The Miami Hurricane: February 11, 2020

Vol. 97, Issue 17 | February 11, 2020 - February 17, 2020

Hurricanes running for South Miami Mayor NEWS // Page 4

Listen to queer stories this Valentine’s Day OPINION // Page 6

THE ROAD TO OMAHA Canes baseball picked as top 10 preseason team SPORTS // Page 8 & 9

Rihanna releases Valentine’s Day lingerie CULTURE // Page 12

STANDING TALL: The Hurricanes Line up for the national anthem before the annual Alumni Game on Feb. 8 at Mark Light field

Josh Halper // Photo & Visuals Editor

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ROTC cadets discuss experiences, look forward to the future

BY JAIME HARN Senior Editor

After visiting the Arlington National Cemetery in eighth grade and seeing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Owen White suddenly had a feeling of curiosity and respect for the military that never went away.

“It was so moving. I could have stood there for the entire day and not said a word,” said White, a senior majoring in electronic media.

Originally from the small town of Granby, Connecticut, White spent his high school summers at a soccer camp at the Naval Academy in Maryland, where he learned more about the military. He was also interested in airplanes because his dad worked at an airport.

Knowing his interests, White decided in high school to join the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps’ Air Force branch when he went to college, regardless of where he ended up.

ROTC is a group of college and universitybased programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces. It is split up into three branches: Army, Navy and Air Force. ROTC is offered at more than 1,700 universities across the United States, including the University of Miami. After a student graduates from an ROTC program, they become lieutenants in the military.

While people join ROTC because they want to serve their country, there are also financial benefits and job security that comes along with it.

For Kyle Kopacek, a fifth-year senior majoring in chemistry, ROTC was not something he thought about doing until his last semester of high school when he decided to apply for the Air Force ROTC High School Scholarship Program.

“I wanted to go to med school, I still do,” Kopacek said. But joining ROTC gives him job security, and he said he can still pursue his dream of being a doctor after he serves.

Senior Maya Miller also joined for similar reasons.

“My family’s very poor, and my brother was also in college, so it became very hard for my parents to find a way to pay for me to attend school,” said the computer science and broadcast journalism major. “I applied and got the high school scholarship. It just gave me a little bit more security.”

But the hardest part was yet to come: completing ROTC training while being a fulltime student.

ROTC students, called cadets, join their freshman year and take the general military course for two years before they spend a summer at field training. The general military course includes learning the basics of drills, marching and customs present in the Air Force.

After field training, students take the professional officer course. The upperclassmen are in charge of setting the agenda for the underclassmen. All the cadets train together every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Captain Clifford Pigford, assistant professor of aerospace studies at UM, works closely with AFROTC cadets. He met White, Kopacek and Miller in the fall of 2018.

“Cadets White, Kopacek and Miller have all progressed from a follower-ship role as general military course cadets onto professional officer course cadets, who have mastered the basics,” Capt. Pigford said.

Overall at UM, there are only 27 cadets in the Air Force ROTC program out of 11,307 undergraduate students.

Currently, White, Kopacek and Miller are in their final semester of ROTC and are nearing the end of the program. Looking back, Kopacek said he believes that his college life greatly differed from others because of ROTC. “For us, it’s like we go underwater for at least Tuesday through Thursday because that’s when we have our ROTC stuff where we just have to hold our breath,” Kopacek said.

“On Friday, it’s like we can breathe again. By Thursday, you’re just drained.”

White echoed this, saying that “naps are a key.”

When finals come around, White and Kopacek agreed that it is probably the least stressful time for ROTC students because they don’t have their morning training.

“It’s like, ‘Is this what it’s like to be normal?’” Kopacek said.

“What a lot of people don’t understand is that, yes, we’re getting up early,” White said.

“But there’s also a lot of planning and extra work that goes into the daily activities that we do for ROTC during the week.”

But for Miller, she said she feels as if her college experience was quite normal.

Aside from ROTC and her classes, Miller is president of UM’s chapter of Delta Sigma Theta and a part of United Black Students.

“There’s occasional times where I had to get up a little bit earlier in the morning, but

Photo courtesy Maya Miller

CAMPUS CADETS: Air Force Detachment 155 cadets throw up the U at a flag raising ceremony on the Air Force’s birthday.

For Kopacek and Miller, they see a that could just be some kid going to the gym to get his gains,” Miller said. “I think I was different life after they serve their country.

Kopacek originally received a pilot able to fully take advantage of the opportunity that I had coming to a normal school and still position after graduation. However, he realized that that wasn’t what he wanted pursuing the military.”

Overall, all three cadets said that they can to do and switched to a cyberspace officer agree ROTC has taught them skills that they position, where he will only be required to would not have gained from a completely serve for four years.

“This is my temporary job. I’ll do that for normal college experience such as leadership, time management, professionalism and four years and then go to med school,” he said. “That’s the goal.” public speaking.

Miller will become a combat systems Capt. Pigford can attest to all the skills officer. Her required time is two years of that can be learned through the program.

“The skills that AFROTC cadets learn training and six years of active duty.

For Miller, she said she doesn’t know if include mental toughness, which I loosely define as the ability to overcome obstacles she wants to stay in the military for a total of or difficulties, and persevere to get things 20 years or only serve what she has to, but accomplished rather than using those she knows she wants to pursue her other obstacles or difficulties as an excuse for not passion, which is entertainment.

“Even if I decided to do 20 years, I’ll still getting it done,” Capt. Pigford said.

At the end of the semester, after their be 41, so I feel like I’m still young enough to commissioning ceremony, White, Kopacek get my foot in the door,” Miller said. “But and Miller will all become second lieutenants if I don’t decide to do 20 years, I’ll be even in the Air Force. However, they will all go into younger.”

