The Miami Hurricane: February 25, 2020

Vol. 97, Issue 19 | February 25, 2020 - March 2, 2020

XINJIANG PROVINCE 76 confirmed cases

“My family is good; my friends are good. Things may be different now but they are good.”

- Jiarui He

HENAN PROVINCE 1,271 confirmed cases Chen Chen, recent UM alum is in communication with a friend from Henan who traveled to Wuhan to celebrate Chinese New Year. He remains stuck in the epicenter of the virus, and is not sure if he will contract the disease.

BEIJING 409 confirmed cases Lorem ipsum “It’s so weird that everything here is normal, but back home my parents can barely leave the house. But they’ve stayed positive throughout the situation. I admire them for that.”

- Jiapei Sun

“I just hope the conditions get better, so everything can go back to normal and I can safely see my family.”

CHONGQING PROVINCE 525 confirmed cases “The only thing that I really care about is if my family is safe. I talk to them on the phone every day to ask them about the situation.

They are onfident that this shall pass, thanks to the government regulations to control the outbreak.”

- Hanran Yang

HUBEI PROVINCE (includes Wuhan) 64,482 confirmed cases “My friend is living in the hospital by herself because her family could not get in.”

- Jihan “Doria” Qu “There are some experts thay say this virus is similar to SARS. I’m worried that it will kill a lot of people.”

- Yuchen Guo

ANHUI PROVINCE 988 confirmed cases

- Manhui Ghu

Beijing

Wuhan

Shanghai

Hong Kong

HONG KONG 333 confirmed cases “I remember when I first learned of the outbreak. I was so worried that I immediately called my mother to make sure the family was OK.” - Shanglin Han

JIANGSU PROVINCE 631confirmed cases “The disease is so contagious. I worry for my family.”

- Lixao Lin Zhou

SHANGHAI 335 confirmed cases “It’s just like a war. People can’t go out of the community; each one has a manned door. Each family member can only have one person go out a day to get groceries and supplies.”

- Sam Luo

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EDITORIAL

Unpaid internships perpetuate inequality We’re approaching the month of March, which means most internship deadlines are coming up.

Whether you’re a freshman or a senior about to graduate, the prospect of getting an internship is ever present. However, as college students, getting hired can be a laborious process, and sometimes we have to take what we can get— even if it’s an unpaid internship.

Because of the fierce competition of post-grad job searching, students are expected to have an internship, maybe two, underneath their belt.

But what happens when all you come across are opportunities that don’t pay you? Having to choose between gaining experience and making money is not a decision students should be balancing in a society as advanced as ours.

Of course, we recognize that some companies, like startups and small businesses, don’t have the resources to pay their interns. In the case of those companies, their workload may be more forgiving.

However, most companies that seek interns are well established, and many of them choose not to pay their interns even though they can.

We also know that for some fields, an internship is not only important but necessary, whether it’s paid or not. Internships

are stepping stones to the professional world, but that doesn’t mean your time and labor should go uncompensated. Refusing to pay interns is problematic for many reasons.

Simply put, there are students who just don’t have the luxury of being able to work for free. Lowincome students, firstgeneration, LGBTQ+ or homeless students often

inequality.

If unpaid internships are mostly taken by those who can afford not to get paid, then it disadvantages workingclass students who have less privilege.

Unpaid labor should not exist in 2020 but unfortunately, it still does.

As of 2016, about half of the 1.5 million internships in the United States are unpaid, and unpaid internships are

“Simply put, t here a re st udents who just don’t have t he lu x ur y of being able to work for f ree.” don’t have the privilege of considering unpaid options.

Students who don’t have financial or family support shouldn’t be expected to give up hours of their time without compensation, especially if the internship is in an expensive city or a long commute from home. Therefore, unpaid internships feed into a system that supports

quite common around the world, too. Though unpaid internships can bring networking opportunities and experience, they cost students a lot of money. For example, if you get a really cool unpaid internship that was in another state, you would have to come up with airfares, housing and dayto-day costs. There is also the notion that you could get

hired full time as a result of your unpaid internship, but that is not usually the case.

Most unpaid internships do not lead to full time jobs.

Still, millennials and Gen-Z’s are fighters, and unlike previous generations, we don’t keep silent on issues that truly bother us.

This has forced companies and institutions to reckon with this reality and try to support underprivileged students should they find themselves with unpaid internships.

It’s been reported that more and more companies are now paying their interns.

UM has some programs to aid students who might come across unpaid internships and financial barriers. The Toppel Career Center has set up its Toppel Internship Fund that offers $500 to $3000 to help students pay for costs associated with both paid and unpaid internships. We hope that other universities and larger institutions implement funds like these that can support firstgeneration, low-income and other students who need help.

Society has conditioned us to think that landing a paid internship is a great accomplishment, and it is, but it should be a given that we’re paid for our work.

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

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How to balance healthy eating with your culture HEALTH

BY NICOLE MACIAS Contributing Columnist The 2010s saw a dramatic spike in new health trends. Specifically, more people turned to veganism and vegetarianism as a lifestyle. The biggest food prediction for this new decade is a “plant-based revolution” that will take the mainstream media by storm. It’s no secret that eating less meat can be beneficial for your health while also helping the environment.

However, with these popular food trends, it can be tricky to also honor one’s culture. Cuisine is a major part of every culture and it is challenging to try new things while also staying true to your roots.

Since I was a kid I’ve always been interested in plant-based food options and I would constantly drag my mom and sister to the quaint vegan cafes that began popping up throughout Miami. I

think it’s important to try new things especially when they can improve your health and expand your knowledge on the positive impacts eating the right foods can make. Exploring these vegan or vegetarian food trends is especially difficult when your culture’s cuisine is very meat centric. I come from a Cuban background and one of our main dishes is a Bistec de palomilla, or butterfried beef steak, usually paired with a side of rice and beans. As a person who hasn’t had any type of steak in over three years, I can leave people confused.

