The Miami Hurricane: February 4, 2020

Vol. 97, Issue 16 | February 4, 2020 - February 10, 2020

What you need to know about the coronavirus NEWS // Pages 2 & 3

Why Black History Month still matters OPINION // Page 6

Ed Reed hired as Canes’ new Chief of Staff SPORTS // Page 13

LIV IT UP

Inside the Super Bowl Music Fest CULTURE // Pages 8 & 9

HYPE MAN: DJ Khaled excites the crowd at the EA Sports Bowl at the American Airlines Arena Thursday, Jan. 30. Khaled brought out numerous artists during his performance, including 2 Chainz and Rick Ross.

Jared Lennon // Photo & Visuals Editor

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HEALTH

UM reacts to growing fears of possible coronavirus pandemic

BY ESTHER ANIMALU News Editor

Yadi Li watched in dismay as several reports of the coronavirus outbreak broadcasted across numerous television stations. Push notifications for updates surrounding the virus constantly appeared on her home screen. Instantly, fears for her family’s health and well-being began to manifest. But it was when Li learned that her hometown Wuhan, China, had gone into lockdown that her heart instantly dropped.

“The entire situation is heartbreaking,” said Li, a graduate student majoring in public relations. “To me, when I think of Wuhan, I think of family, cherry blossoms and Wuhan bean curd. But to the world, when they think of Wuhan, they think of the coronavirus. We are so much more than that. ” The 2019 novel coronavirus is a virus identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers this a serious public health concern, the immediate health risk from a coronavirus to the general American public is considered low at this time.

Current symptoms reported for patients with coronavirus have included mild to severe respiratory illness with fever, cough and difficulty breathing. Currently, there is no vaccine available to protect against the coronavirus.

The United States also issued a level four travel advisory warning residents not to travel to China, adding that most commercial air carriers have reduced or suspended flights to and from the country.

“One impact from the virus is that some of my relatives can’t go back home to reunite with the rest of the family,” said Li. “It’s Chinese New Year right now, so traveling back home is on most of the minds of my relatives and others celebrating this holiday.”

Chinese New Year is one of the greatest migrations in history each year.

All travelers arriving in the United

States from China are being screened for symptoms of novel coronavirus at 20 U.S. ports of entry, including Miami International Airport.

Additional cases have been identified in a growing number of countries, including the United States, where five cases in travelers from Wuhan have been confirmed in five states: Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington state.

Dr. Howard Anapol, director of the Student Health Service, said that the virus is spreading fast and will remain under close watch as cases begin to appear within the country.

“Human coronaviruses are common throughout the world and usually cause mild to moderate illness, including the common cold and pneumonia, although sometimes they can cause more severe respiratory symptoms,” Anapol said.

According to the CDC, the virus likely emerged from an animal source but now seems to be spreading from person to person.

It is not yet clear how easily coronavirus spreads from person to person.

So far, at least 360 people have died and more than 17,000 have been infected in China while there’s been more than 170 confirmed cases across more than 20 countries.

June Dreyer is a professor of political science at the UM. She formerly served as Senior Far East Specialist at the Library of Congress and Asia adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations and Commissioner of the U.S. Economic and Security Review Commission established by the U.S. Congress.

Dreyer said that there have been two very serious disease outbreaks. One of which is HIV and the other, SARS. She said that in both cases, the Chinese government reacted by covering them up and pretending that they did not exist.

“This incurred a lot of criticism,” Dreyer said. “Particularly with SARS because it’s so lethal, and it spread very quickly. However, I think the Chinese government learned something from the SARS ordeal. So, when the coronavirus broke out, they really did

react, although not fast, at least faster.”

Dreyer continued, “We were also told that over seven million people left Wuhan before the authorities started taking action. They announced the last train and plane out of Wuhan will be on such and such a date. So thousands of people could have tried to get leave before that deadline, and many of them are going to be carriers. What the Chinese government should have done in the very beginning is announce that no one could leave.”

Arnina Zeng, a junior majoring in health science, recently studied abroad in Hong Kong for the fall 2019 semester. Zeng said that after studying abroad, she better understands the conflict between citizens and the government.

“The criticism against the government continues to grow as they still have not closed borders with China and even allow free passage between Hong Kong and Zhuhai, China,” Zeng said.

Currently, there are no confirmed cases of the virus among members of the University of Miami community or in the state of Florida. UM Communications said in a statement, ”We do not believe that there is any immediate health risk to our campuses.”

However, in an act of precaution, UM Student Health Service and other university partners are closely monitoring the situation and are following guidelines from the CDC and the World Health Organization.

Julio Frenk, president of the University of Miami, said that the university is taking precautions to identify cases as early as possible should they occur among members of the community.

“In public health, preparation, anticipation and communication are all vital to preventing disease,” Frenk said. “While we do not believe there is any immediate health risk to our campuses from coronavirus, we are closely monitoring developments around the global outbreak.”

Students have presented various reactions towards the ongoing coronavirus developments and the possibility of a

pandemic.

“As a Chinese student from Beijing, I am deeply worried about what will follow both nationally and internationally,” said Haolong Jia, a senior majoring in journalism. “I feel that UM health officials are handling the coronavirus matter effectively and keeping students educated on the virus.”

“I have a friend in Hong Kong who is taking several precautions to protect himself from the coronavirus,” said Zeng. “There’s now shortages of surgical masks and food due to the pandemic. However, at the home front, I believe that UM is doing a good job sending coronavirus updates and making resources accessible.”

Student Government president and senior majoring in communication studies Emily Gossett said that after her experience studying abroad in Asia, she’s deeply concerned a bout the spread of the coronavirus.

“I have a level of empathy having lived in China for some time,” Gossett said. “Being halfway around the world, I think it’s easy to not really let things like this get to you or to even feel the need to pay attention. But it’s definitely drawn my attention because of my connection to Hong Kong.”

The CDC recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, including washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces.

“The University of Miami has significant resources and expertise on issues of health, and we are certainly bringing them to bear on the current situation,” Frenk said.

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Student uses TikTok to spread fake news about coronavirus on campus

BY ROHAMA BRUK

Contributing News Writer A student at the University of Miami posted a series of TikTok videos about a false case of coronavirus involving a fictional roommate on Monday, Jan. 27.

The UM student claimed his roommate, a Chinese exchange student from Wuhan, was exhibiting flu-like symptoms, and had just left for the hospital in an Uber. A second video featured the student updating viewers about his supposed unofficial quarantine status while he waited for roommate’s test results to come back from the hospital.

