FOR THE THIRD TIME IN UM’S HISTORY, BOTH THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS WILL PLAY IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME IN SIX SEASONS AND 11TH TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY THAT THE WOMEN’S TEAM WILL PARTICIPATE IN MARCH MADNESS. IT IS THE SECOND TIME IN FIVE SEASONS UNDER PAGE 9 HEAD COACH JIM LARRAÑAGA THAT THE MEN’S TEAM HAS REACHED THE TOURNAMENT.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT
State of the U address reflects on accomplishments of past year By Marcus Lim Staff Writer
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tudent Government (SG) President Brianna Hathaway commended the University of Miami on a great year in the annual State of the U address, citing improvements in athletics with the hiring of football Head Coach Mark Richt, enriching educational experiences such as the university hosting the Republican Presidential Primary debate and an exemplary six months of the recently inaugurated President Julio Frenk. “Creating a sense of belonging by working with students and faculty to increase racial, ethnic and sexual inclusivity, our university is continuously evolving to capture the needs of the community,” Hathaway said. Speaking on the Rock during Student Government Awareness Week, Hathaway addressed more than 50 students and faculty members, highlighting the moments of excitement the university has seen and the initiatives that SG has completed in the interest of the students. Some SG initiatives include adding pedestrian safety measures by implementing crosswalks and speedometers, introducing phone applications such as on-campus delivery app Favor, and initiating discounts for veterans. SG also plans on orga-
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PRESIDENTIAL REFLECTION: Senior Student Government President Brianna Hathaway speaks to faculty and the student body during her State of the U address Wednesday afternoon on the Rock. nizing events to give seniors a send-off before they graduate, for example, the senior walk at a baseball game and the president’s picnic. “We remember to celebrate you for all your successes and contributions to this university,” Hathaway said. SG has completed 47 initiatives and has 42 other projects in progress, all of which senators believe will benefit the campus community.
Hathaway also praised the students for their initiatives, some of which were to address issues of mental health, sexual violence and race. “Students hosted a mental health forum, joined together to tackle sexual violence through the It’s On Us campaign and programming through the President’s Coalition for Sexual Violence Prevention and Education,” Hathaway said. “Solidarity was also shown among students who
stood together to support other institutions, such as Missouri and Yale against racial injustice.” Hathaway reflected on her time as president working with Vice President Ishpreet Singh and Treasurer Robert Renfro, saying that the three of them dedicated themselves to the student body when they took office. “Reflecting on the positive progress when Ish, Robert and I began our term nearly a year ago, we made a promise to each and every one of you. Our commitment to listen and work with you, to make impactful steps for all of you,” Hathaway said about the students. Her term officially ends on April 7, when President-elect Vikesh Patel will take over office. Student Government Awareness Week was created to discuss the progress of SG initiatives and show the representatives’ loyalty to the opinions, desires and rights of the student body, especially after SG faced much criticism from students about a lack of communication. “People are always talking about a lack of transparency and I feel that at times it is true, not because we don’t want to but because we don’t have the opportunity,” said Aalekhya Reddam, the Student Government executive at large-internal. “So this week, I hope people will see what we are doing and know that we are there for them and we are listening.” From noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, SG will be at the Rock with the Energy and Conservation Organization (ECO) Agency to discuss efforts to help keep the campus free from cigarette butts. During the same hours on Friday, SG will host a new event, where old and new executive board members will be introduced. This event aims to familiarize students with the new faces that will represent them the following year.
CAMPUS LIFE
Harvard Law professsor discusses Israeli issues By David Ufberg Senior News Writer
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amed lawyer and political commentator Alan Dershowitz lectured about the broad range of issues surrounding Israel at the University of Miami Hillel on Wednesday night. Dershowitz, who famously served as appellate advisor for the successful defense of O.J. Simpson in his murder trial and also previously defended Mike
Tyson, spoke as a self-proclaimed voice of Israel. “I press the arguments that Tel Avivians and Jerusalemites would agree on,” he said. Dershowitz was very outspoken in his support of separating the states of Israel and Palestine into individual political bodies, and he feels this stance is common throughout the Middle East. “I think everybody, on both sides of the conflict, all support the separation of the two states,” he said. “This solution is no harder to achieve today than it was in 1993 [during the Oslo Accords] or 2000 and 2001 [during the Camp David Summit].” Joey Newfeld, the president of the Hillel, was ecstatic to have Dershowitz speak on campus. “I think it’s a huge thing, not just for Hillel as an organization but for the
students at the University of Miami,” he said. Dershowitz is currently a professor at Harvard Law School, a position he has held since he was 28 years old, when he was the youngest professor of law in Harvard’s history. For students eager to learn more about Israel’s history and the nature of the conflict surrounding it, Professor Dershowitz recommended the novel “The Source” by James Michener. Dershowitz himself has published numerous books, including “Taking the Stand: My Life in Law,” and “Abraham: The World’s First (But Certainly Not Last) Jewish Lawyer.” Morrissey said that they sometimes spent up to eight hours at a time in the Law School Library, searching for evidence, and past briefs that won the competition, to back up their argument.
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ISRAELI INFLUENCE: Famed lawyer, author and political commentator talks to students about Israel’s impact on the US Presidential elections Wednesday night at Hillel.
