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President Frenk discusses inspiration behind Firsts at UM event

By Isabella Cueto Assistant News Editor

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he first charter to the University of Miami, a photo of the first faculty and the first Heisman Trophy the Hurricanes ever won were on display at the Newman Alumni Center Wednesday afternoon for Firsts at UM, an event leading up to President Julio Frenk’s inauguration on Friday.

Several dozen images and historically valuable items were exhibited throughout the Alumni Center for members of the UM community, including people who accomplished “firsts” at the school, such as Dr. Norman Kenyon, president of the first graduating class from the medical school and Professor Whittington Johnson, the first African-American professor at UM, along with faculty, students and relatives of past administrators.

President Frenk took the stage after an introduction by history professor Donald Spivey and explained the inspiration behind Firsts at UM: his grandmother.

Mariana Frenk-Westheim fled Germany for Mexico and lived to the age of 106, President Frenk told the audience.

She was a writer, lecturer, museum expert and translator, and she kept a book of “firsts” throughout her life.

“So she basically says, ‘Throughout my life, I have had a collection of first times.’ And this is a woman over 100 and she says, ‘And yet, the number of first times is going down, but my collection is still growing,’” he said. “There was this curiosity to keep marking the first things.”

President Frenk said this inspired him to start his own collection, specifically of his new experiences as the president of a university.

“I started my own collection of first times at the U and it’s been growing exponentially this last five-and-a-half months.

So it’s a very, very, very healthy collection and I’m sure there’s many more to come,” he said.

If he wanted to, President Frenk could even write his presidency down as the first of its kind at UM. He is the first Latino president of the university, a fact that tugs on a thread of plans throughout UM’s entire history.

Historian, alumna and trustee Arva Moore Parks joined President Frenk onstage to discuss the history of the university and how George Merrick – the founder

CAMPUS ARTIFACT: President Frenk peruses the first published Ibis Yearbook, which is featured in an archives exhibit during the Firsts at UM event Wednesday evening in the Newman Alumni Center.

of Coral Gables and UM and the subject of Parks’s recent book – saw the univer-

Marion Manley, first female architect in Fla., designed UM buildings

First building: Merrick Building groundbreaking

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First Cuban graduate: Luis Molina

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sity as a “Pan-American” school from the beginning.

According to President Frenk, who “voraciously” reads through historical documents Parks sends him, Merrick intended for UM to be a link to South America and the Caribbean. President Frenk’s Mexican heritage and his vision for UM as a gateway to Latin America is a continuation of Merrick’s idea back in the early 20th century.

“There’s a famous saying on the front of the National Archives, ‘What is past is prologue,’ and that is really true,” Parks said. “You can’t really have a bright future unless you understand where you’ve come from, and I think that’s what he’s really helping us do now at the university.”

Upon his arrival at UM, President Frenk read the original charter for the university from 1925. Since then, the Office of the President has worked closely with UM Libraries and university archivists to provide President Frenk with abundant context for his installation as president, archivist Koichi Tasa said.

“We have been helping his office with historical documents, with pictures, with programs like this. He is very interested in UM history,” Tasa said.

Tasa has worked as a librarian and archivist for UM for about 10 years but continues to find intriguing items and facts about the university and the surrounding community.

“Every day we find something very exciting, interesting,” he said.

First football championship

1983 First medical school in Fla., Miller School of Medicine

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Inauguration ceremony marks official beginning of Frenk’s presidency, road to university centennial

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

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our months of planning, 100 days of listening and a week of events will culminate in Dr. Julio Frenk’s installation as the sixth president of the University of Miami at his inauguration ceremony on Friday.

It was April 2015 when Frenk was announced as the school’s next president, taking over from President Donna E. Shalala’s 14-year tenure. He called it “the Miami moment” at the time, and now comes his moment to formally tie himself to the school.

The ceremonial inauguration serves as a public commitment between the two parties, according to Harvard University President Drew Faust, a colleague of Frenk’s during his time as the dean of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

“It’s a little bit like a wedding, actually, where in the presence of assembled friends and colleagues you affirm your commitment to the institution, and the institution affirms its commitment to you,” Faust said.

In September 2015, President Frenk met the school’s community for the first time in a Town Hall event where he took questions from students and presented his initial “roadmap” to success. He laid out his 100 days of listening exercise – his own way of immersing and marinating himself in the school to learn its culture, history and the concerns of its community. He promised “intensive, immersive and iterative” listening.

Khaleel Seecharan accompanied President Frenk to all but two sessions during the exercise as the assistant vice president of special projects in the Office of the President. He said the listening let President Frenk understand the desires, opportunities and challenges in the school’s community, and use that understanding to build his plan for the school.

“I think the listening exercise was a chance to say, ‘Did I hear you correctly?

And if I didn’t, tell me more,’” Seecharan said. “And I think that’s what he really used that opportunity for.”

He said President Frenk heard from 5,000 people in total, including 1,400 messages in the online mailbox and meetings with large groups, such as the deans and faculty of each school.

President Frenk’s plan to listen led to his delayed inauguration – Shalala held hers in her first semester, during homecoming.

“The reason he set that inauguration date so far out is that it would be irresponsible of him to arrive on August 16 and then have his on Sept. 1 and then say, ‘Here is our university’ when he’d barely been on campus for two weeks,” Seecharan said.

He appointed an Inauguration Committee, which then made subcommittees for each event, according to the Chair of the Inauguration Committee, Sergio Gonzalez. Gonzalez, who serves as senior vice president for University Advancement and External Affairs, said the committee enlisted the help of people from all across the university.

The committee organized watch parties for members of the “UM family” across the country to view the men’s and women’s basketball games during Inauguration Week.

“We wanted the entire university family and community, in the broadest sense, to be a part of this ... alums internationally, nationally and also locally,” Gonzalez said.

