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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929

For the students ADRIANNE D’ANGELO // Assistant Photo Editor

PRESIDENTIAL POISE: Student Government President Christina Farmer has led the completion of various initiatives, such as the ICEE machine in the C-store and the farmer’s market in front of the library every Wednesday. These are just two of the campaign platforms UFirst promised to deliver last spring.

COMPLAINTS UP IN SMOKE

SG reaches out to university, gets things done, plans for the future

NONSMOKER SPEAKS OUT FOR SMOKERS’ RIGHTS PAGE 6

BY DANA HATIC | STAFF WRITER

WITNESS WYNWOOD VISIT MIAMI’S ARTSY UP-AND-COMING NEIGHBORHOOD PAGE 8

A WALK TO REMEMBER SENIOR TRADITION STAYS ALIVE AND WELL THANKS TO SG PAGE 10

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rom campus events to behind-the-scenes activities, Student Government took the University of Miami by storm this semester.

While students mostly acknowledge the weekly farmer’s market and the ICEE machine in the C-store, a large portion of SG’s activities take place beyond the realm of the tangible.

“We’re really reaching out to students,” said Ryan Aquilina, press secretary for Student Government.

Aquilina said he likes to engage people around campus and talk to them about campus issues.

“Why do students have to come to us when we can

go to them?” he said.

As press secretary, which is a new position in SG this year, Aquilina manages the newly restructured website, handles press releases and creates the fliers that are posted around campus.

“Christina Farmer’s been doing a great job of really working together to try to accomplish things,” Aquilina said. "Each member of the executive board spearheads a project, and some are team efforts."

Farmer's job has a lot to do with keeping SG members on task.

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Feral cat population on the rise Staff members care for strays

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BY ALYSHA KHAN CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Meet the residential population you have probably never heard of- feral cats.

A group of University of Miami staff members has dedicated themselves to caring for these cats, who wander around the Frost School of Music, Stanford Residential Colleges, the School of Architecture and Allen Hall, among other places.

“We are trying to make them feel healthy and give them love” said Gisela Hernandez, the circulation supervisor for the Weeks Music Library.

Feral cats are defined as domestic cats that have returned to their wild roots and can include strays that have bred in the wild.

While no one really knows how they arrived on campus, South Florida has long suffered from a feral cat population. Some were intentionally released to trim the flourishing mouse population, but ended up creating an epidemic of their own.

Others felines were abandoned as a result of the destruction wrought

by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

“The problem started with Andrew,” said Pat Lindley, a former School of Business employee who worked with feral cats before and during her 24 years at UM. “People’s homes were destroyed and their pets got out. That’s why we have this terrible problem.”

However, she feels that though the population on campus started out as strays, cats have also been abandoned here.

“I don’t think they just arrived,” Lindley said. “UM is such a beautiful campus that people drop their cats off. I have picked some that were crying and put them in a carrier. They were not used to being outside.”

A problem facing the caretakers is an acute need to spay and neuter the cats.

“In three months, you can have another [litter],” Hernandez said.

“We don’t want them to continue growing without control.”

The employees having been working with The Cat Network, a local nonprofit grassroots organization that works to have cats cheaply spayed and neutered and to educate the public about stray and feral cats.

The network has provided the employees with coupons that greatly reduce the cost of spaying and neutering.

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Carey Goldenberg has a preview about the first Bayside Rocks Festival. Read all about the new reggae festival.

SAFAC has helped fund many organizations since 1967. See Hannah Romig’s profile on SAFAC’s chair this year, Melanie Suaris.

Miranda Ratcliffe captured all the dancing and free food at FEC’s Conga for a Cause on Tuesday. Check out her video.

William Auliffe thinks Elizabeth and the Catapult’s newest album, “The Other Side of Zero,” is lacking. Check out his review.

LINDSAY BROWN // Photo Editor

CAT CONCERN: UM employee Gisela Hernandez is part of the group of UM staff members who have decided to get together to care for the cats who wander around the Frost School of Music.

Another option is adoption.

“People think that because they’re feral they can’t be tamed. But they can,” said Susan Thomas-Hall, an employee in the registrar’s office who owns several cats she has adopted from campus.

Some, however, disagree with the employees’ efforts to care for the cats.

“There needs to be a message that they need to stop feeding them,” said senior Kelly Kavanaugh, president of the Pre-Veterinarian Society at UM. “They can get diseases that can spread to pets and can spread to

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humans.”

Last year, Pre-Veterinarian Society member Alyssa Comrow went out at night to trap cats in order to have them spayed and neutered.

The society has since abandoned the project.

