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The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies and the College of Arts and Sciences will host a lecture series in celebration of their 10 years at the University of Miami.

The next lecture will be Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. in the Ibis Room at the James L. Knight Center. It will be a conference on Jewish geography.

Then, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., author Andrew G. Bostom will present “The Legacy of Anti-Semitism in Islam,” in Merrick Building 105. The event is part of the Dave and Mary Alper JCC’s 28th Annual Jewish Book Festival. Admission is free with a Cane Card, and $7 for the general public.

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EDITOR IN CHIEFMatthew Bunch

BUSINESS MANAGERNick Maslow

FINANCIAL ADVISERRobert DuBord

FACULTY ADVISERBob Radziewicz

ADMINISTRATOR AS-SISTANTMaria Jamed

NEWS EDITORChelsea Kate Isaacs

ASST. NEWS EDITORErika CapekEd S. Fishman

SPORTS EDITORPravin Patel

ASST. SPORTS EDITORChristina De Nicola

EDGE EDITORDan Buyanovsky

OPINION EDITORJoshua W. Newman

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Students from the University of Miami College of Engineering received second prize in the 2008 NASA Aeronautics Contest.

The UM team was made up of four undergraduate engineering students, senior Sebastian Aspe and juniors Joseph Dussling, Nicholas Heinz and Daniel Martinez.

They designed a theoretical aircraft, potentially usable in 50 years, that is quiet and ultra-effi cient.

“This team accomplished a goal that we didn’t think was possible,” said Dussling, the engineering team’s captain. “We are proud of our accomplish-ments from this past semester, but we hope to accomplish even more in the coming year.”

UM students win NASA contestJudaic center hosts lecture series

Parking unavailable during alumni center constructionThe ongoing construction of the Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center will have an impact on campus parking. Parking on the north side

of Max Orovitz building will be unavailable until the conclusion of work Friday. Access to the parking lot behind Founder’s Hall will only be accessible from Brescia Avenue. To get to the Max Orovitz building, students are encour-

aged to use the entrance off Levante Avenue, across from the rainbow building.

– Ed S. Fishman

ON THE TRAIL

Members of Invisible Children and the African Students Union shaped the form of Africa with a “U” over Uganda on the University Green to create awareness about the child soldier issues in Uganda. Photo by: Michelle Wallace, Hurricane Staff

ON THE COVER

Watch a video on Oscar Award-winner Matt Damon’s

visit to the Rock

Find out what’s new in the invesigation of Friday’s failed

boat burning, written by Chelsea Kate Isaacs.

Read what’s the latest news from Student Senate in the

“Senate Notes,” compiled by Ed S. Fishman

Learn more about the Hindu Students Council’s

celebration of Diwali, known as the “Festival of Light.,” from Siddharth Mahure.

Check out the following stories exclusively on the all-new TheMiamiHurricane.com.

Gov. Charlie Crist declared a “state of emergency” Tuesday to extend voting hours statewide from eight to 12 hours for today and tomorrow. On these days, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The polls will be open a total of 12 hours on the weekend. Saturday polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the polls on Sunday will be open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Coral Gables Public Library is the closest polling station to the University of Miami, and is located at 3443 Segovia St. in downtown Coral Gables.

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The odd couple gets political

An increase in the cost of airfare will prevent some Univer-sity of Miami students from going home for Thanksgiving.

Airfares for Thanksgiving travel are currently up 27 percent from last year, according to Live Search Farecast, a travel research Web site.

Farecast says that the aver-age fare cost for the Thanksgiving holiday, if leaving on Wednesday and returning Sunday, is $490 – up $66 since last year.

“I went home to Michigan last Thanksgiving, but flights this year are just too expensive,” soph-omore Judy Hartshorn said.

Airlines recommend shifting travel dates from popular days. One option is leaving on Thanks-giving Day and returning on a weekday, but this is not possible for many college students who must plan around class schedules.

“If I were to leave on the Monday before Thanksgiving, I would have been able to go home,” Hartshorn said. “Flights were over $400 for the rest of the week though, and I didn’t want to miss too many classes.”

Patricia A. Whitely, vice pres-ident for Student Affairs, said that there will be a dinner on Wed., Nov. 26, for international students in the UC Ballrooms. The event is

geared toward international stu-dents, but anyone is welcome to attend.

Whitely said that some resi-dential colleges will offer events students can sign up to attend over the break.

“We always have various Thanksgiving dinners at the resi-dential colleges,” Whitely said.

Sophomore Nikki Pamani said that spending this Thanksgiv-ing at home is worth the cost of airfare.

“Flights back to New Jersey were expensive, but I really want to see my family,” Pamani said. “I knew I was definitely going home so I bought my ticket early.”

Fliers seeking to redeem their frequent flyer miles may be charged fuel service charges or processing fees. US Airways charges a processing fee of up to $50 for its frequent fliers.

On Sept. 15, Northwest Air-lines’ WorldPerks frequent flier program began charging a $25 fuel surcharge fee within North America, $50 for trans-Atlantic flights, $100 for trans-Pacific, $75 for destinations in Asia and $50 for other destinations.

Delta Airlines’ SkyMiles fre-quent flier program began charg-ing similar fees on Aug. 15, with surcharges of $25 within the U.S. and Canada and $50 for desti-nations outside of the U.S. and Canada.

Fees for checking baggage, snacks and other options that used

Prohibitive airfare prices, fees hit UMSome unable to go home at willBY LAUREN SHEPHERDCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

“America’s favorite odd cou-ple,” Democrat James Carville and Republican Mary Matalin, spoke at a packed BankUnited Center on Tuesday night, hosting the last major event in the Univer-sity of Miami’s “A Dialogue for Democracy” series.

The married political strate-gists’ lecture, entitled “All’s Fair: Love, War, Politics,” was equal parts inspiring and hilarious, some students said. It wasn’t hard to see how these two political polar op-posites have made their marriage work for the past 20 years.

“How do we do it? We don’t talk to each other,” said Matalin facetiously, having claimed to have never read any of her husband’s books or seen any of his televi-sion appearances. “There’s never any rational discourse with Car-ville when he starts yipping away...That’s my man!”

Carville and Matalin ran the 1992 presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, they’ve hosted “Crossfire” and acted together on HBO’s “K Street.” Carville, the Democratic consultant known as the “Ragin’ Cajun,” could not be more ideo-logically different from Matalin, who served as an assistant to Presi-dent George W. Bush, a counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney and was named the “worst-dressed woman in politics.”

