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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Social media app connects millennials on college campuses

It’s a Friday night and there’s one question burning through every college student’s mind: Who is going out?

As members of the iGeneration, students are obsessed with social media and fighting FOMO – the fear of missing out.

Students can fear no more.Wigo, short for “who is going out,” is a free social plan-

ning app that allows students to see who’s going where, doing what, when and why in their college, every single night.

The app is similar to the “events” feature on Facebook. An organizer, such as a fraternity or sorority, will post an event and send out invitations via Wigo. Students can then join the event to let others know whether or not they’ll be attending. The organizers can make money for each person after 100 that attends the event.

CEO and Co-founder Ben Kaplan, 23, came up with the idea in his freshman dorm room at College of the Holy Cross. He had just won $100 in a competition similar to “Shark

Tank,” where entrepreneurs-to-be pitched their greatest ideas to a panel of ruthless investors.

“I wanted to create something that I could use at my school with my friends,” he said.

After spending a summer designing his idea, Kaplan bor-rowed money from his parents to hire a programmer to create the app. He then had a soft launch with the 2,800 students of his alma mater in Worcester, Massachusetts, in January 2014.

“Within three weeks, half the school was using the app,” Kaplan said. “I had to make a decision. Either this goes onto my resume as a fun experience, or I take it to the next level.”

Kaplan dropped out of college to devote all of his time to the success of his company. He was introduced to Paul English, co-founder of the travel website Kayak, who had just launched a new accelerator program and was interested in Wigo.

Through English’s program, Kaplan was able to raise $500,000 in seed money. Since then, Wigo has had 30 down-loads a day.

One key feature of Kaplan is its exclusive reach to college students. To download the app, users must have a university email address and a Facebook account to block out townies and non-students.

“It’s a safer social media network,” said Tyler Swartz, the company’s director of business development. “No random sketchballs are going to know what you’re going to be doing. We like to say, ‘protect your wild side.’”

Swartz was a sophomore majoring in entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland when he decided to take a break from classes after joining the Wigo team. As the first student at UMD to download the app, Swartz shared it with his Delta Chi fraternity brothers, who then shared it with their friends. The Delta Chi brothers started using the app to invite people to their parties, introducing the Maryland student body to Wigo.

Going beyond connecting people online, Wigo gives peo-ple the opportunity to meet up in person.

“Wigo gives you the ability to connect in real life,” Swartz said. “It’s all about having a good time.”

After the success he achieved at his own college, Swartz contacted Kaplan about interning at the company and was quickly promoted.

“And now, I have equity in the company,” he said.Wigo users are from big schools across the nation, includ-

ing Coastal Carolina, Florida State, Ohio State and Tulane. At least 5 percent of the students at a school must download the app before it gets “unlocked” on the campus.

UM students like freshman Victoria Saldan believes it would be great to have Wigo on campus.

“I need to be in the loop at all times,” she said.

Founder drops out of school, devotes himself to startup BY CARLEN DICKERSONCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

STUDENT ORGANIZATION

Band of the Hour ups tempo with new uniforms

At the age of five, sophomore Murphy Aucamp began playing the drums and never stopped, continuing on to perform in his middle school and high school bands.

Aucamp is now on the University of Mi-ami Band of the Hour’s drum line.

“I was skeptical of joining band my second year,” he said. “The main reason I came back is because we were getting a new director and I wanted to see what direction it would go in.”

The beginning of this year brought chang-es for Aucamp and his fellow band members. They recently welcomed new leadership, in-cluding Jay Rees, director of athletic bands and professor of music; Douglas McCullough, assistant director of athletic bands and director of marching; and Natalie Chernow, dance line coach.

Rees, a UM alumnus, said he wanted to change up the band when he joined the team.

“There are some conceptual changes go-ing on and then there are some logistical chang-es occurring,” he said. “The big picture thing that is different is that we are pushing the level of excellence of the band to a much higher level and we are expecting the band students to per-

form at that very high level. We are giving them really exciting, demanding and innovative ma-terial to work with.”

Rees also mentioned that in the coming year the band students will also receive com-pletely new uniforms and a brand new set of instruments for all of brass and percussion.

Along with the new equipment, the stu-dent performers, who currently receive a sti-pend of $200, will earn a $1,500 paycheck if they participate in Band of the Hour in the fall.

Additionally, if they agree to perform in the Pep Band in the spring, they will receive an extra $1,000. Pep Band is the group that plays in sporting and other events during the spring semester.

“Obviously it is nice to be paid more, but I think there is more to it than that,” said drum major Colton Freitas, who plays the trombone when he is not conducting. “Personally, I feel that it is nice to get this type of recognition from the Athletic Department. In essence, they are telling us that they appreciate all the hard work,

commitment to excellence, and excitement that we provide for everyone at the events we partici-pate in by giving us this pay increase.”

While the changes have forced the stu-dents to adjust, they have also pushed them to strive for excellence. This holds true for senior Julia Klingner. As a drum major, she took on the role of conducting the Daft Punk-based half-time show, which was performed at every foot-ball game throughout fall 2014, and was pushed to do better than her best.

“Professor Rees kept on drilling me about my expression and energy, and I felt like no mat-ter how hard I tried I just couldn’t get it right,” Kilngner said. “Then on the final run through of the show, I just totally went for it, releasing all inhibitions. After I cut off the band, I almost passed out while still on the podium, and my whole body felt like Jell-O.”

The 90-year-old band hopes to become more reputable and establish a tradition of ex-cellence in the future, one where students do not join just to get free football tickets to the games, director Rees explained, but where they want to play their best and promote an image of UM that students can be proud of.

“I am more intrinsically motivated to con-tinue to be part of this organization because I am both proud of what we have accomplished so far together, and more importantly because I am excited about what we have the potential to be in the not-so-distant-future,” Freitas said.

Performers to earn higher stipendBY MAYA LUBARSKYCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

DRUM LINE: The Band of the Hour performing at Sun Life Stadium, during October’s football game against FSU. The semester’s half-time shows were Daft Punk-themed.

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OBITUARY

Junior passes away

On Monday afternoon, the university announced that junior Aurora Ephraim, 20, passed away. She died on March 15, according to Tribute.com, a lo-cal source for obituary news.

Ephraim was a physics ma-jor who lived in the University Village. She was originally from New Jersey.

She was also involved in several student organizations, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, National Or-ganization for Women at UM (NOW) and Scientifica maga-zine. Additionally, she served as the former president of the Soci-ety of Physics Students (SPS).

“Aurora Ephraim was a dear friend to many here at the University of Miami. She brightened the hearts and souls of many,” said Tyler Katz, a sophomore member of SPS.

She was also a member of UPride, the LGBTQ organiza-tion on campus.

“She was a passionate member of our campus’s LG-

BTQ community and she was dearly loved by her fellow ‘Canes,” said Jacob Rudolph, UPride president.

In an email statement to the university community, President Donna E. Shalala expressed her condolences for the family.

There will be several vigils held in Ephraim’s honor.

SPS students are hosting a memorial at 6:30 p.m. Thurs-day in the UPride office; NOW will be holding one at 8 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Physics Building; and the university will commemorate Ephraim’s life Thursday, March 26. The time and place are to be announced.

University chaplains as well as the Counseling Center, which can be reached by calling 305-284-5511, are available to assist students.

Haynes Stephens contributed to this report.

Several vigils to be heldBY ERIKA GLASSMANAGING NEWS EDITOR

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Smoke-free week enforces ban

All around campus, sky-blue “Breathe Freely” signs endorse the Uni-versity of Miami’s smoke-free policy, but despite these efforts to stop tobacco use, clouds of gray smoke still contami-nate UM’s air.

Student Government is trying to address this issue through its first “Be-SmokeFree Week” on March 16-20, a four-day event designed to raise aware-ness about the campus policy and en-courage smokers to take advantage of free smoking-cessation resources.

“So far the week has gone well,” said Ashley Falcon, assistant director of wellness in the Department of Wellness and Recreation. “We’ve had a lot of stu-dents participate in one way or another each day.”

Throughout the week, events such as a cigarette butt cleanup on Thursday and a trivia night and information ses-sion at Friday’s Canes After Dark will take place.

The Smoke-Free Campus Initia-tive began in 2011 when the university created designated smoking areas. It was comprised of three phases, going from designated areas to eliminating

half the smoking areas to removing the areas altogether.