“She graduated,” Kavanaugh said. “We don’t have any traps and we don’t have anyone with experience with feral cats.”

The caretakers are strongly opposed to removing the cats.

“I don’t want them to trap and euthanize them,” Thomas-Hall said.

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Hernandez feels that any removal effort will be pointless.

“Others will come later on,” she said. “The students feel happy when we are taking care of them.”

For now, University employees are working to spay and neuter all the cats on campus and to ensure that the cats are taken care of, especially after a kitten died of mange earlier this month.

“We love them!” Hernandez said.

Alysha Khan may be contacted at akhan@themiamihurricane.com.

Patrick Riley asked UM baseball head coach Jim Morris 17 questions about his 17-year tenure. Read Morris’ answers.

Ernesto Suarez caught all the action of Hurricane sports this week. Read his sports briefs.

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Professor prosecuted Former UM teacher faces child porn charges

BY REBECCA ZIMMER STAFF WRITER

COURTESY KIMBERLY STANDIFORD

SATISFYING HUNGER: Junior Naomi Levy is the founder of the Challah for Hunger organization at UM, which raises funds for Darfur and Kosher Meals on Wheels.

Buy bread for a cause Challah for Hunger org started on campus

BY JENNY HAMILTON CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Naomi Levy is hoping that challah bread and smiling faces will be a powerful sales incentive.

Every Friday, she and a group of friends plan to be at the UC Breezeway, selling the iconic Jewish bread to raise money for Darfur and Kosher Meals on Wheels in the Miami area.

Levy, a junior, is the founder of the organization Challah for Hunger at the University of Miami, one of 35 nationwide branches. With a semester goal of $1,500, she is proud to say that this semester’s projections will exceed expectations at over $2,000.

“It’s about making a small difference where you are. You have the power to make it,” Levy said.

She was presented with the idea to start a chapter at UM by her adviser at Hillel.

“I feel really passionate about doing things for other people, so Challah for Hunger was the right organization for me to get involved in,” Levy said.

Each week on Thursday evening, a small group of people meet at Hillel to make

the bread from scratch. Freshman Zack Weinstock oversees the braiding efforts of the bread.

“I am responsible for allowing the dough to rise, then braiding it and putting in the flavors,” Weinstock said.

His involvement, however, is not simply a part of a Jewish tradition, it is about fellowship.

“Since I am a freshman, it’s so nice to be able to get involved and meet people and actually work on something that matters,” he said.

Another aspect of Challah for Hunger is that it is a community for students, Jewish or not, to experience a part of Jewish culture. Sophomore Brittany Bass plans to take over the organization next semester.

Being a part of Challah for Hunger is a spiritual experience for her.

“Baking challah is more than about being a baker. When you walk into the kitchen, all of your problems disappear from the moment you step in until hours after you step out,” she said. “There are more problems in this world than just our own, and we braid an endless number of solutions into our challah each week, while we continuously build our relationships with each other.”

Last month, a former UM Italian professor was arrested and charged in federal court for possession of child pornography. He was arrested in Washington, D.C., where he was currently teaching at George Washington University.

Diego Fasolini, who was a visiting professor at UM from 2008 to 2009, was caught with a hard drive that contained more than 100,000 videos and photographs of prepubescent children. Some of the images depicted children being duct taped and sexually abused.

Fasolini is being charged with two counts of possession of child pornography, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison for each.

On Oct. 18, Fasolini entered the Columbian College Office of Technology Services at GWU for a technical problem with his external hard drive.

Fasolini returned to the office on Oct. 25 to drop off his hard drive and requested that an employee back it up and restore the data to a new drive.

Upon completion of the back up, the technical support analyst opened up a couple of files to ensure they were valid and not corrupt. This is when the employee encountered the pornographic images, and notified the police.

Fasolini, 42, was arrested and held in prison since his arrest on Oct.

28 until last Friday, the date of his preliminary and detention hearing, when his attorney and the prosecution decided to try to resolve the case outside of trial.

“If a resolution can be reached that satisfies both parties, then it saves the time and expense of a trial.

It just makes things easier,” Fasolini’s attorney Shawn Moore said after Friday’s hearing, as reported by senior news editor Emily Cahn of The GW Hatchet.

Fasolini’s next court date is Dec. 10. Until then he will be electronically monitored. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay ruled that Fasolini is prohibited from using computers “for the purpose of downloading any child porn or porn otherwise.”

Fasolini is suspended from GWU pending the outcome of the case.

This incident is not the first that Fasolini has had with university police. As a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000, Fasolini, then 32, was charged with stealing a wallet from the school library and withdrawing $1,500 using an automatic teller machine.

