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Coral Gables Police houses military-grade weapons UMPD may have access in emergencies

BY WILLIAM RIGGIN CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri put the issue of police militarization under the national spotlight. The shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer set off protests and rioting in the mostly black suburb of St. Louis.

Images of local police confronting protestors with military-grade weaponry raised questions about what other local police departments had access to. In South Florida, the answer is a lot.

Coral Gables Police Department, in particular, has received two mine-resistant vehicles, a tactical robot that can dispose of explosive ordinances and night-vision equipment within the past year.

Local police departments procure this type of equipment through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Law Enforcement Supply Office Program (LESO). This program allows local law enforcement agencies to apply for and receive weapons, vehicles and equipment no longer being used by the U.S. military, with the aim of

improving counter-terrorism and counter-drug efforts.

The Coral Gables Police Department (CGPD) just received their equipment in the last few months, and so they cannot yet evaluate if it has helped counter-drug efforts, according to CGPD spokesperson Kelly Denham. Meanwhile, there have been no terrorism threats in the city this year, Denham said.

According to CGPD, the mine-resistant vehicles they have received can be used for flood evacuations, post-disaster mobility and active shooter response.

“The Coral Gables Police Department has always felt that with or without the addition of this equipment the community is safe,” Denham said. “When you add resources to the department it allows them different options on conducting day to day operations as well as significant events.”

William Gerlach, the administrative lieutenant for UMPD, said that these weapons will not be used on campus unless necessary.

“We do not have direct access to that equipment, but if we needed [CGPD’s] support in an emergency situation, I’m sure they would make those assets available to us,” he said.

In other South Florida communities, the equipment received is much more extensive than that in Coral Gables.

According to the Florida Department of Management Services, which keeps inventory for any use of the LESO program in Florida, the South Miami Police Department has access to 50 M16 assault rifles, which were first used by U.S. military forces in the Vietnam War and can fire hundreds of rounds per minute.

Associate law professor Mary Anne Franks, who teaches classes on criminal law and procedure, sees these resources as a hindrance to public safety, rather than an asset.

“Non-militarized police forces already possess far more powerful resources and authority than the average citizen could ever hope to attain,” she said. “This asymmetry of power should mean that we can expect law enforcement, in general, to attempt to de-escalate conflict and to use the minimal amount of force necessary to respond to criminality.”

The idea of the police having access to this sort of weaponry makes some UM students apprehensive.

“It’s kind of troubling that professionals who are not in the military are being armed with military-grade weaponry,” junior Kunal Chohan said.

However, others believe the equipment can help police make a dangerous scenario safer.

“Sometimes, I feel the presence of a large or intimidating weapon can diffuse certain situ-

ations,” junior Josh Muhlbaum said. “Should they be allowed to have grenade launchers? Probably not. But other weapons can keep dangerous situations from escalating.”

According to a list created and provided by the LESO that shows all equipment given to U.S. counties through the program since 2006, Miami-Dade County has received a similar number of M16 rifles as counties with similar populations, such as San Diego County, Philadelphia County, and Dallas County.

Neighboring Broward County, with a population also within one million, has received no M16 rifles through the program.

Other students seem to hold a similar perspective.

“While I understand every community is vulnerable to some level of crime, giving the same weapons to local police as we do to our members of the military seems silly,” senior Chelsea Harrington said.

For a breakdown of the equipment available to police departments throughout South Florida, visit themiamihurricane.com.

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Making magic for charity

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FLICK OF THE WRIST: Magician Jim Munroe signs a copy of his book “The Charlatan” for student Marcelo Carvalho Lima.

Munroe, founder of the magician group MAZE, conducted a magic show for the UM community at the SAC on Wednesday night.

After overcoming a lifethreatening Leukemia diagnosis, Munroe turned to Christianity for guidance and, during that time, his magic career began to take off.

The magic show was a Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) event. The performance also featured tabling for Be The Match, a bone marrow registry organization that collects samples to add to their donor pool.

Those who attended the event were encouraged to provide a cheek swab to Be The Match as a show of support to Munroe and the organization.

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Library hosts Read Out to celebrate free speech Volunteers raise censorship awareness

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BY ASHLEY MARTINEZ EDGE EDITOR

The American Library Association (ALA) reported 307 attempts to challenge or ban books in 2013. According to University of Miami librarian Laura Fralinger, this means that almost on a daily basis someone, somewhere in the United States tried to prevent people from reading a book because they did not agree with it for some reason.

