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1 MHMC- Commercial Template Doc Size 11.25” X 14” Image Area 10.375 x 11.75 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK SUITED UP: Coral Gables firefighters Ishmael Roig, Eldad Simovitch and Chris Mendizabal decontaminate each other aſter transferring an Ebola patient to the emergency room. The nursing school hosted an Ebola disaster preparedness simulation Saturday. HALLEE MELTZER // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR Simulation prepares campus for Ebola crisis Students dressed in coveralls, blue gloves and face masks rushed to help those frantically calling for help during an Ebola disaster prepared- ness simulation Saturday at the Uni- versity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. The simulation aimed to train students on the proce- dures for disease emergency protocol. The training was set up as an Eb- ola outbreak in the U.S. to provide re- alistic experience on how to perform during a widespread, uncontrollable emergency. Before the simulation, students were trained on recommended proto- col from the Center for Disease Con- trol. They also learned about Ebola symptoms, the history of the outbreak in West Africa and its progression in the U.S. To conclude the training ses- sion, they participated in the emer- gency exercise. “I think it’s important to prac- tice and simulate things that pose a real-life threat, like the Ebola situa- tion going on in the United States and all over the world, and making sure that you’re prepared and that you can eliminate any risk or injury,” said Hannah Lubner, a senior majoring in health science who participated in the training. Participants were given note cards upon arrival stating symptoms and the role they were assigned. School of Nursing performs exercise BY EMILY DABAU ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR VIVIAN GARCIA CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER HEALTH Studying in the states Sophomore Raneem Al-buaijan came to the University of Miami in August 2013 after receiv- ing the Kuwaiti Merit Scholarship, a grant issued by the Kuwait Cultural Office that gives high- achieving students from Kuwait the opportunity to study in a U.S. institution. UM was on the schol- arship list for her electronic media major, so she decided to pursue the American higher education experience. Al-buaijan is one of the 2,739 international students pursuing a degree at UM, the third-most diverse university in the state according to the Open Doors 2013 report. Open Doors is an annu- al report compiled by the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit focusing on international education. When Al-buaijan came to UM in fall 2013, international students represented about 16 per- cent of the entire student body. “To be honest, at first I loved being here but could still see myself transferring somewhere like California,” she said. Campus attracts diverse student body BY SOPHIE BARROS STAFF WRITER INTERNATIONAL SEE EBOLA, PAGE 2 SEE INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 4 INSIDE BIG BREAK ACTRESS SHARES INSPIRATION BEHIND NEW ‘CARMEN’ ADAPTATION PAGE 8 MAKING A SPLASH SWIMMING & DIVING WINS HOME MEET AGAINST ILLINOIS STATE PAGE 9
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SUITED UP: Coral Gables fi refi ghters Ishmael Roig, Eldad Simovitch and Chris Mendizabal decontaminate each other aft er transferring an Ebola patient to the emergency room. The nursing school hosted an Ebola disaster preparedness simulation Saturday.

HALLEE MELTZER // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Simulation prepares campus for Ebola crisis

Students dressed in coveralls, blue gloves and face masks rushed to help those frantically calling for help during an Ebola disaster prepared-ness simulation Saturday at the Uni-versity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. The simulation

aimed to train students on the proce-dures for disease emergency protocol.

The training was set up as an Eb-ola outbreak in the U.S. to provide re-alistic experience on how to perform during a widespread, uncontrollable emergency.

Before the simulation, students were trained on recommended proto-col from the Center for Disease Con-trol. They also learned about Ebola symptoms, the history of the outbreak in West Africa and its progression in the U.S. To conclude the training ses-sion, they participated in the emer-gency exercise.

“I think it’s important to prac-tice and simulate things that pose a real-life threat, like the Ebola situa-tion going on in the United States and all over the world, and making sure that you’re prepared and that you can eliminate any risk or injury,” said Hannah Lubner, a senior majoring in health science who participated in the training.

Participants were given note cards upon arrival stating symptoms and the role they were assigned.

School of Nursingperforms exerciseBY EMILY DABAUASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR VIVIAN GARCIACONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

HEALTH

Studyingin the states

Sophomore Raneem Al-buaijan came to the University of Miami in August 2013 after receiv-ing the Kuwaiti Merit Scholarship, a grant issued by the Kuwait Cultural Office that gives high-achieving students from Kuwait the opportunity to study in a U.S. institution. UM was on the schol-arship list for her electronic media major, so she decided to pursue the American higher education experience.

Al-buaijan is one of the 2,739 international students pursuing a degree at UM, the third-most diverse university in the state according to the Open Doors 2013 report. Open Doors is an annu-al report compiled by the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit focusing on international education.

When Al-buaijan came to UM in fall 2013, international students represented about 16 per-cent of the entire student body.

“To be honest, at first I loved being here but could still see myself transferring somewhere like California,” she said.

Campus attracts diverse student bodyBY SOPHIE BARROSSTAFF WRITER

INTERNATIONAL

SEE EBOLA, PAGE 2

SEE INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 4

INSIDEBIG BREAKACTRESS SHARES INSPIRATION

BEHIND NEW ‘CARMEN’ ADAPTATION

PAGE 8

MAKING A SPLASHSWIMMING & DIVING WINS HOME

MEET AGAINST ILLINOIS STATE

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Dancing for a difference

MARATHON MOVES: Members of SwaggeRaas, UM’s Garba-Raas team, perform in the SAC ballroom during Sunday’s Dance Marathon event. Garba-Raas is a traditional dance of the Gujarat state in India.

University of Miami’s annual Dance Marathon (UMDM) aims to raise money and awareness for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals. Past UM Dance Marathons have raised over $28,000 for Miami Children’s Hospital, the local CMN hospital. This year, UMDM raised an additional $10,000.

