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SYMBOL OF STRENGTH: Holocaust survivor Anita Karl, 77, calls Sunny Isles Beach home.
Holocaust Survivors Support Internship Program to end due to growing age of survivors By Isabella Cueto Assistant News Editor
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nita Karl cut slices of red apple and arranged them on porcelain plates for the University of Miami students who visit her every week. Through the Holocaust Survivors Support Internship Program (HSSIP), she told them how a Catholic priest gave her and her siblings apples to eat after they escaped with their mother from a ghetto in Poland. That ritual will end this semester. Back in February, Anita received a letter from the Miller Center telling her that HSSIP will come to an end this semester due to the growing age of the survivors. Director of the Miller Center Haim Shaked and Assistant Director of the Miller Center Mindy Hersh sent the letter to the survivor participants, informing them of the end of the program and thanking them for their academic contributions.
“Although we are sad to see this very important educational program come to an end, this does not diminish the pride and gratitude we feel for having been honored to offer this unique and groundbreaking program for the past 12 years,” the letter said. “Your willingness to share your personal history and wisdom has been an invaluable gift to the students who, by their own admission, have been changed forever as a result of getting to know you.” Karl advised more than 20 UM students through the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies HSSIP, which started in 2003 as a national pilot project initiated by the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. HSSIP paired students with local Holocaust survivors for two semesters of weekly visits. About 550 students had the opportunity to sit face-to-face with one of the more than 50 survivors who participated over the course of the 12 years. Karl was a part of the program for about six semesters and met with students from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. She speaks nine languages, a skill she picked up from moving around the world throughout her life. “I have lectured to priests, I have lectured to nuns, I have lectured in synagogues,” Karl said. “Everybody has to know what happened. Everybody has to be able to answer when a situation like the Holocaust arises.”
Karl has shared her story with students, talking about how her mother risked her life to sneak Karl and her siblings out in the middle of the night and then returned for their father, and how her father hid in a friend’s home until he was taken the one night he slept next to her when she had a fever. Karl looks forward to continuing to teach younger generations. Karl said the problem of aging among the survivors is a valid concern, but one that younger mentors for the program could have worked around. Karl was just three years old when her family was put in a Jewish ghetto, so at 77, she is among the younger members of the survivor community. “They are – it is true – getting on with their ages and, at some point, they are not able to do this anymore, but if and as long as there are people like I who are willing and who want to do it, I don’t think that it should be discontinued,” Karl said. One of the most important parts of the mentorship was being living proof of the hatred and horror that happened 70 years ago, according to Karl, and keeping the legacy of those who died during the Holocaust alive. “It’s important that they continue because it is the only means today to verify that this happened and to be able to touch a survivor, speak to a survivor, hug a survivor. Because otherwise, in a few years, we will be only a page in a history book.”
o Zebras: ‘Canes Against Sexual Assault hosted an open-mic forum for students to share their experience with sexual assault at the Labyrinth by the HechtStanford Bridge on Monday. The annual Take Back the Night event is a great platform for healing and recovery, according to No Zebras President Brenna Riley. The night was organized during national Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month. Prior to speaking to the crowd, Riley said that speaking about experiences could be helpful for victims. “For students that have experienced something like this, it’s a very healing event to be able to come and let out some of the feelings that might have been inside,” Riley said. Riley took the podium first and shared the number for the counseling center, 305284-5511, encouraging victims not to hesitate to reach out. Then, she told the crowd of her own experience with assault. The organization aims to raise awareness and educate the University of Miami and the surrounding community, which is another reason that Take Back the Night is such a big event for the organization. “It raises awareness for the people that are coming here to see real people that these things have happened to, and it really kind of hits home,” Riley said. “It makes people more aware of the issue and want to do something about it.”
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Bill appointing unique population seat for veteran students passes By Jorge Chabo Senior News Writer
Kawan Amelung // Staff Photographer
The final meeting for Student Government Senate included the last bills of the semester and closing announcements from Speaker of the Senate Josh Zuchniarz.
Zuchniarz announced that he and Henson Destine, the speaker pro tempore, hope to start raising awareness of Senate by preparing over the summer. The Senate passed a bill by unanimous consent that appoints a unique population seat for the veteran student population. This gives them one seat alongside the transfer students, who have three unique population seats. Although the veteran students have a seat as the Veteran Students Organization (VSO), organization seats are up for review in the fall. Zuchniarz said that the ideal decision would be to remove the VSO seat, as it will be covered through the new unique population seat. “The decision was very lop-sided, in favor of ‘Yes,’” Zuchniarz said about the position. The Senate passed a bill to allocate additional funds for the Public Relations Committee and a new Involvement Board.
The new chairs and vice chairs for each committee were announced in Senate as follows: Academic Affairs: chair, Sarah Betancourt; vice chair, George Liu Policy and Finance: chair, Ritika Malkani; vice chair, Sandeep Dhingra University Affairs: chair, David Mejia; vice chair, Milind Khurana Public Relations: chair, Emmy Savidge; vice chair, Revanth Boda
Notes: Hug the Lake is this Friday at 12:05 p.m. The new ECO Agency co-director is Jessica Deaver.
CONCERT SHOWCASES STUDENT MUSIC GROUPS PERFECT HARMONY: The 18th Notes perform a Sam Smith medley during the Voices of UM Spring 2016 concert Monday evening at UM Hillel. They also sang “You and I” by Lady Gaga and an original song titled “Outer Space,” written by graduate student Justina Shandler. The final concert of the year gave UM’s a cappella groups a chance to showcase their talents and hard work throughout the semester. Voices of UM also featured groups including BisCaydence, Above the Keys, The 18th Notes and Tufaan. Students who interacted with Voices of UM through Facebook also had the chance to win tickets for the Pentatonix World Tour.