“Fasolini pleaded guilty and prosecutors dropped the charges after he successfully completed a program for first-time offenders, according to court records in Wisconsin,” reported The Washington Examiner.

The Miami Hurricane reached out to several UM personnel for a comment; however, no one offered a statement.

Rebecca Zimmer at the rzimmer@ themiamihurricane.com.

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Jenny Hamilton may be contacted at jhamilton@ themiamihurricane.com.

BUSTED: Former UM and current George Washington University professor Diego Fasolini was arrested and charged for possession of child pornography.

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SG FROM PAGE 1 “I’m a delegator,” said Christina Farmer, the president of Student Government. “You have an exec board for a reason.”

With students of all ages, each passionate about different projects, the board coordinates to accomplish each task, Farmer said. They keep track of projects in the Student Government office, with a to-do list crammed onto a white board and another list for completed tasks.

This semester’s initiatives included Rent-a-Text, now available to students through the bookstore, Student Government’s updated Web site and the re-vamped structure of the online ACE. The Web site now has a “get involved” link, which students can use to apply for positions or submit ideas.

SG also implemented the “Lunch with Christina,” through which students can apply to have lunch with the president on a Wednesday at the Rat to discuss ideas or ask questions.

“We were here all summer and we got a lot of our big projects done,” said Aquilina, who placed a large emphasis on student outreach. “That people feel engaged- that’s the most

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important thing."

Students across campus have noticed SG's efforts.

“Student government has done really well with following through with promises,” junior Catherine Johns said. “They’ve done a lot of cool things, so I’m happy.”

Yet some students enjoy the perks of SG’s initiatives without knowing from where the momentum comes.

“I always assume they have a hand in everything,” freshman JP Pascual said.

Freshman Stephanie Ioannou said she is not sure exactly what SG is responsible for, and thought that increased promotion might help.

"But I always see them in the breezeway," she said.

Nevertheless, with a laundry list of completed tasks, SG looks forward to carrying this momentum into the spring.

“We have the opportunity to do great things,” said Farmer, and although she is headed into her final semester at UM, she is not ready to be a lame-duck president. “I’m not ready to sit back and say, ‘I’m done.’”

She plans to push through proj-

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ects for next semester and spend time helping the next set of elected representatives.

Next semester, SG plans to finalize projects ranging from a UM mobile application to a more specified way to search for courses during registration, by time or by professor.

They will also revise their budgeting process.

Farmer said she values accomplishing tasks in the short term, but also wants to leave sustainable, long lasting impact on the university. The key to that, she said, is helping the next Student Government.

“I want to leave a legacy where they feel prepared to take over their job,” she said.

Having something tangible for students, she said, makes people feel like their voices are heard, and this year’s SG places a large influence on follow-through.

“If I promised this, then we’re going to do it. I’m big on keeping promises,” Farmer said. “When it actually comes to fruition, that’s when you say, ‘wow.’”

Dana Hatic may be contacted at dhatic@ themiamihurricane.com.

November 18 - November 21, 2010

NEWS BRIEFS CANDELIGHT VIGIL

A candlelight prayer vigil is being planned for UM junior Paul Jones, the recent victim of last Saturday’s hit-and-run accident, who is still in critical condition.

The vigil will be held Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Rock.

DEAN HONORED

Miller School of Medicine Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt received the 2010 Outstanding Citizenship Award from Poder Magazine and the Americas Business Council Foundation on Nov. 9.

He joined an elite group of global leaders who were honored for their remarkable strategy, vision and execution in their respective businesses and organizations.

PHOTOGRAPHER SPEAKS

Pulitzer Prize-winning The Miami Herald photographer and School of Communication alumnus Patrick Farrell will be on campus Thursday at 6:15 p.m. in CIB 2055 to talk about the variety of work he’s produced during more than 30 years at a major newspaper. Farrell has been the head photographer of the Herald since 1987.

Parker Davis may be contacted at pdavis@ themiamihurricane.com.

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A new take on activism Law school launches Human Rights Clinic

BY MALEANA DAVIS CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Caroline Bettinger-Lopez knew she was interested in human rights after a particular experience while she was growing up.

"I was on Miami Beach one day and I saw a boatload of people arrive and hit the shores and go running into the shadows of South Beach yelling 'Miami Miami' and seeBETTINGER-LOPEZ ing the headlines in the newspaper the next day, realizing those people have very different legal fates," Bettinger-Lopez said.

Bettinger-Lopez is now teaching in the University of Miami School of Law, where she is an associate professor of clinical legal education and director of the Human Rights Clinic. This is her first semester at UM, and in the spring, she will be teaching in the new Human Rights Clinic, which launches in January.