“You’re Cuban but you don’t eat meat?” is a question I hear a lot, but I think it’s important to separate heritage and culture from health choices because culture can be honored and celebrated in other ways besides food.

My best friend, who is also Cuban, can relate to this issue, having been a committed vegetarian for almost four years. In Cuban culture, Christmas

Eve, or Noche Buena, is a big deal for us. The designated dish for this celebration is “lechon,” or pork, but for a vegetarian spending Christmas Eve with a Cuban family, it can be difficult to balance this tradition with personal choices.

I think the best way to navigate these situations is to remember that food is not tied to your identity, and although it may feel like food is the center of your culture, you can still express your heritage through alternate ways, including music, dress, meat-free food options and other customs that don’t compromise the health-conscious decisions you want to abide by.

While I haven’t cut out meat from my diet entirely because I still have chicken and fish, I feel that cutting out red meat was the right choice for me and it has helped me feel better physically. I no longer feel sluggish

after eating like I used to when I had massive cheeseburgers every other week. Now I opt for a turkey or veggie burger, and when I’m really craving meat, I’ll order an Impossible Burger, which is entirely plant-based but tastes and even looks like the real deal.

The vegan phenomenon is often criticized because it makes people feel outcasted if they still eat meat, but I think that’s the wrong angle to take. I think it all comes down to respecting people’s personal choices whether that means having meat regularly or leaning towards a more plant-based life. And these choices don’t define how strong your pride is for your culture, because it is definitely possible to strike a balance between the traditions of the past and the new ideas of the present.

Nicole Macias is a senior majoring in English.

Are we in the midst of a new black renaissance?

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BY KAY-ANN HENRY Opinion Editor When I think of all the groundbreaking works that have come from artists of black descent over the past decade, it reminds me deeply of the Harlem Renaissance. It was a period spanning the 1920s during which the most soon-to-be-prolific writers, musicians and artists created social, political and intellectual work that was central to the black experience.

In the words of Alain Locke, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, it was “a spiritual coming of age” when these artists utilized their “first chances for group expression and selfdetermination.”

The era produced so many of the famed artists we look up to today.

Literature bloomed because of Langston Hughes, Claude Mckay and Zora Neale Hurston. A love for jazz was felt all over Harlem and across the United States due to the successes of the sounds provided by Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Adelaide Hall and Ethel Waters.

Painters such as Aaron Douglas and intellectuals such as Marcus Garvey were also fixtures of this time period.

It was really the era of the “new negro,” a time that caused a revolution when black creatives took control of their narratives and celebrated their stories.

It’s not far-fetched to say that we are in the middle of a black renaissance today. There is a prominence of black art, black culture and black power. Whether it’s TV shows, theater or Billboard charts, the work of black people is being seen, shown and highlighted.

Various popular series and movies center around characters who are black, including Shonda Rhimes’ “Scandal,” ABC’s “Blackish,” the popular “Black Panther,” Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” and Issa Rae’s “Insecure.” Musical projects by black artists are getting love too, as evidenced by the critical acclaim of Beyonce’s “Homecoming” album and Netf lix documentary, the nominations and wins of black artists at award shows and multiple number one album debuts.

And groundbreaking writers Edwidge

Danticat and Warsan Shire should not be forgotten either.

But with public demonstrations of culture comes the possibility of appropriation and even pandering. The act of televising— also meant to mean publicizing or making accessible— can have negative implications and seems to be the fate of all black liberation movements. The Harlem Renaissance had critics too; there was pressure within certain groups at the time to conform to their white and conservative audience in order to be accepted into the mainstream. Even some of the most popular nightclubs such as the Cotton Club, which hosted black musicians such as Duke Ellington, had a whitesonly audience even though it was still heralded in the black community.

Today, we can still see the same manifestations of televising. Though black characters have been central to many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed films, including “The Help” and “Django Unchained,” many viewers have complained that the most awarded movies portray black people as lesser

than their white counterparts. Because our culture and heritage is revered in our music and social media presences, our likeness is constantly being sought after, whether it is stealing ideas and content from black creators, donning black hairstyles and receiving credit for them or just simply “blackfishing,” a contemporary term for when people darken their skin and amplify their features to appear black. Non-black people have been feeding off the energy of the new black renaissance, and we must take note.

In the midst of the violence that black bodies face at the hands of law enforcement and the political turmoil of a country divided, more than ever black folks need to continue our artistic expressions. This artistry is our source of pride and honor, but we must remember that it is ours and no one else’s, and that it’s our duty to act fiercely to protect it.

Kay-Ann Henry is a junior majoring in journalism and minoring in creative writing and sociology.

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If you absolutely have to drink…

Getting (and staying) fit in college can be hard, especially when burgers and fries are just one swipe away and working out can take a backseat to studying. So 3-0-Fit is here to do the heavy lifting. From interviews with industry professionals to the real scoop on trendy diets and workouts, our goal is to cover interesting new information every week and get to the bottom of the issues students looking to stay healthy care about most. Read on for this week’s tips and check back each week for more information on how to stay healthy.

BY KYLEA HENSELER

Contributing Culture Writer It is officially darty season in Miami and the drinks are flowing freely. Spring break is just weeks away, the Rat is packed daily and festival season is right around the corner.

Does any of this mean students should go out and get drunk?

Probably not, but for students who do choose to consume alcohol there are ways to do it (relatively) wisely.