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merica has undergone a great deal of change since the 1970s, but one thing that has been slow to evolve is our perception of drug use. In 1971, By Mackenzie Karbon Richard Nixon declared Senior Collumnis that drug abuse was “public enemy number one,” and since then, billions of dollars and millions of Americans have wasted away in the senseless, fear-induced War on Drugs. The “War on Drugs” is a term commonly applied to a campaign of prohibition of drugs, enforced by military aid and intervention, with the stated aim of reducing and eliminating illegal drug trade in North America. There are many assumptions that must be dispelled in order to understand how profoundly the War on Drugs has disrupted American communities. The first false claim is that the criminalization of drug use is based upon empirical science and is uninfluenced by notions of race, ethnicity
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and gender. If the disproportionately non-white population currently residing in American prisons doesn’t paint a clear enough picture, a short history will: in the 1800s, middle class white women were the primary consumers of opium in the U.S., but opium use was not criminalized until it was associated with the unwelcome influx of Chinese immigrants entering California, who were soon banned in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Minimum sentencing laws for cocaine flaunt a similar narrative. During the Reagan Era, possession of five grams of crack cocaine—a relatively cheap, smokable form of cocaine hydrochloride often used in black communities—could land someone in jail for five years. Unsurprisingly, possession of 500 grams of powder cocaine—used primarily in white, suburban neighborhoods— yielded the same sentence. To top it off, John Ehrlichman, Nixon’s Domestic Affairs Advisor, confessed in a 1994 interview that was recently made public in the April 2016 issue of Harper’s magazine: “We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
Another big misconception about the War on Drugs is that it is effective in deterring young people from experimenting with and becoming addicted to drugs. When our leaders assert that drug abuse is not only a problem, but also an enemy—implying some degree of vindictiveness between drug users and the pearly white American dream—they have essentially placed drug use in a vacuum. The problem with this approach is that it functions on the understanding that sobriety is the opposite of addiction. If this were true, then the 400,000 American soldiers who were addicted to heroin in Vietnam should not have been able to drop their addictions immediately upon returning home—but 95% of them did. Because in practice, the opposite of addiction is connection, nurturance, and understanding—all of the things that human beings are deprived of in prison, where they’re supposed to be “getting clean.” Mackenzie Karbon is a freshman majoring in jazz performance. Her column, Here’s That Rainy Day, runs the third Thursday of each month.
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Senior Staff REFLECTIONS
Initial interest in journalism turned into integral experience
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t’s here? After nearly four years and 150 deadline nights, on this eve of my final one, I find it difficult to comprehend that I am confronting the end. As a freshman, I saw the By Nick Gangemi opportunity of joining The Miami Hurricane as a phoEditor-in-Chief tojournalist and decided to pursue it as a means to practice my fondness for photography. However, doing so also brought forth a previously subconscious passion for journalism. The thrill of covering breaking events, rushing to make ever-so-early deadlines and enjoying the satisfaction of successfully conveying
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ou know what really grinds my gears? When people don’t appreciate the value of a fair and independent student newspaper.
a story through photography became addicting. I developed a love for what I was doing and dedicated my utmost effort to honing my skills. When I first walked into the old TMH newsroom, the one without glass doors and floor-toceiling windows, I had no idea that I would one day leave holding the position I do today. The privilege of leading a truly talented group, the satisfaction of witnessing our accomplishments, the friendships forged and the responsibility of navigating through the inevitable struggles of heading a publication have led me to cherish my time spent here. Through these years, I have met and worked with an amazing set of individuals, and I will never forget the hectic, yet incredibly exciting, deadline nights. I thank my dedicated staff, our faculty adviser Ileana Oroza, who is also departing TMH this year, financial adviser Steve Priepke and senior accounting assistant Isabel Vichot, and all others who I’ve had the pleasure of working with. While I look forward to beginning a new stage of my life, I also know I will dearly miss the chapter I am closing. I wish the incoming editor-in-chief, Julie Harans, and her staff my best wishes. I am eager to see where they take TMH. Nick Gangemi is graduating with a degree in economics and will be attending the University of Miami School of Law.
A good student newspaper is the student body’s best chance to keep a check on the institution we (our parents) pay so much to attend. So while I don’t expect students to read The Miami HurriBy William Riggin cane cover-to-cover twice News Editor a week or open 10 tabs every morning to read online, I think it’s worth appreciating for the service it provides: an independent view of what is happening in and around the school. As a private institution, UM gets to control a lot of its image, and as any private institution should, it paints that image in its best interest. That’s why outside
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s a soonto-be UM g r a d u ate, I feel semi-confident saying this: do not solely rely on classes to prepare yourself for the outside By Mark Singer world. The best way to Sports Editor gain experience in your future field ... actually working in that field. This is not a groundbreaking take, but it is what comes to mind first when reflecting on the last four years.