Carville and Matalin spoke separately before answering ques-tions from students together in a session moderated by President Donna E. Shalala. Somewhat unexpectedly for many students, Matalin was uproariously funny while lovingly deprecating her hus-band and relaying anecdotes from decades in the political arena.

“The only thing [my kids] don’t consider dorky about me is that I’ve been invited to be on [‘The Colbert Report’],” said Matalin af-ter a student-submitted question referenced satire shows.

In a press conference for stu-

dent media, Matalin told The Mi-ami Hurricane that she believes that “it’s a very bad environment” for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain to be running in, though “it’s a testament to [the campaign’s] doings that they’re that close.”

Carville, who fathered this election cycle’s message of “change vs. more of the same” during President Clinton’s 1992 campaign and was an outspoken critic of the Democratic Party the first night of the convention in Denver, believes that the Demo-crats are doing “pretty good - real good” since then.

“[The Democratic Party] came out not as strong as we would have preferred,” Carville said, crediting the economic cri-sis and McCain having called the fundamentals of the economy are “strong” for Democratic presiden-tial nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s strong lead in the polls.

“Stick a fork in him; he’s done,” Carville said of McCain. “This is a country that hates a los-er and loves an underdog.”

Carville also warned that while this election may seem like the most important in history to many young voters, there will be at least 15 to 17 more in our lifetimes.

However, he believes that our gen-eration has witnessed something truly special.

“What stunning history you’ve seen in a thing that started in 2007... Things will never go back to a time when it’s between an old white guy and a really old white guy. That all happened in one cycle,” he said.

Carville also cited the biggest challenge for the next president as this: “People have to have confi-dence that something can go right in this country.”

Students and faculty alike were left impressed by Carville and Matalin’s banter and breadth of political knowledge.

“James Carville’s the funniest man I’ve ever heard,” junior Wil-lie Morrison said. “I loved how informal it was. It was perfect for a college campus.”

While they may not agree on much politically, both Carville and Matalin credit our generation for our eternal optimism.

“You’ve chosen not to curse the darkness but to light a candle,” Carville said. “Stay involved the whole way. Go out, take a shot.”

Sarah Marshak-Pilchik may be contacted at [email protected].

Strategists, spouses speak and joke at BUCBY SARAH MARSHAK-PILCHIKCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

LAUREN WHIDDON // Hurricane Staff

CONSERVATIVE: Republican strategist Mary Matalin, who is married to Democratic strategist James Carville, speaks at the BankUnited Center as part of the “Dialogue for Democracy.”

ANA BALBA // Hurricane Staff

DELAYED: Some students are fi nding that the increased prices for fl ights are preventing them from going home.

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On Tuesday, the University of Miami’s School of Commu-nication debuted its Common Ground Courtyard Soapbox, a wooden box that members of the UM community can step on to and speak their mind.

From noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the fall semester, students, staff or faculty can

step onto the box and share their thoughts on any subject. Speakers will be allowed to say whatever they want, given that they follow standard university policy for public demonstrations and speech. No microphones or speakers will be used to am-plify sound; participants will be restricted to bringing only what they can hold while on the soap box.

Sam Grogg, dean of the School of Communication, said in a message to SoC members earlier this week that the box is intended to promote the “First Amendment freedoms of the press, speech and belief.” Grogg encouraged everyone to take the opportunity to voice his or her beliefs, thoughts or ideas on any

topic they feel strongly about.Some SoC students, how-

ever, are unconvinced the box really will accomplish its goals.

“I’m not sure this is the right way to promote freedom of expression. I mean, first of all, who’s going to be listening? And if I was studying in the court-yard and someone was ‘express-ing their opinion’ in the back-ground, I’d be distracted and a little annoyed,” said junior Zach Woodward, a visual journalism major.

Kendra Zdravkovic may be contacted at [email protected].

For the many people who gathered in the UC lower lounge Monday evening, there seems to be nothing better than nice hot pizza to enjoy while seeing a relentless, vicious political debate unfold.

In an event sponsored by the UM College Republicans (UMCR) and the UM Young Democrats (UMYD), students, faculty and parents gathered to witness a momentous clash of ideologies between five liberal and five con-servative college students who pre-sented and argued for the platforms of both Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain.

“A lot of students still aren’t very clear on policy issues. That’s part of the reason why we’re do-ing a debate on our candidate’s positions and not on our personal platforms,” said Jason Stevens, president of UMYD and a co-moderator of Monday’s debate.

“It hits home more when they see students on campus, that are their peers, that can actually get up

in front of a group of students and talk fluently about the issues that affect them,” said Maria Pelfrey, president of UMCR and the other co-moderator of the event.

The debate covered the five contentious issues of foreign policy, healthcare, education, the environ-ment and the economy. Each issue was addressed by one speaker from UMCR and one from UMYD. Two minutes were allotted to each candidate to answer the questions, with one minute used for response time and rebuttals.

The foreign policy questions focused on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Republican Harout Samra was pitted against Demo-cratic counterpart Alec Rivera in a heated opening debate. The first question of the night asked by the moderators was, “How does your candidate plan to resolve the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?”

“[Our allies] are looking for consistency and commitment,” as-serted Samra. “What would they think if we pulled our troops out prematurely?”

“We were attacked by Al Qae-da, not by Iraq. Had we not moved our troops from Afghanistan to Iraq we would have caught Bin Laden by now,” Rivera said.

Next, the issues surrounding the state of healthcare in America

were presented. Democrat Aman-da Sussex faced off against Repub-lican Ashley Nutter on how their candidates would work to help insure 46 million Americans who cannot afford health insurance.

College Republican Vinny Sidhu debated against Democratic rival Mark Daniels on issues of education and whether it should be a public or private matter.

“The only candidate with ex-perience on the senate committee for education is Barack Obama.” Daniels said.

“Accountability fosters com-petition and competition improves quality,” Sidhu argued.

Sidhu then concentrated on the spending increase Obama pro-poses the federal government un-dertake as a solution to the prob-lems states face with stumbling educational standards.

Solutions for a slumping American economy were presented by Democrat Miles Strebeck and Republican Anthony Miller.

“He’s not going to be raising taxes on anybody. Obama says he’s going to lower taxes for 95 percent of Americans,” Miller said. “He’s raising taxes on the engine that drive our economy.”

“You said that the upper five percent, the wealthiest of the wealthy, drive the economy. I don’t

think that’s true. I believe it’s the middle class and the working class that drive the economy,” countered Strebeck.

The debate concluded with a representative from Get Out the Vote that promoted election par-ticipation.