Both Miller and Kopacek said that one different roles.

White will go into the Air Force as a pilot, of the most important aspects of their life where he will have to do two years of training is family, and serving a full 20 years might before serving for a minimum of 10 years. make it difficult to have one.

While the future might be uncertain for However, White plans on staying in the Air Force for longer and said that the day he got these three cadets, they can attest that ROTC was a life-changing experience, and through his pilot position was “one of the best days.”

“It was such a good feeling. I cried,” all the 6:30 a.m. drills, they would not change a thing.

White said.

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Last surviving prosecutor of Nuremberg Trials speaks at UM

BY ROHAMA BRUK

Contributing News Writer The Cardozo Jewish Legal Society hosted an event at the School of Law on Feb. 6. with Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials.

The Cardozo Jewish Legal Society hosted an event at the School of Law on Feb. 6. with Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials. The diverse audience of about 300 students, professors, community members and Holocaust survivors was captivated by Ferencz’s retelling of his experiences as chief prosecutor of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, and his role in establishing the International Criminal Court.

Ferencz, 99, spoke about his experience in international law, the meaning of justice, and offered advice to students.

“A little guy dealing with war criminals,” he said describing himself. A month away from his

100th birthday, Ferencz still values humor.

The famed prosecutor was fighting back tears as he recalled the scenes of horror and indignity that played out in the concentration camps he visited after the war. Still, this work was all in an attempt to build a case against Nazi perpetrators.

“It doesn’t matter what the name of the country is, it matters how they treat their citizens.” Ferencz firmly told the audience.

The question and answer portion of the event was moderated by professor Bernard Oxman of the University of Miami School of Law. Ferencz was unwavering in his response to questions about the role future lawyers have to play in safeguarding justice and the guaranteeing of a fair due process for all.

“I consider it a great loss that we didn’t give Hitler the chance to state his case.” Ferencz answered

an audience member who asked whether Hitler, and war criminals alike, deserved to be tried.

Law student Evan Dubow said he was inspired to attend the event because of Ferencz’s documentary on Netflix, “Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World Of Ben Ferencz.”

Dubow, who attended with his grandfather, reflected upon the importance stressed by Ferencz of using lawful means to stand up to perpetrators of heinous crimes.

“The thing that resonated most was the fact that he believes everyone’s case should be heard, and as lawyers it is up to us to enforce this basic human right.”

Dubow said.

During the event, School of Law Dean Anthony Varona presented Ferencz with an award in recognition of his inspirational lifework.

“Your body of work exhorts lawyers to be public servants,”

Photo source: Facebook UM School of Law

JUSTICE SERVED: The only American prosecutor from the Nuremberg Trials alive today, Ben Ferencz, spoke at an event

hosted by the UM School of Law on Feb. 6 about his experience.

said Dean Varona as he bestowed Ferencz with a silver ibis sculpture.

Looking towards the future of international law, Ferencz vigorously advocated for prospective lawyers to uphold what he considers

the most important pillar of justice— humanity.

“Let your humanity be your goal.” he implored

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Hurricane candidates run in South Miami mayoral race Of the five candidates seeking the city’s top elected office, two are former University of Miami students and one, a retired UM administrator.

Mark Lago, 37, received his undergraduate degree in sociology from the U in 2007, and Lina Sierra, 50, graduated in 1991 with a degree in psychology and public relations. Sally B. Philips, 76, retired in 2007 as director of the university’s Employee Assistance Program, a position she held for 10 years.

The three candidates avow that UM was an important time in their lives that contributed to their pursuit of public office. Furthermore, both Lago and Sierra, whose mothers were UM employees at the time they attended, benefited from tuition remission programs.

Lago’s mother, Alma Lago, held a position in the Student Accounts office while he pursued an undergraduate degree in sociology and a minor in business administration. Lago was a brother of Sigma Alpha Mu at UM. He later became involved in appraising commercial real estate.

Lago, who also received an MBA from Nova Southeastern University, said his mother’s job at the university gave him a chance to have the education he might not otherwise would have had.

Sierra’s mother, Lina Navarro, was the director of the Latin American training programs at UM’s medical school. Sierra also worked part time at the medical school while attending UM. Sierra said her years at UM helped her to express herself better with a stronger ability to do public speaking. It also was a time, she said, when the football program was ruling the nation.

“Not to rain on your parade, but we won three championships,” Sierra said in an interview in late January with Miami Hurricane staff reporters.

Each of the three candidates met with the campus newspaper and reminisced about their years at the U. After graduating from UM in 1991, she received a master’s in education from FIU in 1995. She then was employed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools for about 14 years and then moved on to work for numerous companies in the private sector.

Philips, who earned a bachelor’s as an English major at Cornell University, received her undergraduate degree on English from Cornell University in 1967 and has a doctorate in counseling psychology and counselor education from Boston University in 1982.

At UM, she also taught courses as an adjunct faculty and had roles in several university behavioral health programs.

Philips moved to Miami in 1982 while

working for Met Life insurance. At UM, Philips ran the Employee Assistance Program. She said she made a difference for employees at the U. “When I came in, the program was kind of a sleepy program and not very well utilized, and since then, it has become very well utilized and very important to the employees here,” Philips said.

While the South Miami election pits three Canes against each other, it is also in some ways a rivalry among three South Florida academic institutions, involving two other mayoral candidates.

Bruce B. Baldwin, an active community member, graduated from University of Florida School of Law, and Horace G. Feliu, who previously served as the mayor of South Miami for four years, received his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and biological sciences at Florida International University.