Following the Celebration of Women’s Athletics and the two basketball games was Firsts at UM on Wednesday night. UM Libraries worked with the committees to exhibit memorabilia and historical items from the archives, such as photographs of the first faculty, the first Cuban student and the first Heisman trophy.

A talk about the new century of medicine by President Frenk at the Miller School of Medicine on Thursday and ‘Cane Talks on Friday morning will precede the ceremonial inauguration.

Faust, who will be speaking at the inauguration, has known President Frenk since hiring him to his post at Harvard. During his tenure there, she became familiar with President Frenk’s leadership abilities when he led the Council of Deans.

When President Frenk went to her with the news that he was selected to lead UM, Faust realized it was a perfect fit.

“What I thought was, ‘Oh, of course, it makes such sense.’ I mean, I thought, ‘Oh no,’ but what a perfect thing,” she said. “It

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BLAST FROM THE PAST: University Archives staff member Marcia Terrell Heath directs students in preparations for the Firsts at UM event Tuesday afternoon in the Newman Alumni Center. Firsts at UM took place the following evening and featured a conversation with President Julio Frenk and Arva Moore Parks about the school’s history.

was clear as Julio served as dean, he got more and more interested, and demonstrated that interest in the university as a whole and how it worked and what its role in society was,” Faust said. “He always had the big picture in mind.”

President Frenk is expected to reflect on his takeaways from the listening exercise, look back at the university’s first 90 years and introduce his plan, the big picture.

According to Seecharan, President Frenk’s focus has been on the university’s centennial since day one.

“His thought was, ‘We’re going to build the university of our next century in the next 10 years.’ So when we celebrate our centennial, we have already realized the university we want to be for our next century.”

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CAMPUS LIFE

Panel raises public awareness of human trafficking

By Marcus Lim Staff Writer

With 600,000-800,000 people trafficked across international borders every year, the month of January is dedicated to raising awareness of human trafficking. Organized by the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, a panel with specialized guests in the field was held on Wednesday to discuss how modern-day slavery can be prevented.

Hosted at and sponsored by the Wesley Foundation Center, Brenda Mezick, a human trafficking prosecutor for the Office of the State Attorney for Miami-Dade County, and Special Agent Victor Williams from the Miami Department of Homeland Security explained how human trafficking is now the fastest-growing and third-largest organized crime activity.

Florida is ranked third in the United States for human trafficking with Miami as one of the greatest problem areas in the state.

“We are an epicenter for this. We are in South Florida where many criminals visit,” Mezick said. “We have many ports where victims are smuggled to and from, we have Disney [in Orlando] where many children are either taken or sold; people can bring in children from anywhere and people won’t know.”

Over the course of Mezick’s 21 years with the office, she has specialized in the prosecution of offenses in the courtroom involving sex trafficking, cyber crimes, capital-sexual battery and

homicides. She has also helped to change the laws that decide how Florida approaches human trafficking.

“It used to be a second-degree felony. Now, if the victim is under 18 or incapacitated, it is a life felony,” she said. “There is now no longer a statute of limitations. This is now a Florida law.”

Child exploitation happens the most.

Mezick said that the average age of entry into prostitution in the United States is 13 and the average victim is forced to have sex up to 20 times a day. The industry generates $9.5 billion annually in the United States.

Mezick and Williams told stories of children in the Miami community. A 14-year-old gangraped by 15 men. A girl witnessing her pimp murder another girl, too scared to tell the police about the crime. An 11-year-old whipped by her pimp with a belt buckle, leaving permanent scars.

“These children are by far the most traumatized children I have ever worked with in my entire career,” Mezick said. “At times we cannot prosecute the [offenders] because the victims are too traumatized to confide in the authorities. The pimps have manipulated them, beat them and made them so fearful that they cannot speak to us.”

In Mezick’s opinion, one reason why human trafficking and prostitution is rampant is because of the mainstream media glorifying it. She condemned society for indirectly encouraging prostitution by listening to songs that marginalize these issues, using “Trap Queen,” by Fetty Wap as an example, a song and music video that talks about prostitution. “[Wap] received two Grammy nominations for that song,” Mezick said. “It makes me want to stay in the shower and take a year of feminism courses. The song has catchy hooks … you hear the song and people think that this is alright.”

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WORD OF WARNING: Assistant state attorney Brenda Mezick addresses the dangers of sexual exploitation at the National Organization for Women’s speaker panel Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking Wednesday night at the Wesley Foundation Center. Mezick spoke about the repercussions of cultural exploitation of women and the dangers of commercializing sexual harassment.

She urged participants that our mindset must change to take the first step toward reducing human trafficking.

Special Agent Williams agreed that the media has an effect on how the public is tolerant of prostitution and by extension, human trafficking.

“This is the culture in which we were raised.

We glorify pimping, such as MTV’s ‘Pimp My Ride.’ Why are we glorifying it? It’s not cool,” Williams said. “There are shows that glorify prostitution. We allow this to happen in our culture. But now we have laws and new terms for pimping. It is called human trafficking and it is an epidemic.”

Williams also described the modus operandi of pimps: once they find someone vulner-

able, they will do whatever they can to isolate the victim. The moment the victim falls unconscious, that victim may never be seen again.

Individually, Williams said that one way to help is to be careful and to let people know that this is happening while collectively erasing the current mindset that exploitation is acceptable in the media.

“It took the community to create this mess; it now takes the community to fix it,” Williams said. “It’s not easy to make change, but whatever inch you take, hold on to it. Any progress helps.”

To report human trafficking to law enforcement, call 866-347-2423. Or to get confidential help from a nongovernmental organization, call 888-373-7888.

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SENATE RECAP

Delivery app launches, cultural organizations request funding

By Jorge Chabo Senior News Writer

Delivery App on Campus Favor, a food-delivery service, presented their mobile application by detailing the function of the food-oriented service.

With Favor, students are able to order food from both on and off-campus locations and have their order delivered to them on campus. Deliveries are made to all locations on campus, excluding classrooms. The service also fills requests such as picking up items from CVS. Each delivery costs $3 for on-campus food orders and $6 for off-campus orders.

