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The University of Miami will welcome Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Governor John Kasich and Senator Marco Rubio to the BankUnited Center on March 10 for the Republican primary debate. Just five days before the Florida primary, the event is the first G.O.P. primary debate held on UM’s campus.

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Republican primary debate will be held on Coral Gables campus

By David Ufberg Senior News Writer

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he University of Miami will host the Republican primary debate for the f irst time in its history at the BankUnited Center (BUC) on March 10, just f ive days before the Florida

primary.

U M “aggressively pursued” this opportunity, according to Rudy Fernandez, chief of staff to President Frenk and vice president for government and community relations.

“When CNN came calling, we engaged in a discussion with them,” Fernandez said. “We were lucky enough to convince [CNN] to host it here at the University of Miami.”

Although the BankUnited Center holds more than 8,000 seats, only about 2,000 will be used on the night of the debate. Of those 2,000, Fernandez said that about

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10 percent were allotted to U M and the rest remained under CNN’s control.

“We had to divide the very few tickets that ... we had among the various constituencies, f irst and foremost, the students,” he said.

About 60 tickets were available to students through a random lottery. The rest of the tickets were distributed among trustee board members, faculty and alumni.

President Frenk will also attend, but has not endorsed any candidate or party.

“He doesn’t necessarily support any one political inclination or philosophy,” Fernandez said.

While this is U M’s f irst time hosting a G.O.P. primary debate, the BUC has seen its fair share of political

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discourse. The university hosted a debate between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama in 2012, an early-stage democratic primary debate in 2007 and a debate between John Kerry and former president George Bush in 2004.

Fernandez said the event presents a unique opportunity for U M. “Obviously, the most important aspect is allowing the university community to experience not just the debate, but being at the center of the democratic process for a couple of days,” he said.

Fernandez also addressed the aggressive nature of past G.O.P. primary debates.

SENATE RECAP

Student religious leaders upset by lack of representation

By Jorge Chabo Senior News Writer

Bills to give Hillel and Muslim Students of the University of Miami (MSUM) seats on the Student Government (SG) Senate were not passed at the senate meeting Wednesday afternoon after about an hour-long discussion by members of SG only.

All non-senate members – including members of Hillel, MSUM and student media – were asked to step out during the discussion.

According to SG Advisor Brandon Gross, senate reserves the right to ask all non-senate members, including the media, to leave during periods of deliberation and discussion.

Hillel President Joey Newfels said that he did not understand why the senate would ask students to leave during the discussion.

“It seems unfair to ask students affected by this decision to not be present during their discussion,” he said.

In order for an organization to be considered for a senate seat, they must present a substantial need for representation. The SG Supreme Court uses a three-prong test to determine this need: the organization must be registered with the Committee on Student Organizations (COSO), receive funding from a mandatory-fee source unrelated to residency, and demonstrate “substantive need” as determined by the court.

The organizations hoped to use the seats to alleviate issues with dining options for both religions, to propose greater leniency toward religious-holiday absences and to promote awareness for their respective events and services.

The majority of the Supreme Court believed both organizations did demonstrate substantive need and therefore have the right to present a bill to the senate. The dissenting opinion stated that the issuance of senate seats to these religiously affiliated organizations

may seem unfair to other religious organizations and may lead to senate having to grant individual seats to those other organizations.

One of the recommendations by the Supreme Court was the formation of an umbrella organization to represent the various religious groups on campus on the senate. Several members of MSUM said they felt the recommendation of having an overarching organization to represent the organizations would not work because of the diversity of belief systems.

“I’m not sure if one individual could represent multiple religions in the senate and make decisions that would benefit all of them,” said Areeba Imam, president of MSUM. Although these bills did not pass, it did raise the issue of handling senate seats for organizations. According to Allie Hussey, chief justice of the student supreme court, the proposals by Hillel and MSUM raised many questions about representation.

“There’s a lot we could do to improve the representation of students in student government,” Hussey said.

Notes: A bill previously scheduled for the meeting was pulled due to what SG President Brianna Hathaway called issues with “research.” The subject of the bill was that of the delegation of certain duties of the president. Hathaway said the authors of bills should thoroughly research the issue at hand and communicate with those involved before proceeding to present it.

Two bills regarding the process of amending SG statutes and senate roles were scheduled for discussion, but due to the extent of the previous bill concerning Hillel and MSUM, they were tabled for the next meeting.

