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CAMPUS LIFE

Rumble on the Green unites organizations UM Republicans take top title, win cash prize

BY JORDAN COYNE COPY CHIEF

The UM Republicans beat out their competition at the Committee of Student Organization’s (COSO) Rumble on the Green on Friday as they worked through a variety of obstacles and tasks to win a $150 cash prize towards their organization.

“It was very shocking, I was out of words,” said Mathew De La Fe, president of UM Republicans. “We put our minds to something, and we did our best. We’re recognized by other organizations that we’re a serious organization.”

Rumble on the Green has been a longtime tradition of field day events, according to COSO involvement chair Kelly Mena.

This year’s events included several obstacle courses. One was a traditional inf latable obstacle course, where at least two runners were injured; another course required participants to carry a beach ball on their back. For the final course, competitors were blindfolded and guided by the voices of their team members.

Other events included transferring a hula-hoop up and down a line of team members, racing to fill up a bucket of water the fastest by passing a sponge down a line and running around campus for a scavenger hunt. Less athletic competitors played rounds of Mad Gab, a word game.

Eleven organizations, including the reigning champion Asian-American Student Association (AASA), came out fighting and trying to win the prize for their respective organization, according to AASA member Ashu Joshi.

“Everyone’s just like gunning for your No. 1 spot, you just got to keep looking over your back … You’ve got to defend your turf,” said Joshi, a senior who served as AASA’s captain of Rumble on the Green. “I know a lot of people here like to have fun, but they also have that competitive edge, and we all keep that in mind since we want to defend our crown.”

Their team lost, however, and the UM Republicans beat AASA for the top spot by just two points.

While Rumble on the Green does instill a sense of competitiveness among the teams, some organizations, like Rhythm Nation, use the event as an opportunity to foster relationships between and within the different student organizations.

MAGGIE URBAN-WAALA // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER COMPETING CANES: Cameron Crumpton of Asian-American Students Association (AASA) participates in the inflatable obstacle course at Rumble on the Green Friday afternoon.

“We don’t just want to be a new organization on paper, we want to be active, so this was a good way to start us off,” said Kenthia Farmer, Rhythm Nation’s president, who founded the group

last year. “It was a good team building activity as well as a good way for us to meet other organizations.”

PROFILE

Grad students set to kick off vegan footwear company Koylr shoes showcase school spirit

BY DAVID O’CONNELL CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

A vegan lifestyle means not eating or using any animal products – including clothing and footwear.

Alexander Shapiro, Tessy Michan and Whitney Kimmel, graduate students completing their Masters in Business Administration at the University of Miami, developed a line of vegan footwear called Kolyr.

Their Kickstarter.com campaign has raised $5,368 of a $10,000 goal as of Sunday afternoon. The fundraiser will end Nov. 23.

The team plans to launch the shoes in March, and $2 of every purchase will be given to UM’s Entrepreneurship Club, Michan said. Each Kickstarter donation 2

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will go towards funding the first shipment of shoes.

Kolyr (pronounced co-leer) is the Yiddish word for “color.” The team wanted to emphasize the idea of self-expression through color and style, according to the Kickstarter site. The shoes have universityinspired color combinations.

The team hopes to reach out to the sports-fan culture at UM and the greater Miami community. Kolyr presents a unique product made for fans and by fans.

“You can’t help but fall in love with the school, so we decided to create a line of fashionable shoes that showed our school spirit and would unite fans,” Kimmel said.

Kolyr shoes are 100 percent vegan and made from cruelty-free materials. The shoes are entirely composed of synthetic material from sole to insert. The unisex shoes are extremely lightweight and durable compared to contemporary leather or fabric-based shoes.

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The Kolyr team also plans to expand their line to include most major universities and eventually other clubs and organizations of special interest.

They will be recruiting brand ambassadors to serve as campus and team representatives, who will promote team spirit, engage fans and sell shoes at campus events and sports.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Kolyr shoeline is 100 percent vegan and made from synthetic materials.

The shoeline will be available in March. Two dollars of every purchase will be given to UM’s Entrepreneurship Club.

For more information visit kolyr. com.

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Memorial to honor graduate students’ passings Service to take place at the SAC Monday

BY ALEXANDER GONZALEZ NEWS EDITOR

A memorial service for two University of Miami graduate students who were killed by a car in Pinecrest will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Student Activities Center third-f loor Grand Ballroom.

