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JESSICA HODDER // Hurricane Staff

HALOWNED: Freshman Josh Albee and sophomore Max Stelzer play Halo 3 at the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers’ second annual Halo tournament on Friday night in the UC Flamingo Ballroom.

ON THE COVER: Jimmy Graham reacts to Miami’s heart-breaking loss to No. 3 North Carolina Wednesday night. It was the second time in two attempts that Miami fell to a top-six opponent by four points.

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Keep up with all UM sports, including women’s basketball, tennis and diving.

Find out how UM’s Law School is helping historicall black churches in West Coconut Grove from Michael Guy.

Junior Moise running unopposed for Student Government president There is only one candidate running in this year’s Student Government presidential election: Lionel Moise, a junior, who will be running alongside vice-presidential candidate Kristen Weaver and candidate for treasurer Jeremy Kruger, both of whom are also juniors.

MOISE Competition still exists outside of this ticket, titled “U Matter, U Decide,” in the form of writein candidates. However, write-in candidates cannot use graphic campaigning, which Brian M. Orefice, the co-advisor of Student Government, said is anything besides e-mail and word of mouth.

According to Student Government President Brandon Gross, the application process, for which the deadline was Feb. 6 at 5 p.m., became easier this year. Not only were applications in their usual locations, in the orientation and Student Government offices, but candidates for the first time had the option of applying online at www.miami.edu/sg.

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Gross said that this was the only time Student Government advisors has seen a single-party race.

“People finally got to see Student Government do more and I thought this would encourage more people to step up to run next election,” Gross said.

Graphic campaigning begins today at 9 a.m. According to Moise, his team still plans on campaigning. They want students to know their platform and to make sure they are serving their constituent’s desires.

Moise continued to say that he had no problem in the application process to register his ticket.

Orefice said that there were rumors of up to three tickets running this year.

SG elections will occur from Feb. 23 to Feb. 25 and will also include senatorial races.

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Political groups out to pasture Housing changes Late cancellations see rent penalty

BY MATTHEW BUNCH OF THE STAFF

JOSEF CAPUANO // Hurricane Staff

COMBATTING INERTIA: The UM Young & College Democrats and College Republicans are striving to maintain interest and increase membership despite the national election being over.

UM Dems, Repubs try to recover momentum after election

BY JUSTIN ANTWEIL CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

While the historic presidential election is long over, political activism on campus is just beginning.

Along with promoting each of their party’s specific ideals and causes, both the University of Miami Young & College Democrats and the UM College Republicans are seeking exposure because the number of participating members before and after the election has dropped substantially.

According to senior Maria Pelfrey, the president of UM College Republicans, her organization had 60 active members before the election, but this semester there are only 20 members involved and attending meetings.

Despite the fact that President Barack Obama is a Democrat, the UM Young & College Democrats also experienced a decrease in par-

ticipating members. According to junior Jason Stevens, the organization’s president, there were 60 students actively involved during the campaign season. This semester, that number has decreased approximately 50 percent.

“I think it is just natural for people to care more during the election year,” Stevens said. “Plus, Obama was so attractive to young people like ourselves looking for change. People really went out of their way to have a say.”

Both clubs at UM plan to do a service event together in March, although details have yet to be finalized.

The UM College Republicans plan on performing a beach cleanup this spring, but their main priority is recruiting new members.

“It’s all about getting more members,” said Harout Samra, a graduate student and member of UM College Republicans.

“Whether it’s getting people connected with internships or hearing guest speakers, the idea is to get more people involved.”

Another member, sophomore Sammie Rositano, has a personal goal she would like to achieve.

“I would like to change the

image people have of Republicans,” Rositano said. “The media makes it taboo to be a Republican and the party is viewed with disdain. Personally, I would like to see this portrayal change mostly because it is inaccurate and exaggerated.”

On the other side of the spectrum, UM Young & College Democrats plan on having a “First 100 Days in Office” celebration in April.