“Regardless of who wins, I think it’s clear that young people have developed a new voice,” Sam-ra said after the debate concluded. “Ignore us at your own risk!”

Ramon Galiana may be contacted at [email protected].

Event aims to educate, informBY RAMON GALIANASTAFF NEWS WRITER

Comm school encourages free expression with soapboxBY KENDRA ZDRAVKOVICCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Something on your mind?

Student Republicans and Democrats hold debate

to be free may drive travel costs even higher.

Continental Airlines recent-ly announced that it would begin charging a $15 fee for a custom-er’s first checked bag when trav-eling on or after Oct. 7.

American Airlines, Conti-nental, United and US Airways are among airlines currently charging bag fees. Southwest, JetBlue and Delta are among air-lines that do not currently charge to check one bag.

“First you pay the high fare, then you pay all the extra fees and on top of all that, you still might be charged just to check a bag,” Hartshorn said.

Lauren Shepherd may be contacted at [email protected].

Fees botherAIRFARE, FROM PAGE 3

ANA BALBA // Hurricane Staff

RAPT ATTENTION: Attendees of Monday’s debate watch as the College Republicans and Young Democrats discuss.

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Five minutes. That’s it.That’s all it took.On Wednesday afternoon, a

group of over 120 students gath-ered on the University Green and made a difference.

“I overheard that this event was going on, and it piqued my in-terest,” senior Peter Allen said. “I like to involve myself in organiza-tions like these, which devote them-selves to a cause. And, honestly, things like this take only a little bit of time but make a big impact.”

“Focus on Uganda,” an event co-sponsored by Invisible Children and the African Students Union, strived to create awareness about the child soldier issue in Uganda, where children are being abducted and carry arms for a rebel cause.

“I heard about the event

through an e-mail sent out by the United Black Students,” freshman Jackie Sims said. “I am big on Af-rica and creating awareness about what is happening there. It seems that the U.S. and the world do not do enough for the various issues in Africa.”

The event focused on taking a photograph from on top of the Richter Library of students and fac-ulty members standing in the shape of Africa, with a “U,” again out of people, standing over Uganda.

“I think this was a great idea to get people involved and create awareness,” senior Nicole Budzin-ski said. “An event like this encour-ages people to take notice.”

There seems to be no doubt that students are taking notice of Invisible Children and the cause they represent. For an organization that had a very minute member base last year, this organization has made a major impact on campus.

“Yes, I know about Invisible Children,” senior Mike Sanchez said. “I feel that just about every-

one does. They have had a few screenings and some meetings, aside from the general awareness they are spreading through their patches.”

The goal of the organization is to raise awareness and raise funds to address the child soldier prob-lem in Uganda. To this end, the or-ganization is involved in a program known as Schools for Schools.

“Our organization is paired with a school in Uganda,” said junior Chelsea Werner, the vice president of Invisible Children. “What we do is raise funds, and all the funds we raise go toward our [partner] school. By doing this, we are providing children in Uganda the opportunity to go to school and have books and other such neces-sities. In this way, we can attempt to keep these children away from being abducted.”

Wednesday’s event was yet an-other step forward for the organi-zation, as it satisfied both goals the organization has. The event helped in their effort to raise awareness,

and it afforded them the opportu-nity to raise funds for their Schools for Schools program, as Invisible Children plans to sell copies of the pictures they took.

“Overall, I think the event was very successful,” Werner said.

“Besides being successful based on the sheer numbers that came out, the event was a success because the people who came out cared.”

Pravin Patel may be contacted at [email protected].

Group works for Ugandan schoolBY PRAVIN PATELOF THE STAFF

COURTESY BRANDSONLINE.COM

VPILF: Popular costumes for this Halloween are political fi gures, due to the proximitiy to this year’s Election Day.

Halloween gets a little partisan

This Halloween, college stu-dents nationwide have stashed the usual French maid or sexy firefight-er costume in the closet to instead follow this year’s trend to dress up as the candidates of the 2008 presi-dential election.

“The candidates have turned into celebrity figures and students have taken an interest in them more so than ever before,” junior Daniella Meair said.

Meair added that she thinks the popularity of political cos-tumes is due to the personalities of the candidates.

Some students planning to wear partisan garb feel it will help promote their political agenda.

“This election is a very emo-tional one and students feel strongly about it and want to get their voices heard, even if that means dress-ing up as [Republican presidential nominee Sen.] John McCain to do

it,” junior Annette Medina said.Republican vice-presidential

nominee Gov. Sarah Palin is among the most popular costume choices, according to some costume stores.

“A lot of people asked about it. More people have asked about masks, especially of Sarah Palin. We have dressed people in suits with lapel pins and styling differ-ent wigs,” said Debbie Weisman of ABC Costume Shop in Miami.

According to online costume superstore buycostumes.com, 4,000 Sarah Palin masks have been sold to around the country.

To imitate Palin’s token style does not come cheap, though. Cos-tumes are typically priced at $70 or more, depending on if the buyer is willing to spend on an elaborate Palin wig.

Regardless of political prefer-ence, one fact is for sure this elec-tion season: Palin and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama are in, while Playboy bun-ny and Fred Flintstone are out.

Jackie Smith may be contacted at [email protected].

Sexy is out and political is inBY JACKIE SMITHCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

Making Invisible Children that much more visible

COURTESY INVISIBLE CHILDREN

CHIPPING IN: Participants in the “Focus on Uganda” event donate their time working on a banner on the University Green.

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8 OPINION THE MIAMI HURRICANE October 30 - November 2, 2008

cartoon by tiffany agam

Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane

editorial board.

editorial

Gate system confusing in its inconsistencyAs college students, it seems as though we

rarely get a chance to stop and smell the roses. There is constant motion our lives. Living in the “now” society we’ve created, we tend to get antsy when told to wait. On one hand, our natural reaction to this “wait” command tends to be vocalized in a string of four-letter words. But on the other hand, if we know about the delay ahead of time, we can mentally and physically prepare by gathering patience and leaving early.

The new policy involving the entrance gate at Stanford Drive is something that has pissed off students since its implementation. After going through days of off-again, on-again implementation last semester, confusing those simply trying to get to class, the program stuck at the beginning of this semester. Again, both last semester and this semester, the plan was thrown on us like a bag of bricks. We weren’t warned or informed.

For those of you who have never been to campus past midnight, or whenever they start “guarding,” the inconvenience arises from slowing down, shuffling for your wallet and then repeatedly swiping your card at an impossible angle and waiting for that green light to raise the arm of the gated fortress.