The theme for this year’s Dance Marathon was “7 Continents - Dancing to Make a World of Diff erence.” Organizations such as SwaggeRaas performed while students took part in activities like mini golf and video games.

DANCE MARATHON

NICK GANGEMI // PHOTO EDITOR

Role-play teaches infection control proceduresTo begin the simulation, patients waited outside

of the hospital, coughing and pretending to vomit as they asked nurses for help and awaited their screen-ings.

“You could be as extravagant as you want, any-where from fake vomiting to coughing, to yelling and screaming,” said Joshua Gruber, a senior majoring in public health who was given the role of a patient. “It got pretty interesting. There was a tangible sense of disaster.”

The nurses then proceeded to screen the patients by asking about their symptoms and directing them inside the emergency room. Those with Ebola symp-toms were screened first and then isolated. The nurs-es carefully examined the patients and tried to main-tain order while agitated patients waited to enter the emergency room.

Lubner played the role of someone believing they were infected with Ebola to cause chaos. A memo-rable part of the training for her was witnessing the nurses dressed in protective suits and masks assisting her.

“The nurses were wearing the Ebola suits, which are pretty striking,” she said. “That was interesting to see, the precautions that they took.”

Students volunteering as Ebola patients were so-licited from the UM Theatre Arts department, the health studies department and student associations.

Neither the patients nor the nurses knew the roles they would be playing prior to the event.

“It was very diff icult to manage people in a cha-otic situation, but it was fun,” said Kimberly Collins, a senior who participated in the exercise. “I definite-ly learned a lot.”

Nena Peragallo, dean of the nursing school, stressed the importance of such training.

“We want to make sure our students will be ready for anything they encounter,” Peragallo said.

Through the simulation, nursing students learned infection control procedures not only for Ebola, but also for any disease outbreak.

Summer DeBastiani, a nursing school lecturer who organized the event, said the skills taught are usable in any emergency situation.

“We are teaching very transferable skills like in-fection control protocol, taking good histories and screening,” DeBastiani said. “These are skills that students can use and learn and take with them in the future to make better leaders out in the community.”

The Coral Gables Fire Department also par-ticipated in the simulation, bringing in a suspected Ebola patient at the end of the exercise. Firefighters practiced disease control procedures while wearing protective masks, coveralls and gloves. Outside, they practiced safely removing the gear and spraying a de-contaminating solution on each other.

EBOLA FROM COVER

EBOLA EXERCISE: One of the Ebola-stricken patients is taken to the Contamination Emergency Room. UM students and community members served as patients and responders for a disaster simulation Saturday.

HALLEE MELTZER // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

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GRANT FOR SUCCESS ABROAD

The University of Miami School of Busi-ness Administration’s Center for Inter-national Business Education and Re-search (CIBER), a center enhancing the international programs, was granted $1 million in support of its efforts by the U.S. Department of Education to fund more innovative services to strengthen U.S. competitiveness. UM was one of 17 universities nationwide and the only university in Florida to receive the grant this year. The university will match the funding, totaling more than $2 million for programming.

SPIRITUAL TREASURES SHOWCASE

As part of the Multicultural Student Af-fairs and Unity Roundtable’s Diversity Week, items left by students that have cultural and religious significance will be displayed at an opening show-case from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Lowe Art Museum. There will also be a roundtable discussion in addition to the students’ treasures presentations. The showcase will run through Dec. 7.

DIVERSITY WEEK KICKOFF

The fourth annual University of Miami Diversity Week will kick off with cul-tural representation of UM’s commu-nity through food, dance and music from around the world. The celebra-tion will begin at noon Monday at the Student Activities Center (SAC) patio and stage. The event will feature per-formances from several student orga-nizations.

Emily Dabau may be emailed [email protected].

HARRY’S HOOPS: Freshman Richard Anderson and Junior Bernie Berges play quidditch during Friday night’s Harry Potter themed Canes Aft er Dark event held at the SAC.

JENNY ULBER // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

NEWS BRIEFS

CAMPUS LIFE PROFILE

Journalist talks covering Middle East Emmy winner promotes female empowerment

Author and journalist Ilene Prusher visited the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Judaic Studies on Wednesday to speak about the issue of journalists being targeted by ter-rorist organizations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda.

Prusher once edited the work of Steven Sotloff, who was executed by ISIS in September, and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Christian Science Monitor. Her book, “Baghdad Fixer,” is be-ing released in the United States this month.

The University of Miami’s stu-dent media had a chance to sit down and speak with Prusher before the event.STUDENT MEDIA: So, a journalist as a target. What do you mean by that? How has the role of journalists changed recently?ILENE PRUSHER: Well, I think certainly being a foreign corre-spondent, if you’re going to go to conflict zones, has always involved some degree of risk. That’s not new. Certainly through different conflicts over the last century there have been times when journalists have been injured or killed, but it’s more often been killed in the cross-

fire, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I would say that in the last 10 plus years since the war in Iraq, and also a bit starting from the start of U.S. involvement in Af-ghanistan, that western journalists have increasingly become a target. And you know ISIS, in just these last few months, has taken this to an entirely new level by essentially executing innocent western jour-nalists on video.

I think there’s an old saying, and its kind of cliche, “don’t shoot the messenger,” but that is essen-tially what we as journalists try to convey to people when working in conflict zones, we’re saying use us… I am your conduit in getting your message out to the world and

I’m here to report the story as fairly as you can, but that message is be-ing lost on people who have such an extreme ideology that there’s re-ally no convincing them that, you know, I came here to report what’s happening in this country.

Steven Sotloff and James Fol-ey were both freelancers who were working in Syria who really went with the intention of conveying a picture of what’s happening in one of the most devastating conflicts of our time…Instead of shedding light they’ve had their blood shed.

Sarah Moshman, an alum-na of the University of Miami, is an Emmy Award-winning docu-mentary filmmaker on a mission to spread the word about female empowerment.