The graduate students Hao Liu and Ying Chen were international students from China, beginning the first year of

their doctoral degree in electrical and chemical engineering.

A Porsche struck Liu and Chen after 8 p.m. near their off-campus apartments across Kendall Drive at Southwest 68th Court, according to an article reported

by The Miami Herald.

No charges have been filed, but police are still investigating.

Plans for a memorial service were delayed pending the families’ arrivals.

A second family arrived Thursday night.

James Tien, dean of the School of Engineering, expressed his sympathies.

“Indeed, we extend our deepest sympathies to both families,” he said.

our deepest sympathies at this difficult time.”

Photography will not be permitted at the memorial service.

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President Donna E. Shalala also released a statement about the loss.

“The entire university community is heartbroken at the loss of these two students,” she said. “Our Student Affairs staff has been working closely to offer support to their families, who have

WHAT: Memorial service WHERE: SAC, third floor ballroom WHEN: 4 p.m. Monday The memorial service will remember graduate students Hao Liu and Ying Chen, who died after being struck by an automobile.

CRIME AND SAFETY

Students reignite smoking policy discussion Protestors argue for return of smokers’ rights on campus

BY JESS SWANSON STAFF WRITER

Juniors Micah Nellessen and Mason Schecter do not smoke. But at 2 p.m. Friday, they were sitting on the Rock’s steps proudly inhaling the secondhand smoke of the group of students who gathered to deliberately disobey the smoking ban on campus.

“We just want to go back to the old system,” Nellessen said. “That way we can keep the smoke contained to certain areas, and if someone doesn’t like the smoke, they can avoid those areas. A lot of us are non-smokers, and we are not condoning smoking. But it’s our right to choose.”

Student Government passed the Breathe Freely campaign two years ago after conducting a campus-wide poll. Last year, smoking was banned on campus except in designated smoking areas. There was an initiative to promote smoking cessation classes to students and faculty before the smoking ban went into effect at the start of this semester.

Now that the campus is smoke-free, students looking for a quick drag must retreat to the sidewalks that border the school on Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Campo Sano Avenue because they are technically not on school property.

Students and faculty are responsible for enforcing the policy. The police department does not handle on-campus smoking.

“A UMPD cop can’t stop a student that is smoking on campus because it’s not against the law to smoke,” said Gilbert Arias, assistant vice president for student affairs. “It’s a state law to not smoke indoors, but this new policy is something we have to police ourselves.”

According to Arias, the first time a student is caught smoking on campus, he or she is given a warning. The second time they will be issued a written notice and sent to the Dean of Student’s Office.

But according to Nellessen and Schecter, that self-policing plan has not been successful.

“When I see someone smoking on campus now, it puts me in an awkward position to say something and I don’t,” sophomore Zoe Kafkes said.

And to prove their point, Nellessen and Schecter and few of their friends who are not affiliated with any club or organization casually smoked their cigarettes in the middle of campus.

They held signs stating their message, and even if some students were weary about the smoking, many signed the petition.

In the one hour students smoked, no student or faculty member asked anyone to stop. However, there were a few faculty members who stopped by to sign the petition against the smoking ban. More than 500 people have signed it since Friday afternoon.

“It’s a right to smoke,” said Rodovaldo Lopez, a broadcast engineer for the School of Communication, after signing the petition. “If you don’t like smoking, you don’t have to smoke, but to tell me to stop, well that’s against my rights. Keep fighting!”

Regardless of secondhand smoke and littering, the university is making a statement about the harmful effects of tobacco.

The ban of e-cigarettes has been particularly controversial as it exudes only water vapor.

“The message is to educate students that smoking is bad for your health,” Arias said. “The reality is any type of smoking is bad for you, and e-cigarettes is just one form of smoking.”

Nellessen and Schecter hope to collect enough signatures to meet with someone to talk about changing the policy.

“No one is happy with this new policy,” Nellessen said.

“It’s not being enforced, people are littering their butts, and it’s insensitive to other cultures. I’m afraid that the school is so vested with Tobacco Free Florida that they will just ignore us, but we just want to open up the discussion again.”

WANT TO READ MORE? Check out Raymond La’s opinion on the protest on page 7.

KRISTI TOWNSEND // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER PUFFING PROTEST: UM Student Gio (who wishes to keep his last name anonymous) protests the smoke-free campus policy with fellow smokers on the Rock Friday.