Many of South Florida’s mayors received their education at Florida schools, particularly Florida International University, Florida State and the University of Florida. Several also matriculated from the area’s community colleges.

Alma maters aside, South Miami’s mayoral candidates say they bring various levels of experience and ideas to their goal of becoming the city’s next leader. Their issues range from improving downtown’s commercial district, tackling parking, traffic and crime to figuring out how the city’s population can grow responsibly.

“I know how the government of South Miami works,” said Philips.

“I do not think that any one of the other candidates has served the length of time nor gained the depth of experience in the governance of the City of South Miami as I have.”

Philips, who has had various roles in South Miami’s government over the past eight years, said the downtown area needs to be more walkable to improve foot traffic.

“Our downtown is failing. There’s a lot of openings and quick closures,” said Philips. “To get people to walk, we need to build apartments and residences downtown. But I want to keep residential and single-family homes at a low height.”

Philips experience in local government of South Miami includes working with the Budget & Finance Committee and chair of the Planning and Zoning Board. She lost a commissioner race against incumbent Josh Liebman in 2018.

Lago is a certified general real estate appraiser currently working at BBG, a nationwide real estate valuation firm. He is a special magistrate for Miami-Dade County’s value adjustment board,

and he served on the South Miami Planning Board in 2018 when he lost a commissioner race by 25 votes against incumbent Walter Harris.

National politics attracted him to running on the local level, he said.

“What’s going on today at the federal level is really what got me involved in just wanting to do something,” said Lago.

Lago said he hopes to create a business improvement district in South Miami to draw in customers. Lago said he felt his background in real estate appraisal, business administration and finance would be very helpful in solving such issues.

Parking problems have also contributed to the decline of Sunset Place, located in the heart of the city, he said.

“One of the store owners from downtown suggested to me that the city should get rid of parking fees. But how do we make up the $1.2 million it generates?” Lago said. “Those are the kind of problems we have to resolve.”

He said 63 percent of South Miami revenue depends on its downtown. “It was a huge draw,” Lago said.

Sierra, chief operating officer at Academica Virtual Education and a lifelong educator, got her master’s in education from FIU in 1995.

“Why am I running?” said Sierra “I love my city; it’s a small town, and I want to give back to my city.”

Sierra has been working with Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Honey Shine and a project in the Dominican Republic where English learning labs were set up for impoverished children.

She said that with her experience with helping others, she wants to bring it back to where she lives.

She cites the closure of several stores as a reason to bring more office buildings to the downtown area.

“Not skyscrapers but something that works for our city,” Sierra said. “The office people will go to lunch in the area, and it will help our vendors.”

The South Miami mayor position is a twoyear term, with a $14,000 yearly salary and a limit of five reelection cycles, up to ten years. It’s a nonpartisan race.

Voting will be from 7 a.m.- 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 at South Miami’s City Hall, located at 6130 Sunset Dr. The candidate with the most votes wins the election. In case of a tie, a runoff election is scheduled for Feb. 25.

Katherine Begg, Emmalyse Brownstein, Alison Ferris, Haley Lanzoni, Massiel Leyva, Sebastian Morales, Ciana Quintero, Jacob Stotzky and Treasure Wilson contributed to this report

Mark Lago

Sally Philips

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Current South Florida mayors who attended UM

BY KATHERINE BEGG Contributing News Writer

If either of the two University of Miami alumni, Mark Lago and Lina Sierra, are successful in their bid to become the next mayor of South Miami, they would join eight other Canes who currently are running South Florida cities.

Half of them graduated from UM’s law school. Six UM alumni are running Miami Dade County cities; one in Broward and one in Palm Beach.

If Sally B. Philips wins the South Miami mayoral election, she will join the Rev. Anna Price as a former UM administrator at the helm

of the city’s leadership. Price, elected the city’s first African American mayor in 1997, was an assistant provost and director of the Student Support Services Program in the late ‘90s. She also received a master’s degree in liberal studies and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the U. The Miami Hurricane checked a total of 114 local municipalities in four South Florida counties – Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe – and found the following Canes in local office.

Doral: Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez Bachelor of Arts, public affairs, 1984

Florida City: Mayor Otis T. Wallace UM School of Law, 1977

Hialeah Gardens: Mayor Yioset De La Cruz UM School of Law, 2004

Indian Creek: Mayor Bernard Klepach Attended UM as a business administration major

Miami Gardens: Mayor Oliver G. Gilbert III UM School of Law, 2001

Surfside: Mayor Daniel Dietch Master’s in management, Herbert Business School, 2002

Coral Springs: Mayor Scott Brook UM School of Law, 1992

Lake Clarke Shores: Mayor Valentin Rodriguez Jr. UM School of Law, 1994

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EDITORIAL

Celebrate queerness this Valentine’s Day It’s that time of the year again where we collectively swoon, celebrate our relationships and find ourselves either engulfed in or repulsed by love. Valentine’s Day is coming up which means you’ll be bombarded by countless deals on chocolates and heart-shaped balloons— and mostly images of heterosexual couples. Though the societal representation of queer couples is growing day by day, Valentine’s Day is still not a day that is designed for queer-identifying folks and couples. This year, we urge you to challenge that notion.

Of course, historically, Valentine’s Day wasn’t about same-sex or queer couples; it wasn’t even about heterosexual couples. The day originated as a liturgical celebration involving Christian martyrs.

February 14 was not originally about love but about executing a holy priest by the name of Valentine. The fact that the day went from one about beheading to betrothing is proof that we have the ability to radically transform this day into anything we want. And transform we did.