They have already booked political comedian Jeff Chrysler to perform at the Rathskeller on Feb. 25.

While freshman Alec Rivera wants to promote the party platform both locally and nationwide, he still wants to see more change.

“My goals are more issuebased,” said Rivera. “This includes working towards a greener economy, becoming less dependent on oil, expanding healthcare coverage to as many Americans as possible and fighting for the greater rights of the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community.”

It’s almost time for students to sign up for housing, and the University of Miami has new procedures which will impact their decisions.

The biggest change involves the housing cancellation policy.

While previously students had until July 31 to cancel a reservation, students now must decide whether to forfeit their $250 deposit by May 31. If a student decides to leave on-campus housing after the deadline, they lose the deposit and must pay the next semester’s rent if a suitable student cannot be found, instead of the $300 penalty students had to pay in the past.

While there have been waitlists on housing for years, administrators don’t recommend students counting on that fact next year.

“They would be rolling the dice,” said Patricia A. Whitely, the vice president for Student Affairs.

“And we have no guarantee that there would be another student.”

Another change will be the addition of two freshman-only floors to each of the four towers, bringing the total from 16 to 24

Justin Antweil may be contacted at jantweil@themiamihurricane.com.

Important housing dates Mar. 24-26: Retain same apartment Mar. 28-29: Move to a new apartment Mar. 31-Apr. 2: Retain same residential college room Apr. 4-5: Move to a new residential college room Apr. 7-9: Late signup/make changes/cancel

out of the 48 total floors. Stanford and Hecht Residential Colleges are already 90 percent freshman residents, but this will allow the university to better plan out housing allotments. Freshmen will also inhabit the single-occupancy rooms on the freshman-only floors.

The cost of housing is expected to rise 4.5 percent across campus, except for the UV, where the price will rise five percent.

This amount keeps pace with increases of years past, according to Whitely.

To find out more about student housing, visit www.miami. edu/housing.

Matthew Bunch may be contacted at mbunch@themiamihurricane. com.

BILL GERDTS // Hurricane Staff

PAYING DUES: Stiffer penalties will be enforced on students who choose to move off-campus after May 31.

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Live from the Gusman Green

MATT WALLACH // Hurricane Staff

SAXAMAPHONE: The UM Studio Jazz Band, a group comprised of undergraduate students, performed on Sunday afternoon on the green behind Gusman Hall as part of Jazz on the Green, a series of performances that are free for the university and community to attend.

All are welcome to bring blankets, chairs and picnics.

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Students struggle to sleep

RACHEL STEINHAUSER // Hurricane Staff

SLEEP STUDYING: Stress, depression, busy schedules and other ailments frequently found on college campuses can contribute to the serious issues of sleep deprivation and insomnia.

Sleep issues ‘very common’ on campus

BY RAMON GALIANA STAFF NEWS WRITER

Academic deadlines, financial obligations, post-graduation decisions and a host of other issues can take a toll on a college student’s life. However, it’s not only your daily routine that’s at the mercy of fatiguing collegiate rigors – your health and ability to sleep may also be at stake.

Students heavily exposed to stress factors suffer from conditions of sleep deprivation, or not having sufficient time for sleep, and insomnia, the inability to fall and remain asleep.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, primary insomnia, a more burdensome and serious form of the condition, may last up to a month in some people.

However, secondary insomnia, a much lighter and more common

form of the condition, affects about eight in 10 people. It manifests as a symptom of other medical conditions such as illnesses, pain, stress, anxiety and depression.

“Its inevitable that we wake up when we experience stress,” said Dr. William Wohlgemuth, a research assistant professor at the Miller School of Medicine’s Center for Sleep Disorders. “During the semester, you have to perform, and after exams are over you get back into a normal routine.”

“On average, the sleep of the student body becomes more disruptive around the midterm exam period from a stress perspective,” he said.

Our ability to not fall asleep in stressful situations may be attributed to an evolutionary trait.

