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Jill Scott: A diva and proud of it EDGE PAGE 9

Latin Fest entertains and unites with music, food and dance NEWS PAGE 3

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CALENDAR Students registering to vote encounter dilemmas OCT TODAY “[Our] mission is twofold—empowerment and education,” Pamela An information reception on fund- Scheiss, director of Get Out the Vote, said. 12 ing for graduate school in a field According to a recent CNN article, many college students have encoun- leading to a public service will be tered a barrier to voting when they try to use their campus address as their held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the permanent address when registering to vote. The problem is that dorms are Toppel Career Center Library. Louis H. Blair, executive secretary of the agen- considered temporary addresses and college students are required to cast an cy that provides Truman Scholarships, absentee ballot from their permanent place of residence. will be speaking. Light refreshments Michael O’Loughlin, a political science professor at Salisbury University will be served. For additional infor- in Maryland, along with researchers at the Institute for Public Affairs and mation on the Truman Scholarship Civic Engagement at Salisbury University, indicates that states that force visit the Honors Program website at out-of-town students to vote absentee are likely to have a lower percentage www.miami.edu/honorsprogram. of student voting. According to Scheiss, Florida allows students who are from out of state to OCT WEDNESDAY register as Florida residents. Today is the last chance to vote for However, other states are not as accommodating. Some students from 13 the Student Government elections in the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., said that the system the UC Breezeway. is unfair and have filed a federal lawsuit demanding the right to vote in their college town, where they feel they will have the most impact. Richter Library’s used book sale LEIGHA TABER/Of the Staff takes place today in the Provin room, VOTE: Get Out the Vote has registered about 2000 students in the past year. “Students are being disenfranchised,” Young Han told CNN. Han is a just off the Breezeway, from 9 a.m. to junior at Hamilton College in New York, but originally from Seattle, Wash. 3 p.m. Most books range from $0.50 By Shelly Garg “It makes no sense for me to vote in a city election where my parents live,” News Reporter to $5. The sale ends on Oct.14 at 1 Lowe said to CNN. “I live in Williamsburg nine months out of the year.” p.m. Scheiss concurred that students feel they have a greater impact voting in With one of the most crucial elections in history just weeks away, the their college towns, especially in Florida. campaign to get young people to the polls is in full swing. From MTV’s “Rock OCT FRIDAY “The greatest motivation for voting in Florida is that you are spending The Marine Graduate Student the Vote” to P.Diddy’s “Vote or Die,” a national movement to increase student about four years of your life in this state; the decisions made by the govern- 15 Organization of the Rosenstiel School voting is rapidly expanding. ment are directly affecting your life,” Scheiss said. “Considering the presiden- of Marine and Atmospheric Science The issue now, however, is where college students can register to vote. tial election, Florida is a huge swing state, and as a young voter, I couldn’t campus of UM is hosting its annual Whereas the traditional absentee ballot is used for college students not imagine any other place where you’d like your vote to be cast, especially Student Auction at 6:30 p.m. at 4600 attending school in their hometown, some students believe they should be considering the 2000 election debacle.” Rickenbacker Causeway (next to the able to vote where they live most of the year, and on local issues that directly In association with Council for Democracy, College Republicans and Seaquarium). Admission is $5. For affect them, such as housing regulations. College Democrats, Get Out the Vote will be holding a series of events prior to more information please call 305- Since Oct. 4, the last day to register to vote in Florida, students have been 361-4145. the Nov. 2 presidential election to make sure that students are well informed able to cast absentee ballots. of the candidates and to encourage student involvement in the election. Get Out the Vote has been working on campus to register students to vote Fall Career Day: Careers in Marketing is today from 12:15 p.m. for about a year now and has registered approximately 2,000 students to vote >> For more information on Get Out the Vote, email [email protected]. to 2:45 p.m. in the School of Business in Coral Gables. The organization does not directly sponsor absentee ballots Storer Auditorium. All students are because of the great variation of procedures from state to state. Shelly Garg can be contacted at [email protected]. invited, regardless of their current major. For more information, contact Dr. Lewis of the School of Business at 305-284-4052. SG SENATE ELECTIONS Elections began yesterday, and will run through tomorrow at the UC Breezeway. Here are the candidates: SATURDAY OCT Scott Wacholtz Apartment Area Senator Emily Ershowsky Freshman Senator Alejandra Arango Junior Senator Patty Perdomo Commuter Central Senator Rosie Miller Freshman Senator Michael Ershowsky Junior Senator The UM School of Law is hold- 16 Peter Groverman Commuter South Senator Freshman Senator Paula Georg Junior Senator ing an open house from 9 a.m. to Raneir Pollard Eaton Senator 1 p.m. at the law school. To register, Danielle Glickson Nathaniel Skinner Freshman Senator Christopher Maranges Junior Senator or for more information, visit www. Rishi Kapoor Fraternity Row Senator Joshua Waddell Freshman Senator Billy Bludgus Senior Senator law.miami.edu/admissions/rsvp or call John Constantinide Hecht Senator Michele James Sophomore Senator Peter Maki Senior Senator 305-284-6746. Michael Tenen Pearson Senator Gustavo Rearte Sophomore Senator Alberto Orizondo Senior Senator Laura Turano Stanford Senator

