The Miami Hurricane: October 29, 2019

Vol. 97, Issue 9 | October 29, 2019 - November 4, 2019

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The Miami Hurricane celebrates 90 years

By Jaime Harn Copy Chief

Imagine spending hours using X-ACTO knives, rulers and hot wax to cut and paste pieces of the newspaper together.

“You literally had to physically put together the the headlines, the cut lines, the text, the photos that came out of the type-setting machine and make sure everything was in order,” said George Haj, managing editor of The Miami Hurricane who graduated in 1984.

That was how the The Miami Hurricane was printed for the majority of its history.

“It was a very tedious process, and we would spend hours and hours getting our pages ready,” said Michelle Kaufman, sports editor in the late 1980s.

When The Miami Hurricane was first published in October 1929, the paper was very different than what it is today.

Text covered the page from top to bottom. Photographs first appeared in 1930, and not until 41 years later was the first full-color image printed.

The format of the newspaper was broadsheet until it changed to its current tabloid style in 2002.

Today, 90 years later, one thing about The Hurricane remains constant: It serves as the official student newspaper for the University of Miami.

But, TMH wasn’t the first student newspaper at the University of Miami.

In October 1927, University News published its first issue. In March of 1929, it ceased operations due to lack of funding.

About seven months later, The Miami Hurricane was created and published its first edition on Oct. 15, 1929.

Throughout the past nine decades, TMH staff has been there to report on all campus happenings.

Their consistent coverage of sports throughout the years has brought the most readers to The Hurricane.

Bruce Garrison, the advisor for The Hurricane from 1985 to 1995, said during his time at the newspaper, the football team was the most exciting subject to cover.

“Around the time I became the advisor, we just won our first national championship in football,” Garrison said. “Then a couple years after that, we won another championship. And then two years after that, we won another one.”

Kaufman, who was on staff around the same time as Garrison, said she also remembers the excitement covering football during the age of national championships and perfect seasons.

“The team was stacked with firstteam All-Americans and first-round NFL Draft picks,” Kaufman said.

“There was no Internet then and no ESPN or sports cable TV at all, so all the coverage was in print, radio and TV.” Kaufman said that the other big topics in sports back then included the end of the men’s basketball hiatus and protests regarding South African tennis players and coaches.

Through coverage of UM sports amid big wins and bitter losses, TMH has been there every step of the way.

Since the first issue, the front pages have been filled with campus news coverage, whether it be accomplishments or controversies.

TMH has consistently served as a key source of information covering every tuition hike, construction project and milestone. From Greek life scandals to the introduction of coed dorms

after years of student complaints, for 90 years, TMH has always informed students on issues they otherwise wouldn’t hear about.

The Hurricane has also reported on historic events and how they affected the UM community such as Vietnam War protests, the Civil Rights Movement and World War II. Amanda Herrera, news editor in 2017 and 2018, said that one of the most “monumental” moments for her was when she and other staff members traveled to Washington, D.C. for President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

“We covered the Women’s March as well at the time,” Herrera said.

“Knowing that in textbooks for years to come, those events will be included, it feels amazing to know that I was actually there.”

During the peak of the #MeToo movement, The Hurricane did a hardhitting story on sexual assault survivors at UM. “It was an explosive piece that our editor-in-chief at the time, Isabella Cueto, created,” said Hunter Crenian, photo editor in 2018 and 2019. “I was proud to have contributed to that project by photographing the survivors and assisting in sharing their stories with the community.”

Throughout its history, TMH broke stories on top controversies such as issues surrounding Iron Arrow and Student Government disputes.

“Iron Arrow was male only, and it was a fairly contentious issue in some quarters about whether to let women in Iron Arrow,” said Haj, who attended UM when Iron Arrow remained kicked off campus for its refusal to tap women into the honor society.

As the university expanded and progressed, inevitably The Hurricane had to change as well.

Photo courtesy Ibis Yearbook FRESH FACES: The first Miami Hurricane staff poses for the Ibis yearbook in 1929.

Bob Radziewicz, faculty advisor to TMH from 2007 to 2014, said that when he came to the paper, he felt that all aspects of campus were not being reported on equally.

Radziewicz said that after he came to the paper, “every school at the University of Miami, including RSMAS and even the med school, all were covered.”

But perhaps the biggest change that impacted The Hurricane was the introduction and popularization of the Internet.

When Garrison first became the advisor, “There was no web, there was no electronic media like we know it now. The web was just being born,” he said.

The paper used to published twice a week on Thursdays and Mondays.

However, with the introduction of the Internet and the creation of The Hurricane’s website in the 1990s, online news became even bigger. Starting Fall 2016, the paper switched to releasing only one issue a week.

“Our goal was to move from focusing all of our attention on a twiceweekly print newspaper to publishing great stories everyday online, and we accomplished that,” Cueto said.

Within TMH staff, they have also made changes. While the first female editor-in-chief was in 1931, there were many decades where the staff was entirely white and predominantly male.

During this time, the paper published blatantly sexist content including a weekly feature called “Hurricane Honeys” that presented posed photos of female students with raunchy captions on the front page. However, this is no longer the case. Times have evolved and so has the paper.

Today, the newsroom is filled with both men and women centered around the same common goal it has held for 90 years: to share student voices and report student issues.

Austin Pert, Joanna Ugo, Joseph Cid and Jacqueline Bajric contributed to the reporting of this article.

“No University News this week because the past business manager and his staff left the affairs of the paper in such a bad shape that we do not have any money to pay for an edition.”

October 1927 - March 1929

March 1929 - October 1929

Oct. 15, 1929

Oct. 16, 1930

First issue of University News is published, continuing as a weekly publication

Publication ends due to lack of funding

First issue of The Miami Hurricane is published

Published first photo on the front page and changed the nameplate

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UM leaders congratulate The Miami Hurricane on 90 years “As I mention in my column this month, while publications like The Miami Hurricane have evolved as technology makes news instantly available at our fingertips, their role as an important vehicle for student voices remains. The U exists because of students. We grow to serve students. In turn, our students grow to become a catalyst for broader societal advancement. Using their voices on campus—whether through a piece in the student newspaper or engagement in other activities—prepares students to be that catalyst in the community.”

Julio Frenk University of Miami President

“Congratulations to The Miami Hurricane on being 90 years young. Our student newspaper continues to adapt to the times and inform and educate both its readers and its creators. Looking forward to the next 90 years.”

