The Miami Hurricane: April 3, 2018

Delta Gamma suspended from campus for two years NEWS // Page 4

Getting to know unsung heroes on campus OPINION // Page 8

An argument for weekday breakfast adventures EDGE // Page 9 Frost alumna takes soulful vocals to American Idol stage EDGE // Page 10

NOW OR NEVER After heartbreaking losses, Miami must rally in second half SPORTS // Page 12 TALKING IT OVER: Senior ace Jeb Bargfeldt and freshman catcher Isaac QuiĂąones meet on the mound to strategize against Maine March 2 at Mark Light Field. Miami managed just four hits and lost 6-1.

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Students celebrate Holi to welcome spring

By Elina Katrin Staff Writer @linakatrin

Hundreds of UM students gathered on Saturday with one mission in mind: to throw colored water balloons at one another.

The event, Holi: the Festival of Colors, is a tradition that comes from a symbolic legend in which good prevails over evil. In the Hindu legend, a demon king’s son, Prahlada, defeats his own evil father, Hiranyakashipu, and aunt Holika by remaining devoted to Vishnu, a Hindu deity. The festival gets its name from Holika.

The colors blue, pink, yellow, red and green filled the air March 31 when UM students celebrated Holi on the Foote Green. Traditionally, the colored powders were made from medicine in an attempt to ward off illnesses that were brought by spring.

For Indian Students Association President Viraj Shah, the colors symbolize unification.

Shah said one of the great things about the Holi festival is that everyone becomes one whole under the colors. Shah, a biology major, said people can’t see the skin tone underneath, what people look like or what their social economic status is. The festival provides an opportunity for everyone to see each other as equals.

“It’s like a symbol of unity and togetherness, and that’s what we’re here to celebrate,” said Shah, a junior.

Even though Holi is a Hindu holiday, for six consecutive years, UM students from all backgrounds have united to celebrate the beginning of spring and participate in the tradition.

Sophomore Millie Chokshi, public relations chair of ISA, said this year, the organizations hosting the event focused on making the event better than ever.

Karen Sancen // Contributing Photographer SPRING AWAKENING: Hundreds of University of Miami students threw colored powders at one another to celebrate Holi, a traditional Hindu festivity, aimed at representing a symbolic Hindu legend in which good prevails evil. The event, organized by the Indian Students Association, Hindu Student Council and Delta Epsilon Psi, was hosted on UM’s campus for the sixth year in a row and welcomes the beginning of spring.

“We tried making the event bigger this year; we got more of everything basically – more powder, more food,” said Chokshi, a public health and Spanish double major.

Holi was organized by ISA with the Hindu Student Council and Delta Epsilon Psi, a South-Asian fraternity. The event was also cosponsored by Student Government and Hurricane Productions. Student organizers said the event was aimed at bringing joy and harmony to the UM community.

A waterslide, brought specifically for the UM Holi festival, also got bigger this year: the 40foot slide, named “Hurricane,” is considered to be the biggest one in South Florida, and it became a popular attraction for many students, who were excited to dive into the colored water.

For Chokshi, the Holi festival is one of the best ways to get together with other people in the community while spending time with friends and family.

“It’s a lot of fun, people get competitive and dump whole water coolers at each other,” she said.

Students enjoyed popcorn, Jeremiah’s, pizza and mango juice – and free T-shirts for the first 125 people – in between the friendly color war.

With the slogan “Color run but without the running,” ISA aimed to attract as many students as possible.

The organization held giveaways on its Instagram page and used promotional videos with shots from

last year’s Holi celebration to gather more people for the event.

It worked.

Two hundred and fifty people attended the celebration last year.

This year, an estimated 300 people attended.

“People just get together – doesn’t matter who you are, you’d get color thrown on,” Chokshi said.

“People will just be like, ‘I don’t know who you are, but here’s color all over your face.’ It’s a lot of fun.”

A story published in the March 27 issue titled “Iron Arrow Society inducts 22, continues legacy” incorrectly stated all members of Iron Arrow are granted full membership to the Miccosukee tribe. Only the nine founding members of the society were adopted into the tribe.

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Local female leaders reflect on women in politics

By Zach Grissom Staff Writer

There has been a phrase thrown around to describe 2017 and 2018: “The Year of the Woman.” But every year is the year of the woman for the four female panelists at Get Out The Vote’s March 29 “Shattering Glass Ceilings” event, which was geared toward increasing voter turnout and amplifying the voices of women in politics.

A group of about 30 students attended the event where Miami Beach City Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, former Coral Gables Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick, former Miami Young Republicans President Jessica Fernandez and Miami-Dade County Deputy Mayor Alina T. Hudak were panelists.

Brianna Hernandez, president of GOTV, said the student organization wanted to “shed light” on the accomplishments women in the local community have made.

Hernandez, a senior double majoring in political science and history, said bringing local female leaders to UM was a great opportunity for students to get an inside look into

the leaders’ accomplishments.

“Our panelists discussed not only the ways in which they have ‘shattered ceilings’ but how the breaking of barriers has looked in their personal lives,” Hernandez said. “It meant so much to bring these women together.”

Each of the women reflected on what it’s like to be a woman in politics and encouraged students to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

Gonzalez, also a professor of French and Spanish at Miami-Dade College, is one of the opponents running against former UM President Donna Shalala in the race for Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s seat in Congress.

Ros-Lehtinen represents Florida’s 27th Congressional district.

“My biggest obstacle is absolutely not men,” Gonzalez said. “It’s other women.”

Gonzalez is one of eight Democrats in total seeking the party nomination. Three of the eight are women.

Gonzalez, a single mother, is more than a little proud of her outsider status.

She said she refuses to take money from political action committees and has publicly voiced her dislike of Citizens

United, an organization that allows corporations and unions to make expenditures in connection with federal elections.

