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2 NEWS THE MIAMI HURRICANE September 17 - September 20, 2015

T he University of Miami has specified a plan for its first-ever gender-neutral housing op-tions. The pilot program will be

offered in certain suites and apartments in Eaton Residential College and the Univer-sity Village, according to a statement from Executive Director of Media Relations Elizabeth Amore. President Julio Frenk announced the plan for gender-neutral housing by fall of 2016 on Thursday at a town hall event with students, faculty and community members.

“I think the gender-neutral housing is a first step. It’s a recommendation that we are embracing and taking forward. But I do hope that, in this listening exercise ... We will see what other options you feel are necessary. I will fight very, very hard to eliminate any trace of discrimination or any feeling of alienation from our commu-nity,” Frenk said in response to a question from junior Morgan Owens.

Gender-neutral housing became a Student Government priority this year, ac-cording to Owens, the treasurer of UPride.

Campus Pride, a nonprofit organiza-tion focused on developing more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities, lists 197 universities and colleges that already offer gender-inclusive housing, which they de-scribe as “housing in which students can have a roommate of any gender.” UM will be the fifth school in Florida to offer such housing, joining Eckerd College, Ringling College of Art and Design, Stetson Uni-versity and University of North Florida.

“For this pilot gender-neutral option, we are currently updating our systems so

that continuing students who want cam-pus housing in fall 2016 can have the op-tion to live in a gender-neutral suite or apartment, on a space-available basis,” said a statement from the university.

The statement said that other residen-tial facilities could be included as the pro-gram is developed. Significant software, policy and process changes are needed to implement the program. The student housing website will be updated once the university has finalized its plans for the program.

As of this time, it is not yet clear how much space will be available when the pro-gram is first implemented.

The school is also designing inclusive restrooms for the school’s “public areas” and will continue to work on recommen-dations made by the 2014 task force on LGBT issues.

“The university is committed to iden-tifying issues that are challenging for transgender students and will continue to work on the recommendations from the

2014 task force on LGBTQ issues,” the statement concluded.

Owens said LGBT students want an on-campus resource center with a paid staff, similar to that of the Toppel Career Center and Multicultural Student Affairs Center. He also mentioned how LGBT stu-dents disproportionately use Counseling Center resources more than the rest of the student population.

In recent years, the center has come under scrutiny for reducing the number of visits per student per semester to 15. Hav-ing a counseling center with the capacity to help LGBT students without a long wait time is important, Owens said.

“The reality is that any of these things we’re asking for are going to make this campus a better place,” he said. “Campus will be a better place if you have happier classmates.”

Owens and other members of the LGBT community will be meeting with President Frenk on Thursday to discuss a number of concerns facing LGBT stu-dents.

LGBT

Gender-neutral housing options to open in fall 2016

By William Riggin and Isabella Cueto William Riggin and Isabella Cueto News Editor

D espite the many banners proclaiming the University of Miami to be a “Smoke-Free Campus,” the method of enforce-ment for the campus-wide ban is still un-

clear, and clouds of cigarette smoke can still be seen around the school’s campus.

The Dean of Students Office said that any fac-ulty member can inform violators of an infraction, and students instructed by a faculty member to report to the office must adhere. These students then meet with Muhammad Asad, the director of the campus’s quit smoking program, and a “certified tobacco treat-ment specialist” according to the university website. Sanctioned students must complete the entire program with Asad. The details of this program as well as a schedule are available in the Dean of Students Office.

The school’s website says all smoking and use of tobacco products are prohibited throughout the cam-pus as of Aug. 1, 2013. Still, some students believe the smoking on campus is going overlooked.

“Students are well aware of the smoking that goes on near the Richter Library,” said student Santiago Olaguibel.

The school’s exact policy in the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook for the 2015-16 aca-demic year states, “The Coral Gables Campus and the Miller School of Medicine are smoke free envi-ronments; smoking is prohibited. ‘Smoking’ includes inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigarette or electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe or other such device which contains tobacco or other smoke producing products.”

“I think students know about the policy, but the university does not do enough to enforce it,” Student Government member Carolina Lorenzo said.

The student handbook outlines a range of possible sanctions for a case in which there was a single policy violation and no previous disciplinary violations. On-campus smoking is considered a “Major or Universi-ty” level offense. First-time violators risk disciplinary warning and a $75 fine.

While the specific sanctions that accompany the violation are unclear to some, the school has made its policy clear.

“The no-smoking signs are visible and every-where,” student Mark Ciappesoni said. He believes that most students get the message, however like other students, he is not blind to the smoking that does hap-pen.

For those thinking about quitting smoking, the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center offers classes on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and 4:30-5:30 p.m.

CAMPUS LIFE

Administration continues struggle to enforce smoking ban

By Brianna Hernandez Brianna HernandezContributing Writer

Shreya Chidarala Shreya Chidarala // Staff PhotographerCLEAR MESSAGE: As UM’s administration continues to uphold the non-smoking policy, increased signs demonstrating the policy have been put up on the Gables campus.

September 17 - September 20, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE NEWS 3

T he Women in Tech Careers Event on Tuesday night at the Toppel Career Cen-ter demonstrated to young

women that their dreams of entering the male-dominated world of technol-ogy can become reality.

The event was developed by Sawsan Khuri, director of engagement for the University of Miami’s Center for Computational Science. Khuri was in-spired to have this event after attending a conference where Adriana Cisneros, the CEO of multi-billion dollar me-dia and real estate enterprise Cisneros Group, advised a young girl to “lose her labels, kick ass and do it.”

“What we wanted to do was en-gage in a discussion about just getting on with it and why you shouldn’t really be worried or kind of upset about what people say, because people are going to say a million things. Just go with things you enjoy,” Khuri said.

The panel included four women and two men: Benoit Wirz, director of Venture Investments at the Knight Foundation; Claire Marrero, CEO of The Talent Source and president of IT-Women; Lynn Cherny, visiting Knight chair for the Center for Communica-tion, Culture and Change at University of Miami School of Communication; Rebekah Monson, co-founder and vice president of “The New Tropic;” Chris-tine Lisetti, associate professor of com-puter science at Florida International University and Brian Reece, associate director of UM’s Toppel Career Center.

Each of their careers covers the technology spectrum from computer science to digital media and even capi-tal investments.

“There is great capacity in this industry for you to just skyrocket to wherever you want to go,” said panel-ist Monson, the vice president of “The New Tropic,” a website that connects people in Miami to media and social opportunities throughout the city.

Monson told the audience that the great thing about the technology field is that anyone can work in it. She ex-pressed her desire for women to break away from the idea that only scientists, mathematicians and computer engi-neers can enter the technology field.

“I’m a journalist. I got into [tech-nology] through all kinds of weird back roads, but that’s another great thing about this field,” Monson said.

Not only did the event attract stu-dents and faculty from the university, but it also brought out students from Gulliver Academy, a private school in Coral Gables that teaches students from kindergarten through eighth grade. Gulliver Academy has created an engi-neering course specifically for girls, and the class came to hear the panelists for a field trip.

“Since many women aren’t doing engineering a lot, we wanted to learn more about it so we can pursue it in the future,” said Valeria Tormo, an eighth grader at Gulliver Academy.