The first order is free.

The “Lunar New Year,” an on-campus event led by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association and the Asian American Students Association, presented a bill to the senate requesting funding for their events. The funds requested would be used to pay performers and several food items for the event.

United Black Students also presented a bill requesting funds for the 13 events during “Black Awareness Month” at UM. The funding would go toward events not covered by their original budget from the Student Activity Fee Allocation Committee.

Sunday is the last day to send out your C-number and f lavor name for the UMiami Coca-Cola Soda.

Students who are still waiting for their free Metro Pass can expect an email sometime next week.

Two amendments were passed for the addition of a new position in SGA: Deputy Director of Communication. The new position will aid the Director of Communication with various tasks concerning Student Government public relations.

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Immersive exhibit raises awareness of oppression

By Marcus Lim Staff Writer

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tudents and faculty members toured nine different rooms this week, exposing them to exhibits displaying some of the ongoing suffering around the world.

Sponsored by the William R. Butler Center for Service and Leadership Development, Tunnel of Oppression is a sensory-based multimedia exhibit designed by various student organizations to raise awareness of oppression. It started in the Senate Room on the third f loor of the Shalala Student Center and spanned to the Zebersky Family Vista Room, running from Jan. 25-27.

The issues presented in each separate room were: tools of oppression, environment, mental health, LGBTQ, racism, women, human trafficking and immigration, religion, and the light at the end of the tunnel.

Each room was designed to show students that oppression is happening not only around the world, but also on campus.

“Not many people are exposed to these oppressed groups,” said Richa Panara, the student organization liaison of Tunnel of Oppression. “There are people on campus who go through these similar issues, and Tunnel of Oppression opens your eyes to some things that you may not know about.”

The nationally recognized program that takes place at more than 70 college campuses had a disclaimer that warns participants that the content could cause discomfort.

“The experience is not intended to offend or bring about

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EYE-OPENER: Junior Kayla Derby walks through the Tunnel of Oppression, an exhibit sponsored by the Butler Center for Service and Leadership that highlights the different forms of oppression experienced around the world. tension,” the disclaimer said.

“The tunnel is meant to be an educational experience and the views expressed in the tunnel are not the views of the University of Miami.”

Plastered in each room were quotes and audio from the oppressed, as well as statistics on injustices happening worldwide.

Symbolic props such as a rope hanging from the ceiling with a chair under it, highlighting suicide and mental illness, or a toilet with tips on how to purge, were also on display.

Actors also appeared in rooms to emphasize an issue.

In the human trafficking room, designed by the African Student Union and Planet Kreyol, a woman solemnly put lipstick on while looking at herself in the mirror.

Playing in the background was a video of a human trafficking survivor, recounting the days when she was captured and repeatedly raped. She spoke of “smelling like semen” for weeks.

David Lin, a sophomore and First Year Fellows student

of Stanford Residential College, found the visual experience to be eye-opening, challenging his perceptions of the world. The human trafficking room shocked him the most.

“That room caused my stomach to lurch. It was repulsive to see such atrocities happening in our world,” Lin said. “I never knew this issue was happening and it was sad to see… It is important to be exposed to these ideas so we can be challenged to think about these issues surrounding oppression.”

SPARK, a mentoring organization for young women, designed a room where participants were exposed to two harrowing phone calls from victims of abuse. One was a woman in great distress who had been abused by her partner. The second was a crying child on the phone with a police dispatcher, screaming for help in fear of her stepfather.

SpectrUM, the LGBT rights organization on campus, helped to construct a room that raised awareness of the issues faced by

the LGBT community. Members displayed pictures of themselves holding up derogatory remarks said to them accompanied by personal stories that showed their struggles.

“When I came out to my parents, my whole life changed,” one anonymous story read. “I thought they would accept me … but I was wrong. They told me I was a mistake that needed to be fixed … I couldn’t be the perfect son they wanted and it hurt, but nothing hurt more than losing their love.”

Also included in the LGBTQ room were images of transgender women murdered in 2015, showing the violent prejudices that they still face. Earl Generato, the SpectrUM Tunnel of Oppression chair who organized and designed the room, wanted to remind participants that LGBT people still face discrimination.

“Many people around the world think that the issue of legalizing same-sex marriage will solve all the problems in the LGBTQ community, which is com-

pletely false,” Generato said.

“There are so many ongoing issues, like discrimination in the workplace. You can still be discriminated and fired based on your sexual orientation throughout the country.”

Audio clips of people commenting on homosexuals played in the background of the room.

They ranged from harmful insults to remarks from parents.

The voice of a mother could be heard saying that she didn’t mind gay people as long as her children weren’t gay.

“The audio spoke to many levels to many of our members,” Generato said. “Hopefully, [students] going through the LGBTQ room would realize that there is so much more to think about to make the University of Miami a more accepting place, because there is a difference between diversity and acceptance, which people don’t realize.”

Additionally, the event was aided by 10 student organizations and more than 50 volunteers.

The racism room, designed

by United Black Students (UBS), featured pictures of peaceful rallies at the Rock and the subsequent backlash that the black community faced on social media with screenshots of derogatory remarks made on Yik Yak. The room was designed to raise awareness about the existence of racism around the world and on campus.

Tony Marks, the recruitment chair for Tunnel of Oppression, emphasized that oppression is still present at the University of Miami despite it being one of the most diverse student populations in the nation.

“If seeing is believing, people who go through the tunnel will realize that these oppressions are happening,” Marks said. “We want to get people to start looking at themselves and their own actions. As Michael Jackson said, it starts with the man in the mirror.”

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COMMUNITY

S&P Dow Jones, University of Miami collaboration to create index for Florida

By Jorge Chabo Senior News Writer

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hat began as an idea to come up with some sort of composite index for Florida has turned into a UM collaboration with S&P Dow Jones to calculate a Florida 50 index.