A teacher at heart, Gonzalez said she was motivated to run for office after Florida’s state government cut funding for state schools including Miami-Dade College.

She has fundraised roughly $289,000. Shalala’s campaign expenditures have not yet been released.

Polls indicate Gonzalez will have a steep hill to climb to beat Shalala, the former Clinton Foundation president, because Shalala has name recognition.

According to a poll conducted by Bendixen & Amandi International, the polling firm advising Shalala’s campaign, 81 percent of respondents indicated they did not recognize Gonzalez, compared with 55 percent who said they did not recognize Shalala.

At the panel, Gonzalez, a Democrat, did not not aggressively attack Shalala, but she was critical of two actions Shalala took while president of UM: selling a stretch of land with endangered Pine Rocklands UM owned and her handling of Justice

for Janitors, a nine-week strike in 2006 during which UM janitors refused to work because they insisted they were not being paid a livable wage.

Shalala condemned the protests at the time, but the university later enacted measures such as setting a universitywide minimum wage of $8 per hour.

“I try to practice a compassionate type of politics,” Gonzalez said.

W h i le t he up com i n g Congressional race was discussed by the panel, the focus remained on the progress of women in politics.

Slesnick, a former public official who now operates a local magazine called Jeannett’s Journal, was critical of how few women President Donald Trump has appointed to federal positions.

Hudak joined in on the topic and said for women, getting to the top is an uphill battle that requires tenacity.

“Hard work and persistence and courage are principles that have to be very much a part of who you are,” Hudak said.

Hudak, a Cuban-American who immigrated to the United States at the age of 6, was the first female county manager in the history of Miami-Dade

County. She is also a UM alumna and a member of the Iron Arrow Honor Society.

All four women spoke about the phenomenon of women not voting for other women. In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton received only 54 percent of the female vote, with Trump garnering more support among white women than her.

Gonzalez echoed the words of former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

“There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women,” she said.

Each member of the panel maintained a tone of positivity, speaking about how initiatives such as the #MeToo movement have helped improve conditions for women in the workplace. Fernandez, 33, was the youngest panelist. She said it’s been a lot easier to be a woman in the workforce now than it was for the other panelists.

However, she said she encourages other women to find their voice and use it.

“Don’t be afraid to fail,” Fernandez said. “Don’t be afraid to be the lone voice.”

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SG surveys students to provide free pads, tampons

By Amanda Herrera News Editor news@themiamihurricane.com @_AmandaHerrera

For the women who have walked into some bathrooms around campus and have rejoiced in seeing a small dispenser packed full of free feminine hygiene products – sorry, it’s only temporary. At least for right now.

The dispensers are part of a Student Government initiative to gauge interest in offering free emergency tampons and pads campus-wide.

Former SG senator Tumi Lengoasa, a junior, began working on the initiative during the spring 2017

semester. Lengoasa was motivated by a petition circulating last year that asked for the hygiene products.

Chair of University Affairs Milind Khurana said the University Affairs Committee tried to reach out to the Student Health Center to see what SG could do, but the initiative stalled and was not restarted until this year.

Now, the committee has started a six-week trial to implement the initiative permanently. Women’s bathrooms on three floors in the Shalala Student Center and Richter Library as well the first floor of the University Center and Herbert and Patti Wellness Center have temporary dispensers. Twenty tampons and 10 pads have been placed inside each

dispenser, along with a small drawer with surveys inside.

“We want to use the surveys to gauge interest and to see if it’s helpful, if it’s something that students on campus would want to see more of a permanent fixture,” said Sri Ravipati, Mahoney Residential College senator.

More than 220 responses have been collected as of April 2. Khurana said so far, the response has been “overwhelmingly positive.” Out of all the responses received, 99.5 percent of students have indicated the university should provide free feminine hygiene products in the future.

At the end of the trial period, SG representatives will collect the data and draft a proposal, including student feedback, and present it to SG

advisors. From there, the advisers will present it to university administrators, and the proposal will be discussed in the Senate. Senators will “hopefully” pass a bill to recommend the university provide permanent fixtures for the free hygiene products, Khurana said.

Ravipati said SG will create a budget and send it to the university but doesn’t have a set cost yet. Khurana said the trial has cost about $250.

The temporary dispensers will be refilled every Monday night for the remainder of the semester.

Sophomore Theresa Birch said she wasn’t expecting to see the temporary dispensers when she used a bathroom in Richter Library this week but she was more relieved than surprised.

Birch, a psychology and classics double major, said she is one of hundreds of women on campus that has been caught off guard by her menstrual cycle. Having access to free tampons or pads around campus is important to all women, she said.

“It definitely helps a lot,” Birch said. “Sometimes you just have to roll up toilet paper or do what you can if you don’t have anything. A lot of times there’s nothing in the paid dispensers.

I think it’s a great initiative and I really do hope they keep it going.”

Khurana said it’s up to the students to make the fixtures permanent.

“Keep filling out the surveys so that we can make this happen,” Khurana said.

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DG chapter suspended for at least two years

By Annie Cappetta & Amanda Herrera Managaing Editor & News Editor managing@themiamihurricane.com news@themiamihurricane.com

Delta Gamma Fraternity has been suspended from campus for at least two academic years for violating the university’s hazing and alcohol policies. The allegations first came to light in February, resulting in the Dean of Students Office issuing the chapter a cease and desist on Feb. 27 and placing the organization under investigation.

However, it was not the university that issued the decision to suspend the sorority but the Delta Gamma national organization. The national Delta Gamma Fraternity Council voted unanimously to suspend the chapter for at least two years because of the findings of the UM-led investigation, according to a press release issued March 27.