Her most recent film, “The Empowerment Project,” features the stories of 17 career women who not only have made it to the top in their industry but are also inspiring role models. For the documentary, Moshman and her all-women crew traveled across the country, from Los An-geles to New York, on a budget of $28,590 raised through Kick-starter.com.

The team is now touring with the film and will be making a stop at UM on Monday.

School of Communication professor Sanjeev Chatterjee fa-cilitated Moshman’s visit to the university.

“It is great to see that Sarah has been able to carry over her positive personality and high purpose from her undergradu-ate days into her professional ca-reer,” Chatterjee said. “She has

made bold choices that I hope will inspire other at the School of Commu-nication and elsewhere.”

M o s h -man is a 2008 gradu-

ate with a bachelor’s degree in film and psychology. Shortly af-ter graduation, Moshman landed an interview for a story assistant position for the reality TV show “Dancing with the Stars.” With-in four days of the interview, she had packed her bags, moved to L.A. and began her first job.

“College is this place of fun where you can learn and grow,” Moshman said. “To be thrown into this professional environ-ment and to be seen by 20 million people is very overwhelming.”

Moshman made her way up to a field producer position, working closely with the celeb-rity couples each week.

“As filmmakers, we appre-ciate being the eye of the cam-era,” Moshman said.

Foreign reporters face new dangersBY WILLIAM RIGGINSTAFF WRITER

Alumna’s film to screen at SoC BY STEPHANIE FREIRECONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

RISKY BUSINESS: Journalist Ilene Prusher speaks with journalism professors Tsitsi Wakhisi and Joseph Treaster Wednesday night.

PHOTO COURTESY UM MEDIA RELATIONS

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International students face challenges, reap benefits“But after a year of being here and establishing who my friend

group is and who I am as a person and what I want to do with my life, I can honestly say that I couldn’t see myself transferring at all,” Al-buaijan said.

THE BREAKDOWNAt the undergraduate level, there are at least 20 international

students in every school and college at UM, according to 2014 data issued by the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS). The School of Business Administration, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College of Engineering account for the highest numbers, with totals of 743, 664 and 370 international students, respectively.

In the case of the College of Engineering, there is a large per-centage of international faculty as well as students.

“It should be noted that international perspectives are also pervasive in our learning environment since 54 out of our 72 fac-ulty, or 75 percent, are foreign-born,” said James M. Tien, dean of the College of Engineering.

Quang Nguyen, a second-year business student from Viet-nam, said that many international students are drawn to the School of Business Administration because of the job security pro-vided after graduation.

“Business companies and financial firms are the ones that are more likely to sponsor you for visas, so that is one of the reasons why a lot of people from Asia and other places opt for business majors, as they need that job security,” he said. “Also, a business

major is something that is more applicable to their country market if they wish to return so it is something more practical.”

Before selecting which school they want to enroll in, interna-tional students must go through the application process.

International students have a similar application process as American prospective students. However, they are exempt from taking the SAT or ACT exams and need to meet English profi-ciency requirements, mainly by taking the TOEFL exam, a stan-dardized test that measures proficiency in English.

“A lot of international students worry about their credits not transferring, us not being able to understand them, or them not be-ing able to understand classes,” said Martina Sandoval, a sopho-more majoring in Latin American studies who works in the Office of International Admission.

Sandoval is originally from Guatemala. She attended high school at Miami Palmetto High School in Pinecrest, Florida after her family moved to the U.S. in 2008.

“As an international student, I can also relate to these con-cerns,” she said. “Even though I graduated from an American high school, I was in their ESL program, so I thought I didn’t speak and understand English as well as I do.”

Aside from English proficiency, students must obtain a stu-dent visa to study in the United States, according to the U.S. De-partment of State’s website. They can only obtain a visa once they have been accepted into a Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) school.

Despite all the necessary paperwork, Al-buaijan maintains a positive outlook as an international student.

“Just being an international student in this country is a chal-lenge sometimes,” she said. “Dealing with ISSS and I-20 forms can be a hassle, but personally, it wasn’t as hard assimilating as would be for other people just because I came here with an open mind and already expecting this wave of cultures coming at me.”

The I-20 form is one of the required documents needed to obtain a visa. The form proves a student has been admitted to a full-time program of study and has the financial resources to attend.

ADAPTATION, ASSIMILATIONThe fear of not fitting in is one of the many challenges inter-

national students face when assimilating to the U.S., according to Sandoval. However, because of the diverse culture at UM, some international students find it is easier to adapt.

“I grew up in the Middle East, and although I personally had a more Western upbringing so-to-speak, the culture change was still a bit difficult to adjust to,” Al-buaijan said. “But because there are so many people from all over here at the university, it made it so much easier to kind of find my own self and make friends and figure out what I liked and didn’t like.”

In the Princeton Review’s “The Best 379 Colleges: 2015 edi-tion,” UM ranked No. 6 in Race/Class Interaction. Additionally, according to the Open Doors report, UM is No. 3 in number of international students in the state, falling behind the University of Florida and Florida International University. The report also ranks Florida as the seventh state in the country with the most interna-tional students.

Like Al-buaijan, many international students decide to attend UM because of scholarship opportunities, but they decide to stay because of support they receive outside of the classroom.

“UM is a very desirable location to go to, so a lot of interna-tional students want to try it out,” said Marcus Lim, vice-president of External Affairs for the Council of International Students and Organizations (COISO). “But we are also very accepting of many cultures. UM fosters the idea of a home away from home through many events that help students assimilate into campus life, such as Homecoming.”

ISSS also provides on-campus support services and programs that tend to the needs of 3,500 international students, faculty and researchers from 120 countries representing every region of the world, according to Claudia Zitzmann, associate director of ISSS.