TikTok, a Chinese-owned video-sharing app, was placed under review in November of 2019 by the U.S. government for concerns of censorship and data collection.

Around noon on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the student awoke to his phone exploding with TikTok notifications. The videos he uploaded earlier had gone viral. Overnight, the videos had garnered more than 500,000 views, 75,000 likes and 500 comments.

By late afternoon the fake news had crossed platforms from TikTok to Twitter, where some users tweeted about a potential unconfirmed case of the virus at the university.

The rumors seemed to have reached the university administration, who sent out a health advisory email denying any confirmed cases, or immediate threats to the university or the state of Florida.

Bradley Brewer tweeted about the suspected coronavirus case at UM on Monday, Jan. 27 based on a series of TikTok videos. The tweet was later deleted. Photo credit: Twitter, @realBradBrewer Under different circumstances, the student said he would have enjoyed his newfound social media stardom, but the sensitive nature of the fake news he spread made him realize he had gone too far.

Understanding the potential consequences, he removed both videos from the platform that same day.

The novel coronavirus, first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Dec. 2019, is the

latest strain of a family of viruses affecting the respiratory system. This novel Coronavirus has never before been identified in humans.

As of Feb. 1, reports put the numbers at over 250 deaths and nearly 12,000 confirmed cases. The World Health Organization has now declared it a public health emergency of international concern. The virus has reached U.S. soil with the CDC confirming eight cases, most recently in California and Massachusetts.

With the coronavirus dominating news cycles and social media platforms alike, this student saw what he perceived to be an

to a report by Media Matters, several other videos which spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus were posted onto the app. These included videos claiming the Chinese government had released the virus as a means of population control, and another, which received over 25,000 likes, stating that China already had over 90,000 confirmed cases.

The combination of trends and reliance on these platforms makes it easier for fake news to spread quickly and dangerously.

“It went viral almost instantly and I didn’t understand the potential repercussions of

n-coV innocent opportunity to gain social currency.

“Making TikToks is all about participating in trends,” he explained.

A quick run through the app reveals hashtags such as #coronavirusmeme and #coronavirusconspiracy are popular among its users. These hashtags, and others like them, are utilized by users across platforms in hopes of gaining more views and likes on their content.

“The only information I had heard about the coronavirus was small, insignificant facts on TikTok,” the student admitted. According

spreading false information,” he said.

A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center concluded that 69 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 use Snapchat as their primary source of consuming news. In other words, this percentage of young Americans might stumble across content similar to that of this student’s false coronavirus TikToks and mistake it for fact, as they are unlikely to corroborate with traditional and vetted news outlets.

Earlier this year, TikTok updated its community guidelines to try to tackle

misinformation. The update included a section about misleading information, and is even specific about content pertaining to health and medical treatments. The platform prohibits “misinformation that could cause harm to our community or the larger public.”

The video-sharing network also warns about removal of content that violates these policies.

The Beijing-based company has over 1.5 billion users and has recently been linked with the spread of conspiracy theories, one of which includes the claim that the Chinese government is behind coronavirus.

Continuing these efforts, this week the company rolled out a series of user friendly features to combat the widespread threat of misinformation, including an in-app reporting option. Details of these measures were shared on the company’s blog.

These recent actions taken by the company confirm that this student’s actions were not an isolated incident. Before posting his own TikToks, the student said he had seen similar videos to the ones he created and thought of the content with some levity.

It is not the first time that user-generated content has sparked controversy. Social media platforms are now more than ever faced with the legal and ethical dilemma of if and how to police the content shared on their platforms.

In the United States, under section 230 of the Communication Decency Act, the law protects internet hosts from content published on their platforms, while the Constitution protects individuals’ freedom of speech under the First Amendment.

These incidents blur the lines between what can be done and what should be done in regards to individual freedoms and corporate responsibility.

“I definitely realized that I should perform more due diligence on any topic I discuss on social media, and carefully check sources,” the student said. “I do believe people can be trusted to police their own content, but I am a great example of posting without thinking about the potential problems.”

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‘Money Talks’ program encourages financial literacy

BY JESSIE LIEBERMAN Staff News Writer

Launched last spring, UM’s Money Management Program aims to educate students about budgeting, credit cards, loans and more.

As student and credit card debt mounts nationwide, the University of Miami is putting an extra emphasis on preparing students for their financial future. Launched last spring, UM’s Money Management Program aims to educate students about budgeting, credit cards, loans and more.

With the slogan “advancing personal finance education one student at a time,” the program provides online resources along with the new “Money Talks” series which highlights different financial matters of importance to students.

“There seemed to be a gap in the services we provided to current students,” said Vice President for Enrollment John Hall. Drawing on President Frank’s initiative to meet 100 percent of students’ demonstrated financial need and his experience at previous institutions, Hall was a major part of the program. Although UM has had online resources focused on finance for several years, Hall and others felt the topic deserved more attention. After meetings with administration and other collaborative discussions, the Money Management Program received funding last year for a manager position; at this point, the program was able to start in earnest.

“It’s my favorite role I’ve ever had in higher education,” said Chris Magnan, the manager of the new program.

Magnan’s first focus with the program has been his “Money Talks” series, a semester long series of free weekly talks. The talks which are about an hour

Amir Mahmoud // Contributing Photographer HOMETOWN HERO: In partnership with Rebuilding Together, Gore spent the week leading up to the Super Bowl in West Coconut Grove, helping repair nine homes and a barbershop.

long are offered at 12:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. They tackle topics such as developing good credit scores and how to get started on investing.

“We’re not going to sit down and say ‘hey this is what you should invest in,’” Magnan said.

Rather, Magnan is focused on teaching students “critical life skills,” like how to get started investing at a young age and what responsible credit card usage is.

At one of the “Investing 101 for college students” presentations, about 20 students from different majors learned how to start investing and got many of their financial questions answered by Magnan himself.

“I was really surprised,” said Christina Cooper a junior Nursing student, after the seminar. Cooper said she was most surprised by learning about retirement accounts. “I’m about to go put some money away in a Roth IRA.” Sophomore Music Major Maydeleen Guiteau echoed similar views. “I never knew you could just put money away into an IRA,” she said.

This is the second semester of the “Money Talks” series. Last semester the program received around 100 RSVPs. They are currently set to double that number and expand the number of sessions. The program is also partnering with organizations

on and off campus to help get the word out and teach the UM community about finance.