“A lot of people don’t seem to realize this is a current and ongoing thing,” she said. “A lot of people ask, ‘oh this is in other countries, right?’ No, no, this is the U.S. ‘Oh this was a long time ago right?’ No, no, this is now, this is still something that’s happening.”

Fralinger, who works in the education and outreach department at Richter Library, planned the university’s first Banned Books Week event through its Banned Books Read Out Wednesday at Richter. Since 1982, the ALA has sponsored Banned Books Week, an annual, national event to celebrate the freedom to read and to promote awareness of censorship. This year, it was held Sept. 21-27.

As part of the event, Fralinger invited several readers to participate in the Read Out by reading a passage from a book that has been banned or challenged, but was important to the reader in some way.

“Books that the students care about have been challenged,” Fralinger said. “These are books that you’ve either grown up reading or have been important to you at various points of time in your life. They affect you, they’re important, they’re challenging to read, and they’re not always comfortable books.”

One of the readers was Student Government President Alessandria San Roman. She chose to read an excerpt from “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

“I felt like I just had a personal connection with her, and she just instilled hope in me because she always found good in people despite the really bad circumstances,” she said.

About 51 people attended the event, including freshman Yousra Boufta. Boufta, an international student, wanted to learn more about when and why books were banned in America.

During the Banned Books Read Out event at Richter Library Wednesday, undergraduates and professors volunteered to read excerpts from their favorite banned books. Banned Books Week is an annual event that began Sept. 21.

BOOK TITLE: “The Descent of Man” by Charles Darwin

SHREYA PATEL // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAHER READING RUMPUS: Richter librarian Lauren Fralinger, reads “Where the Wild Things Are” as part of UM’s first Banned Books Read Out Wednesday. Sebastian offers an animated interpretation of the children’s book classic. The book was banned in 1964.

“This event informs people, and it broadens the scope or the view of knowledge that people have, cultural knowledge, all of that comes into play and it’s interesting,” she said.

Senior Alicyn Zall is taking a creative writing class and was interested to see how far the U.S. has come because “literature is such a ref lection of society.”

“Sometimes I think I’ll write something that’s kind of racy and, I don’t know, it’s just weird that they used to have power to actually say ‘you can’t say that,’” she said.

Throughout the years, books have been both challenged and banned – a difference that Special Collections librarian Jay Sylvestre defines by the library or government’s reaction to a work. A sentence about Special Collections.

Special Collections, a f loor that contains archival collections of the history of Miami, also created a special exhibit for Banned Books Week that will be on display through Oct. 3.

A book that is banned is prevented from being sold or results in the physical removal of a work from a library or bookstore. There were even instances of books, like in 1918 “Ulysses” by James Joyce, that were intercepted in the mail and then burned by the Post Office, according to Sylvestre.

A challenged book instead involves a group of concerned parents or citizens who do not believe the book is appropriate for a certain age level, Sylvestre said. Then, the librarians may agree and move the book to a more restricted or adult section. Or they may say they understand the citizens’ concerns, but will choose to leave it on the shelf.

“The library is full of all kinds of information, whether or not people think it’s good information or right information, it’s here and it’s a resource and it’s kind of up to every individual student to decide what they’re going to do with it,” he said. “There’s always something in a book that might be questionable or challengeable, but that’s not a reason to remove them from the public view.”

Fralinger hoped that through this event, students would gain awareness that book banning is still happening and its negative consequences.

“There are still people out there who would like to restrict students’ freedom to read and by extension of that, their freedom of speech,” she said. “Freedom of thought is very important. They’re here to learn how to think, to improve their lives through knowledge and by restricting books, you’re restricting their ability to do that.”

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WHY IT WAS CHALLENGED: The Catholic Church was against Darwin’s theory of evolution.

JAY SYLVESTRE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN

BOOK TITLE: “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank

ALESSANDRIA SAN ROMAN STUDENT G OV E R N M E N T PRESIDENT

WHY IT WAS CHALLENGED: Sexually explicit passages

BOOK TITLE: “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair WHY IT WAS CHALLENGED: “The Jungle” reveals the working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking industry during the early 20th century.