After the discussion, there was a networking reception where audience members could interact with panelists on a more personal level. Ibis Arrastia, the chapter leader for Girls Develop It, a non-profit organization that provides affordable programs for adult women interested in learning web and soft-ware development in a judgment-free environment, was there to support the event’s cause and network with women who might be interested in her organi-zation.

“I work a lot with women in tech and am trying to get women to like technology and try it out. It’s one of my passions, so I definitely wanted to be here and see how I can lend support,” Arrastia said.

The networking reception was an opportunity for emerging technologists and veterans in the industry to mingle and share experiences.

“I’ve been a computer engineer for 24 years, but it’s always been inside of a cubicle. I don’t really meet other women doing this, so, I just love the op-portunity that’ll be able to talk to some other women who’ve had a big, long ca-reer like me and hear what similarities and differences we have,” Arrastia said.

The wide range of women in the technology field revealed the many pos-sibilities accessible to young women.

“Representation is obviously im-portant, so you can see that other peo-ple have pioneered the way for you; it’s basically like standing on the shoulders of giants,” said Kayla Shirley, a fresh-man majoring in computer science.

“The fact of the matter is, many girls are really good at math, really good at science. They really enjoy it, but they’re afraid to tell anyone be-cause, it’s not cool to be a mathemati-cian; it’s not cool to be a scientist. Hey, you know what, it is extremely cool to be all those wonderful things,” Khuri said. “If you really enjoy math, science or coding, just run with it. Beautiful things happen.”

Aquarium for Shalala Student CenterThe bill to install a new 1000-gallon Caribbean reef

aquarium in the Donna E. Shalala Student Center was passed, much to the relief of Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmo-spheric Science Senator Sam May, who has been working on the installment project for three years.

If installed, the L-shaped aquarium would allow students to view and learn about the natural inhabitants of the aquatic environments, which would create a positive impact for the campus community. The proposed aquarium would also fea-ture Caribbean stony corals, making the university among the few display systems to have them.

“The University of Miami is one of the only universities in the United States with access to a live coral reef ecosystem,” May said. “Bringing that to our campus is emblematic of the visions of the university. It’s a good way to incorporate a piece of Miami onto our campus.”

San Amaro Pedestrian SafetyAlso discussed was San Amaro pedestrian safety. Student

Government (SG) had a meeting with the transportation advi-sory board and they have agreed to come up with a long-term solution for the safety of pedestrians. During planning, the im-mediate interim solution will be a pedestrian crossing sign to be placed at crosswalks.

Medical Amnesty PolicyIn an effort to better commit to the safety of students in

regards to excessive use of drugs or alcohol, Pier 21 and SG are promoting the medical amnesty policy. If a student has a friend who needs medical attention from alcohol or drug-re-lated activities, the Dean of Students Office will not ask about the caller’s participation in the consumption of any substances.

Weather Safety at Football GamesIf there is a lightning delay during a football game, no

buses will run. It is encouraged for the students to stay in the stadium for their safety. Bus operations will resume once the lightning stops.

Notes:Research is being done by Academic Affairs on professors

recording their lectures. They are also looking into policies for absence and sick leave policies. Some classes accept emergen-cies as excused absences and some classes do not, so an ex-cused absence policy is being discussed.

Various students were sworn into Supreme Court. Alani Fraga, Meghana Jami and Raymond Truong were all ratified as Supreme Court Associate Justices.

The Farmers Market will return on Sept. 30.

Networking event empowers women in STEM field

Senate increases safety, approves aquarium

By Marcus LimMarcus LimContributing News Writer

By Alexis McDonaldAlexis McDonaldStaff Writer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Kawan Amelung Kawan Amelung //Staff Photographer

INSPIRING PANEL: Rebekah Monson answers a question asked during the Women in Tech Careers Panel hosted by the Toppel Career Center. Women passionate about science and mathematics received words of ecouragement and advice for entering a male-dominated world of technology.

4 NEWS THE MIAMI HURRICANE September 17 - September 20, 2015

M others, fathers, brothers and sisters of University of Miami students will become honor-ary Canes on Friday for Fam-

ily Weekend. The weekend is hosted by the Department of Orientation and Commuter Student Involvement (DOCSI) and will have a full schedule of workshops, model classes, resource presentations and feature keynote speaker Julie Lythcott-Haims.

Family Weekend was originally Parents Day when it started in 1987. Then it expand-ed to become Parents Weekend and, finally, to include the whole family. The university hosts the weekend about a month into the fall semester every year.

“It gives families an opportunity to re-connect with their student and with the larg-er University of Miami community,” said

Aysha Daniels, director of orientation and commuter student involvement.

All classes, meetings and workshops are scheduled for Friday, so families can take the rest of the weekend to explore the U and the rest of Miami.

Each year, DOCSI invites a keynote speaker to spur conversation among fami-lies. Author Lythcott-Haims will be discuss-ing parenting, using principles from her book “How To Raise An Adult” Friday at 3:15 p.m. In her book, she emphasizes how important allowing children to make their own mistakes is toward their development into adults.

Interest sessions will allow families to learn more about the university, while model classes give them a chance to experience life as a student at UM. Classes range from biol-ogy to religious studies to architecture.

President Julio Frenk’s first pep rally and barbecue will kick off Friday night at 6 p.m. There will be barbecue, a performance by the Band of the Hour and Hurricane cheerleaders, an appearance by Sebastian the Ibis and remarks from President Frenk.

On Saturday, families are invited to at-tend the football game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 3:30 p.m. and a screening of “Furious 7” at 9:30 p.m. at Cosford Cinema.

For more information on Family Week-end, visit miami.edu/family-weekend.

A new website launched Thursday as part of President Julio Frenk’s “100 Days of Listening,” and to-day the president sent an email

to the University of Miami community urging its members to communicate their suggestions, ideas and concerns through the website.

The “Listening Exercise” portion of the Office of the President’s website, miami.edu/listen, has a short “About” section and a “Virtu-al Mailbox” that appears when a visitor selects “Share Your Ideas.” The virtual mailbox acts as a controlled method of receiving the messages that members of the community have for Presi-dent Frenk.

After asking whether the visitor is a fac-ulty member, staff member, student, alum or another member of the community, the website prompts the visitor with six questions before asking if they would like to submit their answers anonymously or provide basic contact informa-tion including their name and email address.

The questions posed in the virtual mailbox are:

What are UM’s key strengths (academic, ad-ministrative, artistic, athletic, service?) How can UM build on those strengths?

What are UM’s main challenges? What can the university do to address those challenges?

What are the untold stories of UM having an impact in our community, locally and globally?

What are the key opportunities facing UM over the next five years? What criteria do you recommend to identify priorities?

If you had one word to describe UM, what would it be?

What else would you like to share about your experiences with UM?

Frenk’s official inauguration as president will take place on Jan. 29, where he plans to un-veil what he has heard during his listening tour.

“It is my true conviction that by bringing together the collective wisdom of the University of Miami community, we can shape an extraor-dinary vision for the future,” Frenk wrote in his letter.