"Clinical education in general in law schools gives students an opportunity to get real practical, hands-on experience as lawyers or as lawyers-intraining," she said.

The UM clinic will focus primarily on human rights issues in both the United States and Latin America. The clinic will also support social and economic justice campaigns and human rights advocacy in South Florida.

"This clinic will give students the opportunity to have experiences in the human rights field," Bettinger-Lopez said. "They'll be able to work directly with clients who have suffered from human rights violations; they'll be able to go out in the field and document violations, developing skills that will make them better lawyers in the future."

Miraisy Rodriguez, a second-year law student from Cuba, said she was very excited when she heard about the new Human Rights Clinic at UM. She will be one of the interns working in the clinic.

"The clinic gives me the opportunity to learn what it means to work in human rights as an attorney, more than as a lay advocate," Rodriguez said. "It will also allow me to decide if specializing in human rights is what I really want to do with my legal career and life."

The UM clinic has already cho-

sen its nine interns for the Spring 2011 semester. The intern group is made up of between six to eight second-year law students and third-year law students and one or two Master of Laws students.

Bettinger-Lopez said the UM clinic is an example of an increasing demand for clinical education in law schools nationwide.

"Clinical education is being increasingly embraced as a model for practical, hands-on learning," she said.

Dean of the School of Law Patricia D. White is trying to increase the school's clinical offerings overall.

"Human rights seemed the perfect next clinic for Miami," Bettinger-Lopez said.

The interest in human rights law is growing around the country. Florida International University in West MiamiDade has the Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. Other law schools in Florida that offer clinics in different fields of study include Florida State University College of Law, Florida A&M University College of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law, Levin College of Law at the University of Florida and Shephard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University.

"We'll be working with the American Civil Liberties Union and the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic on the Jessica Gonzales case, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on migrant farm worker advocacy and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and their local Haitian affiliate for our work in Haiti," Bettinger-Lopez said.

To get clients and establish partnerships, they will draw from a pool of contacts and networks that Bettinger-Lopez is a part of, including the Bringing Human Rights Home Legal Network and a Latin American Clinicians' listserv. The interns will also work with personal connections that Bettinger-Lopez has with human rights lawyers and advocates worldwide.

Monika Siweic, a third-year law student from Coral Springs, Fla., said she hopes to better understand the intricacies of dealing with human rights law, both on a technical, legal level and on an emotional level.

"I am thankful for this opportunity and I hope to not only further my career but further the prestige of the school of law here at the University of Miami," she said.

For more information about Bettinger-Lopez and the Human Rights Clinic, please visit law.miami.edu.

CANstructing for charity

MARLENA SKROBE // The Miami Hurricane

CANS FOR THE COMMUNITY: Liu Rain and R.J. Stanfield put the finishing touches on their can structure “Assending Hall” during the School of Architecture’s third annual CANstruction. Rain and Stanfield were on team five, who took first place. All of the cans donated will be given to the Camillus House in time for Thanksgiving.

Maleana Davis may be contacted at mdavis@ themiamihurricane.com.

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JENN BEAUDRY JUNIOR “Pocahontas.”

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Trojan Brand Condoms released its fifth annual Sexual Health Report Card last month, placing UM 56th among 141 schools across the country.

Rather than taking into account the students who are not using condoms with random strangers and the students who are not using condoms with long-term exclusive partners, the study instead evaluated each school in 13 categories including how much access students have to contraceptives, health center hours of operation and sexual awareness programs.

However, how reliable and accurate are these rankings? By college, everyone knows that it’s safer to use a condom and no amount of education and resources can change that.

Although UM was ranked No. 56 in this questionable study, we should be proud to know that we have moved up from No. 68 in 2009’s Sexual Health Report Card. UM has done an excellent job providing students with plenty of opportunities to ask questions about sex.

ince when is it the university’s responsibility to coddle the delicate sensibilities of its students? As a nonsmoker, I understand the motivation to ban smoking from campus. It smells, it creates litter and that puffy white cloud triggers asthmatic sympKELLY toms for some. But last I checked, FITZPATRICK smoking cigarettes is still legal.

CONTRIBUTING Yes, we are on privately-owned COLUMNIST grounds and yes, the university can essentially make any rules it wants but that doesn’t mean it should.

Wake up, fellow nonsmokers. You will eventually leave these hallowed halls and be forced to work and interact with people who smoke. I was appalled by the number of people in the Hurricane’s recent poll who supported the regulation of smoking on campus.

If smoke irritates you, walk away.

