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.The Miami Vol. 93, Issue 37 | Feb. 26 - March 1, 2015

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Greek, Engineering weeks take over campusStudent organizations share their spirit with a variety of events throughout the week. Greek Week is a Homecom-ing-like competition that unites fraternities and sororities to raise money for charity. Engineering students host a medley of entertaining and educational activities to connect the student body with science and technology.

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RED HOT COMPETITION: Members of Zeta Tau Alpha cheer on their fellow red team members during Greek Weeks Greek Gods and Goddesses event on Wednesday night. Red team member Stephanie Schwartz, a sister of Zeta Tau Alpha, won with a tap dancing routine. Christoph Rodriguez, a brother of Alpha Sigma Phi from the orange team was crowned God.

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2 NEWS THE MIAMI HURRICANE February 26 - March 1, 2015

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Engineering Week hosts coding, canoe events

The atmosphere of the Student Activities Center (SAC) Ballroom is both quiet and electri-fied as the clock crawls through an early Sunday afternoon. Empty soda cans, blankets and wires are strewn across the floor. Ringing through the air is the hum of intense discussion and the mut-ed energy of over a hundred students running on dubious amounts of sleep, caffeine, catered food and adrenaline.

This is UHack, the University of Miamis fourth annual hackathon, a 24-hour marathon of brainstorming, problem-solving and attempt-ing to develop viable software. UHack kicked off Engineers Week (E-Week) this past week-end.

Hackathons are what passionate coders live for, but as these focused innovation efforts continue to prove their practical advantage in addition to their recreational appeal each year, they are gaining a larger and more varied fol-lowing.

The backing for hackathons has burgeoned over these past few years. Indications of this in-clude the appearance of organizations like Ma-jor League Hacking (MLH), which was found-ed in 2012 and sanctions collegiate hackathons like UHack. According to its website, MLH seeks to provide mentorship and expertise to college organizers. Other networks, like Hacker League or large Facebook pages like Hackathon Hackers, help groups organize their own hack-

athons, find hackathons to attend and swap tips and tricks of the coding trade.

According to avid programmers, program-ming in real life does not always resemble our glamorized computer-savvy misconceptions.

Rather, hacking is collaborative not the work of a single computer wiz. Successful projects are often the result of brainstorming and collaboration, as with any traditional business project.

Programming is very collaborative, we work together, UHack 2015 Chair Alex Ruhl-man said. He is a sophomore majoring in soft-ware engineering.

Its not just some guy sitting in the base-ment, he said.

Hackathons formation allows groups of skilled individuals to congregate in one place, where all of their needs snacks, water and even air mattresses are taken care of. This leaves teammates with only their ideas to focus on for the next 24 to 48 hours.

Programming can also be practical and ac-cessible. In the past two to three years, there has been a push to develop programming literacy through initiatives like an Hour of Code, which started in 2013 by a nonprofit called Code.org. Activities offered on the website include Code with Anna and Elsa, and an Angry Birds cod-ing overview.

While games like these can be effective and exciting introductions to programming, Ruhlman emphasizes that these are only spring-boards for individuals who want to further their coding ability.

I think theyre really good at introducing people. But theyre designed to be accessible; theyre designed to be easy enough for anyone to do, yet entertaining enough to keep people

interested, Ruhlman said. If you look at what youre actually doing [in most of those pro-grams], its only about seven hours of work at a very beginner level.

Ruhlman cautioned against the image that coding can be easily dabbled in as a casual hob-by. Rather, he compared it to learning an instru-ment. While many have the potential to master the skill, he said, achieving fluency requires the same discipline that it takes to differentiate be-tween a pair of hands playing Chopsticks on the piano, and another performing Rach-maninoff.

Coding isnt just something that you can just do and then get, he said. It take years and years of problem-solving skills. Its up to you and how far you want to take it.

Likewise, hackathons are opportunities for beginning programmers to advance their in-troductory skills. UHack includes activities for a spectrum of skill levels, including challenges and video game modifications for beginners. There are even places for those with no coding skills at all.

When I went to EDHackathon, [a small event at] LAB Miami, I saw that you dont need a lot of programming experience to enjoy this event, Ruhlman said. If youre in public relations, and you want to make an app more user-friendly and appealing, if youre in graphic design, if youre in communications; these are all useful skills to have.

UHack beneficial for all majors, skill levelsBY JACKIE YANGOPINION EDITOR

GROUPME, a popular group-messaging platform used by many students on this campus, was created during a TechCrunch hackathon in 2010 and eventually purchased by Skype.