According to a 2016 study evaluating alcohol-related diseases and injuries in 195 countries, the safest amount of alcoholic drinks one should consume is, well, zero. But also, this is college. And for many students, having a few drinks over the weekend is just part of life at the U. The key, however, is to drink moderately. Be smart and do not let a few beers turn into a crazy bender that throws off your entire week. If you really, absolutely have to drink this semester, keep these tips in mind to avoid throwing off your fitness plan or worse, endangering yourself or others.

Think twice about that rum and coke

Don’t worry– rum is not the problem here. One of the

first things many health experts attack when it comes to the American diet is soda, and for good reason. A typical 12 oz can of Coca-Cola has 140 calories and a whopping 39 grams of added sugar.

For reference, the American Heart Association recommends that men consume no more than 36 grams of added sugar per day, no more than 25 for women.

Instead of going for that vodka Sprite, look for mixers that do not contain added sugars such as flavored sparkling water. You might have to be that kid that shows up to the party with your own mixed drink in a water bottle, but it is definitely worth avoiding hundreds of extra calories and sugar on top of the already unhealthy liquor intake.

Give it a minute to kick in

This is a scene many are familiar with: Friend number one takes a shot and does not feel anything. So, she takes three more before grabbing a mixed drink. An hour later, friend number two is holding back friend number one’s hair as she projectile vomits into the bushes.

Here’s the thing with hard liquor– it takes some time

for you to feel it. According to Healthline, it takes ten minutes for the cognitive effects of one standard (0.6 oz of hard liquor) drink to kick in, and it might be even longer before you feel a buzz.

Drinking too much too fast is a great way to consume way more calories than you need to get the coveted “tipsy” feeling you’re going for. And, of course, overdoing it can definitely ruin your night and possibly put you in the hospital.

Case in point: Be patient and you will avoid the unpleasant knockout punch of four drinks hitting you at once. Do not worry about drinking extra to “catch up.” You will.

Another tip: The National Center for Biotechnology Information suggests that carbonated beverages such as beer or champagne are absorbed into the body faster than shots.

So, if you tend to struggle with drinking too much liquor, try nursing a few light beers next time.

Stay hydrated

You have all heard this one before, but it is important. That Natty Light might taste like water, but if you want to avoid a burning hangover, you have to drink the real stuff, too. Since alcohol is a diuretic (meaning

it makes you pee...a lot), having a few drinks can actually make you more dehydrated if you are not careful. Symptoms of dehydration include headaches, confusion, dizziness and lightheadedness.

Unfortunately, these effects are very similar to those of booze. So, mixing the two is a great recipe for a terrible next day. To save your future self (and ensure you feel well enough for that morning run), make a point of drinking water throughout the night. Do not worry about peeing too much– the alcohol makes you do that, anyway.

Make the next day count

As (anecdotally) evidenced by the frat guys you see with 6% body fat chugging out of a beer bong, it is possible to indulge every now and then without throwing off your groove. The key is to not let treating yo’self like Donna Meagle turn into a series of unfortunate decisions.

Alcohol is a cheat meal.

And, like anything that breaks your diet, caving in can affect how you feel about yourself and cause you to backslide. Don’t let it.

Heather Eastman, a certified trainer and contributor for www.bodybuilding.com, writes that indulging can “short circuit

your motivation” and “make you feel like a failure.” Instead of beating yourself up after a cheat meal, she suggests letting it go and focusing on consistency.

If you happen to have a wild weekend, focus on getting back in the gym Monday morning, powering through that workout and remembering that a few drinks won’t undo the consistent effort you put into your fitness plan. If you really want to atone for your sins, try working intermittent fasting into your routine after drinking.

If you have not heard about IF yet, it is an eating schedule that involves fasting for 14-16 hours per day or incorporating longer fasts into your diet a few times per week. This method isn’t for everybody, but according to “MindPump” Podcast hosts and certified fitness professionals Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer and Justin Andrews, incorporating IF after a binge or cheat day can be a great way for those with an otherwise healthy relationship with food to reset and cut some calories.

Above all, use common sense, drink responsibly and look out for yourself and your friends.

See you at Sandbar!

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Annual DragOut retur ns

BY JARROD HOUSEKNECHT Senior Culture Writer

DragOut, one of the spring semester’s most energetic and popular events, is just around the corner. Taking place this year Thursday, Feb. 27, the event will feature professionals and newbies together in celebration and support of the LGBTQ+ community.

The annual event is hosted by SpectrUM, the University of Miami’s largest undergraduate LGBTQ+ organization.

Now in its seventh year, DragOut features performances from drag queens and kings from the Miami area.

The emcee for the 2020 event is once again Tiffany Fantasia, a South Beach drag comedian. So far, confirmed participants include UM alum Miss Toto, fan-favorite king Spikey Van Dykey and DragOut newcomer Aurora Whorealis.

SpectrUM president Alexa Skolnik, who is a senior double majoring in psychology and gender and sexuality studies, has been involved with DragOut since her freshman year.

“The overall goal of the event is to highlight drag and drag culture, along with the amazing drag performers we have here in the UM community,” Skolnik said. “I have so much fun being able to see friends of mine competing in DragOut. Many of them are nervous, and I get to see their acts come together.”

Skolnik and other SpectrUM members have been organizing the event since last summer, as it is one of the organization’s largest events of the year. Judges for this year are also Miami locals, with representatives coming from the Toppel Career Center, the Butler Center for Service and Leadership and local business Gaia Consulting.

“I don’t believe that anyone who is a judge this year has ever been a judge before,” Skolnik said.

Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit the YES Institute, a Coral Gables non-profit

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POSE: UM alum Torrey Crosby takes the stage Feb. 28 at DragOut 2019.

organization focused on preventing suicide and ensuring the health of LGBTQ+ youth in the Miami area. So, even though the event is free to the community, cash donations are encouraged.