For those who crusade on the basis of the negative health effects on nonsmokers, those effects are largely myths. Studies on secondhand smoke are typically

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For example, UM provides students with “Ask a Sexologist” seminars in Stanford and Hecht Residential Colleges. Also, The Miami Hurricane’s “Dear V” serves as a sexual online resource, giving students the option to submit sexual health questions anonymously rather than going to the health center.

Last year UM’s health center has made efforts to update their Web site to include helpful resources for students and more information about contraception.

Remember, it’s surely not the health center’s responsibility and school’s duty to remind us to use protection. Go to the health center, take advantage of its resources. Despite what a silly annual ranking says, we believe UM’s campus health services and sexual health education programs successfully meet the needs of those who seek them out.

Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial board. Visit www.themiamihurricane. com to read “Trojans Health Report Marks Improvement.”

conducted on subjects who have spent most of their lives in close quarters with smokers, and even those results are inconclusive. The fact is, you can safely spend up to 20 to 30 minutes per day breathing secondhand smoke without suffering any consequences. Walking from class to class, I typically breathe secondhand smoke for maybe 10 seconds per week. I’m not a doctor, but I think you’ll be OK. Moreover, the university hasn’t outlawed any of the other smelly things people do. Like fart. Or wear too much perfume. And I get stuck in elevators with those people. At least smokers don’t light up in elevators.

Smokers, that doesn’t mean you’re off the hookremember to be courteous. Unicco is not your mother, and even she probably wouldn’t pick up your butts.

Don’t smoke in closed areas or anywhere else that smoke is likely to get trapped. If you made your habit invisible, there would be no campaign to criminalize it.

Kelly Fitzpatrick is a senior majoring in English and print journalism. She may be contacted at kfitzpatrick@ themiamihurricane.com.

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Frost student Tori Tullier brings a ‘Little Bit of Home’ to UM

BY NANCY OBEN SENIOR EDGE WRITER

Walking confidently in her wedges to stage right in the Gusman Concert Hall, senior Tori Tullier was ready to sit down at the piano and perform her song “Little Bit of Home” for the audience at the Bruce Hornsby Songwriting Competition, part of Festival Miami, on Oct. 27.

“When she started playing, I got tears in my eyes,” said senior Meghan Gunning, a fellow Frost School of Music student. “It was just really cool to see my best friend up there doing what she loves.”

Singing second to last out of the 12 performers, Tullier waited at the side of the theater with her fellow competitors to hear the results. The contest was judged by songwriters Bruce Hornby, Lamont Dozier and music industry executive Chris Palmer, and a portion of the final score was determined by an audience text message vote.

Fortunately for her, 10 was her lucky number that night. Tullier won first place in the songwriting competition, granting her the opportunity to open for the Dozier concert the following night.

“I honestly wasn't even nervous because I didn't think I had a shot at winning,” Tullier said. “Once they called my name it kind of took me a second to stand up and think ‘Oh I am supposed to go on stage now.’ However once I got up there, I just couldn't stop smiling.”

Tullier was just one of more than 60 students that entered the annual competition run by Category 5 Music Publishing. Her composition entry, “Little Bit of Home,” was written this past summer, when she was an A&R intern for Warner Music Nashville in Tennessee.

“Her song was a mix between country and pop,” audience member Jessica Weiss said. “It sounded like something that should already be on the radio.”

“It's about going home to Maryland,” Tullier said. “And kind of missing some of those summers that I had in high school when life was more care-

free. It was important for me to touch on every aspect, such as the smell of salt in the Chesapeake Bay and also bushels of blue crabs; both of those images immediately bring me back to Annapolis.”

Here at UM, Tullier is honing her songwriting skills as a media writing and productions major in the Frost School of Music. Some of her influences include Carole King, James Taylor and Simon & Garfunkel. This past summer she also became enamored with country musicians Alison Krauss & Union Station.

According to her good friend and fellow contestant Ben Goldsmith, one of Tullier’s strongest songwriting qualities is her ability to write great hooks, both melodically and lyrically, that can easily get stuck in a listener’s head.

“Her lyrics are very visual,” Goldsmith said.

“I often feel like I am seeing a music video in my head while Tori is playing. Her lyrics have an incredible amount of detail pertaining to the senses, so the listener truly feels like they actually experiencing what the song is about.”

Nancy Oben may be contacted at noben@ themiamihurricane.com.

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out: The LookWynwood, a Mecca for art junkies and young eccentrics

a cuisine that pleases your belly. Trying to stick to your college budget? Head to Mercadito Taqueria or Lime, which are quick and Nestled near the Design District down- casual venues where you can get some typitown lies Wynwood, a Mecca for hip art cal Mexican street grub for under $10. junkies and young eccentrics.