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Voters turn out to BankUnited Center for Florida Primary By Marcus Lim Staff Writer
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s students filed out of the BankUnited Center (BUC) on Super Tuesday, many shared a common choice for the presidential candidate of their registered party. Most of the people who voted at the BUC were casting their support for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders or Republican candidate Marco Rubio. Despite the support from those voting on the University of Miami’s campus, both candidates would ultimately lose the state to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the front-runners of their respective parties. While 1137 registered voters were expected to turn up to the BUC, according to the Miami-Dade County election analysis, only 42.48 percent of them showed up. Among the Miami-Dade County precincts, this was a higher turnout than those of most precincts, with an average turnout of 29.29 percent in the 783 precincts. Sanders’s popularity among the younger voters around the nation has been apparent, and that trend has continued in the BUC precinct. With 214 registered democratic voters, 51.87 percent of the ballots went toward Sanders, edging out competitor and eventual winner Clinton, who received 44.86 percent of the votes. The remaining 3.27 percent
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PATRIOTIC PRACTICE: A student casts his ballot for the Florida Primary Tuesday afternoon in the BankUnited Center. UM hosted one of the polling centers for Miami-Dade County. went to Martin O’Malley, who dropped out of the race in February but was still registered on ballots. Students who came out of the BUC were strong in their support for Sanders, who they believed would inspire change. Daniel Loumpouridis, a freshman majoring in music business, voted for Sanders because he felt that Clinton was mimicking his policies. “Hillary Clinton in the debates ... She will say whatever she thinks will make you like her better, which is why she is leaning more toward the left to get more of Bernie’s platform … And I don’t really feel like voting for a robot that will not do anything,” Loumpouridis said. “[Sanders] is actually going to make a difference.” The first-year voter chose to register as a Democrat because “all the
Republican candidates are soulless,” Loumpouridis said. Nelta Timothee, who is majoring in human and social development at UM, voted for Sanders because of her trust in him. She said that Clinton seemed “iffy” to her. “[Sanders] seems very honest to me apart from the other candidate. He feels like he is for the people, and knowing that he shares the same history and human rights with those that aren’t particularly rooted from America, he seems as if he shares our history and he knows the struggles and battles,” Timothee said. Young voters have been strong supporters of Sanders in past primary elections as well. According to CNN, polling in Michigan last week found that 81 percent of Democratic voters between the ages of 18-29 favored Sanders.
A similar trend presented itself in New Hampshire, where 83 percent of that voter demographic voted for Sanders. Despite Sanders’s popularity at UM, a single precinct was not nearly enough to make a difference. MiamiDade County as a whole was strongly in Clinton’s favor, giving her 74.81 percent of all votes and helping to pave the way for her victory in the statewide primary. On the Republican side, Rubio garnered a strong presence from voters at the BUC, with almost 56 percent of ballots cast for him. The 44-year-old Florida senator and Cuban American seemed to be the most attractive option out of the other Republican candidates, especially in a diverse location like Miami. Marissa Salas, a businesswoman who lives near UM’s campus, voted for Rubio at the BUC. “Our values are aligned. He is capable of creating change,” Salas said. “Trump will only create violence and chaos.” Citizens of Miami-Dade County also felt that Rubio was the correct choice, as he was the leading Republican candidate with 62.75 percent of votes cast in his favor. But despite overwhelmingly winning the county, the state of Florida would eventually pick Trump as their primary candidate, ousting Rubio out of the race as he later suspended his campaign that night. Trump won 23.51 percent in the county, the only one won in Florida that he failed to win. Timothee and Loumpouridis also had similar things to say about the business mogul, with the latter calling him “soulless.” “Trump is a very racist man, to see a candidate like him is running, he brings out a lot of the bad side in Ameri-
ca and it is sad to see what he is doing,” Timothee said. “If he actually wins as president, it will be a sad case for America and it will show that we really aren’t for the freedom of the people.” During the G.O.P. presidential debate last week at the BUC, more than 100 protestors, including students, chanted, “Donald Trump has got to go.” Alumnus Nicolas Sage Giordano, now a teacher in Miami-Dade County public schools, said that students play an integral part in the voting process. “[Students are] often engaged in social discourse, [with] their ideas fresh and passion abundant. Without their enthusiasm, our society falls victim to an intellectual stagnation, and progressive thinking is seen as far-fetched. They will also be the demographic who will live the longest with consequences of the decisions made by our elected officials,” Giordano said. Throughout the day on campus, students were encouraging and asking as many people as they could if they voted. Student organization UM Get Out the Vote also made efforts to register students as voters, registering 262 new voters, according to them. “Voting is the foundation of a true democracy. The people of a democratic country have to be able to choose the representatives that are appointed to create the law of the land,” Giordano said. “However, this ability is not without the responsibility we as citizens share to elect officials that reflect the will of the people.” More voting results in MiamiDade County can be found at www. miamidade.gov/elections.
SENATE RECAP
Election code revision, Senate duties amendments pass By Jorge Chabo Senior News Writer
Elections Codes Review A bill to amend Chapter IV of the statutes of the Constitution of the University of Miami Student Government (SG) was passed. The amendment means that a revision of election
codes could be initiated with a petition signed by the president, the speaker of the senate, the chief justice, the chair of the elections commissions and the SG advisor. Election codes are the rules and regulations of the SG elections. According to the Supreme Court, the codes have not been revised for some time and are outdated. The goal of this amendment is to keep codes constantly updated with input from all branches of SG. “It’s in the best interest of the student government to continually review these codes,” said Allie Hussey, chief justice of the student supreme court.