Skolnick has a message for anyone on the fence about attending DragOut: “This event means a lot and is important for UM because there’s not any other event like this on campus. It brings awareness to drag and its history, as well as LGBTQ+ history. We can give back to the community and the area as a whole. Plus, when do you get the chance to see a free drag show? Never.

Come and tell all of your friends. It’s going to be awesome.”

IF YOU GO What: DragOut, hosted by UM LGBTQ+ organization SpectrUM When: Thursday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.

Where: Shalala Student Center Ballrooms Price: Free, but donations accepted for the YES Institute

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Election results present chance for split ticket

BY ANNA TIMMONS Managing Editor

After two and a half weeks of campaigning and 3,290 votes cast, there is currently no complete student government executive ticket that will be taking office later this spring.

Student government election results were announced at 12:30 p.m. at the Lakeside Patio on Friday, Feb. 21 by elections commission chair McKinley Dyer.

The “All In” ticket won big, with candidates Abigail Adeleke and Amanda Rodriguez being elected for president and treasurer, respectively, defeating the “Level Up” candidates and the independent candidate Andres Escandon.

The vice president race, however, will go to a run-off as none of the candidates garnered over 50 percent of the votes. Students can vote for the top two candidates, “All In’s” Jason Perez or “Level Up’s” Shirley Gelman on Engage from midnight on Feb. 24 until 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 25. The results of this election will be announced on Feb. 27 at noon.

This presents the opportunity for the first split ticket executive board in at least nine years. If Gelman wins, she will work alongside opposing ticket candidates Adeleke and Rodriguez, which could lead to possible issues with cohesion and unity, but also an opportunity for compromise and cooperation.

Despite the undecided vice president results, Perez was seen hugging his running mates and celebrating their wins at the Lakeside Patio on Friday, Feb. 21.

“I am extremely happy, even though I’m in a runoff. My two best friends got the positions that they’ve been working all year for. Their win is my win,” Perez

said.

With 50.4 percent of the votes, Adeleke won the presidential race, defeating “Level Up” presidential candidate Randy Fitzgerald. Adeleke said the moment was a dream come true.

“I have no words. I am so happy to get this opportunity to make a difference on this campus. That’s all I want. I absolutely love this school and everything in it,” Adeleke said. Once she is inaugurated, Adeleke is ready to get to work. At the top of her list is increasing diversity in Student Government.

In order to win any position, candidates must receive 50 percent of votes plus one additional vote. The race for president was incredibly close, coming down to around 13 votes that put Adeleke over the 50 percent threshold to defeat her opponents Fitzgerald and Escandon.

Fitzgerald and Adeleke have worked alongside each other in the student senate as the senate speaker and speaker pro tempore this academic year and have both served as senators together since their freshman year. The pair both expressed respect and admiration for each other at the student government debate on Feb. 13.

After the election results were announced, Adeleke had nothing but positive things to say about her opponent.

“I thank Randy so much for the effort he put into his campaign. He worked tirelessly for this. [“Level Up”] campaigned everywhere and they did everything they possibly could do,” Adeleke said.

Fitzgerald responded to the results disappointed, but proud of the work his campaign had put in.

“We’re really grateful to all of our supporters, everyone who was a part of our campaign team,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re proud of the positive race we ran. At no point did we criticize other people or what they were about.

We focused on ourselves and how we could make campus a better place for every Miami Hurricane.”

During his senior year, Fitzgerald said he is excited to return as a senator to continue to make UM a better place for each student.

In the race for treasurer, Rodriguez received 50.7 percent of the vote, defeating the “Level Up” candidate Louis Shaw. Rodriguez previously served as treasurer of the Federacion de Estudiantes Cubanos during her sophomore year Jesse Lieberman// Contributing Photographer and is going to bring that ALL TOGETHER: All In candidate Jason Perez hugs his winning running-mates Abigail Adeleke and experience with her to the Amanda Rodriguez after student government election results were announced at the Lakeside Patio on role.

Friday Feb. 21 at 12 p.m.

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Students’ friends, families in China endure impact of coronavirus epidemic

BY ESTHER ANIMALU News Editor

White medical masks obscure what were once smiling faces.

Streets that were previously bustling with life are now stagnant and stale with fear. Planes that used to soar high above the mountains are grounded, keeping the skies eerily quiet. China, a hotspot of industry, innovation and tourism, has rapidly morphed into the epicenter of a global pandemic. The echoes of a growing panic span across borders. Residents of several Chinese provinces remain bound to their homes, attempting to avoid a new nightmare: exposure to the coronavirus. Daily life is at a virtual standstill.

The 2019 novel coronavirus has caused an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. According to the latest World Health Organization data, authorities in 32 countries and territories have reported more than 78,000 cases of novel coronavirus since Dec. 31.

The vast majority of cases have been rooted in mainland China.

The epidemic is a major public health emergency, with the illness being highly contagious and causing a range of symptoms.

Due to the virus’s long incubation period, authorities have struggled to control the spread of disease.

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MAJOR PRECAUTIONS: People in Beijing wear protective suits while out in public to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Photo Courtesy of Ruoyao Li

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WeChat ?

As the global pandemic of the coronavirus continues to spread, manyAsian students at UM are using WeChat as a means for connecting with family and friends overseas. The app is owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent and has more than a billion monthly users, trailing behind Facebook’s WhatsApp and Messenger.

UM students Yaru Ji and Yuchen Guo first got word about the coronavirus outbreak through

posts and messages from loved ones on WeChat.

“The whole Chinese population uses it,” said Ji, a senior advertising major.

“It’s our main app we communicate with. I first saw the news on there.”

Ji said she fears that she won’t be able to visit her home country anytime soon, meaning that WeChat will be her main connection to China until the outbreak subsides. Sophomore Shiyang Li is from Shanghai but has friends in Wuhan. She

said via WeChat, they’ve described a life of restrictions. They cannot leave the house to get food.