One cool concept in the Midtown area What may seem like a windowless con- is the Cheese Course, a café that specializes crete wasteland is actually home to over 70 in, well, cheese. After, grab some fro-yo at premier galleries and the brand new Mid- Angelina’s Coffee and Yogurt, whose cake town shopping center. What is truly unique batter and raspberry flavors give My Yogurt about this neighborhood is its eye-catching, Bliss a run for its money. visionary graffiti walls, and we’re not talkIf you happen to be visiting the Wyning about gang-affiliated wood Walls, you must eat at Joey’s. This scribbles here. quaint yet modern Italian gem ofLocated on fers customers’ impeccable service NW 2nd Avand quality dishes for reasonable enue are the prices. It’s a perfect spot for a Wy nwood casual yet intimate lunch or Walls, a dinner date. Right next door is col lec t ion Wynwood Kitchen and Bar, a of breathrestaurant with artistic flavor taking muand American classics. This rals painted restaurant is set to open at the by famous end of November so be a trendinternasetter: Be the first to check it out. tional artists The most buzzed-about resthat are the fotaurant at the moment, however, is cal point of the Sugarcane Rawbar Grill. The restauWynwood district. rant’s inviting décor is reminiscent of a For Art Basel 2010, the laid-back vintage Spanish town and houses outdoor exhibit will unleash a three unique kitchens: robata, hot and raw fusion of six new wall murals, bar. Ocean Drive Magazine, 944 magazine, nightly video art screenings and Latina Magazine and Miami New Times the Wynwood Doors, 176 feet of magazine are all raving about it. rolling steel gates decorated by Another main legendary street artattraction in Wynists from the early 70s. wood is The Electric Wynwood garIF YOU GO Pickle. On any given ners most of its buzz night from WednesWHAT: Wynwood from the Second Satday through Saturdays Wynwood art WHERE: Rough borders urday, listen to the walk, where notable of the district include sounds of live bands galleries open their playing, from reggae Interstate-95 to the West doors to the public to funk and hip-hop and North, Biscayne from 7 to 10 p.m., ofto electro.

Boulevard to the East, fering complimentary The Wynwood food and beverages. and NW 20th Street District also caters to Most galleries such the fashion forward.

ATTRACTIONS: Wynwood as the David Castillo Nowhere else in MiWalls, Midtown Miami, Gallery, The Bakeami can you find house Art Complex, Sugarcane Raw Bar unique, charming, and Gallery ID exGrill, The Electric Pickle, and affordable nonpose works from loprofit thrift stores, Margulies Collection at cal and international such as Give Good the Warehouse artists whose pieces Works and The Lotus range from mixed meHouse. The money dia to photography. you spend on that Pat Must-see museums in Benitar record or that vintage Pucci scarf the district are the Margulies Collection at goes straight to charity. the Warehouse and the Rubell Family ColIf you’re planning to take a trip to Wynlection, which reopens in December, just in wood, the end of the month is the perfect time for the Art Basel festivities. Both con- time. The venues in the neighborhood are tain remarkable works in the current con- currently preparing for Art Basel, which temporary art scene. takes place Dec. 2 until Dec. 5.

Aside from inspired art works, WynWhile the neighborhood is not yet in its wood also has an assortment of restaurants prime, Wynwood is rapidly becoming Mithat satisfy every palate. From guacamole ami’s trendiest neighborhood. dishes and chorizo tacos at Mercadito Midtown to BBQ Ribs at The Lost and Found Ashley Brozic may be contacted at abrozic@ Saloon on 36th Street, you will surely find themiamihurricane.com.

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IF WALLS COULD TALK: The Midtown area is known for its artistic displays of graffiti.

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BASKETBALL PROFILE

Eat, play and love Redshirt sophomore is a life-long foodie

BY LELAN LEDOUX SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

You cannot deny that he loves to eat. Standing at 6 feet, 10 inches, it takes a lot of food to fill this young man up.

From eating chicken heads and squirrel this past summer in Beijing to Quiznos sandwiches after stepping off the plane from China, redshirt sophomore center Reggie Johnson is an avid food lover.

“Sometimes I catch Reggie late at night, trying to sneak that bag of McDonald’s in,” teammate and roommate redshirt junior guard Malcolm Grant teased.

His teammates are not the only ones noticing Johnson’s love for food.

“Pot stickers and hot pockets are his favorite food,” head coach Frank Haith said. “Reggie has lost 56 pounds, and I applaud him.”