The bill had been scheduled for the previous senate meetings but was tabled due to bills from the Muslim Students of the University of Miami and Hillel calling for SG representation.
Amendment to Add Senate Duties Passed Another bill was passed to amend the statutes pertaining to the duties of senators, committee chairs and vice chairs. The SG statutes previously had no specific duties for these roles, leaving the actual obligations of the senators unclear. The authors of the bill wrote: “The explanation and definition of these duties would assist new Senators in under-
standing their roles and aid all Senators in the expeditious execution of the duties of their office.”
Notes: The Iron Chef UM cooking competition will be held next Wednesday at the Hecht-Stanford Dining Hall at 7 p.m. This week is Student Government Awareness Week. Membership applications for the Energy and Conservation Organization will be out soon on the OrgSync webpage.
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‘FULLER HOUSE’ STAR TAKES RAT STAGE
COMEDY ICON: Dave Coulier, who got his big break playing Uncle Joey on “Full House,” hangs ten during his comedy show, The Dave Coulier Cut It Out College Tour, hosted by UM’s Daytime and Special Events and Cinematic Arts Commission at the Rathskeller Wednesday night. The spinoff of “Full House,”
“Fuller House,” is available on Netflix and features many of the original actors, including Bob Saget, John Stamos, Candice Cameron-Bure, Jodie Sweetin and Lori Loughlin. Coulier returns as Uncle Joey, who is now a full-time performer in Las Vegas but never fails to fulfill his duties as the fun, goofy uncle.
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e live in a strange era of American politics when one’s ideological leanings are thought to reveal more about that person than any other singular By Mackenzie Karbon characteristic. Senior Columnist “Don’t judge a book by its cover” has all but become an overused and unhelpful axiom. Rather, the increasingly divided halves of American politics instead opt for the thrill of kicking sand in others’ faces and running away to snicker about it behind the swing set. When news broke of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, I was disappointed — but not surprised — to see my leftist friends dancing on his grave and chanting songs of jubilation: “Praise, the sexist bastard finally ate it. Every ruling he made was a personal attack against me.”
I was again not surprised, but more than a little disappointed when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his disciples promised to reject every nomination President Barack Obama puts forward to fill Scalia’s coveted position (taking up the challenge of, “Who can egregiously disrespect the position of president the most?”). This is one-dimensional politics in its most destructive form. Everyone blindly clings to his own party as if it were their last shred of identity and anyone else who doesn’t agree with them is a lunatic who wants to dismantle the country. If you’re not pro-life, you hate God. If you’re not pro-choice, you hate women. There is no middle ground and the possibility of negotiation is just about as fictional as my goldfish becoming the next Supreme Court justice. But somehow we’ve convinced ourselves that inciting blood wars over every contested policy is a sustainable way to run a country, when it’s actually running us into the ground. I believe that Scalia was a brilliant man. We hold substantially different beliefs, but one of us can support our opinions with sweeping legal rhetoric, and one of us cannot. Scalia was the leader of a conservative intellectual renaissance whose opinions were often directed at a broader audience than those of his colleagues. He was an originalist, but spoke often about the need to diversify the Supreme Court (every current justice is Ivy League-educated
and shares relatively similar paths to the Supreme Court). “A system of government that makes the people subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy,” Scalia said in his 2015 dissent of the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold same-sex marriage. Not quite the words that one would expect from an elite, Bible-wielding misogynist, right? Funny how that works. And to the Senate Republicans: your values do not supersede your constitutional responsibilities. To think so is to place yourself above your office and above the founders of this nation who wrote compromise into the roots of this democracy, who believed that it would take several different justices to create one united justice and who placed the livelihood of the country above the livelihood of their respective parties. Maybe it’s time that we all looked each other in the eyes and considered the possibility that we’re wrong. We must understand that the biggest threat facing us right now is our own inability to see our past selves. And if the end goal is lasting influence, the truth will still stand: the party, which dies with the most Supreme Court nominations, still dies.
However, many Jewish leaders are disappointed that Sanders has long kept his faith in the background of his campaign. At the March 6 CNN Democratic Debate, Sanders said he was proud to be Jewish, remarking: “My father’s family was wiped out by Hitler in the Holocaust. I know about what crazy and radical, and extremist politics mean.” Sanders also recounted seeing numbers tattooed on survivors in his community. In his remarks, it almost appears that Sanders’s sole connection to Judaism is the Holocaust. Sanders didn’t talk about how “tikkun olam,” the Jewish concept of repairing the world, might have inspired his social awareness, or about how working on a kibbutz in Israel inspired his democratic socialism. Instead, he connected to the Jewish experience at its most vulnerable point in history. As Charles Krauthammer stated in his Mar. 10 column in the Washington Post: “I worry that a
people with a 3,000-year history of creative genius, enriched by intimate relations with every culture from Paris to Patagonia, should be placing such weight on martyrdom.” Sanders plays into a victimhood complex that does not fit the Jewish people of the 21st century. Despite anti-Semitism that still exists in many places in the world, Jews have risen to leadership in many fields and have revived a rich, lively culture in the State of Israel. Sanders entirely ignores all of this. Considering how much Sanders has empowered voters to engage in a “political revolution”, I wish he could also form a meaningful connection with the Jewish people through social justice, Zionism or the other facets of Judaism. I wish, as a Jewish candidate, that Sanders could represent his rich heritage in a more holistic way, rather than deferring back to the horrors of the Holocaust.