Steve Priepke Senior Associate Dean of Students and Director of Judicial Affairs

“On behalf of the Division of Student Affairs, congratulations to The Miami Hurricane on reaching its 90th anniversary. Not only has this award-winning paper chronicled the University’s most important events and key milestones, but it has also served as a practical training ground for future journalists, photographers, designers, editors, and other media professionals. I look forward to the paper’s continued success for many more years to come.”

Patricia A. Whitely Vice President for Student Affairs

“The Miami Hurricane has had a very successful 90 years and we are very proud of the paper’s outstanding record of reporting news, sports, the arts, and commentary relevant to our university community. We are also very proud of the fact that this student newspaper is operated as a successful business, selling advertising and managing its budget and personnel.

In many ways the fortunes and stature of this award winning student newspaper has grown as the University and Miami have both grown and matured. The paper has helped countless student journalists make the bridge to professional journalism. Its alumni have thrived in significant positions across the country, from the New York Times to the Washington Post to the Miami Herald as well as various magazines, television stations and networks.

The paper has also faced and overcome the challenges surrounding journalism in the digital world. For example, its website has been a leader among student media across the country. Journalism will continue to evolve as the University and our society evolve and I am certain the Hurricane will be right there evolving and reporting. We look forward to the Hurricane’s next 90 years of excellence.”

Karin Wilkins / sam terilli School of communication dean / professor

“From its days as “Cardboard College” to its current status as a world-class research university, the Miami Hurricane has covered it all and evolved into the best student newspaper in the country. I hope the Hurricane continues to be a trusted voice, reporting the news and events impacting the University of Miami community, for the 90 years to come.”

Donna Shalala congresswoman & former University of miami president

October 1933

Nov. 5, 1931

Dec. 18, 1931

April 1, 1932

First female editor-in-chief, Olga Minor

First special edition

First Christmas edition

First April Fools edition: The Miami Hooeycane

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Smoking Scholars: Cigarette ads geared toward students

By Anna Timmons News Editor

Before the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1969 which, among other regulations, required warnings on cigarette advertisements, The Miami Hurricane sold countless ads to cigarette companies. These ads took up as many as four halfpages per issue. Many of these ads directly targeted college students by showing photos of young, attractive people, presumably students, smoking and having fun.

Lucky Strike, a cigarette company no longer present in the United States, at one point was the top-selling cigarette brand among Americans.

Their ads in The Hurricane featured jingles written by college students describing the

SMOKE BREAK An 1952 ad, promotes cigarettes as “entirely free of a source of irritation used in all other leading cigarettes.”

“benefits” of smoking.

One jingle from an ad printed April 4, 1952 states, “You’ll get friends before your match ignites.” Another jingle written from a student at Pembroke College in an ad from Halloween 1952 states that girls who smoke Luckies always get sorority bids. The woman in the ad is smoking while carrying

her textbooks.

Other brands that advertised in the paper include Camel, Chesterfield Cigarettes and Philip Morris. An ad from Philip Morris also printed April 4, 1952 told students, “You’ll be glad tomorrow you smoked Philip Morris today.”

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Like father like son: Furgatch family heads business department

By Esther Animalu Assistant News Editor

When you look at their coffeecolored hair, chiseled chins and striking brown eyes, the resemblance is clear.

However, the father-son dynamic between 21-year-old Austin Furgatch and 59-year-old Andrew Furgatch stretches beyond the genes— they have also both worked as the business managers of The Miami Hurricane.

“Sometimes I can’t believe it; it seems surreal,” said Andrew Furgatch, who graduated in May of 1982 with a bachelors in business administration and a secondary major in economics.

“I am very proud of Austin. I feel that being a business manager is a great job and a great legacy to have.”

He said watching Austin follow in his footsteps has given him the opportunity to reminisce on his time as business manager and relive those managerial moments.

“The fact that we both worked as business managers has created a platform for us to collaborate and work together in areas where we advise each other,” said Austin Furgatch, who is a junior majoring in management with a minor in sports administration.

As a sophomore, Andrew Furgatch started selling ads for the newspaper.

He was then elected the business manager in the summer of 1980.

Andrew Furgatch dedicated at least 40 hours a week to finding new advertising accounts for the paper, he said.

Austin Furgatch’s eventual ascent into the business manager position came 39 years after his father. He began as a sales representative his freshman year, became assistant business manager his sophomore year and now

serves as business manager in his junior year. He said it’s been helpful to have his father as a mentor throughout the process.

Both father and son recognize the benefits they share because of their roles as business managers, saying the position helped them stay connected on campus.

“There is a great diversity of people who I was able to build relationships with, some of them life-long,” said Andrew Furgatch. “I received access to many opportunities that I know I would never have gotten if not for that role.”

As The Hurricane continued to evolve and progress throughout

the late ‘70s into the present day, its managerial staff and business foundation transformed as well. The Furgatch family emphasized that the development of the newspaper shaped their experiences and challenges as business managers.

With the advent of the digital era, Austin Furgatch said he has encountered additional hurdles that his father did not experience. He said that although he is able to learn from his dad’s failures and successes, there are a number of new roadblocks that he faces on a daily basis.

“The way business is now conducted has changed in comparison to my father’s generation because we

are in a digitally-driven environment,” Austin Furgatch said. “We are reliant more on technology and less on labor, so there are now fewer student employees in the office.”

Andrew Furgatch recalled the student newsroom as being more manual and tedious because they did not have the technological resources that his son’s generation has today.

“At my age, we had cutoff deadlines, and you had to then rush the production of your paper to the streets while the news was still fresh,” said Andrew Furgatch. “There was more of a certain timing and rhythm in the olden days. Dozens of people would come together on deadlines, everyone

would be frantically working together to put up the best product that they could on a timely basis.”

Ultimately, the shared position has brought the Furgatchs closer together.

“It feels like a wonderful partnership because there are many pieces of advice that I’ve given Austin overtime, and he’s taught me a great deal in regards to digital technology and the way the newspaper operates today,” said Andrew Furgatch. “Through his current role, I’m learning about technology and social media which were concepts that I did not have to tackle when I was a business manager.

In the end, he’s teaching me, and I’m teaching him.”