Three years ago when he first arrived at UM, however, Johnson was close to 350 pounds. Now, despite his eating habits, he is around 300 pounds.

But when it comes to being on the court, Johnson has a different type of appetite: Johnson clogs up the paint, battles for respect and becomes a beast.

Johnson earned ACC AllTournament Second Team honors after averaging 13.7 points, 8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in three games in the tournament.

He set a new ACC Tournament freshman record, becoming the first newcomer to not miss a shot in a game when he went 8-for-8 from the field and 6-for-6 at the free-throw line. Johnson scored a season-high 22 points against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He was awarded “Most Improved Player” on the team.

In order to become a better basketball player while still enjoying this past summer, Johnson went to China with Athletes in Action.

The college players won every

game they played against the Chinese Basketball Association.

While Johnson was in Beijing, he was a sight to see off the court.

One afternoon, a “bat-like bug” ran into him at the Great Wall of China and Johnson dashed away. He ended up slipping and falling down some of the steps.

“I didn’t go all the way down. I stopped eventually,” Johnson said.

“People were laughing at me and saying stuff in a language I didn’t understand. But I can imagine what they were saying.”

Everywhere he went, everyone noticed Johnson’s size and softly whispered, “Yao friend” among each other while taking pictures with him.

Johnson finally figured out what they were saying.

“They call me Yao friend,” Johnson laughed. “I don’t even know Yao Ming. I wish I did.”

Back in the United States, Johnson is proud to be a momma’s boy. Nicknamed “Big Reg,” he was raised alone by his mother in North Carolina. Johnson still remembers when his mother would sacrifice not eating to make sure her son was happy.

“She is working and working so I can eat,” Johnson said. “Some nights she didn’t eat because she had to feed big ol’me. Her willing to teach me to be good keeps driving me.”

At UM, Johnson knows that he has the influence to make changes in peoples’ lives through the community.

He plans on making the most out of his opportunities.

“We, as athletes, have the opportunity to affect many lives,” Johnson said. “We show kids to work for everything you want and we do it in the right way.

We can affect a lot of people.”

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

ALEX BROADWELL // The Miami Hurricane

HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES: Sophomore forward Reggie Johnson celebrates after scoring and fouling against the Jacksonville Dolphins last Friday. Johnson scored 13 points.

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Last chance to qualify for ACC

SG saves Senior Walk

Hurricanes need to blow away Hokies

Date changed to Virginia Tech game

BY LELAN LEDOUX SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Now is the time for the No. 21 Miami Hurricanes to be their toughest and most relentless.

It’s Miami’s last stand in the Atlantic Coast Conference as the Canes face the No. 14 Virginia Tech Hokies, who have an eightgame winning streak.

Miami (7-3, 5-2 ACC) will have to come out with passion, excitement and energy to give the Hokies (8-2) their first loss in the ACC. Head coach Randy Shannon expects a tough game.

“Our last ACC team we have to play this season is an opportunity for us this week to put ourselves in situations of trying to win the ACC conference,” said Shannon, who is 1-0 against VT at home. “The only thing that matters to us is [that] we come out and play well against Virginia Tech. I think it’s a great rivalry between both teams because we know each other so well.”

Last season, the Hokies handed the Hurricanes their first loss, 31-7. Shannon referred to the game as embarrassing; Virginia Tech piled up 272 rushing yards, forced two turnovers and returned a block punt for a touchdown.

But the last time the Hurricanes played the Hokies at Sun Life Stadium, Miami beat Virginia Tech 16-14.

The defense held Virginia Tech to 2-for11 on third-down conversions.

Shannon didn’t sugarcoat that the team with the fewest turnovers and the best running game would win.

“Virginia Tech beats you on turnovers,” Shannon said. “If we go out and there’s no turnovers in this game, it’ll be a low-scoring close game and we’ll have a great shot of winning. The years we’ve won we haven’t turned it over, and ran the football. The years they’ve won they had a lot of turnovers and ran the football.”

This week freshman quarterback Stephen Morris will make his third straight start, since junior Jacory Harris is still sidelined with a concussion. Harris has thrown the ball around in practice, but has not participated in contact drills.

Despite last year’s blowout, the Canes contained quarterback Tyrod Taylor. He was held to 98 yards passing and 75 yards rushing. If the Hurricanes are able to stop Virginia Tech’s running game, then they have an opportunity to contain Taylor.

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ALEX BROADWELL // The Miami Hurricane

FOR THE WIN: Senior wideout Leonard Hankerson catches the winning touchdown in Miami’s 26-20 victory over Maryland Nov. 6 at Sun Life Stadium. way for the Hurricane running backs this season. “Despite whatever situations happen, I expect them to keep coming, play hard, play fast and physical. It’s going to be a 60-minute fight. They’ve been down and come back. They’re a hot team right now.”