“We’re in the infancy phase,” Magnan said, who has bold ambitions for the Money Management Program. “I want us to be a top 50 school for Financial literacy.”

To achieve this, Magnan uses his past professional and personal experiences.

Both in interviews and during presentations, he speaks about his own financial struggles and how he recovered. The 11th of 12 children, Magnan was once an undergraduate student with eight credit cards and a mountain of debt. It’s experiences like these that drives his seminars

and led him to his current role.

“I just wish that somebody had a similar program when I was in school,” Magnan said.

After being “set straight” and educating himself, Magnan started doing presentations on the value of credit at his previous school.

“We think theres a real value to students for a program like this,” Hall said, “it feels like the right thing to do.”

Students that are interested in the “Money Talks” series can find their schedule and other resources online by going to UM’s Money Management Program’s website.

Amir Mahmoud // Contributing Photographer

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Tunnel of Oppression sheds light on social issues

BY JARROD HOUSEKNECHT Contributing news writer

An interactive, sensory-based exhibit guided by audio from news sources and international media, the tunnel is divided into a handful of rooms that each represent a different form of oppression.

This past week, the University of Miami hosted its annual Tunnel of Oppression in the Shalala Student Center ballrooms. The popular student event sought to bring light to the array of challenges various groups face around the world and, hopefully, inspire change.

An interactive, sensory-based exhibit guided by audio from news sources and international media, the tunnel was divided into a handful of rooms that each represent a different form of oppression. Topics included immigration, able-bodiedness, environmental sustainability, gender discrimination, racism, LGBTQ+ discrimination and mental health.

The event is entirely studentorganized, with the exhibit being built, researched and hosted by a combination of general volunteers and student organizations such as SpectrUM, UHRL and the UM Butler Center for Service and Leadership.

Sayesha Reddi, a junior microbiology/immunology and architecture major, is one of the many students who helped bring this year’s installation to life. A co-chair and student organization liaison for the Tunnel of Oppression, she expressed why this event in particular is important to continue.

“Tunnel is an opportunity for any student on campus to experience and learn about different forms of oppression [that] they may not have been through,” she said.

Much of the content covered was not entirely centered on

the United States, with discussions on LGBTQ+ discrimination being covered in regards to the Caribbean and the environmental sustainability efforts of foreign nations being mentioned. Though an extremely diverse campus, many UM students have not had the firsthand experiences of being in one of these countries to witness the horrors that take place.

Nicolette Schurhoff, a sophomore student organization liaison for the event, gave insight about how important it is for the entire university to be aware of the various forms of oppression around the globe. She expressed how pertinent it is for students to call out others engaging in hate speech and microaggressions.

“Every form of oppression affects a different population.

It’s every student’s responsibility to speak out when they see it,” Schurhoff said.

The exhibit explained in detail ways that students can call out oppression and stop it from occurring on the university’s campus. Tunnel focused on doing so by providing everything from positive ways to interact with friends or family dealing with mental health issues to giving examples of the commonly misunderstood microaggressions.

Brandon Martin, who has been a Tunnel student organization liaison for the past two years, explained why Tunnel is such an important event for UM specifically.

“As a private school with many affluent individuals, it can be difficult to speak about injustice and have an individual care,” said Martin, who is studying mechanical engineering and Portuguese. “By showing them in a creative way, it is a non-chastising way of getting individuals involved. Rather, it is an educational experience

Jarrod Houseknecht// Contributing Photographer ILLUMINATING INEQUALITY: UM’s Tunnel of Oppression is an annual interactive, sensory-based exhibit guided by audio from news sources and international media that have reported on various forms of marginalization across the globe..

so then they can continue to go on and make a change in the community.”

There are multiple ways to get involved in Tunnel of Oppression and its leaders are always accepting general volunteers. These volunteers carry out various responsibilities such as building, set up, tear down and day-off opportunities.

Co-chair Raddi recalled some of her favorite parts of volunteering with Tunnel.

“My favorite part of Tunnel is how I relearn the topics that are in the tunnel every year,” she said. “I feel like I come out a kinder, more informed person.”

Scan to see corresponding video coverage of this story

Jarrod Houseknecht// Contributing Photographer

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EDITORIAL

Why Black History Month still matters So often when folks think of Black History Month, they envision a young MLK amid his “I Have a Dream” speech, Rosa Parks or if they’re feeling particularly radical, maybe even Malcolm X. And while they are rightful to think of these trailblazers, it is only the tip of the iceberg of contributions and activism that Black Americans and other Black nationals, of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds, have offered to this country.

In the discussion of America’s history and foundation, we talk about and praise characters such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, all of whom are noticeably white men. On a national level, we fail to recognize the many black citizens who were key in creating inventions (like Otis Boykin who developed the IBM computer), exploring the unexplored (Matthew Henson was one of the f irst people to successfully get to the North Pole) and organizing the efforts that led to success in the civil rights movement (Dorothy Height was affectionately called the matriarch of the civil rights movement.) Think back to the Industrial Revolution that propelled the world into a new era. We’re likely to see white faces working in these factories in old pictures, but what about the millions of

black folks who labored all day, no doubt getting paid less than their white counterparts? What about the millions of black soldiers who fought in wars for freedoms they didn’t have? The intersecting identities these people had, being black, poor, a woman, made it easy for the country and world to forget them. Black History

History Month. In the same spirit of annoyance, one could argue that with the face of America being overwhelmingly non-minority white women and men, every day is White History Month.

The opportunity to observe this month-long celebration and honor the untold histories and stories of our ancestors and forefathers is one

“ Black History Month forces us to reckon with this history, honor it and realize that we still have plenty of work to do to correct the injustices that still follow us today. .”

Month forces us to reckon with this history, honor it and realize that we still have plenty of work to do to correct the injustices that still follow us today.

Of course, there are still people who question the need for a Black History Month every year. They might even go so far to say that we should counter this observance with a White

that we must dedicate ourselves, especially in a time of racial turmoil like the one we’re in. 2019 brought us a KKK rally in Ohio, blackface confessions in Virginia from the governor, and killings of unarmed black men. In terms of racial progress, we are not nearly as far along as we think we are. The effects of colonization, slavery and segregation still follow and

haunt black folks to this day and it is seen in our regular interactions. It’s seen when young black men are racially prof iled by the police. It’s seen in the rejection of black people’s talents and their inability to rise in ranks in the workplace. It is seen when black people’s hair, a source of pride, is policed and shunned as seen in the most recent case of a Texas teen who was suspended and unable to graduate due to his locs. The journey to freedom is diff icult and nowhere near over, and if there needs to be a federally-mandated month to get to the “woke” and the oblivious alike to recognize and join this journey, then so be it.