“The government goes to every family everyday giving out fresh vegetables and food,” said Li, adding that she hopes a medicine will be developed as soon as possible to save lives.

WeChat is one of the primary ways people communicate in China. Even while doing business,people prefer

WeChat to email, students said.

It’s significantly more predominant in that region because apps such as Facebook and Instagram are blocked by the Chinese government.

Parker Gimbel, Kirstin Kruka, Isabella Popadiuk, and Emmalyse Brownstein contributed to this report.

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At the University of Miami, Chinese students make up the largest population of international students on campus, and many students at UM have direct ties to Chinese provinces and cities.

Now, these students are sharing their stories to shed light on one of the darkest corners of the human condition.

HUBEI PROVINCE 46,607 confirmed cases

Freshman Yuchen Guo fears the worst for Wuhan, the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak.

“In January, they told me about this virus in Wuhan,” Guo said. “But at that time they were celebrating the spring festival, so they weren’t really focused on it. But now, it’s getting worse and worse.”

Guo said her relatives have friends who contracted the virus. Guo is from the Yunnan province, but her parents were born in Wuhan. Her cousins, aunts and uncles still live there.

Guo said she is worried for her family in Wuhan after SARS–Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–killed nearly 800 people in 20022003, mostly in China and Hong Kong. SARS, another type of coronavirus, originated in China.

The new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, has already exceeded that death toll.

“There are some experts that said this virus is similar to SARS,” Guo said. “I’m worried that it will kill a lot of people. I’m really worried about my family and also about the economy.”

As he teaches his advertising classes at the University of Miami, Cong Li, associate dean for graduate studies in the School of Communication, is harboring similar concerns the well-being of his family and friends back home in Wuhan.

While he does not know anyone personally who has died or been hospitalized due to the illness, Li said the city has been under lockdown and people have been advised to stay indoors for days at a time, which has not been the ideal situation for his loved ones.

“It was unexpected; it kind of just happened,” Li said. “No one is in a comfortable position right now. I can only imagine how hard it is to stay indoors for 20 something days without going out at all. That’s rough.”

Also in Wuhan, one of Jihan “Doria” Qu’s best friends has the coronavirus.

Qu, a freshman psychology and gender studies major, stays in touch with her friend through texts, but she wishes there was more

she could do to help.

“She is hopeless right now,” Qu said.

“There is the feeling that I might lose her forever.”

She also shared concerns that hospitals in Wuhan are running out of space and other resources, including the facial masks and protective suits that doctors wear. As a result of these shortages, doctors sometimes have to wear trash bags, Qu said.

But despite the overabundance of patients, hospitals in China are lonely places.

People infected with the coronavirus are quarantined, cut off from everyone except for medical staff.

“My friend is living in the hospital by herself because her family could not get in,” Qu said.

HENAN PROVINCE 1,271 confirmed cases

Recent UM alum Chen Chen is from the Henan province, located north of Wuhan. He said his homeland is under strict quarantine as a result of the coronavirus.

Although none of his family members has fallen ill, they are largely confined to their house.

Each person is allowed to go out every three days, but they must have their temperatures taken and recorded at a government health station when they leave and return, Chen said.

Chen is in communication with a friend from Henan who traveled to Wuhan to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Since he thought he would be home in a few days, he left food and water for his cat at home.

Now the friend, who remains stuck in Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, said he is not sure if he will contract the disease. He is also terribly worried about the fate of his cat, Chen said.

ANHUI PROVINCE 989 confirmed cases

Life in the Anhui province is also under siege.

Located next to Hubei, the province that contains Wuhan, Anhui has harbored hundreds of cases of coronavirus. As a result of the disease, freshman Manhui Ghu said students have not been permitted to go back to school and only medical personnel are allowed to work.

And the effects of the coronavirus outbreak are evident from far outside Ghu’s home province.

Ghu said she is eager to go home for

summer break, but is unsure if the coronavirus will keep her out of China. The epidemic has already prevented one of her friends from flying back home for spring break, as most flights into China have been canceled.

“I just hope the conditions get better so everything can go back to normal and I can safely see my family,” Ghu said.

CHONGQING PROVINCE 575 confirmed cases

In Hubei’s neighboring Chongqing province, Hanran Yang’s parents are taking every precaution to stay safe, which gives the sophomore public relations major some comfort as she studies so many miles away from home.

“The only thing that I really care about is if my family is safe,” Yang said. “I talk to them on the phone every day to ask them about the situation.”

Yang’s family remains in quarantine along with another family on the same property.

She said each person can leave the house for only one hour per day.

“They are confident that this shall pass, thanks to the government regulations to control the outbreak,” said Yang.

BEIJING

399 confirmed cases For some people, life outside of Wuhan is beginning to return to normal.

“My mom, an accountant, is still at home, and she was supposed to be back to work two weeks ago,” said junior Kate Sun. “But most people are back to work in Beijing.”

Although it is a three-hour flight from Wuhan, many people fear going outside in Beijing, Sun said.

“I know many students are doing online classes instead of going to school,” Sun said, adding that her family is safe, but she is still scared.

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Jiapei Sun, a 20-year-old freshman finance major, expressed similar fears.

“It’s so weird that everything here is so normal, but back home my parents can barely leave the house,” Sun said. “But they’ve stayed positive throughout this situation. I admire them for that.”

But Sun said not everyone in Beijing has maintained the same attitude. Some of her friends in Beijing are critical of the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

“I know a lot of people are wary of the Chinese authorities and don’t think they are

Mikayla Kaptzan, a junior majoring in media management, also expressed concern over how the Chinese government is handling the epidemic. The authorities have come under fire for allegedly failing to disclose information to the public.

