The Miami Hurricane: November 19, 2019

Vol. 97, Issue 12 | November 19, 2019 - November 25, 2019

The cost of college should not rise OPINION // Page 6

Native students raise concerns over Iron Arrow NEWS // Page 8 - 9

Author of “Boy Erased” shares his story EDGE // Page 10

HURRICANE HOOPS:

SPORTS // Page 12

CANES BEAT BOBCATS

HURRICANE HOOPS: Junior Kameron McGusty leads the men’s basketball team in points, averaging 14.8 per game. On Saturday, Nov. 16, McGusty tied his previous record of 22 points, set while at the University of Oklahoma.

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DINING

Students share #rawchickenattheU photos on Twitter

By Noor Khaled Staff News Writer

A University of Miami student recently took to social media after she was served raw chicken by the oncampus dining vendor, Burger305.

On Wed. Nov. 13, Lizette Rosa, a junior majoring in health science and sociology, found herself eating two out of three chicken tenders she was served, which she described as “pink,� “squishy� and “raw.� “I couldn’t even look at it anymore,� Rosa said of the moment she noticed the state of her meal. “I immediately felt nauseous and disgusting.�

Rosa took a picture of her chicken and posted it to her Twitter account (@woahlizette) Nov. 13 at 8:54 p.m. The photos quickly spread among the student body.

The photo showed a piece of the chicken cut in half. Inside the breading, the meat appeared raw, looking pink, fleshy and gelatinous.

She also tagged the university’s official Twitter page (@univmiami) and University of Miami Dining (@UMDining). She concluded the tweet with a marked hashtag, “#rawchickenattheU�.

Other users responded to the tweet with frustration and concern.

Twitter user @lcorreagonzales urged Rosa to take action. “Omg! File a complaint! ASAP! Unacceptable!� she tweeted.

Not only did several students reply in shock to the unpalatable chicken, but many were inspired to share their own frustrating experiences.

User @nicoleblzrmz responded

by sharing a photo of undercooked chicken that she alleges the MahoneyPearson Dining Hall served her about a year ago.

She concluded the tweet by stamping the same hashtag, “#rawchickenattheU.� The tweet was later deleted.

Twitter user @thatgirllche shared the following video with the caption “disgust� that showed rare meat on her plate, which she said was served to her at the Mahoney-Pearson Dining Hall.

Alejandra Gutierrez, a senior majoring in biochemistry, shared a video Nov. 6 of a pan of pink chicken that appeared raw in one of the residential dining halls with the caption “Ain’t no way this chicken cooked.� “I walked into the Mahoney Pearson Dining Hall and was going to eat and I saw that chicken and I couldn’t believe my eyes,� said Gutierrez. “The chicken was raw! I didn’t eat it but I was shocked they were even putting it out to serve students.�

Rosa was grateful that people spoke out about their own experiences. “This is ridiculous,� she said. “It’s not just an isolated incident that I can move on and forget about.

It’s campus-wide.�

After social media was flooded with the iconic photo of Rosa’s raw chicken, she was contacted by Meagan Clements, the Director of Marketing and Guest Experience of Chartwells at the University of Miami, asking her to explain her grievances regarding the chicken she was served and requested to meet with her that same week. “Once I realized what I had eaten,

I was disgusted and immediately felt nauseous,� said Rosa in her email to Clements. “I am very concerned that I may have contracted salmonella or a food-borne illness from consuming raw chicken because I am not feeling well.�

In the same email, Rosa spoke on behalf of the students who replied to her tweet and several others. “For the high prices that we pay for a meal plan, we deserve quality meals and we should not have to worry about whether or not our food is actually cooked.�

Rosa was passionate about voicing her concern for the irrationally high costs of meal plans at UM. At Florida International University, a meal plan of 14-per-week and $150 dining dollars costs $1600 per semester, while the same plan at UM costs a student $2877 per semester.

An unlimited plan with $250 at FIU costs $1800, while the unlimited plan with $100 dining dollars at UM costs more than double - $3604.

When she meets with Chartwells, Rosa plans on asking them “where is the money going, if not to the proper preparation of our food?�

Maryam Jawid, a senior majoring in public health, is very meticulous on the preparation of her food at the dining hall due to a severe allergy so she often asks the kitchen to cook her meat on a separate grill. “I used to ask for them to grill me a plain piece of chicken, and would wait for them to cook it. For some reason it would be cooked in ten minutes some days and other days it would literally take 30 minutes,� said Jawid. “Several times they would serve me an uncooked chicken.�

Emphasized in her email, Rosa

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demanded compensation for herself and her peers who were affected by these campus-wide incidents.

She plans to have a lawyer speak on her behalf in her meeting with Chartwells.

Despite the copious amounts of complaints, some students claim that the quality of food at the dining hall has gotten better from previous years.

Mitchell Hueniken, a sophomore majoring in biochemistry, said that the dining hall has made improvements. “I got food poisoning a couple times last year and I think it was from the raw meat,� he said. “I have yet to get food poisoning this year.�

Jawid also commends the dining hall on being cooperative with her allergies. “[UM Dining] really does help me out now and prepares plain stuff in advance for me that I pick up.

So I definitely can’t complain about that,� she said.

Patricia Whitely, the Vice President of Student Affairs, chimed in on Rosa’s concerns by forwarding her message to the team that supervises the university’s contract with Chartwells.

Students reported being were served raw chicken at other universities that have contracts with Chartwells including Piedmont College, University of Texas Dallas and Quinnipiac University.