Whether it’s the Valentine’s Day lingerie special from Savage X Fenty or the tons of Hallmark cards and movies, our society has found a way to capitalize on this day and

make us feel almost obligated to participate, single or not single. This makes it extremely hard for those who don’t see themselves represented in this day’s characterization. Jewelry commercials only show heterosexual couples, products are tailored to “His & Hers” and Hallmark only has 11 Valentine’s Day cards dedicated to same-sex

many official administrative events going on but if there was, we doubt they would be queer focused. Smaller events for the day are happening through campus organizations such as United Black Student’s Black Awareness Month BBQ and Sigma Delta Tau Candy-Owl Grams (all the proceeds are going to a local community library).

“ This Valentine’s Day, check on your queer friends and couples to make sure they’re feeling loved and included .”

couples while there are 764 cards dedicated to the hetero norm.

The same way society prioritizes heterosexual and non-conforming relationships is the same way most universities, including our own, operate. There aren’t

Even though they are not directly queer-focused, we are not forgetting that both these events are serving underrepresented communities and are absolutely, in turn, expanding the meaning of the day. SpectrUM, our school’s student organization for

LGBTQIA+ identifying folks, however, will be partnering with the Lambda Theta Alpha sorority to have a “Palentine’s Day” celebration the day before Valentine’s Day. It would be much more effective and forward-thinking if more fraternities, sororities and organizations partnered with SpectrUM and the LGBTQ Center to diversify their celebrations of this heteronormative day.

In recent years, we’ve seen the rise of antithetical celebrations to the original meaning of Valentine’s Day. Galentine’s Day emerged as a time to celebrate with the women friends in your life while Palentine’s Day is a gender-inclusive day to celebrate all friendships. Surely, we can reclaim the day or the day before to include queer narratives in our celebration.

So this Valentine’s Day, check on your queer friends and couples to make sure they’re feeling loved and included. Visit our LGBTQ center to find out how you can support our queer students.

Write a letter to queer folks that are incarcerated or visit a local queer youth facility such as Miami’s Pridelines.

Do more to celebrate queerness this Valentine’s Day and in the future.

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Is diversity just a marketing strategy?

BY ZAAKIYAH ROGERS Contributing Columnist

Growing up in a private school as a black girl exposed me to a lot of performative activism that caused more damage than healing. My school marketed itself as a liberal, socially conscious institution.

Knowing the way it was being marketed to future black students made me more cognizant of the ways in which diversity and inclusion had become marketing tools.

At the time, I did not have a clear understanding of what race relations were, but being in that environment showed me what performative allyship looked like. The performance relates to being the voice but not being there for the work.

What is insidious and toxic about performative allyship is that it often takes away from the voices that need to be heard the most.

The current state of race relations in America is just that: having to deal with the performers. Social media has allowed the popularization of movements through

hashtags and trends. This has pushed movements such as Black Lives Matter to not just a national level but also an international level. While social media has had a positive effect on spreading information, it has made it easy to discard activism once it stops trending.

A lot of what we battle today concerning racial movements is keeping participants engaged. The current state of politics seems to invite a bleak look at what the future for black people looks like. With Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Cory Booker dropping out of the Democratic primaries, it has become difficult to see ourselves and our concerns represented in some of today’s political rhetoric.

What’s more, the minority vote is being weaponized as a means to shoulder more people of color into making a split decision about a candidate.

What has become so hard about race relations, specifically concerning politics, is that it often seems as though every message is only for the vote. It’s hard to trust the promises and messages of reforms and systematic changes without

questioning the authenticity of the candidate.

As voters and as citizens, we do a disservice to ourselves by not analyzing the ways in which our racial identities are weaponized to fit a campaign ad.

This performative allyship has leaked onto social media. Many allies want to be “woke” but end up becoming the dominating voice instead of the complimentary one. These “allies” end up occupying and controlling the very spaces needed for minority voices, take for example Sam White’s Harvard Journal entry of African American Public Policy that caused many black people to be understandably infuriated.

The contents of Sam White’s journal entry essentially relayed how to be “woke” and the ways in which people can practice their “wokeness.” While the intentions were good-natured, the implications of them only expressed how easy it is for white allyship to become the dominating voice in black spaces.

While it is amazing to have allies, it’s important to pay attention to the way they

are occupying the spaces they are in, and if it’s actually conducive to the community. Was Sam White’s journal entry on wokeness in the black community actually stealing from the voices of black writers?

Did it actually help to have a white man, who had been invited into our spaces, to explain to a more than likely predominantly black audience how to be woke?

Probably not, considering the backlash he received for it.

Being in a predominantly white high school, I often experienced instances in which white allyship was often championed more over the endeavors of students of color. In our own spaces, there was more emphasis on reaching out to all the students instead of focusing on ways to improve our spaces from within. I urge more people to instead look within their organizations, communities and groups instead of trying to find more ways to look out.

Zaakiyah Rogers is a senior majoring in screenwriting and media management.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Validation and visibility as a queer black woman at UM

BY RAVEN OLIVER Let me start by saying protect black trans women, protect black LGBTQ people.

Protect black people.

I am a black bisexual cis-woman here at the U. I’ve been here for quite some time now, but I can clearly remember when I started as a freshman, oh-soeager to finally break away from the grip of my family and explore all of my being here at college. My first exposure to this exploration came while I was sitting in the SpectrUM office for the first time. It was amazing. I felt so seen and so recognized in a space unlike anything that I had experienced before.

Over time, however, it became apparent to me how the space was not what I thought it was. I was the only black person who continually frequented the office. Not seeing anyone who looked like me made it difficult to be my authentic black self. For example, when I would

bring up different black LGBTQ people or just some famous black people in general, there was often an instant disconnect. By the same token, I couldn’t relate to any of the Youtube stars or “famous gay people” that my peers would discuss and rave about.