On Aug. 1, 2013, President Don-na E. Shalala sent a letter implementing the final step in the process – a campus that is 100 percent smoke-free.

Students like Brianna Hathaway, SG president-elect, believe it is neces-sary to promote resources to help people stop smoking.

“I think the ban is important be-cause when the climate survey was originally taken years ago, the major-ity of students wanted to transition to a smoke-free campus to provide a healthier environment for all students,” she said.

As part of the campus initiative, the Office of Community Health Affairs Area Health Education Center spon-sored the BeSmokeFree program to be a resource for everyone on campus. The Wellness Center and the Medical Well-ness Center offer classes to help tobacco addicts kick their smoking habit.

Despite the resources and bright reminders on lampposts and walls, it is not uncommon to find a handful of cigarette butts flattened in front of Rich-ter Library.

Students even organized a sit-in protest in 2013 when the university first got rid of smoking areas. A group of stu-dents sat on the Rock, smoking, holding posters and signing a petition against the ban.

UM alumnus Micah Nellessen was one of the organizers of the event even though he is not a smoker.

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

For some international students, a language barrier could cause misunder-standing. Zihan Wang, a student from China, said he did not understand the policy at first.

“When I first got on-campus, when I looked at the sign saying ‘Smoke-Free Campus,’ I thought it meant everyone can smoke freely on campus,” said Wang, a sophomore finance major.

The prohibition of smoking ex-tends to carrying a lighted tobacco product and even electronic cigarettes. The policy also encourages “smoke-free ambassadors” to approach smokers and advise them to abide by the rules.

UM is just one of many Florida colleges to implement smoke-free policies, with help from Tobacco Free Florida, a media campaign funded by the state and supported by legislation that warns of the dangers of tobacco use. According to Tobacco Free Florida statistics, the largest group of smokers is those aged between 18-24.

Policy fails to prevent smokingBY ISABELLA CUETOSTAFF WRITER

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

The committee for Women’s Leadership Symposium is hosting a student-run confer-ence supporting women’s empowerment from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. “Constructing You” will include networking with success-ful women in South Florida and workshops to explore various issues affecting society. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The event is free for students. To register, visit ti-nyurl.com/ConstructingYou.

WARM-UP POOL PARTY

WVUM is making a splash. The on-campus radio station will be having a pool party to prepare for the Winter Music Conference

with free food and ticket giveaways to events such as Ultra Music Festival. There will be guest DJs such as Australian producer Thom-as Jack. For a chance to win tickets, register a team to participate in a pool volleyball tour-nament to [email protected]. The event is free for all students and starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 21 at the University Center Pool.

“FIRST STEP FITNESS”

PROGRAM

A new, six-week fi tness orientation program that combines personal training, body com-position assessments and nutritional infor-mation is now offered at the Wellness Center. Participants will be paired with a personal trainer and receive six 30-minute personal training sessions once a week. People will also receive a customized, detailed workout plan to use during and after the program has ended. The program is only for new and cur-rent members of the Wellness Center and

costs $210 for students and $300 for non-student members. To register, call 305-284-5433 or e-mail [email protected].

DONNA E. SHALALA MUSICREACH

PROGRAM

The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music is renaming its Frost MusicReach commu-nity music program in honor of UM President Donna E. Shalala. The Donna E. Shalala Mu-sicReach Program, which is taught by UM students, provides free weekly hands-on mu-sic instruction to more than 450 elementary, middle and high school students in Miami-Dade County. The $1 million donation will help serve more than 1,500 kids.

Alina Zerpa may be contacted at [email protected]. POINT AND SHOOT: Alumnus Adrian Mesa takes

a selfi e with Sebastian on the Rock Wednesday, earning credit for UM’s “Tradition Keeper Program.”

VICTORIA MCKABA // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

NEWS BRIEFS

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Band plays in ArboretumFIERCE FOLK: The Big City Folk Band performs an original song “Pretty Girl From Oregon” during their concert in the Arboretum, Wednesday evening.

The Frost School of Music band composed of Nick Chouard (guitar), Katherine Evans (fiddle), Samuel Feinstein (bass), Garrett Smith (mandolin), and Matthew Clinkenbeard (not pictured), plays folk and bluegrass music, in addition to covering popular songs, such as “Jolene” by Dolly Parton.

PHOTO BRIEF

HALLEE MELTZER // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

ALUMNI

‘77 graduate becomes UW president

On March 2, University of Miami alum-na Ana Mari Cauce took over as the president of the University of Washington in Seattle.

The 1977 UM graduate was born in Cuba and came to Miami as a three-year-old in 1959, where her journey in academic administration began.

The first signs of her ability as a person who could help out in the classroom came in kindergarten. Cauce explained that her arrival in 1959 was a part of one of the earlier waves of Cuban immigration to Miami, and so as a young student, she was already helping to translate between the teacher and new Cuban students and their parents.

At UM, Cauce began as an English and journalism major, but after trying out a psy-chology course with now-retired professor Leonard I. Jacobsen, she said she had found her passion.

“I like trying to figure people out and working one-on-one with people, making a difference and research,” Cauce said.

Cauce lived at home, but she says the campus life still opened her up to a number of new experiences. One that stood out was going to the Cocounut Grove Theatre to see a live performance of the play “Equus.” Another was going with a class to see

a foreign film in another language – something she said she felt was very sophisticated at the time.

After graduating summa cum laude from UM with degrees in English and psychology, she got her Ph. D in psychology from Yale in 1984, and in 1987 joined the UW faculty.

Prior to being named as the replacement to outgoing President Michael K. Young in February, Cauce was the provost and execu-tive vice president, a post in which she worked to emphasize the student experience.

“For me, some of my most significant educational experiences at the university came outside the classroom, doing sponsored re-search with professor Jacobsen,” she said.

Cauce mentioned that it also impacted the way she goes about being an administrator.

“It’s just really important for me to stay in touch with the student experience and the

student voice, because that is a huge part of our mission,” she added.

As a Hispanic woman administrator at a large U.S. university, Cauce says she is in an important leadership role. She has taken that chance to work on two National Academy of Sciences Panels with UM President Donna Shalala, someone she says she admires greatly.

“I think the world of her,” she said. “And some of what I’ve learned watching her is that she’s someone who can go about the business of the university, because there is a business as-pect to it, while at the same time remaining ac-cessible to students and aware of their issues.”

President Donna E. Shalala returned sim-ilar words of praise for the UM alumna.

“It is always wonderful to see one of our star alumni succeed and continue to give back to the greater community of higher learning,” Shalala said in a statement. “Throughout her tenure at UW, Dr. Cauce has actively encour-aged and supported young women to pursue degrees and careers in STEM-related fields. The Huskies are in very capable and caring hands.”

Cuban immigrant has passion for educationBY WILLIAM RIGGINSTAFF WRITER

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8 OPINION THE MIAMI HURRICANE March 19 - March 22, 2015

STAFF EDITORIAL

The yellow of the yolk has long been demonized as a source of high cholesterol in blood levels and has been forced out of the diets of many health-conscious

individuals.However, the effect of high-cholesterol foods on

heart disease rates is now being reevaluated. The Ameri-can government is retracting many of the warnings initially in place for cholesterol consumption because of significant data refuting the long-standing idea that ingested cholesterol levels cause heart disease in patients.

In the past, dietary cholesterol was strongly cor-related with higher risks of heart disease and increased

blood cholesterol levels. This eliminated foods such as egg yolks, lobster, shrimp and salmon from healthy diets.

Yet, new data has elucidated that correlation and states there is no link between ingested cholesterol and blood cholesterol levels. It instead depends on the source of the cholesterol rather than the quantity.

Furthermore, the previous data failed to distinguish that a high-choles-terol diet tends to be low in plant foods and that high meat intake, especially with high hormonal infusion in the meat, has actually been the major pro-moter of cholesterol-laden arteries. In addition to the lack of plant sterols, trans

fats, which are synthesized to increase product shelf life, are actually the hid-den killer.

Trans fats are created in a way that makes the body’s lipid receptors in-capable of binding and clearing the cholesterol from the bloodstream. As a result, the lipids get caught behind arterial lining and become rancid, leading to inflammation and causing blockage. If gone unnoticed, the plaque could break off and cause strokes or heart attacks in individuals.