President-elect Vikesh Patel and Vice President-elect Ashley Pittaluga presented a new plan to restructure the senate that would revamp the SG website and add several positions to ease the flow of information to and from students, senate, and administrators.

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Law school alumnus Senator Marco Rubio running for U.S. president

By William Riggin News Editor

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efore Marco Rubio debated with Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primaries, the U.S. Senator from Florida quietly honed his debating skills at the University of Miami School of Law. The Miami-born candidate for the Republican nomination attended the law school from 1994-96, when he graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree. On March 10, he’s expected to return to the Coral Gables campus to participate in the Republican presidential primary debate. The event will take place five days before the primary in Florida, the state that’s considered a must-win for Rubio to stay in the race. Rubio has won just 110 of 655 republican delegates so far, according to the Associated Press.

Rubio, who could not be reached for this story, impressed his ambition and competitive nature upon students and professors while at UM. Former members of UM’s international moot court program, a student program that competed in competitive mock trials locally, regionally and nationally, said that he seemed like someone who wanted to hone his debating skills.

Stephen Martyak, who was a year ahead of Rubio and the program’s vice president at the time, recalled that after debating a case with Rubio, he had the rare fear his team might have lost. Martyak’s team won, but he was impressed with his younger counterpart.

“I can remember wiping my brow [when we won] and saying, ‘Whew, we beat him,’” Martyak said. “He was good, there was nothing phony about him. He was ferociously competitive, but played by the rules.”

Martyak and the program’s president at the time, Siobhan Morrissey, had competed against Rubio in a pitched trial of two made-up countries that were disputing an environmental issue in front of the International Court of Justice. The case was a part of the 1995 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Morrissey and Martyak agreed that Rubio had shown an unusual ambition just by joining and competing in the international moot court. The program, according to Morrissey, had been dormant for years; in the law school’s 1995 yearbook, Rubio is listed as one of just 12 students involved. “[International moot court] was not something many people knew about,” Morrissey said. “Anybody who participated in this really was a go-getter because it wasn’t something that was easy; there’s a lot of work involved with this.”

Morrissey and Martyak said the program, which has grown to include more students today, was “niche” at the time because of its previous dormancy.

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GLORY DAYS: Marco Rubio (middle row, far left), now Florida’s senator, poses with the University of Miami School of Law’s International Moot Court for the 1995 law school yearbook. Siobhan Morrissey (front row, far right), then-president of the International Moot Court and Stephen Martyak (back row, far right), then-vice president of the International Moot Court, are also pictured.

“The fact that he was in this, this was extracurricular, you had to volunteer to do this extra work, with no internet, going up to the library to find information,” Martyak said. “He was really good when it was hard.”

Morrissey said that they sometimes spent up to eight hours in the Law School Library, searching for evidence, and past briefs that won the competition, to back up their argument.

“It involved both the law and putting it in current-day context,” said Morrissey. “Not only did we have to put together a oral argument, we had to put together a brief, and it had to have very specific criteria, even to the actual font that we used and the size of the font. It was very particular as to the number of pages and something that, when you’re working with a group of people, you have rely on other people to do their bit too.”

Professor Richard L. Williamson Jr. recalled teaching Rubio in a class about international law at UM. Williamson said he would give students a problem involving current issues in international law and they had the option to either write a 10-15-page paper or to debate. Rubio chose to debate.

“I do remember that he was very well-spoken,” said Williamson, who couldn’t recall personal interactions with Rubio due to the size of the class.

The recollections students and faculty provided of Rubio paint the picture of a quiet and driven student, focused on his academics and taking aim at political office after graduation. Associate Dean of Students William P. VanderWyden III said that, although he met with Rubio multiple times, he could only recall that Rubio was focused on his academics as a student.

Rubio’s ambitions were consistent before, during and after law school. While attaining his degree in political science from the

University of Florida, Rubio worked in the offices of U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida’s 27th congressional district and State Sen. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. In the spring of 1996, he volunteered on Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign alongside Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera.

“He was a lot like he is now: very down to earth, just a regular guy,” Lopez-Cantera said. “We were all there just for a common purpose; we all bonded over that.”

For Rubio, his purpose was to change the world through public office, as he has said on his law school application. According to his memoir “An American Son,” Rubio put on his application that he wanted to create a new legal and political system in “a free Cuba.”