Jared Lennon // Photo & Visuals Editor

Photo courtesy Ibis Yearbook

MONEY MOVES: Austin Furgatch makes business calls and manages distribution of the paper from his office.

AD DAD: 39 years before his son took the job, Andrew Furgatch worked as the business manager for The Miami Hurricane.

Oct. 7, 1932

April 1, 1937

Nov. 23, 1938

July 16, 1943

Nameplate change

April Fools edition in red ink

First homecoming special edition

Nameplate change

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Changing roles: Women in The Miami Hurricane

By Esther Animalu & Anna Timmons Assistant News Editor & News Editor

In the early stages of journalism, women were limited by custom from access to news coverage occupations and faced significant discrimination within the profession. Across many mediums such as broadcast, motion pictures, and print men filled the staff.

The Miami Hurricane was no exception. For decades male students were primarily at the forefront of many of the newspaper’s positions.

The first female editor-inchief of the Miami Hurricane was in 1931, Olga Minor, who aided in the structure of the paper. Photos of the staff in the 20s and 30s show a relatively even representation of both men and women. However, as the newspaper continued to develop, this gradually shifted.

In the 1940s and 50s there were far fewer female section editors, reporters, and photographers.

During this time, the Hurricane published stories featuring sexist language calling women unfunny, captions alluding to a disparity in intelligence between the sexes and cartoons depicting women with exaggerated features and impossibly petite waists.

Sexism remained at the Hurricane in the 70s, when alumna Jill Singer was on staff.

Singer, who graduated from the University of Miami in 1973 with a degree in journalism, said that she knew from the time she was in high school that she wanted to become a reporter.

As a freshman, she immediately got involved with the Miami Hurricane.

From Singer’s very first meeting at the paper, she believed that there was room for growth and a higher potential that she could reach.

“There’s nothing like holding a real newspaper that smells like fresh newsprint and reading about real life and real stories,” said Singer. “I knew I could help develop the student newspaper and provide more direction if I rose to a higher position.”

Yet, despite the newspaper’s past predecessors of a few female editors-in-chiefs, in 1972, Singer received rejection when she applied for the role because she is a woman.

“I really wanted to be the editor-in-chief of The Miami Hurricane, I believed that I could have made a transformative impact as the editor,” Singer said. She explained that in the early 70s, “women were still being held back from positions that they deserved to have, equally if not more than their male counterparts.”

Singer said she recalls going to the publications board and and presenting her ideas in

regards to the advancement of the paper. After a male student was chosen over her, Singer knew that she had to become a fighter for women’s equality in journalism.

Instead of the editor-inchief position, she was offered to become the editor of the first ever women’s page in the Miami Hurricane. She also had a column in the paper called “Jill’s Journal,” where she would answer questions from students ranging from topics about campus life to personal issues.

“It was exciting to be section editor,” said Singer. “But, I always had this nagging feeling that I could have done more for the newspaper as an editor rather than being pushed to a section directed only towards women, as opposed to everyone.”

In the decades leading up to the present day, the Miami Hurricane staff became much more inclusive, with many women holding positions as editors, reporters, faculty advisor, and social media managers.

“Newsrooms today have dramatically changed across the board,” Singer said. “Both student newspapers and realworld media platforms are becoming beacons for diversity and female representation in journalism.”

June 24, 1949

May 19, 1971

Nameplate change

First full color photo

CONTROVERSIAL COMIC: 1950 cartoon features a woman perking up on her way to class as she passes a male student.

Nov. 16, 1971 12,000 newspapers were dumped in Lake Osceola and on-campus pools after the paper published unfavorable coverage of a men’s residence hall

Oct. 15, 1976 Published special edition for UM’s 50th anniversary

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‘Hurricane Honeys’ objectified female students

By Anna Timmons News Editor

During a time when the newsroom was filled with mostly men, The Miami Hurricane nominated an attractive female student, often a young freshman girl, to be the “Hurricane Honey” each week.

Starting on Valentine’s Day of 1947, the staff ’s “chief H.H.S. (Hurricane Honey Spotter)” would scour campus, looking for the prettiest girls to post on the front page of the paper.

The photos showed women posed in ways to accentuate their figures and featured descriptions with blatantly sexist language.

Common phrases promoting female stereotypes such as “sitting pretty” were used to set the scene for each photograph.

Few details about the women beyond their physical appearance were mentioned.

Writers described many of the honeys’ heights, weights and even offered exact bust, waist and hip measurements for some.

Hurricane Honey number 3 of 1947 was described as “vivacious and delightfully refreshing” with “an eye-filling figure of 113 pounds.”

The Hurricane defined a “curvaceous nursing major” from 1961 with measurements “35-23-34” as “the blonde with a come hither look” and another student in 1957 as “one

RESTING: “A look-alike of Jackie Kennedy, raven-haired” Hurricane Honey, photographed Feb. 10, 1961.

secretary who doesn’t sit on her boss’ lap.”

In reference to one honey who liked to swim, The Hurricane declared it would “be looking for her when she next goes near the water.”

Many of these were written by the male sports editors at the time, who would pin the Hurricane Honeys with an orchid each week either at a sporting event or in the newsroom.

At the end of each semester, students voted on their favorite honey. The crowned honey received free dinners for two, purses or other merchandise, as well as a cash prize of $100.

One week when The Hurricane had posted only a small photo of the “dainty sex,”

an apology was addressed to the “fellas” on the front page, stating that this had been “just an oversight.” The Hurricane compensated with a large smiling photo of a new honey, writing that they hoped it would “make amends” and promised to “oblige with a bit of feminine pulchritude in future issues.”

The final Hurricane Honey, described as being “imported from Ecuador,” had her photo in print May of 1961. At the start of the following semester, the newsroom featured a more coed staff, with several new female section editors and the first female editor-in-chief in several years, Susan Newman.

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“SITTING PRETTY”: Hurricane Honey “with a come-hither look” photographed Feb. 24, 1961.

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Miami Hurricane Staff: Where are they now?

By Rebecca Goddard Editor-in-Chief

Over the past nine decades, a lot of talent has passed through The Miami Hurricane. Hundreds of students have dedicated themselves to this paper, spending their college years hunched over typewriters or computers, writing, editing and designing until their fingers gave out. Behind every headline was a University of Miami student looking to make an impact— and many of them graduated from The Hurricane to do just that.