“Schools with a strong global presence usually offer a variety of cultural groups and events, thereby allowing international stu-dents an opportunity to share their culture with their U.S. peers, the university, and the community-at-large,” Zitzmann said.

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI UNITED STATES

International students by majorAt the University of Miami, business is the most popular program of study for international students. Across the United States, most declare STEM majors.

Business companies and fi nancial fi rms are the ones that are more likely to sponsor you for visas, so that is one of the reasons why a lot of people from Asia and other places opt for business majors, as they need that job security.

Quang Nguyen,Second-year business student

Source: 2013 Open Doors report and UM ISSS

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Business27%

Arts & Sciences24%

Engineering13.5%

Communication8.3%

Study Abroad 6%

Other*21.2%

STEM 42%

Business &Management

22%

Undeclared& Other

17%Social

Sciences9%

Fine &Applied Arts

6%

Intensive EnglishLanuage

5%

*Medicine, Architecture, RSMAS, Music, Law,Education & Human Development, Nursing,

Graduate School, Continuing Studies

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Th o m a s D u nc a n , a 42-year-

old Liberian, became the first patient in the United States to die from Ebola. He passed away last month in Dallas after c o n t r a c t i n g the disease

in his native Liberia before travel-ing to the U.S. A new life-or-death threat like Ebola gives us a chance to reflect on what we’re doing as a country to handle new types of challenges.

Since the arrival of Ebola, we’ve collectively freaked out.

Schools turned away students with parents guilty of travelling to West Africa. Calls for isolation in travel bans run ironically viral across the media landscape. Healthy aid work-ers were quarantined in rampant cases of political theater before elec-tions.

None of this is necessary or constructive, given the tough na-ture of Ebola’s transmission and its well-managed control by officials in the White House and Department of Health and Human Services.

There is a real, sad truth to Eb-ola, one that warrants deeper con-sideration for other problems. Ebola is a terrible disease that most strikes those who care the most.

Duncan contracted the disease by carrying a pregnant neighbor to the hospital when she was too ill to

travel herself. A good Samaritan, he paid with his life. Two nurses car-ing for him in Dallas were infected while in poor safety conditions working at an already undervalued and vital job in our health system.

The only current case in the U.S., Dr. Craig Spencer, was on the front lines with Doctors Without Borders in Guinea when he was exposed. Doctors Without Bor-ders, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization, has already lost 13 staff members to the disease.

This is the reality of the decen-tralized world in which we find our-selves. Rising social connections mean that our choices of consump-tion, travel, career and lifestyle af-fect others in multiplying fashion.

STAFF EDITORIAL

Enhance classes with extra effortClass registration is well

underway, and before winter comes, we’re already looking ahead toward the spring 2015 semester. What would we do dif-ferently to enhance our academic experiences?

For some, the answer might be a change of major or the adop-tion of a new minor. But if you just want to get more out of your classes, it can be difficult to de-termine how.

With the honors program to be phased out in the next four years, this is an ideal opportu-nity for students and faculty to collaborate on developing an-other comprehensive academic program.

Honors courses still exist, but are so concentrated in par-ticular subject areas — 35 out of the 111 honors class sections in the spring are in biology — that they are not viable options for all students looking for a challenge.

Students with majors not well-represented under the remnants of the general honors label may discover, however, that their de-partments have their own honors programs.

The English and History de-partments in the College of Arts and Sciences, for instance, offer a track where students complete a senior thesis under the super-vision of a faculty member. The School of Communication also has its own honors program.

But the word “honors” should not be the sole determi-nant of whether a course is en-riching.

In smaller classes, students often feel freer to participate in discussion, and it may be worth seeking out such a class even out-side your own major for the valu-able interactions it can facilitate.

After all, there is more to school than the facts you cram into your head.

According to a 2014 Gallup survey of 29,560 college gradu-ates, having a professor who cared for them and encouraged them to chase their dreams more than doubled chances of eventu-al satisfaction in the workplace. Maybe the professor who will make you excited about learning teaches in the art department, or math, or anthropology, or any other uncharted territory, as the case may be.

Ultimately, classes are what you make of them. Rather than stressing about whether the courses you’re taking are the “right” ones, put in the effort to making sure that they are. What-ever classes you decide to take, they can only pay you back what you put in.

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“Choral conducting because I want to be a choir director. There’s also some musicol-ogy and music theory classes that I want to take.”

“I’ve always wanted to take glass blowing, but I heard that there’s prereq-uisites for it, so I may not have time to take it. But it’s defi nitely one class that I’m dying to take.”

“They introduced this new fi eld course called Ma-rine Ornithology, I believe. It’s the study of marine birds. They get to go on a bunch of diff erent trips to Marco Island and Dry Tortugas.”

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Choose social good

This summer, the issue of immigra-tion exploded

across televisions around the nation. More than 50,000 children had been displaced from their fami-lies, attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in pursuit of a better life. Congressional Democrats and Republicans pleaded

for comprehensive immigration reform.Months later, not only are we no closer

to a solution, but we’re told the issue has been shelved until after the midterm elections. I guess it wasn’t that important of an issue after all, if it could wait and wait, and then wait some more. But I won’t address the immigration debate; you’ve got Rachel Maddow or Bill O’Reilly to give you polarized coverage of that and to in-form you of the proper solution.

What I’m going to do is knock you over the head and tell you that you’re a fool, because you’re letting Republicans and Democrats alike bundle immigration reform with border con-trol. You’re letting your representatives pack-age two issues and make them seem like one.

The United States has two enormous land borders, one with Canada and the other with Mexico. The U.S.-Canada border is a testament to our longstanding relations with our north-ern brothers (never mind the War of 1812); it

is the longest border in the world that remains mostly open. That’s not to say there aren’t bor-der crossings and checkpoints, but contrast the U.S.-Canada border with that of, say, India and China, and you’ll see what I mean.

