encourage us to really understand the business side so that we can be successful as artists. We’ve taken 14

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COURTESY RIVER RAID COLLABORATORS: Eduardo Pereira, left, and Curt Parks are both students in the music business program. advantage of the opportunity to learn the business and create funky tunes at the same time.

TMH: You both come from different musical backgrounds, so what’s it like when you collaborate?

Eduardo: Being from different backgrounds makes it easier when we come together to create music. Music comes from the roots, so no matter what our paths are it all came from the same place. That’s what makes it unique.

CP: When we do a song together we have several layers on it from these different backgrounds, and we are learning more music as we make it. When I put a hip-hop bass line and some rock guitars on samba and bossa nova tunes... it’s like a world party.

TMH: Does being a grad student at UM help you move towards your goals in the music industry?

CP: Definitely. It saves time and money because all of our efforts are toward a clear and common goal. We waste nothing on tri-

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al and error. Plus, the program is showing us the right way to do it and keeps us up on the latest industry changes. We’ve learned how to brand ourselves, our music and so everything we do is progress towards our goal in the music industry. Now, school, work and play are all the same thing. That’s the way to live.

TMH: What’s your favorite performance memory?

Eduardo: Opening for Paramore in Brazil for over 13,000 screaming fans.

TMH: CP, you performed at Cat 5’s Songwriters Showcase. Were you surprised to see so many talented songwriters and singers that are also full-time students?

CP: I was not at all surprised because people come to Frost School of Music because they have talent and they want to hone their expertise, or expand their musical taste and capabilities.

TMH: What are both of your plans once you are done at the U?

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Both: Release the record and hit the road.

TMH: How involved are you both at UM? CP: I am the director of Business Affairs for Cat 5 Music Publishing, a hip-hop DJ at WVUM and I work with Cane Records and Hurricane Productions.

TMH: Would you both ever want to perform at UM? Eduardo: Of course, we missed one scheduled performance at UM to be here in L.A. for the Hollywood Music Awards. We plan on doing more shows on campus soon as we get back.

Dan Buyanovsky may be contacted at dbuyanovsky@themiamihurricane.com.

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CD REVIEW: ‘I AM...SASHA FIERCE’

CD REVIEW: ‘4:13 DREAM’

Beyonce Knowles goes fierce The Cure get lucky with No. 13

BY TRACY ANIOCE CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

Sasha Fierce is an energetic, sassy, diva.

She has it all – looks, a great voice and the right moves. She has a gorgeous, exotic look with a style that appeals to everyone. Her wide vocal range is able to reach almost every soprano level. She is known as a triple threat performer that knows how to entertain the people.

Ms. Fierce is also the alter ego of the great Beyonce Knowles. Her album is a twodisc set (I Am and Sasha Fierce) that consists of a mixture of both R&B ballads and uptempo dance songs with two editions, standard and deluxe.

The ballad “If I Were a Boy” launches disc one. The uptempo dance song “Put a Ring On It,” which is currently known as the lady’s anthem, introduces disc two.

“Diva” is a highlight track on the Sasha Fierce disc. The song explains how a diva is female hustler. “Halo” is another highlight that explains her love for an individual by describing, seeing and feeling her love’s halo.

It has been rumored to be the next single off the album.

Some premier producers and writers from I Am... Sasha Fierce include Beyonce’s

sister Solange, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Terius “The-Dream” Nash, Rodney “DarkChild” Jerkins, Sean “The Pen” Garrett, Jim Jonsin and C. “Tricky” Stewart.

Despite the fact she has not put an album out since her 2006 album B’Day, Beyonce’s great talent has brought it once again!

Tracy Anioce may be contacted at tanioce@ themiamihurricane.com.

3 out of 4 stars

BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLA OF THE STAFF

Apparently some people aren’t fazed by the number 13.

Four years, several album delays and edits later, The Cure’s 4:13 Dream provides the band’s typical pop record with a bit more angst and experimentation than usual.

Lead vocalist Robert Smith and his bandmates cut down 33 potential album cuts to the unlucky 13 for their 13th studio album. It was originally scheduled to be released as a double disc and the band even released singles on the 13th day of the each month from May to July.

“Underneath the Stars” opens the dream and sets the moody tone that remains for the rest of the disc. It’s a sweet, cheesy and slow-moving ballad with unintelligible lyrics and pretty guitar solos.

Another hit lies in the single “The Only One,” with its upbeat and old school Cure sound evocative of their album Wish. Misses include the experimental “Switch,” for its robotic drum beats, and the questionable “The Real Snow White.” Smith’s voice just doesn’t seem to fit in with the song’s direction.