media need permission, credentials and accompaniment by UM staff to come on campus. But the Hurricane doesn’t need that (usually), and that’s why it’s the student body’s best chance to keep itself informed of what’s going on in the school. When cultural student organizations lose their office space, or the graduate student association wants housing, or a construction project is delayed, TMH is usually the only place for the student body to hear about it in an independent, fair way. A college campus is its own little state, complete with branches of government, a faculty senate, bureaucracy, labor disputes, private employers, police, private interests in the form of donors and more. The student newspaper is here to independently tell its audience what is going on
Since I’m a sucker interested in journalism, writing for the Hurricane and the Miami Herald was far more valuable than any one class. (Except for yours, Professor Kaufman, of course! Please don’t fail me.) This is through no fault of the professors here. There’s just no way for them to replicate the singular experience of writing on deadline with editors counting on you to deliver. This applies to every profession, not just journalism. If you run a successful business while in school or code a useful program, employers will be far more impressed than if you made the Dean’s List junior year. Future surgeons and lawyers … sorry this isn’t very useful advice. Performing heart surgery or trying a case in front of a judge while still an undergrad may not be feasible. Acing your classes will make your parents happy, but it isn’t necessarily what will land you your dream job. Take advantage of all the opportunities in the city of Miami, not just the university. Mark Singer is graduating with a degree in English and will be attending Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.
and why, just as news should do in a progressive state. The Hurricane is not, nor will it ever be, perfect. Nothing we produce in college is close to perfect. The Hurricane is constantly a work in progress, turning over its staff with each graduating class and adapting itself to new technologies and new audiences. But the student newspaper is not here just to provide working experience for the students who run it. I’d like to think that, ideally, it is here for the same reason any media exists: to tell stories in a manner that informs and entertains its audience. William Riggin is graduating with a degree in journalism and political science.
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What are your plans for this summer?
JOSH MYERS // JUNIOR
NASH SODERBERG // FRESHMAN
“I’m going to be presenting at a philosophy conference in Bellingham, Washington in May. So that’s probably going to be the most exciting thing I have lined up. Other than that, I’m just going to chill.”
“I’m going back home to Waterford, Michigan to work.”
THOMAS GARD // SOPHOMORE
EUREKA ZHOU // SOPHOMORE “I plan to take some courses in Korean, and then I may do volunteering. I’ll be in Asia, but I haven’t decided which country.”
“In June and July, I will be doing research at RSMAS working with air-sea interactions; I’m a meteorology major, so that’s what I’m doing.”
[]_[] Chats are edited for clarity, brevity and accuracy.
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KEELIN BIELSKI
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Tanner Wilfong has made waves on the swimming and diving team, even representing Team USA in Malaysia in 2014 – but his interests extend far beyond the pool. The Pennsylvania-born senior has a passion for the auto industry and a dream of becoming a DJ, and he was also UM’s first openly gay athlete. With a back injury putting his athletic career on hold, Wilfong is looking forward to the next stage in his life, whatever that may bring.
Keelin Bielski is graduating with a major in neuroscience and minors in sociology, chemistry and geography during her time at UM. She became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority as a freshman and led it through suspension and reinstatement in 2015. She is the vice president of No Zebras: ‘Canes Against Sexual Assault and also has been a part of several honor societies, including Iron Arrow. Next year, she will begin law school at UM.
When not in the classroom, you can likely find Kirstie Tandberg out on the water. A marine science and microbiology and immunology double major, Tandberg is graduating a year early to sail across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea as a crew member for Atraxia, a 50-feet long live-aboard boat. During her three years at UM, Tandberg has been involved with marine science research with Dr. Mike Schmale and surfing, sailing and scuba diving. In her sophomore year, Tandberg participated in the Science Under Sail Institute for Exploration (SUSiE) marine science research program.
With resources from UM programs funded by both the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the National Institutes of Health, Natalie Hamilton has been researching for two years with Dr. Philip McCabe’s lab at UM. Hamilton received the Lois Pope Neuroscience Summer Research Program Scholarship and Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP) award from HHMI, which sponsored her research at Johns Hopkins University for a summer. After graduation, Hamilton will be pursuing her Ph. D. in neuroscience at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
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What was it like to represent team USA?
[It] was the most humbling, honorable experience that I’ll ever have in my life. Coming in, I wasn’t the best diver here, and I really had to work for the scholarship I was on and the things I was given and never thought – I don’t think my coaches really thought either – that I was ever going to be on a national team.
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What has been your greatest achievement?
I’ve never felt so comfortable around a human being in my life, besides my parents, than [my coaches] Randy and Dario. So to me, actually my best achievement is gaining those people in my life.
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The Roanoke Times’s profile of you notes that you were “the school’s first active openly gay athlete.” What does that mean to you?
For me, I want to show people that are maybe scared to come out or be themselves that you don’t have to be a certain person to be gay ... You don’t realize how much of a burden that is on you every day, when you’re waking up and you’re thinking to yourself, “Oh, I don’t want to be gay,” or this or that, and then finally being able to open up about that.
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What was the process like of reinstating KKG on campus?
It was a really interesting five days. Basically, our headquarters came in and that in order to preserve something or another, they wanted to suspend our chapter for two years at the end of the year. But the university did not like that; we had so much support from Dr. Whitely and even from President Shalala, so we let them support us and fight for us. Five days later Dr. Whitely called and said, ‘You guys are back!’
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What was your involvement like in No Zebras?
No Zebras, or ‘Canes Against Sexual Assault, is an awareness group on campus. We’re just trying to educate the campus because sexual assault is obviously a hot-button topic across the nation, but it’s something that does happen on our campus. We just want to educate the student body and the campus. I’ve been the treasurer and this year I’m the vice president.
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When did you decide you wanted to go to law school?
Obviously it’s weird being a neuroscience major and going to law school. But I had been pre-med for three years ... Law school is something that I had thought about in high school, and after going through everything with Kappa, I thought it would be a really great opportunity to help other people.
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When did you first start exploring the idea of sailing after college? What do you hope to accomplish or gain from this experience?
