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SOMETHING TO SMILE AT: Juniors Christina Farmer (left ) and Valentina Lamas celebrate aft er Farmer and running mate, junior Nick Cote, are elected to SG. CAYLA NIMMO // The Miami Hurricane

The Miami Vol. 88, Issue 12 | Mar. 4 - Mar. 7, 2010

HURRICANESTUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929

The U First ticket was reunited Wednes-day evening as new president Chris-tina Farmer and treasurer Nick Cote prevailed in the run-off election and joined their team’s vice president Val-

entina Lamas to complete the new Student Gov-ernment executive board.

“We stayed positive, and that is the best way to win,” Farmer said.

The second round of elections received a slight-ly smaller turnout than the first, with 1,618 voters compared to last week’s 1,752. Farmer won 65 per-cent of the vote, outdoing opponent Shahzain Ma-lik of All For U 1,051 votes to 567 votes.

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In 1962, a Peace Corps vol-unteer began her two-year visit to southern Iran to teach English to locals in a small village. She want-ed to volunteer in the Middle East, particularly because her family is Lebanese. 46 years later, she would share her experiences with about 20 students who are thinking about at embarking on a similar journey with the Peace Corps.

“We listened to their priorities and it became a very important life lesson,” said University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala Tuesday afternoon. “The Peace Corps gives you the opportunity to be as creative as you can be.”

The event invited past and cur-rent UM Peace Corps volunteers to discuss their experiences with prospective students. The forum, at Storer Auditorium, occurred just weeks after UM was named No. 15 in the country for producing Peace Corps volunteers from medium-sized colleges.

“There’s something about Americans [and their ability to] or-ganize. They know how to put a pro-cess together to get people organized

and going,” Shalala said. “Almost everyone who went to the Peace Corps with me was young and just out of college. We learned how to lis-ten to the local people.”

During her speech, Shalala detailed her training prior to em-barking for Iran. She and other vol-unteers were grouped with Iranian graduate students who helped them understand the culture in which they would be immersed.

She spoke of a local mullah, a religiously educated Muslim man, who helped guide her efforts in the

village during her visit.“He taught me to listen to the

leadership wherever it was and to try understanding what people, even the poorest people, on earth thought were their priorities,” she said.

After Shalala concluded her speech, Michelle Tsiknakis, a UM alumna who graduated last Decem-ber with a degree in health sciences and Spanish, spoke about her up-coming trip on April 27 to Guate-mala.

“Every experience is definitely to-each-their-own, everyone has

a different experience,” Tsiknakis said. “I’m really excited for the op-portunity, but I’m going to be doing a little bit of everything. I’m going to be going to my country, seeing what they need and hopefully be fulfilling that need.”

Tsiknakis will serve as a health technician, bringing needed medical help to her project.

“Hopefully I’ll be as successful as [Shalala] was,” she said.

Ramon Galiana may be contacted at [email protected].

Learning from UM’s leaderShalala speaks on her time in Peace CorpsBY RAMON GALIANANEWS EDITOR

Random Acts of Kindness parades for peace

STILL FRAME FROM VIDEO BY KEMY JOSEPH

ONE OF A KIND: A group of Random Acts of Kindness members participated in the second annual March for Peace around Lake Osceola Wednesday, March 3.

“What can we do to make the world more peaceful as we are walking around this place?” RAK member senior Kemy Joseph and the participants asked themselves. “For us it was just giving out the high fi ves, giving out the hugs while we were walking and just trying to get people to smile and understand yeah, we are walking around doing our part, you can do something too.”

The organizers also had people get up on the free speech box aft erward on the grass between Pavia and the UC to speak about their experience during the march.

LEARNING TO LISTEN: President Shalala worked with the Peace Corps teaching English at Ahwaz Agricultural College in Molasani, Iran in 1964. This week she shared her experience with students.

COURTESY DONNA E. SHALALA

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An e-mail sent by the Department of Residence Halls Monday morning confirmed that at the end of this semester, some UM students will have to say goodbye to on-campus housing whether they want to or not.

Due to the demand for on-campus housing, a lottery system had to be implemented. Students who opted in during the period between Feb. 5 and Feb. 19 were directed to myUM to find out whether they won the lottery or not. Those who won saw a page displaying the housing sign-up schedule, while those who were not as lucky were redirected to a page outlining off-campus options.

“The university promised us housing as long as we never moved off campus and tried to move back on,” sophomore Caleb Hirsch said. “We pay almost $40,000 a year to come here and now the university is forcing me to live off campus in expensive Coral Gables?”

Sophomore Justin Speier is one of the students who woke up Monday morning to sour news. He’s from Boca Raton and commuting from home is not really an option.

“It’s going to be hard finding [an apartment] for just a semester,” Speier said. “The reason I only have one semester is that I am considering studying abroad and from what I have seen, the majority of lease agreements are for 12 months; if I need a place for four months it would mean less options and an increased rate.”

A caveat in the e-mail also warned students that the final tally was not posted until right before the e-mail was sent out.

“At first myUM told me I had housing and then I checked [later] and I didn’t,” junior Sadia Chaudhry said. “I’m not going to be able to live with my friends my senior year of college. Instead of worrying about med schools and graduation and academics, I am now afraid I’m going to have to commute from my house or search for an apartment and have to drive to school.”

Shortly after the news, the group “Homeless UM Students 2010” was formed on Facebook. Only a few days after its creation, the group already boasts a membership of 308 and more than 75 unique posts.

