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STRUGGLE Victoria McKaba // Photo Editor TAKING THE L: Head Coach Jim Larrañaga looks disappointed after a missed free throw during the Hurricanes’ 75-57 loss to Florida State Wednesday night in the Watsco Center. This marks yet another matchup in which Miami was in control going into halftime but then lost momentum.

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NATIONAL NEWS

Journalism education tries to adapt to credibility challenges

By Jorge Chabo Senior News Writer

Check out Jon Vilardi’s preview of the 89th annual Academy Awards.

Read Jabari Wilbon’s story on women’s basketball after the game against Wake Forest University.

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CORRECTION A story published in the Jan. 26 issue titled, “Hillel celebrates 75 years of shaping Jewish student life” contained two errors that have since been corrected online.

The article stated the university raised $6.2 million in the capital campaign for the renovation of Hillel. The correct amount is $5.5 million.

The article also stated there are 389 Jewish students at the university. This number was taken from the UM Factbook 2016-2017, but does not accurately reflect the Jewish student population, which is an estimated 15 percent of the university’s student body. The number of Jewish students is likely closer to 2,000 students, according to Janu Mendel, Director of Engagement at Hillel.

Continual incidents of “fake news” – the deliberate publishing of misinformation purporting to be real news for profit or out of malice – have led to rising tensions between the mainstream media and President Donald Trump’s administration, tensions that have negatively impacted the public’s trust in the journalism industry many University of Miami students will be entering post-graduation.

The spread of this “fake news” has also caused students to question the basics of journalism and its influence over public opinion.

A study conducted by Stanford University earlier this month found that although social media wasn’t the main source of political news for most Americans in 2016, 14 percent said they relied on Facebook and other social media sites as their most important source of election coverage.

With election topics generating high amounts of traffic on social media, it was easy for fake news to be hidden among links, spreading inaccurate news intended to potentially sway someone’s opinion to vote for another candidate.

“Voting is one of the most sacred privileges we enjoy as citizens, and every voter has the right to accurate information about the candidate they’re voting for,” said senior Oliver Redsten, station manager for University of Miami Television (UMTV).

Another issue Redsten has noticed is the dissemination of false statements said on live television.

“In the era of 24-hour cable news we’re living in, it’s increasingly common to see political pundits making ridiculous claims on national television,” Redsten said in a message. “It’s incumbent on the broadcast journalists who are conducting the interviews to correct any false claims that are made on the airwaves.”

There have been multiple instances of the Trump administration making false claims throughout its first weeks in office.

However, one of the most controversial statements came a few hours after Trump’s inauguration, when White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said during the first press briefing that the crowd at the event was the “largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period,” an assertion widely discredited by journalists.

Former President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration ceremony set the record for crowd size, with an estimated 1.8 million people in attendance.

Josh White // Staff Photographer TEACHING TOMORROW’S REPORTERS: Professor Bruce Garrison speaks to his Fundamentals of News Gathering class in the School of Communication Wednesday morning. School of Communication faculty have used the election as a teaching tool for student journalists.

“What the media reports by using photos, interviews, experts, studies and other journalistic skills are facts,” said Heidi Carr, professor of media relations at the School of Communication.

Redsten used the Jan. 22 interview NBC journalist Chuck Todd conducted with Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway on “Meet the Press” as an example of correcting false claims. During the interview, Conway used the phrase “alternative facts” to defend the factually incorrect statements Spicer made on the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd.

“You’re saying it’s falsehoods,” Conway told Todd. “Our press secretary gave alternative facts.”

Following her defense, Todd immediately corrected her on live television. Redsten said Todd’s response was exemplary.

“But inevitably, there will be false claims that go uncorrected, and it’s absolutely essential for every citizen to have healthy skepticism about the information they’re receiving,” Redsten said.

“THE OPPOSITION PARTY” Among those accusing journalists and media networks of being corrupt and dishonest is Stephen Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist.

“The media here is the opposition party.

They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the President of the United States,” he said in an interview with The New York Times on Jan. 25.

Although Bannon negatively classified the media as an ‘opposition party,’ Carr said

being an opposition party is what journalists should be.

“Journalists are always the ‘opposition party.’ They are not there to parrot the platform of the Republican or Democratic Party.

They exist to question, to research, to get to the facts and put stories in context,” Carr wrote in a message.

Bannon’s statement and the general public’s trust in journalism – which is at an all-time low, according to polls – questions the role of journalism during a time when credibility has become indispensable in combatting the rise of “fake news” and the wide circulation of false statements.

During a Jan. 11 press conference, Trump called CNN “fake news” because of its decision to report on an unverified dossier from intelligence officials that had been circulating among journalists and had made its way to Obama and intelligence agencies.

The dossier, which included notable errors, alleged Trump had been “cultivated” by the Russian government for years. Other publications like The Washington Post criticized the publication of the dossier on Buzzfeed, and even CNN acknowledged that the claims could not be independently corroborated.

NBC News correspondent and MSNBC’s host of Morning Joe, Willie Geist, said U.S. presidents describing media outlets as biased or untruthful is not new. However, Geist said, the difference between previous presidents and their cabinets was that they had these discussions “behind closed doors,” whereas Trump publicly “spins” the facts against the media. Despite the backlash, he said journalists must continue to do their jobs.

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ing, and Paz said he doesn’t believe in the so-called “age of fake news.”

Carr, however, discussed financial factors incubating fake news in ad-based revenue models.