Some of them pursued careers in journalism, working for renowned publications such as The New York Times and the Miami Herald. Others stayed closer to their undergraduate home, getting hired at UM as professors or staff members. Some went down different paths, finding success in careers that are unrelated to journalism. But there’s one thing they have in common: They’re leading impressive lives.

Class of 1993 Hurricane alumna Maribel Perez Wadsworth, for example, is now the president and publisher for the USA Today Network, a multi-platform news network that reported a print circulation of nearly 2.6 million in 2017. She was a pioneer of the organization’s digital strategy and recently received the McGruder Award for diversity leadership.

But back in the ‘90s, Wadsworth was getting her start in journalism as a reporter at UM. She said most of her college experience was a blur

was The Hurricane’s editor-in-chief for three semesters in 2005 and 2006 and is now also working for the Time’s, obtaining the position of Miami bureau chief.

Laura Edwins was managing editor from 2010 to 2011, and she said the Hurricane helped launch her career. Bob Radziewicz, who was The Hurricane’s faculty adviser at the time, helped her get an internship at the Miami Herald.

After a few years of working in smaller roles, she got hired as the senior social media editor for CNBC and now co-manages a team of seven people. Edwin’s team is responsible for setting and executing the organization’s social media strategy and posting daily content.

Working at The Hurricane taught Edwins how to conduct an interview, write quickly under pressure, pitch story ideas, plan an entire section, manage a staff and work as a team, she said.

“The Hurricane was the single most important experience of my college career,” Edwins said.

“It confirmed and engrained my passion for journalism and writing.

It gave me hands-on experience in a newsroom at a very early phase in my career.

Not all Hurricane alumni are working in the field of journalism.

Some are working right here in Coral Gables and employed by UM. Megan Ondrizek is currently UM’s communications director, but she was the Hurricane’s assistant news editor in 2007. More than

between classes and The Hurricane.

“I feel like my coming up as a journalist helped me to be comfortable with the fact that there are a lot of things I don’t know, but there is always a path to learning them,” Wadsworth said.

“To me, that has been the power of journalism in my life.”

Wadsworth also said working for The Hurricane solidified her passion for journalism and helped her to overcome her childhood shyness. She said her press credentials were “almost like a shield” that offered an easy pathway for asking questions and reducing her inhibitions.

Cynthia Hudson also credits her time at The Hurricane as an important learning experience. She wrote articles for The Hurricane in 1983 and 1984, and now, she’s the senior vice president and managing director of CNN en Español.

“I believe being encouraged to submit work to The Hurricane helped to give me experience in the field,” she said. “I also learned to pitch and speak out and own my point of view, which is great while in college.”

Plenty of the more recent Hurricane alumni are also making waves in the journalism industry.

Ernesto Londoño graduated from UM in 2003 after working as a Hurricane staff writer during his four undergraduate years. He’s currently using his reporting skills as the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, where he is responsible for the coverage of five countries in South America. Patricia Mazzei

10 years after graduation, she still attributes much of her success to the skills she learned while at The Hurricane.

“I think there’s a very fine line between journalism and public relations,” she said. “But at the end of the day, public relations could also be used as a journalistic tool depending on who your client is and the type of work you’re doing.

I think here, I’ve really been able to take a look at that and move public relations more towards journalism.”

Demi Rafuls has an office in the Shalala Student Center right next to The Hurricane’s modern newsroom, but at one point, the whole building was just a concept she was reporting on. She was The Hurricane’s editor-in-chief in 2012, and now, she works as the senior financial adviser for UM’s student media.

“Knowing how to write is pretty invaluable,” Rafuls said. “The Hurricane is one of those things that taught me so much because you learn how to work with and lead a team as well as how to meet deadlines. You learn a lot of things from the experience of it.”

Jay Rooney agrees that The Hurricane helped him develop skills that have been helpful outside of journalism. He is currently the senior communications manager at D&A Communications, a public relations firm in California. Back in 2005 to 2007, he worked as The Hurricane’s opinion editor.

“It forced me to engage objectively with many different

viewpoints, even ones that were the total opposite of what I believed, which way too few people do today,” Rooney said of his time as opinion editor. He also said working for The Hurricane allowed him to develop his writing skills.

2019 Hurricane alum Hunter Crenian is currently working in Los Angeles as the director’s assistant on the Netflix original movie “The Babysitter 2.” He worked as a photographer and photo editor during his undergraduate years at UM and said his experiences with The Hurricane were the highlight of his college career.

Although he is no longer working in the field of journalism, Crenian said he still hopes to return to photography in the future.

“A secret dream of mine has been to collaborate with a newspaper or magazine to create in-depth photo-essay profiles of people I admire who work in entertainment,” he said.

Whether they pursued a career in journalism or not, past staff members of The Hurricane are grateful for their time there.

“Ninety years is something to be excited about. My hope is that anyone who has worked for The Hurricane would feel the same way about it that I do,” Ondrizek said. “I wouldn’t be where I am professionally today if it wasn’t for The Miami Hurricane.”

Naomi Feinstein, Jordan Lewis, Anna Timmons, Shawn Fortune and Jaime Harn contributed to the reporting of this article.

Hallee Meltzer // Photo Editor PROMOTING PRECAUTIONS: The University of Miami is implementing initiatives to protect students against the Zika virus, including passing out 6,000 spray bottles of mosquito repellant in the residential colleges.

Zika virus lands in Miami

By Isabella Cueto News Editor

The University of Miami’s campus is its crowning glory.

Lush flora adorns the walkways.

The Foote Green and lines of palm trees are constantly featured in promotional videos for the university. Thanks to the warm and wet Miami climate, tropical plants grow with vigor. But when incoming freshmen arrived on campus this fall, that same humid climate was shown in a slightly different light: a potential breeding ground for virus-transmitting mosquitoes.

“I’m coming from up north, so I’m not really in this area, so it was a little scary coming back, just to be right in the center of it,” said sophomore Julia Cianci.

This year, orientation sessions for undergraduate, graduate and international students were all marked by the current South Florida buzzword: Zika. Presentations on the Zika virus were just one component of an education campaign launched by UM this fall.

Among the instructions given to students were to drain or cover

standing water, wear long sleeves and pants, and make good use of mosquito repellent.

According to Matthew Shpiner, director of the Office of Emergency Management on the Coral Gables campus, the university purchased mosquito repellent spray and wipes to disperse to all on-campus residents. Many of these kits were given out during Orientation programming.