The real problem, as always, evolves from inconsistency. Sometimes you can get through the main gate with no worries in the middle of the night. Other times, it’s swiping 24 hours a day. Do it one way or don’t do it at all. All the gated entrances around campus should synchronize and follow the same schedule. And on another note, why gate some entrances and not others?

Overall, it has become more of a nuisance than a protection device and has students around campus asking why. The administration should not hesitate to send out a mass e-mail explaining how and why this new safety device is being used.

Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane

editorial board.

opinion

I am very disappointed at your ignorance as to what makes for a good performance. As the EDGE editor I would expect you to realize that being mainstream or famous does not instantly ensure that you will have an entertaining performance. Rather, it is energy and talent that provide entertainment, and I would be absolutely astonished if you were to disagree that N*E*R*D did not explode on that stage with an insane amount of energy, and I would undoubtedly call for your resignation as EDGE editor if you denied that N*E*R*D was not incredibly talented and innovative.

Additionally, there is no artist that is famous enough to make every single UM student happy. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but we have an incredibly diverse student population who more than likely enjoy all different types of music. I can guarantee you that if T.I. or Chris Brown played next year’s homecoming concert there would still be people leaving the concert discontented.

Now I’d like to make it clear that I am not N*E*R*D’s biggest fan, in fact I only own one of their CDs, but please consider what would happen if Chris Brown or Kanye

West (infinitely more famous to be sure) had played at homecoming. Would either of them have encouraged crowd surfing and then pulled these people on stage and danced with them throughout the concert? Would anyone more famous have been shouting “U” over and over and been so intent on arousing our school spirit? I doubt it.

I definitely agree with you that N*E*R*D is not the most famous band around. But they put on a great show. It was high-energy, incredibly entertaining and, in my opinion, they put way more effort into this show than any other artist who may have been more famous would have. And most importantly, I’d like to point out that the homecoming concert is completely free to students, so what right do you have complaining that N*E*R*D is not famous enough? I mean come on Dan, stop being so negative and appreciate what your fellow students are accomplishing for your entertainment.

–Danielle AnnonSophomore

International Studies

letter in response to dan buyanovsky

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This is one possible theory as to what really happened the night of the bomb scare.

Picture this:You’re a member of a re-

ligious organization. Maybe you’re even the student leader-ship director. You decide to tell your boss that you’re going to

stay a little late and finish up some work. He agrees and tells you to lock up on your way out. He then leaves at 7:30 p.m.

Truth is, you just placed three tabs of acid under your tongue and plan to spend the next six hours visualizing fractals and little green monsters running up and down the halls.

Your thoughts are running wild and time is nothing more than a number. You walk by a mirror in the dark lobby and catch a glimpse of yourself.

The longer you stare, the more distorted your face becomes. Your left eye is drooping down past your mouth and your right eye swells to take up that entire side of your face.

Realizing what just happened, you scam-per away from the mirror in hopes that you won’t actually start to melt.

Right now you’re a few feet from the front door and watching the cars driving by freaks you out. All of a sudden, you hear three roaring bangs on the front door. Deep down, you know it can’t be an alien creature, but right now, you don’t know what to believe.

You quickly dart around the corner into the kitchen. The front door slowly creeks open and you’re as close to shitting your pants as you’ve ever been.

A cloaked older woman with a familiar face enters the foyer.

“Hellooo,” she hollers.The voice echos at least 20 times, fluctu-

ating in volume each time. The woman looks around for a moment and waddles over toward the vending machine with an unmarked card-board package.

“What the hell could that be,” you manage to think, lucidly.

Intently watching her black cloak flow in the open-door breeze, you notice a transforma-tion. No longer is this figure in front of you a lady. Her scarf has turned into a flowing grey beard and the pattern on her sweater looks like sticks of dynamite strapped to her chest.

“Holy shit,” you mutter.Your cousins in Israel described a terrorist

attack that they once saw from afar, and this man matches the exact description. But it couldn’t be him, because he blew himself to pieces!

You’re surprised at your cognitive reason-ing.

At this time, the figure near the front door bellows, “I’m leaving this right here...” and with those words, she places the little brown box on the floor next to the vending machine in the lobby.

The figure leaves and slams the door be-

hind her. You’re shaken up.With that, you’re left with your thoughts.

You start freaking out, going into the deepest, darkest portals of your mind. You convince yourself that the only possible thing that famil-iar face left near the vending machine in the lobby is an explosive device.

You manage to take out your cell phone and dial what looks like 911. A voice literally comes out of the phone, saying, “9-1-1 emer-gency.”

“Uh, um, bomb, Hillel, UM,” and then you hang up.

It takes you a minute to realize what you just did.

Maybe the box was a bunch of newspaper clippings praising the organization, maybe it was some chocolates. But NO. Most likely, it’s a bomb.

The police arrive twenty minutes later to “control-detonate” the box of mystery. The flashing lights are terrifyingly soothing. You never thought those two emotions would mix.

Your heart pounds as you give your offi-cial statement to the polished police officer, but as people begin to call you a “hero,” you know you’ve done the right thing.

Any similarities to actual events are coin-cidental.

Joshua W. Newman is a senior majoring in journalism and economics. He may be contacted at [email protected].

“This nation needs change, the change to face these issues...”– Melvin La, Junior

UP!speak

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?

KING MATTHEWSenior

“One time I went swimming right after I

ate.”

OSMAN NURI IYEMJunior

“I got beat up by 15 transvestites in Turkey.”

JOE WENDTSophomore

“I smoked DMT.”

compiled by Joshua W. Newman

In response to Ms. San Pedro’s piece, I find her reasoning to be both flawed and absurd. Under Obama’s plan, taxes will not increase for families making less than $250,000. The average college graduate makes around $46,000. In fact, the average physician with less than 10 years experience will make less than $153,000. The majority of well educated people will not be affected under Obama’s plan. Her example of the hypothetical doctor is clearly inappropriate and inadequate to describe the concerns of the average American.

On the other hand, the after-tax income of those in the top 1% has increased nearly 176% since 1979, while the middle fifth of the country has only seen an increase of 21% for the same time period. At the same time, Bush’s tax cuts have served to benefit only the richest Americans, while deepening the

income inequality found in our country. Why should we be shifting the tax burden even more to the middle class, which is already struggling in the current economic crisis? And while Ms. San Pedro and others may be quick to attribute this widening gap to more educated people joining the workforce, the wages of highly educated workers (including college graduates) have fallen way behind those at the very top.