According to Patricia A. Whitely, vice president for student affairs, the administration is aware that students are worried.

“We understand that this is a paradigm shift and that it’s stressful,” Whitely said. “We’ll work with everybody on an individual basis. We’re all working as much as we can.”

Whitely mentioned that students will be able to sign up for housing again after April 9, when she anticipates more housing will be available. With cancellations and lottery winners still opting to go off campus, Whitely believes that they’ll be “able to handle the bulk [of the waiting list] by June.”

During that time, priority will be given first to current on-campus residents who lost the lottery, followed by continuing students who have lived off campus and want to come back and third, to transfer students.

“What is ridiculous is that I know some people who [won] the lottery and they are from Miami, maybe like 30 minutes away. Is that right?” transfer student sophomore Alexandra Mahjouri said. “I say housing should at least give priority to international/non-Miami area students.”

According to Whitely and Gilberto Arias, vice president for student affairs, UM was one of the few universities who hadn’t implemented a lottery system for housing. Arias said that the University of Florida and Florida State University both have a lottery system in place, while at Boston

College, which Whitely cited, students are told in advance that they will not be allowed to live on campus their junior year.

“It was the most affordable way we had to assign housing,” Arias said.

When questioned, department of resident halls director Jim Smart declined to comment on the housing situation.

Another problem many students now face is that while they may have won the lottery, their roommates did not.

“I made the lottery for the UV but my roommate did not. What is the point of granting it to someone without considering who they might be planning to live with?” sophomore Arielle Andreano said. “According to Whitely, letting lottery winners “pull in” their roommates as they had been able to do in the past was not an option.

“It would’ve skewed the numbers,” she said.

Yet another large number of students are those who pay for on-campus housing with scholarship money which either will not let them use the money to pay for an off-campus apartment or will not

give them enough to afford one.“What the university failed

to recognize is that by putting everyone at equal odds in a lottery, it directly hurts those like myself who are here on scholarships and can’t afford housing in this area,” sophomore Austen Gregerson said. “…before people who are financially capable of finding cheaper housing off-campus or people who already live in Miami are offered housing, those incapable of attending here without [financial] help should have gotten some sort of priority.”

A consensus among students seems to be that closing the entire apartment area and moving Stanford and Hecht to freshmen-only at the same time was a mistake.

“This was poorly handled by the administration,” Hirsch said. “They should have closed one-fifth of the apartments or one-fourth of the apartments. Not the entire section and force about 200 students out of housing.”

Lila Albizu may be contacted at [email protected].

Some lose big in the housing lotto442 may have to move off campusBY LILA ALBIZUASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

FAST FACTS

2824 students applied.

2382 (84%) were SELECTED by the lottery

442 (16%) were NOT SELECTED by the lottery

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“We’ve been working so hard,” Farmer said, “and it really humbles you to know that the people think you are the best choice for pres-ident, that your team is the best choice.”

Malik, who hoped the international stu-dent votes would carry him to victory, would like to see some of his policies live on through Farmer.

“I had a wonderful experience in a differ-ent country,” Malik said, “and I’m very happy with all the international students’ support. I wish all the best to Christina Farmer and hope she does a good job, lives up to all the promises and takes some of mine as well.”

Nick Cote won 58 percent of the votes for treasurer, receiving 878 votes, while Best U Ever Had’s Sabrina Bunch received 636.

“I’m excited that I get to work with the people I set out with in the beginning,” Cote said. “Once Valentina won I feel a lot of people really rallied behind me and Christina. It’s been a wild ride and I’m glad to know we have a lot of people behind us.”

Lamas, who secured her spot as vice presi-dent after the first round of elections, anxiously waited for the rest of her team to join her all week.

“I’m ecstatic,” she said. “We’ve been work-ing together since October so we’re so happy to finally be able to work together officially.”

Student government receives one full scholarship to distribute every year. Half goes to the student government president, one quar-ter goes to the vice president and the last quarter goes to the speaker of the Student Senate.

UFirst said this week would be a time to relax and celebrate, but starting next week they will be meeting with past executive board mem-bers and administrators to get a feel for their po-sitions and start putting their plans into action.

“We are going to continue to reach out to students and to make student government an interactive process,” Farmer said.

Ninas Ruggiero may be contacted at [email protected].

CELEBRATORY STROLL: Newly elected SG president junior Christina Farmer takes a walk with elections commission adviser Brian Orefi ce aft er the run-off results were announced Wednesday evening in the lower lounge of the UC.

BRITTNEY BOMNIN // The Miami Hurricane

Fresh farmer’s market

Improvement of pre-professional tracks

Food services- credit card use in kiosks, calories on menus, slushy machine in C-Store, 24-hour C-store during finals

Textbook rental service

Canes Nights- a chance to experience Miami on and off campus

Improved parking- convenient parking service, discount carpool passes

Campus-wide access to software through the internet- SPSS, Adobe Photoshop and Final Cut

UPlanner- sync your calendar with UM events of your choice

Rent a Bike program

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For the first time, the University of Miami’s School of Architecture has partnered with Habitat for Humanity on a project to improve the local com-munity.

“Instead of looking for professional practice in architectural firms, it is an honor to have an international institu-tion come to our School of Architecture looking for innovative ideas on how to design residential communities,” profes-sor Steve Mouzon said. “It is an amaz-ing opportunity for all students.”

The two groups are developing a plan to build between 16 and 33 homes in the Liberty City area in northwest Miami-Dade County. Unlike Habitat’s usual single-family home design, this project will consist of building duplex-style homes customized to create a more amicable ambiance.