If someone didn’t wake up when a lion was roaring nearby, he said, they wouldn’t survive.

Insomnia is commonly mistaken for sleep deprivation. The difference, according to Wohlgemuth, is that insomniacs do budget seven to eight hours of sleep a day, but they cannot fall asleep. Sleep deprivation, in contrast, is not pro-

viding enough time for sleep.

“College students are notorious for not having a normal wake and bed time,” said Dr. Rhody Eisenstein, the medical director of the Sleep Medicine and Research Center at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri. “An erratic sleep routine affects insomnia.”

Eisenstein notes that students unable to fall asleep are practicing poor “sleep hygiene,” or the things that people do to promote sleep.

Stopping naps during the day, ensuring that you have a dark and quiet environment, covering clocks that may disturb and wake you and ridding your area of distractions are great ways to maximize one’s ability to sleep.

Avoid the intake of drugs that can affect your ability to sleep, Eisenstein added. Drinking and eating foods with caffeine can prohibit sleep if taken even three to five hours beforehand.

Certain medicines designed for people with Attention Deficit Disorder can severely affect our ability to sleep if taken at night.

When in bed and trying to fall asleep, don’t keep thinking about

what you’re doing the next day.

“If someone turns off the light and they try planning the next day’s schedule, they will find it very hard to sleep,” Eisenstein said. “It would be better to set aside some hours for planning before actually going to bed.”

Analesa Clarke, a pre-doctoral psychology intern at the University of Miami Counseling Center, said that sleeping irregularities are often attributable to “busy schedules, stress and anxiety, as well as medical conditions that are common among college students.”

“We know that insomnia can be related to difficulty managing stress, anxiety and depression,” Clarke said. “Even depression is associated with academic concerns and academic stress. It’s very common on campus.”

Incoming freshmen commonly experience stress attributed to adjusting to college and being away from home, whereas cases of seniors and upperclassmen are associated with making decisions about their lives after graduation.

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student concerns about finances, financial aid and finding a job after school,” Clarke said.

The Counseling Center offers numerous solutions for students who may be suffering from insomnia and sleep irregularity.

Individual counseling is available for students to have a oneon-one opportunity with someone who can help them manage stress.

There are also numerous group sessions that focus more on techniques for handling stress and anxiety.

“The client will then leave with a skill set of techniques to try on their own,” Clarke said.

“Anxiety and stress are the most common pressing concerns of students at the Counseling Center and are often associated with a wide range of other psychological concerns,” she said.

“Sleep is a biological need,” Wohlgemuth said. “If you don’t eat enough food or drink enough water, you’re going to be in a phase of water or food deprivation. The same is true with sleep.”

Ramon Galiana may be contacted at rgaliana@themiamihurricane.com.

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opinion

“The increases keep pace with...past years, but this is no ordinary year.”

– The Hurricane editorial board

Editorial

a short story by Dan Buyanovsky

Housing hike off-putting in current climate

A child dares to dream

In a bold move by the university, overall on-campus housing will increase in price by 4.5 percent next year, and 5 percent at University Village.

Next academic year, a four bedroom/four bathroom apartment in University Village is going to cost close to $1,000 per month. The increases keep pace with what the university has done in past years, but this is no ordinary year.

So graduate students are being kicked out of the UV to make room for undergraduates in keeping with the school’s master plan, but we’re raising prices on those same students who are facing financial hardships?

The truth is – as we’ve said before – being a private university, we must take the good with the bad. While UM is a non-profit organization, they’re not running a charity, and budgetary shortfalls must be made up.

It just seems a little wrong that while property values around the campus plummet, housing on campus keeps rising as it did in years past. The value of a college education certainly increases during tough times; housing certainly does not.

So what to do if you’re fearing these increases? Think outside the borders...of campus. In an informal survey, we found students living in a four-bedroom house within five miles of campus for about $650 per person per month (with roommates, of course). The Department of Residence Halls provides off-campus resources for those seeking to move just a little farther away from the heart of it all. With that extra $250300 per month, you could easily afford a cheap car and a 12-pack of your favorite imported beer.