JOHN FUNCHION ENGLISH PROFESSOR

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HALLEE MELTZER // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR CHASING CHILI: Laquita Phillips, the Hurricane Productions graduate assistant, rides The Chili Pepper at the Rat Rodeo Wednesday. The Rathskeller Advisory Board (RAB) organized a Western-themed event that also featured a photo booth.

USPEAK USpeak Flash Fiction & Poetry open mic event, hosted by the national undergraduate literary journal of the University of Miami Department of English, “Mangrove,” will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Wesley House. The event will include a performance from Miami poet Jose A. Villar-Portela. Attendees are welcome to read their work, play their music and listen to others’ art. For more information, visit miami.edu/uspeak.

HOMECOMING CONCERT TICKETS This year, Hurricane Productions and the Concerts Committee are brining Matt and Kim and Fabolous to campus as the homecoming concert performers. Tickets to the concert will be on sale from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. beginning Monday at the University Center ticket window. There are two types of tickets: general admission floor (GA Floor) and general admission seats (GA Seats). Floor tickets are available for students only. However, there are no chairs on the floor. Floor tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

RUSSIAN TEA PARTY Join your fellow Canes in the Eastern European Club and the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) for a Russian dessert and tea party from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Student Activities Center (SAC) Iron Arrow room.

U GOT CONSENT? Take a stand against sexual violence from 12 to 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Rock. The Yellow Rose Society will be collecting signatures as a pledge against sexual violence. There will be educational information on sexual consent in an effort to inform the campus and community on the topic and to encourage safety and prevention.

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OPINION speak UP WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? “Probably ‘The Hunger Games.’ I’m a huge fan of reading, and that’s the book I read the fastest, which was in one day.”

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“‘Where the Red Fern Grows,’ it’s very touching to me. Every time I read it, no matter how many years apart, I still cry.”

“The last ‘Harry Potter’ book. It pretty much ended on a good note.”

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Fight book banning by reading The Richter Library teems with books no person under the constraints of a normal human lifespan will ever have time to read. Among these, one can reasonably expect to find, should you undertake to do so, classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Slaughterhouse Five,” and “The Catcher in the Rye.” Surely such books are the building blocks of every library.

But in many places, these books are banned.

Since 1990, the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom has recorded, according to its website, more than 10,000 book challenges. These challenges are “formal, written complaint[s] requesting a book be removed from library shelves or school curriculum.”

In other words, these challenges are not merely individuals expressing their viewpoints; they signify a concerted effort to limit access to certain information, and to undermine the freedom of speech that the Constitution has now guaranteed for more than 200 years.

What can you do to help defend this right? Simple: exercise it.

The UM library system contains, according to the UM Libraries website, more than 3.5 million volumes and thousands of CDs/DVDs and serials, in subjects ranging from chess, to fluid dynamics, to art history, to Scandinavian literature, to animal husbandry. The collection is constantly increasing; in the week of September 14-20 alone, the library added more than 100 new items.

Yet in 2010-2011, only 138,197 of these 3.5 million items were checked out.

Most of us, forgetting that the library is more than a massive study area cluttered with bookshelves, charge through the turnstiles fixated only on locating a table to camp out and do homework. Plugging in our electronic devices, spreading out our textbooks and looseleaf paper, we fill the space with material we bring into the library ourselves.

But when was the last time you took something out of the library?

The access to information is one of the most vital resources the university provides, and Banned Books Week underlines how fortunate we are to have such access – and how we should do more to appreciate it.

So the next time you’re at Richter, hop up to the stacks.

Visit the Special Collections.

Try to locate the oldest book on each floor. See if you can find a book with a handwritten note in it. Leave your own handwritten notes for others to find. There are plenty of ways to appreciate books that don’t involve poring for hours over a massive tome.

Because that’s what it really comes down to: the active exercise of the right we so proudly lay claim to. To strike a blow against censorship, we need to wield the sword, not just let it sit around, gathering dust.

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A couple of classes were enough for me to realize that my introductory chem-

istry class fit my educational background as badly as my jeans fit my legs. The syllabus for the course seemed to be a glancing review of everything I had learned in high school chemistry, and my accelerated chemistry sequence awarded no Advanced Placement credit.

I contacted my professors about any alternative placement options. The response I received was sympathetic but clear: the professor’s hands were tied. “At this point, we don’t offer any type of placement out of this course.” And that was that.