UM students say they are excited to be involved in the project.

“Working with Habitat for Human-ity is a wonderful realistic experience,” graduate student Emily Glavey said. “It is an opportunity to create an environ-

ment that strengthens a community and at the same time focuses on actuality. The constant dialogue between Habitat, the faculty and the student body estab-lishes a balance of ideas. It is a valuable experience from all perspectives.”

Danay Morales, another grad stu-dent who is studying urban design, agreed.

“We get to have an impact in our community and at the same time gain real-life experience in our field,” Mo-rales said. “As future urbanists, we are responsible for making successful, sus-tainable communities that engage its citizens.”

What is challenging yet unique about this plan is the use of “vernacu-lar construction” in a limited area. Vernacular construction categorizes ar-chitectural methods that use available local resources. In this case, Habitat will use concrete resources such as masonry blocks for the walls and wood truces for the roofs.

“We are asking the students to do something they have never done before,” said Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, dean of the School of Architecture. “There are a lot of challenging components to the urban design.”

UM students will be split up into three teams that will create site design that will be finished before spring break this month. The design will be presented

to Habitat and the winning design will be built on site.

“Working in teams, students have three different approaches,” Plater-Zy-berk said. “It is a wonderful project and we are pleased with Habitat for taking the time to work with us. This is excel-lent practice for the students.”

Habitat officials say they are happy to work with UM students.

“Habitat seeks to offer visual inter-est and diversity and to provide opportu-nities for residents to know their neigh-bors and create a collective security,” said Anne Manning, executive director of Habitat for Humanity. “Who better to partner with for this purpose than the University of Miami’s School of Archi-tecture Center for Urban & Community Design?”

The director of planning and site de-velopment, Kia Hernandez, concurred.

“My experience has been outstand-ing,” Hernandez said. “I have found the students extremely supportive and dy-namic. The partnership has been mutu-ally beneficial.”

The students will finish their part of the project on March 12. Habitat hopes to actually break ground on the development sometime in the first quar-ter of 2011.

Jessica Delgado may be contacted at [email protected].

WORKING HARD: Fourth-year architecture major Marianna Yerak presents her plan for the Habitat project.LINDSAY BROWN // The Miami Hurricane

Habit for Humanity and School of Architecture collaborate on projectBY JESSICA DELGADOCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

NEWS BRIEFSMILLER GOES SMOKELESS

On Tuesday, the Miller School of Medicine officially became a smoke-free campus. According to Dean Pascal Goldschmidt, the initiative serves to “promote health and to promote wellness for everyone.”

“Smoke-free campus” signs have been scattered around the medical school campus to remind students that smoking is prohibited in all outdoor areas, including the Schoninger Research Quadrangle, parking garages, all walkways and inside of parked cars.

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE HOSTS STUDENT ART SHOW

From Thursday through Sunday, the School of Architecture will be hosting its first annual student art show at the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Irvin Korach Gallery. More than 100 student-produced works will be showcased, with the winner being announced Friday, March 5 at a reception hosted by the student council.

The show will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

KEY BISCAYNE SHUTTLE AVAILABLE THIS WEEKEND

This Saturday, student government and the Department of Parking and Transportation will be hosting a shuttle to Key Biscayne. It will depart Stanford Circle every half hour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ORGANIZATION OF THE MONTH APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

The Committee on Student Organizations has released applications for the “Organization of the Month” award. They are due Sunday, March 7 at 3 p.m. To apply, visit www.miami.edu/myumgroups.

THE NEXT SEBASTIAN

On Tuesday, March 9 there will be an interest session for students planning to apply to be the next Sebastian. The meeting will take place in UC 211 at 6:30 pm. For more information, e-mail Connie Nickel at [email protected].

News briefs compiled by Ramon Galiana who may be contacted at [email protected].

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The Department of Resi-dential Colleges and the univer-sity’s administration have put many students in a needlessly stressful situation.

Though only a few years ago keeping the same dorm room two years in a row was an option, this year a lottery has been instituted to determine which students will be able to live on campus next semester.

Although Patricia Whitely, vice president for student affairs, claims that a second round of housing sign up will take care of most of the waiting list, making students wait for over a month before they know for sure if they will have housing is ridiculous.

Finding an affordable apartment off campus and roommates to share it with can take a lot of time and effort, something not a lot of students have at the end of the semester.

What is most disappoint-ing about the lottery system sit-uation is the lack of understand-

ing the administration seems to have. Whitely compared the UM lottery to Boston College where students are told up front that they will not be able to live on campus their junior year.

Here at UM, students were notified of this drastic change to a policy that affects the entire campus in January. Assistant vice president for student affairs Gilberto Arias claimed that the lottery system at UM was comparable to the housing processes at Univer-sity of Florida and Florida State University.

What Arias failed to ad-dress is that UF and FSU are state universities located in towns that revolve primarily around college life. Not to men-tion the fact that UF has 45,000 undergraduates and FSU has 29,500, while UM has 9,800 and only 4,450 live on campus, according to university Web sites.

UM is different; it is a

small university located in a major metropolitan area where housing is often expensive and public transportation is laugh-able at best.

Whitley, Arias and other administrators responsible for the lottery system needed to take into consideration the unique needs of UM students. Some pay for their housing with scholarships or loans that aren’t applicable when dealing with a landlord. Other students who are studying abroad and only need housing for one semester may not be eligible to sign a lease.

The housing situation has been handled in a way that is causing many undergrads un-due stress at a time when they should be focusing on midterms. Keeping 422 students hanging is unfair and unkind.