I was first introduced to sailing by participating in SUSiE, where I fell in love with sailing and being close to the ocean. I decided that I wanted to live aboard a sailboat and start my own biotech company for marine drug development. A fellow SUSiE alumni told me about his plans to crew with Atraxia after graduation, so I contacted them as well and was accepted to join their transatlantic crossing. After completing the crossing, I hope to have enough experience to be confident in living aboard on my own sailboat during grad school.
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What are some of the craziest or most memorable things you’ve seen while diving or snorkeling?
My most memorable dives and snorkel experiences have been in the Exumas, where the ecosystem is more untouched by human influences. There was a huge diversity of both micro and macro fauna, like corals, sponges, fish, marine mammals, sharks, and more, all within arm’s reach. Seeing how reef environments are supposed to be compared to what we see in Florida is very eye-opening. It motivates me to work harder for ocean awareness and conservation.
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How would you put your research in layman’s terms?
We are interested in how chronic stress affects atherosclerosis, which is a disease of the arteries characterized by plaque accumulation. Macrophages mediate the formation of these plaques. For my project, we’re seeing how catecholamines, which are molecules released during stress, affect macrophage function. Atherosclerosis is one of the main causes of cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.
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What advice would you give to other students about building good faculty relationships in terms of research and academic mentorship?
Be inquisitive, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Demonstrate that you have a good work ethic early on. Also, be genuinely interested in the topic that your lab studies.
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What changes do you anticipate during your transition from UM to graduate school at Johns Hopkins?
I’m definitely looking forward to the greater degree of independence and flexibility. I’m also excited to learn how to ask good (and answerable) scientific questions, and to think independently and creatively about problems in neuroscience.
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O’SHANE ELLIOTT
SHIFA AKHTAR
SOPHIE DOUGHTY
SEAN ORMOND
O’Shane Elliott has made a name for himself both on campus and on national television. At UM, the political science major has held various leadership roles including vice-chair for the Committee on Student Affairs, co-chair of the Black Awareness Month Committee and chair of the 2014 Homecoming Executive Committee. Elliott also appeared on the Food Network show “Chopped,” where he competed against three other college-student chefs in an intense culinary competition.
Shifa Akhtar is a neuroscience major from Tallahassee. She recieved the university’s Louise P. Mills Award, which recognizes a student each year who has advanced women or women’s issues. Akhtar is the current president of the National Organization of Women, and after graduation she plans on taking a gap year before medical school to conduct service for a nonprofit organization like City Year Miami or Misericordia in Chicago.
Sophie Doughty will walk across the stage and receive both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Architecture’s accelerated five-year program. Born and raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Doughty was recruited as the coxswain for the women’s rowing team. After her rowing eligibility ended, Doughty studied abroad the first semester of her last year in Rome, Italy. Upon graduation, Doughty will move to Stamford, Connecticut with her boyfriend to work at Charles Hilton Architects, a high-end personal-homes firm located in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Sean Ormond, a B.F.A. musical theatre major, has won Best Actor at the Miami Film Festival as well as several other festivals he has attended across the country. He has held lead roles in musicals at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, and will be starring in a show at the Adrienne Arsht Center this summer, as well as attending the College Television Awards. With representation and several options for agents, he plans to move away this summer and begin his career in the industry.
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How do you balance all of your responsibilities and extracurricular activities?
We From work to school to extracurriculars, it’s all about being in the moment for me. When I see I have something to do, I just try to accomplish it as soon as I can. Sometimes it gets pushed off, but just adjusting on the fly and making time to accomplish the things I need to finish for school or for someone on time is important to me. I also depend a lot on a great group of friends that help me in my most difficult moments. I also have learned to be upfront and say no, if I know I can’t do what people ask.
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How were you so confident and composed in such a high-pressure setting like “Chopped”?
I’ve been able to work with a number of campus organizations and committees, which has been useful experiences in handling pressure, being flexible and just getting things done.
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What’s your opinion on the dining hall food?
I think they do a pretty good job in the dining hall. Yes, they aren’t the best at everything, but they have things they are good at, like patty melts and that twisted mac station.
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Why do you think you’re drawn to women’s rights issues?
I became interested in women’s issues and human rights when I learned about the topic of acid burning. Although acid burning occurs all over the world, the heaviest concentration of these attacks are in South Asia. It stuck out to me particularly that this violence was perpetuated against women.
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What do you think is one of your proudest accomplishments?
Everything that I’ve been able to do with NOW at UM this year. We have grown a great deal this year and have started holding large-scale events that we had not held previously.
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Besides advocating for women’s rights, what do you do for fun?
I really enjoy crafting in my free time, and try to pick up on different crafts every now and then! I also really enjoy reading mystery novels, photography and watching Netflix in bed.
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What’s your most memorable moment on the rowing team?
Waking up every morning kind of sucked, but waking up every morning and getting to see my teammates really built this camaraderie and almost a sisterhood.
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When did you know you wanted to do architecture?
In high school, I did this architecture class and it was really basic, just learning AutoCAD and basic designs. After that, I thought, “I think I want to do this.”
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What was Rome like? What did you see while you were there?
My roommate and I lived in Campo de’ Fiori, [so] we were right in the center of town, around all the historical monuments and everything. And our studio was next to the Vatican. So, every morning we were walking through the Vatican and walking by St. Peter’s. Our professors took us all over Rome, we really went into Italy — we went to Milan, we went to Venice, Naples, Pompeii — we really did everything.
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The semester is ending this week, how are you feeling right now?
I’m excited ... it’s kind of like a new adventure. I think I’m really going to like Connecticut.
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What was it like to win at the Miami International Film Festival?
It was great to be recognized because there are so many great films and a lot of solid actors, especially local talent...And then to be recognized as best actor, being young and having been up next to many other talented guys, it was a huge honor. Also a nice opportunity for us, and the film, to represent the University of Miami program. Not just the [acting] conservatory, but specifically the School of Communication. And I think this film has done a great job at representing Miami.