On the other hand, cholesterol and fat from sources like eggs and shrimp have indicated an increase in healthy cholesterol carriers and a decrease in the carriers responsible for systemic diseases.

In recent years, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have come together to reevaluate the recommendations and guidelines for cholesterol intake and have concluded that the previous data was not substantial enough to produce any definitive advice on cholesterol consumption. They also came to find that cholesterol, a necessary nutrient for the stability of cell walls and neuronal transmissions, should not be feared.

The newfound focus should be placed on the sources of dietary fats in one’s diet, with an emphasis on increasing plant intake. The U.S. government has come to agree with that stance.

Yolks can once again find their way to the breakfast table.

Faizah Shareef is a senior majoring in exercise physiology.

FAIZAH SHAREEFHEALTHCOLUMNIST

Recent research cracks cholesterol misconceptions

Chapter disbandment doesn’t fi x deeper issueNearly two weeks after the 50th anniversary

of the historic civil rights march in Selma, Ala., the nation is still unsure of its footing on racial divisions.

Notably, the University of Oklahoma’s (OU) Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) chapter was recently disbanded following the circulation of a video showing some fraternity members chanting antiquated racist slurs.

OU President David Boren called the video “disgraceful” and immediately closed the fraterni-ty chapter and house. The video also led to wide-spread campus protests, where African-American students compose less than five percent of the stu-dent body in fall 2013, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Other SAE members and alumni were quick to distance themselves from the actions of Oklahoma’s chapter.

“We want the Miami community to know that our chapter does not allow, accept, or toler-ate hate or discrimination of any type and will actively stand against it,” wrote Sean Mulligan, president of the Florida Alpha Chapter of SAE at the University of Miami, in a statement to The Miami Hurricane.

While the video is evidence that pockets of hate and ignorance persist behind seemingly closed doors, the firm backlash to the scandal shows hopeful progress in societal sentiment.

By and large, popular outward opinion today is averse to inequality, and the fraternity members fall on the wrong side of history. OU is neither acting independently nor vindictively in disbanding the chapter; rather, it is manifesting the will of a society that is no longer indifferent to hate speech.

According to a YouGov poll released last week, 59 percent of voters agreed with the uni-versity’s decision to close the house and expel two fraternity members. Hateful opinions have also become increasingly confined to private and anonymous platforms.

Though some have expressed concerns that this harsh punishment is infringing students’ free speech, there’s a thin but distinct line between censorship and culpability.

The university is imposing necessary con-sequences on students who have fully exercised their right to free speech. While students can voice their sentiments, they should prepare to take re-sponsibility for their actions that can harm others.

In looking at Boren’s statement, we are re-minded of UM’s quick administrative response to inciteful comments following the peaceful, student-led Black Lives Matter protest.

After students used racial slurs to criticize the protest on anonymous social media platforms like Yik Yak, President Donna E. Shalala sent out a strongly worded apology to the protest or-ganizers. She followed this with a university-wide email emphasizing the expectation of “respectful dialogue” on campus.

The school’s response did not stop there. An email sent out last week by Graduate School Dean Brian Blake announced the members of a newly-created task force addressing the campus climate for black students. UM administration’s decision to turn these negative events into an op-portunity for learning and dialogue shows prom-ise for effective, lasting change.

While satiating public demand, simply shut-ting down OU’s SAE chapter may not be enough. More could be done to change the root of the problem by educating students and making sure student groups stay true to their stated missions.

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

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March 19 - March 22, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE OPINION 9

As most of us probably re-member – or are reliving, for those looking into grad-

uate or professional school – col-lege decisions can be unpredict-able and baffling. However, new light shed by Stanford University undergraduates could change that.

The Fountain Hopper, Stanford’s anonymous under-graduate newsletter, recently

publicized step-by-step instructions for retrieving indi-vidual college applications with comments by admis-sions officers (AOs). Students can request these from their school’s registrar by invoking rights granted by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FER-PA). However, FERPA is only binding for schools in which a student has enrolled, so I would only be able to look at my application to the University of Miami.

If applications are requested, students can see how AOs evaluated their strengths as applicants. These include written assessments, as well as numeri-cal or letter-based grades assigned to different qualities of the applicant, such as their community involvement or test scores.

The awareness that the Fountain Hopper has thrust in students’ hands is both empowering and en-lightening. Encouraging students to open the “black box” of college admissions can add transparency, at least in the short term, to a system whose inner work-ings have been largely murky to the public eye.

Assuming a significant number of college stu-dents would be willing to share their application as-sessments with others, this knowledge would help fu-

ture applicants better understand the reasoning behind what can seem like arbitrary admissions decisions. This would be especially beneficial to those who have fewer college preparation resources like private college counselors or admissions-savvy family members.

Additional transparency also compels AOs to take more liability for their judgements. Students will be able to view any direct comments on factors such as race, athletic ability and financial need. Severe in-consistencies in an institution’s admissions decisions could possibly come under review.

That’s not to say that all of the discoveries will put AOs on the hot seat. Viewing these applications can also shed light on the extensive consideration many of-ficers put into the admissions process. The thoughtful justifications AOs make for admitted students contain much more information than a concise, mass-mailed decision letter ever will.

In Admissions Director Angel B. Perez’s op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, he discusses how persis-tently AOs advocate for their applicants. Looking at the product of their work could relabel a process that many perceive as impersonal and absolute into one that is deeply individualized and far from cut and dry.

It is hardly as if admissions offices have been try-ing to hide this information; our FERPA rights have granted us access to our applications for years. Stan-ford University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin even said that “a smattering of these kinds of requests” was com-mon, in an interview with the New York Times.

Why not pluck the low-hanging fruit?

Jackie Yang is a freshman majoring in neuroscience.

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letter on the S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y campus un-covered the key to the treasure trove of college a d m i s s io n s : students can

request their college admissions files under the Family Educa-tional Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). According to FOX News Online, an estimated 1,000 students at Stanford Uni-versity have already begun the process.

Students are left almost in the dark about the entire admis-sions process, so their curiosity is certainly piqued about why they were accepted, but it is not necessary for them to see the files.

Many students faced dif-ficult decisions and crushed self-esteems throughout the col-lege admissions process. Even if students were accepted, seeing their files revives the past, when they should be moving forward toward the future. Students are already at the University of Miami; they’ve made their decision. Instead of reopen-ing wounds and grudges, they should focus on how they can enjoy their time at the univer-sity and utilize the innumerable tools UM provides to improve their futures.

Furthermore, if admissions officers had been too candid in their comments, viewing them now could cause students dis-tress. You’ve certainly heard the age-old saying, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.” How-ever, in doing their jobs, admis-sions officers may not practice that same gentle discretion. Ad-missions officers have students’ GPAs, grades and essays, but re-ally don’t know each student in-dividually. While students may

hope to better themselves and improve their skills by view-ing the files, the files will most likely provide less insight than they hoped.

Lastly, if this process be-comes more common, admis-sion officers may begin to ex-clude information from files out of the fear that students may see them. If students begin to uti-lize the FERPA to gain access to admission files, it could lead to an amendment to the act in order to protect the admissions process or a change in how ad-missions officers approach the process.

After all, it isn’t until we find the holes or ways to inter-pret laws to our advantage that they begin to change. Admis-sions officers may become un-comfortable speaking candidly or including all the information in the files. This causes ineffi-ciency in the admissions pro-cess since these files are used as a place to record notes, and admissions officers can’t possi-bly remember every detail about the thousands of student appli-cants.

So, will you be requesting your files?

Alyssa Jacobson is a senior major-ing in advertising and political sci-ence.

PRO AND CON: REQUESTING ADMISSIONS DOCUMENTS

ALYSSAJACOBSONSTAFFCOLUMNIST

JACKIE YANGOPINIONEDITOR

Focus on future, leave past documents behind

Transparency may benefi t prospective college students

Admissions offi cers may become uncomfortable speaking candidly...

Alyssa JacobsonSTAFF COLUMNIST

SILVANA ARGUELLO // STAFF ILLUSTRATOR

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We’ve all heard complaints on campus about the ever-failing Internet connection with Secu-

reCanes. The network seems to cut out in the worst possible moments: submitting a test on Blackboard three minutes be-fore the due date, downloading the new track that Kanye West just dropped, or watching the last moments of the “Parks and Recreation” season finale.