Rubio was active in the Hispanic Law Students Association, Mock Trial Team and Litigation Skills Program, according to the Miami Law Magazine, although he is listed only as a member of the International Moot Court in the 1994, 1995 and 1996 editions of “Amicus Curiae,” the law school’s yearbooks.

By 2000, just four years after he had graduated from law school, Rubio was elected to the Florida House of Representatives.

Now 44 years old, Rubio is the first graduate of UM’s law school to run for the office of president. Those who knew him aren’t surprised that he’s running.

“It is not surprising that [the first UM alum to run for president] is Mr. Rubio. He was quite taken with politics, as I recall, and a leader in many aspects of student life,” Edgardo Rotman, the faculty advisor to the International Moot Court, told the Miami Law Magazine in a 2015 article.

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EARLY VOTING OPEN IN FLORIDA REGISTERING The deadline to register to vote is 29 days before the election. Out-of-state students can register to vote in Florida if they have a Social Security Number.

Get Out the Vote hosts voterregistration drives every Monday and Wednesday from 12-2 p.m. on the Lakeside Patio.

VOTING Early voting is a convenient option for students with scheduling conflicts or for those who want to avoid the lines, according to Get Out the Vote Vice President Trevor Goley, a freshman at the University of Miami. Early voting has already begun and will run until the regular voting cycle begins. The nearest station for early voting is the Coral Gables Library.

The closest station for students who live in the residential halls to vote is the BankUnited Center. Students who live in the University Village and fraternity houses can vote at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center. Both stations are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

WHAT TO BRING Photo identification WHY VOTE The University of Miami undergraduate population is about 11,000 students. Goley said this is a power that students should not underestimate when it comes to making their voices heard.

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Republican debate presents historic educational opportunity for UM students Next Thursday night, the University of Miami will serve as the venue for the 12th-televised Republican debate at the BankUnited Center. The opportunity to host a national presidential debate is incredibly rare and regardless of what students think of the candidates, the UM community must take advantage of this opportunity to witness and participate in the political process.

As the campus prepares for the arrival of Donald Trump, Senator Ted Cruz and UM alum Senator Marco Rubio, among others, eyes around the nation will be turning to Coral Gables. No doubt will reporters and social media platforms

be seeking out student opinions, so this is an invaluable opportunity for us to express our ideas, stand up for our principles and represent this university well under the national spotlight.

We have the fortune of greeting the fervor of this election season directly at our front door.

Students may even have the chance to either support their candidates or make their disagreements known in the presence of the candidates themselves. It is expected that in a community with such a large Hispanic population, certain Republican candidates may meet vocal opposition.

Some students have planned on using the debate as a platform for peaceful protests.

President Julio Frenk has condemned the anti-immigrant rhetoric in the presidential race during an interview with CBS4, comparing some proposals to those of Nazi Germany. That UM is hosting this debate, despite any ideological dif-

ferences that may exist between our administration and Republican frontrunners, is a testament to the university’s values of free speech and open discourse.

Whether for or against the individuals on stage next Thursday, students in Miami next week should stick around campus. The lottery tickets for the debate audience have already been confirmed, but students can still gain educational value from the event even if just by standing outside the door. Politics can be frustrating and complicated; sometimes, it can seem like a carnival.

But we also have the incredible opportunity to be actively involved in what will be a historic election season, and as young, college-educated voters, it is our responsibility to show up.

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

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Social media buys instant gratification at cost of genuine interactions

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ocial-media outlets like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat have made us forget how to truly communicate with one another. These platforms have enabled people to create simulations of their lives, constructing them into facades that appeal to others. What was once an in-person interaction turns into five minutes spent mulling over how to respond to a text message. What was once a way to maintain connections with people has now become a means of assessBy Faizah Shareef ing self-worth, filtering reality and, ironically, distancing Health Columnist ourselves from the real people in our lives.

As humans, our main form of interaction has been in-person communication for generations. As researched

by Dr. Albert Mehrabian, author of the book “Silent Messages: Implicit Communication of Emotions and Attitudes,” 93 percent of communication is actually nonverbal body language. With the rise of social media in the last few decades, the remaining 7 percent of verbal and written communication has begun to dominate the field and this has diminished our ability to pick up on nonverbal cues when speaking to others.