I can also recall being in the office once during a meeting, where there was a group of black male students passing by the SpectrUM office. They all paused for a moment in front of the door and one of them started to walk in. We usually kept the door open to welcome and invite in anyone who wanted to stop by.

I was so excited to be joined by someone else black, but to my disgust and dismay, he darted out of the office, snickering away with his friends. To top this off, at the time, I was also going through hell and back with my parents, who I had just come out to. Eventually, I stopped going to the office.

At the time, I felt like my blackness

and my queerness couldn’t exist in the same space on campus. Even if I did want to find this intersectional environment, it wasn’t like I could just ask around to find out where all the other LGBTQ black people were on campus, right? Well, I did try that and the majority of the time, I got an “I don’t know” with an awkward laugh.

Flash forward to the present: I found the black people that I was looking for.

Some of them have become close friends, and while I am not as close with others, being conscious that they are present on campus is such a great feeling. Also, I am now happily in a hetero-normative relationship. As such, I often feel like I’m straying away from my queer identity since I am shrouded in the comfort of this privilege. Walking around with my partner is something that I do not even give a second thought, although I know things could be different if I was dating someone else. When people look at me

with my partner, my bisexuality is erased by others who instantly perceive me as straight. If I was dating a female-identifying individual, I would likely be classified as “gay” by a lot of people. People tend to use “gay” as a blanket statement to describe the LGBTQIA+ community.

However, for me, its use always felt so isolating because I’m honestly not gay.

Boiling down my attraction for multiple genders to just being “gay” by others disregards my unique experience.

Overall, I feel like we now have more black people speaking out about LGBTQ issues and living their authentic lives on campus and in the media. Scrolling through Instagram and seeing people such as Janelle Monae or Samira Wiley makes me smile a bit. Being able to see other people like me, bisexual or not, makes me feel validated. Still, there is work to do, so please refer to the first line of this letter.

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Miami baseball primed for success in 2020

BY AUSTIN PERT

Senior Sports Writer What a difference one year makes. Last spring, the Miami Hurricanes were trying to find a way to at least partially reclaim former glory, after the once proud program had missed the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. Unlike last year, rather than having to rebuild a roster with freshmen and sophomores, secondyear head coach Gino DiMare will return almost the entire starting lineup. With eyes on TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, a place the Canes were once regulars but haven’t been since the 2016 season, DiMare and his team will try to take care of unfinished business. “It’s an unusual team because a majority of our team is back from last year,� DiMare said. “At this point in their careers, they all should be developing. “It’s a good balance of freshmen, sophomores and juniors.�

Coming in the top 10 of almost every major college baseball poll, the expectations of this team are sky high.

Miami is ranked No. 3 by D1 Baseball, No. 4 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 5 by Baseball America, No. 5 by NCBWA, No. 7 by

Perfect Game and No. 7 in the USA Today preseason baseball poll. “The expectations are where they should be at Miami, where everyone expects us to get to Omaha and have a chance to win,� DiMare said.

Sophomore Adrian Del Castillo and junior Alex Toral earned three AllAmerican honors, while redshirt senior Brian Van Belle and junior Raymond Gil were both named Pre-Season All Americans by Collegiate Baseball.

But for the team, preseason accolades mean nothing until the end of the season. “It has the word ‘pre’ in front. So it doesn’t really mean anything right now,�

Del Castillo said.

However, the players understand the importance of having a team with experience. “Everyone has been in those pressure situations,� Van Belle said. “Just having that experience makes a huge difference compared to people coming in freshman year and not knowing what to expect when you get to those situations.�

Toral knows that the team has to put last year behind them and focus on this season. “At the start of the season, everyone is

0-0, everything that happened last year happened last year,� Toral said. “It’s a fresh start to a season and we’re just trying to get after it, work hard and let everything play itself out.�

If there was any question that the Canes faced heading into the 2019 season a year ago, it was how DiMare would revive the team’s hitting, after Jim Morris’ legendary career ended in disappointment.

But from 2018 to 2019, the Hurricanes exponentially increased their home run total from 23 to 85, their total runs scored from 259 to 459, and their overall batting average from .257 to .290. It’s safe to say that questions of hitting capabilities have changed heading into 2020.

No longer is offense the major concern.

Instead, pitching, specifically the bullpen, will be the biggest question.

UM lost two key arms from a year ago in Evan McKendry and Greg Veliz, after both right-handers were selected by the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Angels organizations. But that doesn’t mean the starting rotation will be short of dominant arms in 2020.

On the contrary, DiMare is already showering high praise on his likely weekend starters.

“We have three guys that could arguably be Friday guys in Van Belle, [Slade] Cecconi and [Chirs] McMahon. They all pitched well in the fall, but I have to tell you, I feel good about whoever goes.�

Assuming that the three core starters can stay healthy all year, the rotation will be one of the most potent in the nation.

Miami boasted a 3.84 era last season, good for second-best in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and Van Belle, Cecconi and McMahon alone combined to allow a robust 3.70 ERA. Junior Daniel Federman will take over as Miami’s main bullpen guy, with last year’s main closer Veliz not returning for his senior year. “The bullpen is always the hardest thing to figure out, because matchups, lefties and righties, trying to figure out long guy, short guy, all that stuff,� DiMare said. “Federman should be the guy at the end, and then anyone between the starter and him, we have ideas about who they are, it’s just what roles will they be in the bullpen.�

Part of the bullpen question will depend on who earns the midweek-game-starting job. DiMare hopes that freshman Alex McFarelane can handle that role, and will

use senior Tyler Keyson as a key reliever that will add experience to the bullpen.