PHONEGAP, a software used to develop mobile applications, was born out of the 2008 hackathon iPhoneDevCamp in San Francisco. Its parent company was purchased by Adobe in 2012.

Stock photography website SHUTTERSTOCK hosts internal hack-athons for its staff, and many prod-ucts of these hackathons are even-tually implemented in the company throughout the year.

Virtual concepts, real successes

These apps and websites were developed by past hackathon events across the country.

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E-WEEK

LYSSA GOLDBERG // ONLINE EDITOR

Concrete cruises lake

ROW YOUR BOAT: The Engineers Week (E-Week) concrete canoes event took place on Lake Osceola on Tuesday. UMs chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) constructed canoes made of concrete as part of the ASCE Southeast Student Conference. Concrete canoe competitions have been part of ASCEs activities since 1988. ASCE students navigated the lake and invited bystanders to join in an eff ort to promote E-Week.

E-Week continues Thursday with Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and Friday with Happ-E-Hour at the Rathskeller.

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February 26 - March 1, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE NEWS 3

INTERNATIONAL NIGHT: HAITI

The University of Miami campus is invited to spend a night learning about Haiti and how God ts into the Haitian culture. Sponsored by Baptist Collegiate Ministry, InterVarsity Chris-tian Fellowship and Planet Kreyol, students are welcome to join others from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27 at Baptist Student Union, across from Mahoney-Pearson Residential Hall, on 1200 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, Fla. 33146.

HEALTHCARE MEET-UP

Toppel Career Center will be hosting a meet-up for students interested in the health-care industry, where they will be invited to an employer panel. Brought to students by Alpha Epsilon Delta, HealthCanes and Health Stud-ies Student Association, professionals repre-senting pharmacy, health administration and

public health will be meeting with students to explain their careers. For a list of participating organizations, visit tinyurl.com/healthcare-toppel. The event will begin from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3 at Toppel Career Center.

CANES CAMP OUT

Students excited about the mens bas-ketball team have the chance to camp out for the University of North Carolina game with free dinner, ice cream, breakfast, tents and other activities. Co-sponsored with Hurricane Productions (HP), Canes Night Live (CNL) and Canes After Dark (CAD), students can enjoy in atables, music and hourly raf es. Students can receive a wristband in the morning to re-ceive priority seating for the game. Camping begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, and the game begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the BankUnited Center.

Alina Zerpa may be contacted at [email protected].

CREATING CHARACTERS: Graduate student Sukru Senveli practices Chinese calligraphy during the Lunar New Year events held on the UC Patio Monday night.

VICTORIA MCKABA // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

NEWS BRIEFS

CAMPUS LIFE CRIME AND SAFETY

Events conflict in activities center Pipe burst causes dorm evacuation

Simone Douglas, president of the Engineering Advisory Board (EAB), reserved the Student Activities Cen-ters (SAC) ballrooms for Engineering Week (E-Week) events. But E-Week had to give up those spaces to make room for Greek Weeks blood drive, even though Douglas made the reser-vation in advance.

This is one of many challenges Student Center Complex (SCC) As-sociate Director Brandon Gross and his office face on a daily basis. SCC staff schedule about 40 reservations per day for the 290 student organiza-tions throughout the complex, which includes the SAC, the Lakeside Patio and Stage, the University Center, the Breezeway, the Rock and Foote Green.

This week was particularly dif-ficult because of the vast number of large-scale events, such as Greek Week, E-Week, Orange Fest and Week of Cuban Culture, which kicks off this Friday.

According to Gross, while reser-vations are handled on a first-come,

first-served basis, certain events are prioritized depending on their nature.

If we get a community event that is going to pay $5,000 to be in the ball-rooms, and we get a student event that wants to be in the same place at the same time, we give it to the student or-ganization because its your building, so we want to give you the opportunity first, he said.

Some of the E-Week events that were moved included the M. Lewis Temares Entrepreneurship Forum, which was moved to the Newman Alumni Center, and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

As a result, EAB had to pay for the Newman Alumni Center venue and use approximately $3,500 from its budget to rent a tent for the SWE event.

It was a shame to see organiza-tions put out additional money for ven-ues when we have the SAC ballrooms to use, Douglas said. We hope next year will be different and would like to cooperate with the student leaders of Greek Life to avoid this overlap again.

Gross says that it has also been a challenge to deal with the Flamingo Ballrooms loss in the UC.

Weve had to make some deci-sions with the schedules, and it obvi-ously took a lot to make everything happen, but we want to do as much as

we can, he said. If we can find a way to say Hey, could you start your event one hour later so that this other event can also happen? most of the time the students are willing to help each other and support the other events. We try not to say no.