Graduate student Tanjim Hossain has studied insect ecology since he was an undergraduate,

and recently conducted research on how microclimates impact mosquito populations.

Hossain said Aedes aegypti – the main vector species for Zika and similar diseases – is an aggressive invasive species and preventative measures and recommendations should be taken seriously.

“This mosquito will follow you inside a house,” Hossain said.

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Nameplate changed to current design

Reduced print publication from twice a week to once a week

Staff reports on presidential inauguration

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Thank you for your incredible service to our students and the UM community.

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ccording to the U.S. Department of Health and Services, 54 percent of the population has admitted to using marijuana by age 25. But you probably already knew that.

It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize that the scare tactics used on the D.A.R.E. generation went completely ignored. Just Google “WebMD marijuana� and the first 15 links will expose myths about pot being a health risk. “I can barely remember D.A.R.E.,� senior Kevin Small said. “But it’s taught too early, I didn’t see weed until high school and when I did, it wasn’t sketchy back-alley drug addicts, just my boys.�

Today, 14 states have approved the use of medical marijuana and 14 more have marijuana legislation pending. That doesn’t even include Massachusetts, which effectively decriminalized pot for recreational use in 2009, or Canada, which became the first country to legalize medical marijuana in 2003.

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or the first time since December 2005, the University of Miami Hurricanes football team is ranked in the top 10.

After shining in the national spotlight for the second time in as many games, the Hurricanes propelled themselves 11 spots in the rankings.

The Associated Press poll tabbed the orange and green No. 9 in the nation.

Quarterback Jacory Harris has established himself as a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate as he combined to throw 656 yards and five touchdowns against two top-20 teams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of people in the community that are praising us now and they are hyping us up,â&#x20AC;? Har-

ris said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this team isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taking anything to the head. We are very humble. We understand we have other teams at hand we have to beat. In order to stay undefeated you have to win the next game.â&#x20AC;?

The swagger and tenacity are back and head coach Randy Shannonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1-ranked 2008 recruiting class has finally come to fruition.

The Canes came into the year unranked while facing a daunting first four games. The Hurricanes face No. 11 Virginia Tech on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va., and host No. 10 Oklahoma the following week. The Sooners might be without reigning Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford.

Justin Antweil may be contacted at jantweil@ themiamihurricane.com.

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Since the beginning of time, journalists have been musing about the importance of newspapers and the free press. Though our country was founded on the ideals of open information and exploration, we still find ourselves constantly having to advocate for our importance.

But despite journalism’s naysayers who dismiss all criticism as “fake news,” we are important. After all, Thomas Jefferson famously said, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

All sections and aspects of newspapers are needed, including the opinion and editorial section. The idea of editorials was first created in 1841 when Horace Greeley developed the “Opinion Page” of the New York Tribune, according to the Center for News Literacy. In those days, newspapers were highly opinionated— political and cultural turmoil was at an alltime high. People wrote opeds on the issues that moved them and anonymous letters often caused public uproar.

Even though editorials may seem a little outdated in the age of social media, they have served a great purpose for college media, including us. We know that editorials

matter because they inform students about universal and specialized topics.

Discussing local, state and federal politics and analyzing pressing social issues has kept students grounded and encouraged them to come together and create solutions. When we muse on bigger topics such as the Amazon fires or presidential

operate as a catalyst for thought. As we celebrate our 90th anniversary, we can ref lect on how far the newspaper and school have come. Editorials and articles throughout the years show a timeline of the school’s physical and moral growth. There were articles from students calling the administration to rename

A good editorial or opinion column is supposed to educate, enlighten and operate as a catalyst for thought. candidates, it helps us connect with the larger community on issues that are affecting us differently but similarly. And when we muse on topics directly related to our campus, our words can have a real impact.

A good editorial or opinion column is supposed to educate, enlighten and

the Student Activities Center (now called the Shalala Student Center) to many musings on Bush and the war to pieces about foreign affairs.

Students argued about parking and bad dining hall food, just like we do today. It dispels the myth that UM is just a superficial party school— by the looks of old

editorials and articles, the students of UM have always been civically and politically engaged. We used to receive numerous letters to the editors every week, mainly from students responding to articles and editorials. It was student journalism in all its glory, and that it’s the kind of healthy debate that everyone at The Miami Hurricane hopes to continue facilitating far into the future.

Student media is an important part of the government of any campus, and our inf luence must not be understated. We are not only the voice of students, but we represent the school’s overall culture. Not only do we aim to amplify student’s voices, especially those from underrepresented communities, but we aim to accurately depict student and faculty life through news, opinion, entertainment and sports. As journalism and the UM community journey into a new age, we know that student media will not only grow and continue to cause change—it will remain the heart of any college campus.

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

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OPINION

Our most controversial columns

By Kay-Ann Henry Opinion Editor

The opinion section has always served as a sanctuary for some, an open space in the media world where you can argue your beliefs.

Throughout the history of our newspaper, our opinion section has received some pretty cool and outlandish articles from students giving their opinion on the war in Iraq to new dorms.

It’s impossible to tell you all of our most controversial topics but we have compiled a list of six articles in no particular order that definitely raised the eyebrows of our editors and campus community.

1. A staff divided: Chick-fil-A on campus Considering that this decision to have Chick-fil-A on our campus has come up several times, it’s safe to say that UM has always loved the food chain. In 2012, writers of TMH staff mused about whether the school should make a political stand or listen to students. Our Coral Gables’ campus still does not have a Chick-fil-A on campus.

2. English is the standard and not the exception Living in Miami means constantly

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hearing Spanish and feeling the need to speak it. Then-senior Whitney Friedrich mused about her journey trying to get a job and feeling ostracized because she did not speak Spanish.

She made some controversial comments like “Incidentally, you might be interested to know that Spanish is not as global a language as people in Miami would like to think.” This article was written in 2003.

3. Eating cookies at the table of brotherhood In our series called Two Views, One Issue, this 2004 article focused on affirmative action and a debate about it among minority and political groups on campus. Members of conservative group ACT hosted an affirmative action bake sale in the UC Breezeway, selling baked goods at discounted rates to Hispanics and blacks while charging higher prices to Asians and whites. Members of groups like UBS, COISO and SpectUM reacted by allowing students to donate those baked goods. Writer Ben Minkus criticized the members of UBS, COISO and SpectrUM for neglecting an opportunity for debate.