NICK GANGEMI // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR PETITION ON THE ROCK: UM student smokers hold up signs in protest of the campus smoking ban on the Rock Friday.

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ACADEMICS

Cognates broaden scope of undergraduate career Class of 2017 first to follow new program

BY ALINA ZERPA CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

The two-day fall break and weeklong Thanksgiving calendar changes are not the only changes students should expect to see this semester.

Class advising and registration have also changed with the university’s unveiling of the cognate system, a new organization of the general education requirements needed for graduation.

Freshmen and other students planning to graduate in 2017 will be the first to consider and declare cognates before class registration begins Nov. 11.

Last year’s Student Government (SG) administration, led by former President Nawara Alawa, listened to students’ complaints about the previous stringent general requirements for graduation.

“For the longest time, students would complain about the rigidity of general education requirements,” she said.

The idea of cognates came around

as a way for students to personalize their education as they will have flexibility in choosing their courses, Alawa said.

The word cognate means “related to.” Courses are grouped together rather than specified as “three credits in a religion or philosophy course,” as the requirements were formerly organized.

To graduate, students must complete a cognate in each of three areas: arts and humanities, people and society, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Each cognate constitutes three related courses or at least three three-credit classes.

Majors and minors can satisfy one of the cognates. Once students have completed a cognate in each of the subject areas, they can declare additional cognates in the same way they declare majors and minors. All completed cognates are listed on a student’s transcript.

A course can only count toward one cognate, and outside credits from Advanced Placement exams or other universities can be used to complete a cognate.

SG worked with William Green, the senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, to ensure that stu-

dents were represented when the changes were being made.

Alawa stressed that her goal was to represent “student voices and opinions through every step of this project.”

Even though the students were kept in mind throughout the process, the objective for the cognates is still lost among students.

“I find the cognates interesting, but I’m still not sure how they would be useful,” sophomore Perry Elbadrawi said.

Freshman Ivan Traczuk is not sold on the idea of taking classes that do not relate to his major, even though the requirements are not a new concept.

“I think they give everyone a great background knowledge,” he said. “It does, however, distract me from my major because it requires me to learn things that don’t relate to my major.”

According to Alawa, the cognates were created to expand student’s knowledge about subjects outside of their majors to diversify their college careers.

“Students could take ownership of their education without forfeiting the value of a general education that would inevitably serve them well in life,” she said.

CONSIDERING COGNATES Cognates are groups of related courses centered on a theme. The class of 2017 will be required to graduate with one type of cognate in each of three areas: arts and humanities, people and society, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Here are some examples of cognates that fulfill these subjects. CaneLink features a cognate search engine.

ARTS AND HUMANITIES RELIGION: Christianity, Islam and Judaism ENGLISH: American Literature and The British Literary Tradition ART AND ART HISTORY: History of European Art and Museum Studies: Art, Material Culture and History PEOPLE AND SOCIETY GEOGRAPHY: Health and Medicine in the Social Sciences PSYCHOLOGY: Abnormal Psychology and Human Social Process COMMUNICATION: Broadcast Meteorology STEM CHEMISTRY: Science and Society MARINE SCIENCE: Earth, Stars, Wind and Water ENGINEERING: Engineering Entrepreneurship GEOLOGY: The Earth and Society

PHOTO BRIEF

Getting festive for fall PUMPKIN PAINTING : Freshmen Emily Kalman and Christina Stamatiou paint pumpkins with other freshmen from Stanford Residential College Friday night on the intramural fields.

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PHOTO BY MONICA HERNDON// PHOTO EDITOR A LASTING WALK: A group of seniors poses for a photo during Senior Walk Saturday morning at Sun Life Stadium. Each year at the last home game, seniors take a lap around the field before the kickoff. This year, Senior Walk was held early because the last two home games are during Homecoming and Thanksgiving.

YEARBOOK PORTRAITS Starting at 10 a.m. Monday, students will be able to take their yearbook portraits in the UC lower lounge until 4 p.m. Nov. 15. Underclassmen portraits are free. Seniors may reserve an appointment at ibisyearbook.com.

IMMIGRATION REFORM This semester, the university is featuring a course that examines immigration reform. Former Labor Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and activist Frank Sherry will give a lecture to the class at 5 p.m. Monday at the Storer Auditorium. For more information, email professor Joseph Uscinski at uscinski@miami.edu.