DiMare will look to Albert Maury Jr, Alex Ruiz, Carson Palmquist, Spencer Bodanza and utility player JP Gates to solidify the rest of the bullpen.

At the plate, the sophomore class is expected to pick up right where they left off.

Sophomores Del Castillo, Jordan Lala, and Anthony Vilar played a big part in Miami’s renaissance a year ago, and their efforts will be critical in 2020. “Those are very mature guys. We had four, sometimes five [freshman last year] in the lineup. I thought some of them were more mature than some of our older guys,�

DiMare said.

The junior class will also be heavily relied upon. Toral, Raymond Gil and Tony Jenkins saw their batting averages spike by an average of .088 percentage points, while Gil’s home run total increased from three to 13 between his first two seasons at Miami. Toral saw an even bigger jump, from one to 23. “I feel bad for opposing pitchers,�

McMahon said.

With so many sophomores and juniors expected to play a role, it may be easy to

overlook Miami’s freshman class. But below the surface, the younger players will be very capable of playing important roles, especially catcher Jared Thomas. “Thomas is a freshman we think highly of. He has played very well for us this offseason,� DiMare said. “We have to find a way to get that guy in the lineup because he is a tough kid, that can swing the bat really well, and he’s looked very good behind the plate too.�

The only other concern that DiMare raised was the defense. “Our defense has got to be better, it was not very good last year. That’s something that certainly stands out to me,� DiMare said.

Last season, his team committed 88 errors in the field, with a fielding percentage of .961, second to last in the ACC. Miami will face one of the nation’s toughest schedules this season, where they’ll play No. 3 Louisville, No. 4 Florida, No. 12 Florida State, No. 15 Duke, No. 19 Georgia Tech and No. 23 North Carolina, all in three-game series.

The team will kickoff the 2020 season in a three-game series against Rutgers on Feb. 14 at Mark Light Field.

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Leading the way: Toral prepares for upcoming season

BY AUSTIN PERT

Senior Sports Writer Alex Toral was seemingly on top of the baseball world during his senior year at Archbishop McCarthy High School. He was a four-year letter winner at the Broward County powerhouse, batting a staggering .370 with sights on professional baseball.

MLB Pipeline and Baseball America both had Toral as one of their Top 200 prospects, likely earning him a selection in the first seven rounds of the MLB draft and a six-figure signing bonus.

When the draft came around in June, 50 rounds went by with the speed of a four-seamer and Toral’s name hadn’t been called. He realized he’d have to put away his pro ball aspirations for the college circuit.

“It obviously didn’t work out the way I wanted it to, but at the same time, we’re going to do something special here,” Toral said. “Growing up, everyone wants to make it to the big leagues or play Division 1 baseball. All of us have the same goal in mind. All of us wanted to be Miami Hurricanes growing up.”

If there was any good news, it was that the No. 20 overall prospect from the 2017 class would have no problem picking up right where he left off in high school.

But freshman year at Miami brought more questions than answers for Toral, including the daunting thought that the 30 professional baseball organizations may have seen a different player than the one everyone expected him to be.

That’s because after an

opening-series home run in 2018 that reached the Ponce de Leon Parking Garage in right field, the power hitter appeared to have lost all of his apparent power, never sending another baseball over the fence and batting a measly .161 on the season. What had happened?

Was this simply an extended slump, or were baseball scouts on to something by passing on the promised phenom?

Toral wasn’t alone. Many of his teammates experienced similar issues with their offensive performances in longtime coach Jim Morris’ final season. Fellow freshman Raymond Gil fell short of lofty expectations in his own first year at Mark Light Field— batting a pedestrian .234— while outfielder Tony Jenkins also came to UM with a high level of promise before hitting just .218.

As Gino DiMare inherited a proud program in state of uncertainty, the longtime assistant’s top priority was centered around reviving the bats of his top prospects, including Toral’s.

From changing swing techniques to bringing in eye doctors to help improve plate discipline, DiMare’s innovation had injected new life into Toral’s career.

It didn’t take long to see the results. Against the same Rutgers team that allowed Toral’s only home run a season prior, the Davie, Fla. native wasted little time proving he was not only capable, but lethal, crushing a two-run home run in a 19-3 drubbing of

SPEEDY: Junior Alex Toral Rounds first base during Miami’s Annual Alumni Game on Feb. 8

the Scarlett Knights.

The season changed the trajectory of the program, and not just because the team went 41-20 and returned to the postseason. The rebound of players like Toral dazzled fans and teammates alike as the infielder slashed .293/.400/.656/ and led all Hurricanes with an OPS of 1.056, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference home run title in the process with his 24 home runs.

Arguably none of the home runs were as sweet as his grand slam to commence an 11-0 thrashing of Florida State, after the Seminoles were crazy enough to load the bases with an intentional walk before pitching to Toral with one out.

His renaissance may have propelled the Canes back into more familiar, winning

territory a season ago. But Toral was hardly alone in that rebirth season. Gil and Jenkins — the fellow Hurricanes who’s first years also resulted in more frustration than Mark Light magic—bounced back in big ways as well in 2019, with batting averages that skyrocketed to .318 and .268 respectively.

Yet for Toral and his teammates, there is still unfinished business.

The Canes haven’t won a national championship since 2001 or even made the College World Series since 2016, but this year’s group will try to change that.

Just like the expectations for players like Toral, Gil and Jenkins were sky high before the trio even enrolled at the Coral Gables institution, Miami enters the 2020 season with

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some of the highest preseason hopes in years. Perfect Game, D1 Baseball, Collegiate Baseball Magazine and Baseball America all have the Hurricanes slotted as a Top 10 team.