The U.S.-Mexico border is a different story entirely. With myriad fences, drones and sensors, it is what everyone refers to when argu-ing about our “porous border.” The U.S.-Mex-ico border is also the place where 50,000 immi-grants crossed into our country this year alone.

Whatever your opinion on immigra-tion (send them back, keep them, make them

citizens, give them green cards, imprison them, you name it), the border needs to be secured.

If 50,000 people this year can cross, what is stopping terrorists from sneaking through? A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so what good are our intense airport security measures if a sinister-minded group can sneak into the United States through Mexico after traversing through the unstable governments in Central America?

Terrorists aren’t rational actors. They’re not people you can or should reason with. By leaving the metaphorical back door open, we

are not doing everything we can to protect against a future 9/11.

But what is the solution? Do we simply build a thousand or so miles of wall and fence, turning the border into a Korean-esque DMZ (demilitarized zone)? No, because that will only create more problems. What we need to do is fund the Border Patrol to a level that al-lows them to actually do the job their mandate calls for.

Another solution would be deploying the National Guard to the border on a rotational basis. The federal military – Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines – are barred from acting in a police capacity due to the Posse Comitatus Act.

However, the National Guard is not re-stricted in such a manner. In fact, the National Guard exists to guard the nation and the states. Currently, the National Guard has just shy of 500,000 members; let’s put them to work while we develop technological means to secure the border and train more Border Patrol agents. Let’s prevent another completely avoidable tragedy and plug a very dangerous hole.

Whatever your stance on the immigration issue, let’s work together toward securing the border.

Will Schaub is a senior majoring in political science and English. He may be contacted at [email protected].

WILL SCHAUBPOLITICSCOLUMNIST

US-Mexico border must be seriously secured

PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

In an ideal setting, we would be free to practice altruism and socially posi-tive careers without fear of repercussion. But the more we work for others, the more we expose ourselves to the reality of their lives, for better and worse.

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. In debates between security and trade-offs to freedom and social good that secu-rity incurs, it is harder to hear calls for compassion and rational consideration of actual risks.

Indeed, as if by vote-hungry magic, U.S. po-litical winds metastasized Ebola into chest-pumping calls for disengagement from the world by elected

officials. Real tough guys, letting fear cloud sober judgment. Like in 2012 af-ter Benghazi. Or in 2008 when the price of gas rose and economy tanked. Or in 2002, authorizing execu-tive powers in homeland security that we are still un-raveling.

Our threats are de-centralized and our world complex. But this world existed before Ebola, or ter-rorists, or market shocks. It will exist after the next big crisis, too. And we should not abandon reason and kindness when such a time comes around.

Patrick Quinlan is a junior ma-joring in international studies and political science.

At this year’s On The Run Tour, fea-turing Jay-Z and his superstar wife Beyonce, “Don’t worry, be Yonce”

was a popular shirt of concert-goers. “Queen B” is worshipped by women and men alike for her killer dance moves, amazing vocal talent and her self-confi-dent attitude and aura. You’d be pretty hard-pressed to find someone who says they wouldn’t want to be Beyonce.

In fact, she knows you want to be her. In her song, “***Flawless,” off of her

latest album, “Beyonce,” she sings, “I know when you were little girls/ you dreamt of being in my world/ don’t forget it don’t forget it/ respect that, bow down b*tches.”

These lyrics reflect the alpha, diva quality we love and expect from Beyonce. When listening to songs like “***Flaw-less,” it’s easy to feel the same empowerment and confidence Beyonce preaches, but just like wearing denim on denim, just because Beyonce does it, doesn’t necessarily mean you can too.

There’s a difference between being a strong woman and being a total diva. Beyonce balances the brash bravado of “***Flawless” with a feminist speech by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in the middle of the song, which adds merit to her “I’m so crown” attitude. If you tried to emu-late Beyonce by telling others to “bow down,” you would be chided rather than celebrated.

Recently, Ariana Grande has been getting flak for her diva antics, such as being rude to fans, demanding to see each frame of her photo shoots and refusing to allow the right side of her face to be photographed. This behavior has elicited Grande a lot of negative press, and even furthered comparisons to the original diva, Mariah Carey. (Don’t think of comparing Grande to Carey in an interview, though; that is “off limits.”)

Grande comes off as a prima donna, while Beyonce comes off as self-assured and, yes, even flawless. While it’s OK to have high standards, make sure they’re backed up with some substance.

Beyonce has worked hard in the industry for many years to build up to her status as a deity of music. We permit Be-yonce’s diva behavior because her talent and admirable actions for all the years she’s been in the public eye speak for them-selves. Similar to us college students, Ariana Grande has a lot of talent and potential, but has a way to get to superstar status. She has not done enough with her life yet to act like the ego-maniac diva she is.

So while you may be doing great things now, or think that you deserve great things to happen to you, wait a little bit to act like a full-blown diva. Perhaps this generation’s guideline of being “less of a Marilyn and more of a Jackie” is “always be Yonce, never a Grande.”

Kelly Brody is a sophomore majoring in journalism.

KELLY BRODYENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST

Diva status is earned, not given

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Many restaurants force guests to make a choice between innovative, un-usual food and more comfortable, pre-dictable options.

Station 5 Table and Bar discards this tradition, making innovation accessible and charming. This restaurant is a nearby option for students looking for a more so-phisticated evening.

The decor immediately puts you at ease. Although spaces are slightly small, the dark restaurant manages to stay cozy.

A mixture of light and dark woods with pressed, tin ceilings, the style evokes an upscale version of an old family res-taurant. This family vibe is enhanced by charming knick-knacks and family photos adorning the shelves. The biggest triumph

of the decor, though, is the blown glass bulbs filled with tea lights that adorn the walls to provide a soft glow. It’s romantic, intimate and perfect for a date night.

The menu is American, but most dishes have a new Latin f lare. Station 5 excels in taking traditional dishes and making them sparkle with new light.