Deemed the “University of Miami’s Florida 50 Index” and available under the ticker UMIAMIFL, the index measures the performance of companies within the S&P 1500 Index whose corporate headquarters are domiciled in Florida. These companies include NextEra Energy (FPL), CSX Transportation, Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.

“The establishment of the University of Miami’s Florida 50 Index, the first index of its kind to be owned by a university, illustrates our commitment to producing knowledge that can have a positive impact on the wider community,” said Gene Anderson,

dean of UM’s School of Business Administration. “By gauging and regularly reporting on the performance of the top corporations in Florida, we will provide new insight that we believe will be valuable and of significant interest to businesses, policymakers and individuals statewide and beyond.”

Seth Levine, an accounting professor in the School of Business Administration, had the idea for several years and became more interested in making the index happen within the last two years.

“I said to myself, well why doesn’t somebody figure out a way to get like a composite, or like a group of all those [companies] and then create an index that would be like a pulse of the South Florida economy?” said Levine.

He explained that in the world of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF), one could invest in a country and bet on the nation’s performance in terms of its economy. This led to the idea of having an ETF set up for a state’s economy. Through his research, he found out that about five years ago there was an attempt at creating an ETF for Texas and Oklahoma, but it didn’t work. Then Levine came upon an ETF that was based off Nashville, Tennessee. Since this was accomplished for a city, Levine was sure that it could be done for the State of Florida.

In order to have this ETF made for Florida, the first step was to create an index. That is where the S&P Dow Jones Indices

stepped in, as they are the ones who were selected by the School of Business Administration to be the custom calculation agent for this new custom hybrid index.

“We are excited to be the chosen as the calculation agent for the University of Miami. By expanding our custom hybrid indexing capabilities beyond financial services, S&P [Dow Jones Indices] is able to provide the academic community with benchmarks tailored to their unique needs,” said Michael Mell, director of Custom Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

According to Levine, the goal is to make this both an investable index and a teaching tool for students learning about investing.

He said that if this index had existed 12 years ago and people had invested in it as an ETF, then they, the investors, would have come out on top.

“This index has done better than the whole composite (S&P 1500) going back 12 years, which is as long as we have history on it,” Levin said. “So Florida has beaten the index going back 12 years.”

Levine hopes that this inspires other colleges like Harvard to have an index for Massachusetts or New York University to have an index for the State of New York. To have investing opportunities for different states based off their performance would be the dream, he said.

HP HOSTS ITS FIRST EVENT OF SEMESTER

MAKING A MARK:

Sophomore Sivan Manoah receives a henna tattoo during Hurricane Productions’ (HP) first event of the semester, In The Name of Art, Tuesday afternoon at the Rock. Attendees could receive a variety of art-related giveaways, which included henna tattoos, architecture styled name signs, and Misha’s cupcakes.

Hurricane Productions will host its weekly installment of Patio Jams on Thursday at the Lakeside Patio and a screening of Bridge of Spies on Saturday at the Cosford Cinema. To learn about more upcoming Hurricane Productions events visit their website at hurricaneproductions.org.

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LGBT

Gender-neutral, all-inclusive bathrooms now available at multiple locations

By Ritika Malkani Contributing News Writer

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he University of Miami has taken a step toward accommodating LGBT students by installing both gender-neutral bathrooms and all-inclusive bathrooms around its Coral Gables campus.

An LGBT task force headed by Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Patricia Whitely was created in 2013 to help fos-

ter an accepting and equal community.

It includes undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and administrators who work to fulfill goals such as designating gender-neutral bathrooms and providing a safe environment for those who need it.

This task force was created under UM’s previous president, Donna Shalala, and will be continued under President Julio Frenk.

Gender-neutral bathrooms are available in Dooly Memorial, Gables One Tower and Meyer Law Library. All-inclusive bathrooms, which are open to all genders, compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and also have family accommodations, are located in the Shalala Student Center, Ungar Building, Richter Library, Herbert Wellness Center, Perez Architecture Center, Newman Alumni Center, BankUnited Center, Toppel Career Center and Gables One Tower.

UM is now one of many colleges nationwide to accept and implement gender-inclusive bathrooms alongside Vassar College, Northwestern University, Stanford University, Wesleyan University and many others.

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ACADEMICS

Author, historian derives modern lessons from historical figures

By David Ufberg Senior News Writer

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PRESIDENTIAL INSPIRATION: Historian Jon Meacham speaks at Gusman Concert Hall Tuesday evening regarding how past political leadership influences current governmental decision-making. Pulling from his extensive knowledge of presidential history, Meacham aimed to connect to UM students, many of whom are first time voters.

ulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham discussed the greatest leaders in American history and how leaders in the 21st century could learn from them.

Speaking to a full house at the Maurice Gusman Concert Hall on Tuesday night, Meacham covered topics including Thomas Jefferson’s pragmatism, Andrew Jackson’s management of public opinion and John F. Kennedy’s ability to recover from his own mistakes.

Meacham’s speech did not fail to garner intrigue from the crowd. His Bill Clinton impersonations were a hit with the audience as well.

“Most people who have made a difference have struggled,” Meacham said. He drew parallels between difficulties faced by leaders of the early American republic and those faced by contemporary leaders by putting historical issues in a modern context, giving listeners a better understanding of the early American political scene.

Meacham is the executive vice president of Random House, the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world, as well as a contributing editor to Time Magazine. His 2012 book, “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post and his most recent book, “Destiny and Power,” debuted at number one on The New York Times’ Best Sellers list.

The renowned historian directed much of his speech toward the young people in the audience, specifically speaking to the numerous first-time voters attending UM who will vote in the upcoming presidential election.

“Keep an open mind, read up on them [and] try to understand who they are,” he said. “The plans and policies will always change, but the character of the person is key.”

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Opinion

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Inauguration marks time for reflection, prospection President Julio Frenk’s inauguration on Friday will be another benchmark carved into the University of Miami’s history. President Frenk, succeeding President Donna Shalala’s 14-year tenure as the sixth president of the university, will likely lead the university into its second century since its founding in 1925.