The national office also said that the UM investigation was related to allegations of “hazing, harassment, alcohol distribution, forced alcohol consumption and delegated travel with unknown male students to locations” during Big/Little Reveal Feb. 16. The chapter pled responsible to the allegations March 21.

“Delta Gamma does not and will not tolerate hazing behavior,” national Delta Gamma President Stacia Rudge Skoog said in the press release. “It is our responsibility to uphold the values and standards of Delta Gamma among all of our members and chapters. Beta Tau violated Fraternity and University policies, which left us no choice but to close the chapter. It was important for us to partner with the University throughout this investigation.”

The students involved in the incidents may still face individual charges and disciplinary action from the university, Delta Gamma national said. The following statement was issued March 27 by Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Whitely:

“Following an investigation into alleged hazing involving the Delta Gamma Chapter at the University of Miami, the Dean of Students Office issued a cease functions order to the chapter and shared information from the investigation with the Delta Gamma Fraternity national office. The Delta Gamma Fraternity has officially notified the University that it is suspending operations of the chapter for a period of no less than two academic years. The University of Miami values its partnership with the Delta Gamma Fraternity and supports the decision to close the chapter at this time.”

A UM spokesperson said the university’s only comment regarding the suspension of DG’s chapter would be Whitely’s statement.

Senior Associate Dean of Students Steven Priepke sent an email to all members of Greek Life on March 29. In the email he addressed the suspension and rumors surrounding disciplinary action taken against the students involved in the hazing.

Multiple sources, including self-identified alumni members of DG, have approached The Miami Hurricane with statements that a member of the organization leaked videos of alleged hazing to the administration.

In the email, Priepke said he could “state with 100 percent certainty that the investigation and its outcome has had nothing to do with information from any other student organization.”

The message was seemingly in response to persistent allegations that another sorority sent the incriminating videos of DG to administration.

“Spreading rumors without fact and allowing those rumors to hurt others is not congruent with the values of any Greek organization. Please stop,” the email read.

The Miami Hurricane reached out multiple times to UM’s Delta Gamma chapter president Emily Gerstein, Panhellenic president Abby Washer and members of Delta Gamma, but they could not be reached for comment.

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NEWS BRIEFS Disabilities Culture Campus Event Healthy U Healthy Me is hosting a week full of events for its Health Week 2018. The organization has partnered up with another student organization, University of Miami Best Buddies, to bring several guests to speak

about disability cultures and disparities in the community of people with disabilities. The event is free and open to the public.

WHEN: 8 p.m. April 5 WHERE: East Ballroom of the Shalala Student Center

Miami Beach Pride Parade It’s Pride Awareness Week at the University of Miami, and the LGBTQ Student Center, SpectrUM and a slew of other campus organizations will represent the school at the Miami Beach Pride Parade. More than 100,000 people attend the parade every year. The university will have its

own parade float and will provide buses to and from the event. Buses leave Stanford Circle at 8:30 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. Participants will get a free T-shirt and snacks.

WHEN: 12 p.m. April 8 WHERE: Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

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EDITORIAL

Solving a campus and community period problem Periods are a pain – calling them “shark week” or hiding tampons up your sleeve won’t help with that. But there is something that might: a Student Government initiative that would put free pads and tampons in bathrooms across campus.

As a university, we ought to support this initiative, not just for what it does but for what it stands for.

Being caught off guard in the bathroom isn’t just embarrassing – it’s inhibitive.

Without backup in the form of a friend (or a friendly stranger), makeshift solutions like rolledup toilet paper must suffice, further adding to the discomfort of a lousy situation. That is, unless your outfit is already ruined, forcing you to run back home and find an old pair of pants that fit before you can head to work, class or that big presentation.

This is an issue of self-care as well as public health. How can we, as a university, even begin to embrace equality if half of our population deals with this dreaded song and dance, even if once in a while?

In addition to serving a practical purpose, the SG initiative also aims to normalize something that, even in 2018, is shrouded in secrecy. We call tampons and pads “feminine products,” not only falsely equating menstruation to femininity but writing off these items as “other” – something only women ought to worry about, as if basic hygiene isn’t a universal goal.

Furthermore, euphemisms we’re exposed to since childhood – “lady troubles,” a “special friend” – sugarcoat the reality of menstruation and send a loud, clear message to those who experience it: Don’t be specific, don’t be graphic and by all means don’t talk honestly about what’s going on “down there,” in your body. This kind of vague terminology sets the stage for the disconnect many young girls and women feel from their bodies.

a pad or tampon to the bathroom, yet videos showing girls how to hollow out hairspray cans and candy boxes to turn into incognito carriers garner millions of views.

So if you don’t have a period and have never really noticed others dealing with theirs, well, that’s by design.

Of course, these problems barely scrape the surface of how a period can negatively affect and even debilitate a person, or how access to essentials like pads and tampons can positively affect them.

“This is an issue of self-care as well as public health.”

In adulthood, the period grows to be less embarrassing (when others outgrow the “Are you PMSing?” phase), but that initial shame never really goes away. Forty-two percent of women have felt shamed for having their period, according to underwear company Thinx.

Many will go out of their way to get tampons and pads from point A to point bathroom, tucking tampons into sleeves, or toting entire backpacks along with them to hide the products inside.

There’s nothing wrong or remotely graphic about carrying

Condoms are offered for free around campus – as they should be – but if we can fund resources for safe sex, surely we can fund the bare-bones solution to a sometimes burdensome situation faced by more than half of the school.

Maybe, though, it’s more about the message than the actual usage. If a bowl of condoms reinforces the idea of practicing safe sex every time you see it, then perhaps free, readily accessible pads and tampons in university bathrooms can impart a spirit of empathy – a message that

we care for our community, that we want to make living, learning and working here more comfortable for all.