Our country is besieged by a host of problems, in addition to tax reform, that threaten the “American Dream,” ranging from the affordability of healthcare to the accessibility to education. It is true that programs such as Medicare and the Federal Pell Grant Program benefit from the taxes paid by hardworking Americans of all income levels. But since when did seniors and college students, people who benefit from these

federal programs, become “loafers and free-riders” of the government, as she so tactfully described in her piece? Maybe Ms. San Pedro is too preoccupied with hunting “socialists” that she fails to acknowledge the gravity of the situation facing our country. Her argument reflects a lack of research on her part.

This nation needs change, the change to face these issues, and it won’t come in the form of the same eight-year-old policies that got us here in the first place.

–Melvin LaJunior

Biochemistry/Microbiology

by joshua w. newman

Suspicious package, pleasant gift, or bad trip?

letter in response to victoria san pedro

Got a great “Speak Up” question?

E-mail Opinion Editor Joshua W. Newman at:

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The sun hits the horizon and the night smothers you suddenly, and it’s on this one night a year that you can be anyone and anything you want to be. Halloween is quickly approaching.

Halloween originated from Samhain, a Celtic Festival celebrating the end of the harvest. It was believed by the ancients Gaels that on Oct. 31, the boundary between the world of the dead and the world

of the living ceased to exist and spirits could travel back and forth as they pleased.Once you’ve decided on your costume of choice, whether it be a naughty cop, toga person, or Gandhi, the

real question is: how are you going to spend your evening in the company of the “undead?”If you’re feeling adventurous, there are a few haunted houses, each with their own unique spin, that may

pique your interest. A huge smash in New York City, “Nightmare: Ghost Stories” is an exhibit based on a selection of actual ghost encounters and accounts. Open daily from 7 p.m. to midnight, “Nightmare” features a guided tour

and the chance to find your way out of an intense haunted house.If you want to experience the real thing, there are also opportunities for you to take your chances with the para-

normal. A few reputed haunted spots here in Miami include the Biltmore Hotel, which served as a hospital during WWII and offers ghost tours weekly. If you do check out the Biltmore, be sure to stop in on the 13th floor, which has a particularly sinister reputation.

The Ghost Tours of Coconut Grove will provide you with a new look at your local Thursday night hot spots. Are you willing to know the truth about the party spots your frequent, and the guests you may or may not have seen looming there?

Of course there are still swanky parties that are happening around Miami, including Mansion, BED, Space, Cameo, Dek23 and Club Prive; be sure to order your tickets as soon as possible to avoid paying high last minute prices. If you’re interested in heading to SoBe, alternative duo Chromeo will also be performing at Heathrow to cel-ebrate Halloween with Miami. And if you are looking for a more fancy event (which comes with the steep price tag of $125 a ticket) Viscaya is having its own costumed soiree.

Trick-or-treating events will take place early on in the evening at Miracle Mile, while most of CocoWalk will be closed off for pedestrians who will be undoubtedly up to mischief and mayhem later in the evening. Remem-ber to sign up for the Ibis Ride to the Grove and/or Sunset Place to secure a safe and reliable way to get back on campus.

Have you made plans, but are still stuck on costume ideas? Check out costumeideazone.com for tips on making or purchasing a unique costume that will be the talk of the party.

With such an array of events going down this Halloween, you shouldn’t be stuck wishing you’d planned ahead. So, whether it’s your friend’s house party, a haunted house or a stroll through the insanely packed

Grove, make the most of this year’s chilly Hallow’s Eve.

Tiffany Agam may be contacted at [email protected].

Halloween in Miami should leave few bored

WHEREW I L LY O UBE ON

OCTOBER

31ST?BY TIFFANY AGAM

SENIOR EDGE WRITER

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“Cauliflower, broccoli, water-melon, squash,” scatted a young Billy Joel over a melody that would one day become his legend-ary “Scenes from an Italian Res-taurant.” Joel had his own form of creating music – writing a melody and inserting filler words until he could come up with something substantial.

Unlike most musicians, Billy Joel wrote the majority of his mu-sic in this disconnected, unortho-dox form, creating the music first and separately writing the lyrics.

Similarly, after a 27 year gap in collaborations, Talking Heads producer Brian Eno and frontman David Byrne have reunited to cre-ate their second album together via a similar process. The project began with a collection of strictly instrumental and digital tracks that Eno had created over many years, left abandoned and unre-leased due to Eno’s hesitation to

write lyrics.However, when Eno ap-

proached Byrne about the possibil-ity of writing lyrics for his tracks, a beautiful lovechild of poetry and melody was born.

On the album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, the pair takes on a new approach to their sound, introducing themes and melodic ideas that differ from their first effort in 1981, a ground-breaking experimental album en-titled My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.

Eno, also the producer of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida, made the decision to self-release the album online, and it was made available to stream for free at the end of August. On Oct. 7, the album was finally made available for purchase on iTunes.

Although 27 years have passed since their first collaboration, Eno and Byrne have reunited, crafting sounds filled with as much energy as their work in the 1980s with the Talking Heads. Describing their new sound as “gospel-electronic,” the pair accomplishes their goal of expressing hope and positivity even in the face of despair.

While their sound is far more

accessible and less complicated than their previous experimen-tal undertakings, there are still traces of digital and mathemati-cal sounds amidst the major chord motifs. The duo claimed that they tried to “make that picture of the human still trying to survive in an increasingly complicated digital world.”

On “Strange Overtones,” a key track of the album, Byrne sings of the songwriting process itself, complete with an uplifting groove created by bongos, congas, a tambourine and a pair of guitars, reminding us of the brilliant “Once in a Lifetime,” that the Talking Heads released only 20 years ago on their album Remain in Light.

To stream the album, visit www.everythingthathappens.com, or visit iTunes to purchase a copy.

Key Tracks: “One Fine Day,” “Life is Long,” “Strange Overtones”

Carey Goldenberg may be contacted at [email protected].

Talking Heads frontman, producer regroup for new album three decades later

High expectations are hard to live up to.

After the success of their first album, Silent Alarm, Bloc Party struggled through good but not great reviews for their sophomore try, A Weekend in the City.

Many missed post-punk hits à la “Banquet” and “Helicop-ter” which were replaced by the softer sounds found on cuts like “SXRT.”

That’s why it came as a sur-prise 18 months later when the band pulled a Radiohead, an-nouncing the release in of its third album, Intimacy, on Aug. 21 in the MP3 file format.

Kele Okereke and company flex their Guitar Hero riffs and lyrical genius while experimenting with electronic and Big Beat ele-ments this time around.