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Is there a specific memory that stands out to you from your four years at UM?
“Clark Peters” was awesome and riding that wave has been great, but I’ve also been lucky since I’ve performed a lot as lead roles in the Ring, and that’s been awesome too. I did a show, “Saturday Night” last semester where I played the main character in that. That really was a great learning experience and also an awesome opportunity. That was directed by both David Williams and Bruce Miller, so that was great, to have them both on one project. I just finished a workshop with the legendary Tom Jones; he wrote shows like “The Fantastics,” “I do! I do!” and “110 in the Shade.” I would say playing Gene in “Saturday Night” and being a part of the workshop with Tom Jones at Actors’ Playhouse in Miracle Mile.
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JACOB HENNING
VIGNESH KUMARESAN
MEGAN LEE
MIKAYLA FARR
Jacob Henning is an international finance and marketing major from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Henning has spent thousands of hours during his college career practicing juggling and other circus arts with performance troupe Enlightened Flow Entertainment and the Coconut Grove Juggling Exchange. Outside of juggling, Henning revived the St. Jude’s “Up ‘Til Dawn” service organization at UM. After graduation, he plans to continue performing, start his own LLC and work towards owning a performance company. In the future, Henning also plans to take a leadership role in his family’s steel manufacturing business.
Economics and psychology major Vignesh Kumaresan has led the Hurricane Bhangra dance team as captain for the past two years. In addition to his artistic activities, Kumaresan is part of the BRAIN Group, a neuroscience lab researching anxiety, and interns with the Clinical Applications team at the Miller School of Medicine. He was also chosen to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) when it was held on campus last spring. After graduation, Kumaresan will go on to work for IBM Watson Health at their headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Megan Lee is graduating from the School of Business Administration with a double major in accounting and Computer Information Systems (CIS). Hailing from Boca Raton, Lee is senior vice president of Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) business fraternity, a T.A. and I.T. desk technician in the business school, and a member of the Hyperion Council for business community involvement. She will be completing her accelerated master’s in accounting next December at UM before moving to San Francisco, where she will begin working for Big Four accounting firm Deloitte. Outside of the business school, Lee plays for the Women’s Ultimate Frisbee club team at UM.
Between her work with Social Justice Week, Women’s Leadership Symposium and IMPACT Leadership Symposium, Mikayla Farr has become a well-known face around campus. Besides working for the Butler Center for Service and Leadership, Farr has also worked on public health research projects as an undergraduate and will begin her Master’s in public health at Emory University in her hometown of Atlanta in the fall.
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How did you get started with juggling and circus arts?
During Orientation, I went out with an old friend to a gallery in Miami, the Moksha [Family Arts Collective], and there were a lot of people there juggling and doing fire performances. That was really the first time that I was intrigued by that art form and thought, wow, this is something I’d like to check out more.
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What is the value of practice, practice, practice? How have you seen yourself improve in juggling?
I think that especially with juggling, it teaches yourself how to pick yourself back up, both literally and figuratively.
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When you first started doing fire tricks, did you feel a little nervous or anxious?
Right up until the point that I lit them on fire, I had butterflies in my stomach. But as soon as the fire is lit, you kind of go into that focused state – some people call it a “flow state” since it’s called “flow arts” – where your conscious thought processes subdue a little bit.
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What is something unique about bhangra that the general public might not know?
Bhangra is a very traditional dance and it has its roots in the Punjab region of India. When the dancing came to the United States, college and independent teams started mixing in bhangra music with hip hop and other modern elements, but the folk elements of the dance are still very important.
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What have you learned during your time researching with the BRAIN lab?
Attacking problems with a research mindset is something that should be done outside of the academic setting, but sadly is not. By using data and making evidence-based decisions, we could learn to be a lot more efficient.
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How has UM challenged you to grow as a scientist and as a person?
During my time here, I’ve not only learned about the way the world works, but I’ve also learned about what problems the world faces… I eventually hope to take what I’ve learned at UM and use it to help deal with health disparities all across the world.
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Which one of your involvements has impacted you the most?
I believe that joining Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity, has impacted me the most. My brothers really encouraged me to come out of my shell, get involved, and take on leadership roles within the business school and throughout the UM campus.
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What are your long term goals for what you want to accomplish professionally and personaly?
I would definitely want to get more involved in the world of technology. With my accounting and technology background you’d never guess it, but eventually, I’d like to open up my own bakery.
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What’s do you like about UM’s School of Business? What are some changes you would like to see?
The School of Business gives you so many opportunities -- for networking, internship, involvement, careers. I hope to see UM’s business school develop even more of a global presence, as well as interactions with other schools on campus.
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Before coming to UM, how did you think you would fit in at this school?
Before coming to UM, I definitely did not envision myself becoming an engaged student leader. I also had no idea how I would fit in at the school, which is something that I struggled with a lot my freshman year. I was having trouble finding my “home” on campus, and I really wanted to find my place at UM. So, I got involved with the Butler Center, and that place instantly became my home.
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What are the issues that you are most passionate about?
I am most passionate about health disparities within minority communities. My college experiences have really exposed me to issues of injustice in the United States, and across the globe. Last summer, I was selected to participate in the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program (MHIRT) where I traveled to Alicante, Spain and worked on a university-wide health promotion campaign, which I am now implementing for my public health practicum at UM. MHIRT was an amazing experience that solidified my passion for public health and how I want to tackle health inequities in communities of color.