COMMUNICATION NETWORKING The Communication Networking Night will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the School of Communication Courtyard. Students will have the opportunity to meet and network with professionals in fields such as public relations, advertising, graphic design and multimedia. Refreshments will be served.

MASTER COURSE Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, creator of the Generation Y blog, will offer a master class in Spanish at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The class is open to all UM students and will be about civil opposition and the use of social media. The class will be at 1531 Brescia Ave. near the Coral Gables campus as part of the Certificate Program in Cuban Studies offered by the Institute for Cuba and Cuban American Studies.

‘TOMORROW’S LAWYERS’ Professor Richard Susskind will be delivering a lecture based on his book, “Tomorrow’s Lawyers,” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Newman Alumni Center. Susskind’s main area of expertise is the future of professional service and the way in which information technology and the Internet are changing the legal field.

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The Miami I don’t know which is worse: someone inattentive to the signs hanging around campus, or someone with a total disregard for them.

Raymond La, staff columnist

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Ray Lewis because it’d be really funny to see how Donna Shalala would pull off his size.

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A pumpkin. I think that’d be perfect – orange and green. It would just look good. I think she could pull it off.

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She knows Obama, so she could dress up as Obama or Michelle.

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She kind of reminds me of a fairy godmother.

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Catwoman.

I think it would go over well with the students.

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Embrace Halloween’s traditional tricks and treats very year when Halloween comes around, I hear too much about costume controversy and far too little about the magic of the holiday that captivated me as a child.

It’s foolish to believe that you can assess a womHUNTER WRIGHT SENIOR an’s sexual morals by her COLUMNIST choice to dress as a sexy rodent, naughty nurse or any other sort of sexy, naughty character on Halloween.

Believe it or not, attire isn’t an indicator of libido. I highly doubt that men say, “That girl must have no sexual impulses at all because she’s wearing a T-shirt,” as if only girls who wear sparkly corsets are sexually inclined. For those whining about the message these skimpier costumes might project, remember that the

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woman in said “slutty” costume is quite capable of verbally communicating whether she wants to sleep with her pursuers.

But enough about costume: Even without them, Halloween can be both fun and scary.

If you allow yourself to goof off and embrace it with the enthusiasm that you once had as a kid, you can completely terrify yourself. Get your heart racing like you’re trapped in a cabin in the woods with nothing but the willies and a widowed witch who’s out to get you.

When Halloween’s not about candy corn, it’s about ghost stories, crackling fires, cemeteries, screaming cats, horse skulls and hypothetical creatures with sagging jaws crawling out from behind trees to grab your ankles. Halloween is a festival of fears and fun. It’s adrenaline, and, at this age, it’s nostalgia. Remember how fun it was to carve jack-o’-lanterns and get pumpkin goop under your nails?

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HAILEY HUTCHESON SOPHOMORE

Hillary Clinton because I’d vote for Shalala for president.

Miley Cyrus. It’d be really funny.

The tradition of lighting up pumpkins began because supposedly a man named Jack was unable to enter heaven due to his miserliness and unable to enter hell because he’d been playing pranks on the devil. He then found himself condemned to wander Earth with a lantern until Judgment Day. Because of this legend, we get to carve pumpkins, stick lighted candles in them and play pranks, which beats the story behind the Easter bunny.

Nostalgia is a mood-booster, and so is confidence. Worrying about unnecessary things inhibits the magic from welling up inside of you and giving you an incredible, high-spirited night. So do what you want, wear what you want, bob for apples, go to a haunted house, and above all, be safe, be scary and be bright.

Hunter Wright is a sophomore majoring in creative writing.

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ENN alerts improve upon effectiveness any remember the Emergency Notification Network (ENN) alert from last year warning the university to be on the lookout for a black male. The only other descriptors given were that he was wearing a TAYLOR DUCKETT white T-shirt and gym shorts – STAFF a very generic outfit.

COLUMNIST While some students found the ENN alert to be comical, many others on campus were not pleased, and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) issued an apology the next morning.

The ENN system is in place to help keep students and faculty safe. It’s important for the information provided to be accurate, but not offensive. If people perceive the insensitivity as intentional, they may begin to disregard the ENN alerts altogether, putting themselves at risk.

Identifying race or ethnicity helps narrow down the potential suspects, but it must be done in a way that avoids unnecessary racial profiling or even implication of an entire group of people on campus.