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

A baby’s born and there’s a balloon tied to its belly. The balloon – it’s bright and red and it’s tugging the baby’s belly skyward. The baby is light and willing, so the balloon makes the baby rise and the balloon carries it as high as it can. However, at some point the forces of the Earth and gravity pull the baby back. It’s harnessed back into reality and told that to fly is impossible, to dream is irresponsible and unrealistic, and to hope is nothing but a waste of time.

That baby eventually grows and learns to challenge the bullshit lines he was told by those pathetic poets of pessimism. But, eventually he tires of protesting the minds of the unhopeful and challenging the morals of those who forgot how to desire. Suddenly, the red balloon reappears.

He walks towards it and before long, it’s in his hands. He waits for the balloon to tug and pull him up just as it did nearly two decades ago. But the boy’s feet don’t budge.

He jumps, but the balloon doesn’t carry his weight. As he focuses on the bright redness of the balloon and the sun shining behind it, he begins to lose hope.

The balloon slips out of his fingers and

he’s stuck to the ground with all of “them.”

He wants to fly sky high and touch the dreams he felt so tangible when the balloon allowed him to. He began to stroll from the spot he’d been standing in, and he looked intently at the ground. He couldn’t help but look down because he felt the sky didn’t need him.

When he got home, he stumbled over a box because he didn’t see the wind chime right in front of him. The box spilled open and he saw a string with a text written on it.

It was weathered and wrinkled. It looked as if it’d once been white.

He brought it close, and it read: “Your dreams – they’re real. Your hopes – they are too. The sky is where you belong. You’ve always reached for the clouds, but while they pushed your arms down you forgot how far to reach. You don’t need helium to pull you skyward – you need to fly sky high on your own. Don’t let them tell you different, and don’t believe them if they do. You were born a baby with a balloon tied to your belly. As you’ve grown, that balloon’s become your mind. And just as I tugged you skyward, let your mind do the tugging this time.”

speak

UP!

What’s the funniest thing you have ever said or have had said to you during sex?

ZACH MOST Freshman “Is it going to be like that all the time?”

Dan Buyanovsky is a sophomore majoring in entrepreneurship. He may be contacted at dbuyanovsky@themiamihurricane.com.

DANNY NICHOLSON Senior

cartoon by Tiffany Agam

“What’s that smell... doorknob!”

SONI MACY Senior “T-T-T-Today junior!”

letters@TheMiamiHurricane.com

Speak Up answers are edited for clarity, brevity and accuracy.

compiled by JOE ALTIERI

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Open Mic Night Wednesday, Feb. 18, 9 p.m.

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s ’ y e r h p Um e to play UC patio on (former) Langerado weekend e g Mc

BY HILARY SAUNDERS EDGE EDITOR

Beloved jam rockers Umphrey’s McGee will bring their dynamic live show to the University of Miami on Saturday, March 7. The band will appear without an opening act, as they will instead play two full sets for an approximately three-hour-long show. Hurricane Productions is sponsoring the free live event that will take place on the UC Patio starting at 8 p.m.

With the sudden cancellation of the Langerado Music Festival, many bands are frantically trying to book other shows for that weekend.

“We stole them away from the Culture Room and Revolution and such,” said Andrew Hunter, the large venue concert chair of the HP Concert Committee.

This will be the band’s only South Florida tour date for a group that plays more than 100 shows each year.

“These guys are known for playing for hours,” said Hunter, a senior majoring in English. “We’re just gonna let them do their thing.”

Band members themselves are excited to come to South Florida, having played Langerado multiple times in the festival’s six-year history. “[Langerado] always had great lineups, so it’s obviously a huge disappointment what happened this year,” said Umphrey’s keyboardist Joel Cummins in an interview with The Miami Hurricane.

They’re excited this opportunity to play at UM arose, though.

“We’re totally psyched to be playing a gig that night – outside for a bunch of people for free,” Cummins said.