“Some people are just reporting fake news for the money,” Carr said.

She pointed to a “fake news” story written by Cameron Harris, a man infamously known for his fabrication of fake stories for profit during the election. The headline he fabricated read, “BREAKING: ‘Tens of thousands’ of fraudulent Clinton votes found in Ohio warehouse.”

The New York Times reported that he made about $5,000 off the traffic on his site, and all from a story that had only taken him 15 minutes to craft.

Sam Terilli, former general counsel to The Miami Herald and journalism and media management department chair, said he believes social media played a large role in spreading these false stories. “‘Fake news’ is troubling. Let’s call it what it is – lies,” Terilli said. “Social media has enabled it and has technologically facilitated it.”

Terilli said that this was not a partisan issue as much as it was an attack on credibility. Sensationalized, untrue stories reinforce the preconceived notions and prejudices that people have about specific issues, he said.

As the professor of Freedom of Expression and Communication Ethics, a course focused on the evolving news industry and First Amendment rights, Terilli compared “fake news” to false advertisements. In advertising, unethical behavior leads to the fabrication of falsehoods intended to sell a product. In the case of “fake news,” the desired end is traffic, clicks and ad revenue.

“It is a means to an end, where the prospect of more ad revenue leads to more and more of these fake news stories,” he said.

Amanda Herrera contributed to this report.

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“I think as journalists, I’d be champing at the bit to get in the middle of this and be a fact finder, a truth teller, fact checker and somebody who can keep an administration in check,” Geist said in a phone interview.

As for the current state of journalism for graduating students, Redsten said the spread of these false stories will actually help journalism as an industry.

“It’s more important than ever to have principled, professional journalists who are committed to fairness and accuracy. It’s up to all of us as citizens to support the news outlets that are doing it the right way,” he said.

For Geist, who has had a career in journalism spanning 20 years, being called “biased” by the public comes with the territory because, he said, people either don’t believe in the way the facts are presented or they think other topics are more important to discuss. Regardless of public opinion, journalists have a duty to strive for fair reporting.

“I’ve always thought objectivity is sort of impossible because we’re human beings and so that subjective bias is within us,” Geist said. “But fairness should be the goal.”

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“I noticed that on election night and the subsequent days, the media seemed entirely shocked, since I don’t think any of them believed that a Trump presidency would be a reality,” said Ralph Paz, a junior studying political science and history.

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CONSTRUCTION

Housing plan to increase capacity, foster on-campus community

By Amanda Herrera Assistant News Editor

Rooftop gardens, a 200-seat auditorium, kitchenettes and living rooms. These are the new amenities students living on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus will have access to upon the completion of a 10-year housing project set to begin later this year.

The university will embark on a process to create enhanced, community-based residential housing spaces that meet the expressed needs of students. The project comes after almost five years of surveying students and parents and conducting focus groups, Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Whitely said.

“We certainly listened to what they wanted: apartments, suites, places to cook, not being on a meal plan, et cetera,” Whitely said.

The project will be divided into three phases over the course of a decade. The first phase includes constructing a $155-million living complex for sophomores, juniors and seniors, to be built on a space that is now parking lots between Lake Osceola and Stanford Drive.

UM has submitted a proposal to the City of Coral Gables for the construction of the 8.6acre village, to be composed of 23 clusters of interconnected buildings. In the areas between the buildings will be a space for a courtyard and lawn facing Lake Osceola, according to the letter of intent in the Development Review Committee Application given to the city.

Designed as a “hub for student life and campus-based activity,” the compound will encompass a learning center, a Launch Pad for student start-up businesses (to replace the one in the University Center), an auditorium, a bike shop and a recreation room.

According to Executive Director of Housing and Residential Life (HRL) James Smart, the new residential college will be able to accommodate the high demand of students trying to live on campus. Smart said the university currently has a total of about 4,300 beds.

As of fall 2016, 4,048 of the school’s 10,615 undergraduate students live in on-campus housing, according to university data. In past years, the school has been unable to fulfill all of the requests from students to live on campus and ended up temporarily housing the overflow of students at the Holiday Inn on US-1 across the street.

“Right now, the problem we have is we don’t have sufficient housing for sophomores …

Sophomores who want to live in an apartment environment or even a full suite environment really don’t have any options available on campus,” Smart said. “We’re looking at this as more of a retention program to meet the needs that students have and have expressed to us.”

Photo courtesy Arquitectonica GREENER PASTURES: The proposed construction project will create a 8.6-acre village, to be composed of 23 clusters of interconnected residential buildings for sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Since the housing program runs on students’ room and board fees, Smart said the students will have to pay more to live in the new housing but did not say how much. Whitely and Smart said tuition will not increase because of the project.

For Braylond Howard, a junior who has been staying on campus since his freshman year, living in Pearson Residential College is more financially feasible than living off campus, where rent for surrounding apartments can cost thousands each month. Howard said he doesn’t mind living on campus, even if the dorms are older, but thinks the new developments are needed to keep UM competitive compared to other Florida schools.

“I understand that the dorms are older, but it’s still a place to live at the end of the day. But with the whole new development of the dorms on campus, that’s a great thing,” Howard said. “UM has always been kind of behind within the housing department and the design of the housing.”

Upon completion of the first phase of the project, there will be 1,104 additional beds on campus. Smart said these new beds will allow UM to begin the next phase: demolishing Stanford and Hecht, the two existing freshman dorms, which were built in 1968. The two 12-story towers will be replaced by four new buildings, a separate housing project, intended to house freshmen.