This week, inaugural celebrations and lectures will honor not only President Frenk but also the significance of the next 100 years. At this watershed moment, it is necessary to reflect on what kind of campus we would like to return to as alumni.

Although UM is a school that is rarely quiet about its accomplishments, we must also remember where this university stands on the larger scale of American higher education. If we are ever to catch up to our lofty “aspirational peers,” the administration and trustees need to take a critical, holistic look at what the university currently lacks and make deliberate changes to address those gaps.

Some of those changes are already well underway. Hurricanes have longed for a return to our past athletic glory, and it has been refreshing to see an increased attention to athletics. Since President Frenk’s arrival, more money has been put into big hires for the football coaching staff, including the hiring of Mark Richt. That Inauguration Week kicked off with the Celebration of Women’s Athletics also goes to show that athletics are a priority for this administration.

However, we can still do much better.

What is sorely needed is a more consistent level of academic rigor and pursuit of excellence across all undergraduate departments, not simply the school’s crown jewel, the health sciences. The university boasts eight schools and more than 180 majors and programs, but how many of these programs are considered competitive and well-resourced compared to programs at peer institutions? We must have the quality to back up the quantity.

Excellence in non-science departments has not been unheard of here. Let’s not forget that Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, the only Nobel laureate associated with the university to this day, was once a member of the English fac-

ulty. However, today, the humanities are struggling with competitive enrollment, art students need to trek down U.S. 1 for studio space and classes, theater students have scarce opportunities to perform in university productions and communications students on our own editorial board have explicitly been advised to take less challenging courses, which seems antithetical to the mission of a “top” national university.

The university must start to pay serious attention to all departments to ensure that

... THE ADMINISTRATION AND TRUSTEES NEED TO TAKE A CRITICAL, HOLISTIC LOOK AT WHAT THE UNIVERSITY CURRENTLY LACKS AND MAKE DELIBERATE CHANGES TO ADDRESS THOSE GAPS.

students can walk away with well-respected degrees and, more importantly, effective educations. When communication majors and foreign language majors feel their learning experiences are just as valuable as their peers in the sciences, a cohesive culture of excellence and mutual respect between disciplines will naturally develop.

On-campus facilities must also improve.

President Shalala pushed the transformation toward a more campus-centered community, and the next few years are critical to solidify that transformation. Facilities expansions in parking lots, residential halls, walkways, dining options, campus shuttles, library hours and the number of classroom buildings and student spaces would make the campus experience much more livable, driving up the retention rate for on-campus housing.

The plans for the new residential colleges and architecture building are definitely steps in the right direction. We hope this trend will continue to make UM a better place to live and learn. This will enhance a stronger community among students, increase the significance of the UM experience and perhaps even encourage

involvement and giving from nostalgic alumni in later years.

Another major issue for students is that UM fails to live up to the promises of a small, private university in many ways: flexibility, efficiency and personalized attention. When it comes to dealing with administrative tasks, students can very well feel like they are “just a number” in the system. They may be struggling to get into classes or running into dead ends while seeking approval for curriculum changes.

Whether these problems are caused by a shortage of personnel or an inefficient system, challenges like these simply shouldn’t be happening to this extent when our undergraduate population is less than a third that of state schools. The system has to be able to accommodate the spectrum of student academic needs in a smarter, more effective way, especially considering the high cost of attending this school.

That being said, hopefully President Frenk will also make it a priority to freeze the everrising price of tuition to ensure that a UM education is still within reach for all qualified students.

The administration and trustees cannot improve on all of these areas by putting out individual fires with task forces or bureaucratic initiatives. Rather, they must nurture meaningful cultural changes toward an overarching ideal of what the university should be. There must be a level of mutual trust between the administration and the university community so more transparent, candid dialogue can take place.

The same conversations that are happening in board rooms should also be happening in residential colleges, classrooms and gliders.

If President Frenk can continue encouraging this culture, as he did with his Town Hall meeting and listening exercise last semester, then the campus community will improve along with the campus itself.

As student journalists, we hope to be part of this constructive dialogue. To President Frenk, The Miami Hurricane wishes you the best of luck with your tenure. We hope your expectations for this university are just as high as those we have for you.

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

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OPINION

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CULTURE

CHAT What do you think about the preparations for Inauguration? Are you going to any of the events?

RANDOLPH MLLERTAYLOR GRADUATE STUDENT “I’m definitely going to go on Friday, because I see how they’ve virtually got a new building by the library. I think it’s great, and I think he’s got a lot of promise as a new president.”

KYRENA DUDLEY SOPHOMORE “I’ve seen the preparations, but not really planning on going to the event.

To be honest, I’m not entirely sure when it is.”

ALLISON CHIN SOPHOMORE “I am looking forward to this great event, and I’m glad that it’s heightened our school spirit, but I was disappointed that the farmer’s market didn’t come this week.”

JACOB RUDOLPH JUNIOR “I think this is a really exciting event, especially since it’s coming after President Frenk has done his 100 days of listening. I think it’s a great chance to listen to what he’s learned, and I’m definitely attending the inauguration on Friday.”

[]_[] CHATs are edited for clarity, brevity and accuracy.

Disconnect from technology, connect with friends

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e’ve all b e e n t h e r e .

Sitting across from Friend A at the table, we tell her about our fight with Friend B and how she

By Nayna Shah was so insensitive, but Senior Columnist that we’re thankful that Friend A is always there for us. We look up at Friend A, expecting the understanding and sympathetic look we’re so grateful for, only to find that she’s Snapchatting.

She’s Snapchatting!

It’s sad, but when I look around at restaurants, dinner tables, meetings and classes, I see lots of Friend As (A for Addict). In fact, I used to be Friend A. Not only Friend A, but Daughter A, Girlfriend A and Sister A. However, when I realized that I hated being seen as Friend A by others, I finally stopped taking my phone out during conversations.