Family Weekend event features classes, speaker

Frenk launches listening site

CAMPUS LIFE ADMINISTRATION

By Isabella CuetoIsabella CuetoNews Editor

By William RigginWilliam RigginNews Editor

T he University of Miami ranks highly in national stan-dards for diversity, but that does not mean that the process of adjustment is an easy one for the 3,750 inter-national students and scholars who attend the school

each year. With that in mind, UM’s Counseling Center decided to create a support group for international students to discuss issues such as homesickness and language barriers.

The group usually meets on Tuesdays from 5-6 p.m. at the Counseling Center and does not follow a set structure. Students can drop in even if they are not regular clients of the Counseling Center. The topic of the day is developed depending on who is there and what kind of challenges attendees have on their mind, explained Patricia Arena, a clinical psychologist at the Counseling Center who is spearheading the initiative.

“My goal is to have a very welcoming and no pressure place where international students can come and talk about whatever is on their mind,” Arena said. “The adjustment process can be a chal-lenge, so this is a place where people can talk and gain support from other people going through something similar.”

The need for the support group is apparent by the number of attendants they’ve received, she said. A number of international students come for individual therapy, and Arena explained that sharing the experience with students experiencing similar issues can be powerful.

“My own experience being an international student back then, when I was an undergraduate studying in France, was that I had to adjust to the culture and find support,” she said. “It’s impor-tant to have a group or a safe place, and there is a lot of literature on adjusting that supports the theory.”

While having a support group is already a step in providing a safe environment for international students, freshman Leyi Zhang, a communications student originally from China, believes that in-ternational students also need to take individual action to overcome their personal challenges.

“Talking about our problems isn’t the way of resolving them,” Zhang said. “People who have a hard time adjusting to the new environment should definitely try to get out of their comfort zones instead of just talking about it.”

Zhang added that it was her first time at the support group and she was not still experiencing trouble, so she did not plan on returning.

One way for international students to become involved is joining the Council of International Students and Organizations (COISO), which, like the Counseling Center, also aims to help in-ternational students integrate into American culture.

“One of the biggest problems we have is that we’ve been told that UM is very diverse, but ethnicities are always grouped together and they stick within their own groups, which I understand being an international student myself, of course I want to find my people and hang out with them,” said junior Avisha Gopalakrishna, vice president of internal affairs for COISO. “But I think it’s very impor-tant that a group like this can help students break barriers between cultures and realize that you don’t have to just group yourselves, there are so many things out there and different ethnicities go through the same problems of being an international student.”

The international student support group has been active for a year, but according to Arena, the Counseling Center is looking to make it a more prominent service.

“The main thing of course is confidentiality, but anyone who’s had an experience or has an interest would be welcome,” Arena said. “Drop-in groups fluctuate in numbers depending on what’s going on in the semester, but if there is one person or 10, we’ll hold the group either way. Our focus is to create that supportive environ-ment.”

The Counseling Center also offers individual therapy, psy-chiatric services, anxiety management groups, stress management groups and crisis services. For more information visit www.miami.edu/counseling-center.

CAMPUS LIFE

Counseling Center offers international student support group

By Sophie BarrosSophie BarrosStaff Writer

September 17 - September 20, 2015 THE MIAMI HURRICANE NEWS 5

A ll over campus, there are small communities of feral cats coex-

isting with students. Library technician Gisela Hernandez has been taking care of 13 feral cats that live around the mu-sic library for seven years now – working holidays and week-ends – and doesn’t see an end in sight.

The area around the Raths-keller and the Frost School of Music are where the cats that Hernandez puts so much time and effort into protecting are most commonly spotted.

The biggest issue facing the feral cats around Frost is overpopulation. Hernandez has functioned as the main source of population control for the past seven years, she said. She traps new cats by luring them

in with food. She then takes them to Miami-Dade Animal Services for the free Trap-Neu-ter-Return (TNR) program. The county firmly believes that the best way to deal with feral neighborhood cats is to partici-pate in this program.

“The cat is then sterilized and receives its rabies vaccine and feline booster shot. A small portion – one centimeter – of the tip of the left ear is removed to provide visual confirmation that they have been sterilized and Animal Services returns the cat to their community,” according to Miami-Dade Ani-mal Services’ website.

“Population control is still the biggest problem,” Her-nandez said. “There are cats around the [law school] park-ing lot that come out at night that I don’t control.”

However, she worries about who will take care of them when she is not.

“The answer is with the pre-vets,” Hernandez said. “They can help catch the cats, give them the vaccines. It would be good for them to practice.”

She believes the university should be able to set up a pro-gram with the pre-veterinary students to allow them to gain experience distributing medi-cine to the cats.

She said the cats are a well-loved aspect of the music school and removing them would have negative effects on both the ani-mals and the community.

Other faculty members are also actively involved in caring for the cats. Tony Boutté, assis-tant professor of vocal perfor-mance in Frost, has been help-ing Hernandez take care of the cats for several years. He has aided in getting the cats neu-tered and wholly agreed that the TNR program is the best bet for the cats at the university.

Boutté described the com-munity of caretakers as a “net-work.”

“People drop off old and unwanted cats here,” he said. “They’ll also mate early in their lives before we can get to them.”

It is up to students and fac-ulty around Frost to care for the cats. Larisa Soboleva, a piano performance graduate student, has taken a liking to one par-ticular cat Hernandez named George. Although George was originally skeptical about her, Soboleva said they soon formed a connection.

“Now he is my friend and I always go to see him,” she said.

Anyone who is interested in helping with the cats may contact Hernandez at gcher-nandez@miami.edu.

CAMPUS LIFE

Library Technician calls for feral cat adoption

By Matthew BerkowitzMatthew BerkowitzContributing Writer

Evelyn Choi Evelyn Choi // Contributing Photographer

PURR-TINENT ISSUE: Feral cats roam around the Frost School of Music, near the Rathskeller, in anticipation of their daily feeding.

NEWS BRIEFS

The University of Miami Col-lege Republicans hosted a watch party at the Rathskeller for the second Republican Party debate, hosted by CNN at the Reagan Presidential Library in Washing-ton, D.C. Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee, Marco Ru-bio, Ted Cruz, Dr. Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich and Chris Christie participated in the debate. Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson en-tered the debate f irst and second, respectively, in recent polling.

The window to nominate new members for the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society closes Friday at 5 p.m. The society is one of the oldest on campus and accepts exemplary students, fac-ulty and alumni. Nominations can be submitted online on the ODK OrgSync page.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Giménez proposed his budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year in a memorandum dated for con-sideration on Thursday. In the memorandum, UM is allocated $146,712 in proposed funding; $94,500 is for multidimensional family therapy for juvenile offend-ers, $28,114 is for home based par-enting services for strengthening at risk families and $24,098 is for preventing abuse through respon-sive parenting.

GOP Debate Watch Party

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership

Mayorʼs Budget

Hallee Meltzer Hallee Meltzer // Photo Editor

WITNESSING HISTORY: Members of UM’s College Republicans watch at the Rathskeller as the second GOP debate begins Wednesday evening.