In September 2018, a student at Piedmont College reported getting sick with food poisoning after eating a chicken sandwich that was served to her at the cafeteria which serves food provided by Chartwells.

In Janunary 2019, the University of Texas Dallas, several students claimed that they were served

Went to the food cour t to get dinner at Burger 305 and this is what they gave me đ&#x;¤˘I’m disgusted @UMDining @univmiami #rawchickenattheU. - @woahlizette

Photo source: Twitter, @nicoleblzrmz FOWL FOOD: A student reported that raw chicken was served about a year ago at Mahoney-Pearson dining hall.

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TOUGH CLUCK: A student bit into raw meat at Burger 305 at the food court on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

cafeteria food from Chartwells that got them sick, including raw chicken, rare meat, and moldy bread.

On Nov. 4, 2019, a Barstool Instagram account based in Quinnipiac University (@qubarstool) posted a photo of the raw chicken that was served to a student. The photo was captioned “Fresh and straight out of the package! Chartwells pumping out raw chicken like clockwork.�

On Monday, Nov. 18, UM Dining and Chartwells commented on Rosa’s incident and assured that they plan to take action. “As soon as Dining Services was made aware of the two reported incidents of undercooked chicken served at the Hecht-Stanford Dining Hall and at Burger 305 in the Hurricane Food Court last week, we met with our food service provider, Chartwells to take immediate corrective action,� said UM Dining.

Chartwells plans on conducting a thorough assessment of equipment where chicken is cooked has been completed to ensure proper calibration, an audit by an independent third-party food safety auditor has been scheduled, and retraining specific to food safety and chicken cooking processes will be reviewed with associates. “Our goal is to deliver a safe, quality customer experience for all students, faculty, staff, and dining patrons.�

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Multifaith Thanksgiving brings good food, fruitful religious conversation

By Abigail Adeleke Contributing News Writer

The University Chaplains Association hosted its annual Multifaith Thanksgiving on Wednesday evening in the Shalala ballrooms. The potluckstyle dinner allowed students, staff and faculty from all faiths to enjoy home cooking and religious conversation.

The event was planned with the purpose of bringing together different faith and cultural communities to share a meal of thanksgiving.

“Unlike a traditional prayer service, this event is not necessarily religious in nature, though it is sponsored by our campus faith communities,” said Rabbi Lyle Rothman, the thirdyear chair of UCA. “Whether

you are a person of faith or just a hungry student, the Multifaith Thanksgiving dinner is for you.”

This event also coincides with the Thanks and Giving Project that Rothman brought from Hofstra University Hillel.

The goal of the project is to thank students and staff who are often overlooked on campus with a hand-written card of appreciation. Note cards were passed out to those in attendance for them to fill out with their words of gratitude.

President of the Miami Multifaith Council, Alexander LaBarbera, worked with UCA to plan the event this year as well as reach out to departments and organizations for sponsorship.

From halal to kosher options, Multifaith Thanksgiving offered a variety of foods for everyone to enjoy and LaBarbera, a political

science, religious studies, history and economics quadruple major, said that events like these are fundamental to student life on campus.

“Multifaith dialogue is absolutely necessary in today’s world in order to help eliminate divisive hate and ignorance,” he said. “In the end, we are all part of the Canes family and that family is made stronger by emphasizing the ways we are similar while embracing and educating others on the ways we are unique.”

Junior Sonia Khan said that the event was a great way for people of different religious backgrounds to share conversation and a good meal.

“I decided to attend because I thought it would be a great way to celebrate so many walks of life coming together on one campus,”

said the finance and legal studies major.

As a muslim student, she said she appreciates “when people learn more about [her] religion and vise versa.”

Another student who attended the event, Kayla Mason, shared that bringing people of different religious backgrounds “promotes growth, tolerance and friendship.”

Mason, a junior majoring in microbiology and immunology, said that attending events like these are necessary to step out of one’s comfort and broaden the college experience.

Abigail Adeleke // Contributing News Writer For more information on upcoming events, visit Miami DIVERSE DINNER: Senior Nathalie Janata and junior Multifaith Council on Facebook Randy Fitzgerald throw up the “U” during the Multifaith Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday. or the UCA website.

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HEALTH

New UHealth Center to be built in Downtown Doral

CONSTRUCTING CARE: Joining the growing Downtown Doral area, the new UHealth location is set to open in the summer of 2022 on the intersection of NW 87th Avenue and 53rd Street. The facility is modeled after the Lennar Foundation Medical Center.

By Leena Yumeen Contributing News Writer

The University of Miami Health Care System will soon unveil a new medical center in Downtown Doral, a 250-acre community dubbed “Miami’s premiere town center” for its lush scenery and interconnected commerce centers. As part of South Florida’s only universitybased medical system, the health center is expected to accommodate over 200 patients daily with a dedicated staff of 75 to 100 physicians, nurses and other health care workers.

Located on the intersection of NW 87th Avenue and 53rd Street, the building’s outward appearance is expected to match its expansive interior. Modeled after the Lennar Foundation Medical Center on the Coral Gables campus, the 100,000 square foot, four-story facility is scheduled to open the summer of 2022.

These plans come hot-on-the-heels of UHealth’s announcement of the opening of another medical center in Solé Mia, a 184-acre mixed-use development in North Miami.

“Both Solé Mia and Doral will deliver the highest level of personalized, compassionate care to our patients, as we do at The Lennar Foundation Medical Center,” said Ben Riestra, UHealth’s chief ambulatory operations executive.

To this end, the center will feature some of the university’s most eminent service centers. This includes the Balmer Eye Care Institute, which was recently deemed the

number one eye care center in the nation.