I felt like I had hit a wall. A part of me had expected this answer, but I still felt frustrated by my lack of options. My frustration was in no way directed at my professors, who probably had no say in the matter and merely followed procedures from overhead decision-makers, but rather at the lack of a culture of exceptional accommodation among certain departments.

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Hamas to blame for Middle Eastern conflict F

or thousands of years, blood has been shed over Palestine, and unfortunately, this year has been no different.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a new ceasefire agreement, WILL not quite a peace treaSCHAUB ty yet, after a conf lict POLITICS that left thousands COLUMNIST dead and nearly a half million displaced.

Now, as the storm calms, we look back and assess who is truly at fault. Who morally and politically bears responsibility for those deaths? Hamas.

I say Hamas and not Gaza because the Israeli leadership has made it clear that their fight is with the political actors running Gaza, not the Gazans themselves.

The massively polarizing coverage of this major conf lict has provoked both an-

gry condemnations and appeals for peace on social media.

Naturally, people are divided and take sides. The problem lies in the increasingly prevalent logical fallacy minefield of the middle ground. More formally known as the “argument to moderation,” this logical fallacy describes that if two positions of opposite extreme are held, then the truth must lie somewhere in the middle.

Put simply: If I say fire is hot and you say fire is cold, then fire must be lukewarm.

Regarding Israel, one’s Facebook friends may make passive claims that both Israel and Hamas are to blame, or that both sides have some faults and bear responsibility.

Rather than critically addressing the issues surrounding the Israel-Hamas conf lict, this argument trivializes what has left thousands dead this year alone and cost billions of dollars.

While it is equally fallacious to paint the world merely in terms of black and

white, the desire to offend no one by prescribing blame to all sides of a conf lict does not help achieve just conf lict resolution.

Hamas is at fault for causing the death of thousands of Gazan citizens and starting a war.

Had Hamas not engaged in rocket attacks directly aimed at Israeli civilians, thousands of Gazans would still be alive.

Had Hamas not hidden weapons in schools and hospitals, thousands of Gazans would not have perished in the Israeli invasion.

It is offensive to the intellect to equate the democratically elected Israeli government, inclusive of Christians, Jews, and Muslims, with a terrorist organization dedicated to Jewish eradication, not Gazan liberation.

In the Israel-Hamas conf lict, there is right and there is wrong.

Will Schaub is a senior majoring in political science and English.

While it is equally fallacious to paint the world merely in terms of black and white, the desire to offend no one by prescribing blame to all sides of a conflict does not help achieve just conflict resolution.

Will Schaub, Politics Columnist

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Academic flexibility adds to school’s credibility I’m not suggesting that every UM course sequence develop its own placement exam like those of the mathematics or foreign language departments, although their systems are very helpful for students who possess adequate understanding but fail to earn credit through traditional routes.

However, one of the marketable advantages that UM has over certain overpopulated public schools is its ability to administer individual attention. “You won’t just be a number in the system,” emphasized my P100 tour guide while I was visiting campus last year.

Yet clearly, to some extent we still are.

In order to live up to our reputation as one of the best universities in the nation, our administration and faculty leaders must accommodate the needs of some of the nation’s best students.

This means acknowledging the possibility that some students may have mastered material through untraditional means not indicated on their transcript, whether through self-study, research or simply classes whose credits do not apply.

This is by no means an elitist manifesto meant to benefit only a select handful. Both ends of the spectrum benefit from more flexible placements.

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SAM MEASNER // STAFF ILLUSTRATOR In my chemistry class alone, there is a noticeable division between the students who have taken AP or IB chemistry and those who have only taken a semester or two of chemistry in high school.

As a result, my professor finds herself maintaining a challenging

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balance that is meant to be a compromise between the two groups but can never truly satisfy either, to no fault of her own. Less experienced students struggle to keep up with the fast-paced overview of concepts, while those with years of

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chemistry under their belt absorb little new information.

However, if such stratification didn’t exist due to more precise placement options, then the professor would be able to focus on the needs of students with similar backgrounds in chemistry.

In comparison, a student at Harvard University says that it is common practice among students to solicit individual permission from their instructors to advance into higher classes. Professors may administer on-the-spot quizzes to students interested in placing out of the class, or, more commonly, there are no assessments involved at all.

It is understood that the student will bear the responsibility for the consequences of their decision.

In the years to come, I hope that students here at our own wonderful institution will receive a more flexible response when they ask about placement or other academic needs. Perhaps an “Unfortunately, we don’t offer a formal placement assessment out of this course– but why don’t you come in Thursday afternoon and we’ll talk.”