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At last Thursday’s town hall event, President Julio Frenk announced the university’s first pilot program for gender-neutral housing on campus. Though the plan is still nebulous at this stage, it shows that the tides are turning for the LGBT com-munity at the University of Miami.

Two years ago, UM’s poor performance in the national Campus Pride Index, a rating system that evaluates LGBT friendliness on college campuses, served as a wake-up call for the school’s student life administration. One of the biggest weaknesses in UM’s rating was in housing and residential life.

Now, after groundwork has been laid out by UM’s LGBT task force, UM is finally taking a step to catch up with the 197 other campuses around the country, including four other campuses in Flor-

ida. This progress has been a long time coming, es-pecially considering the metropolitan locale of this university and the apparent value this school places on diversity. By taking concrete action to provide comfort for students with LGBT identities, the uni-versity is showing that it does, in fact, care about students who have different needs.

Other top universities, such as Princeton Uni-versity, Johns Hopkins University and New York University, have made a point to make residences inclusive and safe. NYU’s Gender Inclusivity web-page explains it this way: “The term co-ed operates on the assumption that there are two genders: male and female. It leaves ... no room for those who do not identify as their biological sex or those who are transgender. Allowing for gender-neutral housing, as opposed to co-ed, shows more inclusiveness and room for diverse identities.”

Simply put, the new gender-neutral housing options that will be offered in some areas of Eaton and the University Village offer more choices. As legal adults who pay tuition to attend and reside in

this university, why shouldn’t students be able to make this decision for themselves?

Whether or not students are advocates for LGBT rights, this update in university policy can only benefit the students who need it without caus-ing any real harm to students who elect for tradi-tional housing.

That’s not to say that the implementation of this policy will be easy; there are still many details that have not yet been spelled out, such as whether the university will reserve gender-neutral housing options for students who identify as LGBT and whether freshmen will be eligible to apply for gen-der-neutral housing.

This pilot program will need to be devel-oped and expanded quickly if UM wants to bring themselves to par with more welcoming campuses around the country.

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

Inclusive housing an important step

T he relationship between percep-tion and reality has always been

at the core of economics, and nowhere has that been more true than in China. Recent events in the mar-kets have shown that, given enough time, reality will always ruin the fun. The Shanghai Composite fell almost 8.5 percent on Aug.

24, now known as “Black Monday,” resulting in reverberations throughout the world.

However, what is most concerning about this fall is not the actual economic damage, but how this event has shaken faith in the Chinese govern-ment.

The tumble shouldn’t have come as a sur-prise. The Shanghai Composite index, the sum value of companies on the exchange, has been falling steadily over the past few months, from a peak at above 5,000 to below 3,000.

The significance of this drop is ultimately uncertain. Months beforehand, people had been calling the exchange overvalued. Its dropping in value may just mean a return to reason. If so, the reactions around the world have been anything but reasonable.

On paper, this change seems inconsequen-tial. The Shanghai Composite has made quick recoveries, as have most other markets, though the position of the exchange is still precarious. On Tuesday, the composite closed after a 3.55 percent fall, only to close on Wednesday with a 4.9 per-cent spike.

Perhaps the most important response to these events is that of the Chinese government. In a misguided attempt to save the exchange, they enacted policies such as ordering share buybacks to hold the price up.

These actions are by no means unprecedent-ed, even in more established markets. For exam-ple, the American government purchased shares of car companies in the 2008 recession. However, what sets the Chinese response apart is the speed at which they chose to do so, signaling that the

government had not fully thought out their ac-tions.

Ultimately, these events have marked an im-portant turning point in terms of perception: all faith in the Chinese government’s ability to con-trol its economy, let alone the stock exchange, has evaporated. If the government is willing to inter-fere with the market, it will be difficult for inves-tors to justify placing their money there.

China is presented with two choices. Neither of these choices is particularly compelling: either they abandon their attempts to control the econ-omy, or they double down in an attempt to save face. This, coupled with the slowing GDP growth, present Chinese leaders with their first major eco-nomic challenges in a while.

Whether they are able to navigate success-fully remains to be seen.

Andrew Langen is a junior majoring in economics and math.

Uncertainty in Chinese stocks shakes faith in government

By Andrew LangenAndrew LangenEconomics Columnist

ECONOMICS

ALL FAITH IN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S ABILITY TO CONTROL ITS ECONOMY... HAS

EVAPORATED

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I f you’re a student at Univer-sity of Miami, it’s almost im-possible to go through your four years here without us-

ing a ride-sharing service like Uber or Lyft. They’re convenient and much more reliable than Miami’s notorious taxis.

Odds are, however, many stu-dents use the service without thinking about the legislative headaches caused by these so-called “on-demand” busi-

ness models. Both regulation and complete bans seem to threaten our beloved rides, and the government needs to start thinking creatively about policies fit for the rapidly developing innovations of the 21st century.

These ride-sharing services are essential tools that I, and many other students, use to get around. Miami es-pecially needs to recognize their vitality and legitimize ride sharing. In Miami-Dade County, Uber and Lyft are not technically legal. They are allowed to exist simply because the city doesn’t really know how to proceed with legislation, according to a Miami Herald article published in April. Drivers still operate under the threat of having their vehicles impounded or facing citations and fines. The services were even embroiled in a lawsuit with taxi companies in Miami federal court, posing fur-ther problems to ride sharing in our city.

According to an Aug. 23 article published in the Herald, county officials hope to unveil some kinds of framework for the companies around November, but gave little details on what that might look like.

Laws were passed in Broward County in April to legalize the services, but with tough regulations that forced every driver to register with the county. Uber claimed they couldn’t operate under these restrictions due to the fluidity of its workforce.

Both regulation and prohibition of these services are failing, and counties seem to be out of options.

Consider the massive protests that happened this summer over New York’s limit of the number of Uber vehicles allowed on the streets. High-profile celebrities like Kate Upton, Ashton Kutcher and Neil Patrick Har-ris even supported the protests.

Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed to reverse that rule and engage in a four-month-long study of ride-sharing ser-vices to determine how to proceed. America’s largest

city is basically buying time to figure out what to do with the services that threaten its traditional taxi infra-structure and regulation.

The federal government has been a little smarter about regulating this sector. The National Labor Rela-tions Board just passed a landmark case on Aug. 27 that changed the definition of a “joint employer,” according to the Washington Post.

Basically, corporations like Uber that use staff-ing agencies to hire their employees will now be held much more accountable for their employees. This ruling makes it easier for these employees to unionize.

Allowing the companies to function legally gives employees the protections they don’t have when they are not legalized, which makes everyone, both passen-gers and drivers, a little safer. This action represents the kind of policies local governments should be enacting – ordinances that not only keep the business model op-erational, but also protect the citizens who interact with the corporation.

The on-demand business sector is only going to keep expanding. It is not just Uber and Lyft that cause problems for regulators; Airbnb, on-demand cleaning services, outsourced food delivery and other businesses exist outside the confines of traditional regulation and business models.

These services are just too popular and convenient as an interface that our generation will not be willing to give them up just because they are not legalized. As Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez stated in the recent Herald article, “I’ve got to bring the taxi driv-ers into the 21st century. I’m not going to bring Uber back to the 20th century.”