In addition to this, as part of the UHealth’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer System, the facility will provide oncology clinics, radiation therapy and infusion therapy.

These state-of-the-art departments will be paired with a broad swath of multispecialty clinics to address the medical needs of the surrounding residents. This includes centers for cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, endocrinology and dermatology.

With the ability to perform CTs, MRIs, digital radiographies, ultrasounds and mammograms, the integrated imaging center will function to ensure accurate diagnoses and provide preventative care.

The center will also be designed to aid in the various emergency medical procedures expected to be performed. The center’s surgeons, for example, will have four operating rooms for the sole purpose of outpatient procedures as part of the ambulatory service center.

“This state-of-the-art facility will allow UHealth to bring world-class health care to the rapidly growing Doral community and will serve as a western hub for our distinguished regional network of ambulatory services,” said Edward Abraham, the CEO of UHealth.

“The addition of the UHealth Medical Center at Downtown Doral will provide our residents and workforce with innovative, specialized medical services right in their backyard, and will give locals and visitors seeking world-class care a more centrally located facility in Miami-Dade County,” said Ana Marie Codina Barlick, CEO of the

real-estate firm that manages Downtown Doral.

Cordina Partners, a real-estate firm, supported the project with this mission in mind. According to the firm, the managers’

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Native American students call for changes within Iron Arrow

By Anna Timmons News Editor

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arah Cawthon was sitting in the Watsco Center during Canes Take Flight at fall orientation, when she first saw Iron Arrow members wearing colorful patterned jackets marching in a line with their arms crossed and faces stern. At the front of the line, one member steadily beat a drum.

Cawthon watched in shock as she saw people of many different races and ethnicities participating in what appeared to be a traditional Native American practice. Those sitting near her shared puzzled expressions and looked over to Cawthon, an outspoken Native American student, to see her reaction.

It was announced before the crowd that those wearing special jackets were members of the Iron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor one can attain at the University of Miami.

Iron Arrow, founded in 1926 by Bowman Foster Ashe in alliance with the Seminole tribe of South Florida, was created to honor those associated with UM who demonstrated love of alma mater, character, leadership, scholarship and humility. After the Miccosukee tribe of South Florida separated

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Cawthon, a freshman majoring in marine affairs and ecosystem science and policy, heard about Iron Arrow from her older sister Allison Cawthon, a fifth year senior on the plus-one scholarship at UM. As Native American students with heritage in Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee and Seminole

As chief, nothing that I do is cultural appropriation because literally the people who we are honoring, the Miccosukee, approve of this.

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- Current chief of Iron Arrow, Dewayne Washington themselves from the Seminoles, Iron Arrow became an officially sanctioned clan of the Miccosukees.

Members have been gifted traditions from the Miccosukees such as their iconic jackets and drum rituals.

nations, sisters Allison and Sarah Cawthon expressed great concern with Iron Arrow and its practices, which Allison Cawthon deemed “huge cultural appropriation and misappropriation.”

Photo source: Instagram, @ironarrow TO THE BEAT: A ritual gifted to Iron Arrow by the Miccosukee tribe, members of iron arrow beat the drum in a special rhythm.

When Allison Cawthon came to UM, she noticed a lack of native presence on campus and decided to start the Native American Heritage Committee her junior year of college. She had issues with Iron Arrow and reached out to its leadership to address changes she felt the honor society should make but was left with emails that went nowhere.

Allison Cawthon said she believes that despite Iron Arrow’s approval from the Miccosukee tribe, a group of non-native students using native culture should not be accepted on UM’s campus nor promoted and sponsored by the university. She explained that while Iron Arrow has permission from the Miccosukee tribe to use aspects of native culture, these symbols aren’t unique to that tribe alone.

“A lot of the symbols that they use are symbols that Native Americans all over the entire U.S. use,” she said.

Members of Iron Arrow defend their use of Miccosukee culture, explaining that they have a liaison from the tribe who oversees and approves everything they do. In addition, members of Iron Arrow meet monthly with their Miccosukee liaison, Curtis Osceola, a UM alumnus of both the business school and law school.

The current chief of Iron Arrow, Dewayne Washington, said that claims of cultural appropriation within the honor society are “far from the truth.”

“Certain tribes might say certain things aren’t acceptable to them but every tribe is sovereign to their own ways,” said Washington, a senior majoring in finance. “As chief, nothing that I do is cultural appropriation because literally the people who we are honoring, the Miccosukee, approve of this.”

Faculty advisor of Iron Arrow, professor Winston Warrior reiterated that everything Iron Arrow does is under the permission and guidance of the Miccosukee tribe.

“Our rituals are based off of their rituals. The jackets are produced by them. The use of the drum is

approved by them. Everything we do is approved by them,” he said.

However, Allison Cawthon said that just because the Miccosukees approve of Iron Arrow, doesn’t mean other tribes feel the same way.

Both Allison and Sarah Cawthon remarked that they don’t have much of a problem with Iron Arrow’s jackets, as those are handmade by the Miccosukee tribal members and are given to members upon tapping purely for aesthetics. Distinguishing them from other tribal jackets, the Iron Arrow jackets feature an arrow on the collar.

One of the sisters’ main grievances is the use of Native American language within Iron Arrow, as student leaders within the tribe are given names such as chief, son-of-chief and medicine man.

“I just don’t think they earned the right to call themselves chief or medicine man when our ancestors went through so many different hardships,” Sarah Cawthon said.

Allison Cawthon echoed similar thoughts.