For all the complaining about Secu-reCanes, a lot of students here have sur-prisingly little input or knowledge when

it comes to the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations upholding net neutrality, a policy that, if struck down, would have had much worse consequences than the inconvenient failures of SecureCanes.

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service and wireless providers should treat all Internet traffic the same, without denying or slowing down customers’ access to any particular website.

Though it seems like a fair concept that we can all agree on, net neutrality has sparked fierce debates. Service provid-ers have a vested interest in getting rid of neutrality rules so that they can charge customers and websites for providing ad-equate access. This would most likely affect our favorite data-intensive websites, including Netflix, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia, but it could also affect websites on a smaller scale.

Internet providers to UM, for example, may charge more for frequently-visited sites like Blackboard and CaneLink.

Critics say that maintaining net neutrality causes exces-sive regulation of the industry and intervenes in the healthy function of the free market. However, this argument is su-premely hypocritical because net neutrality keeps barriers to entry low so that innovators can easily start new websites without having to bargain with Internet providers just to make their site accessible. Striking down neutrality would actively contradict competitive, capitalist principles and just solidify the monopoly of these Internet providers.

The concentration of Internet service in just a few firms leads to the further concern that not only could providers sim-ply charge more for normal speed but they also could make reciprocal deals, totally eliminating the option for customers to access a particular website with normal speed. For example, Comcast might make a deal that it will provide Netflix with normal speeds to customers while limiting the speed of Hulu, a major competitor.

For the vast majority of American citizens, getting rid of net neutrality would only make their experiences with Inter-net service worse. The only winners would be the pockets of huge conglomerates like Comcast and Verizon.

So next time you’re complaining about SecureCanes, be sure to think how lucky you are that the FCC upheld net neu-trality and held the Pandora’s Box of slow Internet tightly shut.

Annie Cappetta is a freshman majoring in political science.

ANNIE CAPPETTAPOLITICSCOLUMNIST

Net neutrality assures net equality

W hile China has surged to in-ternational prominence, In-dia has been, by comparison,

out of the spotlight. But fortunes seem to be shifting, as ref lected by the recent drop in China’s GDP tar-get from 7.5 to seven percent. Addi-tionally, in 2014, India’s GDP grew more than China’s for the f irst time in over ten years.

India, meanwhile, has been ex-periencing a resurgence that has the potential to make it one of the

most powerful countries in the world. Through the reforms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been serving since May of last year, India regained the attention of the international community.

The largest historical problem India faced was diff iculty connecting to the outside world. While China grew massively through foreign capital and exports, India maintained a reputation for being diff icult for foreign business. Corruption and ineffi-cient bureaucracy have not helped their image much either: the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranks their hospitality to businesses asten places lower than China’s.

However, progress is occurring at a blistering pace. Late in February, a budget was unveiled that made attempts to streamline taxes for both business-es and goods and services, as opposed to the current headache of a system, where each individual prov-ince imposes taxes differently.

Global economic forces are also looking ex-tremely favorable for India. The recent collapse in oil prices over the last few months has been beneficial for India, which imports the majority of its oil.

Yet, the future is not without its risks. Reforms, as they stand, are not enough. Modi has promised more, and investments have been f lowing based on the assumption that it will be easier in the future for businesses to operate. However, political diff icul-ties may impede this. The prime minister’s party, Bharatiya Janata, lost dramatically in a Delhi elec-tion one month ago, and it is entirely possible that a new government opposed to his reforms could dam-age the reputation Modi has been cultivating.

A more powerful India has massive benefits for the U.S., not only for those who have personal ties with the region. Asian politics have been domi-nated by China in recent history, and the change in fortunes could do much to stabilize the region. The American government is not oblivious to this, and ties between India and America have strengthened. Both country’s leaders have paid visits to each other very recently.

For decades, the idea of an Indian boom has seemed to be a myth. Today’s political and economic circumstances are, however, just right for a seismic shift in the role India plays in the international econ-omy.

Andrew Langen is a sophomore majoring in economics and math.

ANDREW LANGENSTAFFWRITER

India experiences economic boost

Is it white and gold, or black and blue? Chances are, if you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve

heard about “the dress” and have an opinion on it.

Besides dividing netizens, the Internet’s obsession over the dress shows an interesting transition: In-ternet sensations have replaced tele-vision’s place at the water cooler. The Internet has made television a solitary activity rather than a social one, and this change can be a bit per-

plexing.I was raised by a football coach, but I don’t neces-

sarily look forward to the Super Bowl every year just to watch a good game. I love watching the Super Bowl because I know that the rest of the nation is watching with me. The day after the game, I could ask anyone at work or in school about the game and strike up a conver-sation. I’m still not done talking about “left shark”, the Nationwide “dead kid commercial,” and the Seahawks’ questionable play at the end of the game.

Starting a conversation with customers at work had never been so easy.

Unfortunately, the Super Bowl is one of the only television events that people seem to watch live any-more. Over 10 years ago, “Lost” premiered and became an instant success for ABC. “Lost” was the kind of show that had a huge audience and forced its viewers to watch when each episode first aired or suffer the spoilers that would inevitably follow at work.

I didn’t watch “Lost” until my senior year of high school, long after it had gone off the air. I watched “Lost” how most of us watch television these days, alone, and by binging an entire season in one sitting. After I finished each episode, I was dying to debrief my viewing expe-rience, but realized that I couldn’t. I had to experience “Lost” alone and felt like something was lacking.

We don’t bond about watching television live any-more; instead, we bond about determining the color of a dress or if an Internet obsession is real – Alex from Target anyone?

However, I enjoyed the #thedress phenomenon because I loved the water cooler moment it created, reminding me that the new water cooler moments are founded on the Internet. We now rely on the Internet for this sense of community because we don’t make the time to watch a show live anymore; we’ll just wait until it shows up to Netflix and watch it for 24 hours straight.

But television is still best experienced with other people. My roommate and I are currently watching “Mad Men,” and I love watching her expression when something shocking happens and hashing out the crazy moments together. Whenever I binge watch by myself, I hate not being able to talk about my favorite character, or how frustrated I am with a plot.

I can only hope that shows like “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead” will revive the common tele-vision-watching experience that, unfortunately, only oc-curs a few times a year. These shows deserve an active following – they deserve to be brought back to the water cooler.

Rachel Berquist is a junior majoring in English and psychology.

RACHEL BERQUISTCULTURECOLUMNIST

Restore television’s social role

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Thirty years after the cult-classic film “The Breakfast Club” premiered, the brain, the athlete, the basket case, the princess and the criminal will take the stage as Quan-tUM Entertainment hosts a play adaptation Thursday at the Cosford Cinema with performances throughout the week.

Sophomore Tyler Felts is the chair of QuantUM En-tertainment, as well as the executive producer and director of this stage production. In order to create the production, he adapted the screenplay from the movie to make it into a play script. He has previously worked on the show in his hometown of Cincinnati. After its success, he proposed the show to the QuantUM executive board.

“We discussed it and we worked out a little more of the specifics, and we realized that this is actually some-thing that we can really do this semester, and do well,” he said.

The play comes during a momentous occasion for the 80s film. This week, it celebrated its 30th anniversary. Felts believes the movie has been prolific throughout the years.

“‘The Breakfast Club’ has become this timeless thing,” he said. “The whole point of the show and of the movie is that, at the end of the day, you’re breaking down these stereotypes and working together and finding out that I can relate to each of these people.”

One of the biggest challenges, according to Felts, was keeping intimate scenes powerful without using camera angles or cuts.

“With movies, you can always cut to a new scene or cut back and forth between characters, but you can’t do that on stage,” Felts said.

Felts also cut the janitor character, Carl.“He just kind of comes up, and in the play, when you

have him there, it just makes it a little stagnant,” he said.The library serves as the home base in the play, since

it is the main setting of the movie.Felts worked with his locations, placing actors in dif-

ferent places onstage and in the wings. The production crew also built the set, creating desks and even an opera-tional door.

Freshman Alex Kamphorst will play John Bender, a character dubbed “the criminal.” He agreed that, in find-ing the heart in each of the stereotypes, “The Breakfast Club” has remained relevant today.

“We all came in with different expectations and dif-ferent presumptions about everything from the show to each other,” Kamphorst said. “And yet, in that one re-hearsal, we were able to talk and laugh, and the bizarre thing is it reminded me of the movie – the six of us strang-ers, coming in wondering what the hell we were doing, and then slowly getting to know each other.”