A survey conducted by online casino game site Yazino found that 11 percent of adults would rather text their friends instead of meeting in person. According to a Pew Research Center survey on social media usage, the percentage of American adults using social media networks shot up from 7 percent to 65

percent in the past ten years. Through these text-heavy interactions, much goes unsaid, leading to miscommunication. Furthermore, the nature of social media emboldens individuals to make racist, homophobic or socially unacceptable statements without considering the consequences associated with their remarks.

In a recent NPR interview, Nancy Jo Sales, author of a new book about social media and sexting titled “American Girls,” discussed how social media has created a cyber environment where young people are pressured into sharing highly sexualized photos. This culture has led to an increase in anxiety, depression and eating disorders in teenage girls, according a study conducted by the American Psychological Association in 2007.

That is not to say that all social media is harmful. Social media has accelerated social change and has made it easier to access news across the globe.

The Libyan Revolution utilized YouTube as a critical tool for raising awareness of the problems in their country. Without social media, the social justice spirit of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement may have dwindled. Skype and FaceTime connect relatives across continents and have created a smaller world as a result.

When utilized appropriately, social media can create a better world to live in.

But if used incorrectly, social media closes the gap between people around the world at the expense of generating distances between people sitting in the same room. It is much easier to scroll through your phone than to start a conversation, it is much simpler to check your GPS than to ask for directions and it is much less intimidating to “swipe right” than to break the ice.

In a world based on instant gratification, we have become accustomed to conveying everything we have to say in 140 characters or a Snapchat story. But in the end, there is no replacement for the value of face-to-face interaction. So the next time you communicate with someone, put the phone away and truly be present in the shared moment. In a world of efficiency, your undivided attention is invaluable.

Faizah Shareef is a junior majoring in exercise physiology.

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Silent majority reflects society’s failure to engage all voices

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he crazies have really come out of hiding.

That’s what many commentators across the country (and across the world)

By Jackie Yang might’ve been thinkOpinion Editor ing as they watched state after state hand over Republicanprimary victories to Donald Trump on Tuesday. For the past month, Americans have watched with disbelief as the Republican candidate, billionaire and distasteful egomaniac has skyrocketed in the polls. At the end of Super Tuesday, Trump won a grand total of 319 delegates, placing first in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.

Trump’s stunning support has put the world at a loss. How is it possible that a man who has again and again proved himself to be an unapologetic bully and a terrible public speaker gained such traction across the United States? How can so many of our fellow countrymen support, in good conscience, an individual who has cracked fat jokes, mocked a disabled journalist, made vulgar and sexist remarks, urged his supporters to assault peaceful protesters and, just last week, made a bald-faced claim that he “knew nothing” about his vocal supporter, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke?

Said Trump in a CNN interview on Feb. 28, “I don’t know any — honestly, I don’t know David Duke. I don’t believe I have ever met him. I’m pretty sure I didn’t meet him.

And I just don’t know anything about him.”

This was two days after he publicly disavowed Duke’s endorsement at a press conference on Feb. 26. In 2000, Trump also called Duke “a bigot, a racist, a problem,” and he expressed concern about Duke winning the “anger vote” from white voters in Duke’s previous run for Senate in 1991 (ironic, isn’t it?).

Here is a man who by all measures makes a terrible public leader: he flip-flops his political views, he makes ambiguous statements and he has no interest in public service or serving the people — rather, he proudly presents himself as an enemy to the people.

He is an unequivocal villain, yet his oversimplified generalizations, empty claims and obnoxious, bullying disposition galvanize millions. Some of those millions are our neighbors — people we might have called friends. This is terrifying.

So where do these Trump supporters come from? Have those of us privileged enough to grow up in relatively educated, urban environments taken our priorities and our frame of “common sense” for granted?

Is there really a “silent majority” out there whose worldview and assumptions are at odds with our understanding of the world?

If so, how did the national dialogue manage to overlook such a large demographic until this election season? How have we, as Americans, managed to insulate a bloc of our fellow citizens from the standards of a civilized society?

Jackie Yang is a sophomore majoring in English and neuroscience. Duly Noted runs the first Thursday of each month.