Greek Week Executive Board members did not seem to have difficul-ties with their events reservations in the SCC.

Part of the reason for the success with reservations was early planning at the beginning of the fall semester, ac-cording to co-chair Danielle Morabito. If conflicts occurred, it was only a mat-ter of sitting down and sorting sched-ules out.

We try our best to work with other organizations in order to ensure that everyone has the space they need, she said.

Daniela Lorenzo, president-elect for the Federacion de Estudiantes Cu-banos (FEC), has worked with SCC reservations and recognized that, while schedules may sometimes con-flict, a solution is always proposed.

Ive worked with them a lot and, although sometimes things clash, they really try their hardest to help students and make everything run smoothly, Lorenzo said. They also get a lot of reservations, so its a lot of stuff to man-age.

Sophomore Mahoney resident Nicole Katz was sitting in her room when students were asked to evacuate.

I just figured it was another fire drill, she said. Mahoney and Pearson Residential College residents

were evacuated from their dorms on Wednesday afternoon after a sprinkler pipe burst.

At first it was kind of scary since we didnt really have any idea what was happening, she added.

Katz also said that though no announcement was made about the situation, everyone outside calmed down after a while.

Since there didnt seem to be any visual damage or a fire occurring when we were outside, things calmed down, she said. Then it was just a waiting game of when wed be let back in.

Katz said students were outside for about 30 minutes. As of 5 p.m., students were let back inside the building.

Officials say that the university is dealing with the burst sprinkler pipe. This leak is responsible for three to four inches of standing water in the basement, which will be pumped out.

There was no impact on student floors and no one was hurt.

Facilities and other personnel are on site cleaning up and removing water.

Limited space causes clashesBY SOPHIE BARROSSTAFF WRITER

Mahoney, Pearson residents asked to exit buildingBY ERIKA GLASSMANAGING NEWS EDITOR

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Eddie Sanchezs video on the dunk tank fundraiser for E-Week

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4 NEWS THE MIAMI HURRICANE February 26 - March 1, 2015

Greek Week events cover campus

GREEKS UNITE: Fraternity and sorority members participate in United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Trivia Night and in the blood drive to accumulate points for the annual Greek Week competition. Seven teams made up of UMs Greek organizations come together to participate in a week-long series of events as part of the competition. According to umiamigreekweek.org, the events mission is to create and promote unity within the Greek com-munity and to raise money for UCP of South Florida, the designated charity for UMs Greek community.

GIANCARLO FALCONI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

GREEK LIFE

CAMPUS LIFE

Victim of deadly factory collapse shares story

Mahinoor Begum has been an apparel worker since she was 13 years old. She was one of the many who was working for VF Corpora-tion (VF) in Rana Plaza, Bangladesh when the factory collapsed and killed 1,100 workers in April 2013.

Im a survivor, she said.Begum shared her experience with Uni-

versity of Miami students and members of the student-led organization Students Toward a New Democracy (STAND) Tuesday at the Stu-dent Activities Center. STAND is attempting to convince the university to cut their contract with VF, the clothing manufacturing company that employs Begum and introduce more sweatshop-free clothing at the campus bookstore.

The UM bookstore sells Jansport, Nike and Adidas products, all owned by VF, the larg-

est apparel manufacturing brand in the world. The company subcontracts factories in countries like Haiti, Taiwan and Bangladesh where they wont be liable when situations such as Rana Plaza occur.

We want students to use their leverage to help workers have a safe working space, said Kalpona Akter, Begums translator and union organizer. Mahinoor represents every worker of Rana Plaza.

Akter began working when she was 14-year-old and became a union organizer by age 17. During her time as executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity, she has faced criminal charges and has been im-prisoned for her actions.

There have been building collapses be-fore Rana Plaza but no one cared because there werent enough deaths, Akter said. Work-ers still arent considered as a human being in 2015.

Begum has only ever known 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. work days. She is also used to enduring continued verbal and physical abuse.

Rana Plaza is built over a pond that was filled with sand. Although it was supposed to be a five-story building, the owner built an extra four floors with the excuse that an engineer had approved the renovation.

According to Begum, on the day of the col-lapse, workers noticed a crack on the third floor and refused to work. The following morning, af-ter being forced to enter the building, the power went out within 30 minutes. Generators were turned on, and the building shook.

We all knew it was unsafe, Begum said. I dont know what I felt at the moment.

A machine first fell on her right leg and concrete hit her head, making her left ear bleed and leaving her unconscious.