He describes Umphrey’s McGee’s sound as “the music that you’d want for the soundtrack of your life if you had to carry around a boom box. It’s pretty much whatever you want it to be, you just let us know and we’ll try to make that happen.”

The band will be playing songs from their new album Mantis, which dropped on Inauguration Day. The new album has received critical acclaim from the New York Times and Rolling Stone and has been noted as having a more condensed feel than their previous output.

The performance by Umphrey’s McGee will just add to a weekend of alternative Langerado festivities sponsored by HP. Patio Jams will take place as scheduled on Thursday, March 5. Later that day, local band Awesome New Republic and Chicago-based Future Rock will play Happy Hour at the Rat starting at 4:30 p.m.

Exclaimed Cummins, If You Go “University of Miami in March?

Sign me up! Great!”

What: Umphrey’s McGee Hilary Saunders may be contacted at hsaunders@ themiamihurricane.com.

When: Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m.

Where: UC Patio Cost: Free

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Best-selling author of ‘Skeletons at the Feast’ to speak at Books & Books

BY ASHLEY TORRES CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

One-time Miami resident and author Chris Bohjalian returns to South Florida for the paperback release of his novel Skeletons at the Feast.

A love story set in Germany and Poland during the last six months of World War II, the work chronicles the journey west of 18-year-old aristocrat Anna, her lover and prisoner-of-war Callum, and Uri, a German Jew disguised as a Wehrmacht corporal. The novel marks a significant change from other stories Bohjalian has written.

“The material has the importance and gravitas that much of my earlier works lacked,” he said in an interview with The Miami Hurricane.

The inspiration for the novel came about when a friend asked Bohjalian to read his East Prussian grandmother’s diary. Eight years later, while reading a non-fiction work about the war, Eva Henatsch’s riveting account of her march west resurfaced in Bohjalian’s memory. He began researching the era, interviewing Holocaust survivors and developing his narrative.

“I amassed 250 rejection slips before I ever sold a book,” he said. With determination in mind, his advice to young writers is simple: “Write about something you’re fasci-

natingly interested in,” he said.

The bestselling author also gives one word of inspiration: “phantasmagoric.”

“It suggests a certain type of entrancement, hypnotism, of being spellbound. It’s everything you want in a great novel,” Bohjalian said.

Ashley Torres may be contacted at atorres@ themiamihurricane.com.

If You Go What: Author Chris Bohjalian has sold more than 3.5 million copies of his 11 novels. His book Midwives was chosen for Oprah’s Book Club and reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list When: February 18, 2009 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where: Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables Cost: Free

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘THE INTERNATIONAL’

‘The International fails at being ‘Bourne’

BY SARAH B. PILCHICK OF THE STAFF

From its opening scene of a stealthy assassination to its unsatisfying yet realistic conclusion, The International feels like a pale imitation of The Constant Gardener. Still, it features stunning panoramic views of exotic locations like Milan and Istanbul and a timely if underdeveloped storyline, plus a valiant performance by Clive Owen.

The plot centers on Owen’s character Louis Salinger, an Interpol officer who works in tandem with Naomi Watts’ Eleanor Whitman of the Manhattan D.A.’s office to destroy the International Bank of Business and Credit. The IBBC’s recent activities have gone beyond issuing checks and now include providing hostile governments with advanced weaponry. The premise that banks are evil isn’t so far-fetched after September 2008, but the way that the film portrays this fact is ham-fisted. The IBBC is nefarious, but one almost expects to see Dr. Evil sitting in on conference calls.

Owen is determined and serious enough to give the film some credibility, and while Watts excels at looking frustrated and exhausted, her role is woefully underwritten.

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Director Tom Tykwer obviously aimed to make his own Bourne imitator, but the film’s one action scene – set in New York’s Guggenheim Museum – goes on for far too long. For all its faults, The International is smarter and more intriguing than the bland trailer would lead you to believe.