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

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P o l i t i c a l movements have greatly shaped American policy throughout the decades. The civil rights movement of the 60s, the fem-inist movement of the 70s and the Christian conser-vative movement

of the 80s have all had lasting effects on policy.

On the other hand, an equally large number of movements, like the Free Sil-ver movement of the late 19th century, have faded away without any long-last-ing impact in Washington.

The movement du jour is the Tea Party, and they are doing quite well. Ac-cording to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, more Americans have a positive view of the Tea Party movement than of either the Democratic or Repub-lican parties.

The movement has attracted the attention and support of notable con-servative leaders like Newt Gingrich

and Sarah Palin. It even managed to get Republican Scott Brown elected to Ted Kennedy’s old Senate seat. The future looks bright for the Tea Party, but one thing stands in the way of affecting long-lasting change.

The Tea Party has served as an out-let for Americans’ growing disillusion-ment with government and institutions in general. Tea Party protestors are unit-ed in their anger towards government, but lack a consistent message.

They blame Washington for rising deficits, but they refuse to support cuts in government programs and tax increases. Many failed political movements have aptly pointed out flaws in the govern-ment, but only the successful ones pro-vide ideas on how to fix these problems.

The Tea Party movement may play an important role in shaping America’s immediate future, particularly the up-coming mid-term elections, but it must propose real solutions if it intends to be more than a passing fad.

Thomas Prieto is a senior majoring in political science. He may be contacted at [email protected].

“Unpatriotic!” “As-troturf!” “Right-wing nuts!”

All these words are used to describe the Tea Party movement and they are all wrong. The reality is that the Tea Partiers are not in support of a particu-lar party, but are opposed to a particular ideology: the belief that more spend-

ing and increased government will cure our na-tion’s ills.

Though portrayed as a professional move-ment organized by the GOP, the truth is that Tea Partiers have called out Republicans and Democrats alike who support the ideology they oppose.

We all know Americans aren’t the most politically-engaged citizens in the world- it takes a lot to get us riled up. But after the lack of fis-cal conservatism from George W. Bush, the fi-nancial collapse and now the massive spending policies and government expansion of Barack Obama, Americans are awake, angry and lack-ing trust in government. This is where the Tea Party movement comes from.

Can you blame them? They haven’t received

the change promised by Barack Obama. Instead, they have a Congress that continues to raise the nation’s debt to incomprehensible heights, while asking us to believe the way to get out of debt is to spend more.

We have a president who concentrates on pushing a government take-over of health care, while unemployment nears 10 percent. He prom-ises to govern transparently and remove special interests from Washington but crafts secret deals with senators and lobbyists to pass his agenda.

He claims he’ll listen to the people’s de-mands better than his predecessor, yet dismisses overwhelming criticism of his health care plan by saying voters don't understand it. However, like a parent lecturing naïve children, he’s failed to properly explain it.

These are the attitudes and policies the Tea Party is responding to. The worst thing the presi-dent can do now is characterize them as a bunch of crazy, right-wing Americans at the political fringe. By dismissing the movement and its mem-bers, he only proves their point: that our elected leaders are an insulated elite circle unconcerned with the desires of the people they serve.

Danny Hanlon is a senior majoring in political science. He can be reached at [email protected].

Nothing but a passing fad

DANNYHANLONCONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

THOMASPRIETOCONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

They’re not the political fringeTHE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT: OPPOSING VIEWS

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Wynwood: Miami's art hotspot

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Abandoned lots and barbed wire adorn auto-repair shops leading up to Robert LeClerc’s store in Wynwood, a neighborhood just north of Downtown

Miami. Down the street, a family sells fruit out of the back of its truck across from a dilapidated building that calls it-self a doctor’s office.

“In about four years, this will be the hottest spot in town,” LeClerc said. “This is going to be the new South Beach.”

LeClerc, the owner of Living in Art, an eclectic home décor bou-tique filled with man-made water-falls, Buddha statues and color-ful lanterns, is so confident in Wynwood because little by little a rising new community has been transforming the rough neighborhood into a trendy art district.

“Historically, art galler-ies move to areas in distress to find cheap rent,” said Fran-cisco De La Torre, a UM graduate and gallery owner. “The area improves, rents get higher and the galleries that made the area hip in the first place can’t afford it anymore.”

De La Torre recently moved his gallery from Co-conut Grove to Wynwood to escape high prices. Though he sees this phenomenon in Wynwood’s distant future, he is not as optimistic as LeClerc.

“It’s going to take a long time for that to hap-pen here,” he said. “This is a place in transition- the forgotten part of town the city is finally trying to revitalize.”

Wynwood holds

on to its working-class image, but the city’s ef-forts are notable. In the heart of the district lies a 645,000-square-foot retail development called the Shops at Midtown Miami, built in 2007. The development is comprised of more than 30 stores and eateries including Loehmann’s, Marshalls, Target and Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

The predominantly Puerto Rican neighbor-hood is home to the Fashion District and is a part of the Design District, an area filled with art and furniture galleries, antique dealers, boutiques, restaurants and bars.

Art displays range from colorful spray-painted alleyways to contemporary paintings and sculptures on the walls of pristine white stu-dios. Regardless of form, art is everywhere and some local artists believe this marks a shift in the personality of Miami as a whole.

“Miami is moving forward from a superfi-cial city to a deeper one,” said Facundo Poj, fur-niture artist and co-owner of Poj gallery. “It is becoming mature enough for a real art district.”