Unlike previous albums, 4:13 Dream ends on a fast and energetic note. The result,

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however, remains the same: the dream ends in resignation and defeat.

With odds and unlucky numbers against them, The Cure, with the help of returning guitarist Porl Thompson, succeed in putting out an album the likes of which hasn’t been seen from them in years.

Christina De Nicola may be contacted at cdenicola@themiamihurricane.com.

3 out of 4 stars

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“It’s great to be back with my teammates... I felt like a kid on Christmas.”

“We all understand that there is a ring on the line here, and we want to do whatever it takes to get it done. ”

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– LANCE HURDLE senior guard

– ASHLEY WOODS senior

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How will young team react to losing?

Hurricanes split North Carolina trip

BY DAN STEIN SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Canes need help to win ACC

Answer will show their true mettle Thursday night was rough.

After Georgia Tech whooped the Canes like they stole something – on national television no less – I was at a complete loss for words (which is rare).

My dad went to sleep early in the third quarter, so he was no help. My mom is perpetually happy, so little perspective was gained there. My brother is in a fraternity; he had other things to talk about on Thursday night. So instead, I turned introspective.

What did I learn from this game? Several things, such as the value of tackling low and playing sound defense.

However, those are technical aspects that come with coaching and repetition. A week is usually not enough to prepare for that type of offense, and it wasn’t like the coaches could start prepping for this offense during the lead-up to Virginia Tech.

What I learned was that expectations weigh heavily; it takes a special group to overcome.

Until last week, Miami was flying under the radar. The wins that they got were not exactly representative of a team coming in with hype and backing it up.

This was the first time Miami was put into a tough spot and expected to win.

This was not a fan base hoping for a win. This was a game in which almost everyone was expecting a Miami win.

The team came up short.

BY JUSTIN ANTWEIL SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

MICHAEL SCHNEIDE // The Technique

DARTING: Georgia Tech’s Jonathan Dwyer rushes as Miami tacklers stumble on Thursday night. Georgia Tech’s rushing game was particularly effective against the Miami defense.

The question now is if this team will bounce back. This is the first loss of this kind, and it is the type that can break players.

In 1998, I watched Syracuse massacre the Canes 66-13. The next week Miami responded with their biggest win in half a decade, beating undefeated UCLA to close the regular season.

It was a classic bounce-back game. It was the first sign that the kids on the Miami roster had something special inside their chests.

Those guys took losses to heart. They didn’t just want to win, they wanted to embarrass the opponent. Everything was personal.

It was classic Miami football.

How will this team respond?

Will they play with a chip on their shoulder? All of a sudden North Carolina State looks tough.

Will Miami be able to handle the tough road conditions?

The question now becomes whether this team will take two steps back or a big one forward, toward joining players like those young stars of the 1998 team.

A few weeks ago people were touting these guys as the next great team. After this loss, the comments

are going in the other direction.

Does this team have what it takes to use this as fuel?

Or will they be consumed by flames?

Dan Stein may be contacted at dstein@themiamihurricanes.com.

Door closes on ACC Coastal hopes Despite the loss to Georgia Tech, the Hurricanes had an outside shot at clinching the ACC Coastal Division. The Canes needed North Carolina to lose one of its two remaining games, which it did, falling on Saturday to North Carolina State. Besides this, the Canes needed Virginia to win out, beating Clemson and Virginia Tech in successive weeks. With Virginia falling to Clemson this past Saturday, so fell any Cane aspirations at an ACC title, even if the Canes beat NC State this weekend. The team that now controls its own destiny is Virginia Tech; if the Hokies defeat Virginia this upcoming weekend, they will clinch the Coastal Division. If they fail at this endeavor, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets will be suiting up for a date with either Florida State or Boston College in Tampa.

The University of Miami volleyball team is going to need some help if they want to reach the NCAA tournament for the first time since they switched conferences from the Big East to the ACC. UM (25-6, 13-6) lost to first place UNC (20-10, 14-5) Thursday night but then rebounded nicely, sweeping North Carolina State (9-25, 3-16) the following night to improve to 10-0 all-time against the Wolfpack.

With one game remaining on the schedule, the Hurricanes are tied in second place with Clemson and Florida State.

All three of these teams are one game behind conference leaders UNC and Duke.

With the win, UNC extended its win streak to nine as it defeated the Hurricanes in four sets (25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18). This was a pivotal game because, coming into the match, both teams knew that winning out would clinch an ACC title.