This is exactly what cities should be doing.There are ways for governments to regulate on-

demand businesses without driving the services extinct. Cities will have to ditch their ideas about how taxi sys-tems should be and deal with how they are. Not only is figuring out better regulations necessary to legalize the services, but it is also necessary to ensure the safety of employees, consumers and the cities’ incomes as well.

Annie Cappetta is a sophomore majoring in political sci-ence.

Legislation must be updated for ride-sharing services

COMMUNITY

By Annie CappettaAnnie CappettaPolitical Columnist

T hroughout the course of this past summer, I mourned my spring semester abroad in the United Kingdom and

worried about my final year of college. I didn’t want to move on. So, I moved forward slowly instead.

After nine hours of tears and re-cycled air, I stepped off the plane. The heat and humidity in the air was a new feeling. I had been accustomed to it my whole life, but after five months abroad I had forgotten just how sweat-induc-ing it is. Readapting to the heat was

probably the smallest of the mental and physical adjust-ments I made when returning to the U.S..

As much as I had missed my friends and family, they could clearly see I wasn’t ready to be back home for the summer. There had still been so much left to see and do.

I was hung up on Europe – my short-term lover who never even called me back. I went through my breakup phase: looked at old photos, desperately messaged friends I had made and planned my trip to return.

My biggest mistake at the start of this summer was re-maining idle. All my friends had jobs or internships, which left me at home alone. Time and time again, I stayed home watching Netflix as my friends learned how to survive in the real world. This, more than anything, motivated me to start searching for something to occupy my time. It took me a month before I really got back out there with a goal in mind.

I knew that, while I couldn’t let myself stay heartbro-ken, I was going to start working towards a future abroad. My European experience had been amazing, but my yearning to return didn’t have to overrun my life. I buckled down and started applying for jobs and internships. I sent an application to any job related to what I was studying. When I wasn’t doing that, I was submitting my flash fic-tion and short stories to literary magazines.

As I waited to hear back on my prospects, I recon-nected with friends abroad and at home. I felt love and support for my efforts to take charge of my future from each end of the world.

In the end, I received a job writing for a blog and man-aging social media outlets for a store. After many rejec-tions, I had a flash fiction piece accepted for publication.

In the process of mourning and worrying, I managed to find opportunities that would put me on a successful post-grad path. If Europe doesn’t take me back, they don’t know what they’re missing.

Diana Rodon is a senior majoring in journalism and Eng-lish.

Use time wisely after returning from abroad

By Diana RodonDiana RodonContributing

Columnist

PERSONAL FOCUS

IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GO THROUGH YOUR FOUR YEARS HERE WITHOUT USING A RIDE-SHARING SERVICE LIKE

UBER OR LYFT.

I’VE GOT TO BRING THE TAXI DRIVERS INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. I’M NOT GOING TO BRING UBER BACK TO THE

20TH CENTURY.

-MAYOR GIMÉNEZ

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Miami offers plenty of family-friendly activities beyond the requi-site campus tour and picture at the U. Of course, there’s the football game against Nebraska on Satur-day at 3:30 p.m.

However, if your parents aren’t ready to brave the tailgates, there a r e

other options. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is perfect for a morning stroll, or if your guests are more historically inclined, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens offers a stun-ning respite from the city.

After a long day exploring Miami, a de-licious dinner is a must. Check out Whisk, tucked away behind Sunset, for a comfort food fix, or the nearby Station 5 for inventive American fusion. To experience Miami’s food truck craze, try Burger Beast’s Street Food Festi-val at Magic City Casino, with dozens of vendors, live music and perfor-mances.

Family Weekend is quickly approaching, and with it comes the chance to show off your home away from home to the people you love. But with classes piling on the work, it can be hard to find the time to plan a truly great itinerary. Before your family arrives on Thursday, use these recommendations as a road map for a uniquely Miami experience they’re sure to love.

It’s a typical day in Professor Lee Soroko’s class, where students are seen dropping to the floor and engaging in intense slaps, punches and kicks. Using his training as a professional actor, Soroko teaches stage combat in the Department of Theatre Arts.

In his stage combat class, Soroko shares the technique of using safe and repeatable violence to tell a story in a way that is believable to the audi-ence. This, he says, is key to heightening the the-atrical experience and keeping the audience inter-ested in the action.

“It’s not violence for the sake of violence … violence is a tool, and all the great playwrights use violence, as it needs to make the ultimate point of the action,” he said. “We want the action to height-en the experience and the emotional journey that we’re taking with the characters on stage.”

Soroko sees his classes as fun and explorative, providing students the opportunity to learn how to use their bodies and weapons for performances. They learn techniques like punching and slapping in a realistic form without making contact. Other lessons include the element of touch and how to use their bodies to drop to the floor. In the more advanced sections, weapons like swords, shields and knives are used as students learn how to por-tray pain when these foreign objects enter the body.

“We use those weapons to further express character and need,” he said. In acting, he ex-plained, it’s about making someone feel on the out-side what the character feels internally.

Soroko’s own experience in fighting and the-ater performance began in college, when he was part of the college karate team and also did fencing. Because of these experiences, Soroko’s professor

asked him to choreograph fight scenes for a “Ro-meo and Juliet” performance in which he was cast.

He later attended graduate school, where he took stage combat classes, gained more experience and was cast in “Romeo and Juliet” again. The director of the production encouraged Soroko to train with him and the Society of American Fight Directors. After applying for his teaching certifica-tion, he decided to transition into education as a professor along with his wife April, who also joined UM as associate professor of scenic design and resi-dent scenic designer at the Ring Theater.

Senior Brian Reiff, a musical theater major, said he decided to take Soroko’s stage fighting class because of a longstanding interest in that type of performance.

“Stage fighting has always been interesting to me since I first saw the knife fight in ‘West Side Sto-ry’ when I was a kid at my local theatre,” he said. “Learning how to successfully punch someone across the face on stage as well as learning how to stab myself has been the best part of stage combat.”

When he’s not teaching how to navigate the world of weapons for performance, Soroko helps law students master their presentation by teaching litigation skills at the School of Law. Using his ex-perience in theater and performance, Soroko helps the students navigate storytelling in their roles.

“This is an opportunity for lawyers or would-be lawyers who are really great at understanding the law, but what they don’t understand is how you get in front of a jury and tell a story, he said. “This is where the law and theater performance intercon-nect.”

By critiquing the presentation of lawyers not from a law standpoint but from a performance standpoint, he ensures that his students are articu-late in their presentations throughout the entire series of events.

“You are no longer presenting an idea. When you’re in front of a jury, it’s a heightened theatrical experience,” Soroko said. “Facts are boring; how-ever, a story is dynamic. A story is interesting.”

Professor teaches art of stage fights

By Emily DabauEmily DabauEdge Editor

Emily Dabau Emily Dabau // Edge EditorCREATIVE COMBAT: Professor Lee Soroko instructs students during his theatrical combat class in the Hecht theater classrooms Tuesday. The course focuses on utilizing safe and repeatable combat moves to tell a story and enhace acting.