Sure, we all check our phones while we’re sitting around waiting for the shuttle, for class to start or for commercials to end.

But during a face-to-face conversation, the only thing we should be waiting for is the other person’s next statement, which we won’t find by looking at our phones.

It’s awkward to talk to someone who’s texting someone else. You wonder if you should just wait for them to stop because if you continued speaking, you’d probably be met with a “Wait, what?” once you’ve finished anyway.

Thalia Garcia // Staff Illustrator

Our generation can certainly vouch for how messy text conversations can become, which is why we seek out face-to-face interactions. So, if you’re going to go out of your way to meet up with someone, make him or her feel like you actually want to be there.

Pro tip: checking the likes on your latest Instagram is not the way to do that.

If you’re Friend A, you are unknowingly upsetting the people across from you who are pouring out their hearts while you are busy deciding between the “0 miles per hour” or temperature filters on Snapchat. Even if the person across the table isn’t spilling his deepest secrets out to you, there is something to be said about giving your full attention to the people you interact with. It’s almost pathetic how good I feel when I talk to someone who never looks at their phone because it’s such a rarity today.

I’ve found that it frustrates a lot of people to have conversations with a distracted person, but no one speaks up to their friends

about it or curbs their own habits. If gymming is too ambitious of a New Year’s Resolution, consider being more mindful of your phone usage during conversations. If you’re feeling extra bold, call a friend out on his or her habits. Sometimes addicts just need a push to help them out of their old ways.

Try to leave your phone in your pocket or bag when talking to someone instead of placing it on the table where it can be a temptation. If your phone rings or vibrates and you must answer it, excuse yourself from the table or apologize before answering. You’ll be surprised at how pleased your company will be at your manners.

Don’t add to the stereotype of mindless millennials who text through life’s important moments. Remember, no one wants a Friend A. Nayna Shah is a junior majoring in biology.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Removal of ducks beneficial to local wildlife

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support the university’s actions in removing a few invasive Muscovy ducks from campus and suggest that more should be removed and humanely euthanized in accordance with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission’s recommendations for their control. Native to Central America and Ecuador, these introduced Muscovy ducks have become a problem throughout

South Florida by competing for space with native waterbirds such as herons, gallinules and of course, Miami’s beloved ibises! Muscovy ducks should not be considered part of the native “campus wildlife” under any circumstances and should instead be viewed as a serious disease risk due to their constant defecation in Lake Osceola and on nearby sidewalks. The university administration should take further steps to reduce their population on campus and also to improve Lake Osceola’s spaces that attract Florida’s native waterfowl to enhance the true natural beauty of our campus.

Michael Connelly is a senior majoring in marine science and biology at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

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EDGE

Try Frenk’s favorite cheese at these local spots

By Julie Harans Managing Editor

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uring a September interview series with soon-to-be-inaugurated President Julio Frenk, TMH got the scoop on everything from his hobbies and early life to his favorite books and music. When asked about his favorite food, President Frenk didn’t hesitate, but his answer was a bit unfamiliar.

“I can tell you that right away because I know it,” he said. “…Oaxaca cheese. … I could eat that cheese all my life.”

So what is this stuff, exactly? It’s time for a crash course in cultures – cheese cultures, that is.

Named after a state in southern Mexico, Oaxaca cheese is made from cow’s milk and has a slightly dry, string-like texture. Its mild-yet-salty flavor and semi-soft consistency make it ideal for melting, shredding and pulling apart.

Basically, it’s mozzarella with a Hispanic twist, providing a perfect excuse to combine what are arguably the two best food items there are: tacos and

cheese. Some variations even kick it up a notch, flavoring the Oaxaca with cherry pits to provide a hint of heat.

Though it may not be a staple in most American kitchens, Oaxaca can be found in dishes throughout Miami. Celebrate Frenk’s unique heritage and upcoming inauguration at these local restaurants.

Talavera

Wapo Taco

Latin Burger and Taco

Talavera shines the spotlight on Oaxaca, offering three different fondue options that are sharable and only $12. You can also spot the semi-soft cheese rolled up in the chicken-stuffed crepes ($18) or oozing out of a tomato sauce-smothered poblano in the chile relleno ($17).

At this authentic taqueria, Oaxaca is featured in its best form: melted. The queso fundido con chorizo ($10) is a spicy take on the traditional fondue dish, with Mexican sausage crumbled over warm, gooey cheese and housemade flour tortillas for dipping. Of course, in true Mexican style, guacamole and sour cream are served alongside the dish.

For freshmen and other campus-bound bodies, a taste of President Frenk’s favorite food is available right at UM. Latin Burger and Taco tops their signature burger with melty Oaxaca, along with roasted pimento mayo on a toasted bun. At just $8, the Latin Burger is the perfect between-class snack or grab-andgo lunch. Catch the truck Mondays by the Rock or at the fountain in front of Cox Science Building.

Talavera is located at 2299 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla. 33134

Wapo Taco is located at 2526 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, Fla. 33134.

Hallee Meltzer // Photo Editor

OOEY, GOOEY: Talavera’s chicken-stuffed crepes feature chicken and corn tortilla crepes with mole blanco, melted Oaxaca cheese and chile puya oil.

Hallee Meltzer // Photo Editor

TACO TIME: The Queso Fundido Con Chorizo at Wapo Taco combines Oaxaca cheese fondue with crumbled Mexican sausage and is served with warm flour tortillas and guacamole.

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Inauguration ceremony to feature alumnus fanfare

By Emily Dabau Edge Editor

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uring Friday’s inauguration, University of Miami President Julio Frenk will be celebrated with a personalized welcome – a fanfare written for him by alumnus and composer Brian Balmages.

Titled “Fanfare – Toward Our New Century,” the piece will be played just before the President’s inauguration.