Despite a difficult loss, junior outside hitter Genny Mayhew played extremely well, recording 16 digs and 16 kills. Captain Ashley Woods was the only other Hurricane to tally double digits in kills, as she posted 12. Junior libero Cassie Loessberg was strong defensively, totaling 23 digs.

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No. 2 UConn tops Miami men in tourney McClinton leads team with 27 points

BY LELAN LEDOUX SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

The No. 2 Connecticut Huskies were just too big for the No. 16 Miami Hurricanes, literally. 7’3” center Hasheem Thabeet dominated the Hurricanes in the paint, finishing with 19 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks, as the Huskies defeated the Canes 7663 in the second round of the Paradise Jam. Team captain Jack McClinton once again had a brilliant effort, ending the night with 27 points on 10-for-23 shooting. Junior forward Dwayne Collins made his presence felt with 16 points and 14 rebounds.

But the Canes had to battle back all night. In the first half, they trailed by as many as 19 points. In the second half, the Huskies had them down 17.

However, Miami continued to fight and cut the UConn lead down to 69-59 by a McClinton 3-pointer. The Hurricanes had the opportunity to cut it to a five-point game with 2:01 remaining, but McClinton missed

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the front end of a one-and-one free throw shot. Connecticut now advances to the championship game.

Before they played the Huskies, the Hurricanes had to worry about Southern Miss.

On Friday afternoon, senior guard Lance Hurdle returned to the lineup and helped carry the Canes to a win over the Golden Eagles, 70-60. Hurdle finished with 13 points on 3-for-5 shooting.

“It’s great to be back with my teammates, out there laughing again,” Hurdle said. “The adrenaline was flowing. I was excited. I felt like a kid on Christmas.”

Hurdle’s rim-bouncing 3-pointer at the buzzer gave Miami a 36-24 lead heading into halftime. Both Dwayne Collins and Jack McClinton contributed with eight points.

The Hurricanes never trailed in the second half, with Southern Miss getting as close as 41-37.

The team’s loss leaves them at 2-1 on the season. They will now play the winner of Sunday evening’s Wisconsin/San Diego game at 6 p.m. Monday evening.

Lelan LeDoux may be contacted at lledoux@ themiamihurricane.com.

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ANTICIPATION: Dwayne Collins stands at the free-throw line against Florida Southern earlier this month.

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VOLLEYBALL SPOTLIGHT

Senior Spotlight: Captain Ashley Woods gives her all Longest tenured Cane watches team mature

BY JUSTIN ANTWEIL SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Redshirt senior Ashley Woods embodies everything a captain should be. Her focus and determination left no choice for her teammates but to vote her “Most Likely to Become a Coach.”

This past season has been very emotional for Woods, especially playing her last home games two weekends ago. As she played her final two matches at the Knights Sports Complex, she was accompanied by her grandmother and aunt, who cheered her on from the stands.

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Woods is the longest tenured Hurricane and has endured some losing seasons. Before this year, the most wins she saw in a season was 17. Now the Hurricanes have 25, the highest figure since 2002, when that squad reached the NCAA tournament.

“It feels amazing to say I am one of the people to lead this team,” the humble Woods said. “To see the maturity of this team makes me feel great, considering I am one of the oldest on the team.”

She has been awarded several team honors, including the 2006 “100 percent” award for her constant effort on and off the court and the 2007 MVP award for the annual Hurricane Invitational.

“Everyday feels so important because we have something to work hard for,” Woods said. “It makes it that much easier to go out

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there and give it all you have. Every game night is a thriller.”

Woods’ signature shot is the kill from the right side. Sophomore sensation Katie Gallagher sets her up with a lob and then the lefty ferociously spikes it. In her career, Woods has recorded over 650 kills, 200 blocks and 150 digs.

Woods knows that her last regular season match will be emotional, as her volleyball career comes to an end.

“We all understand that there is a ring on the line here, and we want to do whatever it takes to get it done,” Woods said. “If that means putting the emotions aside, then that is what we will do.”

Justin Antweil may be contacted at jantweil@themiamihurricane.com.

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UNC, Duke and Clemson must lose for Canes to control destiny

Women’s basketball team defeated by Houston Cougars

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Shenise Johnson leads team with 21 points The Miami Hurricanes women’s basketball team dropped their second game of the season with the Houston Cougars pulling away late, 70-64.

The Cougars were propelled by their ability to hit 7-of-11 beyond the three-point line in the second half.

Freshman sensation Shenise Johnson had an impressive game, scoring 21 points, dishing six assists, pulling down seven rebounds and coming away with seven steals.