4. Racial profiling necessary in times of conflict

Student Whitney Friedrich talks about how racial profiling is necessary after a profiling incident occurred on campus involving three minority medical students in 2002. She argues that in light of the 9/11 attacks “Everyone was so free that we forgot about our enemies.”

5. Trump’s North Korea rhetoric might actually be what America needs In the aftermath of Trump’s election, a different but poignant piece came from thenfreshman Alexandra Aiello in 2017. She offered a new take on his rhetoric, arguing that his stance is what we need to better relations.

Perhaps her most quotable moment was “Are name-calling and back and forth altercations with the North Korean dictator really going to get the United States what it wants?­It might.”

6. Fraternity celebrates diversity: ‘We have white guys from all over the country’ In this satirical piece by then-sophomore Conner Barrett in 2016, the issue of diversity in UM’s frats is brought to light. He criticizes some of UM’s most known frats by making fun of their lack of representation. Three years later, we know this article will prove to be a good laugh for all.

The importance of student media

This month also marks exactly 93 years since classes began at the University of Miami, when our very first student assembly was convened on October 18, 1926. From the time of our founding, the U understood that the development of our students is at the very heart of our mission. We exist because of students. We grow to serve students. In turn, our students grow to become a catalyst

By Julio Frenk for broader societal advancement.

UM President Using your voices on campus—whether through a piece in the student newspaper or engagement in other activities—prepares you to be that catalyst in the community. Students at the U practiced that from the beginning. In fact, students began publishing a newspaper, the predecessor of The Miami Hurricane called University News, within a year of that first assembly. Nearly a century later, we continue to benefit from the unique perspective that only a student newspaper can offer.

In recent weeks, I was pleased to welcome students to two events that highlighted the need and opportunity for student voices to make a difference on campus and in the community. Thanks to former U.S. Congresswoman and current Distinguished Presidential Fellow Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, UM hosted the Regional Future Leaders Conference for the Congressional Hispanic

Leadership Institute, a national organization that gives students hands-on experience in congressional and corporate offices while earning academic credit hours.

As I shared with attendees at the conference, if there is one thing my own experience has taught me, it’s that leadership is not about titles. Leadership is about embedding integrity in everything we do. It is about embracing a service ethic. It’s about building a legacy for the future. Building that legacy requires the courage to use your voice.

Later the same evening, I was delighted to attend the third “What Matters to U” event, part of a series coordinated by the Student Engagement Planning Agency under UM’s Student Government. Having hosted Bill Nye last fall and Ken Jeong in the spring, this semester’s event featured soccer star Megan Rapinoe.

As the Hurricane reported the next morning, during the discussion, the world-famous athlete and influencer—who reaches 2.2 million followers on Instagram and nearly 900,000 followers on Twitter daily—encouraged students saying, “Your voices are important and powerful.”

I couldn’t agree more. The more you learn, the more equipped you are to educate, to engage, and to engender change in the world.

I urge you to make the most of every opportunity to use your voice. Today, join me in celebrating one of those opportunities.

Congratulations to The Miami Hurricane on its 90th Anniversary!

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From student to professional: Advice from TMH alumni Interviews by Jordan Lewis

“Know your worth and demand it— don’t be afraid to say no to brands or projects that are undervaluing you.”

Bari Lieberman Class of 2008 “Give more than you take.

Figure out what you stand for and have that be your north star. You can have a successful life while also staying true to your values.”

Alexandra Zayas Class of 2005 “Live in the moment and enjoy this time in your life, when you can be relatively carefree, because it’ll be gone before you know it.”

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“Just ‘cause you studied one thing doesn’t mean that you have to spend the rest of your life in that field. Build a strong skill set and see what you can use it for.”

Alysha Khan Class of 2014 “Take chances and to take the leap into doing what interests you– keep an open eye for any opportunity.”

Steve Pierre Class of 2013 “Be kind to yourself [and] take advantage of your time at UM. It’s a beautiful place, with so many smart professors and advisors and administrators.”

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A lot has changed since the first issue of The Miami Hurricane was published almost a century ago. Everything from the music people listen to the clothes people wear to the kinds of entertainment people enjoy has evolved. But how? The Miami Hurricane set out to find out.

Below you’ll find the top trends in politics, fashion, music and baby names– then versus now.

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1929: According to the fashion history timeline produced New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, fashion of the 1920s was marked by shorter hemlines, simplicity and accessibility. Womenswear began to reject the formality and multiple layers in favor of comfort– giving birth to the “la garçonne” look that we now call the flapper. Following the same trend, evening gowns and haircuts got shorter, sportswear became daywear and the combination of department stores and cheaper materials made high fashion available to the everyday woman.

2019: It is no secret that fashion repeats itself. This year, the biker shorts and fanny packs of the 1980s took the world by storm, pairing up with snake prints and asymmetrical hemlines to takeover everything from streetwear to high fashion.

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2019: Though the year is not yet quite over, the top five songs of 2019 so far include: Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved,” Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s “I Don’t Care” and Ava Max’s “Sweet but Psycho.”

2019: With 2020 elections getting closer, debates over what the most important political issues are is heated.

According to a Pew Research Center survey, health care costs, education, the environment, Medicare and assistance for poor and needy people are the top priorities among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents.

Conversely, 7 out of ten republicans name terrorism and the economy as their main concerns.

1929: The Hurricane could find no conclusive evidence of one single most popular song of 1929, but an overwhelming number of sources did identify the following songs– “When You’re Smiling” by Louis Armstrong, “Tip Toe Thru’ The Tulips” by Nick Lucas, “Maybe, Who Knows?” by Kate Smith, “Dream Lover” by Jeanette MacDonald and “Ain’t Misbehavin”

by Fats Waller– as a few of the top contenders.

MOST POPULAR BABY NAMES 1929:

Both babycenter.com and babynames.it identify Robert and Mary as the year’s most popular names for baby boys and girls, respectively.

2019: According to goodhousekeeping. com, this year’s most popular name for girls is Emma and Liam for boys.

1929: The stock market crash of 1929 was undeniably the hottest political concern of the year, as it sent Wall Street into a panic and was followed by the biggest economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world– The Great Depression.