“Calling yourself a chief when I have actual chiefs of my actual tribe is very upsetting to me,” she said.

Washington and Cachay Byrd, the current chief and medicine woman, explained that leaders within the Miccosukee tribe themselves address them with these titles.

Beyond what the sisters see as wrongful cultural practices, their bigger issue with Iron Arrow is what they perceive to be a lack of education and promotion of native issues from the honor society.

“People don’t really know what they represent, they just know it’s an honor society,” Sarah Cawthon said. “They have this big platform where they could talk about Natives.”

Allison Cawthon also said she wishes Iron Arrow would be more vocal about Native culture.

“My problem is there is a complete lack of communication on campus about what their beading is, what their jackets symbolize,” said Allison Cawthon, who added that she didn’t know

Photo source: Instagram, @ironarrow “DOPE PROFESSOR”: Faculty advisor to Iron Arrow, Winston Warrior stands at the mound during tapping.

about the Miccosukee connection to Iron Arrow until a few years ago when she specifically sought out the information. “I think it’s causing a lot more confusion and stereotypes and negative effects on campus, and I don’t see any positives on campus.”

Both of the Cawthon sisters agree that Iron Arrow should not be able to use native symbols, traditions

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or ceremonies without also making a large, open effort to educate students on Iron Arrow and on native issues as a whole.

However, Warrior voiced that some of these “macro-issues” are outside of the scope of an honor society.

“We have accepted this notion that we need to do a better job, of course, of being transparent and people understanding who we are,” Warrior said.

“But we are a society. We’re not a student organization.

So I think that needs to be understood that, you know, that is what we do.”

Byrd, a senior majoring in health science, acknowledged that while there are challenges in educating students on Iron Arrow, she thinks it will be necessary going forward.

“We really appreciated how much we were educated in just our first week after

I just don’t think they earned the right to call themselves chief or medicine man when our ancestors went through so many different hardships.

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- Freshman Sarah Cawthon

being tapped into Iron Arrow,” she said. “Just seeing how important that is and to see how the absence of information can cause some kind of controversy, we feel that’s just even more of a reason to address those things and talk about it.”

Byrd added that she is willing to open a dialogue about any concerns students may have.

“If there’s one thing that we can continue to emphasize, it’s to please ask questions,” she said.

However, the sisters stated that with Iron Arrow as the only visible representation of Natives on campus, this points to other larger issues at UM. Compared to many other universities, the sisters said that UM does little to recruit Native American students and as a result, Native Americans make up less than 1 percent of undergraduate students.

“It’s only because there are so few of us that Iron Arrow is still here,” Sarah Cawthon said, explaining that there would be an uproar if this happened in another part of the U.S. where the Native population is larger.

“We are the most underrepresented minority, and the university doesn’t seem to be doing anything to further their efforts,” Allison Cawthon said.

In response, the university highlighted how UM stacks up with other peer institutions.

Native American students make up approximately 1 percent of public high school graduates nationwide, said John Haller, vice president of enrollment management at the University of Miami.

“The percent of Native American students is higher at the University of Miami than many of our peers,” Haller said. “Over the past three years, the acceptance rate for Native American applicants at the university has ranged from 6 percent to 12 percent higher than for all admitted applicants.”

The UM administration did not respond to questions regarding native recruitment.

Jaime Harn contributed to to the reporting of this story

History of Iron Arrow

By Natalia Rovira News Editor

Iron Arrow’s roots stem far back into the history of the University of Miami. Bowman Foster Ashe, UM’s first president, wanted to honor male students that dedicated themselves to the “glory, fame and growth” of UM. Soon after the opening of the university in 1926, Ashe and Francis Spencer Houghtaling selected the “Founding Nine” students, and the first-ever generation of the tap society was born.

The name “Iron Arrow” has stood the test of time, being unchanged since its creation nearly a century ago. It was formed by combining “arrow” from bow and arrow and “iron” from the Iron Age. The notion behind the name is that every member of Iron Arrow is expected to embody––a strong and direct path towards revolutionary change.

In the hopes of giving the university a future filled with long-standing traditions honoring South Florida, Ashe incorporated Seminole rituals into Iron Arrow’s practices. This was done with the approval of the Miccosukee tribe which, since Iron Arrow’s foundation, has had a healthy relationship with the society.

While today Iron Arrow boasts over 1400 members, it was not always this way. From its foundation until the start of World War II, Iron Arrow thrived, but soon after the Allies went to war with the Axis powers,

the society was nearly forgotten.

It was revived after the end of the war, but this was not the last time that Iron Arrow suffered a blow to its existence.

Henry King Stanford, UM’s third president, became the sponsor of the tribe in 1966. At the time, the feminist movement was gaining significant traction on a national level, and Iron Arrow’s policy of not admitting women was challenged. There was also backlash from Native Americans that felt that the tribe was demeaning them.

Following an investigation by the Department of HEW that failed to find anything within Iron Arrow that was demeaning to Native Americans, the society was removed from the university in 1976 for not allowing women.

In 1981, Edward T. Foote II informed the tribe that it would not be allowed back unless it admitted women. Four years later in 1985, a motion to change this was finally passed, and Iron Arrow returned to UM to induct its first women.

That year, Ashe’s daughter Dorothy Ashe-Dunn was inducted. Since 1988, there have been 11 female chiefs.

From their reintroduction to campus in 1985 until today, Iron Arrow remains “the Highest Honor Attained at the University of Miami.” They continue to recognize individuals who exemplify the five qualities of Iron Arrow as Dr. Ashe and Houghtaling envisioned for the society: love of alma mater, character, leadership, scholarship and humility.