If Miami is able to defeat the Hokies, the Hurricanes will need Virginia to pull

another upset, this time in Blacksburg on Thanksgiving weekend.

“We just got to stay focused,” senior captain Leonard Hankerson said. “Do what we have to do and go into game day prepared. Play 11-on-11.”

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

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David Furones may be contacted at dfurones@themiamihurricane.com.

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When the 2010 football schedule was released, most UM seniors were disappointed and worried because they would miss their last home football game.

The Canes will be playing their last home game Thanksgiving weekend, a time many students head home to spend time with their families. But Student Government’s Category Five, in conjunction with their initiative Hurricane Force, stepped in to salvage the situation.

“If we have it on the 27th against USF, then we would exclude every senior who went home for Thanksgiving,” Category Five President Brandon Mitchell said. “Now every senior will have the opportunity to participate.”

Senior Walk will be this Saturday before the game against Virginia Tech.

Although this is not the last game of the season, it allows every senior an opportunity to participate in the pep rally and their well-earned senior walk.

“I think it’s actually a good idea because a lot of people I know, including myself, are not going to be here for the last game,” senior Christine Ira said. “But I will now because they moved it!”

Category Five considered that within this fall’s freshmen undergraduate class, 55 percent were from out of state, and 44 percent of the current undergraduate population is also from out of state. If Senior Walk was the day of the last home game, many students would be excluded from the UM tradition.

“I’ll be here for the USF game because I only live a few hours away, but a lot of my friends are from up north and will be spending that game with their families back home,” senior Dominic Albert Castillejo said. “We will have a much bigger turnout for the Virginia Tech game as well.”

The Virginia Tech game seems a much more anticipated game than USF because it is a must win for the Canes in order to qualify for the ACC Conference Championship Game. By choosing the second-to-last home game of the season, there is a larger possibility of having a larger number of seniors participate in the once-in-a-lifetime Senior Walk.

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Dear V: How do I deal with the hypocrisy?

Dear V, I’m an average run-of-the-mill gay man. I like having fun and I like good-looking guys, and having said that, Miami is definitely not a bad place to be! I’ve had lots of good times over my 3.5 years here, but one thing has begun to annoy me: Among my sexual escapades are two guys, both of whom were exceedingly insistent on keeping their orientations secret. Of course, that was nothing too unusual and I willingly complied, but recently I’ve overheard one of them joking around and using a particularly vulgar and vicious homophobic slur. Normally I would never out another of my kind, but the hypocrisy is overwhelming in this case. At what point do I stop biting my tongue and teach these jerks a lesson about how to treat ex-lovers?

A Queer Quagmire Well Quagmire, I do understand your frustration, regardless of sexual orientation. Personally, I cannot stomach someone who shows a person genuine care and affection solely

behind closed doors and make sure their true feelings are not seen. It only shows a great deal of insecurity on their part, especially in your specific case.

While I do share a certain level of contempt with such individuals, I think you need to reflect on your own past if you want a truly well thought-out approach to dealing with such people.

Just reflect back on your own life when you were tucked away in that horribly cramped and outdated closet that most assuredly brought you a certain level of bitterness and pain. You look back on that person and you vow that you’ll never regress to such a phase. You’ll never return to such a fragile state of mind. You’ll never hide who you were meant to be.

But what you have to remember is that at that time, you would have denied your true identity to the grave, in whatever fashion you deemed suitable. What you are witnessing in your exes is just that: a total and overtly obvious dismissal of their true identity.

What good is it try to force an issue with which you honestly have no business getting involved in? I agree that homophobic slurs of any kind have no place in conversation. So, if that is your issue, then I encourage you to speak your mind and share your distaste for the terminology, not for the person who is exhibiting an abun-

dance of ignorance.

Personally, it seems that you’re simply looking for an excuse to act out some suppressed anger that has built up over some time for these people. In that case, I encourage you to just let go. If it helps, find contentment in the notion that while they are spreading words of hate, they are concealing an ever-increasing amount of internalized turmoil and confusion, which is most certainly a sufficient punishment.

Have the “It Gets Better” videos taught you nothing? Bullying comes in many forms and it is in no way a phenomena reserved solely for heterosexual homophobic men. You too can become a bearer of the blunt object of brutality- simply with your words. So bite your tongue, for a well-trained one knows when to speak, when to stay quiet and (as every gay man should know) when to go to town.

Think about it, V Have a question for V? Hit up DearV@themiamihurricane.com.

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