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Operating as usual
“In a battle between two Florida schools, the ‘Canes came out on top, 85-45.
The Hurricanes (7-3) took care of business against the North Florida Ospreys (2-5) to bounce back from two-straight home losses. The most recent defeat came against the No. 17 Michigan Wolverines in a close outing.”
🖊 Erik Lamm
📸 Alexandra Carnochan
“A petition circulating Instagram the week before Thanksgiving caught the attention of UM students and stirred up discussions surrounding cultural appropriation. The title is ‘A Call to Change the Practices of the Iron Arrow Society.’”
🖊️ Sydney Billings
📸 Kyra Juliana Espinoza Arroyo
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“Of the 40,000 children and adults in the United States living with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), children’s author and University of Miami alum Leah Orr’s 19-year-old daughter is one of them.
After learning of her daughter’s diagnosis, Orr knew that she needed to try to find a cure for the disease. Instead of grieving, she decided to write children’s books and use the proceeds to fund CF research for the thousands of people who are suffering in addition to her daughter.”
🖊️ Ajhada Gabriel
📸 Leah Orr
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“Miami’s warm weather can make getting into the holiday spirit tough, but Miami has its own version of holiday cheer with some quintessential activities for the winter, ranging from immersive light shows to classic holiday snacks! Here is a list of Miami must-dos for this holiday season.”
🖊️ Diya Tekriwal
📸 Alexander Iziliaev / Miami City Ballet, Fairchild Botanical Garden, Alexander Iziliaev / Miami City Ballet, Michael Mok
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“What do butterflies, a Jesus necklace and someone named Amelia have in common? They can all be found somewhere on Frost band Ex Monarch’s latest album, ‘Whatever You See, Look Again.’
Released on Nov. 11, the group’s first-ever album tells the musical journey of the band that formed merely a year ago.”
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“This November and December, the Butler Center for Service and Leadership aims to make the holiday seasons of children and senior citizens in South Florida better through the Hurricanes Holiday Gift Drive.
From Wednesday, Nov. 9 to Friday, Dec. 2, the Butler Center encourages the University of Miami community to donate any new, unwrapped gifts to the Gift Drive.
The 2021 Gift Drive received almost 1,100 gifts that were donated to Hope for Miami and Home Instead Senior Care.”
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🖊️ Lauren Whitesell
📸 Butler Center for Service & Leadership
“With 1.4 seconds left in the game and down two points, UCF tried to purposely miss a free throw. However, ‘Canes guard Jordan Miller tipped the ball away as time expired, giving Miami a tight 66-64 win on Sunday evening.”
🖊Zachary Macer
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Taylor Swift fans blame LiveNation for Ticketmaster chaos
“Following the chaos of Tuesday’s Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ tour presale, U.S. politicians have come forward, expressing concerns about the 2010 merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Amid these concerns, the company faces complaints by consumers that the companies have abused their dominance of the market.”
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📸 makaiyla willis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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“The Three Musketeers”: a thrilling adventure at the Ring Theatre
“‘Courage is more than just arms and legs. It takes courage to be yourself,’ Hector Montoto, a senior Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) musical theatre major who played the role of Father, said in the opening scene of ‘Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers.’”
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📸 Sean Black
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Miami Heat looks to rename arena following FTX bankruptcy
“On Saturday, Nov. 12, the Miami Heat posted a joint statement with Miami-Dade County on Instagram announcing their decision to ‘terminate’ their partnership with FTX following the cryptocurrency company’s file for bankruptcy.”
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📸 NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; KATIE STUTE, Contributed Graphic
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The Nov 16 Print Edition is here!
🏀Basketball is back!
Men’s and Women’s basketball open the season with promise.
“Miami men’s basketball thrived in the second half of Friday night’s game against UNC Greensboro, winning 79-65 at the Watsco Center.”
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“After picking up two dominant wins to start its season, the Miami women’s basketball team continued its hot start with a punishing 81-46 win over Boston University on Sunday afternoon at the Watsco Center.”
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Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans
“Standing against the majority of the Board of County Commissioners, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced her veto of a more than 370 acre expansion of the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) on Thursday, Nov. 10.”