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Disney animator visits School of Communication to discuss creation of ‘Zootopia’

By Rachel Rooney Contributing Edge Writer

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isney’s new animated film “Zootopia” invites audiences into a world where animals have created their own city. The human behind this city is Matthias Lechner, art director of environments for the film. On Monday afternoon, students gathered in the School of Communication’s Shoma Hall to hear Lechner share his experience working on the film.

Lechner grew up in Germany and attended university in Ireland. Though his career is not necessarily the future he envisioned for himself, Lechner explained how his interest and passion for animation developed and led him to work for Disney.

“When I was six years old, I saw ‘The Jungle Book’ and I was hooked on animation. At university, I was studying classical animation and working in a studio,” Lechner said. “Afterwards, I began doing animation full-time and developed a portfolio. Eventually, I ended up at Disney. When I first heard about ‘Zootopia,’ I was hooked by the idea of animals and an animal city. If animals have evolved, what does a modern city for them look like? That was my job.”

In 2006, Disney acquired Pixar and its chief creative officer, John Lasseter, who changed the corporate culture and inf luenced the art directors. Every six weeks, as part of the design process of the film, meetings called “story trusts” were held to provide feedback and criticism, pitch ideas and to work to create the movie, Lechner explained.

“At Disney, everything begins with research. We looked at architecture, organic designs, jungle gardens, nature,” Lechner said.

One of the challenges of creating “Zootopia” was multi-scaling, which is environmental design that caters to the different sizes of animals. Private homes had to fit the specific animals living in them, but public buildings had to accommodate characters of all sizes, Lechner explained.

One of the buildings he designed was the Burrows Train Station, inspired by a real one in Germany.

“I had a lot of fun bringing European elements into the film ... it’s meant to be a globalized society,” Lechner said.

Lechner said the rural-country Burrows were inspired by his homeland and might be his favorite of the landscapes in “Zootopia.” He also described the other sections of the city, including Sahara Square, Tundra Town, the Rain Forest, Little Rodentia and the Downtown.

The creative team wanted to incorporate technology into the story and used an urban-planning tool called City Engine. As a result, the Downtown is similar to a modernday city. It has advertisements, credit cards, street signs,

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ALL EARS: Students engage with lecturer Matthias Lechner and clips from “Zootopia” during Lechner’s presentation Monday afternoon in Shoma Hall. cars and even iPaws (instead of iPods). Disney also brought in a climate scientist to help them map the geographical districts using weather patterns. For example, the rain in the rainforest comes from a sprinkler system that keeps the environment lush, wet and green.

“The rainforest turned out great; it was a bit of a surprise,” Lechner said.

“Zootopia” is the product of Lechner’s vision of a believable and realistic city for animals, which demanded a high attention to detail. The design process for the whole production took roughly four years and 80 percent of his designs didn’t make it.

“Many of my designs didn’t make it into the movie, and that’s the creative process,” Lechner said. “But it’s okay, because it makes the story better.”

For students interested in working with animation, Lechner emphasized the importance of gaining experience, whether in a studio or through individual projects.

“It just takes time. If you stick to it long enough, you will become a master,” Lechner said.

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ANIMATED SPEAKER: Matthias Lechner, art director of environments for Disney’s new animated film “Zootopia,” shares his experiences from working on the film.

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Club showcases video gamesʼ versatility, social relevance

By Emily Dabau Edge Editor

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hen junior Nikhil Delahaye holds a video-game controller in his hands, he doesn’t view the game in front of him as a pastime. To him, the games tell stories in which the player is an actor and the player’s actions help to write a narrative.

“As we have more and more different stories to tell, being able to tell stories through games and the interaction with it might make some stories more impactful,” he said. “It’s a new medium …

Once the medium finds its stride, it can be very, very powerful in being able to tell stories about what it is to live life.”

Clay Ewing, assistant professor in the School of Communication’s Department of Cinema and Interactive Media, teaches a variety of game design and development classes. According to Ewing, games have the ability to affect how conversations are sparked and have a real social impact. Some stories may be for pure entertainment, but others are narrative-driven and have a story to tell, he said.

“Games as a medium provide a nice way to tell stories in a different way, and I think, for millennials and beyond, games are their dominant storytelling device,” Ewing said. “I think that more likely, you’re going to find a common bond with someone over talking about Super Mario Bros. or Pokemon. It brings the same feelings they had from previous experiences back.”