Moreover, when an ENN alert offers conflicting accounts of what is happening, it leaves students confused and also diminishes the system’s credibility.

The OEM strives to get out the most information possible, as soon as possible. While efficiency is key, accuracy is more important. The time taken to ensure that the messages conveyed across all media are consistent is time saved by not having to resend messages with corrections or issue apologies.

That is why the OEM has worked on improving ENN to provide complete yet concise information regarding the situation at hand. We’ve seen their efforts this semester through the testing of the public announcement system, outdoor warning sirens and sample text messages.

Last week presented additional proof of the department’s progress. Students received an ENN alert Thursday regarding a bomb threat at Richter Library. The information provided across all forms of communication was concise and conveyed the point: Avoid the area until further notice.

Only two alerts had to be sent: One alerting the university to the dangerous situation and another reporting that it was all clear. In fact, the second text message included a link to a survey being circulated by OEM to collect feedback on the ENN system.

There is always work to be done to ensure that the ENN system is functioning to its full potential and keeping Canes safe.

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Taylor Duckett is a junior majoring in economics.

Smoke-free policy deserves reignition ou’re on your way to class, soaking in the radiance of the South Florida sun and inhaling the refreshing breeze, when suddenly you smell an odor disRAYMOND LA STAFF seminating through COLUMNIST the air. Ahead of you is someone puffing a cigarette.

The university put into place a smoke-free policy on Aug. 1 in order to “promote a healthy environment” on our college campus.

Therefore, this person is either oblivious to the smoke-free policy or blatantly not abiding by it. I don’t know which is worse: someone inattentive to the signs hanging around campus, or someone with a total disregard for them.

Whatever the case may be, this problem points to a need for increased educational awareness and policy enforcement.

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Currently, there are more than 500 other college campuses across the nation with similar smoke-free or tobacco-free policies. Gathering insight from these universities about their implementation and enforcement would come in handy.

Increased educational awareness begins at the grassroots level. It’s important to give courteous reminders to any individual who violates the policy, because even with the university’s smoke-free policy in place, smoking still blatantly occurs on our campus.

This is exemplified by the protest held this past Friday in opposition to the smoke-free policy. However, I find that there is little to protest about, as several public opinion polls across the nation show support for smoking restrictions in order to protect the interests of public health.

Although there may be those smoking zealots who still refuse to abide by the rules, educational initiatives addressing the issue of smoking – which the CDC points to as the No.

1 cause of preventable death – will hopefully change the opinions of the minority who still smoke But beyond this grassroots approach, there needs to be better enforcement. At smoke-free New York University, students who violate the policy are subject to disciplinary action through a judicial process.

Additionally, the University of Florida not only has the Dean of Students Office touch base with violators, but also has its Health Promotion Office help them quit smoking.

At Cornell College in Iowa, there are even financial sanctions for repeat offenders.

Currently, our university has put in place this new policy with some educational awareness, but a dearth of enforcement.

The university administration took the bold step of declaring the campus smoke-free. Now, our campus should take the necessary steps to actually make it one.

Raymond La is a junior majoring in

Young Pakistani activist to have time to shine t can be hard sometimes to believe in optimism in a political world where our government can barely get its act together.

That’s why I am an absolute believer in Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani blogger-turnededucation activist who is recovering from a gunshot to the head and now PATRICK QUINLAN charming hearts all over the world.

STAFF Truly, Yousafzai is one of the COLUMNIST more inspiring people on this planet.

If you haven’t yet, watch interviews of her where she disavowed using violence against Taliban when they came after her and her family.

Her high-profile tour of Western media coincided with the announcement of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, for which she was nominated and widely expected to win. She is an incredible advocate for peace, even bringing up the issue of drone strikes with 2009 winner Barack Obama.

Of course, Yousafzai did not win. Instead, the honor was granted to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its ongoing work to remove chemical weapons from Syria after gas attacks killed more than 1,400 in that ongoing civil war.

I was originally disappointed. How could they snub Yousafzai? It was preposterous. Then, I actually considered it and realized that it was the right choice, for a variety of reasons.

First, the OPCW is combatting one of the most egregious affronts to human rights seen in wartime in decades. That alone justifies the award.

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Second, as Princeton’s Zeynep Tufekci points out, the world is full of brave people like Yousafzai, and it is no discredit to her efforts to give the award to an influential nongovernmental institution, a much rarer sight in world politics.