If nothing else, let this initiative compel you to care for the community in similar ways.

You don’t need to have a period to help those who do. Follow the lead of organizations like Girl Up UMiami, which recently collected period essentials for Miami Rescue Mission. Or donate to #HappyPeriod, a Los Angeles-born initiative devoted to bringing these products to homeless or impoverished communities (including teens, veterans and people who are non-binary). And like those, there are many organizations working to provide hygiene products to those who cannot afford them.

And we shouldn’t stop there. In addition to filling out SG’s surveys on the period initiative, let’s seek out ways to make campus bathrooms better and more informative.

Bathroom signage that talks about mental health or “It’s On Us” resources can help turn these spaces of vulnerability into centers of empowerment, where people feel equipped to help themselves and help others.

A lot of good can come from these little boxes of period products – we just need to keep up the commotion.

Disclaimer: The editor-in-chief of The Miami Hurricane is on the executive board of Girl Up UMiami.

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What does your preferred study spot say about your personality?

As a graduate of the BuzzFeed School of Pop Psychology, I know what kind of

By Grace person I am Wehniainen based on my Opinion Editor favorite fast food and how many kids I’ll have based on my dog breed of choice. But there’s one question I haven’t found answers to online (yet): What does my preferred study space say about me?

For much of the semester, I made my home in the little vending machine hallway connecting Richter’s two wings. Holed up

against a then-in-progress dead end, there was nothing behind me but the buzz of construction. No one to walk behind me or judge me for split-screening “This is Us” on Tuesday nights.

Some passersby definitely saw me crying over particularly heart-wrenching episodes but probably just chalked it up to midterm blues, rather than my incurable procrastination. I liked the disguise.

The library’s new Learning Commons forced me to address this introversion. The renovated space boasts an openness, an air of collaboration marked by colorful clusters of chairs and big, beautiful work tables. I’m certainly not complaining – if my spot had to go to make room for some really comfy seating and

outlets (a hot commodity) every few feet, it was a worthwhile sacrifice.

But you’ll still find me clinging to corners wherever I can find them. Life experience can affect choices like this. (It’s a common preference for members of the military, for example.)

Though in my case, I do it for the same reason people choose green over blue, rap over rock – it’s just a personality thing.

We already know that where you sit at a table, whether it’s for a work meeting or family dinner, can say something about your role in the group dynamic, and how much (or how little) you want to be there. Sitting at the head of the table conveys that “you are in control,” according to body language expert Bernardo

Tirado in a blog for Psychology Today, while picking a middle seat communicates your teamplayer attitude.

It’s not so far-fetched, then, to think our personalities play into our study spots of choice, too.

Maybe a BuzzFeed quiz on the topic would tell you that your preference for the stacks means you’re “committed to concentration, and will happily tease yourself with views of Coral Gables from behind prison-esque windows to motivate yourself to finish studying.”

Or your penchant for poolside reading says you’re “an able multitasker and find inspiration in sunscreen and clear, blue H2O.” For those corner and crannydwellers, maybe “you like to

observe from afar – you don’t mind the chatter so long as you can spot its source.”

I won’t pretend to understand the real intricacies of your choice, though if you have a friend in psych, that might be worth a conversation.

It is clear, though, that your choice warrants ref lection, if for no other reason than to better understand yourself and what makes you tick.

Just like you might have a go-to work playlist or coffee order, make the physical locale of your studying a conscious consideration – and see if you can’t cram a little better.

Grace Wehniainen is a junior majoring in motion pictures.

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GLASS HALF FULL

Take a moment to appreciate unsung heroes on campus Where did your shower fixer guy go to college? How long has the leaf blower lady worked here?

Who even cleans your dishes

By Dana Munro in the dining Staff Columnist hall behind that futuristic, revolving shelf contraption? What are their names?

We are surrounded by university employees who shape our environment every day – yet we hardly ever engage with them.

As I observed the studentstaff relationship around campus, it occurred to me that perhaps there is a reason for this divide. We don’t view them as peers, people with lives as rich and complex as our own. We see them hard at work around the campus and view them as just that – workers – as we’re too caught up in our own lives and perhaps a bit too shy to take a minute to understand and appreciate who they are as individuals.

I am certainly not impervious to this human error and decided to see what would happen if I took a step toward bridging the divide. I started by speaking with a dining hall employee, Christina Sheridan, one of the biggest supporters of my work at The Miami Hurricane. I can always rely on her to read my columns, greet me warmly at the dining hall door and make sure my experience is safe and enjoyable.

Sheridan, who supports four kids on her own, said, “The

hardest part is working here from 4 p.m. to 2:30 in the morning and then getting up early to take the kids to school.”

That sentiment certainly made me appreciate late-night dining on a whole new level.

“I clean tables, wash dishes, serve food, swipe cards,” Sheridan said. “I mostly see the same students every day. They often look happy. Sometimes they look very focused. I’ll ask

opening another restaurant for a different kind of cuisine.”

I was stunned that someone I see every day had accomplished all these feats unbeknownst to me. But I never knew because I never asked.

She then told me a little about her background.

“I grew up in Nigeria and came to the states for college,” Thompson said. “I now have three kids, ages 15, 6 and a

“We are surrounded by university employees who shape our environment every day – yet we hardly ever engage with them.”

how they are doing, and they don’t respond, but I don’t mind. I love this job; it’s the only job I’ve ever had and only one I’ve ever wanted.”

Upon leaving, I encountered another employee in the dining hall, Ramonta Thompson. As she saw me conducting an interview, she told me that she too was a journalist. She majored in sports journalism at Florida Memorial University.

“After graduating, I wrote for the Sun Sentinel and the Miami Herald,” Thompson said.