Is it possible that students may overestimate their proficiency in a subject? Of course, but let the consequences of that estimation fall upon an assessment or upon the student’s shoulders.

Let there at least be an option, a glimmer of hope, to achieve an intellectually satisfying, efficient, individualized education plan, one that fits as snugly as a pair of hiphugging, perfectly-sized jeggings.

Jackie Yang is a freshman majoring in neuroscience.

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Library spotlights once-forbidden literature

BY LINGYUE ZHENG CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

On the eighth floor of the Richter Library, students will see 14 books that used to be banned now quietly lying in glass cabinets. Each of the books are labeled with its author and reasons for censorship.

This display is part of Banned Books Week, which takes place from Sept. 22 through Sept. 26, and celebrates the freedom of ideas and educates on the consequences of censorship. This year is the university’s first time hosting the Banned Books Read Out event on campus. In partnership with the event, Special Collections created an exhibit of banned books that will be on display through Oct. 3.

“One of the things I really love about my job is the chance to take these collections

and information that are sometimes viewed restricted to a selected few and pushing them out there to people,” said Jay Sylvestre, a Special Collections librarian.

Sylvestre explained Special Collections is a resource that houses scholarly resources like rare books, manuscripts, photographs and maps.

“One thing we’re trying to do here is let everybody in the university system and the community know that these are their books,” she said. “We’re holding onto them, we’re taking care of them and we’re providing access to them. Anyone can come up here and look at the books, the information, and use them.”

Some of the banned books featured in the collection include works of Shakespeare, like “The Merchant of Venice,” from 1909;

two Protestant Bibles that were not approved by the Catholic Church in 1746 and 1860; and modern classics like “A Brave New World,” “The Jungle,” and “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.”

Other antique books in the collection include an edition of “Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books” from 1760; “Le opere Italiane di Giordano Bruno” from 1888; and “De Anima Brutorum Commentaria” from 1776.

Dean of Libraries Charles Eckman explained that while Special Collections has a digital collection, physical documents like photographs and correspondence are still kept for their value.

“Special Collections has detailed records of our campus in literature and photographs, which is a more natural way for

people to obtain information,” he said. “Its meaning is more significant in this digital age.

Cristina Favretto, head of Special Collections, said she hopes the department can be a place where professors and students do research and find references.

“One of the indicators of whether a college is academically strong is its library’s availability to students and width of collection,” Favretto said.

IF YOU GO WHAT: Special Collections WHERE: Richter Library, 8th floor WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday

The American Library Association (ALA) compiled a list of the most frequently banned books from 2000 to 2009.

Each year, the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom creates a list to inform the public about censorship.

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The “Harry Potter” Series J.K. Rowling

The “His Dark Materials” Series Alvin Schwartz

The “Alice” Series Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The “ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r” Series Lauren Myracle

“The Chocolate War” Robert Cormier

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” Stephen Chbosky

“And Tango Makes Three” Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

“Fallen Angels” Walter Dean Myers

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” Maya Angelou

“It’s Perfectly Normal” Robie Harris

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The “Scary Stories” Series Alvin Schwartz

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Musical offers sensational selection of characters

BY JACKIE YANG | CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER ASHLEY MARTINEZ | EDGE EDITOR

Could you use “crepuscule” in a sentence? Would you be able to spell “syzygy” off the top of your head?

For stellar spellers and spell check abusers alike, the spelling bee is coming back to school in a big way this fall.

On Wednesday, the Ring Theatre premiered the Tony award-winning musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” under the direction of Broadway veteran and Theater Arts faculty member Greg Brown. The quirky musical comedy centers around the titular middle school spelling bee and its equally unique competitors.

The play revolves around six students, each with their unique personality, who compete for the coveted slot as winner of the competition.

“He’s this eccentric twelve-year-old kid; he’s very energetic,” said Brian Perrault, a junior playing speller Leaf Coneybear. “There’s nothing about him that he holds back…so that was an aspect of this production that I really appreciated.”

Brown, who has directed and played over a thousand productions of “Putnam” with several different casts on Broadway, in Chicago and on tour, described his experience with the student cast as “unreal.”

“We have the most amazing students here, both in the BFA program and also the students who auditioned from outside the BFA program,” he said. “One of our leads is an engineering major and here he is, starring in a musical, and doing such a brilliant job.”