Nearby hotels are now recommending a stroll through the art-filled streets of Wynwood to their guests, making it an "off-the-beaten-path" spot on tourist maps. Sonia Shahdadpuri, a college student from New York, experienced the area while staying at a downtown hotel with her family in January.

“Wynwood was a cultural side of Miami I didn’t expect,” Shahdadpuri said. “There was no glitz or glamour to it, but that’s part of what made it so refreshing.”

Wynwood hosts an art walk on the second Saturday of every month from 7 to 10 p.m. when art lovers and socialites can browse the exhibits, chat with the artists and enjoy appetizers, drinks and music.

“This is a great opportunity for the public to be exposed free of charge to world-class artists of all types within walking distance,” said R.E. Sanchez, the founder of Life is Art, an organiza-tion for networking within the art world. “It also offers people a chance to walk in the streets of our not so street-walking-friendly city.”

Even parking is free, Sanchez added, a rare find in Miami.

Life is Art is currently working on a fund-raising party that will take place Saturdays at 9 p.m. Guests who give a donation will be able to enjoy the bar, art showcases and music by se-

lected DJs.The neighborhood is also one of the main

sites of Art Basel, an annual contemporary art exhibition featuring street fairs, showcases, mov-ie screenings and other cultural events that are recognized worldwide.

“I believe that as Wynwood continues to grow, we will see a serious shift in regards to Mi-ami as a world-class arts destination,” Sanchez said. “Maybe someday it will rival places such as Chelsea and SoHo in New York City.”

Art Basel and Saturday evening art walks are the only times Wynwood is an evening desti-nation. Most galleries lock up by 5 p.m. on week-days and only take appointments on weekends, but the artwork sprawled across the neighbor-hood’s walls bring the shabby buildings to life and rival any work inside the galleries.

For more information or directions go to artcircuits.com.

Nina Ruggiero may be contacted at [email protected].

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BY NINA RUGGIEROASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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Extreme family dysfunc-tion and the difficulties of falling in and out of love are subjects for comedy in the two plays currently showing at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre.

The first play, Christo-pher Durang’s “Baby With the Bathwater,” is a dark satire on the difficulties and failures of parents. Among many appall-ing blunders, they name their son “Daisy” because they find it impolite to check his gender. The audience is moved first to sympathy, but eventually laughter, as Daisy somehow endures his upbringing.

The second play, John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine” charmingly follows nine sto-ries that take place after resi-dents of a remote town fall in and out of love under the mag-ic of the Northern Lights. The characters find themselves in complicated situations as they try to negotiate these unex-pected relationships.

The two full-length plays, which are being performed in

alternating repertory by the University of Miami’s Depart-ment of Theatre Arts, feature very different styles of comedy while exploring the highs and lows of close relationships.

“‘Baby With the Bathwa-ter’ takes bad parenting to the extreme and forces one to find forgiveness,” said Bliss Grif-fin, a senior acting major and performer in ‘Baby.’ “‘Almost, Maine’ is full of the hope and coincidence of falling in love… It’s like [the movie] Love Actually.”

Audience and cast mem-bers agree that characters from both plays are relatable.

“Parents see their own mistakes in it,” Lou Douglas said, father of ‘Baby With the Bathwater’ cast member, Grace Douglas. “[But] if you can find a sense of humor, it can help you with the bad things in life and ultimately keep you healthier.”

David Sargent may be contacted at [email protected].

IF YOU GO

WHAT: "Almost, Maine" and "Baby with the Bathwater,” two comedies by the Department of Theatre Arts

WHEN: Showing in alternating repertory now until Sunday.

"Baby with the Bathwater:” Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

"Almost, Maine:” Saturday at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Jerry Herman Ring Theatre

COST: $8 children and students (with Cane Card); $16 adults; $14 seniors, faculty and staff

NOTE: Advance tickets are currently sold out, but may become available to those on the waitlist. To join the waitlist, visit the Ring Theatre box offi ce one hour prior to show time.

A double dose of laughter

COMEDY CREW: “Almost, Maine’s” Ryan Phillips (left ) and Kate Metroka (center) team up with “Baby with the Bathwater’s” Leah Costello during rehearsals. Both plays are showing at the Ring Theatre.

COURTESY UM MEDIA RELATIONS

BY DAVID SARGENTCONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

This isn’t Miley Cyrus or Rihanna, but instead, a new genre that is separating the genuine elements of hip-hop and instrumental that made music what it once was: this is Raw Stiles, and his sounds are sophisticated- with an attitude.

His music is a combination of instrumental beats, a col-lage of vintage sounds that recreate a time when music revo-

lutionized the world in the good ol’ 60s and 70s.

“It’s not supposed to be radio-friendly, overproduced or anything like that,” said 21 - y e a r - o l d University of

Miami senior Rob Sobalvarro, a.k.a. Raw Stiles.Inspired by musicians like Madlib, Miles Davis and poet

T.S. Elliot, Raw Stiles’ new EP Album, “Hello Lovely,” has gained the approval of blog writers with its fresh new talent. He is on his way to a music career thanks to the uniqueness of his tracks that slowly but steadily continue to be discov-ered by listeners. This all is due to the simple fact that Raw Stiles lives up to his name: easy listening but still funky.

Tired of watered-down hip-hop, Sobalvarro started by experimenting at age 16 with FruityLoops, the old-school version of FL Studio, a software that allows users to create their own songs.

“Music itself is what inspired me to make something,” Sobalvarro said.