“I now work here and own a restaurant down south called Uber Wings. I’m thinking of

6-month-old baby. To be honest, I play with my kids so much at home, I just make the students here my kids. You have to be a people person to do this job.”

In the dining hall, Thompson swipes Cane Cards, manages food and supervises employees.

“For the most part, it’s a lot of friendly kids,” she said. “Some are not so friendly. I’d say it’s 65 percent friendly, 35 percent not so friendly. They’re stressed out with college.”

I was amazed that she was juggling a baby, two other kids, owning a restaurant and working at UM. Despite the inherent stressors of those

obligations and not always being acknowledged by the students, she still contributed to the upbeat ambiance of the dining hall.

When she asked if I was studying journalism, I told her I was actually studying musical theater, though I loved journalism, too.

“Do both,” Thompson said.

“I was a journalist and also danced with Alvin Ailey.”

She casually tossed it off, as if Alvin Ailey isn’t one of the most prestigious dance troupes in the country.

I then spoke with Angel Rey, a maintenance mechanic.

“I come here early in the morning, check all the equipment, make sure all the kids have hot water,” Rey said.

“I’ve been here at UM for 30 years. Believe me, 30 years goes by really quick. When you find what you want to do, do it now.”

When I asked what he thought of the student body, he didn’t hold back.

“This is a nice place to work,” Rey said. “I like the environment and the kids. We seem to get along. Every so often you find those one or two that think, ‘Who do you think you are?

I’m rich.’ But two in 100 doesn’t spoil my day.”

Rey said he plans on retiring in two years and traveling.

“I’m going to take it easy and enjoy life,” he said. “I’ve been working since I was 12 years old; I need to make up for lost time. I’m going to go to Hawaii, Europe and then back to my native country, Colombia.”

The people around you have rich, colorful lives. Perhaps, in talking to an employee around the school, you may find a new role model or receive some valuable life advice. By simply saying hello, you may be opening yourself up to understanding people from different walks of life. Why not give yourself an education really worth your $60,000?

Dana Munro is a sophomore majoring in musical theater. Glass Half Full runs every Tuesday.

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ANNIE’S GOTTA EAT:

The most important meal of the day

By Annie Cappetta Managing Editor managing@themiamihurricane.com

Screw brunch. Yeah, I said it.

I’m a millennial who has enjoyed her fair share of ROK:BRGR, Eating House and Greenstreet brunches, but I’m fed up (hah) with the whole scene.

You waste your Saturday or Sunday morning searching for parking, waiting in line with nothing to do and ordering an overpriced cocktail to stave off your hangover.

I’d rather make myself pancakes for approximately $0 and nurse my hangover in pajamas with a Gatorade. I love a brunch dish, but the experience is less than ideal and if I see one more yuppie UM student snapping her boozy birthday brunch at George’s with the caption, “If you don’t take your girl to George’s, someone else will,” I’m going to lose my mind.

Breakfast, on the other hand, is wholesome and efficient. The menus are similar to brunch, but the focus is on the food, not on the “chic” scene or sanctioned drinking before 1 p.m.

Nothing makes me feel like more of an adult than when I get up early before my classes in time to have a quick meal, and maybe get some homework done over bites. It gives me a jolt of energy, so the wheels are already turning in full gear by the time I get to class or work. Here are my thoughts on some of the weekday breakfast hotspots closest to UM.

Delicias de España This is a spot that not too many UM students get to despite their flagship Red Road location being close to campus. But Delicias opens at 7 a.m. and stays true to its name with a full breakfast menu that includes everything from meaty Spanish

sauces and cold cuts, to eggs cooked all kinds of ways, to a full selection of pastries.

TMH Editor-in-Chief Isabella Cueto and I usually pick a breakfast spot near campus for our weekly Monday morning meetings. Looking forward to a satisfying meal definitely sweetens the deal of having to be out of the house at 9 a.m. on a Monday.

We chose Delicias a few weeks ago and I got a sandwich with serrano ham, tomatoes and manchego cheese on freshly baked baguette bread. I have not stopped thinking about the delicate, sweet and salty serrano ham that practically transported me to Spain as it melted into my mouth. My dreams of that sandwich would get me to roll out of bed early any day. deliciasdeespana.com 4016 SW 57th Ave. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday to Saturday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Madruga Bakery This spot is tucked away on Madruga Ave., next door to FloYo Coral Gables (formerly Green Monkey) and across the street from the Publix closest to campus. It is rarely overrun with UM students and has the freshest baked goods. It is a perfect study spot with free wifi, awesome coffee and the food is light enough to not feel too decadent for a weekday.

Although my friends love the Madruga breakfast sandwich, which has bacon and a fried egg and all kinds of other goodness, my go-to order is the brie and apple sandwich that is perfectly balanced in every bite.

The peppery, slightly bitter arugula, sweet fig jam, creamy, funky brie, crisp, tart, green apple and buttery croissant taste like each unique part is putting together a synchronized dance of taste – working together to point out each other’s strengths.

Illustration by Isabella Cueto

madrugabakery.com 1430 S Dixie Hwy, Suite 117 Hours: Tuesday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Closed Sunday and Monday

Spring Chicken Spring Chicken is such a tease. I have had some of the most satisfying meals there and others have featured dry, overcooked chicken and biscuits and lazy sides. But in the morning, everything is fresh. Ordering a “mama’s chicken biscuit” makes me smile with its overeager homeyness but eating the biscuit doubles the size of that grin.

When I put this sandwich in front of me, I’m hit with the vinegary, sweet smell of the pepper relish, followed by a smooth waft of butter and a tangy hit of pickle.