BALMAGES “The title ‘Fanfare – Toward Our New Century’ is taken from the theme of the inauguration ceremony, which is ‘Charting the Course to Our New Century,’” Balmages said. “I wanted the piece to represent the concept of moving forward, so it harnesses a great deal of energy in a short time.”

Balmages graduated from UM’s master in music media writing and production program in 2000. He was also a trumpet player and performed in the Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble. He hopes his fanfare, a celebratory piece of music composed to kick off celebrations, will be memorable and musically associated with the tenure of President Frenk.

“It is very bold and majestic,” Balmages said. “The challenge was to write something that had structure and development in such a short fanfare. I am thrilled with how it turned out. Highly rhythmic passages meet soaring fanfares, and eventually the two are juxtaposed.”

Frost School of Music Dean Shelton “Shelly” Berg said that he looks forward to hearing the piece at the event.

“I think it will be a thrilling moment,” he said. “The fanfare will lend an air of excitement and anticipation. It is a great piece and everyone will know that they are hearing for the first time something that will be associated with President Frenk’s tenure.”

Being asked to compose the fanfare was an honor for Balmages, who will be reconnecting with the same orchestra that he played in as a graduate student, only this time with a very different role, he said. Instead of playing principal trumpet, he will be present as the composer of the fanfare.

“More than anything, I am thrilled to play a small role in such a major event for the U,” he said. “In a lot of ways, this is my way of coming full circle. It truly is a joy and I look forward to what lies ahead for this magnificent institution.”

According to Berg, another version of the fanfare was also adapted for the concert band to play at UM commencements, similar to the fanfare composed for former president Donna Shalala that was played at commencements during her tenure.

January 28 - January 31, 2016

Biography sheds light on Coral Gables founder George Merrick

By Ramya Radhakrishnan Contributing Edge Writer

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hances are, you’ve had a class in or have walked by the Merrick Building at least a few times. However, you probably don’t know about the influence that Merrick had on Miami’s history that led to his name being ingrained in our university’s infrastructure. Written by Arva Moore Parks, “George Merrick, Son of the South Wind” gives excellent insight into Merrick’s life and his quest to distinguish himself from the legions of developers who only sought profit during their time.

Born in the 1920s to a lower-middle-class family in Pittsburgh, Merrick moved to Miami with his family when he was 12 years old. Merrick’s most significant accomplishment, as highlighted in the novel, was his role in creating the land boom of 1920s.

The novel discusses Merrick’s journey to carve out a town from the 3,000-acre citrus grove plot endowed to him by his family. This small town would soon grow into modern-day Coral Gables, built around the trademark Mediterranean Revival architectural style that gives Coral Gables its rustic flair.

Merrick’s true stamp on Miami was in 1925 when he began building and establishing the University of Miami. With a donation of more than 600 acres and a pledge of $5 million, designing and constructing the university’s infrastructure was arguably the biggest project Merrick undertook in his lifetime.

Using a similar heavily influenced Mediterranean style of architecture, Merrick’s goal was to revolutionize the colonial campus ambience. In the book, his goal is described as a “desire for University of Miami to rival the presence of Stanford University in California.” Although the project faced several funding and timerelated obstacles, the campus was finally fit for use and enrolled 372 students in the fall of 1926.

Unfortunately, disaster struck soon after the campus opened.

The 1926 hurricane, often known as the “Great Miami” hurricane, destroyed the majority of the newly constructed campus, leaving unsalvageable shreds on the property. The Great Depression soon followed, minimizing the possibility of reconstructing the campus.

Merrick passed away a decade later with an estate worth less than $400.

However, as it has been proven repeatedly in history, one’s legacy and spirit is never relinquished after passing. The University of Miami was rechristened in 1946 and the campus was re-charted to be designed in a modern style. One of the university’s first projects was the reconstruction of the Merrick Building in honor of George and his father, Solomon. Merrick may have been disappointed that his elegant Spanish-style campus did not come to fruition again, but idealistically, the campus was finally transforming into what he envisioned. The university’s modern architecture soon gave Coral Gables international attention as it was deemed the “World’s Most Modern Campus.”

Since then, the University of Miami has sought to live up to Merrick’s expectations. As the novel boasts, over the years, the university has blossomed into the forefront of innovation and discovery as an international hub and a major research institution. With change in the air as we inaugurate our new president, it is a great time to take a step back to appreciate the foundation laid by the unspoken hero of Coral Gables history.

Evelyn Choi // Staff Photographer

HONORING A NAMESAKE: Historian Arva Moore Parks speaks about her biography “George Merrick, Son of the South Winds” at the Otto G. Richter Library on Jan. 15. The book was released in 2015 and documents the prolific life of George Merrick, the founder of Coral Gables.

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The men’s basketball team’s record against Duke under Head Coach Jim Larrañaga

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Hurricanes 2016 schedule contains 3 key games

By Mark Singer Sports Editor

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he Hurricanes football 2016 schedule was released on Tuesday. The Canes once again have a brutal October lined up, but the schedule is softer than last season overall. Miami will play Florida State, North Carolina and Duke at home this year.

There’s also no matchup against Clemson, which handed

the Canes their worst loss in school history last season.

Here’s a look at three key games on the new schedule.

Florida State: New Head Coach Mark Richt gets his first crack at the Seminoles in the team’s ACC home opener. Richt, who spent 15 years as an assistant coach and coordinator at FSU, will try to snap Miami’s sixgame losing streak to the team from up north. FSU is losing starting quarterback Everett Golson and star cornerback Jalen Ramsey, but the Seminoles will still have running back Dalvin Cook, who shredded the Canes for two touchdowns and 222 rushing yards on 22 carries in last year’s matchup. Richt will need his defense to contain Cook in order to win his first game against the Seminoles as Miami’s head coach.