But the group of players that fans can see open the season on Feb. 14 has never backed away from a challenge in their baseball lives. They—led by Toral—will accept anything thrown at them, with victory being the only way out

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Rihanna drops new Valentine’s Day lingerie

BY JAKE DAVIS

Staff Culture Writer Since its creation in 2017, Savage X Fenty, the lingerie line curated by singer-turned-businessmogul Rihanna, has been a source of sexiness and body positivity for women of all shapes, sizes and colors.

With prices ranging from $6.25 to $29, Rihanna is making the ability to feel sexy available to everyone, regardless of financial status. And, with thongs and panties ranging from XS to 3x and bra sizes ranging from 30A to 46H, every woman on the planet can now get their hands on high quality lingerie without breaking the bank.

“What brought me to Fenty was it not only being owned by a black woman, but that it’s very inclusive,” junior Makelsey Page said of the brand. “They have so many different bra sizes, which you can’t always find. And, since I’m a bit top heavy, I really appreciate that.”

“They always have something for me no matter the mood I’m in,” said junior Aaliyah Johnson.

“Savage X Fenty is comfortable and

fits my body nicely. The only brand I’ve been able to say that about before was Aerie.”

The new Valentine’s Day collection, which dropped with a post on Rihanna’s Instagram (@ badgalriri) on Jan. 12, is a bit edgier than earlier releases, filled with raunchy red and faux-leather pieces.

It also includes the “Secret Admirer 2-piece bundle”– a simple black bra and panty set with a crimson and black lace blindfold, matching wrist restraints and a heart shaped crop (used for playful or rough slapping)– meant for those who are adventurous in bed and curious to expand their sexual horizons.

Page, who invested in a VIP box set in January, said Fenty makes her feel “absolutely alluring” and that she appreciates the range of everyday wear to special occasion lingerie.

“I love all the details,” she said of the Valentine’s purchase. “The true red, leather feel and zippers make it super sexy. All the zippers are little heart-shaped locks and one zipper, instead heart-shaped locks, is a heart shaped key, which I love.”

Johnson mimicked Page’s sentiment, saying that she enjoys her

Valentine’s set because it is something she’s never seen or worn before.

“It also came with stockings, a garterbelt and a free phone accessory,” Page added excitedly.

In addition to sexy sets and low prices, Savage X Fenty has made a habit of showcasing women of all shapes and sizes on its website. Rather than seeing one body type, usually one of tall, skinny stature, buyers get a range of models, presumably at least one with a body that resembles their own.

With such low prices, the collection is just right for any man or woman on a budget trying to buy a special bedroom gift for themselves or a loved one. Meaning, the Savage X Fenty Valentine’s Day collection may be perfect for college students looking to spice up their love life.

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‘Lez fall in love & get it on’: A Valentine’s playlist for queer women

BY JORDAN LEWIS Culture Editor

A great love song has the power to inspire new romantic heights.

And with Valentine’s Day coming up, that extra push is exactly what many of us need.

Reaching those heights and channeling that newfound confidence, however, often comes much easier when you can personally relate to the lyrics you want so badly to emulate.

But unfortunately, in a music industry so heavily saturated with heterocentric love stories (and queer-stories-turned-hetero-stories with a simple switch of a pronoun by artists afraid to live their truths), a huge sector of listeners simply cannot relate. A good, queer love song can be hard to come by. A whole collection of such songs is even rarer.

As our Culture Editor, I aim to fill that void, or at least start the dialogue. A self-identified queer woman, I created “Lez fall in love & get it on,” a short, 14-track playlist featuring songs by (mostly) queer women, for queer women.

Everyone is in different stages of their journey, and this playlist was crafted with that in mind.

So whether the genre of choice is R&B, hip hop or pop– whether the occasion calls for a an anxietyridden love confession or an intimate night with your long-term lover, “Lez fall in love & get it on” has something for every women on this extra special day. Some favorites include: “What I Need” - Hayley Kiyoko feat. Kehlani A collaboration between two of the biggest queer icons of today, “What I Need” completely shocked fans when released in 2018. This song and video follow two friends,

played by Kiyoko and Kehlani themselves, who are very much in love but are not yet ready to completely embrace it.

With lyrics like “I only want a girl who ain’t afraid to love me” and a chorus that goes “what I need, what I need, what I need is for you to be sure,” “What I Need” is equal parts pop perfection and a realistic look into the battle lots of young women face every day. In a world where love between women is often portrayed so wrong, Kiyoko and Kehlani managed to get it so right.

“Pussy Is God” - King Princess At first impression, many may assume the song is vulgar, but King Princess’ “Pussy Is God” is nothing more than an unapologetic ode to the beauty of queer love, especially between two women. Unable to be played on the radio due to its title, the language may leave some feeling a bit uneasy. But it is important to consider why– in a music industry so saturated with aggressively sexual rhetoric regarding love between men and women– this is where it becomes “too much.”

Much like Ariana Grande’s hit “God is a Woman,” Princess compares the female body, something that has been policed and marginalized since the beginning of time, to the divine.

“Motherlove” - Bea Miller Singer Bea Miller has not identified herself as LGBTQ+. She has, however, been an advocate for the community since she burst onto the scene, frequently citing her two mothers as sources of her success.

And, she created “Motherlove”– an absolute pop-rock banger about female masturbation.

The reality is that not everyone will have a special someone this Valentine’s Day, so

Miller encourages you to make yourself that special someone.

She encourages her fans to “do what they like” and “do it just right” instead of trying to force a connection where there simply is not one.