Sarah B. Pilchick may be contacted at sbpilchick@themiamihurricane.com

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Dollar amount in millions that Alex Rodriguez donated to the baseball program

Combined margin of victory by thirdranked UNC and fifth-ranked Duke over UM

BASEBALL

Stadium renaming ceremony, banquet go off without a hitch National media attends event

BY CHRISTINA DE NICOLA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

ALEX BROADWELL // Hurricane Staff

CONTESTING: Jack McClinton attempts to block a shot

by Wayne Ellington at the game on Sunday night.

Canes lose another close ACC game in final minutes No. 3 UNC wins at the BUC

BY LELAN LEDOUX SENIOR SPORTS WRITER

Not once but twice, senior guard Ty Lawson ripped the heart right out of the Miami Hurricanes to seal the victory for third-ranked North Carolina, 69-65.

With the shot clock winding down, Lawson hit a clutch 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to give the Tar Heels (23-2, 9-2) a 67-63 lead.

After a quick layup by senior guard Jack McClinton put the score at 67-65, Lawson hit a pair of free throws and closed the lid on Miami’s quest for a second straight upset against a top-10 opponent at home.

“Lawson’s three was unbeSEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 10

Many of the national and local media representatives waiting on the baseball diamond for Friday night’s preseason banquet for the 2009 University of Miami baseball team left disappointed.

In his first public appearance since admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs from 20012003, 12-time all-star and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez received a standing ovation and briefly alluded to the issue in an event that went off without a hitch.

“I want to welcome my friends in the back,” Rodriguez said, referring to the press. “We travel together just like a family, a dysfunctional family. As you all know, it’s been a very quiet week for me, so it’s really nice to get out on a Friday night.”

The “Dinner on the Diamond” was supposed to be just the unveiling of the new stadium, now known as Mark Light Field at Alex Rodriguez Park, which underwent $3.9 million-worth of renovations finally completed.

A visibly nervous Rodriguez, after signing autographs for children in attendance, explained to the crowd how he had always wanted to play for UM and would have done so had he not signed with the Seattle Mariners out of high school.

“Growing up in Miami, Mark Light Stadium was our Yankee Stadium. It truly was a place where every kid wanted to land here,” he said. “We didn’t have the [Florida] Marlins, so Ron Fraser and the

JESSICA HODDER // Hurricane Staff

AWARD: The baseball program held a dinner on the diamond as part of the opening ceremony for Alex Rodriguez Park on Friday.

Hurricanes were the best show in town.”

Head coach Jim Morris, Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt and guest speaker Laz Gutierrez, a former Hurricane and Boston Red Sox scout, each gave speeches and spoke kind words of the slugger.

“I had to follow the most influential coach in the history of college baseball,” Morris said. “This might be tougher tonight following the best baseball player in the major leagues.

Nothing at the University of Miami is easy.”

The 31-year coaching veteran provided anecdotes about Rodriguez speaking with the team and expectations for the upcoming season: Omaha.

“We’re very excited about our team and we’ve been working really hard. We have a lot of young guys along with a few returning players,”

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he said. “A lot of the other guys, you don’t know their names, but you will. Our expectations are always the same and I learned that my first day at Miami.”

“I bought the ticket way before the press about him came out.

I think it went well. The university and the team are bigger than one individual, and that’s what he’s been saying,” said Coral Gables resident and UM baseball fan Jim Berlin. “I don’t want it dug up anymore. It just doesn’t matter.”

Before closing the ceremony, Gutierrez reminded this year’s team that in 1998 when the program was expected to win a national championship with 12 MLB draft picks, it was the following season that Miami actually won its third title.

Christina De Nicola may be contacted at cdenicola@themiamihurricane.com.

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McClinton puts up 35 points in losing effort BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 9

lievable,” coach Frank Haith said. “It was deep. It beat us. He was good. Lawson was on a roll.”