The original plan for the construction of the freshmen dorms was unveiled at a Student Government meeting in 2015. At that time, construction was expected to start in summer 2016.

The newer dorms will have features addressing safety concerns of the stairwells in the current buildings. The staircases in the towers contain open-air breezeways between every level, causing worries about the security of students in cases of storms and hurricanes.

Smart said the new buildings will be constructed with interior “monumental staircases” – similar to the Shalala Student Center’s – that spiral over a series of study lounges, and will be equipped with “vertical wire screens” to prevent students from throwing objects or falling off the staircase, problems the university faced in the past.

“It’s a much more secure environment and much more safe environment than some of the designs we’ve had in the past,” Smart said.

The last part of the project will be the renovation of Mahoney-Pearson and Eaton Residential Colleges. These buildings are considered historic architectural structures by Coral Gables and therefore must remain the same on the exterior but will be gutted and remodeled to include new room layout styles. Apart from

the traditional single and double suite layouts, students will also have the option of choosing full suites that will include living rooms and kitchenettes.

Whitely and Smart said the new changes are a result of not only the surveys taken from students regarding amenities they were looking for in their housing units but also surveys with student leaders, including residential assistants and members of Student Government.

Student Government Treasurer Morgan Owens was a committee member of the Building and Grounds Committee created by the university to provide suggestions for the project. Student Government President Vikesh Patel, who also contributed to his input, said he was personally excited for future students who will be able to enjoy the school’s new facilities.

“The new housing plan is revolutionary and will take the University of Miami to the next level. Student housing is more than just housing,” Patel said in a statement. “This project is a much needed change for our home and we as Student Government enjoyed being active in the planning process.”

Whitely said the university wants to begin the construction of the new housing “right away” – likely in April – and complete the project by fall 2019.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

$100 million for Frost Institutes will support interdisciplinary STEM, expanded facilities

By Nathalie Mairena Staff Writer

During his January 2016 inauguration ceremony, University of Miami President Julio Frenk announced a $100 million donation by longtime donors Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost for the expansion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.

Now, a year later, President Frenk announced the money will be used to create the Frost Institutes for Science and Engineering, which will include 13 endowed STEM chairs and $3 million in stipends for doctoral candidates in the institutes.

The announcement was made during the 50th annual Miami Winter Symposium, an event at which more than 100 scientists, researchers and doctors from 28 countries gather every year to discuss scientific advancements.

“The University of Miami is already known for excellence in biomedicine, marine sciences and other fields,” Frenk said during the symposium.

“But continued excellence cannot be sustained without critical investments in basic and applied science, mathematics and engineering. These disciplines, which form the building blocks for innovation, must be strengthened to maintain our leading edge as a research university.”

UM was ranked 44th in the 2017 U.S. News and World Report National University Rankings. U.S. News also ranked most of UM’s graduate programs within the top 100.

“It’s exciting that the funding includes Ph.D. stipends,” said Wyatt Sharber, a sixth year graduate student researching plant systematics and evolution. “Graduate students are the foremost practitioners of research at any institution – with the guidance and collabo-

ration of their advisers – and additional funding for graduate students will advance the quality and quantity of scientific research at UM.” Stipends help cover the cost of living for graduate students, allowing them to focus on their research.

The Frost Institutes will help strengthen the Roadmap Initiatives, which are the administration’s plans to enhance the university by 2025. More specifically, the project will bolster the STEM@UM initiative, which strives to cultivate scientific research and application in order to face pressing contemporary issues.

“The bigger picture, STEM@UM, means we’re not just looking at new ways of doing research, we’re looking at new ways of educating the students,” Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Leonidas Bachas said. “We want them to understand that solving big problems require that you

understand biology in parallel with chemistry, in parallel with physics or in parallel with mathematics and statistics.

Our approach to these institutes is not only to show that great discoveries happen when you converge the sciences, but that they also translate to different learning opportunities for the students.”

Modeled after National Institutes of Health, a medical research agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made of 27 institutes and centers, the Frost Institutes will also act as an umbrella, housing multiple concentrations. The first institute will be the Frost Institute of Chemistry and Molecular Science.

The physical building to house the institutes will feature integrated teaching labs and offer more space for research to take place across STEM disciplines, as it houses research-

ers from different fields in one space.

“Right now we are restricted by the space we have,” Bachas said. “We have the Cox Science building and we have the physics building and those buildings were built with the idea of what science was many, many decades ago.”

The Cox Building was renovated in 2013, when the Neuroscience and Health Annex was added. Still, graduate students like Sharber hope the new building will keep modern research methods by expanding core research facilities.

The Frost Institutes are still in the early planning stages, as is the design of the new facility. Provost Thomas LeBlanc, who is taking the lead on the STEM@UM initiative, said in an email interview that the university hopes to hire an institute director during the 2017 calendar year.

HEALTH

Open house showcases relocated Student Health Center to community

By Elina Katrin Contributing News Writer

The Lennar Foundation Medical Center allows University of Miami students to get personalized health care and outpatient services on campus, with convenience.

Though the $145 million 200,000 square-foot outpatient center opened its doors for patients and visitors on Dec. 5, UM held a community open house event to commemorate the Student Health Center’s relocation into its new home inside Lennar.

The Student Health Center, located on the first floor, comprises 16 exam rooms com-

pared to the 11 in the old location. The increased amount of rooms allows for an increase of student visits per day. Medical practitioners will be able to see more than 200 students per day in the new facility, said Dr. Howard Anapol, UHealth Medical Director.