“Like You” - Asiahn A Grammy-nominated, proud lesbian, Asiahn tells a story of love and lust in “Like You.” The video depicts the R&B singer joining her friends after a heated lovers’ quarrel with her partner. During their night out, a special lady caught her eye. However, she warns about giving into that vulnerability and ultimately abstains, singing “maybe in another lifetime, this just ain’t the right time.”

Not only does “Like You” tell a familiar story of love, pain and temptation, but it also reminds listeners that love will not always be easy, and that sometimes the easy thing is not the best thing.

Even more refreshing is that Asiahn entered the industry without a major “coming out” moment.

She simply burst onto the scene being unapologetically herself and depending on her music to speak for itself–,which it definitely does.

“Stubborn Ass” - Young M.A. While many love songs focus only on the good times relationships bring, “Stubborn Ass,” released last Valentine’s Day, details the very real struggles that even the happiest couples face. Coupled with an intimate video featuring Young M.A. and rumored girlfriend Bernice Burgos, the track shows the ups-and-downs of a long term relationship.

From the simple things like fights over unwashed dishes to larger, deep-rooted issues, the rapper expresses frustration

over lack of communication and willingness to compromise.

Ultimately, she reminds her partner that she is still very much in love, with a chorus that goes “with your stubborn ass / such a stubborn ass / you lucky I f*cking love your ass.”

nowhere in the venue as I’m too short!),” the singer said. “Then, I knew it was all going to be OK.” In “religion (u can lay your hands on me),” Shura takes that moment a step further, begging her partner to lay her hands on her body and never let go.

“Girl” - The Internet feat KAYTRANADA This 2015, neo-soul love song details feelings of lust and desire that we can all relate to, regardless of sexuality. In it, Syd, an openly gay singer-songwriter and founding member of the collective The Internet, pleads with her love interest not to settle for less. Syd believes this “Girl” deserves the best, and with lyrics like “Tell ‘em you’re my girl / and anything you want is yours” and “Would you let me call your my girlfriend? / I can give you the life you deserve,” it is clear that she intends to give it to her. “religion (u can lay your hands on me)” - Shura First dates can be tough— awkward, to say the least. The ideal one, though, goes so well that you are filled with enough love-struck feelings to channel into a chart-topping song. For synthpop newcomer Shura, that dream came true, birthing the vulnerable, sophisticated track that is “religion (u can lay your hands on me).”

In it, Shura tells the beautifully true story of her first date with the woman that would later become her girlfriend. According to a 2019 interview with Clash Magazine, Shura traveled to New York City for the date, where the pair attended a show for the pop band MUNA. “I wasn’t sure how the date was going until she took my hand whilst trying to lead me to a spot where I could see them play (i.e. basically

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Read: “Emma” Jane Austen

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If any of you have seen “Clueless,” (the 1995 teen film that gave us “you’re a virgin who can’t drive”) you will definitely recognize this novel’s plot line. This hilarious story follows the matchmaking antics of Emma Woodhouse, a young socialite of the 1810s. Our heroine meddles in the love lives of her friends, causing heartache all around. Jane Austen’s witty storytelling places you within the social complexities of the era and offers a laugh at the expense of this well-meaning member of the elite. If you love this story, keep an eye on the upcoming film adaptation, set to release on Feb. 21.

Watch: “The Princess Bride” directed by Rob Reiner (based on the novel by William Goldman) While considering this movie as purely romantic is inconceivable, the fairytale love story is endearing. The madcap adventures accompanying the romance make “The Princess Bride’’ a delightful film that has survived the test of time. This 1987 blockbuster has become a cult favorite across demographics and generational lines. For those of you who may be sitting at home on Valentine’s Day trying to forget that you’re not out with a S.O., I think this is a great option. Inigo Montoya is the only man for me.

Listen: “Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi”

by ROSALÍA & Ozuna Spanish flamenco and Puerto Rican reggaeton join forces in this Caribbean-soul single. Rosalía and Ozuna croon over their emotional and musical chemistry in their ‘ride-or-die’ themed lyrics. For anyone looking for an anthem to share with their partner in crime, “Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi” is sure to be a success.

My favorite part of this song is the background string of steel drum melodies. The sound is light and groovy, perfect for every environment, from the beach to the club.

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When You Want to See That Person You Shouldn’t Have you ever talked so much sh*t about a person to your friends and family that there is no redeeming their character? Give them a call to invite them back into your life! Whether they answer or not, you will be emotionally f*cked in an instant.

When You Have a Crush on Your Best Friend Valentine’s Day can inspire those to take the risk of asking a close friend for some extra-friendly loving. Loosen up with a few drinks, get in the bathtub and f*ck yourself over as you throw away the gift of platonic companionship because you are horny.

When You Matched on Tinder Desperate times call for desperate measures. An app you used only for attention has become your last resort for anything to happen this Valentine’s Day. This sex position can be achieved in almost every way, except for having to face the stranger you just met an hour ago.

When You Aren’t Over Your Ex It’s been a long time, but you haven’t felt a love like that since it ended. Change all the Snapchat usernames in your phone to their name and pretend they never left. Make sure you have stamina because this position is bound to f*ck you for years.

When You Just Got Dumped Remember that old hook up you ghosted when you got into a relationship? Send them a Snapchat within 24 hours of the breakup to make sure they know you have no class. Close your eyes, imagine someone else and f*ck up the perception of your own self worth.

When It’s Another Meaningless Hook Up This Thursday’s night out at the Grove transforms into the most romantic day of the year, after the clock strikes 12. Once your dance partner mentions that they have their own place, try not to act disappointed when it’s a single in Stanford Rosborough. The only position you will have to worry about is in the line to use the community bathroom.

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