All-American senior forward Tyler Hansbrough, who was limited to just eight points on 3-of-8 shooting, didn’t have to score to make one of the biggest plays of the game. With 44 seconds left, Hansbrough took an offensive charge from senior forward Brian Asbury.

“It was a big play,” UNC head coach Roy Williams said. “We were lucky. Tonight North Carolina was luckier than Miami.”

“Tough loss,” Haith said. “We competed. They played their butts off. They fought hard the whole game. It didn’t go our way.”

McClinton put up a season-high 35 points on 13-of-25 shooting and hit seven 3-pointers. It was the most points North Carolina allowed a player to score all year.

“In 55 years in the history of the ACC, he is the leading man in history for 3-pointers,” Williams said. “That tells you something. That’s how good he is.”

Still, McClinton would rather be in the win column.

“Points don’t matter,” he said. “I’d rather score two and win. We’ve got to believe. All it comes down to is winning.”

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3-pointer by junior guard Wayne Ellington put North Carolina up, 54-40. McClinton then scored eight straight points for the Canes and a three by Asbury cut the Tar Heels’ lead to one at 58-57.

Unfortunately for Miami, Lawson took over and scored the last 11 points for the boys in Carolina blue. On back-to-back possessions, the guard answered Hurricane 3-pointers with ones of his own.

“It hurts. It really does hurt,” said senior forward Jimmy Graham, who had a career-high 15 points and tied a career-high with five blocks. “It was a tough loss. We have had a lot of tough losses this year.”

Junior forward Dwayne Collins was unable to play with a sprained ankle, which he rolled at the end of Saturday’s practice.

Without Collins in the post, the Canes resorted to shooting 29 3-pointers.

Initially, the Hurricanes got off to the start they were looking for by jumping out to a 7-0 lead, five of which came from McClinton. The Tar Heels stormed back and took the lead going into the half, 29-26.

Miami has five games remaining before the ACC tournament. The Canes will travel to face off against No. 25 Florida State (196, 6-4) at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Lelan LeDoux may be contacted at lledoux@themiamihurricane.com.

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The Rat hosts tailgates for basketball Free food, prizes available for games

BY CHRISTINE WILLIAMSON CONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

After receiving steady turnout for the broadcast of the men’s basketball team’s trip to the NCAA tournament last season, the Rathskeller decided to host tailgates for every away game broadcast on television this year.

“If there is an away game, and the Rat is opened, we have a tailgate,” said Kimberly Lawrence, the tailgate chair for the Rat. “It’s always important for our fans to watch us play,” said center Julian Gamble.

“It’s good because we know we have support in Miami even though we can’t see them.”

Lawrence said that despite free food, giveaways and the basketball team on the big screen, the tailgates are usually not well attended. But being able to support the team that they love is a top priority for super fans and girlfriends of the players.

“I think it’s really beneficial for me to be able to watch the games at the Rat because I can be supportive of him even when he’s

away,” said Allison Mathis of her boyfriend, freshman forward DeQuan Jones.

Anika Arevalo occasionally finds herself at the Rat if her boyfriend, Gamble, plays a game aired on a channel that she doesn’t receive on television at home.

As the buzz builds around campus, Lawrence hopes that the student population will find in them the same desire to support the basketball team while they are gone and turn out.

“The tailgates are meant to be able to build up a fan base and allow students to show their school spirit,” Lawrence said.

Christina Williamson may be contacted at cwilliamson@themiamihurricane.com.

Upcoming Tailgates Wednesday Feb. 18 (UM @ FSU) – Game starts @ 7 p.m.

Thursday Feb. 26 (UM @ Virginia) – Game starts @ 8 p.m.

Wednesday March 4 (UM @ Georgia Tech) – Game starts @ 7:30 p.m.

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Women go undefeated in lacrosse tournament BREAKING AWAY: Hurricane Leah Bradley takes the ball down the field in a lacrosse match against Towson. Miami won the match 12 to 10. The women’s club lacrosse team played in a tournament on Saturday afternoon in which they won all four of their matches.

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