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📸 Hold the Line Coalition// Contributed Graphic
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Takeaways from Miami’s 35-14 victory over Georgia Tech
“‘Canes football fans had many questions after a horrendous 45-3 loss to Florida State on Nov. 5, but Saturday’s win against Georgia Tech gave some answers. Miami’s 35-14 victory in Atlanta was the greatest win differential it has had in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all season, and it was not by accident. Here are takeaways from the victory.”
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📸 Miami Athletics
Bad movies are great: here’s why
“If I mentioned a movie released this year that had higher gross earnings than blockbusters like Thor: Love and Thunder, Elvis and Lightyear, I’m sure people would be shocked to hear that Minions: Rise of Gru was the movie in question.”
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📸 Roberta Macedo
Racist video goes viral, UM students demand action
“A TikTok video recording a Black man on campus, without his knowledge, and comparing him to a gorilla has gone viral. The video, recorded by University of Miami students on the Coral Gables campus from the account ‘CanesCritters,’ spread quickly through group chats Wednesday night. The video has since been deleted along with the account.”
🖊 Lauren Ferrer
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Gallery: 2022 Hurricane Howl
A series of moments captured by our TMH photographers during the 2022 Hurricane Howl.
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Takeaways from Miami’s loss to Florida State
“It was a grim night for a sold-out crowd on Saturday night at Hard Rock Stadium as Miami lost its fifth game of the season to Florida State.
‘We got work to do. We got to build, we got to build man. I knew it but, we got to build, stuff like this it ain’t, it ain’t it,’ Miami head coach Mario Cristobal said after the game.”
🖊 Patrick Mccoll
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The importance of voting from UM students
“Voting offers citizens of the United States 18 years or older the right to decide their next representatives and what direction their country is headed in. Yet, only 51.4% of people aged 18 to 24 casted a vote during the Presidential Election in 2022.”
🖊 Carina Steininger
📸 Mrs. Gemstone from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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CTE and Herschel Walker: the problem with politicizing science
“In many ways, Georgia congressional candidate Herschel Walker is the average conservative politician. He has publicly supported strict bans on abortion, expanding police budgets, President Donald Trump and increasing border security– in step with the mainstream Republican party.”
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⚠️V’s take is the Hurricane’s most controversial and longest-running column.
It is a satirical work published bi-weekly by students and for students. Using our generation’s “colorful“ language to address all things s*x, love and gossip on campus, V is not for the politically correct or easily offended.
“Happy Homecoming! I’m sure you’ve been made abundantly aware that our neighbors to the north, Florida State University, will be on our turf for a football rivalry game as old as time. No matter the outcome of Saturday’s game, we can all rest assured that we, our proud community of ‘Canes, have won the best price of them all; Unlike thousands of safety-school-Seminoles of Talla-nasty we got into the U.”
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Anti-semitic message in support of Ye projected at UF football game
“At the Florida-Georgia college football game on Saturday, an antiseptic message, related to Ye’s, formerly named Kanye West, recent commentary, was projected on the video board at the TIAA Bank Field Stadium in Jacksonville.”
🖊 Sydney Billings
📸 on Twitter
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The Nov 2 Print Edition is out!
➡️Get out the vote establishes early voting initiative for students
“With Election Day right around the corner, the University of Miami is mobilizing efforts to help students get to the polls for early voting.”
🖊 Alex Terr
📸 University of Miami Archives
➡️History of Homecoming documented in The Miami Hurricane.
“Traditionally, a homecoming is a time for alumni of a high school or university to return to celebrate the institution. At The University of Miami, Homecoming means that and so much more.”
🖊 Lauren Ferrer
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UThrift models sustainable fashion under stage lights
“UM students replaced sneakers for high heels and strutted down the UC stage on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The models paired the clothing pieces UThrift offered, added a little bit of sass and showed off their unique outfits.”
🖊 Morgan Fry
📸 Morgan Fry
Considering law school? Walk over to Miami Law for this in-person event, get your questions answered, and learn about the exciting programs taking place in business, environmental, international, criminal, litigation, civil rights, sports & entertainment law and more. Reserve your seat at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/miami-law-open-house-for-prospective-students-in-person-november-2022-tickets-390527196357
Senior runs nutrition supplement business: PmProtein
“What started as a passion project for senior finance major Brendan Cummins during his sophomore year, has developed into a full-time job. Cummins owns and operates PmProtein, which sells protein bars and pre-workout “cracked candies” with melatonin.”