Some women get excited by the scent of cologne, I get excited by the smell of this biscuit. First thing in the morning, the chicken is still crispy and the seasoning really sinks into the meat for a juicy, f lavorful bite. The biscuit has enough integrity to hold up in a sandwich and not fall apart halfway through eating it, but the soft, buttery bites still melt in your mouth. Spring Chicken opens a little later, but I know at least some of you made your schedule so you don’t have class until 1 p.m.

eatspringchicken.com 1514 South Dixie Highway Hours: Monday to Thursday 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Friday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Bagel Emporium As far as deli goes, Bagel Emporium is mediocre at best. It’s definitely inferior to Roasters n’ Toasters and not even in the same ballpark as Zak the Baker, but it’s a quick walk across the pedestrian bridge and it has lots of options to satisfy the picky friends you drag to a weekday breakfast even though they complain it’s not brunch.

You can find a good sandwich or at least a hot cup of coffee to start your day. It’s a good first spot for freshmen to venture into the off-campus breakfast world.

thebagelemporium.com 1238 S Dixie Hwy. Hours: Monday to Sunday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Annie Cappetta is managing editor of The Miami Hurricane. She is a senior majoring in political science and ecosystem science and policy.

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Brief time on American Idol lights fire under Mel Bryant

By Haley Walker Edge Editor edge@themiamihurricane.com

If you’ve ever heard the soulful croons and soaring high notes of “High Priestess,” you know exactly how American Idol producers felt when they handed Frost School of Music alum Mel Bryant her ticket to Hollywood.

In her year since graduating from Frost’s CAM program, the singer-songwriter has moved to Nashville, where she teaches music, plays gigs and co-runs a recording studio. Her American Idol audition was never part of the plan but when the opportunity presented itself, she took it on a whim.

“Initially, I didn’t take it that seriously,” Bryant said. “My initial audition for the producers was immediately after I landed in New York from Miami, like, fresh off the plane, so I sort of looked like a mess, my hair was barely brushed and I had no makeup on. I was already prepared with songs I’d been playing for years, so I wasn’t too nervous.”

Bryant, whose roots are in musical theater and pop-punk, developed her signature blues-rock sound while majoring in creative American music at Frost. There, her bandmate and boyfriend Connor McCarthy introduced her to rock classics like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd as well as blues artists like Robert Johnson and Ida Cox. As one of the lead songwriters in AME, the Frost American Music Ensemble, Bryant began writing

and playing the songs that would eventually make up her first LP, “High Priestess.” The record calls on all the styles she’s come to love: wailing guitars from classic rock, soulful blues vibrato and the crashing drums of pop-punk.

After impressing the American Idol producers with a Beyoncé song and the title track off of “High Priestess,” Bryant advanced to the next round. The success was serendipitous; she didn’t even consider auditioning until a friend and fellow Frost alum, Andrea Lopez, hooked her up with the opportunity.

But, as excited as she was to advance, the rest of her experience proved to be overwhelming – especially once she arrived in Hollywood.

“Being in Hollywood made me realize that I didn’t have the resolve for this kind of competition,” she said. “When I play a show, I’m as relaxed as ever, I feel at home and at peace with my music and with the audience. As soon as I showed up to audition for the judges, I was an anxious mess – couldn’t keep my heart rate down or stop my mind from racing, and that’s not how I like to perform.”

Unfortunately, after an emotionally taxing week in Hollywood, Bryant was eliminated on her birthday. Her audition never aired on TV. The only record of her being there is a short, awkward clip of her talking to her family.

“The show did make me realize, there’s more to success in this industry than just being talented,” she said. “Getting lost in the stress

Photo courtesy Mel Bryant TICKET TO HOLLYWOOD: University of Miami Frost School of Music alumna Mel Bryant performs for “American Idol” producers. Bryant, who has been living in Nashville since graduating last year, was known for her soulful vocals. When she got her golden ticket to move on in the competition, however, she was overhwelmed.

of whether I’d advance or not made me forget about showing them my personality, and I think that’s what got me eliminated.”

Bryant didn’t let the experience discourage her, though. If anything, the already multi-talented musician is inspired to work harder in her career. Aside from teaching bass, voice and guitar at Nashville School of Rock and gigging with local

musicians, she and her boyfriend run the Nashville-based Electric Church Records. There, she is currently recording a follow-up to her 2017 LP. She’s also been booking shows both in Nashville and across the country, some with Nashville singersongwriter Caitlin Lucia, a friend she met on American Idol.

“The show really lit a fire under me,” Bryant said. “It’s not gonna

make me stop making music.”

Visit Bryant’s website, melbryant.bandcamp.com, for more information. You can follow her studio, Electric Church Records, on Facebook. She has three upcoming Nashville shows: April 6 at 8th Street & Wedgewood, April 7 at The End and April 11 at 404 Bar & Grill. If you can’t make a live gig, check out her music on YouTube and Spotify.

Christ upset resurrection didn’t fall on Ultra weekend

By Haley Walker Edge Editor edge@themiamihurricane.com

Nazareth native Jesus Christ, whose annual Easter celebration is scheduled for this Sunday, was almost certain the day would fall on Ultra Music Festival Weekend.

Unfortunately for the 2018-year-old, His calculations were a week off.

“Everyone was talking about seeing J.E.S.u.S … I was sure they were talking about me,” said Christ in reference to the same-named DJ set featuring Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream and Seth Troxler.

When the renowned electronic music festival made its 2018 return, body-suited fans f looded Bayfront Park, ready to rave their

way through 72 hours of bloops and bleeps. Noticeably not in attendance: Jesus Christ.

“I a i n’t see n ‘i m,” sa id Rober t McDouglas, a festival e mployee a nd Vie t na m Wa r veteran, “but I sure as Hell seen some people who need ‘im.”

Among the space buns and g lit ter-swat hed bosoms, t here was some suggestion of Christ’s

presence. Twent y-t wo-year-old K a i lee Ly n n at te nded U lt ra wearing a Camelback filled with red wine.