I saw my co-workers die and everyone was asking for help, Begum said. I was sent to a hospital for 28 days with a lost toe, wasnt cured fully but got sent home anyway.

Begum received $1,100 as compensation for the collapse, but she says she used the money for medical costs and to help take care of her family. The amount she received for compen-sation is more than a years worth of work for

an average worker like Begum, who typically makes around $816 a year.

According to national organizer for United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), Morgan Currier, Adidas has 12,032 factories all over the world. In Bangladesh, VF subcontracts 90 facto-ries and employs 190,000 workers.

Currier said that in these factories across the world, workers endure long hours, sexual harassment and not enough pay.

No one is holding these corporations re-sponsible, Currier said. If these companies start losing contracts, they ruin their money and reputation among colleges.

Although not purchasing these brands is an option, it wont do much, according to Currier.

It is the corporations fault when you buy $30 jeans, but people like Mahinoor are only getting a cent and the factory is making $2, At-ker said. Who enjoys the bigger piece of pie?

Survivor advocates fair worker treatmentBY ALINA ZERPAASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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February 26 - March 1, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE OPINION 5

STAFF EDITORIAL

Between violence per-petrated by ISIS in the Middle East and the rising Islamophobic senti-ment in the United States and Europe, the topic of Islam and its relation to extrem-ist violence has been on the tips of everyones tongues. Conservative and liberal pundits alike have taken to attacking the Muslim faith

most notably folks like Bill Maher, who has been using his television airtime to launch an ideologi-cal crusade against Islam.

What weve said all along, and have been called bigots for it, is when theres this many bad apples, theres something wrong with the orchard, said Maher on his show Real Time.

Alongside Maher (perhaps Maher is the one alongside them) are New Atheist authors and speakers like Sam Harris, who are outspoken about their beliefs. They think that religion, par-ticularly Islam, is societys central, most dangerous problem and thus must be extinguished.

Writers and scholars like Reza Aslan have been quick to challenge Maher and Harris on their

ideological aggression. But even so, it has become clear that the Western publics opinion of Islam has been deteriorating.

This anti-Islamic sentiment manifested tragi-cally on Feb. 10 when Craig Stephen Hicks, an avowed, outspoken atheist, shot and killed three young Muslim college students: Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Ra-zan Mohammad Abu-Salha, in their home in Chapel Hill, N.C.. The most revealing thing about this shooting, however, was not the Islamophobic prejudice that drove the murders, but the relatively muted reaction from the countrys media and poli-ticians.

Contrasting to the outrage expressed towards Januarys Charlie Hebdo shooting, the response to the Chapel Hill murders can best be described as relatively apathetic. News coverage lasted only a day or two. There were no marches or protests, but quiet vigils held for the slain students.

While the Charlie Hebdo attack resulted in an extended (and largely misinformed) outcry in the media about the defense of free speech, hardly a word has exited the mouths of these news pundits concerning the defense of freedom of religion as it applies to Islam.

Though I do not intend to suggest that the writers and comics behind Charlie Hebdo had it coming or asked for what happened to them, its worth noting that their publication was based on being intentionally provocative. The staff of the magazine had been threatened many times in the past, yet felt strongly enough about the content of their work that they refused to yield.

Charlie Hebdo did go toe-to-toe ideologi-cally with quite a few dangerous people, and their response was savage and brutal. Those murders were tragedies, which was the result of a risk that the writers of Charlie Hebdo willingly took and gave their lives for.

By contrast, Barakat and the Abu-Salhas took no such risk. Their only offense, in the eyes of Hicks, was their religion and culture.

Andrew Allen is a sophomore majoring in commu-nications.

ANDREW ALLENCONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

Violence is violence, regardless of ideology

Frustrations mount over spotty SecureCanesIn an era when most of our work is completed online, a strong wire-

less Internet connection is tantamount to efficiency. An unreliable wireless connection could be the root cause of major problems for busy students, resulting in late assignment submissions or an inability to access course materials.

The University of Miami Information Technology department (UMIT) has revamped the wireless infrastructure over the past two years by switching from WirelessCanes to the encrypted network, SecureCanes, and installing thousands of new wireless access points throughout the resi-dential colleges to improve connection quality.

For the most part, SecureCanes is not particularly problematic in classrooms and residential areas. However, many students still express frustration with the reliability of the connection, reporting occasional spot-ty connection in the dining halls and the Storer Auditorium at the School of Business, as well as irregular, temporary connection problems across campus. Often, users turn to CanesGuest the unsecure wireless network meant for temporary guest use as an alternative.