“Hello Lovely” was all computer-recorded, using a ta-ble and sampler. This resulted in 10 tracks composed of old jazzy beats and soul lyrics out of old vinyl records, recycled and freshened up.

For the emerging musician, this is just the beginning. “Addicted to high standards,” Sobalvarro is now on his way to making a new album, which he says will be longer and more accessible.

“It’s all a puzzle really,” he said. “Right now I’m finding the pieces and putting it together.”

Claudia Aguirre may be contacted at [email protected].

LEARN MORE

Find Raw Stiles music online:

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rawstiles.bandcamp.com

New sounds with style

GENRE GENUIS: UM musician Raw Stiles is innovative and experiments with infl uential classics of the past.

COURTESY RAW STILES

BY CLAUDIA AGUIRRECONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

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March 4 - March 7, 2010 THE MIAMI HURRICANE SPORTS 11

This weekend is rivalry weekend at the University of Miami. On Saturday at noon, the men’s tennis team opens up ACC play against Florida State at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

At the same time down the street, the men’s basketball squad will conclude its regular season against Florida State on Senior Day.

But all eyes will be at the corner of Ponce de Leon and San Amaro Drive beginning Friday night at 7 p.m. as the No. 10 Hurricanes (6-1) host in-state rival No. 5 Florida Gators (5-1) in a three-game series at

Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.

“It’s going to be a great series,” head coach Jim Morris said. “Florida has a great club and they have an outstanding pitching staff. They have a bunch of power arms. It’s going to definitely be a challenge for us. We have to be ready. They have one of their best clubs since I have been at Miami.”

The first seven games were just a fine tune up for the University of Miami baseball team. Now they must step up their game against a team who knocked them out of the postseason last year.

Miami swept the regular season series in Gainesville last year outscoring the Gators 26-8 over a 48-hour span. But the Florida Gators had the last laugh by beating

UM twice in the 2009 Gainesville Regional.

Head coach Jim Morris was ejected in the first inning of the final game and was fortunate not to witness the 16-5 embarrassment.

This year is a new year for the Hurricanes. The big reason why is because junior ace Eric Erickson is back. Erickson agrees with Morris in thinking this is a talented Gator group coming to South Florida for the first weekend of March.

“I’ve been at school here the past four years and from what I hear this is the best team Florida has had since I have been here. We have got to try and sweep them,” Erickson said.

The Gators are loaded with young talent and will be ready to play, but going up against Erickson and junior left-hander Chris Hernandez

will be a tall task especially for a young and inexperienced squad.

Erickson has had two strong starts and Hernandez tweaked his mechanics after his first start. A vintage Hernandez gained momentum last Saturday against Manhattan and he looks to carry that over this weekend.

Senior second baseman Scott Lawson knows this series will not only be a big litmus test to see how the Canes stack up against stout competition, but will be pivotal down the line in the future.

“It will be an exciting series to play in,” Lawson said. “This will help us prepare for [the ACC].”

Both squads are coming off tough mid-week games. Florida lost to No. 3 Florida State on Tuesday 10-5 and the Canes got crushed by the Florida Marlins Wednesday

afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium 19-3 in the annul exhibition game.

Justin Antweil may be contacted at [email protected].

Steven Stuts contributed to this report.

SPORTS 29number of points for

freshman Durand Scott on Tuesday

night setting a career high 34.3

number of minutes per game for

sophomore Shenise Johnson. That total

led the ACC.

FOOTBALL

RUN FOR IT: Chris Pelaez, a junior transfer right fi elder, runs to fi rst base following a single against Major League Baseball’s Florida Marlins Wednesday. The Marlins begin their Spring Training every year by playing the Hurricanes in an exhibition game at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. The Hurricanes lost in a blowout, 19-3.

STEVEN STUTS // Assistant Photo Editor

The Canes take on tough rivalsBY JUSTIN ANTWEILSPORTS EDITOR

RIVALRY WEEKEND

Friday at 7 p.m. UF vs. UM

Saturday at 7 p.m. UF vs. UM

Sunday at 3 p.m. UF vs. UM *All games can be heard on the fl agship station 90.5 FM

Up against Up against the Gatorsthe Gators

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Starting Pitcher Infi eld

Bullpen Outfi eld

Catcher Intangibles


Learning from the pastBASEBALL

When the University of Miami plays the University of Florida, it’s a big deal.

Some say the rivalry be-tween Florida State and Mi-ami is bigger because these two are ACC foes, but most Canes fans can agree that si-lencing the Gator chomp takes the cake.

The match-up was intense on the soccer field last fall as it

attracted a record numbers of fans to Cobb’s Sta-dium, 2,777, to come watch the two colleges take each other on in women’s soccer. UM lost this match 1-0.

Recently, Miami has not done much better against UF in other sports. In the fall of 2008, a young Hurricane football team lost to UF at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 26-3 after putting up a very re-spectable fight. The score was not indicative of how close the game was.

Last year, Miami’s men’s basketball team lost to UF 74-60 in the second round of the NIT tourna-ment. The Florida lead from the beginning.

UF’s mystique even affected the volleyball team. Although UM played hometown rival FIU, they lost a thrilling five-set match in Gainesville, home of the Gators.

Baseball did have some success in last year’s regular season. They swept UF in a three-game se-ries at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium by a combined score of 26-8. But UF had the last laugh, embarrass-ing UM in the 2009 Gainseville Regional as the No. 1 seed UF defeated No. 2 UM twice to eliminate the orange and green.