Your parents can only walk around the lake so many times, so while you’re in class on Thurs-day and Friday, send them to hang out at the iconic local bookstore Books & Books on Miracle Mile. For a funkier breakfast option, they can try the Australian-inspired Threefold Cafe on the Mile – the avocado toast and breakfast fried rice are unlike

any other fare in the city.

Or they can grab a cold brew at the trendy Panther Coffee in Wynwood. A walk around the Art District is a great way to spend the afternoon and out-of-towners will surely be amazed by the mural-covered buildings.

At lunchtime, get the best bread in Miami at Zak the Baker’s cafe, which is right around the block. If you’ve had your fill of Wynwood, head to the Grove to sample one of the creative burger offerings at LoKal or a decadent Miami brunch at

Greenstreet Cafe, where they offer indulgent red velvet pancakes and banana Nutella French toast.

For dinner, meat lov-ers should head to Swine Southern Table & Bar on Miracle Mile for a smoke-house feast, while veg-etarians can sample the veggie dishes at Blue Collar in the MiMO district (although there’s plenty for car-nivores to devour, too).

To give your fam-ily a taste of a Miami sta-ple at a bargain price, check out Divino Ceviche on Miracle Mile, which offers $20 all-you-can-eat ceviche for Sunday brunch.

Families from colder cli-mates are often clamoring to visit the beach. So, while South Beach may seem like the obvious place to visit with your family on Sun-day, a less crowded, more scenic location is Crandon Park on Key Biscayne. Alternately, head to the Venetian Pool just a few miles

from cam-pus and enjoy

the beautiful facility and pristine water.

Art aficionados can start at the Lowe on campus, but for those craving more, a visit to the Pérez Art Museum should do the trick.

Once you’ve explored Mi-ami, finish off an adventurous weekend with your loved ones by taking them out to a 305-themed spot: Little Havana. Grab some Cuban food at renowned tourist favorite Versailles. Or try Exqui-sito, conveniently located a short walk from Azucar, one of the area’s best ice cream shops.

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number of times Miami and Nebraska have played each other in the National Championship. The Hurricanes won three of those meetings.4SportsSports

FOOTBALL

T he Hurricanes golf team started the fall 2015-16 season off strong with an eighth-place fin-ish at the 37th annual 2015 Dick McGuire Invitational held on Monday and Tuesday in

Albuquerque, N.M..

The Hurricanes opened the 54-hole tournament against 17 other teams with a total score of 11-over-par on 595 shots through two rounds on Monday at the par 73, 6, 315-yard UNM Championship Golf Course.

The UNM Championship Course, known as one of the top 25 public golf courses in the country according to Golf Digest Magazine, is full of dangerous holes that can ruin a round.

“The course was a bit tricky, but the girls handled it well,” head coach Patti Rizzo said to HurricaneSports.com.

Junior Delfina Acosta, who posted three top-10 fin-ishes last season, started off slow with a round-one 75, but came back strong later in the day with an impressive score of 66 in the second round. She managed a whop-ping eight birdies in that round, putting her in second place at f ive-under-par.

Fellow junior Daniela Darquea, who recorded four top-10 finishes last season, was no slouch either. She

started on the right foot, opening the tournament with a round-one 70. Although she slowed down a bit and posted a 75 in round two, she placed in the top 15 at one-under-par.

The team continued its solid play on Tuesday. Dar-quea finished tied for third thanks to a 68 in the f inal round to put her at six-under-par for the tournament. Acosta didn’t make as many birdies as she probably would have hoped for in her f inal round of 74, but she still tied for eighth at four-under-par.

Another bright spot for the Canes was freshman Dewi Weber, who completed her f inal round with a bang by posting a 68. This brought her overall score to one-under-par, which left her tied for 18th place.

The Canes f inished the three-round tournament with an overall score of seven-under-par on 883 shots.

Miami’s next tournament is the Jim West Challenge in San Antonio, Texas on Oct. 4-6.

GOLF

Women’s golf team opens season with strong performance at first invitational

By Isaiah Kim-MartinezIsaiah Kim-MartinezContributing Sports Writer

W hen creating a list of the greatest all-time college football pro-grams, the Miami

Hurricanes and Nebraska Cornhuskers will always show up.

With 10 national championships, five Heisman winners and 89 Consen-sus All-Americans, the accomplish-ments go on and on.

The two teams have met four times to decide college football’s national champion, but the stakes are much dif-ferent this time around. As Miami and Nebraska take the field Saturday after-noon, the focus will be on returning the respective teams back to their previous greatness rather than trying to collect trophies.

Neither team has won a national title since 2001, and they’ve combined for just five bowl wins since 2005. For these two programs that have fallen on hard times, winning signature games has become a must.

Despite that fact, the Hurricanes have insisted all week that this game is just like any other.

“There’s no more hype than usu-al,” senior linebacker Tyriq McCord said when asked about the team’s mind-set versus Nebraska. “You have to come out with the same attitude every game and we just have to go out there and play Miami Hurricane football no matter who we play.”

Even with the Canes suggesting they’ll take the same approach into this game as they did vs. Bethune-Cookman in the season opener, their defeat last year in Lincoln will likely be a big talk-ing point heading into Saturday. Led by 229 rushing yards from Ameer Abdul-

lah, Nebraska won 41-31 and sent the Hurricanes to 2-2 on the season.

While defensive coordinator Mark D’Onofrio won’t have to plan for Abdullah, who now plays for the De-troit Lions, Nebraska still has plenty of weapons on a new-look offense for the Canes to deal with.

“They’ve got a good offensive line, athletic running backs and [Tommy Armstrong Jr.] who’s a running and passing threat and a really good player,” D’Onofrio said. “I think they’re a talent-ed group and we’re just starting to figure out what their philosophy is.”

On the other side of the ball, the Hurricanes and sophomore quarter-back Brad Kaaya will look to jump-start a passing game that has yet to fire on all cylinders this season. Against a Nebras-ka defense that has allowed 692 passing yards in their first two games, Kaaya should have plenty of opportunities to air it out on Saturday.

When creating a list of the best teams over the past decade, Nebraska and Miami are nowhere to be found. Winning a game like the one on Satur-day is a good place to start if either team wants a spot on the list 10 years from now.

The Canes face Nebraska at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday at Sun Life Stadium.

Canes face Cornhuskers, both teams nostalgic about past glory

By Austin SapinAustin SapinStaff Writer

VICTORIOUS START: Sen ior l inebacker Tyr iq McCord ce lebrates a good p lay dur-ing UM’s opener aga ins t Bethune-Cookman. “There ’ s no more hype than usua l ,” McCord sa id about th i s weekend’s game aga ins t Nebraska .

Hallee Meltzer // Hal lee Meltzer // Photo EditorPhoto Editor

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T he men and women’s ten-nis teams kick off their sea-sons this Friday with events spread out all around the

country.Most of the women’s team will be

in Coral Gables for the Miami Fall In-vite that runs Friday through Sunday, but stars senior Stephanie Wagner and sophomore Sinead Lohan will be near-ly 3,000 miles away in Malibu, Califor-nia playing in the Oracle/ITA Masters event over the weekend.