The fact that students resort to other networks undermines the pur-pose of SecureCanes. If the very network that is meant to provide a more secure, reliable connection is outperformed by CanesGuest, SecureCanes clearly has room for improvement.

In addition, even if occasional spottiness in the network is unavoid-able, more transparency and understanding about network issues should

be afforded to the students. The Student Technology Help Desk is meant to be a resource for assisting students with connection issues if the problem arises from the network itself, the help desk should say so. Students have at-tested that even when no one around them could connect to SecureCanes, the Help Desk attributed the problem to the individuals computer, rather than providing a clear answer about the networks issues.

For comparison, the Office of Information Technology at the Geor-gia Institute of Technology has a live service status spreadsheet that shows exactly which elements of the network infrastructure are experiencing problems.

However, students perplexed by their connectivity issues can also take the initiative to look out for alerts from UMIT on their webpage, where students can see scheduled maintenances or reported issues.

Reliability of internet connection is essential to the quality of campus life and academic work. While the campus network is much better than it was in 2013, this is not the finish line. Further improvements can be made, not only in the quality of the network, but also through transparent com-munication of network problems with users.

Attempts were made to reach out to UMIT with no response.

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

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6 ADVERTISEMENT THE MIAMI HURRICANE February 26 - March 1, 2015

Miami, Florida

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 20156:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Doors open at 5:45 p.m.)BankUnited Center at the University of Miami

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

CHELSEA CLINTON42nd President of the United States

Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation

hosted by

OPENING PLENARY SESSION

LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETSFebruary 26 & 27 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

This event is open only to UM students, faculty, staff, invited guests, and CGI U attendees. Tickets are required and are available on a rst-come, rst-served basis. You must have a valid Cane Card (UM ID) to receive your ticket(s); only one ID card per person will be permitted.

STUDENT TICKETS Limit one ticket per person, will be available at:

CORAL GABLES CAMPUSWhitten University Center Ticket Window9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

MILLER SCHOOL CAMPUSM.D. students will receive an email with instructions on obtaining tickets. Graduate students (who are not employees) go to the Ofce of Graduate Studies, Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Suite 112810 a.m. - 4 p.m.

ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL CAMPUSGraduate Studies Ofce, S/A Building, Suite 1309 a.m. - 4 p.m.

FACULTY AND STAFF TICKETSLimit two tickets per person, will be available at:

CORAL GABLES CAMPUSStudent Activities Center, Suite 2069 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

MILLER SCHOOL CAMPUSDominion Tower, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Suite 3021 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL CAMPUSDeans Ofce, SLAB Building, Suite 1079 a.m. - 4 p.m.

For security purposes, the following items are not permitted in the

BankUnited Center: bags larger than 8 x 11, signs, video and

audio recorders, and cameras. For the complete list of items not

permitted in the BankUnited Center, visit bankunitedcenter.com.

PANELISTS

AMERICA FERRERAActress and activist

TAWAKKOL KARMANYemeni journalist, politician, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate

PAUL LOREM Yale University student who grew up in a South Sudanese refugee camp

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February 26 - March 1, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE EDGE 7

ANDREA CESPEDES // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

To live like a tourist is a novel piece of advice that guides students to enjoy the beautiful views offered by the sprawl-ing city they call home for four years. One of the features that makes Miami such a popular destination is the crystalline, turquoise water surrounding modern skyscrapers.

While tourists come in droves to the Magic City during spring break, students have the upper hand. Take advantage of what Miami has to offer, and explore the area while appreciating the beauty of the citys geographical location and archi-tectural developments.

BY ANDREA CESPEDESCONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

To see the downtown skyline, with a clear view of the iconic MacArthur Causeway, hop on the 395 bridge heading east and get off at the Miami Chil-drens Museum exit. While making a right, continue on the road that leads directly under the bridge. Find a place to park and walk toward the water to admire one of the most famous views of Miami. This view is even more special at sunset.

After viewing the skyline, get back on the MacArthur Causeway and head south to Alton Road, down to South Pointe Pier. From there, visitors can see the downtown skyline, as well as the port and cranes captured in many photos of Miami Beach. This is another great spot to watch the sunset. Be sure to stroll around the park to capture the picturesque view from different angles framed by palm trees.

To exit Miami Beach through another scenic route, head north on Alton Road until the Venetian Causeway. Make a left on that intersection and drive west. On this causeway, students can enjoy a drive with intracoastal waters, where many sailboats remain year round.