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The History of the Miami-Florida State Rivalry

By Isabella Didio Sports Editor

The Miami-Florida State football rivalry is one of the most well-known rivalries in college football and has been a defining part of Miami’s history. In the past 90 years that The Miami Hurricane has covered Canes football, there have been some pretty monumental games.

Two of the most well-known games played between the two teams, infamously known as Wide Right I and Wide Right II, were played in 1991 in Tallahassee and 1992 at the Orange Bowl. Kevin Brockway ‘93, sports editor from 1990-1992, was the reporter for both games.

“Covering both wide right games was an amazing experience for a young sports writer starting out on the beat,” Brockway said.

In 1991, the Hurricanes came back from a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Down one, Florida State kicker Gerry Thomas missed a field goal to the right with a little under a minute remaining in the game and the top-ranked Seminoles lost 17-16.

“Carlos Huersta kicked a long field goal to start the comeback,” Brockway said. “Then Torretta led Miami on a clutch touchdown drive. I can remember a tight-end, Coleman Bell, making a tough catch to keep the drive going.

Being on the sidelines in the final minutes, it was hard to tell that the field goal missed until the Miami fans in the crowd reacted.

Most of the rest of the stadium was silent.”

The 1992 game shared a similar fate. Florida State led 16-10 at the half, before Miami’s Heisman winning quarterback Gino Torretta drove down the

File Photo GREAT PLAYS: N’Kosi Perry surveys the field in 2018 during Miami’s 28-27 win over Florida State. The Hurricanes overcame a 20-point deficit for their first home victory against the Seminoles since 2004.

field and threw a touchdown pass to give the Canes a 17-16 lead. A safety by Miami’s defense would extend the lead to 19-16. With seconds remaining on the clock, Florida State had the opportunity to kick a field goal and send the game into overtime, but Seminoles kicker Dan Mowrey missed the field goal to the right and secured the win for Miami.

In 2004, No. 5 Miami overcame a 10-0 deficit and scored 16 straight points in the fourth quarter and overtime to win 16-10 to No. 4 Florida State.

Frank Gore’s 18-yard touchdown run in overtime gave Miami the win.

Eric Kalis ‘06, sports editor from 2003-2006, covered the game for the Hurricane and reminisced on the opportunity to watch the game winning touchdown from the sidelines.

“The game itself was not the

most exciting for about three quarters,” Kalis said. “But there was nothing like being able to go down the Orange Bowl press box elevator and head out to the field for the final seven minutes of the game. Frank Gore scored the winning touchdown right in front of me.”

The next year, Miami was down 10-7 in Tallahassee and set up to kick a 28-yard field goal that would tie the game and send it into overtime. But the snap on the kick was dropped by the holder and the kicker never had a chance to kick it. Florida State ran out the clock for the remaining time on the clock.

Kalis again covered the game for the Hurricane and acknowledged the disappointment in losing, but remembered standing with Miami football alumni on the sidelines of the game.

“I was standing behind

Michael Irvin when Kyle Wright took a sack in front of us, and he turned around and screamed to me ‘I can’t believe he did that, man!’ While the ending was disappointing, those were the kinds of interactions you could have with prominent Canes alumni who would often be on the sidelines to support the team,” Kalis said.

Most recently, Miami defeated Florida State in Tallahassee in 2017. The game was seemingly over after Florida State scored a touchdown with 1:24 left in the game, but Malik Rosier led the Canes on a game-winning touchdown drive that was capped off with Rosier throwing a touchdown to receiver Darrell Langham with six seconds remaining in regulation to seal the 24-20 win. The win snapped Miami’s seven-game losing streak to Florida State.

It was all about keeping it focused on the big moment and not worrying about what had led up to it in the first three quarters,” Isaiah Kim-Martinez, sports editor from 2015-2018, said about covering the game. “In those last five, six minutes was when all the tables turned. We were down to a situation where we had less than two minutes to go put a touchdown on the board.

It was do or die.”

The win snapped Miami’s seven-game losing streak to Florida State.

“The curse was broken, that was the focus and what better play than with six seconds left, a touchdown was thrown,” KimMartinez said. “Everything about the rivalry came out in those last few seconds.”

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Sebastian the Ibis: An evolving tradition

By Esther Animalu Assistant News Editor

Sebastian the Ibis has evolved alongside the Hurricane in both appearance and demeanor. In 1926, Nathan Duncan selected the ibis to be chosen as the unofficial mascot after the yearbook was named “The Ibis.”

Historically, the ibis bird is known for its boldness as a hurricane advances. The bird uses its instincts to detect predators and environmental dangers. The ibis represents courage and bravery as it is the last animal to take cover before a hurricane hits and the first to return.

In 1950, the first official mascot was known as Hurricane I, a 65-pound brown and white boxer dog. The mascot wore a ceremonial orange and green blanket, with his name was engraved in white.

Following this, in August of 1957, Sebastian was born as a design submitted

by Norman A. Whitten, director of the student union at UM, during a homecoming competition. Students Charles Nomina and John Stormont were involved in turning this design into a mascot named

after the residents of San Sebastian Hall, an old residential building. The following year, student John Stormont performed at Hurricanes football games dressed up in an improvised ibis costume: armorlite insulation for the head, white terry cloth for the body to resemble feathers, ROTC spats for the feet, and toes made from burlap.

Originally, the ibis was named “Icky.”

By 1960, the second generation ibis costume was created by Randy Jack Ogren, a UM alumni and a former Disney artist.

This version of the mascot was also in the National Championship victory parade riding with Coach Schnellenberger. It was then renamed Joe Ibis.

It was not until 1980, that the ibis officially became known as Sebastian.

From 1984 to 1992, Sebastian was depicted by John Routh, who later created Sebastian’s signature spell out: the C-A-NE-S cheer, where Sebastian structures the letters with his body.

At the beginning of every football home game, Sebastian is best known for leading the entire football team through the smoke and onto the field, a tradition that seems here to say.

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UM’s most memorable sports events and how we covered them

By Isabella Didio Sports Editor

Football The Hurricanes football team was without a doubt the most talked about sports program in Miami during the late 1980s, winning the national championship in 1987 and 1989.

Quarterback Bernie Kosar and Vinny Testaverde were two of the best players in the country and were surrounded by future first round NFL draft picks.