Notre Dame: The Canes will renew their rivalry with the Irish in the first of four games over the next nine seasons with the first installment in South Bend. Notre Dame is coming off a successful 10-3 season that ended with a loss in the Fiesta Bowl to a 12-1 Ohio State. Miami has lost the last three games versus Notre Dame, the last one being a 41-3 embarrassment in 2012. The most challenging game on the schedule provides an early op-

portunity for Richt to get a signature win. Notre Dame struggled to stop the run last season with the 72nd-ranked rushing defense out of 128 teams. Miami returns with all of its running backs from last year, including Gus Edwards, who missed the 2015 season due to a foot injury. Running backs Joseph Yearby, Mark Walton and Edwards will try to carry the Canes to their first win over the Irish since 1989.

Duke: Although this game likely won’t feature the madness of the matchup in Durham last year, Miami’s regular-season finale could determine the winner of the ACC Coastal Division. Thanks to an eight-lateral kickoff return touchdown in the final seconds, Miami beat Duke last Halloween despite racking up a school-record 23 penalties and playing without starting quarterback Brad Kaaya, who missed the game because of a concussion.

Duke’s elite safety and unanimous first-team All-America selection Jeremy Cash is off to the NFL Draft, so the Blue Devils’ defense will take a step back in 2016. In what potentially could be Kaaya’s last home game as a Cane, look for Miami to pick apart the Duke secondary.

MIAMI FOOTBALL 2016 SCHEDULE DATE

OPPONENT

DATE

OPPONENT

SEP. 3 SEP. 10

FLORIDA A&M

OCT. 20

@ VIRGINIA TECH

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

OCT. 29

SEP. 17

@ APPALACHIAN STATE

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OCT. 1

@ GEORGIA TECH

NOV. 19

@ NC STATE

OCT. 8

FLORIDA STATE

NOV. 26

DUKE

OCT. 15

NORTH CAROLINA

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Defense vital for Canes this season

By Cody Brown Senior Sports Writer

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he men’s basketball team has perplexed Hurricanes fans for the last two weeks. One week, they play poorly and drop consecutive games against Virginia and perpetual ACC bottomdweller Clemson. The next week, they’re a juggernaut that steamrolls through three straight opponents, including securing a double-digit win over Duke.

So what happened? Should we trust the team that plays well and provides its fan base with Final Four aspirations, or do we need to pump the brakes and brace ourselves for a disappointing loss when the team steps onto the floor any given night? While there may be no definitive answer to these questions, there are a few indicators of success to watch for as the home stretch of the regular season approaches.

The Canes focused heavily on improving their defense throughout the off-season and continue to strive for improvement as the season moves along. They have reason to put a strong emphasis on competing at that end of the court. The Canes have headed to the locker room

at halftime locked up in a tight battle each of the last five games. The difference between wins and losses in those games is how they’ve defended in the second half.

The Canes gave up an average of 41.5 points in the second halves of their two losses to Virginia and Clemson while only allowing a stingier average of 31 points in the second halves of their three wins. Subtract that 10-to-11point difference in the losses, and all of a sudden, that’s two extra wins tacked onto the team’s resume.

Defense plays a pivotal role in creating offense for the Canes as well. As an electrified BankUnited Center crowd saw on Monday night, nothing pumps up the squad quite like a fast-break dunk or an alley-oop. Running off of missed shots allows the Canes’ athletic guards to exploit open lanes to the basket before the opposing defense has a chance to get set and their penetration creates kickouts to wide-open three-point shooters.

“Our entire team is much better when we’re able to get into the open court and make plays,” Miami Head Coach Jim Larrañaga said after the Duke game. “When we opened up conference play, we played against teams that are a little more conservative. The games were a little slower.”

We’ve heard the motto “defense wins championships” plenty of times, and it certainly rings true with the Hurricanes. They’ve proven that they can play with any team in the nation, but they must continue to play at a high level on the defensive end if they want any championship dreams to become reality.

Dear V, I’ve started seeing a new guy. Things are great between us so far. We’ve hooked up a few times and are really into each other.

My friends have even started teasing us when we hang out by saying that we’re too googoo over one another to pay attention to what’s around us.

Thing is, I can tell something’s bothering him in the

bedroom. He doesn’t seem to want to, er, “head south,” if you know what I mean, because I don’t shave. He hasn’t said it directly, but he has hinted at it a few times.

At one point he even said he doesn’t like to “dig through the jungle.”

I understand not enjoying body hair, but I absolutely hate shaving. I feel like it makes me look too young.

How do I convince my new guy that there’s no reason to be scared of a little hair?

Sincerely, Much ado about Pube Pubes Dear Much ado about Pubes, I hate to break it to you, but it’s not always about what you want in the bedroom.

Nick Gangemi // Editor-in-Chief

ALL HANDS ON DECK: Senior center Tonye Jekiri and senior forward Ivan Cruz Uceda challenge two Duke players for a rebound during Monday night’s game at the BankUnited Center. The Hurricanes won the game 80-69, improving their record to 16-3.

I’m not saying a guy should ever tell you what to do with your own body; rather, that this is simply a matter of trimming the hedges, not going scorched earth on your nether-regions.

Don’t make a mountain out of a fuzzy molehill.

A little upkeep every now and then is a compromise for both of you. Just snip it down a bit, preventing the need to shave.

Or, have a little fun with your locks. Shave the sides and shape it into a smiley-face, triangle, landing strip, you name it – even the shape of a V (hey, that’s me).

Heck, why not get festive and shape a heart down there just in time for Valentine’s Day? It’s up to you – you don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to. But don’t expect him to part the tangled sea if he’s not feelin’ it either. He also doesn’t have to do anything he’s not into.

While considering getting a new ‘do, don’t forget that it’s ridiculous if he expects you to be as bare as a baby’s bottom every time you link up. However, if he just asks for things to be tidy, it shouldn’t be too much of a hassle for you to reach a compromise with him and break out the hedge trimmers.

While you’re at it, make sure he’s keeping things nice and orderly too. You wouldn’t want to miss the forest for the trees – that is to say, don’t get so wrapped up in maintaining your lady bits that you forget to make sure he’s mowing the lawn in a way that you like, too.

-V

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