As a conceptual album, Ok-ereke leaves politics and everyday life in East London behind to fo-cus on a past relationship and all its stages through sometimes sur-

prising references.For example, the band alludes

to mythology often, as in “Trojan Horse” – a song that works with lines such as “You used to take your watch off before we made love/You didn’t want to share our time with anyone.”

Album opener “Ares” misses with its experimental fashion and chants of “War, war, war war/I want to declare war.” Okereke’s voice ends up sounding like loud noise instead of its unique self.

The album’s best and most somber songs are easily “Biko,” “Signs” and “Ion Square,” which deal with loss and death in music box-like fashion thanks to the use of glockenspiels.

“Halo” and “One Month Off ” speak of lust over time in the band’s signature punk form.

Singles “Flux” and “Mer-cury” do take some getting used to, but they’re the most danceable tracks and are fun to listen to in the car.

It’s the best of both Bloc Par-ty worlds on Intimacy, which can never be a bad thing.

Christina De Nicola may be contacted at [email protected].

CD REVIEW: ‘INTIMACY’

Bloc Party brings diverse approach to third disc

Eno and Byrne revisit soundsBY CAREY GOLDENBERGCONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

British band releases via MP3BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLAOF THE STAFF

3.5 out of 4 stars

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Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Se-cret Life of Bees relates an account of the civil rights movement and proves that love can fashion among anyone.

Lily Owens is haunted by thoughts of her late mother, who died tragically when Lily was a young child. Living with her abusive father only seems to make matters worse for the 14-year-old. Lily gains enough ambition to leave her home with her African-American nanny, Rosaleen, in hopes of find-ing the answers to life-long curiosities.

As the two make their journey, they are taken in by the Boatwrights – August, May and June. Lily discovers the legend of Black Madonna Honey and finds comfort in truth’s legacy.

Pain-stricken Lily, played by Dakota Fanning, embraces viewers with her big blue

feeling eyes. With her southern twang and a ratty ponytail, one cannot help but to sympa-thize with the young girl. August Boatwright is yet another bold, embracing role for Queen Latifah, while both Alicia Keys (June) and Jennifer Hudson (Rosaleen) are able to con-tribute their musical talents to the film.

Although it may be seen as a young girl’s unrealistic fantasy, The Secret Life of Bees is a heartwarming story.

A film made with the contributions of Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, The Secret Life of Bees shows that all things in life not only want to be loved, but deserve to be loved. Bring your girlfriends, sisters, mothers and daughters and relate to the many relation-ships in The Secret Life of Bees, for it is sure to hit hive.

Stephanie Schartel may be contacted at [email protected].

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES’

Story proves the power of love BY STEPHANIE SCHARTELCONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

3.5 out of 4 stars

“Heartless” by Kanye West: I’ll be honest, when I first heard this I played it on repeat for about an hour. Whether you can relate to Ye’s woes or not, it’s just re-ally refreshing to hear a hip-hop artist’s raw emotions… even if they’re sung through Auto-Tune.

“Dance on Glass” by Q-Tip: Q-Tip still has it, and with the impressive creativ-ity on his new album he sounds as if he’s got something to prove. Check out the best voice in hip-hop over his own soulful production.

“Day N’ Nite Remix” by Kid Cudi & Jay-Z: The original was great, and the Crookers remix was even better. The Jim Jones re-make? Not so much. But this Mick Boogie/Jay-Z remix brings a whole new and exciting element to the nearly played out banger from Cudi.

“Sweet Confusion” by Wil May: Relationships seem to be on the minds of most artists as of late, and Wil May follows suit with a funny anthem for miserable men across the globe that have been left behind.

“No Other Love” by John Legend feat. Estelle: The laid-back, almost reggae sounding production on this is a perfect complement to Legend and Estelle’s smooth singing. Bump this loudly when you’re thinking about that special lover and it may just inspire you to get them “out of your head and into your bed.”

Dan Buyanovsky may be contacted at [email protected].

Weekend Playlist by Dan Buyanovsky // EDGE Editor

Check out more reviews onlinewww.TheMiamiHurricane.com/Edge

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Blowout. 48-0.That’s what Virginia did to

the Miami Hurricanes last season in Miami’s finale at the historic Or-ange Bowl, as the Cavaliers com-pletely blanked the Canes.

This year there will be plenty of fuel for the fire as the Hurri-canes (5-3, 2-2) hit the road to face off with the Cavaliers, the leader in the ACC Coastal Division. Virgin-ia (5-3, 3-1) has won four straight games, including three at home.

Traveling to Charlottesville, Va., the Hurricanes’ agenda can’t be vengeance after last year’s loss. Head coach Randy Shannon stated that the Hurricanes cannot come into this game against Virginia with a plan of revenge, but instead with the task of getting the job done.

“Revenge sometimes can hurt you because it’s built up inside of you,” Shannon said. “You have to go into the game with a fresh mind. Not hatred, but a strong dislike. We have a whole different team from last year.”

Quarterback Robert Marve added, “You want to get revenge back a little bit, but that was last year’s team. That is a whole differ-ent year.”

Last week Miami defeated Wake Forest, 16-10, giving them

three straight wins in the ACC. The Canes held the Demon Dea-cons scoreless during the last 43 minutes of the game.

Virginia is coming off an impressive road win, 24-17, over then-No. 17 Georgia Tech.

Earlier this season, USC de-molished the Cavaliers, 52-7, and Virginia also lost at Duke, 31-3. Since then the Cavaliers have ral-lied around head coach Al Groh.

“They’re doing a great job up there, Coach Groh is,” Shan-non said. “Early in the season they stumbled around a little bit. But late in the season they started pour-ing it on. They are pouring it on.”

This will be the sixth game between the two schools, with Mi-ami holding a 3-2 lead in the series. Virginia has won the last two meet-ings over the Hurricanes, including a 17-7 win in Charlottesville two years ago.

The Canes will see a unique set defense this week against Virginia, as they run the only 3-4 defense in the ACC. Shannon expressed how important it will be to execute as-signment football and block the zone blitz.

“It’s going to take the first quarter to know how it’s really run,” Shannon said. “That is the hardest thing for us against them. They have big linebackers. They can play.”

Said quarterback Jacory Har-ris, “The 3-4 defense can help close gaps faster and it stops the little yards.”

However, Miami leads the ACC in offense with 32 points per game and has been able to make momentum-shifting plays this sea-son. Wide receiver Travis Benjamin has been the main big play threat.