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Author, activist Garrard Conley shares experience with conversion therapy BOOKS

By Jarrod Houseknecht Contributing Writer

Garrard Conley, awardwinning activist and author of the memoir “Boy Erased,” visited the University of Miami Tuesday, Nov. 12, to speak out against the terrors of conversion therapy. In an event hosted by the LGBTQ+ Student Center and the English department, Conley answered questions from faculty and students regarding the memoir turned award-winning film and the struggles to selfdiscovery and sexuality.

Conley, a survivor of conversion therapy, said that he always likes to name and call out the center that he attended over a decade ago. An extremely conservative Baptist program that his parents enrolled him in as a teenager, Love in Action aimed to “convert” members of the LGBTQ+ community to heterosexuality.

He recalled his mother asking Love in Action what its “cure rate” was. Leaders of the organization told him it was 80 percent. Citing a great deal of scientific evidence, Conley noted that this was “without a doubt, a sham.”

According to Conley, only 15 states have banned conversion therapy. Although it sounds unfathomable to some, these type of programs still exist throughout the country today, mostly hosted by religious and conservative organizations.

Florida included, many states have no legislation in place to stop or even monitor conversion therapy programs. However,

Miami-Dade county lawmakers have successfully put an end to the practice in the city and surrounding areas.

He went on to discuss “Boy Erased,” which was adapted to the film this past year by director Joel Edgerton. The film, starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Lucas Hedges and Troye Sivan, went on to be nominated for several Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards.

Conley told listeners that seeing the film for the first time made him feel sick, explaining how difficult it was to see his trauma on the big screen.

However, he did note that he enjoyed being a part of writing the screenplay and that he and his mother have grown to love the film.

Despite his experiences with conversion therapy, Conley said he wanted to make sure that listeners and fans understood that he wasn’t against religion or Christianity.

“I wondered if it was possible to be Christian and gay. It seemed incompatible, until I met a lot of people who have combined these two parts,” he said. “I don’t attack Christianity; I attack bigotry.”

Conley told the UM attendees that it has been hard to regain his faith and religion, saying he does not really know where he stands on the subject anymore.

“My number one relationship was with God, until around the age of 17 when God was used as a weapon against me,” he said.

“You don’t want someone to feel like the mention of God or Jesus could set their skin on fire, but unfortunately that’s where I was

at for a long time.”

Conley added that he “doesn’t want to just be another sad story” and gave advice to anyone struggling with their sexuality.

“I chose to forgive them,” he said. “Did they give me the best apology like it’s from some Hollywood movie? No, but I chose to forgive them for me.”

He made sure to tell listeners that the lead male preacher at Love in Action now lives with a husband in Texas. Conley joked about how he is happy for him, but he also needs to keep his space because that’s just “too much happening at once for him to see on his Facebook feed.”

In overcoming the trauma he has gone through, Conley said that it is not always easy to live in a city doing activist work because many people do not comprehend how difficult it still is for small town LGBTQ+ youth to come out and be themselves.

“I’ll go into a Brooklyn queer party, and it’s hard because you feel like all of these people only want to celebrate. They never want to hear your pain,” he said.

“Also, sometimes you get so tired of doing the activist work. You see ignorant people not crying or feeling any emotion over someone’s sad story and the same anger comes back again.”

Conley also added that in order for our country and the whole LGBTQ+ community to combat conversion therapy, more people need to discuss the topic publicly.

“Other people need to come forward and tell their story.

Everyone knows mine now,” he said. I don’t know who to pass the torch to. My experience was not

as bad as many other people’s.”

Conley currently lives in New York City with his husband and has finally regained strong relationships with both of his parents. He wants people to know that his past might be rough, but his future is happy.

As for what’s next for Conley, he’s writing a novel this time around. He mentioned that he’s trying to be “epic” and hopefully we will see his newest book in stores soon.

This short talk is not the last time Conley will be out-andabout at the U. According to a July tweet, he will be joining the the M.F.A. program as a professor of practice, teaching a fiction workshop.

Photo source: Amazon Books

Photo courtesy Garrad Conley “BOY ERASED”: Garrard Conley, award-winning activist and author of the memoir “Boy Erased,” visited the University of Miami this past Tuesday, Nov. 12, to speak out against the terrors of conversion therapy. Conley, who was forced into conversion therapy as a teenager, spoke on religion, sexuality and what he is working on now.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Tory Lanez’s ‘Chixtape 5’ displays inability to let go of past

By Shruti Mishra Contributing Writer

Last Friday, rapper Tory Lanez released “Chixtape 5,” a star-studded, nostalgia-ridden R&B project inspired by the early 2000s.

In his fifth installment of his “Chixtape” series, Lanez samples popular tracks from the past such as “Can’t Let You Go” by Fabolous, “I Luv Ya Girl” by The-Dream and “Foolish” by Ashanti. However, on this project he goes above and beyond, enlisting original artists to be featured on the new tracks. Tory Lanez’s creativity not only in his lyrical ability– but also in incorporating skits, a story line, phone calls and references to the golden-era of R&B– makes this cohesive body of work a nostalgic blast from the past.

Revisiting the early 2000s has become a popular trend among artists, both new and old. Singer Normani channeled outfits from music videos’ past in her debut-single “Motivation” and singer Summer Walker incorporated samples of Usher in her debut-album, “Over It.” The early 2000s are arguably the best era of R&B, and many of us can remember a time in our adolescence

when we would watch Ashanti, Usher, Trey Songz and Chris Brown on MTV. “I think all those pieces and everything that we’ve come out with has been all about nostalgia. I’m about to take you on a whole journey musically,” said Lanez in an interview with Billboard.