None of the actors in the performance are theater majors, and Felts admires their growth throughout the process.

“It’s been a really ensemble effort, as a show like this should be,” he said. “I’m really happy to bring [“The Breakfast Club”] here to the University of Miami.”

The opening night of the show will include an 80s Night Party starting at 7 p.m. Thursday in front of the Cosford. There will be free Buffalo Wild Wings, a photo booth, a costume contest, slap bracelets and more. The play begins at 8 p.m.

CLASSIC CLUB: The cast of QuantUM Entertainment’s “The Breakfast Club” recreate the movie poster. From left to right: Kelly Zahnen, Alex Kamphorst, Nick DeAngelis, Evan Forsell and Stephanie Mary.

PHOTO COURTESY QUANTUM ENTERTAINMENT

BY ESTHER PONCE DE LEONSENIOR EDGE WRITER

While the modern girl is a little less poofy-haired and MTV-obsessed than her 80s counterpart, she can still get by with a lot of the same looks. Here are a few trends born in the 80s that guys or gals can still rock today.

Leather JacketsRevive the 80s punk scene with a

loud leather jacket. This is the perfect piece to liven up jeans and a tee or add edge to a feminine dress. Guys can rock the leather style with almost

any outfit. Throw on some aviator shades for a timelessly cool look.

High-Waisted PantsFake longer legs with a pair of

pants that cinch at the waist. Match a looser pair with a crop top and belt, or a tighter pair with an oversized cardigan. Guys can try out mid-rise jeans as an alternative to the typical sagging style.

DenimNot just for jeans: jackets, shirts

and backpacks can rock this classic

blue. Add it as an accent piece or go for head-to-toe denim by mixing dark and light washes. The same goes for guys; denim goes with everything and makes outfit choosing easy.

Statement JewelryEighties-inspired jewelry sub-

scribes to the “go big or go home” motto. Chunky bangles, draping lay-ered necklaces and big bling rings are all fair game. Guys can take on this trend with bulky watches, long dog tag necklaces, or big class rings.

BY HALEY WALKERSENIOR EDGE WRITER

IF YOU GOWHAT: QuantUM’s “The Breakfast Club”WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Cosford Cinema, Dooley Memorial Building COST: Free

The Cinematic Arts Commission will host an ‘80s Night Party 7 p.m. Thursday in front of the Cosford.

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12 EDGE THE MIAMI HURRICANE March 19 - March 22, 2015

Ask a group of college students to name their favorite Broadway show, and chances are “Wicked” will come up more than once.

Since its opening in 2003, the block-buster musical has won the hearts of millions with its catchy tunes and imaginative story and is poised to gain even more fans with this month’s national tour stop at the Adri-enne Arsht Center.

Tickets are a splurge, but if you’re feel-ing lucky and looking to save some green, the Arsht’s nightly lottery could be your tick-et to the Emerald City.

For the uninitiated, “Wicked” is a Tony Award-winning musical based on the 1995 novel with the same name by Gregory Ma-guire, which is in turn inspired by L. Frank Baum’s classic, “The Wonderful Wizard of

Oz.” It tells the story of Glinda (the Good Witch of the North) and Elphaba (the Wick-ed Witch of the West), a pair of young witch-es who grew into two of Oz’s most powerful sorceresses.

“Wicked” is one of the most popular Broadway shows of all time, breaking box office records in New York and running in theaters across the globe. Over the past 12 years, over 44 million people have seen it.

The Arsht UTIX program, which allows students to get $20 tickets to the Arsht’s pro-ductions, will not cover “Wicked.” Instead, the lottery will be the primary method for students to get more affordable tickets.

Two and a half hours before each show, the Arsht will host a ticket lottery at the box office, during which anyone can enter their name for a chance to win $25 orchestra seats – which normally retail at $125. After 20 minutes, a small number of people will be chosen for this lucky opportunity.

There are a few other requirements. Tickets must be purchased in person and with cash, and they are limited to two per person. In addition, entrants must present a photo ID to be eligible.

The show runs through March 29, with performances at 8 p.m. Tuesday through Sat-urday, as well as additional shows at 2 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday.

IF YOU GO

WHERE: Adrienne Arsht Center

WHEN: Through March 29

COST: Tickets start at $49

A lottery will be held two and a half hours before each performance for $25 orchestra-level tickets

BY MADELYN PAQUETTESTAFF WRITER JAZZ MEETS BROADWAY

The Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra will perform classic songs by Broadway composers at 8 p.m. Friday at the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center. The Orchestra will play with two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein, and two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole. This concert celebrates the intersection of jazz and Broadway, and Scott Favin will conduct. For more information visit arshtcenter.org.

POOL PARTY

Free food, live music, a volleyball tournament and ticket giveaways will be part of the WMC Pool Party from 1-5 p.m. Saturday at the UC Pool. The event is hosted by WVUM 90.5 fm, the student radio station. Australian DJ and producer Thomas Jack will perform. The event will feature giveaways to performances at Trade, Bardot, Treehouse Miami, Grand Central, The Electric Pickle, Soho Studios, STORY Nightclub and Ultra Music Festival. Entrance is free with a Cane Card. Learn more and RSVP at facebook.com/wvum905.

‘MOCKINGJAY’

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” will screen at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cosford Cinema. The third installment in “The Hunger Games” series shows heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 while she fights to save Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), who has been taken by The Capitol, and the future of Panem.

Ashley Martinez may be emailed at [email protected].

EDGE BRIEFS

Known for his role as Robb Stark in the “Game of Thrones” series, Richard Madden is trading the battlefield for a ballroom and a sword for a glass slipper. The Scottish actor sat down with The Miami Hurricane to talk about his role as Prince Kit in Disney’s live-action movie “Cin-derella.”

“They’re both young men that have responsibilities and duties thrust on them that they didn’t ask for,” Mad-den said, likening Robb Stark and Prince Kit.

Like his characters, Madden said he must juggle heavy responsibilities when dealing with the pressure that comes with iconic roles. He will reprise the classic role of Romeo, alongside Lily James (Cinderella), in a theatrical produc-tion of “Romeo and Juliet” in the West End in October. In 2007, Madden played Romeo in a touring production.

Despite these big parts, Madden, miming digging into the table with his nails, admitted he felt anxious for the role of a prince.

“Everybody’s got an idea of the prince and you don’t want to let people down,” he said.

To alleviate this anxiety, he credits the well-written script and the understanding director, Kenneth Branagh.

Calling each day on set with the director a “master class in acting,” Madden sees Branagh as “the ultimate gentleman.” Beyond Branagh’s directing, Madden said he learned a lot just by “how he conducts himself on the set …

he has such a respect for people.”Madden transferred this respect to his own character who, like a true gentleman, treats his father and Cinderella with selfless understanding.

“Cinderella is such a great role model, and I wanted to make a prince that could be a role model for young men,” he said.

Unlike other princes who remain unnamed, Prince Kit “has a real character and is a real young man, not just an ideal or a concept.”

“He is so well-written in this piece,” Madden said. “We get to see him as a son and as a soldier and as a friend, as well as a prince to Cinderella.”

This role is not just a lesson for young men, according to Madden. It also rewrites female expectation by creating a fleshed-out love interest who must “earn Cinderella’s af-fection,” as opposed to a superficial savior.

“There was a slightly old-fashioned message that doesn’t apply anymore, and that is probably not the best to teach young girls, which was the damsel in distress needs a man to save her from her life, and it doesn’t matter who he is; ‘he’s a prince and that’s fine,’” he said. “They’re both equals. She rescues him as much as he rescues her.”

Indeed, while modern iconic male characters tend to impress the girl with cocky displays of worldly power, Prince Kit remains anonymous, impersonating an appren-tice.

Madden shared his advice for guys trying to impress their own princess: “Be honest without telling them your title… and have a bit of a sense of humor.”

He certainly lives up to his wise words. Humbly call-ing himself a bad dancer, he tried to view the dance scene positively, likening the experience to “skiing” to avoid stepping on Cinderella’s long dress.

Other than the dance lessons, what he most learned from this film was the message of an optimistic outlook.

“Cinderella finds the best in every moment, she views things positively and thus is happier,” he said. “That’s the big message. It’s not what you have or don’t have, it’s your perception of what your life is.”