Also, the efforts of the OPCW are very much involved in the day-to-day advancement of peace, whereas Yousafzai’s efforts are more long-term ideas in a country with huge intractable problems. Consider the ridiculousness of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to winners like the European Union and Obama to see why it makes no sense to ignore current attacks on peace in favor of rhetorical solutions.

Importantly, Yousafzai isn’t even yet an adult. It appears that she will (rightfully) have a life before her of international fame and advocacy, and may rise to be the next great Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. I don’t doubt that she will one day win the Nobel Prize, but part of the reason she is so passionate about education is because she is still in school. I have worries about the negative, or worse, imperialistic effects of the bright-lights Western paparazzi on Yousafzai, even if she has been excellent in public life thus far.

Do I think the world is a better place for hearing Yousafzai’s story? Absolutely. But did the Nobel Prize Committee make the right choice, and do a service to remind us all that the fight for peace is often more complex than the ability of an individual? The answer is less clear, but I think yes.

Patrick Quinlan is a sophomore majoring in international studies and political science.

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BY AMANDA WOOD CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

It’s the season of pumpkins, cooler weather and the thrills of Halloween. With the holiday falling on Thursday, when everyone is looking to unwind, it’s the perfect chance to mix up some special drinks. Check out The Miami Hurricane’s drink suggestions, inspired by Pinterest pins.

GHOST 1 1/4 oz. Smirnoff Vanilla Twist 1/2 oz. Godiva White Chocolate liqueur 1/4 oz. half and half 1/4 oz. simple syrup DIRECTIONS: Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into martini glass and serve.

APPLE CINNAMON SANGRIA 1 cup water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 cinnamon sticks, snapped in half 1 750 ml. bottle of cidre bouche, or dry French sparkling apple cider (make sure it’s very cold) 1/2 cup Calvados 1 apple, any variety, cored and thinly sliced DIRECTIONS: Heat water, sugar and cinnamon sticks together over medium-high heat. When sugar dissolves, shut off heat and let the syrup steep until it cools. Combine the syrup, the cider, the Calvados and the sliced apples in a jug. Stir, and serve immediately.

BLACK VELVET Black Vodka Creme de cassis Sparkling cranberry juice DIRECTIONS: Fill a glass with ice. Add one measure of Black Vodka or one drop of black food coloring to clear vodka. Add one small measure of creme de cassis.

Top with sparkling cranberry juice and stir.

BLOODY COSMOPOLITAN 1 oz. vodka 2 oz. triple sec 1 oz. blood orange juice 1/2 oz. pomegranate juice 1 slice blood orange for garnish Sugar for glass DIRECTIONS: Rim martini glass using the blood orange and sugar. Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and pour into a glass over ice.

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GHOULADE 2 (6 oz.) cans limeade, frozen concentrate, thawed 3 cups lemon-lime soda 3 1/2 cups green sports drink Food coloring Directions: Combine limeade, soda and sports drink in pitcher. Add five drops of appropriate food coloring (green makes this look ghastly) and stir. Add ice and garnish glasses with whipped cream.

GRAVEYARD PUNCH 2 liters diet root beer 24 gummy worms, more if desired 1 pint low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt 1 pint low-fat chocolate frozen yogurt Directions: Make root beer ice cubes by freezing soda into ice cube trays overnight. Add one gummy worm to each cube before freezing. Line bottom of punch bowl with scoops of frozen yogurt, and add remaining root beer to make “slush.” Add root beer cubes and serve.

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BY STEPHANIE PARRA| EDITOR-IN-CHIEF NICKY DIAZ | MANAGING EDITOR

Halloween is fast-approaching, and most people have their costumes and plans set. But if you’re one of the few who still hasn’t decided what they’re going to dress up as this year, you might be stressing. Here are some easy and cheap costume ideas for the unprepared trick-or-treater.

MINIONS

Loved the minions from “Despicable Me?” Grab a group of friends and dress up in overalls, yellow T-shirts and black goggles.

Tie a yellow handkerchief to your heads and get ready to take over the world, a la Gru.

MACKLEMORE

For this genius costume, all you really need is a fur mink coat, $20 in your pocket and a broken keyboard. Take a trip to a local thrift shop and wear all the ridiculous things you can find. Nix the broken keyboard and try looking for your grandfather’s stylish velour sweatsuit from the ‘70s.