In America’s white evangelical haze, we often forget that Black History is American history, but Black Awareness Month, as we at UM call it, is here to make sure that we never forget.

The celebration of Black History Month began in the 1920s during the Harlem Renaissance. Let’s invoke the magical spirit of the Harlem Renaissance this February and all 2020 and remember why Black History Month still matters.

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

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Our Student Government needs more diversity ANONYMOUS

“Am I playing for the right team?”

I think that is the question that bothers me the most while working under student government at the University of Miami.

Every time I walk into a meeting, I feel as if I am betraying the community of individuals I am supposed to represent. The lack of representation during the most important conversations being held on campus is unnerving. We, as members of the Student Government, make so many suggestions and changes about student life, but do not even begin to represent the diverse demographics of our own campus.

As people of color, we question why the most prominent student leaders on campus are white, but never analyze the

vehicle that perpetuates this issue: the lack of melanin in Student Government.

The fact remains that Student Government exists as a premier, elite, white organization with quite an ambiguous mission statement. It’s one that despite my time and title in student government, I fail to completely understand in its entirety.

Now, undeniably, we as a black community must do better to infiltrate these spaces not inherently designed for us. We must continue to push and push until the barrier breaks. It will take more than the a few black individuals within Student Government to dismantle years of established, structural discrimination.

Change will require all of us to care more. It is evident that as black individuals we have lost interest in Student Government because of the very nature of

the organization, and it is hard to blame us. But, we can do better.

We have the power to vote, yet most of us don’t know where to go to vote. I could guarantee that a majority of my brothers and sisters don’t know the faces of our elected leaders, and in their defense, an even larger portion of campus beyond us neglects school politics as a whole.

I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that we begin to direct our attention to these repositories of power, student government being one of them, and start to ask ourselves how we can force the system to consider us for once.

Changing the system also means delegating more power and recognition to our rising black organizations on campus– Freshman Leadership Academy, United Black Students, Planet Kreyol, African

Student Union, the Caribbean Students Association, UMTV’s The Culture and more.

We can complain all we want. But, as a community, we can no longer voice our grievances from behind our phone screens without backing up our claims with direct action. We can start by electing representatives who look like us, fight for us and are with us in a bigger capacity than a photo op.

But, it will take us caring more about the politics and activities that transpire around us to enact any tangible change.

It will take us being curious, demanding and insistent. The power behind a unified black front is unmatched in this world.

It’s time to unearth that power and use it for our own sakes.

SOCIETY

What Super Bowl LIV and Iron Arrow can teach us about colonialism

BY: TOPE ABISOYE Contributing Columnist

While many contemporary organizations such as the Kansas City Chiefs and the University of Miami’s own Iron Arrow Society have made a public show of their relationships with native tribes in their locales, racist ideas of “Indian-ness” remain a central part of these organizations’ public image. In fact, there exists a decades-long set of scholarship against shallow representations of Natives in U.S. culture that organizations such as Iron Arrow and the Chiefs do not acknowledge or try to counter. As scholars Philip J. Deloria and Gerald Vizenor note with the publications of “Playing Indian” and “Fugitive Poses,” many of the stereotypical ideas of Native and Indigenous identity are still inculcated by mainstream culture.

The Iron Arrow Society, whose acts are often mired in extreme secrecy, and the Kansas City Chiefs, a 470 milliondollar business and entertainment enterprise, are both organizations that profit and indeed participate in the type of exoticizing that Gerald Vizenor calls “fugitive poses.” These are textual or graphic depictions steeped in stereotype aesthetics of romantic victimhood, tragedy or nostalgia. It is important to note that just because these organizations may have “relationships” with native tribes does not mean they are not guilty of racism.

The Iron Arrow Society may simultaneously operate a very fruitful relationship with the Miccosukee tribe and commit racist acts of mimicry and appropriation that negatively affect Native Americans (including Miccosukee). Moreover, I am skeptical of the notion that any relationship between these organizations and native tribes are or could be equally beneficial since reproducing aesthetic stereotypes is inherently an act of cultural genocide.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Washington R*dskins neither acknowledge nor counteract their representation of a shallow (white) formulation of Native identi-

ty, one where peoples of different ethnic, socio-cultural, racial, national and tribal differences are abridged to the terms “r*dskin” (notably a slur) or “chief.” The expression of native-ness that broad and dubious terms such as “chief” and “r*dskin” foreground is and has always been based in first a racialization and second the on-going genocide of entire peoples. Further still, simply agreeing that these depictions are problematic and then working with tribal actors behind the scenes does not change that the referent terminology used by these teams is based on virulent racist logic. This is to say that working against racism necessitates abandoning this misnaming, this play of things which are Indian-ish, for profit.

American settler colonialism, by which I mean the historical debasement and on-going genocide of Native populations by the U.S. government or its proxies, is reproduced by The Iron Arrow Society, the Chiefs and the R*dskins. The appeal to ethnographic otherness that “chief” and “r*dskin” as well as the practices used by Iron Arrow, which include drum-beating and other Indian-ish rituals, gestures to what Deloria calls “play-

ing Indian.” He writes, “Savage Indians served Americans as oppositional figures against whom one might imagine a civilized national Self. Coded as freedom, however, wild Indianness proved equally attractive, setting up a ‘have-the-cakeand-eat-it-too’ dialectic of simultaneous desire and repulsion.” Basically, the performance of Indian-ish ceremonies, wearing Indian-ish costumes, and creating ‘tribal’ cultures that are based in ideas of Indian-ness is both reductive, racist, and exoticizing. It is in the most obvious sense a cultural appropriation, even if the intention is admiration.

Both organizations ought to reflect and actively work against the American settler-colonial logic, which puts Native identity in a past-ness (a là tipis, chanting, drum-beating, loincloths, and spears) and erases the vast complexity of past and present Native American cultures. It is not only that no one in the R*dkins organization, Chiefs organization or Iron Arrow Society is native (though, this is a real and pressing problem). It is also that staging Indianish plays is neither generative for native self-sovereignty nor is it admiration. It is racism.

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REVIEW: Rap’s biggest stars perform at Super Bowl Music Fest, bring big surprises

BY JORDAN LEWIS Culture Editor

The smell of freshly-wrapped blunts being lit that, up until then, had only played a minor factor, now spread so much that it was the only smell worth mentioning, even more than the stench and desperation of canned beer and cheap cologne.