Chief Administrative Officer Ben Riestra said he expects the whole medical center to be able to provide care for 1,500 to 2,000 patients a day.

“It’s all based on a foundation of empathy and compassion,” Riestra said. “And it’s about this geographic location, specifically, on our main Coral Gables academic campus, where accessibility to academic health care has historically

been primarily in downtown.

Now the same high academic outpatient services are here in Coral Gables.”

The new facility provides specialized, individualized care and all outpatient services, not just ones found at clinics. Among the services provided at new center are outpatient surgery, outpatient therapy, radiation and chemotherapy for cancer treatment, physical therapy and a center with MRI and X-Ray CT scans.

In order to provide patients and staff with a convenient way to pick up their prescriptions and other necessities, the new building is equipped with a retail Walgreens pharmacy.

It also includes laboratories

where tests can be examined.

Both of these additions included in the construction for convenience purposes.

The third floor of the center houses the Department of Sports Medicine and EXOS, a high-tech bootcamp-like program that helps people reach optimal health.

“We have physical therapists doing the rehabilitation stuff on this side of the gym, and we offer programs that range from athletes to older adults, to high school kids, to youth,” said Tim Hebberger, a member of the EXOS program.

“We focus more on a movement-centric approach and look for imbalances and weaknesses and things that can be

corrected through movement.

And then we go about fixing those.”

Lennar is focused on providing health services of the highest quality beginning with its patients, said Dr. Thinh H. Tran, UHealth chief clinical officer and chief operating officer.

“You cannot have happiness, prosperity without health, and this building, this health system, University of Miami’s health system, is all about you,” Tran said. “This building is all about community, it’s about caring for each other, it’s about providing wellness and health for us as a community.”

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Opinion

University response to executive orders raises more questions stability that’s best achieved with actual information.

What was provided, however, was a misleading statement that appeared to announce support for DACA students in light of the executive orders but in reality just reviewed existing on-campus resources, such as the Immigration Clinic and the Counseling Center, as well as a new scholarship for high school seniors from Miami-Dade county applying to UM for the fall.

The key phrase buried in the announcement is that the university “will do all it can, within the law, to enable them to continue their education and employment.” This statement lacks substance, as the law itself contains so many ambiguities. By limiting itself to what’s legal while reemphasizing university values of inclusion and tolerance, UM has positioned itself in a middle ground, straddling both a sense of empathy and a compliance with the rapidly-changing immigration laws.

Students are not looking for the university to be comforting in the midst of a stressful situation.

Students are looking for real, honest details about

any progress that’s been made and the specific factors considered by these decisions. If this statement is the end of the line, then it appears that UM is saying its hands are tied in any legal sense and will not function as a “sanctuary campus.”

However, the tone of the statement suggests otherwise, which makes students wonder how UM will enable Dreamers to continue when a difficult situation arises. If students are affected, does UM plan on helping students find pro bono immigration lawyers? Will UM offer distance-learning options for students who do end up being detained?

It would be more helpful for the university to decide on a concrete plan of action before making an announcement, or to inform the community if tough decisions are still being made. We don’t need to know the destination, but we deserve to know which direction we’re headed.

The full university announcement can be found at news.miami.edu.

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

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Sí se Puede? Where the Womenʼs March movement falls short When I returned home from the Women’s March in Miami I felt invincible. I carried my optimism on feet aching from hours of marching and in a raspy voice from hollering dozens of liberal

By Mackenzie Karbon aphorisms through the Senior Columnist downtown streets. My exuberance lasted until the next day when my ears stopped ringing and I was again without the immediate presence of ten thousand protesters crying “Pussy grabs back.” The Women’s Marches were an inarguable success, a worldwide grassroots triumph. Marching as one was inspiring, and anyone who participated can tell you that the sensation of hope was palpable.

In spite of this, the Women’s Marches will likely do little to curtail the Trump administration’s frantic efforts to undo Obama’s influence. Unlike the most successful grassroots movement in the United States – the Civil Rights Movement – the Women’s March has not decided on a single message that is accessible or inclusive to all Americans. Disparities in opinions on reproductive rights (What do we do with all the pro-life feminists?), what it means to be a woman (How does the transgender marcher feel about the woman sporting a homemade uterus hat?) and the apparently confounding role that race plays in this whole thing have already lead to infighting and alienation of women and others outside the movement.

To add to the ambiguity, the Women’s March seems to have tacked itself onto the Black Lives Matter and environmental awareness movements, which on the surface appears

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The idea of sanctuary campuses is shrouded in ambiguity, and the practical outcome of this designation is still unclear. Schools such as Wesleyan and California State University have policies allowing them to refuse to help – but cannot hinder – immigration forces and law enforcement. The UC system has also ordered that their police services not participate in immigration enforcement, along with helping students retain financial aid and acquire legal assistance in the event of detainment.

UM administration has not concretely agreed to such sanctuary policies, along with many other schools around the country who are cautious to risk the legal and financial repercussions. Yet UM seems to want to give the impression that it is a sanctuary campus.

The university released an announcement last week in support of undocumented DACA students, or “Dreamers,” but little additional action is actually being provided during a time of great uncertainty for all non-citizens. Our community relies on university leaders for guidance and a sense of

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to be an act of inclusivity and solidarity. However, assigning unrelated beliefs to millions of individuals has more potential to divide rather than unite – often the result of employing identity politics.