Wagner is the sixth-ranked player in the country and recently shared the 2014-15 University of Miami Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award with volleyball player Savanah Leaf. The senior out of Amberg, Germany

dominated the competition last year, recording overall marks of 38-12 in singles play and 25-15 in doubles play. Wagner’s impressive season ended with an appearance in the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship, becoming just the seventh player in program history to accomplish the feat.

Wagner will be accompanied by the No. 13-ranked player in the nation in Lohan. The second-year player from Waterford, Ireland posted an overall mark of 38-8 in singles play and 22-12 in doubles competition as a freshman. Lohan was named ACC Freshman of the Year and was both an ITA All-American and a Second Team All-ACC selection in her first year.

Three other members of the women’s tennis team earned spots on the ITA preseason rankings released Tuesday afternoon. Senior Clementina Riobueno comes in at No. 63, followed by sophomore Wendy Zhang at No. 73 and sophomore Yolimar Ogando, who is tied for No. 94.

“I am happy with our players’ starting points, but we need to stay focused on the ending point,” Miami Head Coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said

to HurricaneSports.com. “We have gotten off to an explosive start in prac-tice – one of the strongest I’ve seen in many years – so the future is bright.”

Some members of the men’s team will be in New Jersey for the Princeton Farnsworth Ivy Plus Invitational on Friday while others will be competing at the same time in the UVA Ranked 1+1 event in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Mario Rincon, head coach, has another young group lined up this sea-son with five sophomores, one fresh-man and three juniors making up the roster. Last year’s team boasted seven freshmen and rival ACC opponents took advantage of the collective inex-perience. The Hurricanes went 1-12 overall against ACC teams and lost seven consecutive matches to close the season.

Although the 2014-15 season wasn’t kind to the men’s team, the group gained significant experience that should lead to a much improved squad this year.

Watch members of the women’s team compete in the Miami Fall Invite this weekend at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

Men, women’s teams start seasons

By Mark SingerMark SingerSports Editor

TENNIS

ONE ON ONE: Sen ior S tephan ie Wagner p lays a s ing les game aga ins t Nor th Caro l ina ’ s Jamie Loeb dur ing las t year ’ s season . Wagner wi l l return to the cour t fo r th i s weekend’s Orac le/ ITA Masters event .

Nick Gangemi // Nick Gangemi // Editor- In-ChiefEditor- In-Chief

T he women’s basketball team wants to be some-thing special this season, and it is even working

on a different continent to make sure that happens. On Aug. 18, the team returned from an eight-day trip to Eu-rope. The excursion could prove to be exactly what the Canes needed going into the 2015-16 season.

The Hurricanes, led by Head Coach Katie Meier, visited cities in the Netherlands, Belgium and France while overseas. During their first stop in Amsterdam, the Canes enjoyed

sightseeing, riding on ferries and visit-ing many historical places such as the Anne Frank Museum. Then, it was time for basketball.

Miami faced off against the Neth-erlands national team twice. The result of the first game was an 86-68 loss, despite strong performances by red-shirt sophomore guard Nigia Greene, junior guard Adrienne Motley and sophomore forward Keyanna Harris.

All had double-figure scoring games, with Greene also picking up six steals, Harris five and Motley grabbing eight rebounds.

The Canes showed resilience in the rematch the next day as they took the Netherlands national team to overtime in the Sporthallen Zuid. Al-though falling just short in a 90-85 loss, the team showed a great drive to win with improved stats all around. Harris

topped her previous performance with an impressive double-double, scoring 21 points to go along with 11 boards. Motley and redshirt senior guard Mi-chelle Woods added 17 points apiece and junior guard Jessica Thomas con-tributed 15 points and five assists.

The effort shown by Miami wasn’t the only significant element to the game. The coaching staff and play-ers were also able to take a close look at opposing guard Laura Cornelius and forward Emese Hof. Both were re-cruited in early 2015 and are attending Miami as freshmen. The Canes are ex-pecting big things out of the Dutch duo.

Next stop for the team was Brug-es, Belgium. Waiting for them was BC Waregem, whom coach Meier played for during her professional career. The Canes dominated the Belgian squad, doubling their score in a 98-49 win. Hayes and Motley led their team again, putting out great scoring efforts of 22 and 21 points, respectively. Thomas helped to get the offense flowing, assist-ing on five scores, and Harris showed her defensive prowess with five steals.

Despite the excellent play of the team, the focus that night was coach

Meier and her reunion with her for-mer coach, Marc Foucart, and house-mother, Gemma. At halftime, Foucart showed his respect for Meier with a speech, and Gemma gifted her with an old team picture.

The third and final stop of the trip was Paris. The Canes were not going to miss an opportunity to see the Eiffel Tower or to finish their tour with a win against an AMW All-Star. They did both, taking late-night team pictures at the monument and beat-ing the French team 81-47 in a game where the Canes were locked in from the start. Motley was the team’s highest scorer with 14 points, with sophomore forward Erykah Davenport and Hayes doing their parts as well, both scoring in double figures and grabbing a com-bined 20 rebounds.

While the Hurricanes ended their trip in Europe with two wins and two losses, the outcome of the journey will show to be more than just a .500 record. The Canes are determined, keeping a return to the NCAA Tournament in mind.

BASKETBALL

Europe trip yields two wins, two losses

By Isaiah Kim-MartinezIsaiah Kim-MartinezContributing Sports Writer

ATHLETES ABROAD: The Women’s B asketba l l team exp lores the Louvre Ar t Museum in Par i s dur ing the i r European t r ip th i s summer.

Photo courtesy Miami Athlet icsPhoto courtesy Miami Athlet ics

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Dear V,Dear V,

I broke up with my boyfriend of over three years about four months ago. I’ve been trying to get back into the dating game and I’m struggling – it’s as if the universe wants me to get back with my ex. Everything I do seems to remind me of him, from watching old TV shows we used to binge on together to the way I make my coffee (he teased me for using too

much sugar). I know how dumb it sounds, but part of me wants to pick up the phone and see how he’s been. After all, we only broke up because he moved for work – we didn’t even want to split. Should I break the ice, or battle the cold alone?

Sincerely,Sincerely,ElsaElsa

Dear Elsa,Dear Elsa,

Moving on after a rela-Moving on after a rela-tionship ends is always rough, tionship ends is always rough, and breaking up due to circum-and breaking up due to circum-stances you couldn’t control is stances you couldn’t control is worse. There will always be worse. There will always be that “what if ?” in the back of that “what if ?” in the back of your head, making you wonder your head, making you wonder if the decision to break up was if the decision to break up was worth it. When you end on worth it. When you end on good terms, it’s difficult not good terms, it’s difficult not to want to keep in touch, and to want to keep in touch, and when you’ve been intimate with when you’ve been intimate with

someone for so long, it’s not just someone for so long, it’s not just the romance that you’ ll miss. the romance that you’ ll miss. You’ ll miss the companionship, You’ ll miss the companionship, laughs and inside jokes as well, laughs and inside jokes as well, which makes it seem impossible which makes it seem impossible to give them the cold shoulder.to give them the cold shoulder.