“They only report what they have to report,” said Kaptzan. “The Chinese government will give information when it is required, like when it is leaked in another country. But they won’t give out information that makes them look bad.

There’s just such a lack of information.”

Although Kaptzan is a U.S. citizen, her family lives in Shanghai, a major metropolitan city that is several hours away from Wuhan. As a result of the epidemic, Kaptzan’s mother has been unable to return home. Her mother was on vacation in New York when the outbreak began and has not been allowed to fly home since then.

Sam Luo, also a student at UM, was in the nearby city of Wuxi this past summer.

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, the community has been at a virtual standstill, said the motion pictures and economics major.

“It’s just like a war,” Luo said. “People can’t go out of the community; each one has a manned door. Each family can only have one person go out a day to get groceries and supplies.”

But there have been signs of hope.

“Our factories have started working again,” Luo said.” Some workers, if they’re not sick, can go back to the factory.”

Despite this development, fear of the virus is still at a fever pitch.

“People do not know how they get this virus; they don’t know if it might be their cats or dogs,” Luo said. “Some of these people just kill their pets. Dogs and cats are not the effect, but people kill them. Then a few days later, they wonder why they killed their pets.”

Luo said his family has escaped infection thus far and that he tries not to worry as long as they stay inside. They use WeChat, a popular messaging app, to communicate, and in the last few days, his family has had some good news.

“In my town, spring has come,” Luo said. “For the first time, people are saying Graphic by Julia Sanbe // Art Director spring has sprung.” doing a good job with containing the virus,” Sun said. “The whole situation is terrible, and I really hope it is contained soon.”

SHANGHAI 335 confirmed cases

HANGZHOU

169 confirmed cases “About 1,000 people in my hometown

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are infected,” said Rui Zhu, a freshman from Hangzhou, a city located 474 miles east of Wuhan.

Zhu said that in the area where his family is quarantined, only one person per family can go out once a day to get supplies for the whole household.

“My family stays at home, and that is safe,” Zhu said. “I feel a lot of anxiety.”

FOSHAN

84 confirmed cases A senior music major from Hong Kong, who asked to remain anonymous, was eager to speak about her grandparents Pan Li Ke and Kong Chang Zhou, who are both in their 70s. The couple is riding out the virus in the Guangdong province in the south of China.

“They’re not sick,” said the 21-year-old UM student, “But it does worry me if they were to come into contact with the virus. I’m worried that it would be bad.”

Her retired grandparents live in Foshan, a city of roughly seven million residents.

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, they both wear medical masks, the student said.

Unlike other provinces that have strict requirements for their residents to stay in their homes, residents of Foshan have the option to go to work, school or perform regular activities. However, because of the retirees’ age, the possibility of coming into contact with the coronavirus has essentially forced them to stay inside, said the student who is originally from Ap Lei Chau Island, near Hong Kong.

“Foshan is pretty much on lockdown,” she said. “It’s really obstructed my grandparents’ way of living.”

The student said that it has been difficult for her grandparents to adjust to life indoors.

The last time she spoke to them on the phone, she said they told her they were bored.

“All they’ve been doing now is sitting at home and watching TV, although they’re lucky they live in a comfortable space,” she said. “I can’t imagine for other Chinese people who don’t live in a nice place, what being inside for that long would do to them.”

Massiel Leyva, Katherine Begg, Parker Gimbel, Essien Duke, Treasure Wilson, Xuejing Li, Nicole Bozkurt, Isabella Popadiuk, Maraya Rivera, Emmalyse Brownstein and Victoria Kline contributed to this report.

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Student organizations collect money, supplies for China

BY REBECCA GODDARD Editor-in-Chief Chinese students at the University of Miami are mobilizing in response to the coronavirus epidemic, refusing to sit idly while their friends and families are under quarantine back home. Since the outbreak began, they’ve been collecting donations to benefit their communities in China.

Earlier this month on Feb. 13 and 14, members of the Hong Kong Student Association were stationed in the Breezeway, giving out information on the epidemic and asking students for monetary donations to benefit Wuhan and the surrounding areas. Their efforts raised a total of $600.

Dorothy Chan, a junior economic major and an e-board member of the HKSA, said her main goal is to raise awareness about the current plight of Chinese citizens.

Although it’s difficult tohelp from so far away, Chan emphasized the importance of keeping the UM community informed.

“It’s extremely easy to get caught up in school,” Chan said. “However, I think it is also equally important to take advantage of the fact that I am on an extremely international and diverse campus so there

is already a Chinese community whose voices are muted during this time.”

She cited language barriers and cultural differences as obstacles that are making life more complicated for Chinese international students during this difficult time. As an Asian-American, Chan said she feels it is her duty to help bridge the gap between Chinese students and the rest of the UM community.

The Chinese Student and Scholars Association has also been collecting donations for people affected by the coronavirus. Many areas of China are suffering from shortages of medical face masks, so the group is collecting money to buy masks for Wuhan and the surrounding areas.

All in all, the CSSA spent $3,800 on masks, supplying a total of 4,000 masks to people in China.

In addition to receiving donations from students, the organization also received a $1,000 donation from the Miami Herbert Business School.

“The business school provided us a lot of help,” said Xinyu Li, a sophomore majoring in music business and the CSSA member in charge of the fundraiser.

In addition to the donation, Li said the

Photo courtesy of HKSA HELPING HAND: Members of the Hong Kong Student Association collect donations in the Breezeway.

business school helped the CSSA figure out the logistics involved in buying masks and sending them to China. Due to the shortage of medical supplies in the region, the masks had to be purchased from a company in Los Angeles and shipped to Wuhan.

“We just really appreciate the UM students and faculty that donated,” said Li. Rachelle Barrett and Sebastian Morales contributed to this report.