I believe deeply in the power of the Women’s March to influence the course of our nation over the next four years and the decades after that. These are the nascent stages. But the Women’s March must make a lot of decisions about what it wants to be – and if success is in the cards, those decisions must augment, not limit, the definition of our collective American identity.

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POLITICS

Mayor Gimenez should resist Trump immigration policy

By Israel Aragon Staff Columnist

On Wednesday, Jan. 25, President Donald Trump fulfilled one of his most controversial campaign promises by signing an executive order that threatened to cut federal grants for cities and counties with policies that protect undocu-

mented immigrants.

The next day, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez effectively stripped the county of its “sanctuary” status by ordering county jails to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The county jails of Miami-Dade will now have to comply with federal detention requests by detaining inmates who reside in the country illegally — something that the county had refused to do since 2013.

By kowtowing to President Trump’s draconian immigration policies, Gimenez, the son of a family of ranch-

“The president’s executive orders on immigration are a stain on our democracy” ers that fled from disaster following the Cuban Revolution, has marred Miami’s decades-long reputation of welcoming immigrants.

As a Venezuelan-born immigrant, I couldn’t be more disappointed in my

mayor. His actions are a painful betrayal to thousands of helpless families that are now at greater risk of being torn apart.

The president’s executive orders on immigration are a stain on our democracy, effectively trampling on the rights of those who have fought to escape corruption to guarantee their children a brighter future.

Many have already taken to the streets of Miami to protest the mayor’s decision. As a passionate yet introverted writer, my idea of an effective protest is a protest of words. It’s why I write for this paper so often and it’s why I’ve chosen to write to Mayor Gimenez himself. Below is an excerpt of the letter I’ll be sending to his office: “I was dismayed and appalled by the mayor’s decision to support Trump’s policies less than a day after the executive order was signed. Certainly he must realize that local governments are not obligated to meddle with federal immigration

affairs. Therefore, an executive order that bullies cities and counties into doing the federal government’s work would undermine the autonomy of local governments and violate the Tenth Amendment.

“Many public officials have openly defied President Trump’s clear overreach of power. The livelihoods of thousands of families are on the line. Mayor Gimenez should not allow the city of Miami to be cowed into silence.”

If you feel like reaching out to local public officials but are either reluctant or too busy to march, contacting them directly is the next best option. Speak (or write) with an open mind and heart. You might just be the one who can inspire great change. Speak up, speak loud and don’t hold back.

Israel Aragon is a sophomore majoring in psychology.

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Trump uses intentional distractions to hide dangerous actions On the first full day of Trump’s presidency, Sean Spicer gave his first press conference as White House Press Secretary.

What he said set the tone for his relationship with the press and the public at large. He could have spoken about Trump’s first actions as president or his plans for his first

By Ryan Steinberg Contributing Columnist week. Instead, he chose to berate the press, using false evidence, or “alternative facts,” to accuse them of inaccurately covering the size of the inauguration crowd. Three days later, Trump took to Twitter to gripe that voter fraud cost him the popular vote – without providing any evidence to support his claim. The media were beside themselves. All they could talk about

for days was Trump’s disregard for the truth and his inability to focus on more important issues.

The media and the millions of people that voted against Trump felt vindicated. It was his first week and Trump had already managed to prove his incompetence.

Meanwhile, Trump was putting pen to paper, significantly influencing many key issues. He signed an executive order that began the unwinding of Obamacare, withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and signaled a desire to renegotiate NAFTA. He halted the sending of aid to any foreign non-government organizations that provide or advocate for abortion rights. He disallowed refugees from entering the country. He put a hold on EPA scientists being able to release their scientific findings.

Yet, throughout all of this, the media and general public’s outrage continued to focus on Trump’s war with the truth. There was little mention of how Trump sought to eliminate Obamacare without a replacement plan on

hand. Little focus was placed on how he has failed to provide specifics for how he would like to reform our trade agreements and how the vague ideas he has put forth are entirely nonsensical.

Trump managed to escape public outrage for the truly moronic actions he took in the first week of his presidency. Inauguration crowds and the popular vote do not matter. Health care, trade agreements and climate science do matter, but the media’s focus was not on these issues. The media were not wrong when they said Trump was an ignorant fool for not believing basic facts. But this is exactly Trump’s strategy: let the media call him an idiot, for as long as they are focusing on issues of little consequence, Trump will continue to tear this country apart, and absolutely no one will be there to stop him.

Ryan Steinberg is a freshman majoring in political science.

Is there a lack of civil discourse across party lines? Ashley Plotkin discusses being conservative on a liberal campus in her online column, available at themiamihurricane.com.

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UM student, entrepreneur finds sweet success in doughnut business IN-DEMAND DESSERTS: The Salty Donut features Nutella, vanilla, guava and cheese, balsamic cherry and salted caramel-flavored doughnuts.

In just over a year, The Salty Donut has upgraded from a pop-up mobile shop to a brickand-mortar location in Wynwood, and it has become a household name for South Florida’s The Salty Donut, a shop combining artisanal foodies. Plans for a second location are already doughnuts and coffee, was created with a “onebeing discussed. stop shop” philosophy in mind.

Co-owners Pizarro, 24, and her fiance, Andy “We spent so much time … making sure Rodriguez, 29, are frequent travelers. Their cityour coffee is amazing, because what is a good hopping inspired them to bring a doughnut shop doughnut with crappy coffee?” asked Amanda to Miami.