He described the process of tailoring the script to fit the university’s audience as a “fun, intellectual challenge” for the cast.

“Having cast this show a number of different times, I know that this show works best when you fill it with really smart, funny people, because it’s not just about reading lines really well, it’s about being really smart collaborators,” said Brown. “One of the definitive aspects of ‘Putnam’ is its seamless mix of both scripted and improvised elements.”

Despite the comedic overtones, Brown also emphasizes that the characters still face very real struggles.

“A lot of comedy is born out of tragedy and struggle, and I think that this cast does a great job of balancing those two things,” he said.

Rachel Bonet, a sophomore playing young speller Olive Ostrovsky, described how her character remained competitive despite challenges at home.

“Her parents are not supportive of her at all, her dad never shows up to anything and her mom is India,” she said. “Luckily, my dad was always very supportive, but it was fun diving into that character and interacting with others through her.”

Brown feels optimistic about the public reception of “Putnam.”

“I think students will love the show,” he said.

“Nobody feels all that cool when they’re in their teenage years, and that’s such a relatable struggle that these weird bunch of misfits go through.”

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will run through Oct. 4. at the Ring Theater. The theater will offer free admission Tuesday at the Totally Tuesday performance to students with a Cane Card.

All other showtimes charge $10 admission for students.

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GIANCARLO FALCONI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SINGING SENSATION: (Top) Junior Rachel Eddy performs as Logainne SchwartzandGrubenierre, a politically-savvy 8-yearold with a drive to succeed in all she does.

(Bottom Right) Cast members of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” stage the opening number of the show.

Six actors and four random audience members compete in the bee.

(Bottom Left) Junior Sean Ormond sings as Charlito “Chip” Tolentino, the returning champion who returns for this year’s spelling bee ready to claim his place as the winner.

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Defense can’t afford to make mistakes against Duke Canes play undefeated team Saturday

BY NEIL DWYER SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Fresh off a humbling loss in Nebraska, Miami returns for its second ACC conference matchup of the season, needing a win to stay relevant in the Coastal Division and not fall to 0-2.

The Hurricanes will host the 4-0 Duke Blue Devils, No. 26 AP and No. 23 USA Today, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night at Sun Life Stadium in what could be an early season make or break game for Head Coach Al Golden’s team.

Duke comes into Miami with momentum and has played Miami in the past two seasons. A “down” Duke team in 2012 fully tested Miami’s limits as the Canes

tried to reach the ACC Championship, and then ousted Miami in the second half of the 2013 season.

Although Duke has had a breezy schedule thus far, they’re still 4-0 and return many of their talent from last year’s Cinderella team.

“Duke has made a lot of progress,” Golden said in a press conference Wednesday. “They’re the champions right now in our division, and that’s the way it stands. Period.”

Golden talked about improvement and the lessons learned from the Nebraska loss.

“There’s a lot of work [to be done]. We don’t have time to feel sorry for ourselves,” Golden said.

The Canes faced a mentally tough test in Nebraska, not only losing momentum and the game but also getting into two brawls in the process.

However, playing in front of the home

crowd should help the Hurricanes stay disciplined.

With Duke being undefeated and on the cusp of the top 25 in the AP Poll, expect a lot of the Miami faithful to turn out. Home field will play a big advantage, especially if Miami can get on the board early.

Duke only harbors the 71-ranked defense in the nation, not that Miami has much to brag about at No. 51.

This could be Duke Johnson’s breakaway game. In big games against Louisville and Nebraska, he’s been rendered largely ineffective, not the Duke that Canes fans embraced during his first two seasons.

The Blue Devils are ranked No. 43 in pass defense, but if Kaaya shows the poise and accuracy he’s displayed his past two outings, this could be just another day at the office for the quarterback.

There are standard growing pains for a new quarterback, but Kaaya has looked

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better each game as the season has gone on.

Duke has played without its best defensive player in linebacker Kelby Brown, who is out for the season.

Blue Devils true freshman RB Shaun Wilson is averaging 14 yards a carry and right around 100 yards per game. He’ll be tough to stop if the defensive line repeats its biggest mistake as it did during the Nebraska game, fighting the O-line tooth and nail and losing focus on the man with the ball.

Golden emphasized the importance of the pass rush as a key to taking on Duke.