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Recently opened locations offer diverse dining choices By Alexa Koch Contributing Edge Writer
As every University of Miami student knows, Miami is not just a hub for Cuban cuisine. The Magic City offers fare from vitrually every region around the globe, and with new restaurants opening within a few miles of campus, there’s no excuse not to try something different. Here are some recently opened dining options that can’t be missed.
Hallee Meltzer // Photo Editor
SOUTHERN COMFORT: The Two Piece Jumbo Tenders Blue Plate from Spring Chicken comes with fried chicken, house fries and minty watermelon.
Spring Chicken 1514 S. Dixie Hwy Open daily from 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Under the corporate umbrella of 50 Eggs, Inc., the same group that brought both Yardbird Southern Table & Bar and Swine to downtown Coral Gables, is Spring Chicken, which offers Southern comfort food, fast-casual style. Fried chicken, honey butter-slathered biscuits and mac and cheese can only be so waistline-friendly, but Spring Chicken is bringing fresh, farm-to-table ingredients to its customers. Order one of their signatures, the Yardbird (award-winning crispy chicken thigh, house pickles and Southern sauce on a potato bun) or Mama’s Chicken Biscuit (chicken thigh, pickles and pepper jelly on a Yardbird award-winning biscuit), or keep it classic with an order of chicken with a side of mac and cheese or waffle fries. If you do opt for Spring Chicken to satisfy that cramming-forfinals-induced craving for something greasy and delicious, first, make sure to download the restaurant’s app for specials. By paying for your meal through the app, you can win prizes, earn free food and order in advance — because the only thing better than fried chicken is free fried chicken that’s paid for and waiting when you walk through the door.
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SWEET START TO THE DAY: Threefold Cafe’s “Waffle On…” is topped with berry compote and vanilla bean marscapone.
Threefold Cafe 6907 Red Road Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., and weekends, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Threefold Cafe opened its second location in South Miami, just a short drive from campus, in February. Known for its all-day breakfast, the trendy brunch spot offers a variety of egg dishes and morning fare. The restaurant sources local produce, and you’ll find Wynwood’s infamous Panther Coffee on brew, as well as bread from Zak the Baker. Owned by Australians, the cafe offers some items that might seem a little foreign to a South Floridian. Vegemite, anyone? Although prices are a little higher than your regular order of red-velvet pancakes at Green Street Cafe, Threefold’s breakfast and lunch menus are unique enough to make it worth the splurge. Order one of the cafe’s most popular items like the Not So French Toast — baguettes filled with prosciutto, basil and ricotta, then grilled — or the Smashed Avo, a limey, buttery, thyme-y twist on avocado toast. Finish with an order of monkey bread for the table (or for yourself), and you might not even miss your pancakes.
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Grown 8211 S. Dixie Hwy Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on Sundays
Grown, which opened last month, is the result of former Miami Heat shooting guard Ray Allen and his wife Shannon’s idea of introducing South Miami to healthy fast food. The menu is not far from Panera’s, with offerings like soup, sandwiches, salads and wraps. Smoothies and pressed juices are also offered, and the restaurant is truly full-service, with the option to dine in, carry out or drive through. At Grown, you have the option to choose a main dish and customize it with protein, veggies and sides. This personalization makes it easy to order something healthy, vegetarian or vegan. Grown offers a fast food-style experience and service, but prices are quite high, even more so than a fast-casual place like Chipotle (yes, including guac). Personal entrees range in price from $14-18, and the family-style options cost even more, starting at $42. Reviews have been mostly positive — good food, high prices — so if you need a healthy breakfast quickly, don’t want to park and are willing to spend more than double what you might spend on a bacon, egg and cheese from Einstein, swing through the drive-thru at Grown.
Hallee Meltzer // Photo Editor
SAY CHEESE: The Short Rib Melt and Buffalo Chicken Melt are two of the unique grilled cheese sandwiches available at Ms. Cheezious’ second brick-and-mortar location in Coral Gables.
Ms. Cheezious 1915 Ponce de Leon Blvd 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Ms. Cheezious, deemed “The Best Food Truck in America” last year by The Daily Meal, opened its second permanent location in Coral Gables on April 12, which, fittingly, was National Grilled Cheese Day. Cheap (almost everything on the menu is under $10) and well-loved by locals, the grilled-cheese joint’s offerings including new and familiar items, as well as three rotating milkshake flavors. Existing customer favorites include the Croqueta Monsieur – ham croquettes, ham, Swiss and bechamel sauce all melted together on sourdough – and the BBQ Pulled-Pork Melt, served on Texas toast. Another option, the Grilled Harvest, features spiced apples and Havarti on multigrain, and the Southern Fried Chicken and Waffle Melt plays with sweet and savory. Ms. Cheezious also offers cheese-free dessert renditions of your favorite sandwich, like the S’mores Melt, a glorious layering of roasted marshmallows, salted chocolate-hazelnut spread and graham crumble, grilled together on sourdough.
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FRESH FARE: Grown serves healthy, organic fast-food in a family-friendly environment.
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Walk-on excels on, off track during UM career By Chloe Harrison Contributing Sports Writer
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o some, Alexis Wright is known as a triple jumper on the Miami Hurricanes track and field team. Recently, she helped the women’s team win its third ACC Indoor Championship in school history. Wright is more than just a member of the track team, though, and she appreciates being recognized as such. The senior microbiology and immunology major is a Ronald A. Hammond Scholar, a member of Yellow Rose Society and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and was recently inducted into Mortar Board Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society and Iron Arrow Honor Society, just to sample her resume. Wright was a preferred walk-on when she first competed for the Hurricanes in track and field. She admitted initially feeling uncomfortable as a team leader, but grew into the role by playing to her strengths. “I knew that I practiced hard. I knew that I wanted to be there. I knew that I would follow the rules. By that, I just did what I was supposed to do off the track and on the track and then people would listen,” she said. “I became the person that the coaches could go to when they needed to get everyone together and on the same page.” Wright also became a mentor and friend to sophomore and fellow triple jumper Niara Hill. “Training with Alexis has been really fun,” Hill said.