When asked if the gest ure was symbolic, Lynn responded, “This is Franzia.”

Though Christ wanted to see Marshmello for the celebration of His miraculous rising, He will settle for eating quiche with your

abuelita and wal k i ng around Dolphin Mall.

Of the upcoming Resurrection date, Christ said, “At least it falls on April Fool’s Day.” UPDATE: as of 8:03AM EST, Pope Francis still has not identified the individual who replaced his mitre with a Benihana chef’s hat. Christ has declined to comment.

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Inconsistencies plague Morris’ final season

By Josh White Senior Sports Writer @_JoshRWhite

UM came into the 2018 campaign eyeing a bounce-back season in Jim Morris’ 25th and final year as head coach, but instead, the team has run into the same issues and gone in the same direction.

While Miami boasts one of the best pitching staffs in the Atlantic Coast Conference, inconsistencies at the plate and in the field have contributed to multiple devastating losses.

Hitting Woes

After hitting just .231 last year, the Hurricanes were expected to make tremendous strides in the box this season. That hasn’t been the case.

The Canes rank second to last in the ACC in batting with a .246 average, just 2 points ahead of Wake Forest. Miami leads the conference with 284 strikeouts, more than 30 strikeouts greater than the next closest team.

Junior slugger Romy Gonzalez, who was the 2017 team MVP and led the squad with 11 home runs and 38 RBIs, has struggled mightily.

He is hitting just .194 with two home runs, 12 RBIs and 32 strikeouts, which ranks second to last on the team.

Highly touted freshman Alex Toral has been even worse. The Archbishop McCarthy product is batting .149 with only one home run, nine RBIs and 30 strikeouts.

“We’ve got a lot of talent, but more guys need to take that opportunity and do something with it,” redshirt senior Michael Perez said. “We’re just missing those two-out hits or getting those runs that are on third base.

Those are the important things, and we’re going to have to bear down and start doing it.”

Fielding Struggles

Throughout Morris’ tenure, UM teams have been known for their exceptional defense.

However, in 2018, the Canes have consistently made defensive mistakes.

“They’ve developed a lot offensively, no question, but all of our young guys have made some mistakes that you don’t see on paper or

don’t see watching the game exactly,” Morris said.

Miami ranks last in the conference in fielding percentage at 0.963 and has made the second most errors in the ACC with 38.

Freshman shortstop Freddy Zamora has made eight errors, while fellow freshman Raymond Gil has made six.

Injuries

To make matters worse for the Hurricanes, some of their top players have been sidelined for the majority of the first half of the season.

Junior outfielder Danny Reyes, who was hitting a team-high .400 through the first seven games, has missed the last 20 contests recovering from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. He is expected to miss a couple more weeks.

Redshirt freshman catcher Michael Amditis returned against Georgia Tech March 31 after missing the previous 17 games with a right hand injury. Freshman Chris McMahon made his official collegiate debut after having offseason surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

Looking forward

But there is still optimism for the Canes.

Despite dropping its last four games, Miami has shown flashes this season. It has six ranked wins, including a win over No. 1 Florida and a sweep of No. 24 Virginia.

Freshmen Isaac Quiñones and Willy Escala have been unsung heroes with the bat, hitting .364 and .333, respectively. Hunter Tackett has provided a big time spark with at the plate and in the field.

Miami’s starting rotation of Jeb Bargfeldt, Evan McKendry, Andrew Cabezas and Daniel Federman has been lights out. McKendry garnered three ACC Pitcher of the Week awards.

The 2017 Canes were able to finish the second half of the season strong but didn’t do enough to make the NCAA Baseball tournament. The 2018 team will need to do even more to ensure it doesn’t reap the same result.

Miami will look to end a four-game skid when it hosts Florida Atlantic University at 6 p.m. April 4.

Josh White // Staff Photographer HITTING ROCK BOTTOM: Junior Romy Gonzalez gets set on defense during a game against Florida Feb. 23 at Mark Light Field. Miami would lose 7-3.

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Sophomore Dewan Huell declares for NBA Draft

By Josh White & Isaiah Kim-Martinez Senior Sports Writer & Sports Editor

For the second time in as many weeks, a Miami Hurricane has declared for the 2018 NBA Draft.

Sophomore Dewan Huell made the decision to go pro on Monday, April 2, joining fellow sophomore Bruce Brown Jr., who declared March 22. Like Brown, Huell did not hire an agent, giving him the option to return to Miami should he decide to take his name out of draft consideration. The deadline for underclassmen to withdraw from the draft is June 11.

The 6-foot-11, 220-pound forward announced his decision on social media.

“I would like to thank the man above for this opportunity, Canes fans and to all those who supported me through the ups and downs,” he said.

Huell, a native of Miami and a former five-star McDonald’s All-American,

started all 32 games for the Hurricanes during the 20172018 season that ended in a first-round exit in the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 11.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 57.6 percent shooting, ranking second on the team in each category. He also recorded 31 blocks, which ranked tied for first.

Huell has made immense strides from his freshman year, nearly doubling his stats in points and rebounds.

He recorded five doubledoubles, had three 20-plus point games and scored in double figures 20 times this season.

While Huell and Brown have declared, the Canes are still waiting to hear from freshman Lonnie Walker IV. The Reading Eagle reported in March that Walker is “5050” on whether he wants to return to school or leave for the NBA. He averaged a team-high 11.5 points in his first season.

Players have until April 22 to enter their names into the NBA Draft, which is set for June 21.

Josh White // Staff Photographer LOOKING ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Sophomore forward Dewan Huell scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in an 83-75 Hurricanes loss to the No. 5-ranked Duke Blue Devils Jan. 15 at the Watsco Center.