However, my advice is to However, my advice is to “Let it Go.” Yes, at times you’ ll “Let it Go.” Yes, at times you’ ll cave and send a regrettable cave and send a regrettable text or two, but remember that text or two, but remember that there’s a reason you two split to there’s a reason you two split to begin with.begin with.

You talked it out and de-You talked it out and de-cided not to try a long-distance cided not to try a long-distance relationship. Sure, you two relationship. Sure, you two clearly cared about each other, clearly cared about each other, but if you were really in love but if you were really in love you wouldn’t have let distance you wouldn’t have let distance divide you so easily.divide you so easily.

Being cold to someone can Being cold to someone can make you feel more like the vil-make you feel more like the vil-lain than the hero at times, but lain than the hero at times, but if being Hans rather than Elsa if being Hans rather than Elsa or Anna helps you move on or Anna helps you move on from a relationship that should from a relationship that should remain “Frozen” in time, then remain “Frozen” in time, then do what you have to do to move do what you have to do to move

forward.forward.Putting yourself out there Putting yourself out there

will help. Find a new guy to will help. Find a new guy to keep your eye on. Even if he’s keep your eye on. Even if he’s a “ fixer-upper,” your Kristoff a “ fixer-upper,” your Kristoff is out there. Don’t beat yourself is out there. Don’t beat yourself up if you feel blue over your ex up if you feel blue over your ex occasionally. You have good occasionally. You have good memories, and as Olaf says, memories, and as Olaf says, “Some people are worth melt-“Some people are worth melt-ing for.”ing for.”

Just don’t lose sight of the Just don’t lose sight of the big picture – there’s another big picture – there’s another guy out there for you to make guy out there for you to make new memories with. So grab new memories with. So grab some cocoa and throw on your some cocoa and throw on your comfiest sweater, and remem-comfiest sweater, and remem-ber that the cold never both-ber that the cold never both-ered you anyway.ered you anyway.

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Patio Jams ft . Celestial12:15pm • Lakeside Stage andPatioCome out to the patio this Thursday from 12:15-1:30pm for live music from indie pop artist and fellow ‘Cane Celes-tial! As always, free snocones and sun-glasses will be available to beat the heat. See you there!

Pre - Expo Career Reception6pm • Multipurpose room, BUCJoin Topple Career Center and MSA for the Pre-Expo Career Reception, which is your opportunity to connect with recruit-ers in a casual networking setting. Make your impression with employers before the Expo! You MUST be in business pro-fessional attire, have your CANE ID.

Best In Show 7pm • Rathskeller Come to the Family Weekend Talent Showcase to witness the best of the Uni-versity of Miami’s student performance groups in this must-see event. Fulfi ll your need for music, dance, and culture as the students showcase their talents.

Career Expo and Graduate School Fair2pm • BankUnited CenterThis Career Expo is a signature recruiting

event of the Topple Career Center which al-lows students to meet recruiters from a variety of industries. Explore internship options and full-time job opportunities both locally and nationally. Students from all majors and class levels are encouraged to attend.

Family Weekend Keynote: Julie Lythcott-Haims3:15pm • SC, Grand BallroomWhile empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelp-ing, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alter-native strategies that underline the impor-tance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success.

President’s Pep Rally & BBQ 5:30pm • UC Foote Green Join President Frenk and Dr. Knaul for an outdoor BBQ and spirited Pep Rally to warm up for the UM vs. Nebraska home football game and to celebrate Family Weekend. Families may enjoy the band, cheerleaders, Sebastian the Ibis, and re-marks from the president as they gear up for an exciting game, all while enjoying a delicious meal!!

Football vs. Nebraska3:30pm • Sun Life StadiumAfter defeating FAU and moving to 2-0, the Hurricanes host their long-time rival,

the Nebraska Cornhuskers, for the third game of the season. Kickoff begins at 3:30pm at Sun Life Stadium.

CAC Presents: Furious 79:30pm • Cosford CinemaJoin Hurricane Productions andthe Cinematic Arts Commission aswe screen Furious 7. In the seventhinstallment of the Fast & Furious series,Vin Diesel continues the global exploitsin the unstoppable franchise built onspeed as revenge is sought againstDominic Toretto and his family for hiscomatose brother. Experience thismovie in our state-of-the-art CosfordCinema, complete with recentlyupgraded high-defi nition sound andvideo. This event is free for students and their families.

Herbert Wellness Center Classes8am • Herbert Wellness Center Registered Family Weekend participantshave free access to the HerbertWellness Center during the weekend. Visit miami.edu/wellness for classes and facility hours.

Monday, September 21

RAB & Athletics: Hurricane Hotline6pm • Rathskeller

The Rathskeller will host 560 WQAM’s Hurricane Hotline for the 2015 football season. Fans are encouraged to join fi fth-year head coach Al Golden, various as-sistant coaches and players each week during the 2015 football season. The Hurricane Hotline, hosted by Joe Zagacki and Don Bailey Jr., will air from 6-8 p.m. on 560 WQAM and WQAM.com.

Tuesday, September 22UM’s Largest Yoga Class5:30pm • Herbert Wellness CenterThis FREE event celebrates National Yoga Month and highlights UM’s in-volvement in Partnership for a Healthier America’s Healthy Campus Initiative. The fi rst 200 attendees at the event re-ceive a free beach towel. The Herbert Wellness Center is celebrating 20 years of defi ning wellness for the University of Miami.

Please submit your information at least two weeks in advance to STUDENT-ACTIVITIES@MIAMI.EDU.

The Hispanic Heritage Month Committee Presents:An Evening With Gabriela Garcia MedinaTuesday, September 22 • 7:00pm • SC East BallroomGabriela Garcia Medina has been writing professionally since 2005. She has performed her spoken word poetry at universities and colleges across the US for over a decade. Ga-briela was commissioned by Eva Longoria to write a poem that adorns the walls of her Hollywood Restaurant Beso, has opened up for the Black Eye Peas and Pitbull, and her writing and spoken word performances have been featured on SiTv’s “Latino’s on the Rise.”

Saturday, September 19Friday, September 18

Thursday, September 17

Category 5 & Hurricane Athletics UM Vs. Nebraksa Pep RallyThursday, September 17 • 6:00 pm • Lakeside Patio and StageCategory 5 and Hurricane Athletics are hosting a Beat Nebraska pep rally in preparation for the football game against UM’s rival the Nebras-ka Cornhuskers. The pep rally will feature performances from the Band of the Hour, cheerleaders and Sunsations dance team, and remarks by guests speakers. Concluding the pep rally, Category 5 will be distributing free T-shirts to students to wear for the game!

Sunday, September 20

Canes After Dark- “For the Love of Art”Friday, September 25 • 8:00pm Shalala Student Center

Come witness the celebration of everything that is Art by joining Canes Night Live of

Hurricane Productions as they transform the Shalala Student Center into a night of cre-

ative expression and artistic skill and imagination! Enjoy a living statues, caricatures, spray

can artists, aerial artists, pizza, and funnel cakes! Don’t miss out on this awesome tradition!

Saturday, September 19

Game Day Shirt Sales$3

All proceeds to the Unit-ed Way!

Available at the Herbert Wellness Center, UC Info Desk, and SC Suite

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Monday, September 21

Tuesday, September 22