“Where my mother f*cking hotties at?”

A night that, only three hours before, started with a star-studded red carpet featuring athletes such as Derwin James of the Los Angeles Chargers and Jarvis Landry of the Cleveland Browns and entertainers including Sarunas Jackson of HBO’s “insecure” and “106 & Park”/E! News’ Terrence J was just getting started.

At 9:15 p.m. sharp, the lights dimmed. A stadium that was once filled with empty red seats turned into a sea of people– white, black, old and young.

“Where my mother f*cking hotties at?” rapper Megan Thee Stallion asked again, taking the stage on Jan. 30, day one of the Super Bowl LIV music fest.

“I keep it realer than real / F*ck all the critics and f*ck how they feel,” she started, opening with “Realer”– the lead single from her 2019 debut mixtape “Fever.”

“I’m getting money it is what it is / They wanna know how I did what I did,” she continued, bringing the immediate, uncomparable energy often seen in her videos to the American Airlines stage.

Megan’s spirit was contagious, with the audience never missing a beat as she transitioned into “Freak Nasty,” a song from her 2018 extended play “Tina Snow” which features the song “Big Ole Freak” that launched her to stardom.

In true Stallion style, the rapper wore a red, white and black hoodie/shorts combo that perfectly hugged every curve and allowed her signature twerk skills to take center stage. She performed against a rather plain background that alternated between imagery from her music videos, Texas (the star’s home state) memorabilia and big, gold

letters that simply read “Megan The Stallion,” as if anyone needed a reminder.

“Where my bad b*tches getting money at?” she asked the crowd. “If you know you don’t need a man for nothing, make some mother f*cking noise.”

And that they did.

Then came the moment we all knew was coming: the twerk interlude.

Two groups of audience members, hot girls and hot boys, made their way to the stage to dance to her twerk anthems “Simon Says” featuring Juicy J and “Big Booty” with Gucci Mane.

“Simon says bust it open like a freak.” The lyrics radiated throughout the stadium.

You know the rules: Simon said it. So, they did it– busting it open and throwing it b ack as if their lives depended on it while the entire crowd cheered them on.

Thee Stallion’s set also included her hits “Sex Talk,” “Hot Girl Summer” featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign, and “Cash Shit” featuring DaBaby, ending with her newest single “B.I.T.C.H.”– a supposed introduction to her new alter ego Suga.

After a brief intermission featuring announcers from 99JAMZ and songs including Pop Smoke’s “Dior” and Afro B’s “Drogba,” another voice spread across the arena, engulfing every audience member effortlessly.

“DaBaby, DaBaby, DaBaby, DaBaby.”

That, followed up with the tagline “That ain’t the baby, that’s my baby,” let everyone know what was coming. And if you didn’t know, well, you were about to find out.

Rapper DaBaby burst onto stage with an energy that almost rivaled Megan Thee Stallion’s, performing “Suge,” the song that put him on the map early last year.

He wore a beanie and matching sweatshirt, but my eye was immediately drawn to the belt around his waist and chain hanging from his neck– both so iced out I could see the glare from section 117.

The smell of freshly-wrapped blunts being lit that, up until then, had only played a minor factor, now spread so much that it was the only

smell worth mentioning, even more than the stench and desperation of canned beer and cheap cologne. To say that people were having a good time would be the understatement of the year.

He followed up with his next hit, “Baby on Baby,” accompanied with...real babies. Well, blow up ones that I’m assuming housed real,

“ Rapper DaBaby burst

onto stage with an energy that almost rivaled Megan Thee Stallion’s, performing “Suge,” the song that put him on the map early last year.” adult human beings inside them. It was weird, but I was here for it.

DaBaby performed other hits such as “INTRO” and “VIBES” from his most recent album “KIRK” and “Babysitter” from his previous discography, accompanied with lighting that alternated between blue, pink and purple and visuals that varied from fire to outer space. The backdrops, much like the ones before his, were simple. But, with an energy as untouchable and stage presence as captivating as DaBaby,

simple was more than enough.

For the remainder of the set, the North Carolina rapper made his way into the crowd, bringing out friend Stunna 4 Vegas to perform their song “TOES” along with a few of Vegas’ own records.

“I need everybody in this b*tch to put one fist up,” DaBaby said. An obvious ode to the viral music video (featuring iconic 2010s dance crew Jabbawockeez) for “BOP,” the audience knew exactly what time it was.

The once pink and purple lights turned to red, and the bass seemed to shake the entire arena– mimicking the absolute chaos that was about to ensue.

“I needed some sh*t with some bop in it,” he started. The audience went crazy as DaBaby performed the song not once, but twice.

After another brief intermission, the room went dark. The “EA Sports” logo that had taken center stage was replaced with black and white footage documenting rapper Meek Mill’s life, everything from his court case to his performances.

“Miami, what the f*ck is up?”

His visuals were the most decorated, ranging from grayscale to color, from images to text, from smoke to fire.

Meek jumped around his discography, which was expected as he has not released new music in quite some time. He performed hits such as “Tap” with NAV, “Going Bad” with Drake, “You Stay” with Dj Khaled and “All Eyes on You” featuring Nicki Minaj. That last one struck me as quite comical, given the viral run in he had with his ex-fiance and her husband just last week. But, the song’s a banger– what can I say?

The rapper had some surprises up his sleeve, bringing out special guests Yella Beezy, Tory Lanez and Gunna, all in town for other Super Bowl festivities.

I am not Meek Mill fan, but I seemed to be the only one. Everyone surrounding me seemed to know every lyric of every song and went hard with every beat drop.

I, on the other hand, was only captivated by roughly three minutes of the performance. His delivery of “Dreams and Nightmares”– his biggest hit to date and absolute integral part, dare I say backbone, of every black party since its release in 2012– was everything I had been

practicing for since coming to college.

Complete with confetti, smoke and fire, Meek left it all on stage. The perfect ending.

“If you f*cking with me, make some noise in this b*tch!”

The last act of the night was Dj Khaled and friends, emphasis on “and friends,” and it came with plenty of surprises.

Almost immediately after stepping on stage, Khaled was joined by rapper Rick Ross to perform major throwbacks like “I’m on one,” “All I do is win” and “B.M.F.” “Miami are you ready,” Khaled asked.

“Miami, ARE YOU READY?” he asked again.

We all thought we were, but we were wrong.