Delahaye has been playing video games since he was six years old, when his uncle bought him a GameCube. Since then, he has only grown more passionate about gaming. He is the treasurer of the Video Games Club (VGC) and host of the show “Reaction Replay,” which focuses on video-game music and conversation on WVUM. “It focuses not just on video-game music, but video-game culture and video-game discussion in general,” Delahaye said. “I feel like there’s so many big things going on in gaming, especially down here in South Florida ... that people might really need a base for community discussion and a place to reach out for all video-game discussion.”

based to lesser-known music from smaller games, featuring orchestras and symphonies.

“It’s so varied and it’s so interesting when it comes to the different genres that are available.

And because they are all designed to be in the background and help motivate you to [reach] a certain goal, I was always find that it’s perfect studying music,” he said. “Video-game music has exploded to music that everyone can enjoy and it has become music that really has a universal appeal to everyone and expresses so much emotion and so many different viewpoints just through musical composition.”

Photo courtesy Heather Zons

TAKING CONTROL: The Video Games Club brings together students who are passionate about video games and gaming culture on Fridays. Photo Courtesy Heather Zons Every Tuesday night from 8-10 p.m. on WVUM 90.5 FM, Delahaye’s show plays a variety of video-game music, ranging from nostalgia-

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Hurricanes dominate Notre Dame 68-50

Zack Collins’s two home runs lift Hurricanes past Florida Gulf Coast 6-2

By Tej Joshi Staff Writer

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The men’s basketball team’s 18-point win over Notre Dame is Miami’s largest ACC win of the season.

By Mark Singer Sports Editor

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he Hurricanes inched closer to clinching at least a share of the ACC regular-season title with their 68-50 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend on Wednesday night. If Miami beats Virginia Tech on Saturday and North Carolina loses to Duke, the two teams would be co-champions for the ACC regular-season title.

Led by the play of redshirt senior guards Angel Rodriguez and Sheldon McClellan, the Canes dominated the Irish on both ends of the court. Rodriguez scored 19 points and added five boards and four assists, while McClellan dropped in 17 points and six rebounds.

Rodriguez not only led the Canes offensively, but he did a great job defending Notre Dame’s Demetrius Jackson, who leads the Irish (19-10, 10-7) in scoring at 16.3 points per game. Rodriguez bottled the crafty guard up, limiting him to seven points on 3-of-13 shooting from the field.

Senior center Tonye Jekiri had a tough matchup against Notre Dame’s center Zach Auguste, who is second in the ACC in rebounding. Both big men played well, but statistically Auguste had the better night with 18 points and 11 rebounds to Jekiri’s 14 and nine. However, on the court Jekiri was visibly the better defender, as he was key in the Canes’ pick and roll defense and he altered many shots in the paint.

The second half of the game was not competitive, as the Canes built a large lead in the first. Rodriguez’s play was pivotal throughout the night, but his work in the early going was essential to the Canes’ early lead. He accounted for Miami’s first seven points.

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BALL SO HARD: Senior center Tonye Jekiri looks up to the rim to shoot during the men’s basketball team’s win over the Hokies at the BankUnited Center in February. Jekiri had 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds in Wednesday evening’s game against Notre Dame in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.

The Canes continued to dominate the first half, as they were up 25-8 at the midway point. Notre Dame responded by switching to a 2-3 zone defense, which slowed the Canes down on offense. Miami went scoreless the next three minutes, but still went into the breakup 35-22.

McClellan has been one of the top shooters in the nation all season long. He hit two deep NBA triples in the game that silenced the Notre Dame crowd.

The Canes (24-5, 13-4) were without sophomore guard Ja’Quan Newton, who was suspended for the final three regular season games due to a violation of team rules last Saturday. Newton scored 12 points off the bench in Miami’s 79-70 win over Notre Dame in Coral Gables last month.

The Canes finish their regular season against Virginia Tech at 4 p.m. on Saturday in Blacksburg, Virginia.

ack Collins picked a pretty good time to hit his first home run of the season.

And his second. The junior catcher hit a pair of home runs to power the No. 6 Hurricanes past Florida Gulf Coast 6-2 in front of 2,289 fans at Mark Light Field on Wednesday night.

Collins didn’t have an extra base hit coming into the game, let alone a home run, but he smashed two opposite-field homers to left for the team’s first three runs. Collins put the Canes up 1-0 with a solo shot in the first and followed that up with a two-run blast in the fifth for his fourth-career multi-home run game.