🖊Morgan Fry
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“Brimming with beautiful music, savory food and vibrant life, the architecture courtyard was transformed into a bustling Asian night market on Friday evening for UM’s annual Lantern Festival.
The two-hour festival, which was a blend of lantern and mid-autumn festivals celebrated across Asia, was hosted by the Asian American Students Association (AASA) in collaboration with the School of Architecture (USoA) Student Council from 8 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 21.
The event featured activities from cultural organizations such as the Filipino Students Association, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers and the Muslim Students of the University of Miami.”
🖊 Justin Yang
📸 Sharron Lou
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“Trump of the Tropics” bounces back in Brazil’s election polls
Many people remember the 2020 U.S. presidential election as one of the most controversial elections in U.S. history, a tight race between former vice president Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Tensions were at an all-time-high as millions of Americans spent hours in front of the television, waiting to see who would take office for the upcoming term.
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The Oct. 19 - Nov. 1 issue is here!
Silence is defining, in response to SigEp allegations we must do better.
“If you Googled “University of Miami” over the last week, you wouldn’t have seen football recaps or news on academic research. Instead, “ugly,” “disturbing,” “drugging allegations” and “misogynistic chanting” would have dominated your search results.”
🖊 Editorial Board
📸 Kali Ryder
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“Senior Julian “Jules” Crosby has had quite the college career. After living in places like Virginia, Connecticut and Jacksonville due to his dad’s military job, he is now breaking ground in the entertainment and journalism industry.
From founding Gravity Magazine to studying abroad in Prague and attending the 2022 Emmy Awards, Crosby discussed his experiences and shared advice for navigating the entertainment industry and the grand scheme of life.”
🖊 Maria Alarcon
📸 Julian Crosby
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“Sigma Phi Epsilon Florida Gamma chapter (SigEp), a social fraternity established in 1949 at the University of Miami, will close its chapter effective immediately, following the fraternity’s National Headquarters’ review of an anonymous report of drugged drinks at a pool party. The anonymous report also describes a video of many members of the chapter chanting about murdering and ra**ng women before hosting their “Adult Swim” party on Saturday, Oct. 1, at an off-campus house in Coral Gables.”
Click the link in our story to read the full article.
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Hurricane Ian decimates SWFL; UM’s SWFL community reacts
“For 138 years the Sanibel Lighthouse has watched over Lee County, Fla. marking the start of the famous shelling island that thousands call home and thousands more escape to for its calm blue water. A symbol of hope and security, the lighthouse is the coastal landmark for Southwest Florida(SWFL).”
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The Oct. 5-18 issue is here!
Communities reeling in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
“At 3:05 p.m. on Sept. 28, Hurricane Ian made landfall over Florida as a category 4 storm battering the SWFL barrier islands of Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island and Cayo Costa.“
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Kal Penn speaks at WMTU event: The intersections of representation, media and politics
“On Thursday, the University of Miami’s What Matters to U (WMTU) hosted a conversation with actor, comedian, writer and former White House staff member, Kal Penn. During his hour-long conversation, between comedic anecdotes and friendly banter, Penn discussed his acting career, his time in the Obama administration and the importance of diversity and representation in the media.”
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📸 Joshua Prezant/ University of Miami
Students have mixed opinions on the 15-minute spacing of classes
“The University of Miami is a relatively compact campus, but the late-summer rainstorms and 100 degree days may leave students dreading the distance between classes. Now, students face a time constraint as they race the newly reinstated 15-minute period between classes.”
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On Tuesday afternoon, the University of Miami announced that beginning at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27 classes will be switched to remote learning. This will continue through Wednesday.
In addition to class being virtual all events will be cancelled. “As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, and continuing throughout the day Wednesday, all on-campus events will be cancelled,” UM said in their announcement.
The following locations will also be closed as of 5 p.m. Tuesday: Campus Store, Herbert Wellness Center, Hurricane Food Court, Shalala Student Center, University libraries. The dining halls will remain open.
“I think I'm feeling a little bit uneasy, but overall, I feel comfortable surrounded by my friends, and I'm ready to go through this thing,” junior public relations major Emma Peterson said.
The Miami Hurricane will continue to update with new information as it is made available.
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