BY LUISA ANDONIESENIOR EDGE WRITER

PHOTO COURTESY WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES

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Two polar opposites sit across from each other, the nagging voices of their family ringing in their minds, texts from friends checking in, and attempts at awkward small talk are made, despite the fact they have Google searched everything about the other: welcome to the modern dating world. “First Date” is a contemporary musical comedy that captures the standard blind date experience and opens Friday at the Actors’ Playhouse.

The date between Casey (Erica Lusting) and Aar-on (Clay Cartland), is accompanied by the ensemble cast of five, who fill in the different characters from these two people’s lives, such as a nagging sister, an annoying best friend and a rude ex-boyfriend. The two characters also take turns voicing their inner mono-logues throughout the awkward experience.

“It doesn’t take itself seriously, it is exactly what it is, which is this first date and here’s this thing we do as human beings,” Lusting said. “Let’s comment on them and let’s laugh about it together.”

The journey begins when Aaron is set up on a blind date by a co-worker. He hasn’t dated in a while and finds his date is his polar opposite. Where he is more quite and intimidated by strong women, Casey is harsh and edgy, a role Lusting found challenging be-cause it is different from her own personality.

“I like to say that she’s the girl I wish I was in high school, but I totally wasn’t,” she said. “She’s got all this confidence to her that makes her appear to be a super confident, super tough chick. Later on in the show, you see this is all just a front for the fact that she’s really scared of getting hurt.”

Cartland, however, found an easy transition into his role as Aaron. When the play was announced last March, he knew this was the part he wanted, and prepared by buying the soundtrack, searching for the script and practicing for the audition.

“For a part like this it was easy because I am so awkward and bad on dates,” he said. “So it just kind of translated over.”

The actors had plenty of personal experience to draw from when it came to awkward first date stories.

Cartland once met up with someone from a dat-ing website for a blind date, and she “reeked of ferrets.”

He asked if she was a veterinarian and it turns out she just had five pet ferrets who roamed the house.

He also once asked a girl who worked at his cam-pus coffee shop out to a movie. For dinner he ordered a chopped chicken salad and a diet coke; she ordered chicken enchiladas and a Guinness and he quickly changed his order to match hers. He spent the rest of the night feeling sick with his stomach gurgling. He wanted to kiss her on the cheek goodnight and attempt-ed to distract her by asking “‘What’s over there?” but she turned around, saw him leaning in and screamed “No means no.”They did not have a second date.

Lusting is also hesitant about first dates because it is awkward walking into a place looking for a man she has never met before. During her last blind date, she found herself hoping the guy wouldn’t show up.

Before embarking on a date, she is sure to text her best friends and ask them to be on emergency watch in case she needs them to call her so she has an excuse to bail out, much like Casey does in the play.

Due to the adult nature of the humor and the way the show has been written, Lusting feels the show is “perfect” for a college audience.

“It’s like our lingo right now, I don’t even know how it’s going to translate in the future because it’s ev-erything that applies right now to us,” she said.

Cartland agrees that the humor is tailored for col-lege students and that they will find they can relate to the characters and themes of the show.

“This is one of those shows not geared toward 80-year-olds, which is rare,” he said. “When you watch it, there’s kind of these archetype characters and people say ‘Oh, that’s my gay best friend, oh that’s my douchebag boyfriend, oh that’s my sister, oh my ex spoke like that,’ so it’s a lot of archetypes that I think really apply to people under 30, so I really think they’ll get something out of it.”

Play pokes fun at modern datingBY ASHLEY MARTINEZEDGE EDITOR

IF YOU GO

WHAT: “First Date”WHERE: Actors’ Playhouse

WHEN: Through April 12

COST: Tickets start at $52. Student rush tickets are available 15 minutes before performances for $15.

Top spots to satisfy caffeine cravings

Students and coffee go hand in hand. Scratch that – humans and coffee go hand in hand. Let’s face it; it’s a necessity. But there’s more to it than downing a 20-ounce cup of hot water and caffeine. Coffee has become a way of socializing while enjoying a freshly brewed cup of joe and catching up with friends. Here are a few spots to savor different tastes of the world’s most traded beverage.

Panther Coffee Located on one of Wynwood’s most popular streets, Panther Coffee not

only offers freshly roasted beans, but also a friendly atmosphere full of coffee lovers, book readers, chatty visitors and professional baristas. If the smell of fine coffee isn’t attractive enough, the fact that each drink is poured from beans roasted on site in small batches and personally selected by the store’s experts will surely do. 2390 NW Second Ave., Miami, Fla., 33127

Named after the Colombian farm whose famous beans inspired the cafe, Eternity Coffee can almost be summed up in one word: pride. Top-notch coffee is ground fresh every morning and is served artistically. A large stand over a counter serves as the motto: “Friends don’t let friends drink corporate coffee.” They offer a 15 percent discount for students, and a 20 percent discount for medical students. For those with a sweet preference, try the Traitor, formerly named the Lebronte; it’s a hot white mocha that pairs all too well with any of their delectable desserts. 117 SE Second Ave., Miami, Fla. 33131

Right in the heart of Miracle Mile, Pasión del Cielo is heaven on earth. Baristas create drinks with beans from countries like Guatemala, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Ethiopia and Indonesia. While this might seem overwhelming when ordering, each bean has its own country of origin, aroma, flavor and body, making it easy to decide which coffee to indulge in. 100 Giralda Ave., Coral Gables, Fla. 33134

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Second-tier tournament win still significant

The Miami Hurricanes has been planning to win the National Invitational Tournament (NIT). The team turned words into action during Tuesday’s perfor-mance against North Carolina Central University (NC Central).

Behind a fantastic night of three-point shooting, Miami defeated a solid NC Central squad 75-71 in the first round of the NIT. While the Eagles were ranked as a seven seed in the 32-team tournament, the Canes needed all of their eight three-point field goals to win.

Using a balanced attack that featured five players with at least eight points, the Canes advanced to a sec-ond round matchup against the winner of Illinois and Alabama.

Fresh off a disappointing Selection Sunday, Head Coach Jim Larrañaga’s squad could have folded as NC Central cut the lead to just two with under a minute left, but Miami did just enough to hold off a pesky NC Central squad.

“Three words, that’s all that matters,” Larrañaga said. “Survive and advance.”

The Hurricanes ended up having to survive, but it looked like it might cruise to a blowout in the opening minutes as a steal-and-score from junior guard Angel Rodriguez pushed Miami’s lead to 11-3. For the rest of the first half though, the MEAC regular season champs would not let the Canes pull away.

NC Central’s Nimrod Hilliard scored 13 points without missing a shot and even brought the Eagles within five of Miami after his third three of the half. Up 23-18, the Hurricanes went to the break on an 11-7 run and took a fairly comfortable 34-25 lead.

After the half, it was more of the same as the Canes shot 8-of-14 overall and 4-for-7 from three-point range. Despite 23 second-half points from NC Central’s Jor-dan Parks, Miami held the lead for all 40 minutes.

“I’m glad we won because that’s all that matters,” junior guard Sheldon McClellan said after the victory. “At the same time, we have to be better prepared for different defenses teams throw at us and just try to at-tack more.”

While many might shrug off this win, they have to know that winning any postseason game is significant and that this NC Central team is no joke. The Eagles do play in a fairly weak MEAC conference, but the team finished with a 16-0 conference record and a 25-7 re-cord overall. A team that wins 25 games at any level is a quality team, and it was also ranked fifth in Division 1 in points allowed coming into the game.

The Canes didn’t dominate the Eagles’ fantastic defense, but its balanced attack was much different than what we saw for most of this season. Instead of relying on just one or two scorers, forward Ivan Cruz Uceda (8), guard Deandre Burnett (10), center Tonye Jekiri (11), Sheldon McClellan (15) and guard Manu Lecomte (18) shared the scoring load.

“We had a bunch of guys step up and make shots,” Larrañaga said. “We had good balance in our attack but we’re just happy to have won the game and advanced.”

Even if the Hurricanes don’t win or advance far in the NIT, just a couple of good performances could lay a foundation for next season.

Miami won just one game in the 2012 NIT and lost to the eventual champion Minnesota in the second

round. It’s impossible to know how much those two games helped make the 2013 Hurricanes into a power-house, but it certainly couldn’t have hurt.