The ceviche dazzles with its prepa-ration in pineapple juice and aji ama-rillo. Guacamole is a house specialty and doesn’t disappoint, especially with smoked bacon and garlic; which was good enough to finish with forks and spoons.

Dates stuffed with chicken and queso blanco, and wrapped in bacon and smoth-ered in a smoky “jerk jam” were like an idealized version of the ‘50s hors-d’oeuvre classic rumaki. Rich, sweet, salty and plump, they seemed to exemplify the res-taurant’s quality and philosophy.

The highlight of the evening, how-ever, came in the form of the tacos made with slow-braised short ribs, crispy fried Brussels sprouts and whimsically topped with Cheetos. Dripping with juices, rich and savory, they were rightly advertised as the signature dish.

Portions are mostly tapas-sized, al-though there are a selection of larger en-trees big enough to split. Taco orders are large enough for an individual entree, at three to an order.

Desserts continued Station 5’s phi-losophy of simple but still inventive. The bread pudding with a heavenly rum raisin sauce made with golden raisins excelled, and the delicious artisan bread of Coral Gables’ own Zak the Baker, who has made appearances at the University of Miami’s weekly farmers market.

Service was also impeccable. Friend-ly when engaged, yet non-intrusive, it was highly professional.

Food, ordered all at once, was served in a deliberate sequence, dishes growing in intensity of f lavor and richness as the meal went on, as not to overpower a later dish.

Warm and friendly, cozy and roman-tic, stylish and elegant all at once, Station 5 is sure to become one of Coral Gables’ – and UM students’ – most beloved restau-rants. And with reasonable prices, it may cement itself as a local classic.

Ideal for dates, or just a “treat your-self” night with friends, Station 5 is a tri-umph.

Station 5 is located at 5845 Sunset Drive, South Miami, Fla. 33143.

BY BLAKE WEILSENIOR EDGE WRITER

Savor innovation at local food station

arts & entertainment

AMERICAN TWIST: At Station 5, a waitress serves the “duck n’ foie rillette,” a dish featuring foie gras, tiny pickles, rye toast and aged sherry. Station 5 specializes in classic American cuisine with a twist, such as braised short ribs with cheetos, fried chicken with arugula chimmichurri and apple pie a la mode served in a mason jar. Station 5 opens at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

MARWAN ALENEZI // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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It’s not every day that an actor gets the chance to originate a role written by a world-renowned playwright and director, let alone work with him to help shape the script’s final form. But over the past few weeks, sophomore Gabby Mancu-so has gotten to do just that, playing Micaela in a new adaptation of the opera “Carmen,” written by Moises Kaufman, author of “The Laramie Project,” and co-produced with the Univer-sity of Miami The-atre Department.

The Miami Hurricane had a chance to speak with Mancuso about the strug-gles of an ever-changing script, her new-found mentors and her busy schedule.

THE MIAMI HURRICANE: Tell me about your character.

GABBY MANCUSO: On paper, I am the ingenue of the show, so normally that means the sweet, light, kind of secondary to the strong leading woman. However, Moises and I talked about it and she’s a Cuban woman, so we want to keep the strength of a Cuban woman. She has strength, but she’s sweet.

TMH: What has it been like working with the professional actors and Moises?

GM: We’ve hit the educational jack-pot here because working with the profes-sionals is amazing. I was scared to work with them and Moises because I figured that they know so much more than us that they wouldn’t want to take the time to explain things, but they’ve been great. They’re so helpful. They give us hints, they talk about the business, and more than that, they’re just normal people. They’re friends, they care about us and they create an open environment, so it’s really great.

Every day is just so fun because we never know what’s going to happen, so ev-ery day we’re just playing around, which sounds so silly, but we’re playing and working at the same time. We’re always laughing, always joking, and that’s the best part. It’s a really warm environment.

TMH: What has the experience of working on a play that is still in develop-ment been like?

GM: It’s been challenging, I’m not going to lie, because we’ll get somewhere

in the process one day and then we’ll get a totally new scene the next day. So just try-ing to do the process of keeping it memo-rized, keeping fresh, and bringing in new choices is exhausting, but it’s also really rewarding because we can work through things and make something that we’re really proud of. I think the changes that

are set are the best versions of whatever has been played

with. But there actually still can be changes all

throughout the run.TMH: Take me

through your typi-cal day.

GM: I want to preface with say-ing that I am happy that I have the huge

workload that I do. Generally I have class

every day from 9 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. and within those

I have an hour and a half to two hours of breaks, but during that

time, I rehearse with the professional cast and Moises, so I don’t actually have any breaks during the days. I have my 45 min-utes for dinner, and then 7 to 11 p.m. for rehearsal. And then I’m going home and memorizing changes along with doing homework, and then waking up and do-ing the same thing.

TMH: Do you have a favorite mo-ment in the play?

GM: One of my favorite moments in the play is in the second act, where Mi-caela really gets to show her strength, and it ends up paying off for her, for at least a little bit. But I love the group numbers; they’re so charming and inviting and they just make you want to get up and dance.

TMH: Why should students come and see ‘Carmen’?

GM: You should come and see ‘Car-men,’ one because you’re seeing amazing professional performers and a Broadway director’s show for the low price of $15, or zero dollars if you come on Totally Tues-day, and two, because it’s just such a fun story and it’s deep and you get to see the talent of some of the most talented kids at UM.

CARMEN

BY MADELYN PAQUETTESTAFF WRITER

French opera unites famed playwright, sophomore

After committing a crime in 1979, 19-year-old Mark DeFriest was sentenced to four years in prison. He has now been be-hind bars for more than 30 years.

“The Life and Mind of Mark DeFri-est” screened at the Cosford Cinema on Saturday and was followed by a question and answer session with filmmaker Gabriel London.