Mackenzie Karbon is a freshman majoring in jazz performance. Her column, Here’s That Rainy Day, runs the third Thursday of each month.
POLITICS
Sanders neglects bigger picture of Jewish identity
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espite his losses in the Tuesday primaries, Bernie Sanders’s success so far in this race is groundbreaking. Sanders is notable not only for his performance as a demoBy Eitan Snyder Contributing Columnist cratic socialist, but also as the most successful Jewish presidential candidate in America’s history. No Jewish candidate had ever won a primary before, and Sanders has won nine.
Eitan Snyder is a sophomore majoring in music business.
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SWIPE RIGHT While much of this self-checking is done subconsciously, a large part of constructing our image is done intentionally, specifically on social media. Facebook profiles are nothing more than an opportunity to show the world a very small part of who we are, which may not even be representative of us at all. Freshman year was basically a mad rush to take as many redSolo-cup pictures as we could to prove to our old and new friends that we were getting schmacked at frat parties. We take pictures with people we barely know to make it look like we have tons of friends. Pictures in clubs or in other countries are underscored by a nice geo-tagged “check in” to brag about your location. Our profile pictures are the prettiest pictures of us; we carefully compose our comments and captions and, whether we admit to it or not, we derive some confidence from how many likes we get. Facebook is a very useful tool for marketing and connecting people, but enough with the false advertising. Before applying every single filter to a picture, remember that people don’t see in Valencia or Hi-Fi. Your #nofilter appearance is what the world sees every day, so there’s no need to change it. Did you really have fun at that frat party? Chances are, the answer is no. I’d estimate that only one in five frat parties are considered fun (kind of like the ratio of boys to girls at those parties), but according to social media, everyone has a great time: dancing on tables, winning pong, taking shots and dressing in themed outfits. It’s worrisome. Research shows that levels of depression and anxiety have skyrocketed among teens and young adults as a result of exposure to social media. This makes sense: Facebook might
Keep it real on social media to dispel unflattering Miami stereotypes
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cringe every time I hear someone say Miami is a “fake” city. As someone who attends school here, it definitely pricks my pride to hear others say that this city’s culture is shallow. Yet I should be used to outsiders generalizing about my home based on impressions. I’m from Jersey, and people from the other 49 states seem to think that By Nayna Shah Senior Columnist we all must look like Snooki … just like how most people think that Pitbull’s music videos depict the lifestyle of every Miami native. Granted, a walk through South Beach will affirm that we do have our fair share of spray tans, loud clubs and fake boobs, but there is definitely more to this city than its image. An offshoot of this Miami stereotype is the claim that our school is superficial and that all the students on campus are “fake.” I always get a kick out of these claims because it’s always “everyone else” who’s fake, but never the observers themselves It’s human psychology to perceive ourselves in relation to the outside world, and it’s in our nature to tailor our behaviors to a specific audience.
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as well be called FOMObook. All you see when you log on are pictures of beautiful people having the time of their lives in exotic places with equally beautiful friends, and you develop the dreaded “fear of missing out.” Selfie sticks and Snapchat have contributed to what psychologists refer to as the Millennial Narcissist Epidemic or Generation Me. We all need to think twice before posting, commenting and filtering. Does every single moment need to be documented? Does that picture really show what your experience was like? Maybe it’s unrealistic to hope that social media platforms will one day become truer to life. If that’s the case, it’s important to take everything on your newsfeed with a grain of salt. It may be difficult, but don’t fall victim to the FOMO or low self-esteem that is undoubtedly a side effect of having social media accounts. It’s sad to think that we hide behind computers and smartphones under meticulously designed profiles for specific audiences. If you find social media has an unhealthy effect on your mental health, spend less time on it or deactivate your account. If you are somewhat unfazed by the contents of your newsfeed, then really self-reflect before hitting “post.” And before you pass judgment on the shallowness of “everyone at this school,” think about how you can reduce your contribution to it. Nayna Shah is a junior majoring in biology. Her column, Swipe Right, regularly runs the second Thursday of each month.
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ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2016
By Esther Ponce De Leon Staff Writer
Ultra Music Festival returns to downtown Miami this weekend with a lineup as major as the size of its crowd. While dancing to the electronic beats of deadmau5 and DJ Snake, be sure to check out these big names in electronic dance music (EDM). Martin Garrix Start off a weekend-long Ultra adventure with Martin Garrix. Garrix had his first hit “Animals” at the age of 16. Today, at 19 years old, he is ranked No. 3 on DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJ’s. His other songs include “Tremors” and “Turn up the Speakers.” He recently released a new single, “Now That I’ve Found You” featuring John and Michel. He will perform Friday at 11 p.m. on the Main Stage.
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EDM DUO: Galantis pumps the crowd up during their set at Lollapalooza last summer. The duo will perform at Ultra this Sunday evening on the Ultra Main Stage in Bayfront Park.