This weekend offers a chance for the Canes to redeem their reputation as a team superior to the Gators. UM baseball will face UF in a three-game series starting Friday night at 7 p.m. at Alex Rodri-guez Park at Mark Light Field.

Both teams are ranked in the top 25 so the at-mosphere should have an extra jolt of intensity.

Other chances to rebuild our record against UF are up in the air. It is unclear whether UM will have a post-season in basketball that might allow a possible match up against UF. The time is now for the Hurricanes, since Miami will not play Florida in football again until 2013.

So, UM fans, go to the game and see this ri-valry in action. Watch a talented Miami team try to rebuild their reputation by beating UF. It’s time to put a stop to the Gator chomp.

Ed S. Fishman may be contacted at [email protected].

Justin Antweil contributed to this report.

Stop the chomp

COMMENTARY

ED S. FISHMANOPINION EDITOR

These newcomers are not afraid.

Miami is off to a 6-1 start and it’s in large part thanks to the 15 new comers. Their ability to adjust to the D-1 game has been the key.

It’s a known fact that there is a huge difference between high school and college in the speed, mentality and the way the game is played.

College freshmen athletes have to adjust to this new level. The role that the upperclassmen baseball players have to play to get their underclassmen mentally and physically prepared for playing at a different level is vital.

“Playing with the older guys is fun and challenging because not only do they help guide you through your first year but they are always on you too,” freshman outfielder Michael Broad said. “They make sure you keep on task which is especially tough your first year as there is a lot of distractions.”

Assistant head coach JD Arteaga said this is critical for success.

“The biggest thing is passing on tradition,” Arteaga said. “The older boys have been with us for about three or four years so they know what it’s like. It’s the tradition to help them out and one of the biggest contributors of that is Chris [Hernandez].”

Returning Saturday starter junior Chris Hernandez is all about being a team leader and helping the new boys as much as possible.

“I try to be [the freshmen’s] friend because it builds team chemistry,” southpaw Hernandez said.

Junior reliever Iden Nazario believes it’s not just the physical part of the game the freshmen need to be aware of.

“As for helping the guys mentally, I tell them first and foremost it’s a long, long grinding season. Physically they need to maintain their bodies to avoid them from breaking down and having injuries,” Nazario said.

Nazario says staying optimistic and positive is the key.

“Mentally you always have to keep moving forward. If you make a mistake or have a bad game, to brush it off and think and worry about the next play or next game. There isn’t room for constant mental laps or errors. Think and analyze what happened, what caused for you to do whatever you did wrong and then work to get better. Always move forward,” he said.

Freshman midweek starter Steven Ewing tries to stay focused in order to have a successful season.

“I am staying focused on the goal [this season] which is going to Omaha, and always remember that everything we do is amplified whether it is good or bad,” he said.

Moreover, senior pitcher Michael Rudman from Miami gives his freshmen teammates advice on what classes to take each semester

and how to go about living life during season.

“I tell this to all the new kids: it’s going to be an overwhelming [the season]. The key is time management. Get into a routine that will work. Juggling baseball, school and a social life is very tough but you have to do it and not stress yourself out too much,” he said.

This is his fourth year being a student athlete and he feels he has a lot of experience and advice to help the freshmen pick a schedule that will benefit them during the off-season and season.

Picking the right classes during a grueling season is very important.

“Take as many classes as you can in the fall that work towards your degree. For example, I am in accounting and this past year I took four accounting classes and one elective. During the season it’s important to ease the load. Take one or two classes toward your major and some other electives that way the load isn’t too much. We will be missing a lot of class time and it’s going to be tough to catch up. So an easier load is ideal,” Rudman said.

For newcomer Rony Rodriguez, this upcoming weekend is going to be a big litmus test to see how the team gels together against the stout Florida Gators.

“Never,” Rodriguez said, referring to whether he has ever been part of an intense rivalry like UM and UF. “But I’m really looking forward to it.”

Michelle Salom may be contacted at [email protected].

Bonding important to winning gamesBY MICHELLE SALOMCONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

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Hurricanes prepare for ACC tournamentWOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The women’s basketball team can breathe a sigh of relief- it has a fresh start. The Canes (18-10, 4-10) will battle Wake Forest (18-8, 8-6) on Thursday at 11 a.m. in the first round of the ACC Tournament held in Greensboro, N.C.

Miami finished tied with Virginia Tech and Clemson in the cellar of the ACC, but due to tiebreakers UM finished dead last and was tabbed the No. 12 seed.

“It’s amazing how the ACC has been this year,” fifth-year head coach Katie Meier said. “You look and see UNC playing Maryland in the first round and usually that is a finals match.”

Miami has lost six ACC games by six points or less.

“I think we are in a good mode,”

Meier said. “We had a tough stretch towards the end there but we got a nice win in the last game on senior night that gave us the momentum and validation of how good we really are.”

Miami faded down the stretch losing five consecutive games before beating Boston College at the BankUnited Center last Sunday in the regular season finale in overtime 76-68. The Hurricanes have only lost two games all year by double digits, so they are a competitive group with a young nucleus.

“We have four wins in the ACC this year and they have come against the top 50 RPI,” Meier said. “We have proved we can win, we just need to find consistency.”

Miami lost to Wake Forest earlier in the year in Winston Salem 67-64. Miami has only won one ACC Tournament game since switching conferences in 2004.

Miami is led by a dynamic duo at the guard positions. Sophomore sensations Shenise Johnson and

Riquna Williams were named to the first and second All-ACC teams respectively.