Following Rick Ross came Trick Daddy to perform the 2007 song “I’m so hood.” Then right after that came rapper Trina to perform her hit “Look Back at Me.” And right after that came Ludacris performing “Move Bitch.” And right after that came two out of three Migos to perform “Bad and Boujee” and “Pure Water.” And so on.

It is not an exaggeration to say that everytime I so much as blinked, Khaled had brought out a new guest. And friends was right.

Other guests included 2 Chainz, Yo Gotti, Fabolous and Lil Wayne.

And with each new performer, the crowd grew more energetic, despite it being almost 1 a.m.

“RIP Nipsey Hussle. RIP Kobe Bryant and Gianna,” Khaled said before his last song of the night. “Put your hands in the sky. We’re gonna do this for Kobe, Gianna and Nipsey.”

Khaled told his team to turn on all the lights, and so they did. This last song was no big spectacle. It was a beautiful feel-good moment celebrating fellowship and paying tribute to those gone too soon. It felt fresh, pure.

What I expected was a sub-par performance of obscure Dj Khaled songs I did not know nor did I care to know. What I got, was a revolving door of everyone who was anyone in the late 2000s/early 2010s hip hop scene (and Migos). And I was absolutely living for it.

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FITNESS

Running club member to take on Miami Marathon

By Essien Duke Senior Culture Writer

What makes a runner? Some might say it’s the desire to push yourself further, set new milestones or to finish your first race. For others, running is a casual exercise, a hobby or a necessary evil in their workout routine.

For University of Miami sophomore Nolan McDermott, part of being a runner means showing up for yourself, even on rough days when all you want to do is curl up in bed. But most of all, it means maintaining a positive attitude no matter what happens.

McDermott is majoring in computer science and math and is vice president of the UM Running Club. In less than one week, he will soon run his first full marathon: The Life Time Miami Full Marathon.

The big race kicks off Sunday, Feb. 9, at 6 a.m. Marathoners will take off from Maurice A. Ferré Park and finish at Bayfront Park, looping around parts of Miami Beach and neighborhoods such as Coconut Grove along the way.

On race day, thousands of runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes will participate in the marathon. The morning of, he plans to wake up about three hours before dawn to put on his racing

uniform and meet up with other UM Running Club members to take a shuttle to the starting line.

There, he will join pools of runners just like him, brimming with excitement and nerves as they wait to take their first stride towards the finish line.

McDermott said he hopes to finish the race in under three hours and 30 minutes, the fastest time for an 18-year-old runner male in his age group for last year’s 2019 Miami Marathon. To put it into perspective, a qualifying time for males running the Boston Marathon in that age group is exactly three hours.

McDermott ran a big race in 2019, too– the Miami Half Marathon, which takes place the same day. He said he thoroughly enjoyed running the 13.1 mile race and became even more determined to run a full marathon, something he’s wanted to do for years.

“If you say ‘I’m a runner,’ usually a marathon is included somewhere in that narrative,” he said.

McDermott started training for this year’s marathon in Sept. 2019 by loosely following an 18-week training plan which he downloaded online. So far, he has been running five to six days a week, some days with the UM Running Club and some alone. Two weeks ago, he

reached his longest distance so far, 20 miles.

“People think that running is a lot of work,” he said. “But for people who love to run, it’s a moment of relaxation, to step away and be in your thoughts.”

Before running at UM, McDermott ran in high school as a cross-country athlete in Long Island, New York. Two days into his freshman year at UM, he joined the Running Club. He joined the club’s e-board and quickly found a sense of community and belonging as a member of the group.

“The Running Club is an awesome resource here at UM,” he said. “We train together, we stretch together; I love everyone here.”

McDermott’s parents will fly from Long Island to support him as his biggest fans during the race.

When asked if he was nervous about running his first marathon, he said he’s mostly excited.

“Having a positive mentality is everything when it comes to running,” he said.

He makes a point to stay consistent and committed, even on difficult days.

“On a day where you did nothing but run, you still did something,” he joked. “The best thing you can do is to show up for yourself.”

For race day, McDermott has a

Photo courtesy Nolan McDermott RUN: Sophomore Nolan McDermott participates in the Flanigan’s Rockin’ Rib 10k run in Nov. 2019.

playlist prepared of upbeat music to keep him motivated. His song of choice is “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys.

“Ever since high school, I can’t get enough of that song,” he said.

“I’m definitely going to be playing it during my run on race day.”

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Frost Band, Hurricanettes, Sunsations perform at Super Bowl

By Jarrod Houseknecht Senior Culture Writer

Last week, rumors of a surprise Super Bowl performance from UM’s top spirit and dance teams spread across campus like wildfire.

The rumors turned out to be true, as UM’s own Hurricanettes dance team, Sunsations dance team and Frost Band of the Hour appeared alongside pop icons Jennifer Lopez and Shakira at the 54th annual Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2 With the game taking place at Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Hurricanes football team during the regular season, many Canes were expected to attend.

But, the opportunity to not only attend– but perform– is another thing all together, and it seems those lucky students were nothing short of ecstatic to take the big stage.

“The adrenaline you get from being in the midst of such a captivating, complex performance with so many layers is really so surreal,” said Jade Luo Santos, a sophomore

cymbal player for the Frost Band of the Hour. “You’ll find me in the crowd on Shakira’s side.”

Though appreciative of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Santos mentioned the difficulty of coming into a new semester bearing such a huge commitment.

“It definitely has been a lot to handle, especially because we’ve had to miss class for some rehearsals,” she said.

Although the experience was stressful, she and many others were still very eager to tackle the challenge, a showdown between top NFL teams the San Francisco 49ers– who have been using UM’s indoor football facility for practice– and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Peyton Hendricks– a junior psychology major and Hurricanettes dancer– said the performance has been in the making for quite some time and that, though stressful at first, things worked out once the team got into the swing of things.

“I’m feeling very excited and hyped about this performance,” Hendricks said. “So much work has been put into this by so many people to make it a great show.”

UM sophomore and Sunsation Rachel Alonso made sure to note how thrilled her team was to have the opportunity of dancing at such a high caliber sporting event.

Just like Santos and Hendricks, Alonso mentioned that it was intense but that her team and excitement helped her push through.

“Some of our teammates have been preparing for about two weeks now. They have been in intense eight-hour rehearsals multiple times a week,” she said.

“Balancing school life and dance life is a challenge, but my team is very excited and honored to be dancing at such a huge sporting event. Feeling thankful, excited and ready to rock this stadium.”