Pizarro, co-owner of The Salty Donut and soonHowever, the plan didn’t come to fruition to-be University of Miami alumna. until fall of 2015, when Pizarro enrolled in her first marketing course at UM. One of the class assignments was to design a business plan, and Pizarro convinced her group members to outline the details of a doughnut shop. This project was the boost she needed to start the business venture, and five-year goals, a business plan and investors for The Salty Donut soon followed.

Pizarro put her dual degree in accounting and finance YOUNG AND HUNGRY: The Salty Donut Co-owner Amanda Pizarro came up with the idea for on hiatus but will return to

By Alexa Koch Contributing Edge Writer

The Salty Donut in a marketing class at UM.

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UM this fall to finish her marketing degree and graduate.

As for the shop’s name? There is no special or hidden meaning behind it. The shop has just two salty doughnuts – the brown butter and salt version and the maple-bacon variety – on the menu. In the planning stage, name ideas were thrown around, and “The Salty Donut” was one of them. Pizarro said customers love the shop’s name because “it’s catchy.”

The pop-up shop was not in the original plan, and the customers’ overwhelmingly positive response was unexpected. The pop-up shop would sell out in just three to four hours. Pizarro described the experience as “wild.”

“Even though it took exactly one year from when our pop-up opened to when our store opened, I’m so glad that we did that because we just learned so much and … were able to prepare for when the store opened,” Pizarro said.

As for Pizarro’s favorite item on the menu?

It’s the brown butter and salt cake doughnut, “the black sheep,” as she described. Pizarro claims that the hallmark of a great doughnut shop is a good cake doughnut, and she knows that her favorite helps them meet that criterion.

Customer favorites are the maple bacon and traditional glazed doughnuts, but the store’s co-

owner and executive pastry chef, Max Santiago, continue to seek flavor inspiration everywhere, such as dessert menus, Pinterest trends and seasonal ingredients.

The store has been a hit with UM students, too. “I absolutely love the Salty Donut,” said Sophie Barros, a senior journalism and Latin American studies major. “I personally loved their collab with Knaus Berry Farm because those are my two favorite Miami desserts of all time.”

Pizarro has been baking since she was 10 years old and has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So much so that, at one point, she was baking weekly and handing out business cards.

The irony of this was not lost on her.

“All my friends and family were like, ‘You realize that technically you’ve been doing this since you were a kid,’” Pizarro said.

A childhood dream come true? That’s just the icing on the doughnut.

Head out to the Rock Tuesday, Feb. 7 at noon to enjoy some of The Salty Donut’s treats during HP Presents: Donut Go Breaking My Heart, hosted by HP Daytime Programming & Special Events. For more updates, keep up with The Salty Donut on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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PHOTO RECAP Life in Color, the “World’s Largest Paint Party,” is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year with tour dates across the globe. Last Saturday, Jan. 28, Life in Color came to Mana and the RC Cola Plant in the Wynwood Arts District. The colorful celebration featured impressive musical acts. Some of the big performers that graced the stage were Diplo, Carnage, Marshm-

ello, Young Thug and Desiigner. The paint party’s upcoming dates are in Manchester, United Kingdom on Feb. 4, and Lincoln, Nebraska on Feb. 11.

To find out more about the Life in Color tour and stay updated on the latest news and events, visit lifeincolor.com or follow the festival’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, @lictour.

1. The crowd is drenched in pink and green paint, a signature feature of the music festival.

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2. A festival-goer crowd-surfs on a Dumbo inflatable at Life in Color.

3. Participants show off their paint-stained clothing while dancing in the crowd at Life in Color.

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4. Attendees cheer on a dancer during the Life in Color music festival Saturday afternoon in Wynwood.

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5. During a performance, a Life in Color attendee shows their love for electronic dance music by making a heart symbol with their hands.

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WEEKEND WATCH CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA MIAMI: YO-YO MA PLAYS DVORÁK Yo-Yo Ma, world-renowned cellist, will join the Cleveland Orchestra at the Arsht Center to perform classical music from the Czech artist Antonín Leopold Dvorák. Tickets start at $149.

7 p.m. Feb. 3 1300 Biscayne Blvd.

305-949-6722

CHILI COOK-OFF AT PINECREST GARDENS Pinecrest Gardens is hosting its Annual Chili CookOff, featuring live country music, line-dancing, beautiful gardens and delicious food. General admission is $5.

Noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 4 11000 S. Red Road 305-669-6990

FESTIVAL MIAMI Festival Miami continues this weekend with music from Jon Secada, Bruce Hornsby and Kevin Kenner. Secada will be joined by the Frost Studio Jazz Band to perform music from Benny Moré, a Cuban performer. Students can sign up for the waitlist to see him. Hornsby will perform with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. Kenner is a pianist who plays classical music, including that of Frédéric Chopin.

All events will be at Gusman Concert Hall, and tickets start at $35.

Jon Secada: 8 p.m. Feb. 3 Bruce Hornsby: 8 p.m. Feb. 4 Kevin Kenner: 4 p.m. Feb. 5

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY MIAMI HEAT The Miami Heat will play the Philadelphia 76ers at the AmericanAirlines Arena. The game will also be aired on television on FS-SUN and on the radio on 790 AM. Tickets range from $35 to $315.

7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 601 Biscayne Blvd.

786-777-1000

The New England Patriots play the Atlanta Falcons in the 51st Super Bowl. You can watch the game at the Rathskeller or any sports grill in Miami. The Albion Hotel will host its own watch party with a 30-foot projector, giant Jenga, a swimming pool and food. Admission is free.