“I am honored and touched that Shenise and Riquna got accolades from the ACC,” Meier said.

Johnson finished third in the ACC in scoring (18.6), tied for sixth in rebounding (7.6) and fifth in assists (4.4). The co-captain also led the ACC in minutes played averaging 34.3 a game.

Williams got off to a hot start but cooled down in conference play. The streaky shooter was still able to tally 19.5 points per game, good for second in the ACC. Williams has come off the bench the past four games and has been effective.

The Hurricanes have been known to play to its competition’s level this year. They have beaten ranked teams like Florida State and North Carolina but have lost to teams like Virginia Tech and Clemson.


SQUEEZED: Georgia Tech defenders trap sophomore forward Shenise Johnson during the Feb. 21 match up.

ALEX BROADWELL // The Miami Hurricane

Fresh start looms for 12th seedBY JUSTIN ANTWEILSPORTS EDITOR

WHAT: Women’s Basketball ACC TournamentWHEN: Thurs. at 11 a.m.

WHO: Miami vs. Wake ForestHOW: Listen on 90.5 FM or wvum.org

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Emotions ran high on North Carolina’s Senior Night and the Miami Hurricanes were simply caught up in the middle of it, with the exception of one budding freshman.

Even a strong second-half comeback by Hurricanes couldn’t stop the Tar Heels’ 2,000 school victory with Mi-ami (18-11, 4-11) falling to North Carolina (16-14, 5-10), 69-62.

But freshman guard Du-rand Scott was not phased by the history and the powder blue as he collected a career-high 29 points.

For the first time in six seasons, the Hurricanes didn’t win an ACC road game and the Canes have lost for their 10th

time in their past 13 games. All of Miami’s losses have come in the ACC this season.

“I felt like we had our chanc-es,” said Haith, whose team shot eight of 34 from three-pointers. “If one of those shots would have gone down, it’s a different game. We had some great looks and they just didn’t go.”

Throughout his freshmen year, Scott has always stepped up to the plate when the Hurri-canes took on a top program.

Against Minnesota in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Scott made clutch baskets tallying 20 points.

Against Duke, Scott scored 19 points and had four assists. Tuesday night against North Carolina, Scott scored a career-best 29 points, the most points scored by a Hurricane this sea-son.

“Durand was outstanding, and he’s been outstanding,” Haith said. “The future is bright

for our program, no question about it. We’ve got some good, young talent, and they’re learn-ing a valuable lesson this year, getting a lot of playing time.”

Scott scored 16 of his points in the second half and finished 11-for-15 from the f loor. His 29 points are the second highest scoring effort by a freshman in the ACC this season.

“I came into this game pre-pared,” Scott said. “I talked to coach, and he asked me if I had hit the wall and I said, ‘No.’ So he said to go full out from here on out. That’s how I’m treating every game like that and we’ll see how we end up.”

But it was hard for Scott to get some help from his team-mates. While Scott shot 73 per-cent from the field, the rest of his teammates were a combined 12-of-51 from the f loor.

They also got thrashed on the boards with the Tar Heels

collecting 51 rebounds to Mi-ami’s 27.

Miami will host their Se-nior Day this Saturday against rival Florida State at noon. That

game can be heard on 90.5 FM WVUM.

Lelan LeDoux may be contacted at [email protected].

Scott shines despite another road lossMEN’S BASKETBALL

TO THE PAINT: Freshman guard Durand Scott drives to the basket against a Tar Heel defender during Tuesday night’s loss.

WILL COOPER // The Daily Tar Heel

Heels stomp on Canes in Dean DomeBY LELAN LEDOUXASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

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March 4 - March 7, 2010 THE MIAMI HURRICANE DEAR V 15

dear ...Dear V: Two is company... is three a crowd?

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Dear V,

I have been with my boyfriend now for about 7 months and so far we have had a good relationship with a lot of chemistry. In addition to that, the sex is amazing and I would probably label it as the best sex I have ever had with any man. I am immensely attracted to him and turned on by him, but lately I have newly discovered that I have a strong attraction to women.

So I mentioned to him the idea of a threesome and, like any man, he was interested. I really think it would take our sexual experience together to the next level and I THINK that I would be turned on by the idea of watching him being pleasured, as well as myself, by a third party. Naturally, of course, I am afraid this will damage the relationship we have.

I also am not sure if I will be able to handle watching him please another woman (and vice versa), even though I have a

more than willing desire to partake in such an adventure. What kind of consequences could result by giving into my desires? Is this adventure worth the pain?

Sincerely,

Stuck in Between

Dear Stuck in Between,

Props to you for initiating this new leap in your rela-tionship, most women find the thought of adding an ad-dition in the bedroom daunting. This could prove to be a very exciting experience for you and your boyfriend, especially with your new found attraction to females. Threesomes are certainly a new way to spice up a sex life, but you’re smart in wondering about what could go wrong in this tricky situation.

If your boyfriend is the jealous type, you’ll want to make sure he doesn’t get too upset by your potential in-

teractions with another partner (and vise versa). You don’t want this adventure to end up creating a rift between you two. Seeing your man fool around with an-other woman can be very difficult to most women, so you’ll want to think long and hard about this decision. It’s usually best if the third addition is a stranger; invit-ing a close friend can create some awkward situations after the fact, and you want this experience to enhance your sex life, not destroy your friendships.

Overall, if you feel confident about it and your boy-friend seems excited, I don’t think it should be an issue. You seem like an adventuresome chick, and this seems like an adventure that right up your ally.

Good luck,

V

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