In 1979, DeFriest’s father had prom-ised to give his son his tools as a way to re-member him. After his father passed away that year, DeFriest took the tools from the garage, but his stepmother called the police claiming that he had stolen the tools from her. When the sheriff approached DeFri-est’s porch, he fled, beginning a streak that would later make him infamous among jail-ers, wardens, doctors and newspapers.

Despite being found incompetent to be sentenced by five of six court-appoint-ed psychiatrists because of symptoms of schizophrenia and Asperger syndrome, De-Friest was given a four-year sentence and has been in numerous prisons since 1980.

He has made 13 escape attempts, which have continued to add years to his sentence, adding up to a release date of 2085. DeFriest is one of around 3,200 non-violent offenders serving a life sentence, ac-cording to aclu.org.

“If I was a rapist or a murderer, they’d let me out,” DeFriest says in the film. “But I’m the idiot who made them look like idi-ots.”

London has followed this story for eight years after first hearing about DeFriest while working on a documentary to accom-pany the Human Rights Watch report “No Escape: Prison Rape in America.”

“Mark was being punished because he was the biggest pain the ass,” London said.

London discussed issues in the legal and penal system regarding mental health.

“This is a giant ballooning of society’s problems and prison is the catch-all,” he said.

According to London, DeFriest’s story has two purposes. One is to make the pub-lic aware of this man who has been sen-tenced to 27 years of solitary confinement in Florida’s toughest prisons (his room was two floors above the death chamber where prisoners like Ted Bundy were executed) for a nonviolent crime and subsequent es-cape attempts. The other purpose is to raise awareness about the injustices committed in the penal system.

“It’s not a campaign to embarrass any-one,” London said when asked how the sys-

tem could allow this treatment. “The audi-ence can act upon this.”

After being asked if the parole com-mittee had seen the film, he immediately answered that he brought it to them. Tena Pate, one of the chair commissioners in charge of granting DeFriest the possibility of parole, called it “fair and well-done.”

In February, London had seen De-Friest, now in his 50s; he had been in the hospital due to a spider bite and was “really skinny.”

According to London, DeFriest “is not the perfect victim,” which makes the story more realistic, but also more difficult to tell because it is hard to determine how culpable DeFriest is for his actions.

DeFriest’s next parole hearing is set for Nov. 19 where his case will go before the Florida Commission on Offender Review.

To learn more about DeFriest and the ongoing case, visit DeFriest.com.

BY ESTHER PONCE DE LEON CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

Documentary details

injustice in penal system

‘CARMEN’

WHERE: Jerry Herman Ring Theatre

WHEN: Nov. 12 to 23

COST: $15 for students or free on “Totally Tuesday” Nov. 18.

COURTESY RONILAGIN.COM

‘THE LIFE AND MIND OF MARK DEFRIEST’

DIRECTED BY: Gabriel London

The movie will screen at 2:45 p.m. Nov. 15 and 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Tropic Cinema during the Key West Film Festival.

Tropic Cinema is located at 416 Eaton Street, Key West, Fla. 33040.

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SPORTS No. 1Canes

placed fi rst in 11 out of

16 events in swim meet

players with double-digit

kills in Canes volleyball win over Virginia3

Sophomore Cameron Davis is the

top distance swimmer at UM.

The Hurricanes are 1-1 in dual

meets.

The Canes’ next event is Nov. 20-21

in the Georgia Tech Invitational in

Atlanta.

The Canes beat Illinois State 164-135

at home.

SWIMMING & DIVING

The Miami Hurricanes swimming and diving team en-joyed the first victory of the season Saturday afternoon.

The Canes bested Illinois State at home 164 to 135. The win was a breath of fresh air after a tough loss in their last dual meet away versus Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU).

Not only was the meet the first time the team has won first place, it was also their first home meet.

“It’s special to come through for the fans and students with them here cheering us on,” Head Swimming Coach Andy Kershaw said.

The win was a true team effort, with seven different swimmers and divers earning at least one first-place fin-ish. Also, the relay team made up of senior Heather Arseth, sophomore Angela Algee, senior Amy Wiley and junior My Fridell took first place in both the 200-yard Medley relay and the 400-yard Freestlyle relay.

“Balance is really important for us because we have a very small team,” Kershaw said. “It’s big. We need every

single person. We’ve got leaders all throughout the pool that are driving their teammates forward.”

Sophomore Cameron Davis, who had two first-place finishes against FGCU, led the team by finishing first in two events. She was first to touch the wall in the 1,000-yard free-style an impressive 24.09 seconds before the second-place finisher. She also took first in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing 8.29 seconds before second place finisher Kristin Verkler of Illinois State.

Veteran swimmers Arseth and Fridell continued to show leadership Saturday with impressive first place finishes. Arseth won the 100-yard backstroke and Fridell, the 100-yard butter-fly.

Younger swimmers Julie Suarez and Julia Schippert also contributed to the win with first and second place finishes in the 200-yard backstroke.

After the win, Kershaw and team members looked to the future.

“As I told our team afterward, we just won our first meet of the year, and that kicks it off, but now we need to keep the momentum going, keep earning it and keep rolling forward,” Kershaw said.

The team hopes they can “keep rolling forward” in their next meet, the Georgia Tech invitational on Nov. 20 to 21 in Atlanta.

Seven swimmers, divers earn at least one first-place finishBY RACHEL COX-ROSENCONTRIBUTING SPORTS WRITER

NICK GANGEMI // PHOTO EDITOR

Canes earn first victory of season during home meet

HEAD FIRST: Junior Madison Qualy prepares to take the water during Saturday’s swimming and diving home meet against Illinois State. The Canes won the home opener 164-135.

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The Miami Hurricanes women’s volleyball team wasn’t used to matches going past the minimum of three sets.

When the team got off to a slow start, some spectators thought the match might go three to zero in favor of the visiting Virginia Cavaliers.