The last stop is a lighthouse located in Key Biscayne. Visitors can enter Bill Baggs State Park to visit the Cape Florida Light. On Saturday, the light-house allows guests to go all the way up to the top, offering a pleasant view overlooking Miamis beaches and downtown. Guests can also park on one of the beaches along Key Biscayne to dig their toes in the sand while admiring the views that this tropical city offers.DESIGN BY EMMA DEARDORFF

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Experienced professor to retire from theater department

After five years as the producing artis-tic director at the Jerry Herman Ring The-atre and the director of conservatory pro-grams, Henry Fonte will retire from UM at the end of this spring semester to pursue independent projects in writing and direct-ing.

Although the official title is that Im retiring, I am not retiring, Fonte said. I am retiring from this job, but I want to move on to new projects. Im a person who likes to invent rather than keep. New works are my passion, and I really want to jump back into that.

Originally from Havana, Cuba, Fonte graduated from Miami High School in 1969 and went on to earn two degrees from Uni-versity of Florida (UF) a Bachelor of Arts in 1973 and a Master of Arts in teaching in 1976.

Fonte left Florida to begin his act-ing career in Washington, D.C.. He then launched his directing career in New York

City as a found-ing member of The Pearl Theatre Company, where he developed, wrote and direct-ed.

In 1998, he founded the New Works Develop-ment Program at The Hartt School at the University

of Hartford in Connecticut and developed a lasting association with Goodspeed Mu-sicals during his tenure. He is now coming to a close on his latest project: his five-year tenured career at the University of Miami.

He did a lot of great things for our department, I think, junior Rachel Eddy said. He made a lot of big steps forward. The partnership with the Arsht is such a big deal. I hope that were able to keep that.

During his time at the University, Fonte has brought the theater program out-side of the campus bubble. His direction of

a collaboration between the Adrienne Ar-sht Center for the Performing Arts and the university allowed UM students to perform in big name shows like Metamorphoses and Peter and the Starcatcher at a well-attended, off-campus theater.

When I first got here, I was looking for a second space in which to produce, Fonte said. I wanted to keep the Jerry Her-man Ring Theatre as a sort of classroom, and produce somewhere else. Weve now done four collaborations with the Arsht Center. Its been great working with them and having that kind of exposure for our students.

In order to offer UMs theater program a professional perspective, Fonte drew on his experiences of directing more than 60 performances, working on 16 new plays and 14 new musicals at The Hartt School and writing for companies across the country. In the past five years, he has brought es-teemed artists like Tommy Tune, Nilo Cruz and Moiss Kaufman to campus.

Its not just as if wed have a famous person come in and do a master class for

two hours. Weve had really famous people come and stay for six weeks, Fonte said.

Tune came and developed a new all-student cast musical, Fifty*Four*Forever, with the department. During the process, students worked with Tune, as well as play-wright Mark Saltzman and Broadway cos-tume designer Dona Granata.

In every case, these professionals have been really proud of our students, Fonte said.

Though Fonte will no longer lead the universitys theater community, he hopes his time with the program will leave a lega-cy of professionalism and international col-laboration.

Our theater really runs like a profes-sional theater now, he said. We brought in some really A-list actors; some of inter-national acclaim. Our city is an interna-tional city, and I wanted that to reflect in our program. I just wanted us to be a vi-brant part of the university, a vibrant part of the city and a vibrant part of the national scene and weve gotten that.

BY HALEY WALKERSENIOR EDGE WRITER

FONTE

The last five years

October 2011, directed by Fonte

October 2014, performed with the Adrienne Arsht Center

November 2011, directed by Tommy Tune

November 2014, original adaptation with Moises Kaufman

Since 2010, Fonte has led the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre as artistic producer and has overseen several productions. Here are some notable plays that have been staged during his time at UM.

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February 26 - March 1, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE SPORTS 9

SPORTS

HITTING HARD: Freshman Wendy Zhang prepares to return a ball during Fridays game against Florida Gulf Coast University. This was the fi rst game of the womens tennis teams three-game home stretch. The Canes will take on Wake Forest Friday.

WOMENS TENNIS

GIAN PIERO // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Tough matchups ahead in ACC play

No. 20National

ranking for Hurricanes womens

tennis

The Hurricanes womens tennis team has gained momentum after last weeks 6-1 victory over Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU).

A change-up in singles and doubles combina-tions proved the potential and chemistry that this group holds. It will be necessary for the Hurricanes to utilize these strengths with Atlantic Coast Con-ference (ACC) play starting up this weekend.

After a handful of out-of-conference wins, com-bined with a difficult tournament against the coun-trys top-ranked opponents, the No. 9 Hurricanes must be prepared for the most important stretch of their season.