‘CLUELESS’

In the mood to get as dolled up as Cher Horowitz? Put on your best red dress, a feather boa and heels. Top off the outfit with some shopping bags from upscale department stores and you’re dressed to play the part.

TARGET LADY FROM ‘SNL’

If you’re a fan of Kristen Wiig, there’s no doubt you’ve laughed hysterically at every “SNL” sketch with Target Lady. Grab a red vest and stick the Target logo on it; of course, it needs to be paired with a damn good impression of Wiig’s character. If you’re feeling ambitious, sport a short bob with bangs.

BABY NORTH WEST

Want to be the richest baby in the world? Sport a pair of Kanye’s signature clubbing glasses, wear a pacifier, and attach a cutout of an “N” on a headband and a “W” on your left arm, indicating the north and the west, respectively. You’ll be looking like a $1 million (or really, $40 million to be precise – that’s the 4-month-old’s net worth).

GATSBY

Yeah, it might be overdone. But Leo inspired us all to keep the classic ‘20s-inspired look alive.

Find a flapper dress at any local costume shop or put on your suit and tie. You’ll be the life of the party, old sport.

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Want to share your spooky costume?

Follow @TheMiamiHurricane on Instagram, and tag your photos of you and your friends’ costumes with #tmhphotocontest. We’ll review the submissions and pick one to be featured in The Miami Hurricane.

HALLEE MELTZER // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER TRICKS AND TREATS: Freshmen Kurt Daum (left) and Chris Albright (right), dressed up as a banana slug and bird respectively, discuss their plans in front of Stanford Residential Hall before heading to a Halloween party Friday night.

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career interception for Antonio Crawford, whose pick ended Wake Forest’s hopes as the final seconds ticked down on Saturday.

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games this season in which Miami trailed at halftime.

The Canes have come from behind to win three weeks in a row.

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Miami escapes Wake to stay unbeaten for FSU Johnson’s two late scores lead the way

BY SPENCER DANDES SPORTS EDITOR

If there are football gods, they didn’t want Miami to lose this weekend.

It just wouldn’t have been right, an unthinkable upset with a potential showdown of undefeated teams on the line.

So Duke Johnson powered the Canes through the fourth quarter, scoring in the final minute to secure the 2420 victory over a strong Wake Forest team.

The sophomore had 168 yards rushing in total, on a career-high 30 carries, and two huge touchdowns.

“Man, oh man. He ran with a purpose and an anger that we haven’t seen from him,” coach Al Golden said. “His stiff arm was awesome all day. He ran with his pads down, protected the ball.

He was clearly on a mission.”

Johnson, who exited Miami’s game against North Carolina after sustaining a head injury, was showered with praise from Golden for his urgency and strength.

“How about his conditioning?” the coach asked the media. “What tremendous conditioning. He gets knocked out of the game last week, and this week he is lowering the pads all day, second and third effort … what can you say about the effort that he gave?”

Good thing, too, because the Hurricanes (7-0, 3-0 ACC) could not find their stride on offense while the usually-stout defense missed tackles and gave up several key third down completions.

Stephen Morris was inaccurate but cautious with the football, and re-established his confidence in the deep throw.

The Demon Deacons rode their own solid passing attack – Tanner Price threw 45 times for 302 yards – to a late lead, but Miami went ahead for good with 53 seconds to play.

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MONICA HERNDON // PHOTO EDITOR POWER HOUR: Sophomore Duke Johnson (left) barrels through the defense on one of his 30 carries Saturday afternoon at Sun Life Stadium. He had 168 yards on the ground, plus several kickoff returns during the Canes’ 24-20 win over Wake.

Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said.

“Really in the second half, I thought down the stretch we could make enough – it looked like we might have – we just didn’t make enough plays.”

It was the third straight week in which Miami came from more than 10 points behind to win.

And thus, Saturday’s primetime battle is set: No. 7 Miami at No. 2 Florida State, 8 p.m. on ABC. The teams are two of the 10 remaining unbeaten schools in all of college football. The Canes’ 7-0 start is their first since 2003.

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investigation get him off track for the game against Wake (4-4, 2-3 ACC).

“I think our team does pretty good at being internally true and not worrying about the NCAA,” McDermott said.

“We attacked this game just like any other game. We didn’t feel fear or anything like that … We are just going to move on and play.”

Golden said he worked extremely hard to temper emotions in the locker room when Miami became aware of its mild NCAA sanctions last Tuesday.