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UM track star set goal, sprinted toward it

By David Perez Contributing Sports Writer @realDavid_Perez

Isaiah Taylor had déjà vu as he dug his sneakers into the track.

The University of Miami junior sprinter had competed in races countless times, and taking off to the sound of a starter pistol wasn’t anything new to him. But in the 100-meter sprint at the 2017 ACC Outdoor Championships, he experienced something different.

Taylor felt like he had been in that exact moment before.

“It was very serious, in a sense,” he said. “It brought me back to realizing that I won my state championship meet in high school. The finals were around the same time, and I just remember the intensity I had.”

That intensity led to a fourth place finish and to what Taylor called a “ref lective state of mind” as he looked back on what he has accomplished since childhood.

Ever since elementary school, Taylor, a native of Pembroke Pines, had been faster than everyone else, and it became a topic of conversation.

“It was, ‘Oh, who is the fastest kid in the school,’” Taylor said. “All throughout elementary school, it was literally all the time – ‘You are fast, but you can’t beat Isaiah.’”

Every field day, he was challenged to Vincent race other kids, and each time, he would win. Every recess, he put his speed on display. He went from racing against classmates to racing against the clock in high school.

After learning under a track coach who also worked with the football team, Taylor felt he needed more structure. He

began to run with an Amateur Athletic Union team – AAU is one of the larger amateur sports organizations in the United States – and ultimately competed in the Junior Olympic Games.

Track was his calling, and everyone around him knew it.

His father, Vincent, gave him the nickname “little ninja” because of his quick ref lexes that led to success on all playing fields. Taylor played football and basketball before ultimately committing to track.

Competitiveness ran in his DNA. Taylor’s mom, Veranda, ran track growing up, and his father held a Guinness World Record for bodybuilding titles and competed internationally for more than 20 years. Despite capturing 22 titles and returning to the sport at age 50, Vincent Taylor found himself being pulled down a different path.

“I was traveling around the world doing appearances and stuff,” Vincent Taylor said. “Ultimately, when it came down to seeing what I was doing and seeing what Isaiah was doing, I had to get involved with him and his track because he was a diamond in the rough.”

Taylor’s father took over as the track coach at West Broward High School during Taylor’s senior year. He brought structure to Taylor’s workouts, leading to a personal-best Taylor 10 . 4 8 - s e c o n d finish in the 100-meter dash that helped secure a state championship.

Taylor then earned a scholarship to attend the University of Miami – something he envisioned since his freshman year of high school.

“In ninth grade, my kid put

“He was a diamond in the rough.”

EYEING NEW RECORDS: Junior sprinter Isaiah Taylor races in the Hurricane Invitational March 16-17 at Cobb Stadium.

out an email,” Vincent Taylor said. “He said, ‘This is what I want to do – I want to leave a name at West Broward High School. I want to blaze the path and win a scholarship to the University of Miami. I am going to run track there and leave a name.’”

Taylor’s father said his son’s career has become about always outperforming his previous race, and ever since arriving at UM, that has consistently been his

goal.

“Isaiah is a very driven kid,” Miami coach Amy Deem said.

“You can’t be harder on Isaiah than Isaiah is on himself. Every day he tries to come out to see how he can be better, and those are the type of kids you want.”

Taylor has improved his personal 100-meter record from 10.48 seconds to 10.4 seconds since arriving on campus.

And before every race, only one thing is on his mind. He

Photo courtesy Miami Athletics

looks up to find his parents in the crowd and then prepares to show them all the hard work was worth it.

“If I ever feel like I can’t go anymore and I can’t push through it, I still just have to sit back,” Taylor said.

“I think back and just remember that my dad didn’t give up on me, my mom didn’t give up on me, my coach didn’t give up on me … I have no reason to be bent over, gasping, trying to find air and finding excuses not to get up and complete the next rep.”

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Roommate reconnaissance

Have a question for V? Email

dearv@themiamihurricane.com.

For UM students new and old, but mostly new (@incoming frosh), it’s time to pick out a roommate from the crop of kids in the class Facebook group. And you’ve got to start by posting a little bit about yourself.

I’m not kidding, this is literally every post in the UM Class of 2022 Facebook group.

Literally every single post.

There is not a post that does not resemble this.

Unfortunately, I can’t include my poorly-edited swimsuit pics in this article, so you’ll just have to imagine that I’m the perfect mix of pretty, fun and sporty:

“Hey guys! I’m V, and I’m originally from some shitty New Jersey suburb (about 45 minutes from NYC!!). I’m not 100% on UMiami, but it’s one of my tops!! I am going to be majoring in biology on the premed track and will probably minor in Español because Mee-ah-mee haha!

“In high school I did a bunch of irrelevant stuff I’m not going to list that because I know you’re skimming over this part. Just so you know, what I did in high school is all I am going to talk about for the next year.

“I can’t wait to do typical college things like tailgates, beach and parties but am also

down for a chill night in with the girlies. I’ll definitely be rushing!!

“If you want to commit to spending a year with me based on a handful of extremely edited photos and a poorly-written, generic bio, then message me on Insta or Snapchat.”

First, let me say that a lot of your nights will be chill nights in, crying in bed with a cheap bottle of CVS rosé. That’s a typical firstyear college thing. You’ll be fine once you start regularly visiting the counseling center your sophomore year and deal with all that childhood trauma.

More importantly though, this bio says nothing about you. If you’re trying to find somebody who will be sleeping 8 inches away from you and who will likely see you naked, you may want to provide just a little more info.

This is how you go from Best Friends Forever to Bitches Fighting Forever, and that is not a healthy living situation.

One last word of advice – from experience, anyone who says, “I can’t wait to explore Miami!” in their post can’t wait to explore their sexuality when they finally escape from their parents’ oppressive grasp. Trust me.

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