Games starts at 6:30 p.m., doors open at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 1650 James Ave. 305-913-1000

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Miami loses momentum again in second half, falls to Florida State 75-57

By Isaiah Kim-Martinez Sports Editor

Josh White // Staff Photographer FAR REACH: Freshman guard Bruce Brown (11) goes for a layup during Wednesday’s 75-57 loss against FSU.

The second half has been daunting for University of Miami basketball all season long, and the situation was no different on Wednesday night.

Despite leading 34-31 at halftime, the Hurricanes came out flat in the second period and allowed the No. 15 Florida State Seminoles to pick apart their defense.

Florida State exploded to start the second half on a 16-2 run, for which Miami had no answer, and went on to win 7557 at the Watsco Center.

UM (14-7, 4-5 ACC) had cut the lead to as few as seven with just under 10 minutes left to play, and it looked for a moment that the Canes had its rhythm back. Senior captain Davon Reed dived to the ground to save the ball from going out of bounds. Miami ball.

The crowd had its energy again.

But freshman forward Jonathan Isaac answered with five straight points, including a corner three-pointer that led to a Miami timeout.

UM fans were silenced once again, and the many FSU (194, 7-3 ACC) fans in attendance roared.

Miami would not recover, getting outscored 24-13 the rest of the way. Florida State exhibited precise passing and ball movement, stretching the lead to as many as 22.

Freshman guard Bruce Brown, who had been on a hot streak the last three games, struggled from the start, missing his first-four shot attempts.

The Hurricanes tallied just five

assists, while turning the ball over 14 times.

The Hurricanes stumbled against the Seminoles’ swarming press-defense in the second half, leading to stagnant offense and difficult shot-attempts.

Florida State shot 52 percent from the field and made seven three-pointers.

Four FSU players scored in doublefigures, led by Isaac and sophomore leading-scorer Dwayne Bacon who combined for 30 points. The Noles snapped a two-game losing streak.

Brown finished with 17 points and five rebounds. Reed and junior guard Ja’Quan Newton added 12 apiece.

Fouls were a common occurrence. The Canes shot 22 free-throws, while the Noles shot 15.

In Coach Larrañaga’s one thousandth game coaching, Miami dropped just its third home-loss since the start of last season.

The Canes next face off against the North Carolina State Wolfpack for the second time this season. Tip off is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday in Raleigh, NC.

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Miami lands 24 signees on national signing day

By Isaiah Kim-Martinez Sports Editor

Coach Mark Richt ended his first season at the University of Miami with five straight wins.

He has now finished his first recruiting campaign at UM with a top-15 class. Twenty-four players, 16 from Florida, have officially signed to be members of the Hurricanes football program starting this fall.

“I’m very excited to announce our class today,” Richt said at Wednesday’s press conference. “We really hit across the board – all the position needs that we had. I thought we nailed it, and I am very excited about this class.”

Miami primarily addressed the quarterback, wide receiver and offensive line positions on offense.

N’Kosi Perry, from Vanguard High school in Ocala, is widely regarded as one of the best dualthreat quarterbacks in the country Josh White // Staff Photographer SUMMING UP SIGNING DAY: Coach Mark Richt addresses the media during the football signing day press conference and will be fighting for the starting

spot. Wide receivers Jeff Thomas and Mike Harley are both expected to become integral parts of the passing game early, as they will give the team the speed it has been looking for on the edges.

DeeJay Dallas, who played four different positions in high school, is known for his all-around athleticism and could possibly play wide receiver in the near future according to coaches. Offensive linemen Navaughn Donaldson and Kai-Leon Herbert will add to Miami’s depth and fill in holes when needed, especially those left by seniors.

“We got a great defense, so we need to help out from a scoring standpoint,” offensive coordinator Thomas Brown said. “Being to be able to come in and be productive consistently will be important moving forward.”

On defense, the Hurricanes spread out the recruiting at the defensive line, linebacker and defensive back positions.

D.J. Johnson, from Sacramento, Cal., is Miami’s highestranked defensive recruit. Amari Carter and Jonathan Garvin are expected to make an impact early on in the season to replace the holes left by senior defensive backs Corn Elder, Rayshawn Jenkins and Jamal Carter.

“I think that is now the challenge for all of them; it’s not so much what you can do talentwise, it is really more about your mental make up to see how quickly you can acclimate yourself to the speed and the demands, mentally and physically, of the college game,” defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said.

“We know we need them to come in and do it right away.

There is not a mentality to bring these guys in and [have them] sit the bench and redshirt. And, for sure in the backend, we need these guys to come in with the mentality that they can crack our lineup and make an impact right away.”

Wednesday afternoon in Mann Auditorium.

HURRICANES SWIM TO SUCCESS IN DUAL MEET

Matt Bernanke // Contributing Photographer

AQUATIC ATHLETE: Junior Jessica Hurley competes in the 200-yard butterfly during the swim meet Saturday at the UC Pool.

The swimming team won a dual meet against Nova Southeastern, 162-98. Four swimming seniors were also recognized Saturday for their outstanding careers as part of Senior Day festivities. Looking forward, the team is preparing for the ACC Swimming & Diving Championship, which will be held Feb. 13-16 at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center in Atlanta.