“Everything outside of track, [inside] track and field, whatever it is, I can go to her for advice. That’s been awesome.” Senior year has been Wright’s favorite year by far during her time at UM. She is humbled to be recognized by her peers through her inductions into Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa and Iron Arrow. “To be someone that came in and only thought about track and field, only wanted success on the track, saw the Olympics … and to watch that all transform into really pursuing what I want to do when it comes to community service and becoming a physician and going to medical school, and then really getting invested into the campus culture, and then having people notice is a weird feeling,” she said. “I didn’t do anything for recognition … to still have people say, ‘Wow! We see what you’re doing, and we’re proud of what you’re doing, and we want to acknowledge what you’re doing,’ nothing can take that away.” Wright is also thankful for the sisters she has gained through Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, which she joined in 2015. For her, the sorority is more than just community service and sisterhood alone; it’s the moments when she and her line sisters make sacrifices for each other. Wright reflected on how touched she was to have her line sisters cheering her on at her final home track meet of her college career, the Hurricane Alumni Invitational. “To have people come to your track and field meet after three years where barely anybody came out … those memories are unimaginable. It touches my heart because I didn’t have that [until then],” Wright said. “To know that, no matter where I go, there’s possibly someone that’s going to be there – I don’t know, it’s just so hard to put a word or a phrase to talk about what Delta means to me. It’s so much bigger than what people imagine.” Wright’s line sisters are also at a loss for words when describing how thankful they are to have her as a sorority sister. Senior Nickelle Decius briefly shared her thoughts on Wright.
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WRIGHT DIRECTION: Senior triple jumper Alexis Wright will continue her UM education next year as a Plus One Scholar studying sociology and communications.
“She has such a warm spirit. Just being able to be around her and feel that spirit is just – words can’t describe it,” Decius said. One of Wright’s biggest influences at UM is Kristine Stephenson, who advises her as part of the Hammond Scholarship Program. “She’s so invested,” Wright said. “She was that mom away from home, and that motherly figure that I needed while I was here at UM, especially since I couldn’t go home with track and field [meets].
She filled so many gaps – it’s unimaginable.” Stephenson discussed a time when Wright solely focused on being a student-athlete. However, Stephenson wanted Wright to recognize that she had remarkable talents off the track as well. “I told her she needed to realize that she has so much to offer and she was doing so many great things and that she should do what she actually
feels like doing, and watch everything else fall in line,” Stephenson said. Wright will return to UM in the fall as a Plus One Scholar to expand her education by studying sociology and communications for a year. “I want to apply that thought process of sociology to the medical profession,” she said. “I want to better understand communications because being a black physician will give me a platform to influence people in ways that I probably wouldn’t imagine.”
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Top-ranked Miami baseball falls 4-3 to Florida Atlantic By Tej Joshi Staff Writer
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he Hurricanes’ reign as the top team in the land could be over after falling to No. 21 Florida Atlantic University Wednesday evening at Mark Light Field. The Canes only recorded five hits in their 4-3 loss. “We just weren’t able to get that big hit,” junior right fielder Willie Abreu said. Centerfielder Billy Endris was the first FAU Owl to reach base, when right-handed sophomore Lepore walked him. Endris was able to give the Owls a 1-0 lead after
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HITTING HURRICANE: Junior outfielder Willie Abreu (13) finishes his swing at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Wednesday night. The Canes lost 4-3 against FAU.
he tagged up before heading to home plate on Christian Dicks’s sacrifice pop fly. The Canes (29-6) were able to tie the score in the bottom of the inning. Sophomore leadoff batter Carl Chester was in
scoring position after walking to first and stealing second. Junior catcher Zack Collins reached base for the 30th-consecutive game with a single to right field, bringing Chester home in the process. The third inning started with the Owl’s top of the order, and second baseman Stephen Kerr knocked a solo homerun to left field to give the Owls a 2-1 lead. Junior right fielder Willie Abreu brought Miami even in the fourth inning after stealing second and then coming home on a wild pitch. Freshman right-handed pitcher Andrew Cabezas took over the mound to start the seventh inning for the Canes after right-handed sophomore Jesse Lepore gave up two runs in six innings. Freshman right-hander Frankie Bartow took over for Cabezas partway through the eighth inning after Cabezas gave up two free bases, walking one batter and hitting another. Bartow couldn’t stop the damage, as two runners scored to give FAU a 4-2 lead. The Canes responded in the bottom of the eighth with one run from Chester. The second-year center fielder opened the inning walking for the second time. A pitch
then hit junior second baseman Johnny Ruiz, giving the Canes two runners on base. Collins and junior left fielder Jacob Heyward both struck out before a single from senior shortstop Brandon Lopez brought home Chester. Junior closer Bryan Garcia held the Owls (27-8) scoreless in the top of the ninth, giving the Canes a chance to comeback. However, Miami wasn’t able to muster a single hit in the ninth, handing Cabezas his first career loss. “FAU played better than us, and they deserved to win,” Miami Head Coach Jim Morris said. “They got big hits when they needed them, and we didn’t. That was the difference in the game.” The Canes were without redshirt junior first basemen Christopher Barr, who suffered an injury earlier this week. He was replaced at first base by sophomore Peter Crocitto. The Canes will next be in action when they start a weekend series against defending national champion Virginia at 7 p.m. on Friday at Mark Light Field.