Ultra headliner Galantis talks technology, festivals
we can all make a song from our iPhone. We don’t even think about that. We all do it. It’s not like I could have something the next guy doesn’t have because we all have it. So you go back to the piano and the guitar, and you write a song instead.
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TMH: Is there someone you’d like to collaborate with in the near future?
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aking over the Main Stage of Ultra Music Festival this Sunday evening is the electronic dance music (EDM) group Galantis, known for hits like “Runaway” and “Peanut Butter Jelly.” The Miami Hurricane had a chance to speak to members Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw during Lollapalooza. Here’s what they had to say about their high-energy music.
Christian: The perfect collaboration is right here. It’s Christian working with Linus. It’s a very good collaboration. TMH: What’s your favorite city to play and why? Linus: That’s a hard one. We’ve been experiencing the whole
world as Galantis. Just meeting all our fans from around the globe is an amazing thing, so to call one city out is really hard. To call a show out, we’d have to say the first one we ever did at Coachella. That’s definitely one of the shows that are up there.
The Miami Hurricane: How do you think technology is im- Christian: Asia is a market where we haven’t really played. We pacting music today and, in particular, your music?
Christian: I think the impact was a long time ago, and now it’s
getting so that everyone, everywhere, anyplace can do whatever. It’s like, you go back to basics again because it’s not any longer a competition like, “who got what new computer.” Everyone’s got everything, so now it’s back to piano, providing a melody and song. I think that’s what happened. [Technology is] important, especially in the finishing stages. Though, when we use [technology], it doesn’t have an impact on us or what’s making the song good or not. The whole revolution of [EDM] was 10 years ago. Now it’s like
had an amazing time in Hong Kong, the Philippines and Fuji Rock in Japan. It was amazing.
TMH: What’s your best memory from your performances? Christian: One experience with a crowd in Norway recently
was pretty extraordinary. It was a huge crowd, and they were so going for it that it looked different. It was like an ocean of high energy. It was almost as if there was some weird magic going on. It was really cool. Big props to the Norwegian crazy people.
Afrojack More likely to be behind the scenes than other DJ’s, Afrojack has written, produced, remixed and been featured in a plethora of songs. He made his first debut as Afrojack in 2007. He gained worldwide success with “Take Over Control” featuring Eva Simons. Working on more collaborations, Afrojack soon became a staple in EDM. Perhaps his best-known and most-played song was his partnership with Pitbull in “Give Me Everything.” Afrojack released his first album in 2014, entitled “Forget the World.” Last year he topped the charts again when he collaborated with David Guetta and Nicki Minaj in “Hey Mama.” Afrojack will perform on the Main Stage on Saturday at 8:50 p.m. Avicii Avicii released his debut album ‘True” in 2013 and has been nominated for two Grammys: one for “Sunshine” and the other for “Levels.” He is currently ranked No. 7 on DJ Magazine’s Top 100 DJ’s. His greatest hits include “Wake Me Up,” “You Make Me” and “Hey Brother,” just to name a few. He released his second album in October of last year, and it promised to be as well received as his first. Enjoy Avicii performing Saturday at 9:55 pm on the Main Stage, immediately after Afrojack. David Guetta David Guetta is one of the best-known artists in EDM. With hits like “Titanium” featuring Sia, “Turn Me On” featuring Nicki Minaj, “Where Them Girls At” featuring Flo Rida and the previously mentioned “Hey Mama.” His first hit was in 2009 with “When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland. Since then, he has topped radio charts. In 2013, his album “When Love Takes Over” was dubbed the No. 1 dance-pop collaboration of all time. He also won two Grammys for Best Remixed Non-Classical Recording. End Ultra on a high note by raving with David Guetta on the Main Stage Sunday at 7:25 p.m.
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Live Broadcast a r t l U If you don’t have tickets to this weekend’s Ultra Music Festival, there’s still a way to get in on the action. For the first time ever, Ultra will provide two radio broadcasts of the festival, Ultra Live and UMF Radio.
Ultra Live, Presented by UMF TV WHAT: A live broadcast from the festival grounds featuring unique content such as fan and talent interaction
WHEN: 3 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Saturday and Sunday WHERE: ultramusicfestival.com
UMF Radio WHAT: A live, international broadcast of the festival and the world’s biggest broadcast of electronic music content ever WHEN: 3-11 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Transmitting across 50 networks in 38 countries and streaming at ultramusicfestival.com Both broadcasts will also be streaming on Ultra’s official mobile app. To read more about Ultra Live and UMF Radio, visit themiamihurricane.com. Nick Gangemi // Editor-in-Chief
ON-AIR ULTRA: Festival-goers dance as confetti strings fly from the Ultra Main Stage in March 2015. The festival announced it will be streaming two different radio programs that will provide live coverage: Ultra Live and UMF Radio.