Regardless of ranking, conference matchups consistently provide tough competition, especially when five of the teams are in the top 25, the most out of any conference.

It seems like once you start ACC play, every-thing is just kind of a blur, said Head Coach Paige

Yaroshuk-Tews. If youre not ready to play, youre going to have your tail handed to you, and the girls know that, and the level has to be high beginning Friday, but I think were ready. I think were ready, and its only going to make us better.

No. 10-ranked Stephanie Wagner, who is also No. 7 when paired with Lina Lileikite in doubles, leads a group of four other singles players, all of whom are ranked in the top 90 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

Rising freshman Sinead Lohan moved up to No. 45 on the singles list last week. Veteran duo Clementina Riobueno and Monique Albuquerque were also ranked at No. 17.

The Hurricanes will take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at home 4 p.m. Friday.

Team to begin ACC competition after latest win BY ALEXA PAPPAS SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

HURRICANES V. DEMON DEACONS

WHERE: Neil Schiff Tennis Center WHEN: 4 p.m. FridayWHAT: The Canes womens tennis team will continue their home stand against Wake Forest.

WOMENS BASKETBALLThe Hurricanes are heading to Wake Forrest

(10-18, 1-13 ACC) in their last regular season road game on Thursday. Tip off will be at 7 p.m. Miami has won three straight games against Wake Forest and leads 9-8 in the all-time series. In last seasons two meetings, the Canes won 84-53 at Wake Forest in January and then defeated them at home 72-64 in February. The Canes received votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll for the fth time this season, though they remain unranked. As the season winds down, the Canes will look to possible postseason runs with a current 19-8 record overall and 8-6 in the ACC.

TRACK & FIELDThe Hurricanes are running back to action at

the ACC Indoor Championships in Blacksburg, Va. this weekend. Virginia Tech will be hosting the championships this year. Athletes will seek to bet-ter their rankings for the 2015 NCAA Indoor Cham-pionships on March 13-14. Sophomore Shakima Wimbley will be defending her title as ACC indoor 200m champion and as a member of last years gold medal-winning 4x400m relay. This season, Wimbley established an ACC and school record with her time of 51.82 seconds in the 400m on Jan. 23.

Senior Lea Johnson will also be defending her womens weight throw ACC indoor title from a year ago. The events take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with nals on Saturday available for view-ing on ESPN 3.

MENS TENNISIts a full weekend of tennis in Miami. In addi-

tion to the womens team playing Wake Forest on Friday, the Hurricanes mens tennis team will play a double header against Bethune-Cookman on Sat-urday.

The No. 71 Canes will attempt to bounce back from their 4-3 loss to No. 48 Pepperdine on Valen-tines Day. The matches begin at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Courtney Fiorini may be emailed at [email protected].

SPORTS BRIEFS

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10 SPORTS THE MIAMI HURRICANE February 26 - March 1, 2015

Canes win rivalry matchup

CLOSE CALL: Junior center Tonye Jekiri (No. 23) and redshirt junior guard Angel Rodriguez (No. 13) defend Florida States Xavier Rathan-Mayes during Wednesday nights game.

Capitalizing off 11 FSU turnovers, the Hurricanes defeated the Seminoles 81-77.

After taking on rival FSU, the Hurricanes will be faced with their final home game against No. 15 North Carolina at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Junior guard Sheldon McClellan is listed on the 16-player watch list for the inaugural 2015 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. The award recognizes the top shooting guards in Division I mens college basketball.

As of Mondays national statistics, McClellan has the top shooting percentage in the nation by a guard in the Big 5 conferences and is seventh best by a guard in the nation.

Over the course of this season, Miami has had a number of wins against top 25 teams, but the team finds itself on the NCAA Tournament bubble as the regular season winds down.

MENS BASKETBALL

NICK GANGEMI // PHOTO EDITOR

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February 26 - March 1, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE DEAR V 11

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Greek Week Blood DriveBNt4"$#BMMSPPNTGive back and give blood as part of Greek Week. For every pint we donate, $5 also gets donated to UCP, so you are doing double the good! In appreciation, there will be tons of food, awesome t-shirts, and exciting giveaways! So swing on by the SAC Ballrooms with your Cane card and dont forget to bring your friends! All members of the UM community are encouraged to donate.

Ibis Yearbook PortraitsBNt4"$OE'MPPSDont miss out - Ibis Yearbook is starting its last session of portraiting for the year! Seniors, underclassmen, and graduate students are welcome! Seniors can set up their appointments at ibisyearbook.com.