“You want to talk about an emotional rollercoaster. For all of us, we didn’t talk about it all week,” he said.

“I know they’re excited about it now in there, thrilled that it’s over. We found

a way to scratch and claw and win our seventh. You can’t take any of the previous wins with you to Tallahassee next week. That’s over, we have to get better at the things we need to get better at, and we need some kids to step up.”

The Seminoles played well enough in their win over then-No. 3 Clemson last week that they jumped Oregon in the first BCS rankings.

Florida State (7-0, 5-0 ACC) then posted 35 points in the opening quarter against N.C. State, and freshman sensation Jameis Winston got to rest after just one series in the second half.

The historic rivalry will be featured as the site of ESPN’s College GameDay for a seventh time on Saturday.

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PHOTO BY HOLLY BENSUR // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER FULL SPEED AHEAD: Freshman Emily Auld battles a Maryland player for possession of the ball during a game last Thursday.

SOCCER The Hurricanes traveled to Blacksburg, Va. looking to steal a win from Virginia Tech. But the fourthranked Hokies held Miami scoreless and took Sunday’s game 1-0.

“You can see a world of difference in our play when we want to put in the effort and want to play for each other,” coach Mary-Frances Monroe said after Miami started taking more shots on goal in the second half. “It’s unfortunate for us that we decided to do that too late.”

The Canes finish their regular season against Clemson at 7 p.m.

Thursday. Miami will host the Tigers at Cobb Stadium to try to right the ship after back-to-back conference losses.

The Canes traveled to Ft. Myers, Fla., for the FGCU Invitational, winning all four singles matches in the first round of play.

Along with Miami and Florida Gulf Coast, Boston College, Boston University and Barry University were all represented at the tournament.

Sophomore William Albanese and junior Henrique Tsukamoto went on to win their second-round matches as well. Miami’s strong play continued on Saturday in singles and doubles, meaning Albanese and Tsukamoto faced each other in Sunday’s final.

VOLLEYBALL Miami didn’t have as much luck against Wake Forest on the volleyball court as it did on the football field.

The Demon Deacons brushed the Canes aside in four sets this past Friday in Winston Salem, N.C. The final score was 25-19, 1625, 25-18, 25-21. Moving across the state on Saturday, Miami also lost to

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Duke in straight sets (25-14, 25-18, 25-20.)

The Hurricanes have two home games this week at the Knight Sports Complex. N.C. State will be at 7 p.m. Friday, and North Carolina is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL The Miami men’s basketball team, coming off the second Sweet 16 appearance in school history, will open its season with an exhibition game Wednesday at the BankUnited Center.

Watch the Canes take on Florida Tech at 7:30 p.m.

Spencer Dandes may be emailed at sports@themiamihurricane.com.

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V, DEAR V Three’s a crazy crowd ...

My best friend’s boyfriend keeps asking me to have a threesome with them.

I’m definitely into a threesome, but I feel like it would be weird to do it with my best friend. I see this girl every day, and once you go there with someone, it’s definitely something you can’t undo. I don’t want to walk around with the images of these two in the bedroom constantly in my mind.

Isn’t this something you’re supposed to do with strangers? If so, where exactly do I find a sexually adventurous couple?

Help a girl out.

Sincerely, Trying to third wheel

Dear Carrie Bradshaw, If “Sex And The City” taught us anything, it’s that if you want to have a threesome, you should do it with people you don’t know.

Friendships are complicated enough as it is. Why suffer through the added awkwardness of having to see them naked? It’s really not worth sacrificing the relationship. There’s also a very big possibility that the situation will be so awkward that the sex will be bad – and we never want sex to be bad.

Also, do we all remember that episode of “Gossip Girl” when Penn Badgley had a threesome with that chick we all hated and Hilary Duff ?

What ended up happening is that Badgley kept focusing on that ugly girl, and Hilary Duff got all jealous and dumped him. Essentially, what we need to take away from this is that threesomes with people you know can get in between friendships. Can

you imagine the drama that could be caused if your friend’s boyfriend pays more attention to you than to her?

It’s best to just avoid that fight all together.

My suggestion is that you forget about this. Checking this off your bucket list isn’t worth all the trouble it could cause. If you really want to have a threesome, find a random couple at a club and have at it. And in case anyone asks why, you can just say you were under the inf luence.

Go explore your sexuality – it’s your time as a college student.

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