“We’re going to have to get more negatives – both sacks and TFL’s – to keep him off balance and behind the sticks,” Golden said.

If defensive coordinator Mark D’Onofrio turns the pages of his playbook to the blitz as shown in the Arkansas State game, that’s when the light-switch seems to click on for this defense.

SPORTS BRIEFS VOLLEYBALL The Canes will square off against Notre Dame (3-8) 7 p.m. Friday in the Knight Sports Complex to officially kick off the ACC season. Miami finished its non-conference schedule 7-4, including a perfect 5-0 record at home.

Led by senior Savanah Leaf (163 kills) and freshman Haley Templeton (373 assists), the Canes will look to improve their 12-8 ACC record last season.

Miami will also travel to Durham, North Carolina to play Duke (8-3, 1-3 away) at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Canes were swept by the Blue Devils in two matches last season.

For more information about the upcoming ACC showdowns, visit themiamihurricane.com/section/sports.

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NICK GANGEMI // PHOTO EDITOR RAVING RETURN: Freshman Justin Ma and doctoral candidate Manos Thanos show off their table tennis skills during a joint club and intramural table tennis event held Wednesday in the Wellness Center. The event aimed to bring together table tennis enthusiasts and spread the word about their on-campus groups. UM club table tennis meets Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays in the main gym.

Miami (2-7) will take the pitch 7 p.m. Friday in Cobb Stadium to play against Syracuse (3-4-3). Miami will look to end its four-game losing streak by adding to Syracuse’s two game skid.

The Canes are 2-2 at home this year. This will begin Miami’s four-game home stretch against top ACC rivals Syracuse, Louisville, Florida State and Virginia Tech. Senior leader and goalie Emily Lillard has 36 saves this year, and will look to earn her third win of the year.

Danny New may be emailed at dnew@themiamihurricane.com.

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DEAR V V in a Shonda Rhimes world...

As we move through the first week of fall TV, I’d like to take a break from our regularly scheduled programming of sexual escapades and share some of my favorite fantasies with you.

But not just any fantasies. These fantasies are inspired by the one and only, Shonda Rhimes, creator of some of the most cliffhanging shows on television and my personal hero.

Here is a peek at some of my recurring dreams during fall TV season.

V’S ANATOMY A giant astroid has landed meters from Seattle Grace Hospital. Dr. Sloane (a.k.a.

McSteamy) just told me that he can’t be with me because he’s been seeing someone else. I was shocked, but not shocked enough to perform an emergency surgery on a group of kids returning from their first trip to the zoo.

As I wander the halls with sad folk music, Dr. Shepard (a.k.a. McDreamy) eyes me with his piercing blue eyes. I pretend not to notice because that’s what a strong, educated doctor does. Eventually, I follow him and

we’re suddenly engaged in hot, passionate lovemaking. This is, of course, happening in a supply closet. And I – like most of you – don’t understand why there has to be a McDreamy and a McSteamy, but hey, I’m not complaining. That just means there are more men for me to think about... but I digress.

Finally, after every patient except one of the kids – my favorite – from the zoo is saved, I find myself yearning for something more.

I should not have to decide between McSteamy and McDreamy. Even as I ponder about this major life choice for the remaining 25 minutes of a 50-minute program, I finish the day in the arms of McSteamy. Because he’s the hottest one and I can’t resist a silver fox.

MY MANY DATES WITH THE PRESIDENT In honor of the sexy, political drama “Scandal,” my rendition involves many Kerry Washington-like faces. In the show, Washington’s character Olivia Pope fixes people’s scandals but she also has a long-term relationship with the president of the United States.

I had just solved a case. A female poli-

tician wants to hide from the public that she donated her eggs when she was 21 to pay for college – this plot is so Shonda Rhimes.

Having solved the case and reunited mother and daughter, I use my presidential privileges in more ways than one. The president demands an executive order that I kiss him, and before you know it, I’ll need a pardon so that I have a chance at re-election. I make many wincing, hurt and confused faces before I realize that I indeed do belong with the president and there is no other man for me. Not even Jake, who runs B-613 and, frankly, my heart as well.

I hope I’m not alone in these fantasies, and there’s not much more to say about “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” But as far as “How to Get Away with Murder” goes, it’s safe to say that I’m very excited because of the premiere. I anticipate many a prisoner, law student and successful lawyer love triangle, and I see many more exciting dreams in my future.

Happy TV-watching.

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