But the Hurricanes couldn’t overcome free throw problems. Miami shot 58 percent from the charity stripe. As a team, the Cougars were 16-of-21 from the foul line.

The women’s team will return to action against FIU tomorrow evening at 6 p.m.

Blue and White hit .239 compared to the Orange and Green’s .178.

UM was able to shake off the loss and still keep their heads up, as they shut out the Wolfpack for the second time this year (2522, 25-15, 25-19) the next night.

Freshman phenom Lane Carico recorded her 15th double-double of the year, as she finished with 13 kills and 12 digs against NC State. Senior middle blocker Angelica Ellis accumulated 10 kills to accompany three digs.

Miami’s final match of the season is against instate rival Florida State (21-8, 136) in Tallahassee at 2 p.m. Both teams have identical conference records, and Miami defeated FSU in September in four sets.

In order for the Hurricanes to clinch the conference and grab an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, Miami will be looking for UNC, Duke and Clemson to fall in their final matches of the season, and the Canes will have to go in and take care of business in Tallahassee.

Lelan LeDoux may be contacted lledoux@themiamihurricane. com.

Justin Antweil may be contacted at jantweil@themiamihurricane.com.

BY LELAN LEDOUX SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

TATIANE COHEN // Hurricane Staff

BOARD: Diane Barnes goes up for a rebound earlier this season.

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SKY: Katie Gallagher sets the ball in a match earlier this season.

BRIEFS DIVING Ross takes title Junior diver Reuben Ross won the three-meter springboard event on Saturday at the 2008 Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Ga. Ross, the defending national champion in the event, scored a 433.00, which was more than 50 points ahead of second-place junior Aaron Fleshner of Alabama.

BASKETBALL UF transfer denies interest in Miami According to a report from CaneSport, former Florida point guard Jai Lucas was interested in transferring to the Miami. Apparently, no one was more surprised than him.

“Me to the Miami Hurricanes? I haven’t talked to nobody from Miami,” Lucas told the Palm Beach Post. Lucas says that he was once recruited by Miami head coach Frank Haith, but that was in 11th grade.

ROWING Team names captains University of Miami second-year rowing coach Robbie Tenenbaum and his staff announced sophomore Christina Crocco, senior Laura Cordner and junior Nic Saner will be captains for the 2008-09 season.

Information compiled by Christina De Nicola from hurricanesports.com.

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Can’t go halfway on this relationship Hey Hurriqueen, I hope this doesn’t sound totally gross, but for most of this semester I’ve been getting pretty intense with my second cousin. I had never met him until four years ago when I came to the U.S. and hadn’t seen him in almost a year. This semester he’s been coming over every weekend non-stop and we can’t seem to keep our hands off each other. We cuddle, we kiss and we even do all the relationship-y stuff. I admitted I had feelings for him, but even though he acts like he has feelings for me too, he keeps putting up stops. What’s up with this? ~Confused

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Dear Confused, Just when I thought I had heard it all, just when I thought I had an opinion on everything, you go ahead and ask me a question related to incest. Incest!

Oh sweetie, I am just as confused as you are.

Personally, I’ve never been attracted to my cousins, but that’s hardly justification to judge you. While researching incest, I learned that Charles Darwin’s wife Emma Wedgewood was also his first cousin. If the father of evolution was cool with first cousins getting busy, surely your, uh, relations with your second cousin can’t be that bad. Right? I dunno; the verdict’s still out.

But while I may lack a solid opinion, the reality is the people in your life, particularly your love interest and your family, do have an opinion. Let’s start with your make-out partner. Something is preventing your cousin from making your relationship official.

Does he have a moral objection to incest? If so, he likely wants you to be his girlfriend, but can’t get past his feelings of guilt.

Your cuz could also be an insensitive pig who is using you for affection but doesn’t have the balls to deal with your family’s reaction to the truth. Either way, you need to find out how he truly feels. It would be destructive to continue pushing for a

relationship that’s never going to happen.

But let’s say your cousin decides he wants you to be his girl, with a Facebook relationship request and all of that other tacky hoopla. How would the people in your life react? Is Mom going to cry tears of joy, or beg Father Willy to save your soul? Is Dad going to tell your cousin he’s the son he’s always wanted, or grab his baseball bat? These are serious questions to consider!

I’m not saying your behavior should be entirely contingent upon what everyone else thinks.

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Please keep me updated!

I have a feeling you’re going to have some interesting family dinners this holiday season. You better dish, girl!

XOXO, The Hurriqueen P.S. This is my last column this semester, lambs. Rock those exams! And enjoy your break!

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