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Miami football players hope to be drafted by NFL next week By Tej Joshi Staff Writer
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fter seven Hurricanes were drafted in last year’s NFL draft, Miami has another group of players hoping to hear their names called in next week’s draft. Here’s a quick look at Miami’s potential draftees: Artie Burns Burns led Miami with six interceptions in 2015, and he has the highest draft stock among Canes eligible for the 2016 NFL Draft. According to NFL.com, he is a consensus mid-to-late first round pick. Burns, an All-American Track Hurdler, has good speed, registering a 4.46 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine. In addition to his speed, Burns’s ball skills have experts projecting him as one of the top corners in the NFL draft. “[Burns] wakes up every morning with natural ball skills to flip the field,” NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein said. Deon Bush Bush recorded 50 tackles in his senior season, and most experts project him going in the seventh round or undrafted. CBS Sports’s Dane Brugler has Bush going in the seventh round to the Miami Dolphins in his most recent mock draft. ESPN’s Todd Mc-
Shay disagrees with most other experts, as he said he gave Bush a third-round grade in a conference call with the media. At 6-foot-2 and 203 pounds, Bush is a traditional inside-the-box strong safety. Herb Waters Draft Insider’s Tony Pauline lists Waters as the 99th-best wide receiver in the draft, and he expects Waters to be signed after the draft. Waters had his best season at Miami in 2015, hauling in 41 catches for 624 yards and one touchdown. Tyriq McCord CBS Sports lists McCord as the 63rd-best linebacker available in the draft and projects him to go undrafted. McCord battled through lower-extremity injuries in 2015, finishing the season with 34 tackles and 3.5 sacks. McCord proved invaluable to Miami’s defense with his flexibility, playing multiple positions from down-todown in several games. Raphael Kirby After tearing his ACL midway through his senior year, Kirby’s draft stock fell significantly. He is still recovering, and as a result, he did not run at the NFL combine. But he did show off his strength at the combine, hitting 27 reps of the 225-pound bench press, which was second among linebackers. He is expected to sign as an undrafted free agent after the draft. Tracy Howard Pauline lists Howard as the 68th-best cornerback available in the draft and expects him to go undrafted. When he was coming out of high school, Howard was the top cornerback recruit in the nation, according to ESPN. His time at UM was highlighted by a four-pick sophomore campaign. Dallas Crawford Crawford, who played safety in both his junior and senior seasons at UM, is attempting to play running back in the NFL. Most
experts expect him to go undrafted and attempt to join an NFL roster during minicamps. Calvin Heurtelou Heurtelou recorded 27 tackles in 2015, including three for a loss. According to NFL.com’s Gil Brandt, Heurtelou could sign as a free agent after the draft. Ufomba Kamalu Kamalu, who had 22 solo tackles in 2015 and won the team’s internal Defensive Player of the Year Award, is a large defensive lineman with a 6-foot-5, 295-pound frame. According to Zierlein from NFL.com, Kamalu lacks athleticism and explosion and expects him to go on the third day of the draft.
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BIG POTENTIAL: Jermaine Grace (5) and Deon Bush (2) take down a Nebraska running back during Miami’s win in September.
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Dear V, Lately, my boyfriend has picked up an interesting hobby – one that I wouldn’t expect, given he’s on the football team and is in a frat – he started wearing makeup. At first, it was a joke. He had a zit one day, so I taught him how to cover it up with a bit of concealer. He had too much fun, though, saying he was going to try putting on a face in the morning like I do.
I didn’t take him seriously until he showed up at my parents’ house for dinner with his whole face done: mascara, penciled brows, powder and all. My boyfriend doesn’t understand why I’m upset. He says makeup has nothing to do with his sexuality. Maybe I’m shallow, but I’m not used to guys getting all dolled up. Should I try to talk him out of his new look or just deal with it? Sincerely, Dude Looks Like a Lady Dear Dude Looks Like a Lady, Like your mother probably said when you first started wearing black skinny jeans and limegreen eyeliner in middle school,
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hopefully this is “just a phase.” And just like your scene, emo or goth phase in middle school, the people around your boyfriend are suffering a case of second-hand embarrassment. Sure, you want to support your boyfriend and whatever makes him happy, but you’ve also got to worry about how what he does affects you. After all, it probably wasn’t easy to explain to your parents that you accidentally woke a sleeping beauty in him. A YouTube tutorial-filming beauty guru, that is. It’s just like if he was covered in tribal tattoos head-to-toe or if he had dyed his hair pink and purple. It’s just self-expression and it’s no biggie, but it’s still difficult not to take people’s comments and side-eye to heart. There’s nothing wrong with a guy wearing makeup. That’s the truth. If girls can use it to their advantage, why not let
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guys? A little Revlon never hurt nobody. That said, in this day and age, people will still judge your guy for his glitz and glamour. You have to either choose to be a ride-or-die girlfriend and beat your face along with him, or get off the beauty bus. It’s not fair to try to change him or stop him from doing something he enjoys. However, it’s also not fair for him to expect you to stick around if he does something that really bothers you. Either let your beau bask in his cake-faced glory or hit the road. The choice is up to you. You might want to hide your makeup bag from now on. Swiper no swipey. -V
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Canes Carnival Challenge QN t 7BSJPVT -PDBUJPOT Check-in at as many events as possible for a chance to win amazing prizes! Don’t forget to take your Canes Carnival Challenge Card with you! You can pick yours up at any HP event or in the SASO Office. Keep an eye out for a complete list of prizes in our Facebook event.
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