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Third-seeded Canes face tough draw in NCAA Tournament
Miami to play South Dakota State in first round of tournament By Isaiah Kim-Martinez Senior Sports Writer
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or the Hurricanes to win the NCAA title, it will take six consecutive wins over the next few weeks. Miami has six tournament wins in the history of its program. But this, the 10-year anniversary of George Mason’s Cinderella run under Head Coach Jim Larrañaga, could be the year the Canes (25-7) get hot in the tournament and make a run to the Final Four. Predicated on senior guard play and veteran leadership up and down the roster, the No. 10 Canes have been strong all season, earning a three seed in the tournament’s South region. Consistent guard play is crucial for success in college basketball. Take a look across the nation and some of the best players are senior guards, including Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon, Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine and Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield. Miami has Angel Rodriguez and Sheldon McClellan to add to that list. “A lot of teams put a lot of attention on me throughout the game, so he definitely makes the game easier for me,” McClellan said of Rodriguez. “He just knows where I am, and like I said, that’s just the chemistry we built during our year off. But I think we just have two good ballplayers with great IQ’s who are out together out there on the court.” McClellan, the team’s leading scorer, will have to play to his full potential for the Canes to have a deep tournament run. He not only scores more than 15 points per game, but he also has the 14th highest shooting percentage of all guards in the country at 50.8 percent. “The Hurricanes have experienced, savvy guards and a proven X’s and O’s man in Larrañaga, who took George Mason to a Final Four a decade ago,” ESPN’s Joe Lunardi said. The Canes’ senior leadership does not stop with their guards. Senior center Tonye Jekiri anchors Miami’s defense and is the only member left from the 2013 team that reached the Sweet 16. He can match up with any post presence the NCAA Tournament throws at him. He is not an elite shotblocker, averaging just over one block per game; rather, he alters shots at the rim, or prevents them altogether. Most college basketball pundits lead Miami to advancing to at least the Sweet 16, but several others believe Miami will fall to Kansas in an Elite Eight showdown. The Canes’ Round of 64 matchup is against the University of Buffalo Bulls (20-14), champions of the Mid-American Conference. Miami is expected to easily handle the Bulls. Miami’s offensive firepower should be too much for Buffalo’s
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STANDOFF: Redshirt senior guard Angel Rodriguez defends a Louisville point guard at the BankUnited Center in February. The Canes won 73-65.
lackluster defense to handle. The Bulls’ defense ranked an abysmal 262nd in the nation. Particularly, they lack the size to defend the rim against the Canes’ slashing guards, such as McClellan and sophomore guard Ja’Quan Newton. If the Canes advance to the Round of 32, they are slated to clash with either 11th-seeded Wichita State or sixth-seeded Arizona. If the Canes face Arizona, it should be a close game that comes down to the wire. “Arizona-Miami: tough game for me, but I like Miami. I like their experience,” CBS Sports’s Raja Bell said. “I like their defensive tenacity. I like their ability to get buckets off the dribble from multiple positions.” If the Canes face the Wichita State Shockers, they have an easier matchup, but only on paper. Do not let the Shockers lower seed mask them as easy competition. According to KenPom.com, the Shockers are the 12th best team in the nation. Similar to the Canes, the Shockers are headed by the senior guard play of Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker. If the Canes advance to the Sweet 16, they will likely face No. 2 seed Villanova. The Wildcats have been a top team in the country for most of the season, but they aren’t a lock by any means to beat Miami. “I think this where it ends for Villanova, because of Miami’s experience. They are really big inside. I think they’ve got a great chance to move on and face Kansas in the Elite Eight,” ESPN’s Jay Bilas said. Most college basketball experts from around the country have the Canes falling in the Elite Eight to No. 1 Kansas. If the two teams do clash, it will be an exciting battle of backcourts. “That’ll be Kansas’s Frank Mason and Devonte’ Graham versus Miami’s Angel Rodriguez and Sheldon McClellan. So that’ll be fun and entertaining,” CBS Sports’s Gary Parrish said. The Canes play Buffalo at 6:50 p.m. on Thursday in Providence, Rhode Island on TNT.
he Hurricanes had a strong showing in the ACC Tournament, defeating rival school Florida State and making it to the semifinals, but they are far from done. The Canes travel to Stanford, California on Wednesday as a No. 5 seed to play No. 12 South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Head Coach Katie Meier’s squad will look to enter the game the same way they went into the ACC Tournament: scoring efficiently and rebounding the basketball at a high level. In the three games Miami played in Greensboro, North Carolina, the team averaged over 72 points a game and rebounded the ball at an impressive rate. Doing this even gave eventual ACC champion Notre Dame a run for its money. In order for the Canes (24-8) to carry this high-octane offense into the NCAA Tournament, they must hit their three-pointers. There are not many teams that feed off the momen-
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Men’s basketball Head Coach Jim Larrañaga reached the Final Four with No. 11 seed George Mason 10 years ago.
tum of a three ball better than Miami. The Canes average 19.5 threes per game, and the percentage they make usually tells the story of the night on offense. The guard play of juniors Adrienne Motley and Jessica Thomas will be vital to the team’s success in the tournament. Miami’s two leading scorers will need to shoot the ball efficiently in order for the team to put up the points necessary to beat top groups such as Notre Dame and Stanford, which UM will likely face if the Canes advance past the first round. South Dakota State (26-6) is a team that likes to shoot from downtown as well. In two of their last three games, the Jackrabbits made 11 threes on 30-plus attempts. Being a No. 12 seed, South Dakota State is clearly the underdog, so the Jackrabbits will likely launch even more threes in order to keep up with the Canes. The Canes must assert their dominance by outrebounding the opponent. The Canes have to do this to the Jackrabbits early and often to keep them out of the game. Redshirt junior forward Keyona Hayes, freshman forward Emese Hof and sophomore forward Erykah Davenport are all expected to play big minutes to clean the glass. The Canes play South Dakota State at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday at Stanford University on ESPN2.