Javarris James and Graig Cooper were both on the field mul-tiple times last week, something

that hasn’t been seen this season. Shannon wants to get both running backs more touches this game, as they were lacking in carries against Wake Forest.

If the Hurricanes defeat Vir-ginia they will become eligible for a bowl game, but Shannon is keep-ing the team level headed.

“We’re worried about Vir-ginia and Virginia only,” Marve said. “Not a bowl game. I’m think-ing about Virginia and getting the win. We are going to bring our A game.”

Lelan LeDoux may be contacted at [email protected].

“Revenge sometimes can hurt you because it’s built up inside of you. You have to go...with a fresh mind.”

– RANDY SHANNON,football head coach

“We’re worried about Virginia and Virginia only… I’m thinking about Virginia

and getting the win.”

– ROBERT MARVE,quarterback

SPORTSO C T. 30 TO N OV. 2 , 2 008

ACC StandingsACC StandingsATLANTICATLANTIC Conf, W-LConf, W-L Overall W-LOverall W-L COASTALCOASTAL Conf, W-LConf, W-L Overall, W-LOverall, W-LFlorida StateFlorida State 3-13-1 6-16-1 VirginiaVirginia 3-13-1 5-35-3

MarylandMaryland 3-13-1 5-15-1 Georgia TechGeorgia Tech 3-23-2 6-26-2

Boston CollegeBoston College 2-22-2 5-25-2 North CarolinaNorth Carolina 2-22-2 6-26-2

Wake ForestWake Forest 2-22-2 4-34-3 Virginia TechVirginia Tech 2-22-2 5-35-3

ClemsonClemson 1-31-3 3-43-4 Miami (FL)Miami (FL) 2-22-2 5-35-3

North Carolina StateNorth Carolina State 0-40-4 2-62-6 DukeDuke 1-21-2 4-34-3

BILLY GILBERT // Hurricane StaffHURTING HANDS: Graig Cooper repels a Wake Forest defender while heading out of bounds.

Revenge not Hurricanes’ goal despite last season’s Orange Bowl fi naleFOOTBALL

Virginia Cavaliers lead ACC CoastalBY LELAN LEDOUXSENIOR SPORTS WRITER

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Game-Time MatchupGame-Time MatchupMIAMIMIAMI vs. vs. VirginiaVirginia

QUARTERBACKS: For Miami, the quarterback partnership is hitting its stride. Jacory Harris and Robert Marve are really complementing each other well and picking up the other’s slack. Marve was clutch last game and is taking better care of the ball. For Virginia, Marc Verica is completing 67 percent of his passes but has thrown nine interceptions and only five touchdowns.

EDGE: MIAMI

RUNNING BACKS:Javarris James was worked more into the rotation against Wake, and he and Graig Cooper were used on the fi eld together at times. They are a formidable duo but, right now, no running back in the nation is hotter than Virginia’s Cedric Peerman. He is averaging 5.7 yards per carry for the season and has seven touchdowns.

EDGE: VIRGINIA

WIDE RECEIVERS: Virginia features Kevin Ogletree and stud tight end John Phillips. Miami continues to rotate six or seven receivers and two tight ends. Again, this is strength in numbers against two featured players. Miami has more talent, but Virginia’s guys have been just as effective.

EDGE: EVEN

OFFENSIVE LINE: Miami is averaging four yards per carry and keeping the quarterbacks upright. Virginia is averaging only 3.5 as a team; when one considers how far up Peerman is bringing that number, they have to wonder how bad the rest of the run game is.

EDGE: MIAMI

DEFENSIVE LINE:Alex Field is Virginia’s impact lineman, coming in with 4.5 sacks. Miami’s line was strong last week but has been inconsistent. Both teams are athletic and like to get after the passer up front.

EDGE: EVEN

LINEBACKERS: Virginia loves to blitz their linebackers, and the duo of Jon Copper and Clint Sintim (who comes in with 9.5 sacks) live in opponents’ backfields. Miami’s crew of linebackers prefers roaming sideline to sideline and cleaning up the mess on the other side of scrimmage. They will have to be great in covering Phillips. These are two different styles and two very effective units. Apples and oranges.

EDGE: EVEN

SECONDARY: Once again, Miami’s secondary went untested last week. Virginia will be sure to change that. The nickelback will have to defend the tight end flat pass that maimed the Canes last year. Virginia is led by corners Ras-I Dowling and Vic Hall.

EDGE: VIRGINIA

SPECIAL TEAMS:Yannick Reyering is 5-of-8 on field goals for the Cavaliers. Matt Bosher is 12-of-13 for the Canes. Bosher has been great all season, not only in the kicking game but also in the punting game (the occasional shank aside). Virginia’s return game lacks a big play threat, while both Travis Benjamin and Thearon Collier are playmakers for the Canes.

EDGE: MIAMI

BY DAN STEIN

Over the past couple weeks I have begun to hear rumblings of something I am not at all happy about. Early on, I was frustrated by one thought: Why can’t people let good be left good?

But then, I sat down with a cool head and I thought about it, and I came to my senses: These people were correct.

What am I talking about? It’s quite simple actually: Robert Marve or Ja-cory Harris.

Before I get into this, though, I need to set a cou-ple things straight. By no means am I attempting to stir up controversy. That is the last thing I want.

I have no problem with where the Hurricane foot-ball team is right now, especially because I foresee the team and these players achieving great things in the near future.

Despite this, I feel it my duty to voice what I have been hearing. This decision was by no means an easy one, but after much consideration, here we go: This team has two GOOD quarterbacks. And, both have the potential to be great, on the collegiate level.

What’s the problem then? The problem is exactly what I said: They are both good.

At different junctures this season, we have seen both of these guys make freshman mistakes, but, at other times, we have seen both Marve and Harris play beyond their years and lead the Hurricanes to a vic-tory.

Harris had his shining moment two weeks ago against Duke, while Marve propelled the Canes to a hard-earned victory against Wake Forest.

Herein lies the problem, if you can even call it that. There are people in Miami and Canes fans around the nation who believe Marve deserves and should retain his starting job. But there are also those who believe

that Jacory is the better option for this team, and he needs to be given his fair shake.

Honestly, it’s a tossup. Both are good quarterbacks and both are deserving, and the fans are beginning to voice this sentiment. This isn’t a problem, at least, un-less both of these guys start thinking this way.

I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but it is a possibility. It’s also highly possible that this is a whole bunch of nothing, and I’m making something out of nothing.

In this regard, one has to believe Harris knew exactly what situation he was coming into. The same goes for Marve. He had to have know that no one was just going to hand him the starting job.