However, the Hurricanes clawed its way back to con-test the first set and then swept the next three to upend the Cavaliers in four sets: 23-25, 25-17, 25-21 and 25-19.

It had been more than three weeks since the last time Miami had played more than three sets in a match.

If the team had not started off slowly, going down 8-3 and 16-9 in the first set, the Hurricanes likely would have won in three again.

“It wasn’t how we wanted to start out the match,” said redshirt sophomore Kelsie Groot said. “But we al-most came back in the first set and it’s good knowing that going down early doesn’t mean we’re out of the match. We didn’t play our best today, but it was a good win for us.”

Groot was the best player for the Hurricanes, finish-ing third on the team in kills and overall points while only making one attacking error to lead the team with a hit per-centage of .500. She had 10 kills and 10 digs.

All-ACC senior Savanah Leaf, fresh off all-district ac-colades, had another great game for the Canes, leading the team with 17 kills. She also had seven digs and committed five attacking errors.

Junior Taylor Scott had 12 kills and 14 digs, tied for the team lead with freshman Sylvia Hernandez.

Senior Tori Janowski was the best player on the op-posing side, leading the Cavaliers with 16 kills. She did, however, commit nine attacking errors.

Sophomores Haley Kole and Jasmine Burton com-bined for 29 kills and just five errors, but the Hurricanes were too strong in this Sunday matchup.

The Hurricanes had five more serving aces than their opponents and nine more blocks, the latter of which espe-cially stuck out as the Cavaliers were held block-less in the final set.

The Cavaliers travel back to Charlottesville to take on in-state rival Virginia Tech on Friday.

The Hurricanes travel up to Pittsburgh for a 7 p.m. match Friday.

VOLLEYBALL

Team beats Cavaliers despite slow start

Canes notch 10th conference win in key home victoryBY ALEXANDER GREENSENIOR SPORTS WRITER

As the women’s tennis team’s fall schedule comes to a close, junior Stephanie Wagner continues her dominant efforts in every match she plays.

On Saturday, Wagner fell in an arduous 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to No. 43-ranked Maegan Manasse of the Uni-versity of California at Berkeley in the semifinals.

Despite the earlier-than-usual exit from the bracket, No. 18-ranked Wagner and the rest of the Hurricanes women’s tennis team closed out a stellar fall season at the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Before the semifinal loss, Wagner bested both the second seed of the tournament and, more notably, the No. 7-ranked Chanelle Van Nguyen of UCLA, 6-2, 6-4. In doubles play, Wagner and senior partner Lina Lileikite pulled out a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over the Uni-versity of Michigan after a first-round bye.

Wagner has been the most standout player on the roster this season, but Lileikite and freshman Sinead Lohan are also weapons to look for in the coming se-mester.

The doubles team of Wagner and Lileikite, com-bined with veterans Monique Albuquerque and Clem-entina Riobueno, will make for powerful opponents in doubles play. Lohan has proven strong in both singles and doubles play, making her a versatile asset for all styles of play.

This tournament brings the fall season to a close. The Hurricanes will spend the rest of the semester pre-paring for one-on-one matches as opposed to tourna-ments. Their first match will be in January.

TENNIS

Fall schedule comes to successful closeTeam prepares for one-on-one matches BY ALEXA PAPPASSENIOR SPORTS WRITER

SPIKING SEASON: Senior Savanah Leaf spikes the ball during Sunday’s game against Virginia. Leaf led the team with 17 kills, helping the Canes defeat the Cavaliers 3-1.

GIANCARLO FALCONI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Look out for FSU pre-coverage

online all week.

Join the conversation on Twitter with

#FSUpset@MiamiHurricane

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date ...

V,I recently went on the best date of my life.

We met up for a drink and ended up leaving five hours later. He kissed me goodnight and told me he wanted to see me again. We have the exact same interests (seriously, who else likes antiquing?), and it just seems like it could be a really fun, easy time.

But of course, there’s a hitch – he’s 12 years older than me and has two kids who live in a dif-ferent country. I have very traditional parents who would have simultaneous heart attacks if they ever got wind of this.

I don’t think this will be a long-term relation-ship, but I still feel like this is crazy. What am I do-ing with my life?

Sincerely,Anna Nicole Smith

Dear Potential Stepmommy,

Hold your horses there, fella. You are acting way too “media” about this.

Here is modern media in a nut graph:Something bad happens to a person.

Media then immediately tweets about it to make sure everyone read it with your site first, regardless of how accurate your report is. Then, media travels via Floo Powder to get to that person’s house. Media stalk them un-til media gets an interview to feed the public panic with.

In other words, you are going crazy way too soon. This isn’t Easy-Mac. This is a slow-boiling gourmet pasta. And you want his sauce.

Let’s evaluate the foundation of you and Mr. Roger’s relationship:

You met in a bar. Then you had a thor-ough, fulfilling conversation. And finally, he kissed you goodnight.

Gee whiz, that sure sounds like a banner introduction to your next mate date.

So stop acting so media about this. You don’t have to be the first to tweet about the

potential distant problems. Let them play out so you can locate a more established, compre-hensive conclusion.

This is the equivalent of what you’re say-ing to me: “Doctor, my period hasn’t come in two months, so I think my body forgot I’m a girl. What should I tell it?”

Let the situation play out, and you’ll get a bump with the answer.

So now what should you do? I’ll tell you what you’re going to do: Have some fun, damn it. You just said you can’t have a long-term relationship, but that it could be a fun, easy time. Therefore, going off what you said, make it that way.

Spend a lot of time with him. Have a fancy dinner. Go camping in the Everglades. Do what bunnies do. You know the drill.

Assess the actual boring adult stuff later. Life is short and so are its segments – so enjoy them each fully.

Or, you know, go tweet about it imme-diately and see if you can be the first to act too soon.

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