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SCORING BIG: Junior guard Adrienne Motley drives to the basket during December’s home game against Lowell. Motley leads the team in scoring heading into the NCAA Tournament.
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Hurricanes knock out Knights 5-2 By Daniel O’Leary Contributing Sports Writer
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he No. 6 Hurricanes continued their dominance over Central Florida with a 5-2 win over the Knights in front of 2,434 fans at the UCF Baseball Complex Wednesday night. Miami (14-3, 2-1) is now 20-5 all time against UCF and 7-0 in road games. Junior catcher Zack Collins extended his on-base streak to 12 games with an RBI single in through the left side in the first to give the Canes the early lead. Collins scored on a twoout double steal with junior left fielder taking second on a bang-bang play. The close call drew UCF Head Coach Terry Rooney out of the dugout to give the second-base umpire an animated explanation of his own version of the call at second.
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DOMINATING THE MOUND: Sophomore right-handed pitcher Jesse Lepore throws a pitch during the Hurricanes’ 5-2 win over UFC in Orlando.
UCF (10-8) cut the lead to one in the second on an RBI single through the right side by right fielder Eugene Vasquez. With runners on second and third, right-handed sophomore Jesse Lepore struck out the next two batters to limit the damage. The Knights tied the game with a two-out rally in the fourth. Vasquez
got his second hit of the game, a double to left center, and Logan Heiser earned a walk. The Knights capitalized when Kam Gellinger singled, driving home Vasquez. Again Lepore managed to get out of the inning, this time by forcing a ground out. The Canes quickly regained the lead in the fifth on an RBI single
through the left side by junior infielder Johnny Ruiz. For the second time, Rooney emerged from the dugout, this time to pull starter Juan Pimentel, who had already thrown 102 pitches and faced 23 batters. Miami clung to its one-run lead through seven innings. The Hurricanes fans, who traveled well to the
game and by all accounts had the slight majority of the supporters, were anxious to see Miami break the game open. A sac-fly by redshirt junior infielder Edgar Michelangeli scored Ruiz to give the Hurricanes some breathing room; senior shortstop Brandon Lopez was thrown out on the play to end the inning. In the top of the ninth, junior infielder Randy Batista scored on a single by redshirt junior first baseman Chirs Barr, giving Miami another insurance run. Miami looked poised to blow the game wide open at this point, but a power outage derailed those plans. During Collins’s fifth atbat of the night, the entire stadium descended into darkness as the lights cut off, sending most of the fans to the exits. Following a 20-minute delay, the game resumed and Collins, who entered the contest with a .576 on-base percentage, earned his second walk of the game. UCF escaped the ninth with only letting in the one run, but junior closer Bryan Garcia put away the Knights in the bottom of the inning for his sixth save of the season. The Canes play Louisville at 7 p.m. on Friday at Mark Light Field.
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Hurricanes team similar to successful 2013 group By Cody Brown Senior Sports Writer
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s the Hurricanes enter the “Big Dance” as a No. 3 seed with Final Four aspirations, it’s hard not to think back three years to the program’s most successful team to date. Head Coach Jim Larrañaga’s 2013 squad won both the regular-season ACC title and the ACC Tournament championship before being knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16 as a No. 2 seed by Marquette. Can we expect to see the same type of success plus more in the coming weeks? It’s certainly a great possibility as the current Canes’ team mirrors the 2013 squad in many ways. One attention-grabbing stat during the 2013 team’s run through the ACC was the average age of its players. The starting five plus the first two players off the bench were
an average of 22.3 years old, including a few fifth-year transfers. Similarly, there is only one underclassman in the top seven on this year’s team and the backcourt is led by two fifth-year transfer guards in Sheldon McClellan and Angel Rodriguez. In an era of one-and-done players, the 2013 team’s experience proved to be a valuable asset once the postseason arrived, and the Canes hold a similar advantage in that area this season. The composition of the two rosters is also very similar. In 2013, Miami fielded a backcourt consisting of 5-foot-11 point guard Shane Larkin alongside two 6-foot-5 wings in Durand Scott and Trey McKinney-Jones. Larkin made up for what he lacked in size with his ability to penetrate the defense and create for others off the dribble. Scott and McKinney-Jones were primarily spot-up shooters and lockdown defenders. A similar pattern has emerged this year, as the undersized Rodriguez has focused less on scoring and more on getting open shots for his teammates. Both McClellan and junior Davon Reed are bigger guards that have become deadly outside shooters and can lock up most anyone on the defensive end of the floor.
Finally, the records of both of the teams are almost exactly the same. Three years ago, the team finished the regular season with an overall record of 24-6 and a conference record of 15-3. That team suffered a couple of unexpected losses at the beginning of the season and then rolled through the ACC schedule, notching many quality wins along the way. This year’s group finished the regular season 25-6 overall and 13-5 in conference play. They had a couple of puzzling losses earlier in the season to Northeastern and Clemson but have recovered nicely by knocking off numerous highly ranked foes, both in and out of conference play. All the ingredients are in place for a deep NCAA Tournament run to cap off this season. However, the Canes certainly have their work cut out for them. They find themselves placed in the South region with the No. 1 overall seed Kansas and second-seeded Villanova, which many considered to be a one-seed heading into Selection Sunday. It won’t be easy, but the Canes have shown that they can rise to the occasion against top competition all throughout this year, and that’s exactly what they will need to do on their road to the Final Four.