Getting postseason experience and even more time to practice and gel as a team is invaluable. With a pos-sible matchup against quality opponents in Illinois or Alabama on Saturday, the Hurricanes will get another opportunity for a quality win as well.

Dealing with just barely missing the NCAA Tour-nament can be tough. For Miami though, advancing as far as it can in the NIT may be just as valuable as being one of the 68.

After a gritty performance tonight, it looks like Mi-ami is ready to make a run.

GAME ON: Redshirt freshman Deandre Burnett drives to the basket (No. 1) during Tuesday’s fi rst round NIT game at the BankUnited Center. Burnett scored 10 points in the win against NC Central 75-71.

NICK GANGEMI // PHOTO EDITOR

Team performance could set stage for next season’s successBY AUSTIN SAPINCONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

MEN’S BASKETBALL

SPORTS 10 11total NCAA tournament

appearances for the women’s basketball team

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Lady Canes earn spot in NCAA Tournment

The nine days between the Miami women’s basketball team’s last game and Selection Monday were tense, nerve-rack-ing and stressful, to say the least.

But the euphoric joy when the Miami women heard their name called and gained their ticket to the Big Dance was well worth it.

Coach Katie Meier’s squad earned its fourth NCAA Tournament in five years on Monday night, an 11 seed that will travel to Iowa City to take on six seed Washington in the first round at Friday at noon. “Hon-estly, the past nine days, I have not been a fun person to be around,” said a relieved and overjoyed Coach Meier on a confer-ence call after the selection. “I am so happy for this team and these seniors. I was grab-

bing Ray [Suriya McGuire] every time they had a 10, 11 seed come up, with all we’ve been through. I’m so happy for them.”

Miami found itself in the tournament bubble after dropping its last four games of the conference season to finish at 8-8, including a discouraging loss on the road at Wake Forest, who had only one win in conference play up to that point.

But the Hurricanes’ strength of sched-ules included a win over Notre Dame, who was No. 1 in the RPI, and a late-season win over Syracuse on the road as well. With a win over Virginia in the ACC tournament, Miami was able to snag one of the last spots in the NCAA tourney.

If the Hurricanes can defeat Washing-ton on Friday, they will take on the winner of the American–Iowa game to take place right after Miami and Washington.

Coverage of the game can be seen on ESPN2 and heard on WVUM 90.5 FM, the student station of the University of Miami.

Team to first face Washington FridayBY AJ RICKETTSONLINE SPORTS EDITOR

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

COMMENTARY BASEBALL

Team ready to fight Junior makes skilled return

The Men’s basketball team began their journey toward a Na-tional Invitational Tournament (NIT) championship Tuesday. As one of Joe Lunardi’s “first four teams out” of the NCAA tourna-ment, they are certainly one of the favorites to advance to Madison Square Garden and compete for the NIT title.

The second-seeded Canes faced North Carolina Central in their opening game at home. They were favored and advanced to the second round, where they will play sixth-seed Alabama. Miami is 0-2 against Alabama. The losses came in December of 1968 and in the 2011 NIT.

Of course, when it comes to college basketball in March, there are no sure bets, so it is hard to predict who the Canes might play after the second round, but the

other top seeds in their region are Richmond and UConn.

Many consider UConn to be the favorite in the region because of their successful run to the championship game in the Ameri-can Conference Tournament last week and because of recent post-season success. The Huskies have experience on their side, as many players from last year’s national championship team remain.

However, the Canes have a stout defense in their arsenal, as they have only given up 63 points per game in the season. This bodes well for them in a tournament set-ting, where teams are required to win five straight games for the title.

Offense and shooting are prone to off nights, but defense rarely wavers. If their defense remains solid, and they can get steady production form multiple players on offense, the Canes have an excellent chance of being the last team standing in The Garden at the beginning of April.

Back in early February, before baseball sea-son began, David Thompson sat in the Miami Hurricanes dugout surrounded by reporters, all of them eager to ask the Canes third baseman about his renewed health and outlook on the season.

“Who’s going to hit the most home runs?” one asked.

Thompson’s reply: “I hope it’s me.”The junior now leads the Hurricanes with six

home runs this season, five of which have come in his last six games.

Over the course of the Canes’ last six con-secutive wins, Thompson has proved his prowess as a slugger. Thompson earned the ACC Player of the Week honor on Monday – thanks to a .524 batting average in five games last week, with two doubles, three home runs and 13 RBIs. But he hasn’t let it stop there.

Thompson followed that up Tuesday with two more home runs in his first two at bats during Miami’s 9-1 win over Army. His first tied up the game, and the second was a grand slam – making it the Miami native’s first career multi-home run game.

“I knew they were gone when I hit them,” Thompson said.

Last year, Thompson missed 32 games in the mid-dle of the season due to his thoracic outlet syndrome, which required surgery.

“It was really scary, es-pecially going in the hospital not really knowing what hap-pened, and it being a blood clot,” he said. “It definitely scared me, not knowing if I’d

ever be able to play again or how long it’d take to recover.”

Team physician Dr. Lee Kaplan helped re-assure Thompson that everything would be fine. During Thompson’s time in the hospital, Head Coach Jim Morris also checked in on him daily by calling and sending text messages.

Thompson’s fresh return from an interrupted sophomore season has been a sharp one. Only a month into the season, he has amassed an impres-sive 31 RBIs, far surpassing all of his teammates.

Thompson recalls struggling part of his fresh-man season with the Hurricanes. He met with Morris to ask what he could do to improve and get back in the lineup.

“He was really encouraging,” Thomspon said. “Obviously h said he was playing the guys that were playing the best at the time, but he’s go-ing to keep working with me and said he’d never give up on me.”

It’s a good thing Morris didn’t.

Canes’ tournament future looks bright BY CODY BROWNCONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

Third baseman leads team in home runsBY LYSSA GOLDBERGONLINE EDITOR

THOMPSON

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Northwestern

Arkansas

Baylor

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Miami (Fla.)

Tourney predictions

Eleventh-seed Mi-ami will take on sixth-seed Washington.

If the Canes move on, their best bet would be to face No. 14 Ameri-

can in order to ad-vance. No. 2 Baylor should beat No. 15 Northwestern St. and move on to play seventh-seed North-western.

Compiled by Courtney Fiorini.

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He paces back and forth before declar-ing the perfect spot. He stares ahead with an unfaltering look of concentration before looking back down at his feet. His fluores-cent pink shoes light up the track as he bounces off his heels. He bends his back, looks ahead one last time and takes off on a full-speed sprint.

Seconds before making the big jump, he rotates his body and goes for the leap, arching his back and making it right over the bar before crashing into the cushion.

His coach claps and signals for him do it again. Although it’s attempt number five, he walks to repeat the jump with just as much effort as the first.

Known as “JP” by his coaches and teammates, John-Patrick Friday is a jump-er for the University of Miami men’s track and field team. He has made the sport his life, although it wasn’t always his primary athletic ambition.

Friday was an Orlando soccer player from the ages of 5 to 14, and a basketball player until the end of his high school career. It wasn’t until the track and field coach at his high school approached him during his sophomore year that Friday be-gan to consider the sport.

“He was like, ‘You’d probably be a re-ally good jumper,’ and he really sold me on it, so I decided to go and try it out, and I liked it,” Friday said. “But I didn’t really get success until my junior year, when I realized I could probably go to college for it.”

Friday has already set records during his time at UM. He set a personal-best re-cord in a high jump at the Miami Invita-tional 2013, and won the triple jump with a mark of 15.26m, which ranks third in school history, at the Miami Invitational in 2014. That same year, he placed second in the triple jump at the ACC Champion-ships, with a jump of 15.34m. This year he set a men’s indoor triple jump record of 15.77m at the Nittany Lion Challenge.

“This year, I think the light bulb has gone off and he knows just how hard he has to work in order to achieve the marks that he wants,” said Jerel Langley, Fri-day’s jumping coach. “He’s close now to doing the things that he wants to do. He has his head on straight, he focuses on what he has to do and what we’ve been

working on, and he keeps progressing each week.”

Although the junior communications major dedicates most of his time during the week to practicing in between classes and competing on weekends, Friday

works to find a balance between his per-sonal life and his responsibilities as a stu-dent athlete.

“The hardest thing would be staying on top of everything,” he said. “Everybody thinks it’s easy being a student athlete, that we get things handed to us, but in reality, we don’t. It’s about how you juggle every-thing and how you take care of everything you’ve got to take care of.”