“They weren’t careful enough tonight,” Miami Head Coach Jim Morris said of pitchers throwing cautiously to Collins this season. “I moved Johnny [Ruiz] behind him. He’s been our hottest hitter up to this point, so I flipped him behind [Collins] to try to protect him some, where he would get possibly some better pitches to hit. He saw better pitches today.”

Sophomore righthander Jesse Lepore (1-0)

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LEFTY LIFT: Junior catcher Zack Collins hits a home run to give the Canes the lead during the baseball team’s 6-2 win over FGCU Wednesday night at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.

struck out a career-high seven batters in his second start as a Cane and first win.

Lepore’s only blemish in his 5.2 innings of work was a two-run home run by Tyler Selesky in the top of the third.

“It felt great finally getting that win off. Everything just kind of clicked today,” Lepore said. “[It was] definitely a lot easier [than the first start]. Not that like nerves had anything to do with the first one, but just going in with confidence.

It definitely felt good on the mound.”

Right-handed reliever Frankie Bartow came in for Lepore with two outs in the sixth and retired the next four batters in just 11 pitches. The true freshman has given up just one run and five hits in 8.2 innings coming out of the bullpen this season. Bartow and junior relievers Cooper Hammond and Bryan Garcia retired

the final 10 Eagles (2-6) in a row to end the game.

While Miami’s first three runs came from the team’s power hitter, the Canes used small ball to add an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh. Junior third baseman Edgar Michelangeli led off the inning with a walk and scored following a sacrifice bunt, an infield single and a soft grounder to the shortstop by junior first baseman Chris Barr.

The Canes (6-2) added two more in the bottom of the eighth on a two-run double by Michelangeli to left field. That was plenty for Garcia, who struck out the side in the top of the ninth following Hammond’s quick work in the eighth.

The Canes next play Manhattan in the first of a three-game series at 7 p.m. on Friday at Mark Light Field.

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sure he’s taking his meds and check in with him often.

I know he’s not doing it on purpose, but it feels like I’m the only one putting effort into our relationship. He barely calls and is MIA for days at a time. I love my boyfriend, but he’s bringing me down. What should I do?

Dear V, My boyfriend and I grew up together, but we only started dating a few years ago when his ex-girlfriend left him. When I started seeing my boyfriend, his ex warned me he’s “too much to handle.” I didn’t know what she meant until now.

My boyfriend has chronic depression and has been diagnosed for years. I do everything I can to help – I drive him to therapy appointments, make

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To apply, see Isabel Vichot in the Student Media Suite on the second floor of the SC.

Questions about the Editor-in-Chief position may be directed to faculty adviser Ileana Oroza at ioroza@miami.edu.

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Sincerely, Not His Therapist Dear Not His Therapist, Depression, like any mental illness, is just as real as a physical illness. Remember to treat his depression like you would if he had the flu or had broken a leg and avoid becoming resentful toward him.

That said, it’s not your responsibility to be his therapist, or even his mother for that matter. Sure, it’s

nice of you to drive him to appointments and help him out with his prescriptions, but remember that you’re doing it out of kindness, not out of responsibility.

Many people who suffer from depression have “peaks” when they’re productive that are followed by “slumps” that go on for weeks.

Simple tasks like taking a shower or doing laundry feel like climbing mountains. Ultimately, during these dark periods, your relationship with him suffers.

If you can adjust to these cycles and learn not to view it as a sign that your relationship is failing, it will make you stronger and closer to him in the long run. However, if you find that he’s bringing you down when he’s distant and that your own needs aren’t being met, it’s time to move on.

It doesn’t mean you don’t love him or that you’re abandoning someone in need. Like your boyfriend’s ex said, it simply becomes

unmanageable and affects your own mental health and happiness.

No relationship, no matter how long you’ve been together or how much you love each other, is worth sacrificing your own happiness. Sure, every couple endures bumps in the road, but if the relationship isn’t bringing you pleasure and is hurtful to you, it’s not worth holding onto.

Work on keeping yourself happy, healthy and satisfied – and care for your boyfriend second. If you find that you can’t keep the relationship going, then break it off. Be there for him as a friend and make sure he knows you still care about him, but don’t let his depression pull you down with him.

-V

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