Nick Gangemi // Editor-in-Chief
BASKET BOUND: Senior center Tonye Jekiri goes for a layup during the last home game against Louisville. Jekiri is the only player left from the 2013 team who made the Sweet 16.
March 17 - March 20, 2016
THE MIAMI HURRICANE
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Spring practice puts Head Coach Mark Richt, new recruits in spotlight
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By Daniel O’Leary Contributing Sports Writer
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ollowing a year in which Miami suffered both the worst loss (58-0 to Clemson) and the most exciting last-second victories in school history (The Return), the future is understandably uncertain yet remains bright. With the recent start of spring practice on Tuesday, all eyes are on new Head Coach Mark Richt, who is responsible for shaping the next decade of Hurricanes football. The announcement that Richt would take over as new head football coach on Dec. 4, 2015 invigorated a team and fan base that was in need of sparks. Richt attended the University of Miami from 1978-82 and played quarterback under legendary coach Howard Schnellenberger. Three decades later, the University of Miami is counting on him to draw from his personal experience under Schnellenberger to guide the next in line of great Miami quarterbacks and to bring the football program back to national prominence. Richt has the luxury of taking over a team with one of the top quarterbacks in the country in sophomore Brad Kaaya. In addition to Kaaya, Miami is returning its entire backfield from last season. Sophomore Joseph Yearby became the ninth Hurricane to rush for 1,000 yards in a season while starting in all 13 games. Mark Walton will continue to share the load after leading the team with nine total touchdowns as a true freshman. The Hurricanes will also have redshirt sophomore running back Gus Edwards, who missed all of last season with a foot injury. Junior receiver Stacy Coley, who would have led the team in every receiving category were it not for injuries early in the season, has decided to return for his senior year as well. The uncertainty lies within the trenches, an area the Canes must improve this year if they hope to establish the run and keep Kaaya on his feet. New Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz has a much more solidified line, although there are unproven defenders behind it. He hopes to create penetration into the backfield and disrupt plays before they develop. Implementing the 4-3 scheme with four down linemen and three linebackers, the Miami native hopes to return the intensity and aggression of the famous Miami defenses he grew up watching in the 1980s. Diaz
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LOOKING AHEAD: Mark Richt discusses the football team’s future on Signing Day in February at the Schwartz Athletic Center.
hopes to focus on efficiency, specifically reducing penalties, an area in which Miami needs improvement after leading the country in penalty yards per game (84.2) last season. On the first day of spring practice, just over two months removed from the Sun Bowl loss to Washington State, it’s hard to disagree with Kaaya when he says, “I feel like the excitement level is pretty high right now.”
The No. 12 Hurricanes came from behind to defeat the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 4-2 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Wednesday. Miami (8-4, 3-2) dropped the doubles point but then won four of the five completed singles matches for the victory. Senior Stephanie Wagner, the sixth-ranked player in the country, rallied after losing the first set to
beat third-ranked Francesca Di Lorenzo to put the Canes up 3-2. Sophomore Silvia Fuentes clinched the match with another comeback after losing the first set against Gabriella De Santis. Mark Singer may be emailed at sports@themiamihurricane.com.
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Dear V, The guy I’m dating is great – he’s sweet, caring and has a great sense of humor. My family loves him. Thing is, someone in my family loves him too much. My younger sister is a freshman in high school and, even though I can’t blame her, she’s developed a crush on my boyfriend. She puts on makeup and perfume in a rush every
time he comes over, but then pretends it’s not for him. She ends up eavesdropping on us, trying to find a place to butt in and be part of the conversation. While I’m at my house, it’s virtually impossible to get any alone time with my guy. I’m not sure what to do. My boyfriend seems to think her little crush is funny, but she’s so preoccupied with impressing him she seems to have lost interest in her own classmates. I’m hoping to help my sister find interest in someone her own age – that would get her mind off of my boyfriend. What should I do? Sincerely, Family Feud
Dear Family Feud, Good on you for not blaming your sister. Sibling rivalries can get rough and when there’s a guy on the line, girls become cutthroat. Your sister can’t help but get a crush when there’s a cute older boy around. Truth is, girls mature quicker than guys – while most high school guys are still in their awkward phase, picking at zits and hearing cracks in their voice, many girls already look like college grads by the time they hit senior year. Make sure to ask your boyfriend not to encourage the infatuation. He might think he’s just playing around, but emotions are a big deal for teens and she could end up feeling crushed or humiliated. Instead, ask him to be friendly but treat her the same way
as your parents – kind, but with a distance. Ultimately, it’s up to your sister to find someone she’s interested in, but nudging her along couldn’t hurt. Does she have a prom date? She could make the first move on one of her guy friends and ask him out. Encourage her to put herself out there and take a leap. That might be all she needs to get her eyes back on a prize of her own rather than yours. Do what you can to remind your sister to look for someone who’s on the market and is her age. By any chance, does your boyfriend have a younger brother? -V