His idea of a perfect day is easily sum-marized.

“Sleep,” he says with a laugh.Because of his demanding schedule,

the perfect day is one to get his mind off his responsibilities in school and on the track.

“I’d wake up at 11 o’clock,” he said. “After that I’d go and have a day just of activities I like to do, like go shoot some hoops, go to the movies, go bowling and just a whole day of fun activities.”

Langley appreciates Friday’s positive attitude when he makes the best of even the longest days of practice.

“He’s a big jokester; he likes to laugh,” Langley said. “But he knows when to be serious about stuff and when to have fun. And keeping that balance, especially in this sport with it being such a long sea-son, it’s hard.”

The rigorous practicing and hard work is all for high ACC goals.

“I want to see him continue to prog-ress and reach the top of the ACC and be-come a national player,” Langley said.

Amy Deem, director of track and field, sees Friday’s potential to “reach the top” as an impending reality.

“I think he’s always had high goals, but I think he’s close now,” Deem said. “I think when you really start to get close to something and you really feel like you can grab it and achieve it, that it gives you that extra motivation. And I think that’s what we’re seeing with him right now.”

As Friday continues to strive for suc-cess, there’s one thing that keeps him go-ing each day.

“I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me,” he said. “That’s what I say every day and that’s what I live by.”

Jumper aspires to excellence in athletics, academics, lifeJunior hopes his future holds ACC tournamentBY EMILY DABAUONLINE NEWS EDITOR

PROFILE

FRIDAY

Tie game turns to victory

For Miami Head Coach Jim Morris, the game against Army means more than baseball.

“I respect what they’re doing,” he said. “They played hard and are well-coached and it’s an honor to go out there and play against them.”

But when the lights came on at The Light on Tuesday, the Hur-ricanes came full force. With three home runs, two from third-baseman David Thompson and one from in-fielder George Iskenderian, Miami easily beat the Black Knights 9-1.

Thompson’s two homers, one of which was a grand slam, ties his career-high six home runs he set his freshman season.

Iskenderian’s hit came in the fourth inning and gave Miami (16-6) its last runs.

Army (9-5) put the first run on the board in the second inning. Sophomore Alex Dickerson hit a single that brought home senior Mark McCants from second base. The Black Knights were threatening again in the next inning and had a runner on first and third with two

outs. Freshman Jon Rosoff hit a grounder that dribbled down center-field, but Iskenderian snatched it up and threw a bullet to get Rosoff out at first.

“At that time, it was a tie ball-game, so it was a big play and it was a good play,” Morris said.

Pitcher Danny Garcia (4-0) got the win in seven innings – two outs shy of his career-high against Barry last month. Against Army, he al-lowed six hits and the one run was earned.

Pitcher Derik Beauprez came on the mound in relief for Garcia and got three straight outs in the eighth. Pitcher Ryan Otero closed and sealed the win for Miami.

“I’m confident with my fellow pitchers,” Garcia said.

Miami outhit Army 9-6. Two errors from the Black Knights didn’t help either. It utilized five pitchers, and pitcher Patrick Gardner (2-1) finished with the loss.

ON-FIELD FIGHT: Sophomore left -handed pitcher Danny Garcia (No. 14) throws to an Army batter. Garcia (4-0) only allowed one run in the seven innings he pitched, helping the Hurricanes win Tuesday night’s game held at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field 9-1.

GIANCARLO FALCONI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

BASBEBALL

Canes conquer tough competitionBY AJ RICKETTSONLINE SPORTS EDITOR

MIAMI VS. FGCU

WHERE: Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field

WHEN: 6 p.m. March 25

Next Canes home game aft er three-game away series

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Sincerely,Guilty Conscience

Dear Guilty Conscience,

Well, you have a right to feel that way.

It’s tough to have sympathy for a cheater – especially since your man has been treating you well. As Taylor Swift warned you, “You should have said ‘no.’”

It seems to me you’re drawn to your ex because of the nostalgia. What part of high school is it that you’re missing?

I’m not sure what you’d miss more: tight neon skinny jeans, thick black eyeliner, My Chemical Ro-mance phase (okay, maybe it wasn’t a phase) or MySpace?

I kid, I kid. Clearly, Beyoncé shirts, red lipsticks and Instagram are way better.

Anyway, you need to come clean to your beau. He deserves that.

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So face the music. Your boy-friend may dump your sorry butt on the street, but you’ll have to accept his decision.

Or, he may give you a second chance – and you better win him back over. I’m talking a video games and steak dinner type of night.

Oh, and honey, don’t YOLO with your ex again. In fact, block him on all your social media, avoid him when you go home and stop living in the past.

Sure, high school may have been fun, but go “Back to the Future.” Stop living in the past and chasing guys who weren’t right for you.

V

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Patio Jams ft. Writer’s Round

With so many amazing songwriters at UMiami, we have to give you guys a week to hear them! Come out to hear some great student writers. As usual, free mer-ch, snacks, and coffee will be provided.

WVUM Sports ‘Cane Talk

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

Mr. Engineer Pageant

Come out and support Joseph Cotto, Nikhil A. C. Delahaye, Sonny Huynh, Michael Vander Meiden, Cody Morris, and Kyle Rosen while they compete for the title of Mr. Engineer. These contestants will compete in three rounds: introduction, talent, and a lightning round of engineering based questions while modeling geek chic clothing.

CAC Presents:80s Night Pre-Party

Let’s get the party started before The Breakfast Club with free wings from Buffalo Wild Wings, a photo booth, music, a costume contest, slap bracelets, prizes, and more.

QuantUM Entertainment Presents:THE BREAKFAST CLUB

You loved it as a movie, now come love it as a play! Come see Quantum Entertain-ment at the University of Miami put on a stage adaptation of the classic John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club!

Hurricane InvitationalOutdoor Track & Field

Women’s Tennis vs. NC State

Men’s Tennis vs. Clemson

Club Men’s Lacrosse

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Hurricane InvitationalOutdoor Track & Field

Women’s Leadership SymposiumConstructing You

The Women’s Leadership Symposium is a student-led conference that serves as a forum for participants within the University of Miami community to connect, explore and engage in topics pertaining to women’s leadership and empowerment. Our theme this year, “Constructing You,” serves to encourage participants to explore how they can develop their leadership potential by constructing themselves into members of society that reflect mutual respect, appreciation, and positivity.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided for participants. Registration closes at 12 PM on Friday, March 20th: https://orgsync.com/66990/forms/134103. Walk-ins will be accepted only if space is available.

Men’s Basketball vs. Alabama

Let’s #PACKTHEBUC and cheer on your ‘Canes as they take on Alabama in the sec-ond round of the NIT.

WVUM Presents:Winter Music Conference Pool Party

WVUM will be hosting a pool party to pre-pare for WMC that will include free food, guest DJs, and ticket giveaways to WMC events such as Ultra Music Festival. If you are interested in participating in a

pool volleyball tournament for a chance to win WMC tickets, register your team by emailing [email protected].

Club Men’s Rugby

CAC Presents:MOCKINGJAY PART 1

The worldwide phenomenon of The Hunger Games continues to set the world on fire with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, which finds Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage. Free with Cane Card.

Women’s Empowerment Brunch

Sponsored by Sigma Lambda Gamma, Zeta Phi Beta, and Mahoney Residential College.

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The University of Miami Women’s Commission44th Annual Awards Breakfast

Keynote Speaker Donna E. Shalala, First Female President of the University of Miami will be honoring the 2015 recipients of the May A. Brunson and Louise P. Mills Awards. Students tickets only $5. Seating is limited! Please return the reservation form by Fri-day, March 20. All reservations must be paid in advance.

Saturday, March 21

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Canes After Dark: Pirates of the Caribbean

Aargh! Don’t miss out on the last Canes After Dark of the year. Follow the treasure map around the SAC and find a treasure at each stop. The treasures include mak-ing your own treasure chest, creating a message in a bottle, sand art, Sports Grill wings, and more!

Sunday, March 22

MEGAbash

Join University of Miami - PIER 21 & UM Housing & Residential Life for the annual MEGAbash! Come out to the Hecht-Stanford Bridge until midnight. There will be free food, creative activities and other giveaways for all! Plus a dance party the entire time. Don’t miss out on this awesome event! #actsmart #staysafe #go-canes

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