Coronavirus causes surge in racism, students say

BY ESTHER ANIMALU News Editor

While Chinese students at the University of Miami are distressed about the impact of the coronavirus in China, many say they face another source of distress on campus– prejudice, ridicule and xenophobia.

“I think people are using the coronavirus as an excuse to be racist,” said Seraphina Choi, president of UM’s Hong Kong Student Association.

“When the Ebola outbreak happened, it was all sympathy,” said Mikayla Kaptzan, a junior majoring in media management. “But now, just because people look like they’re from China, they are being made fun of.”

Choi, a senior medical anthropology major, said she was a victim of ridicule just a few days after the outbreak.

“I was on the metro and a guy sat down next to me and asked if I was from China,” Choi said.

“After I told him I was from here, he

would not stop talking about the coronavirus and his crazy theories about it. I was so uncomfortable, I did not know what to do.”

Kaptzan and Choi said they know several other Asian students who have experienced ridicule since the outbreak.

“People have literally yelled at Chinese students to put masks on,” Kaptzan said. “I just wish more people would understand how insensitive they’re being. There have been no outbreaks down here; there is no need to shun anyone.”

Despite the lack of cases in South Florida, rumors regarding the coronavirus have been circulating around campus. At the end of January, one student posted a viral TikTok video that alleged his roommate, an exchange student from Wuhan, was on the way to the hospital with flu-like symptoms.

However, the student, who asked to remain anonymous, later confirmed that the video was completely fabricated. He does not even have a Chinese roommate.

Jihan “Doria” Qu, a freshman psychology

and gender studies major, said there is no reason for these types of discriminatory comments and accusations, many of which revolve around the medical facial masks that some Chinese students have been wearing.

“We wear facial masks to protect ourselves not because we are a carrier of the virus,” said Qu. Shiyang Li, 23, said people in China wear face masks to prevent any kind of infections.

Li, a junior motion pictures major, has carried this prevention method into her daily life on UM’s campus. But she said she has not received the best reactions from other students.

“Recently I noticed people around me look at me frightened, but I will always wear a mask because I have to protect myself, just in case,” she said.

Kaitong Zhang, a 21-year-old sophomore from Xi’an, said she is aware that nonAsian students might look at her differently following the coronavirus outbreak.

“Somehow yes, I started to care about how people see me,” Zhang said. “I’m not from Wuhan, and I haven’t been to China for more than half a year; and to be honest I was afraid to contactpeople who just came back from China.”

Zishan Cai is a senior majoring in creative advertising from Dongguan, an industrial city in China. Caisaid she hasn’t faced any type of discrimination at UM, but some of her friends told her thatstudents make fun of them when they wear their masks.

“Even though people may be rude sometimes, my friends and I are grateful for having the opportunity of being here in the United States safe,” Cai said. “We just hope that this issueends soon.”

Katherine Begg, Nicole Bozkurt, Maria Flores, Victoria Kline, Sebastian Morales, Isabella Popadiuk and Ciana Quintero contributed to this report.

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Miami struggles with hitting, swept by Florida Gators

BY ISABELLA DIDIO Sports Editor

Three hits on Friday. Four hits on Sunday. A total of 28 players left on base across all three games.

Probably not the statistics that Miami baseball would have liked to see after their highly anticipated series against the former No. 2, now No. 1 ranked Florida Gators.

But the reality is that Miami’s inability to swing the bat, combined with bullpen meltdowns and defensive errors gave Florida the opportunity to capitalize on a three game sweep of the Canes.

“Obviously just a bottom line is they got a lot of hits when they needed them and we didn’t,” Miami head coach Gino DiMare said after Sunday’s loss. “With runners in scoring position we seemed to not ever get the big hit and it seems like they got them.”

Friday night’s 2-1 loss ended after 11 innings. Miami’s primary closer, Daniel Federman, gave up two singles and an RBI double in the top of the 11th inning. Jordan Lala, Raymond Gil and JP Gates were the only players that recorded a hit.

Saturday bore similar results.

Up 2-1 in the top of the ninth with two outs, Federman again gave up an RBI double that sent the game to 10 innings, where Miami’s bullpen completely fell apart. Freshman pitcher Alex McFarlane surrendered a solo home run and walked two batters before Albert Maury Jr. came in and gave up four runs, with the last run attributed

to an error by second baseman Tyler Paige.

On Sunday, starting pitcher Slade Cecconi turned in an uncharacteristically poor performance and gave up four runs in five innings. Raymond Gil’s two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth cut Florida’s lead to 4-3, but Florida’s ninth inning RBI put the game away at 5-3.

But DiMare is hardly concerned with his team’s losses.

“The bottom line is we have a long way to go,” DiMare said.

“Thank god it’s early in the season. We need to use this as a learning lesson and see what we need to work, and we got a lot of things we need to work on so we can come back down to earth and start focusing on getting better.”

Hitting was without a doubt Miami’s biggest struggle in the three games. The team was 1-18 with runners in scoring position over the weekend.

Rotating through three different batting orders in each of the games, the coaching staff had a difficult time finding the right combination of batters.

Miami pinch hit four batters on Saturday and two batters on Sunday. Isaac Quinones’ single in the bottom of the 10th inning on Saturday was the only hit by a pinch hitter all weekend.

When asked about his team’s hitting struggles, DiMare acknowledged that it is early in the season and he has a lot of talented players who have to

Josh Halper//Senior Staff Photographer

MAKING MOVES: Sophomore infielder Tyler Paige (13) attempts to make a play during Miami’s 5-3 loss to Florida on Nov. 23.

find their place on the field and in the lineup.

“Well, those are the guys that played last year that had good years,” DiMare said. “It’s so early in the year again to hit that panic button. If you start to talk about other guys, well who are they playing for? I’d like to get Thomas in the lineup, he’s a freshman who can swing the bat, but where do I put him. Certainly this weekend we haven’t jelled really well.”