Of her actual performance, Alonso said “It was surreal seeing alll of the famous people attending and being able to perform at Dan + Shay and Pitbull’s sets. I am so grateful I got this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Photo source: Instagram, @UM_Sunsations SENSATIONAL: Sunsations Cameron Cruz and Allison Laforce danced at pre-game events for Super Bowl LIV.

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Frank Gore returns home to help West Coconut Grove

BY ISABELLA DIDIO Sports Editor

Mary Bryant, a long time resident of West Coconut Grove, remembers a young boy named Frank Gore walking to his youth football games at the nearby Armbrister Park.

Bryant lived right next door to the two-story apartment that Gore shared with his nine other family members.

“I remember him as a little boy going to the games,” Bryant said. “As the years went on, he was very good and his mom would take him to practice and his siblings would go watch them play. I remember his mom taking the bus, public transportation because they didn’t have any transportation at the time, to go watch him play.”

Gore attended Coral Gables High School from 1997 to 2000, where he broke several Miami-Dade county records, including rushing yards (2953) and touchdowns (34) and single-game rushing yards (419) As one of the top ranked prospects coming out of high school, Gore had an offer to play as Mississippi, but at the time, Gore’s mother Liz was suffering from kidney disease as a result of a drug addiction. Gore chose to stay home and attend the University of Miami so he could help take care of his mother.

As a freshman at Miami, Gore earned his way onto the field and rushed for 562 yards. But in 2002, his sophomore year, the running back tore his ACL and missed the entire season. Gore rehabbed all year and played in the first few games of the 2003 season, only to tear his ACL again. But in the end, all that mattered was his senior year, where he led Miami in carries, rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.

Drafted in the third round with the 65th overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers, Gore spent 10 years as the team’s primary running back. In 2015, Gore signed a three-year contract with the Colts, where he moved into eight place on the all-time career rushing list. Gore spent the 2018 season with the Miami Dolphins, where he moved into fourth place on the all-time career rushing list

Josh Halper // Senior Staff Photographer HOMETOWN HERO: In partnership with Rebuilding Together, Gore spent the week leading up to the Super Bowl in West Coconut Grove, helping repair nine homes and a barbershop.

despite not recording a single rushing touchdown for the first time in his career.

This past year, Gore signed a one-year deal with the Buffalo Bills.

Throughout his 15-year NFL career, Gore has become one of the most successful running backs in history.

In partnership with Rebuilding Together, Gore spent the week leading up to the Super Bowl in West Coconut Grove, helping repair nine homes and a barbershop. Photo credit: Josh Halper Now, Gore is committed to giving back to the impoverished community he grew up in.

“I’m in a position to come back to my neighborhood and help people who I know, to do better in my neighborhood, to build better houses,” Gore said.

In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, Gore partnered with Rebuilding Together to give back to his hometown.

Rebuilding Together is a national nonprofit that works to provide safe and healthy housing to communities across the country. For the past 25 years, Rebuilding Together has partnered with the NFL to help rebuild local neighborhoods in the Super Bowl host cities.

Gore spent the day with Bryant and other residents of West Coconut Grove and helped out with renovations to nine homes and two local community buildings. With the help of the local Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade, the renovations have been in the works for a month.

“Its great having Frank out because he’s obviously a hometown boy who grew up a couple of block away from here,” said Travis Renville, the executive director at Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade. “Its just great to see him

investing back into the community and just helping out in any way possible. It’s just really inspirational for Rebuilding Together and our volunteers and the community in general.

Gore attended the University of Miami from 2001-2004, where he set numerous school records. Photo credit: Josh Halper Gore explained that this project, and specifically the renovations to Bryant’s house, are special because Bryant knew his family and his mother, who passed away in 2007.

“Mary, I want to say I’m happy to be here. Thank you for letting me come in your home and thank you to Rebuilding Together,” Gore said. “I’m a happy man because she knows my mama. She knows my family. So, it was a blessed day today and I’m happy that y’all came to Coconut Grove.”

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Ed Reed set to join football program as new Chief of Staff

BY ISABELLA DIDIO Sports Editor

Former Miami Hurricane football player and Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed will be joining the Hurricanes’ football staff as its Chief of Staff, head coach Manny Diaz announced Thursday afternoon.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ed back to Coral Gables,” Diaz said in a statement.

“He is not only one of the most decorated players in Miami football history but also a devoted Cane who cares deeply about this program. All of our players, coaches and staff will be fortunate to tap into his experience, knowledge and passion on a regular basis.”

Reed played strong safety for the Hurricanes from 1997 to 2001. While at Miami, he set multiple school records, including career interceptions (21), most career interceptions returned for touchdowns (4), most career interception return yards (389), and most season

Josh Halper // Senior Staff Photographer NEW HIRE: Former Miami legend Ed Reed attends the Miami-Florida State game Oct. 6, 2018.

interception return yards (206 in 2001).

In 2001, Reed was a crucial member of the team that posted a 23-1 record and won the National Championship.

That year, the safety lead the nation

with nine interceptions. As a member of the track and field team at Miami, Reed won the Big East javelin title in 1999.

He graduated from UM in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts.

The Destrahan, Louisiana native was the 24th overall draft pick by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2002 NFL Draft.

In 11 seasons with the Ravens, and one season each with the Houston Texans and New York Jets, Reed was named to the Pro-Bowl nine times. In 2004, Reed was the NFL Defensive Player of the Year. With the Ravens, Reed won Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 over the 49ers.

In 2019, Reed was inducted into the Pro Football Hall fo Fame.

In his role as Chief of Staff, Reed will “serve in an advisory role to Diaz in all aspects of the football program, including strategic planning, quality control, operations, player evaluation and player development. Reed will also provide assistance in team building, student-athlete mentorship and recruiting, as permissible under NCAA rules,” the university said in a statement.

WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Track and field team sets records at Texas Tech Invitational

BY AUSTIN PERT Senior Sports Writer Golf The Hurricanes are having a successful first outing of the 2020 season at the UCF Challenge in Orlando.

As of Monday, the end of the second round, UM stood atop the leaderboard out of 16 schools, with a team score of nine below par. The Canes went -8 on the afternoon after going just -1 on Sunday.

Senior Renate Grimstad will take a -11 score into round three on Tuesday, good for first place on the individual leaderboard by five strokes. Kristyna Frydlova exited round two at even par, tied for 23rd overall, and Franziska Sliper finished tied for 25th at one above par.