Another factor in this equation is that both guys want to be here. Marve pulled his commitment to Ala-bama to come to Miami, and there is no questioning Harris’ love for Miami.

Still, one has to ask: What if all this is outweighed by each back’s feeling that he should be the starter?

What if this turns into something more? What if the odd man out decides he wants to transfer? At this point, are we sold on either of these two guys as the guy? I know both are good, but who needs to be the guy leading this team?

In my opinion, even if both these guys decide to stay, I don’t feel we have seen enough of either. And that is where we need to start.

We need to know who the best option for this team is, and we need to know soon.

This is not written in an effort to spark contro-versy, but I would be scared if either of these guys de-cided to leave.

Yes, I would be scared because I would like to have both, but I would be terrified of losing the guy who could have been.

I know that reading this has not made things clear, but that’s the point. In the end, all of this could be much ado about nothing, but one has to wonder...

Pravin Patel may be contacted at [email protected].

Much ado about nothing, or...?FOOTBALL COMMENTARY

BY PRAVIN PATELSPORTS EDITOR

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The University of Miami club sailing team is going somewhere it hasn’t been in two years – district competition.

Competing against varsity teams, the club sailing team has made a name for itself in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association, placing in the top 10 of the South Atlantic district this season.

College sailing, especially popular among Mid-Atlantic and New England schools, has grown into a competitive sport and the sailing Canes have recently stepped up to the challenge.

The team gratefully took in over a dozen newcomers this year, making UM a valid challenger.

“We got a large influx of experienced and excited freshman,” team president Hannah Marshburn said. “Their excitement really built our team chemistry, and we were able to have more practices.”

Those practices – three days a week plus weekends – are held at Coconut Grove Sailing Club, where the team races and drills alongside nationally ranked Ransom Everglades High School.

The student-run club also receives coaching and support from faculty adviser Bill Johns, an oceanographer and professor at University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

While it has often been difficult for the sailing club to govern and run a team that competes against nationally ranked varsity teams, James Remeika, a senior and the former team president, explained that this season has been different.

“Everyone has been putting in a ton of time,” he said. “We’ve finally been able to put together

the talent and the practice and hard work.”

Amongst commitment and practicing issues, the team has faced several other obstacles along the way.

While varsity teams that compete in the regatta receive relatively large amounts of funding from their school, the UM club sailing team has a limited budget. Sailors typically must arrange for their own transportation, accommodations and food during the weekends of competition.

Matching up against teams that have the resources often proves to be a challenge, even for the talented club.

“We had to get out there and prove ourselves, and we did,” freshman David Hernandez said. “And we’ve gone really far this fall.”

The South Atlantic district finals, which will be held at the College of Charleston in South Carolina this weekend, will allow the club to see how far they can really go.

The top 10 teams in the district, including powerhouses Charleston and the University of South Florida, will race to determine who will go on in the competition. The top two teams will proceed to ACC competition and the remaining top five will advance to the Atlantic Conference Tournament.

Marshburn is confident in the team’s ability, even against the nationally ranked varsity teams.

“We have a chance at the ACC, but we have a great shot at the ACT,” she said, indicating that Charleston would be their biggest competitor.

Hernandez is also optimistic about next weekend’s regatta.

“We have everything we need,” he said. “We just have to take what we learned up with us to Charleston and stay positive.”

Brittany Patterson may be contacted at [email protected].

Club sailing team to compete in districts

CLUB SPORT

Team added over a dozen new members this yearBY BRITTANY PATTERSONCONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

FOOTBALLMarve receives ACC weekly honor

Redshirt freshman quarterback Robert Marve earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors for the second time this season after last Saturday’s performance against Wake Forest.

Marve accounted for 209 of Miami’s 296 yards as the Hurricanes defeated the Demon Deacons, 16-10, for their third-straight victory.

Earlier in the season, Marve received the honor after his performance against Texas A&M.

SOCCERMacdonald named to Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week

Sophomore defender Brittney Macdonald was named to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week after helping the Hurricanes go 1-0-1 last week and record two shutouts.

Besides limiting ninth-ranked Duke and 19th-ranked Wake Forest to nine shots on goal, Macdonald scored the game winner against the Demon Deacons, her second goal of the season.

She also became the fi rst Cane named to the team since Oct. 15, 2007, when Lauren McAdam garnered the honor as goalkeeper.

Information compiled by Christina De Nicola from hurricanesports.com.

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dear ...Unhealthy relationship does everyone a disservice

,I’m hooking up with a girl that I

met at the beginning of the year. She’s great, except for one nagging detail: she has a boyfriend. He’s off in some foreign country somewhere, so to me, that’s not a boyfriend, yet she won’t break up with him. I’m fine being a man on the side, but I’d rather be first violin, not second choice. How do I tell her to dump the distant loser?

~Morally Ambiguous

Dear Morally Ambiguous,

I’m sorry, but yours is a re-ally sad story. Besides the small detail that she is cheating on her boyfriend and you are facilitating that, what makes you think that either of you are in the position to be in a healthy relationship with each other? Not only are you two in a morally ambiguous situation, as you admit, but such ambiguity is bound to carry over into what-ever relationship you two have.

Your girl (but not really your girl) clearly doesn’t have her head in the right place. Why, if she’s cheating on the guy she is sup-posedly committed to, would she

not do the same to you? Further-more, why are you “fine being the man on the side?” I know you don’t respect their relationship, but if you can’t respect someone else’s relationship, then how can you maintain one of your own? Besides, whether you respect someone else’s relationship or not is irrelevant. Clearly no one is asking you and clearly this girl doesn’t care what you have to say about it.

I know I sound really harsh right now and normally, people keep their mouths shut when they see other people doing something like this, but since you asked, I’m obliged to bring you back down to

earth. After all, that’s all this re-ally is - a big mistake. You need to get out of this and get over it. Ad-mitting your fault is a good start and understanding why this is so wrong is the catalyst for improve-ment in your personal life.

Get out there and find your-self a real girlfriend. Not some girl who’s using you for some tawdry fun, but an available girl who is open to care about you and honor your relationship. That way you can be “first violin” without convincing her to choose you. It’s so much better when both parties actually want to be in the relation-ship, and I’m glad I have the chance to remind you of that.

Also, learn to show a little more respect. Show some respect for yourself, for the other guy, for this girl, and for relationships in general. Everyone should learn to live more respect-fully. I honestly think respect is the most important quality a person can have because once you have it, everything else falls into place. Think about it.

Best of luckV!

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