It is a journey, indeed.

The project opens up with “Jalissa’s Back! - SKIT” featuring a frustrated Jalissa ringing Lanez’s phone, just to be sent to voicemail. Her angry message starts the story of Lanez two-timing Jalissa and Leah. The other comical skits dispersed throughout the one-hour mixtape chronicle the developments, and ultimately, “Last Love Letter -SKIT” wonderfully ties the entire project together.

As for the tracks themselves, Lanez definitely proves himself to be a talented vocalist and rapper. My personal favorite tracks are “Beauty in the Benz” featuring Snoop Dogg, “Best of You” ft. MYA and “A Fool’s Tale (Running Back)” featuring Ashanti.

“I really love the album and mixtape,” said UM senior Karina Sloan of the project. “It goes back to the Tory Lanez that we heard when he first started getting big.”

While Lanez’s project is in tandem

with the mixtapes he released that garnered him initial traction, Lanez seems to rely on that popular sound a bit too heavily.

Mackenzie Cummings-Grady for Popdust put it perfectly, saying “The ‘Chixtapes’ platform has been the perfect format for Lanez. It’s exactly as advertised– each of the projects offers a modern interpretation of a different era in R&B– and gives Lanez the creative liberty to expand on and flip the songs of his R&B idols without having to worry about accusations of mimicry.”

Lanez, frequently accused of imitation and plagiarism, is stuck in the past. Two of his most famous songs, “Luv” and “Say It,” both incorporate samples. Put quite frankly, utilizing skits, phone calls and old-school R&B samples has been done time-and-time again.

While the remix-style that garners him success is very much enjoyable, it would be interesting to see Lanez’s next project channel creativity into formulating his own distinct sound.

Whether it be his mixtapes or his albums, Lanez’s consistency is starting to come across as uninnovative.

This is not necessarily a complaint, as the tracks in “Chixtape 5” trigger a nostalgia that R&B aficionados have

Photo source: Spotify RAD REMIX: The fifth edition of Tory Lanez’s “Chixtape” series, “Chixtape 5” was released last Friday, Nov. 15 and has since stirred conversation among rap and R&B fans everywhere.

come to love, but a hope for further creativity in the future is still evident.

“Chixtape 5” is more than enjoyable and will certainly be on repeat. However, for the next project Lanez drops, it is time for him to explore

another sound that could grant him the legend status that the artists featured in his tape have rightfully earned.

The project is available on all streaming platforms.

PROFILE

Music education major talks bringing passion to teaching

By Luke Franc Contributing Writer

Teachers play an indispensable role in every child’s– and in every artist’s– journey. Especially at early ages, they are often a deciding factor in whether or not the arts become a lifelong passion or simply a fleeting memory of adolescence. In a conversation with The Hurricane, senior music education major at the Frost School of Music Julia Gorordo explained that she is more than prepared to answer the call and support childrens’ creative development.

“I think a music teacher is able to reach their students in a way a math or science teacher can’t,” she said.

“It’s not fully about the curriculum on paper. It’s also putting your own

emotions into it and using your past, your history, your feelings.”

Gorordo credits several teachers throughout her own journey from elementary school all the way through college as one of the major inspirations for her career path. Despite the many great experiences and mentors she’s had and wanting to follow in their footsteps, she clarifies that even she has had to work with some less than ideal leaders.

“I’ve definitely had a few really bad teachers at Frost that have made me sit and go, ‘I don’t wanna be like this teacher, I don’t ever want to talk to my students this way,’” she admitted.

“But, I’ve also had a couple really good teachers here–teachers who’ve stuck their necks out for me and who’ve been there for me.”

While not all of her experiences

as a student have been stellar, Gorordo and other music education majors at Frost continue to play a major role in outreach. Every year, the students coordinate bake sales, a benefit concert and other events to raise money for a grant which goes directly to a local school’s music program. Simply put, “whatever we can do to benefit music education we will do.”

In addition to learning from those who came before her, Gorordo has also amassed a wealth of hands-on experience, in part through summer camp work back home in Seattle.

She works primarily in both music and theater with elementary school children, and her experience as a performer has helped her manage the precariousness of working with young kids.

“I know I have a teaching

personality,” she says. “It’s been referred to as the ‘Disney Princess’ because I walk into a room of kids, and I light up and become Snow White. Rather than ‘I have to get all this information across,’ you can make it a performance.”

Yet, she finds some days are still unpredictable. One particularly “abrasive” student stands out in her mind. After repeated offenses, Gorordo describes pulling her out of class one day to confront the problem head on.

“As I’m standing in the hallway, this 11 year old looks at me and says, ‘It’s because I’m different,’ and I said ‘Why are you different?’ This kid at 11 years old thinks she’s gay and doesn’t know what to do with it.”

As delicate a situation as it was, it was yet another moment which

affirmed Gorordo’s passion for teaching. Times like that taught her to stay humble even as she gets closer and closer to becoming a full time teacher.

“That’s the part of being an arts teacher that I love. Because she felt like she was in such a safe place that this thing that she has not told anyone, she could tell me.” Gorordo continues, “It humbles me because here I am thinking she’s an asshole all week, but she’s got something really big going on.

That’s a lot to be going through at that age.”

In that way, Gorordo’s own experience proves what she has always known about being an arts teacher all along– that they can affect students in a truly unique way.