Anna Backman (+2), Morgan Pankow (+7) and Daniella Barrett (+8) rounded out Miami’s players in the event. The tournament will finish Tuesday afternoon.

Men’s Tennis The men’s tennis team fell short 4-2 in Fort Myers, Fla. on Sunday against No. 23 Mississippi State.

Dane Dunlap and Bojan Jankulovski led their doubles match 5-3 before they were stopped because Mississippi State took the other two doubles matches and respective doubles point, with Franco Aubone/Benjamin Hannestad falling 6-4 and Francisco Bastias/Adria Soriano Barrera losing by the same score.

Bastias landed the largest margin of victory by any player on either team when he prevailed 6-0, 6-1 in the No. 4 singles match over MSU’s Davide Tortora, while William Grattan-Smith was victorious over Isaac Becroft in the No. 6 match, 6-3, 6-3.

But singles losses by Hannestad (62, 7-5), Dunlap (6-2, 6-3) and Aubone (6-0, 1-6, 6-3) would do Miami in, falling to 4-2 on the season as a team.

They’ll face South Alabama at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday.

Track and Field It was a weekend of individual triumphs for the Canes at the Texas Tech Invitational in Lubbock, Texas.

Junior Kevin Arreaga set a program record with a 21.82 meter mark in the men’s weight throw. Friday, junior Kayla Johnson followed suit with an all-time UM mark of 1:27.65 in the women’s 600 meter run and senior McKinly Brown logged a 1:18.91 time in the men’s 600 meter run, also a Miami record.

Several Hurricane athletes went on to set personal bests Saturday, starting with Celine Thompson’s third-place finish in the women’s high jump at 1.75 meters. Freshman Jacious Sears’ 23.91 performance in the women’s 200 meter was also a personal-record, while junior Jeffrey Uzzell recorded a personal-best on the men’s side of the same event, finishing with a time of 22.04 seconds.

Junior Jeffery Williams logged a personal-best of 16.46 meter in the men’s shot put, while fellow junior

Emma Langlois set a personal-best with a time of 10:37.73 in the women’s 3000 meter.

The group will next head to Clemson on Feb. 14-15 for the Tiger Paw Invitational.

Basketball Both the men’s and women’s team suffered losses this weekend. The men’s team, without starting guards Chris Lykes and Kameron McGusty, relied on freshman guards Isaiah Wong and Harlond Beverly, but the team could not overcome Pitt and fell 62-57.

The women’s team, also still without star forward Beatrice Mompremier, suffered a lopsided 69-45 defeat against Virginia Tech. The men’s team is back in action on Wednesday against NC State at the Watsco Center while the women have a week off before they host Duke on Sunday.

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Fun and Games Across: 1) Where the Chiefs actually reside 3) Ready for Disney World 6) Spicy Hurricane column 7) Controversial app, birthplace of the Renegade dance 8) Tunnel of _____ 9) Has all the keys 11) One half of Super Bowl power duo Down: 2) Oscar snub 4) Welcome back to the U 5) Winning QB 10) Other half of Super Bowl power duo Find answers to this weeks crossword here:

Crossword by Anna Timmons

Read, Watch, Listen:

Looking for new content? Check out these recommendations from Hurricane staff members.

Read: “ T h e A r t o f M a k i n g M o n e y” by Jason K e r s t en

Watch: “Uncut Gems” Directed By Josh and Benny Safdie

For those of you who enjoyed last week’s suggestion of “Money Heist,” this is a similarly thrilling narrative that ventures into the foreboding world beyond the law. Jason Kersten recounts the true story of Art Williams, a “Catch Me If You Can”-type counterfeiter whose genius allows him to survive in a Chicago suburb riddled with gang violence.

Non-fiction is not usually the easiest genre to enjoy, but this book is a compulsive page turner until the end.

This modern day tragedy and Oscar snub is a powerful commentary on failure and the nature of gambling addiction. Featuring a disheveled and aging Adam Sandler, this movie is in many ways a reinvention for the comedian. Though he hasn’t been known for his dramatic performances, Sandler has been featured in some of the most critically acclaimed dramas. Sexy, tense, and fast paced, many thought this movie would be nominated for best picture. Sandler, however, isn’t sweating it, saying via twitter, “Good news: Sandman can stop wearing suits.”

Listen: “Chantaje, Versión Salsa” by Shakira & Maluma Super Bowl LIV headliner, Shakira, performed for roughly 103 million halftime show viewers. She danced (alongside a couple Hurricanettes!) in a Latino-dominated Super Bowl performance.

Miami’s passion and cultural pride really showed. For someone looking for a Shakira song that’s slightly off the beaten path, look no further than the re-produced version of her single, “Chantaje.” She and Maluma show the world how Colombians dance salsa in this reworked version featuring an Afro-Cuban beat that will bring anyone to their feet.

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V’S TAKE 15

How to be gay off line Dear V, l feel that I am at an incredible disadvantage as a gay man. Restricted to Tinder or Grindr, it feels as if it is impossible to meet someone like me during my everyday routine without feeling predatory in our assumed heteronormative reality. Do I just pray for love to find me amongst the unrequested dick pics online?

Love, Gay IRL Dear Gay IRL,

Have a question for V? Email

dearv@themiamihurricane.com.

I am quite familiar with the app that uses GPS technology to help you f*ck strangers. It’s like the typical romance troupe of boy meets girl, but bottom meets top and someone might get sh*t on their d*ck.

Logging onto Grindr is like perusing the sausage aisle in a local Italian meat market. Overwhelmed with the endless and headless torsos, it’s easy to forget that love exists when sex can be so instantly available, and no one wants to tell their family that they met their significant other on a hook-up app.

I’m more familiar with Tinder, which I open every five minutes like it’s a fridge, each time thinking something good will just magically appear. My favorite are the girls who put in their bio that they are simply looking for friends. Yeah, and I’m at the bus stop waiting for a plane.

Don’t feel threatened by the heteronormative boundaries society has created by automatically assuming every stranger you meet is straight. At the same time, don’t approach someone with a scary amount of confidence assuming any sort of sexuality or that they would even be into you. If you find yourself interested in a guy, strike up a friendly conversation. Picking up on social cues will indicate whether there is an opening for flirtation or more.

Put yourself out there in real life. It seems dangerous to get comfortable with the idea of superficial love interests that solely exist online. I wish that after running out of swipes on these desperate apps the camera would turn on and force us to look at what we’ve become. Deleting Grindr or Tinder is always so refreshing, until you redownload it again in two weeks.

Best, V

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