Pier 21 Presents: Safe Spring BreakDont Go OverboardQNt6$3PDLPier 21 will be out on the Rock with dif-ferent campus partners each day, as well as different educational materials (cover-ing: personal safety, highway safety, sun safety, and AODP) snacks and giveaways.

Patio Jams ft. Javier NeroQNt4"$-BLFTJEF4UBHFBe prepared to be overwhelmed with the sweet jazz sounds of Javier Nero. A

Juilliard and UMiami graduate, Nero has been getting some serious attention from music moguls around the world, and this week its our turn to have him. Free merch, snacks, and coffee will be provided.

WVUM Sports Cane TalkQNt3BUITLFMMFSCatch up on Hurricane sports news with WVUM live from the Rathskeller every Thursday from 1-2 p.m.

BAM Closing Ceremonies QN t 6$ #SFF[FXBZ 4"$ "DUJWJUJFTNorth and SouthSponsored by United Black Students, Pre-Black Law Students Association, Ham-NPOE#VUMFS*OTQJSBUJPOBM$IPJS%SFBNDefenders.

RAB AGLO(W) PartyQNt3BUITLFMMFSLooking for fun on a Thursday night? You dont need to look far. Come to the Raths-keller and celebrate Greek Week with a late night dance party from 10pm-mid-night. Free food, good music and a good time, #AtTheRat.

Orange FestivalBNt4"$1SPNFOBEFThe 3rd Annual Orange Festival celebrates our university, its history, its traditions and our pride in the U. Come out for free food, free giveaways and learn something new about the U!

Ibis Yearbook PortraitsBNt4"$OE'MPPSDont miss out - Ibis Yearbook is starting its last session of portraiting for the year! Seniors, underclassmen, and graduate students are welcome! Seniors can set up their appointments at ibisyearbook.com.

Womens Tennis vs. Wake ForestQNt/FJM4DIJ5FOOJT$FOUFS

Engineers Week: CoE Happy-E-HourQNt3BUITLFMMFSJoin the Engineering Advisory Board and College of Engineering Alumni Association for an evening of networking at the Rathskeller! Appetizers and drinks will be served. Please contact Simone Douglas at [email protected].

Baseball vs. Wright StateQNt.BSL-JHIU'JFME

Greek Week Organized CheerQNt4"$-BLFTJEF1BUJPJoin us and help cheer on the O-Cheer teams of Greek Week 2015! This event never disappoints, so be sure to come out!For teams participating, sign-ins are from 7:15-8:15! Everyone else come out at 8 p.m.!

Mens Tennis vs. Bethune-CookmanBNt/FJM4DIJ5FOOJT$FOUFS

Mens Basketball vs. UNCQNt#BOL6OJUFE$FOUFSLets #PACKTHEBUC and cheer on your Canes as they take on the Tarheels of UNC.

Los HuracanesQNt.BSL-JHIU4UBEJVN1BUJPEnjoy UM Baseball with a Cuban twist - complete with a roast pig and tons of giveaways!


CAC Presents:HORRIBLE BOSSES 2QNt$PTGPSE$JOFNBAfter being tired of having despicable bosses, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to open their own business. In this sequel to the 2011 comedy, the trio is caught up in an investment scam, and is forced to re-sort to more unorthodox methods to get their way. Starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day. Free with your CaneCard.

Womens Tennis vs. ClemsonBNt/FJM4DIJ5FOOJT$FOUFS


Womens Basketball vs. FSUQNt#BOL6OJUFE$FOUFS

RAB Street Signs.POEBZ.BSDItQNt3BUITLFMMFSMissed your chance to make a customized street sign last se-mester? Dont miss this! Well be giving away free street signs from 3-7p.m. with proof of a Rathskeller purchase.

Saturday, February 28

Friday, February 27

Thursday, February 26

$BUFHPSZ$BOFT/JHIU-JWFA$BOFT$BNQPVU'SJEBZ'FCSVBSZtQNt-BSSBOBHB-BXO0VUTJEF#6$Join Category 5 and Canes Night Live (CNL) as we join to-gether to take down the UNC Tarheels! The campout will be-gin on Larranaga Lawn at 9pm and the night will include free pizza, inflatables, DJ Push Play, ice cream, raffle every hour, and priority access to the game the next day! Tents will also be provided.

Sunday, March 1

HP Daytime Programming Spring Break Bash8FEOFTEBZ.BSDItQNt6$3PDL,JDLP4QSJOH#SFBLXJUI)1%BZUJNF1SPHSBNNJOH4QF-cial Events. Enjoy fresh fruit smoothies and a free beach towel, while supplies last!

Sunday, March 1

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