Jimmy Johnson was the coach during this time and was a big fan of the media, recalls Michelle Kauffman, sports editor at the Hurricane from 1985-1987. Reporters were able to have one-on-one interviews with players as opposed to today, where all the reporters get the same exact quotes with the Sports Information Directors regulating all the interviews.

“He was very open and honest,” Kauffman said. “He let the media watch all of practice on most days. We’d sit on a bench and when practice was over, we’d

just walk over to whichever player we wanted to talk to and talk to him for as long as he felt like talking. We developed great, trusting, working relationships with Jimmy and the players on those teams.

Testaverde won the Heisman Trophy in 1986, one of only two players in Miami football history to win the trophy.

“That was really cool to cover,” Kauffman said. “I got to fly to NYC and go to his hometown of Elmont, NY, to work on a profile about him. And I was there, at the Downtown Athletic Club, when Vinny won the trophy.”

Basketball The University of Miami men’s basketball team is now one of its most well-known sports team, but it wasn’t always that way. The men’s basketball program was dropped by the University in 1971 due to inadequate facilities, diminishing attendance at games and serious financial loss. The school’s Board of Trustees tried to shut the program down in 1970. 14 years later in 1985, the

program was brought back. Kauffman recalls the unconventional way the athletic department attempted to revive the program.

“I remember them holding open tryouts on the student union patio with portable rims and anyone from campus could try out,” Kauffman said. “They got a few players from that tryout for the opening roster.”

The team played their games at the Knight Center auditorium at the Hyatt hotel in downtown Miami. “ It was, literally, a concert theater with seats on just one side of the stage,” Kauffman said. “They put bleachers on the other side to create a makeshift arena.”

At that time, the best players on the team were Eric “Downtown” Brown, Dennis Burns, Kevin Presto and Tito Horford, who joined the team a little bit later.

“It was a lot of fun to cover a brand new team,” Kauffman said.

For the first five years, the team was minimally competitive, but in 1990

the school hired Leonard Hamilton as head coach and a year later the team accepted an invitation to join the Big East Conference. In 2000 they won the Big East regular season title.

Track and field Perhaps one of Miami’s most decorated Miami athletes is Lauryn Williams, a sprinter who ran for the Hurricanes from 2001-2004. At Miami, Williams became the only woman in Big East history to win three consecutive 100-meter titles. She left Miami as a ninetime All-American, eleven-time Big East Champion and held records in seven different events. After graduating from UM, Williams won the silver medal in the 100-meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Williams later went on to win the gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Eric Kalis, sports editor from 2003-2006, distinctly remembers writing a profile on Williams as she was beginning her quest to qualify for the 2004 Olympics.

“With Lauryn, she also had the

poise and maturity of an elite and accomplished athlete as a student,” Kalis said. “But the physical gifts of a world-class sprinter are probably what I remember most about her.”

Baseball Miami’s baseball program has won four NCAA national championships (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001) throughout their history, but unfortunately because the College World Series takes place in May and early June during summer intersession, the Hurricane’s coverage of the team’s success during those four years was limited.

Women’s basketball Under head coach Katie Meier, the Hurricanes have had a lot of success in recent years. Last year, the team upset No. 13 Syracuse, No. 4 Notre Dame and No. 2 Louisville and finished the regular reason with a 25-9 record. They also got their first win in program history against Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Miami was selected to host the first round of the NCAA tournament, but ultimately fell to Arizona State.

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V’S TAKE

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V through the years Have a question for V? Email

dearv@themiamihurricane.com.

Like a fine wine, V’s Take gets better with age. However, I do not want to be remembered as another bottle on the shelf of this sexy, weekly column version of a Wine Wednesday. Instead, think of me as the Four Loko of V’s Take.

New and bubbly, I’m entertaining to digest, but a risk to harbor on campus. Sometimes the advice is a little rough going down, but it’s guaranteed to get you smashed.

Looking through the yellow tinted newspaper archives from the early 2000s, I’ve encountered the opinions of past sex columnists who are as sweet and refreshing as a Pink Moscato, along with the dry and bitter opinions of those who contribute to the dangerous stigmas of slut shaming and homophobia like a last resort Sauvignon Blanc.

One particularly unsettling article from 2009 was entitled, “I Think I’m the Last Straight Person on Campus.” A student who went by the alias “Annoyed by Being Straight at UM” explained his frustration with the amount of LGBTQ+ content being published in V’s Take. For the record, there was barely any LGBTQ+ representation in national media, let alone in campus publications.

Keep in mind that this article was written in a pre-Glee era.

Glee became a haven from the blatant homophobic bullying that

stained our society before 2009.

Today, homophobia is packaged differently under the impression of self-proclaimed allies who “support it, but just don’t want to see it” or the minimizing of gay men to trendy accessories.

My message to Annoyed by Being Straight at UM is as follows: suck my dick. Actually, suck my fake plastic schlong that is probably much bigger than yours or any you could ever get.

I fought to use my voice because many people in my community do not have the privilege or platform to speak out regarding LGBTQ+ issues. You cannot project your insecurities unto me, for I am shameless. I had a life sized cardboard cut out of Glee’s hot lesbian cheerleader in my room throughout middle school, and I definitely tried to have sex with it. See? Shameless.

In a 2006 take labeled “Random Hookups a Cheap Way to Feel Intimate,” V asserted that women who enjoy casual sex were complete wastes of lives and just desperate to feel something. I want to know who lit the fuse on 2006 V’s tampon. Sex doesn’t always have to mean something. You can have sex just because you’re bored, as long as you communicate that to a consenting partner. Slut shaming leaves women with a sense of deep humiliation, embarrassment

and pain. Plus, the real reason men want a virgin is that they just simply can’t stand the criticism of a woman with experience. I should start a Yelp for penises. A crowd-sourced review forum to help people navigate the world of weiners would most definitely allow men to experience the kind of scrutiny that has been traditionally reserved for women.

But despite the occasional poor guidance, V’s Take has still boasted an exceptional opportunity for outspoken women who are not afraid to be blatant and real in terms of sex. By talking honestly about sex, we can overcome shame, eradicate stigma and help each other live fulfilling lives in and out of the bedroom.

Opening a conversation around sexuality is especially important for women who have to suppress their emotions due to oppressive governments, so we must lead by example. V is the face of those who find sex interesting, empowering and powerful regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

After a few gulps of this Four Loko of advice, I hope you find the inebriated courage to be shameless.

Best, V

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