DiMare assured that if this weekend’s struggles persist, he will make changes.

“As the year goes on, there

will be some adjustments. If guys don’t get the job done, the lineup will be changed. Whether its rotation, bullpen or the lineup, if they don’t produce, then we will make changes.

It’s just too early to start doing that and panicking, we haven’t played that game.”

As of Monday, the Hurricanes dropped to No. 7 in D1 Baseball rankings and the Gators moved up to No. 1. Miami will take on USF on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Mark Light Field before welcoming Towson this weekend for a three-game series.

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Sophomore aims to start women’s club hockey team

BY ANDRE MADRID

Contributing Sports Writer The palm trees and beaches of South Florida are far from the pines and frozen lakes of Minnesota. Nevertheless, when sophomore Beth Mosch came to campus, she sought to bring a piece of home with her: ice hockey.

A motion pictures major, Mosch is attempting to start a women’s ice hockey team at the University of Miami.

While club men’s ice hockey has been available on campus since 2011, this would be the first female ice hockey team assembled at Miami.

For Mosch, the desire to spearhead a new club sport on campus came naturally.

“I just missed the sport so much,” Mosch said. “Hockey is my favorite sport and not being able to play it for so long was hard.”

For her, hockey was more than a sport, but a lifestyle she had kept since childhood.

Mosch was first exposed to the sport in the fourth grade HAPPY HOCKEY: Sophomore Beth Mosch stands in her Jefferson High Jaguars hockey uniform at after playing floor hockey in gym class. After that, she and developed into a highly others who wish to support was hooked, but not everyone talented ice hockey player, the team.

“I have an interest forum becoming the believed her dream was eventually captain of her high school I’ve started online and I’ve feasible. had 25 different people reach “I told my parents and team her senior year. out to me that are not only She continued her athletic they said, ‘But you don’t even know how to skate.’ But I career in college, accepting current students but also went out and did open skates an athletic scholarship to people who want to coach play lacrosse at Lindenwood and girls who are still in high and got started,” Mosch said.

Nevertheless, several University in Saint Charles, school that would love to obstacles still stood in her Missouri. She played there come here and do this once way as she worked to grow her freshman year but longed they are at UM,” Mosch said.

The enthusiasm has for the day that she could within the sport. provided Mosch with return to playing the sport “I actually started playing optimism hockey pretty late compared that had been such an integral substantial regarding the viability of the to everyone else that I knew. aspect in her upbringing.

Since arriving to Coral club.

You had to start learning how “It’s kind of cool to see Gables, the sophomore has to skate by first or second shifted from growing within the range of people who are grade to even have a shot.” in supporting From that point forward, the sport to wanting to grow interested her newfound love of the the sport as a whole. She this,” Mosch said.

Among those interested game would not let her lack wasted no time promoting of experience hinder her the new program and gauging in supporting the new ice team is 14-year progress. Mosch persevered interest from students and hockey

the Bloomington Ice Garden in Bloomington, Minnesota.

veteran National Hockey League player Dennis Maruk, who offered to serve as head coach for the starting program. Aside from outside support, Mosch assembled a preliminary roster of approximately 20 players, well beyond the minimum required to field a competitive team.

Mosch’s current goals for this semester will include getting the team approved and funded by the university as a club organization. In addition, the club president is confident that the team will be able to scrimmage other Florida teams, notably the University of Tampa’s women’s ice hockey team, before the spring ends.

While the progress that has

Photo courtesy of Beth Mosch

been made this past semester is certainly admirable, Mosch has greater ambitions for the program and what she believes it can become.

“One of the biggest reasons for starting this program was growing the game and the sport because like an athlete in any sport, it’s an important thing to increase awareness,” Mosch said. “Growing the game is a big part of the culture around it.”

Mosch said she hopes it will be a well-known organization that attracts high level coaches and competition from around the country.

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Nothing like the most romantic holiday of the year to set the mood, especially for the two formally-dressed students who brought their assumed after-crush party to the IM fields. An anonymous freshman reported witnessing a porno come to life late Valentine’s night.

It didn’t take long for the amature exhibitionists to shift from foreplay on the gliders to laying some extra pipe near the construction site. Illuminated by the lights, students outside of Stanford could discern a mostly naked male intensely grinding into an almost nude female.

“His stroke game was really good,” the spectator spilled. “He was doing the worm with his entire body. Like damn, okay.”

Not disappointing the crowd with some basic missionary, the pair put on a captivating performance any BFA student would envy. Switching positions to cowgirl, face-riding, 69, reverse cowgirl and even inventing a new position somewhere between the chairman and the back seat driver.

The sprinklers were on full blast making the situation even wetter, just like that kiss scene in “High School Musical 2,” except disgusting.

“Every ten minutes the sprinklers would hit them, which had to be uncomfortable considering they were already in the sand,” the witness further explained.

With at least ten people reported to be coincidental voyeurs, the live-action adult film wannabes were completely aware of their audience.

“They looked over and knew we were there,” the observer added. “It was like a show, and all I wanted was to grab my movie theater popcorn.”

A few brave students on bikes attempted to interrupt the passion, but immediately turned back once they realized the couple had no intention of stopping.

After the x-rated activities ended, the duo returned to the glider, pulled out a pack of cigarettes and sparked up. The unbothered Canes laughed as The Lonely Island’s “I Just Had Sex” blasted from a spectator’s speakers.

“It takes a lot of balls. I couldn’t believe they willingly exposed themselves to everyone,” the inside source confessed.

While public sex is a misdemeanor, the greatest crime committed that night was me masturbating alone in my room when I could have witnessed something truly special.

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