“It keeps me human, to be a teacher,” she said.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

CANES COMEBACK: Guard Harlond Beverly battles in the offensive zone during Saturday’s game against Quinnipiac University. Beverley contributed 10 points, three assists and three rebounds, leading the Hurricanes to a come-from-behind win.

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Miami overcomes slow first half to take down Quinnipiac

By Curtiss Oakley Contributing Writer

It’s not about how you start, it’s about how you finish.

Nothing embodied Miami’s win against Quinnipiac at the Watsco Center Saturday afternoon more than that sentiment.

Miami (3-1, 0-1) finished the first half up 29-24, with only four assists and shooting 1-11 from the 3-point line, but the Canes came storming back in the second half behind stellar shooting and a career-high tying performance from Kameron McGusty.

“I told the guys we were playing too tense, we’re not having fun,” senior guard DJ Vasiljevic said. “We just need

to relax and I think that’s when everyone started to relax, make shots, and play together.”

With both teams shooting more than 10 threes and making less than 14 percent of them in the first half, Miami’s stagnant offense was saved only by Quinnipiac struggling from the same issues. The Bobcats finished the game shooting 5-30 from the 3-point line.

“That’s not indicative of the type of three-point shooting team they are,” said head coach Jim Larrañaga. “So the question is was it our defense or did they just have a bad day shooting? I thought our defense was good.”

Kameron McGusty finished with 22 points, with 18 of them coming in the second half. The transfer guard tied a career high

in points scored, which he set when he was a sophomore at Oklahoma.

“In the locker room we all were just talking to each other,” McGusty said. “The shots are going to fall. We see each other make those shots day in and day out in practice and we see each other working on them after practice, before practice.”

Vasiljevic was held scoreless for the first half for the second game, missing all five 3-pointers he took, though he was able to contribute with seven rebounds in the first half alone. But a strong second half performance resulted in Vasiljevic recording his second career double-double.

The guard finished the game with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Quinnipiac held a 10-8 lead

through the first six minutes of the game, but a 3-point shot from junior guard Chris Lykes gave Miami its first lead of the game at 11-10.

Miami extended its first half lead to eight when Harlond Beverly split a double-team and quickly read the defense, lobbing it to Deng Gak for a highlight reel dunk. Beverly finished the game with three assists, tying for most on the team despite coming off the bench.

Gak had four rebounds off the bench, giving size to a Miami team that won its first rebound battle of the season with 45 to Quinnipiac’s 41.

Miami’s offense exploded in the second half and the Hurricanes lead continued to grow.

“We were clearly better on both ends of the court. I though the adjustment defensively worked and the adjustment on offense worked,” Larrañaga said. “Once we got it rolling it became contagious.”

Freshmen Isaiah Wong and Harlond Beverly provided a spark off the bench, scoring seven and 10 points respectively.

Miami will now face a long stretch of road games in the next few weeks.

“I think we’re going to have a good time both on and off the court,” Vasiljevic said.

Miami will open that stretch of games against Missouri State Nov. 21 in the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Hurricanes pick up third win of season against IUPUI Jaguars

By Kayson Davis Contributing Writer

Miami trailed 49-46 heading into the fourth quarter, but a 16-point fourth quarter performance from Mykea Gray and a career high 23-points from Endia Banks helped Miami pull away in the end.

“Our fourth quarter was brilliantly executed,” head coach Katie Meier said after the win. “On the defensive end, on the offensive end, different looks out of our presses, everything we worked on the kids really, really executed. So, credit to my staff and certainly to my leaders for pulling us through. Endia was spectacular.”

The first quarter remained close throughout as both teams got off to a slow start, shooting 28.6 and 35.3 percent from the field respectfully. Banks and junior guard Kelsey Marshall both scored six points each to help the Canes take a 15-10 lead going into the second quarter.

The Jaguars started the second quarter on a 7-0 run to take a 17-15 lead. After three different lead changes and three ties in about four minutes of play, the Canes ended the quarter on a 16-4 run and took a 37-25 lead at halftime.

Banks scored seven of her nine second-quarter points during that stretch.

“I just felt like I had to do what my team needed me to do,” Banks said after the game. “I

was being aggressive and taking what the defense gave us.”

Miami led 37-25 at halftime.

Banks had tied her career-high at 15 points by halftime and seemed to have an answer every time the Jaguars went on a run.

The Jaguars came out strong to start the third quarter and used a 9-0 run to cut the lead to two, forcing Miami to take a timeout only four minutes into the quarter. But Banks again helped Miami go on a 9-3 run to push the lead back up to nine. The Jaguars would grab the momentum back though, ending the quarter on a 12-0 run and taking a three-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

The Jaguars shot 71.4 percent from the field and outscored Miami 24-9 in the third quarter.

“I did not expect my team to play the third quarter the way they did,” Meier said “It starts with a beautifully executed play and Beatrice has a point-blank lay-up and misses it. So what that’s what I said.

So what, that’s two points and that turned into the 9-0 run just because we couldn’t believe we missed that shot. The whole team kind of lost its energy and then we started throwing the ball all over the gym.”

Gray was held scoreless throughout the first three quarters as she got into foul trouble, but immediately made an impact when she was put in in the fourth quarter. The guard had a stretch where she scored

Josh Halper // Senior Staff Photographer UNSTOPPABLE: Yasmeen Chang drives toward the rim during Miami’s game against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Sunday, Nov. 17.

nine straight points for Miami, including a four-point play.