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Former UM athlete attributes comedic success to Greek life, risk-taking

By Ben Bokun Contributing Sports Writer

The University of Miami football program is prestigious, known for bringing in some of the nation’s best athletes, producing some of the most successful professionals and having a history that includes five national championship titles.

However, UM football players have sometimes forged other unexpected paths to success.

Alfred Langston “Finesse” Mitchell has gone from being a walk-on member of the football team in the 1990s to being an actor, author and stand-up comedian who is touring the world.

He has since racked up an incredible resume and has worked with some of the most well-known actors in the world, serving as an SNL cast member from 2003 to 2006 and performing on networks like Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime. He now lives in Los Angeles and stars in a TV One original movie called “Media” that will air on Feb. 25.

“Finesse Mitchell is not only a good friend but one of the nicest and most downto-earth comics that tour the circuit,” said Michael Universal, a marketing manager for Levity Live Comedy Clubs. “Finesse has brought laughs to thousands of people all over the nation, and still continues to dominate the comedy scene after all these years.”

Mitchell’s “down-to-earth” nature and positive attitude are part of what audiences find so engaging.

“When I saw his show, it was fun and hilarious humor,” said Tywan Martin, an associate professor of kinesiology and sport sciences.

While Mitchell described the past 20 years as a “blessing,” he can point to one gig as the defining moment of his career: his performance on BET’s “ComicView,” filmed in his hometown of Atlanta.

Mitchell said it got him “hooked into the game,” and after that, he knew he wanted to pursue professional comedy. He started participating in open mics and comedy in Broward County while still working a regular job at a health insurance company. After seeing how much of an impact his comedy made on audiences, Mitchell began to love the comedic arts and soon pursued a career on stage.

Well before his SNL career, Mitchell was a high school football player looking to

attend college at UM. He was drawn to the university for the stereotypical “Miami Vice” lifestyle and the Hurricanes football team, which was in its “Decade of Dominance.”

“I pictured myself hanging out with Crocket and Tubs on South Beach, sipping on mojitos and watching girls skate by on roller blades in bikinis,” Mitchell said.

He tried out for the UM football team in the summer after he graduated high school, making the list of six walk-on athletes. Mitchell began his college career studying engineering but found it was too time consuming, so he changed his major and graduated with a degree in communication.

In 1991, the Hurricanes won their fourth national championship, and Mitchell called the experience “humbling.”

Mitchell’s favorite UM memory is also one of his most embarrassing. It was his freshman year, and Mitchell was about to play in the iconic Orange Bowl for the first time. He was waiting in the tunnel, ready to charge the field with his teammates before things went awry.

“I was supposed to be in the back because I was a freshman, and a walk-on at that,” Mitchell said, who found himself near the front of the line with the stars of the team. “Well, when the smoke blasted us and we charged the field, I couldn’t see a damn thing and ran right into the band and cheerleaders in front of 85,000 people.”

Outside of football, he also was able to discover his comedic talent thanks to his peers. Mitchell credits his love of humor in part to fraternity life during his time at UM, where he was a brother of Kappa Alpha Psi. “I learned who I was as person, businessman, and the future entertainer that I became shortly after,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell says that his fraternity brothers brought him more laughs than any other thing in his life, and it was the first time that he realized people thought he was funny enough to be a comedian.

Performing in step shows around campus made him comfortable with being on stage.

“The good and bad times we all went through during our college years as young black men on campus helped shape my point of view for later when I became a comedian,” Mitchell said.

Photo courtesy Alfred Mitchell FUNNY OFF THE FIELD: Former UM football player Alfred Langston “Finesse” Mitchell travels the world to perform his stand-up routines and has been featured on comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live.

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Dear V, I’ve been dating my girlfriend for about a year.

I love doing cute stuff for her, like taking her out on dates, giving her spur-of-themoment flowers, things like that. I’m what you’d call “The Perfect Boyfriend.”

Yet, it never seems to be enough. My girlfriend calls and texts me all day, complaining about little things

like spilled coffee, a bad grade or a small fight with a friend. There’s always an issue going on with her 24/7, and she expects me to be “on call” to listen to her vent.

I feel like her emotional tampon, not her boyfriend.

I tried talking to her about this and asked her to give me some space, but she just freaked out and assumed I was interested in someone else or considering ending our relationship.

I want to work things out with my girlfriend, but only if she’ll stop needing me to console her all the time. It’s not that I mind texting – I’m on my phone all the time anyway – it’s just that it’s always about her and never about me.

Should I dump my girlfriend or try to work things out?

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Sincerely, Tired Trevor Dear Trevor, It sounds like you’re dating the type of girl who always needs constant drama. I’m sure she’s got plenty of other lovely qualities, or else you wouldn’t put with her complaining, but this drama can get pretty exhausting at times. She’s too wrapped up with worrying about things that just aren’t important in the big picture.

Odds are, your girlfriend isn’t fully aware of her behavior. She probably thinks she’s just catching up with you or checking in, and she doesn’t realize she’s turned you into her own personal therapist.

You tried to do the right thing by asking for space, but to your girlfriend, that translates into, “I want to break up with

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you but haven’t decided how to do it yet.” It’s no wonder why she panicked.

Instead, you need to be more direct about the real issue: her constant negativity. Next time you talk to her, explain that her endless complaining kills your mood, and that you’d appreciate if she’d try not to sweat the small stuff.

If she still doesn’t give you a break, then consider moving on.

If all your girlfriend wants is an emotional tampon, it’s time to pull the plug.

–V

Have a question for V? Email dearv@ themiamihurricane.com.

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