“She had an amazing fourth quarter,” Meier said, “I told her stay on the bike, stay warm and I was going to her at the fiveminute mark and we did.”

Redshirt senior Beatrice Mompremier also got it going

in the fourth quarter for Miami, adding eight in that quarter alone. Mompremier ended the game with 20 points and 11 rebounds for her second doubledouble of the season. Miami outscored the Jaguars 28-16 in the fourth quarter while shooting 63.6 percent from the

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field to close out the win.

Miami will hit the road for two games as they will play in the Maggie Dixon Classic in Chicago. The Canes will take on North Carolina A&T on Friday, Nov. 22 and the winner of Depaul/Arkansas State on Saturday, Nov. 23.

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PROFILE

Kameron McGusty has been a year in the making

By Isabella Didio Sports Editor

Last year, Kameron McGusty was forced to sit on the bench for the entire season.

“That’s probably the hardest part right there, not being able to suit up with the people that you practice with,” McGusty said.

“But it builds good character.”

McGusty played the first two seasons of his collegiate career at the University of Oklahoma.

At Oklahoma, McGusty played all 31 games and averaged 10.9 points as a freshman, but had his minutes reduced his sophomore year as Trae Young emerged as the team’s superstar.

McGusty still averaged eight points and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 42.3 percent from the field in 32 appearances as a sophomore.

The guard announced his

intent to transfer to Miami at the end of his sophomore season and in accordance with NCAA transfer rules, McGusty had to sit out last season. The 6’5, 192 pound player used that time to make improvements to his game, which included spending a lot of time in the weight room.

“One of the things he wanted to get stronger, to really be in the weight room and work on his body,” said Miami coach Jim Larrañaga.

He also spent a lot of time on the practice court, attempting to perfect is 3-point shot.

Associate head coach Chris Caputo worked with McGusty everyday.

And the hard work is paying off for the junior. This season, he is averaging 14.8 points through the first four games played.

“My conditioning is a

little better, I feel like I’m a little stronger on the court, my decision making is better,” McGusty said. “I just think overall I’m a lot better player.”

A 17-point, 10 rebound double-double helped Miami defeat UCF in its first road game of the season last week.

Last Saturday, McGusty scored 22 points in the team’s win over Quinnipiac, which tied a career high in points scored that he set during his freshman season at Oklahoma.

One of McGusty’s biggest strengths on the court is his versatility. In the four games played, he has shown his ability to play point guard, shooting guard, small forward and power forward.

“That’s unusual for a perimeter player,” Larrañaga said.

“He’s that type of player

McGUSTY BY THE NUMBERS

14.8 points per game 41.5% from the field 4.5 rebounds per game WITH GUSTO: Kameron McGusty prepares to shoot during Miami’s Nov. 5th home game against Louisville. Josh Halper // Senior Staff Photographer

where I think he can defend three or four positions and also play without the ball,” Caputo said. “He’s shown the ability, similar to Bruce Brown, where he can see some things and make some reads at 6’5 that some of the smaller guys can’t make.”

McGusty’s improved play has been supplemented by the strong bond he formed with his teammates during his time off.

“Last year was a real good year for me to jell with my t e a m m a t e s,” M c G u s t y said. “I just have so much fun

going out there and competing with my teammates.”

Miami will no doubt continue to rely on McGusty as a big-time scorer and defender, as the team looks to avenge last year’s losing season and return to the post-season for the first time since 2018.

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Hooking up with the football team

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Most of us are familiar with the concept of six degrees of separation— the idea is that anyone on the planet can be connected to anyone else in just six steps. However, in a mere two steps, anyone on campus can be connected to someone who has banged a member of the football team.

It isn’t a secret that our school’s pride and joy loves nothing more than to tackle tight ends on and off the field. I recruited some of the hottest scores to confess their experiences.

No names will be used in this article in order to protect identities and egos, even though most of the athletes couldn’t read a sentence of this if they tried.

Once Snapchat usernames are exchanged, it’s only a matter of time until they hit you with that low angle selfie and a “wyd?” One sophomore divulges about an unexpected reply after snapping a photo of her legs while walking to class in a quick reply to a wide receiver. “After I sent him the photo, he

kept asking to see my legs and would not stop.

He would say he wanted to eat them.” This same athlete has compiled quite the highlight reel of quirks. “That guy thinks he’s the most philosophical thing to walk the planet just because he asked to see my iPhone’s screen time information,” another female Cane said with exasperation.

These player’s bachelor pads are complete with a mattress on the ground, TV and f**kboy lights.

“They don’t buy any real furniture,” an undergraduate shared. “They will have a cuban link before they own a couch. My friend hooked up with a player who used one of those 3-in-1 soaps. Think about that.”

Another wide receiver is rumored to have insisted on watching a children’s Nickelodeon show in order to set the mood. “He made me watch Paw Patrol with him before we would have sex,” another student disclosed.

After a night out with one not-soattractive player, an underclassmen spilled on her non-sexual encounter. “I told this guy that I did not want to have sex with him. While he was leaving, he threw his shirt at me and told me that I could tell my friends that we had sex.

Like I would want to do that,” she laughed.

Familiar with the roster, she continued, “One guy used to growl like a dog everytime we would do something sexual, so I was scared to actually go through with it. I used to talk to a senior player who somehow gets away with cheating on his long distance girlfriend using his two brain cells and small penis.”

Many students from our small campus know that rumors spread just as fast as they did in high school. The football team is our very own “mean girls” when it comes to bragging about who they penetrated deep in the backfield. My advice is to ignore these boys and just let them play with their balls.

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