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NEWS BRIEFS UMNEWS Flu vaccine shortage to affect UM Several news sources are reporting that there is likely to be a national shortage of flu vaccine this year. According to John G. Clarkson, M.D., senior vice president for Medical Affairs, although the number of vaccine doses UM will receive is still unknown, the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health will be followed to make sure that people at highest risk receive the vaccine. That group includes people with chronic medical conditions, healthcare workers in direct patient care, adults 65 and older, children six to 23 months, children six months to 18 years on chronic aspirin therapy, pregnant women, and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities. As it becomes clear how much flu vaccine the state, county and University will receive, it will be deter- mined if the vaccine will be widely available to students, faculty, and staff. As soon as that information becomes available, the University community will be notified. ERIN HURLEY/Hurricane Staff COME ON, SHAKE YOUR BODY BABY, DO THE CONGA: Students get into the spirit with a conga line at Friday’s celebration on the patio. Politics of the Environment lecture series kicks off LATINO FEST CELEBRATES CULTURE UM’s Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy [CESP] opened the Politics of the Environment lecture series last Thursday with Carol Browner, former Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] THROUGH MUSIC AND DANCE administrator during the Clinton administration, current principal of The Albright Group LLC, and environmental advisor to the Kerry campaign. The goal of this lecture series is to bring to campus a By Candice Canstaneda distinguished group of current and former federal environmental News Reporter policymakers to discuss the issues on environmental policy, from Last Friday, the UC Patio was alive with drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to protecting the health of our coral reef ecosystems. Speakers address the voters Latino music and dance, as Hispanic Heritage directly on each candidate’s environmental policies, their current Month [HHM] continued with Latino Fest, a record for protecting the environment and future issues affecting celebration of Latino culture. the environment. For more information on upcoming lectures, visit The event was coordinated by the brothers the CESP website, www.cesp.miami.edu, or call 305-284-8259. of Latino Greek Organizations Lambda Theta These lectures are free and open to the public, unless otherwise Phi and Lambda Sigma Upsilon in an effort to noted. bring the Latino Greek community together with other Latino organizations on campus. ELSEWHERE David Ten Brink, senior, said that while the Greeks had their own step and dance competi- Rock star gets ready for class on tions, “there was no single Latino event for us to show what we all do and so this is it.” first day as U. Nebraska student The event was hosted by DJ IOP of the (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. - Clad only in Husker-red athletic Mun2 network show The Roof, in addition to ERIN HURLEY/Hurricane Staff shorts and a foam corncob hat, rocker Tommy Lee sauntered out REPRESENT: The brothers of Lambda Theta Phi add flavor with their saluting at Latin Fest. DJ Rico, various Latino Greek organizations, of the University Bookstore dressing room and gazed at his reflec- the Federacion de Estudiantes Cubanos [FEC] merengue. tion in a mirror. Nicaraguan Student Association, SABOR, the “Spanish music brings us “Spanish music brings us - the different “Yeah dude, I’m official,” he said while admiring his lanky Wellness Center Salsa Club and Salsa Craze. —the different nations— nations - together because it’s a common frame, a patchwork of tattoos and Husker pride. bond,” Paredes said. Two film crews and a 20-person production team scrambled “We wanted to get more involved in together because Hispanic Heritage Month, and now it’s a big The event did not only interest Latino through hoards of onlookers and flashing cameras Thursday, following the former Mötley Crüe drummer while he began taping the thing for us,” said Ana Maria Trujillo, a junior it's a common bond” students. Participants and audience members were made up of people of all races and ages. NBC reality show documenting his return to college. in the Latina Greek sorority Lambda Theta “I’ve only been here a couple hours and already really love it,” Alpha. — JOHANNA PAREDES, Senior Shani Simpson, who serves on the HHM Public Relations Committee, explained Lee said. “I am taking some cool classes and I’m excited to party, FEC kicked off the evening with a Conga Junior do the whole college experience.” the importance of educating people and mak- dance to music by Gloria Estefan. Other per- More than one event of the reality show’s first day of film- formances included a dramatic folk dance traditions and passions. ing them more aware of the dimensions of ing lacked actual reality. Crews re-shot scenes of Lee holding from Puerto Rico with dancers twirling in “We bring flavor and it reminds you of Latino culture. his mountain of books because they wanted a variety of camera traditional white costumes, as well as dances your parents and where people came from,” “As a non-Hispanic, I get to broaden my angles, and producers instructed students recruited from the by the Wellness Center Salsa Class and Salsa Humberto Ortega, sophomore, said. horizons, and it’s a good way for other people crowd exactly how to act with Lee during filming. Craze. The Latino Greek organizations also Haydee Sera, sophomore, concurred. to come out and learn about the culture,” Chancellor Harvey Perlman sent an email to UNL staff and faculty Thursday addressing concerns with the reality show. In put on step and saluting performances. “It represents our culture, style, and values, Simpson said. the email, Perlman said he did not approve of Lee’s past behavior, Participants said that music and dance and it’s uplifting,” Sera said. Candice Castaneda can be contacted but Lee agreed to follow the Student Code of Conduct while in represent important aspects of Latino culture; Johanna Paredes, junior, said her favorite Lincoln. it’s both unifying and expressive of Latino style of dancing was tied between salsa and at [email protected].

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EDITORIAL EDITORIAL by Christina Guzman An eerie silence Our campus seems to have shut down this past week. After all the positive stress, adrenaline rushes and excitement from debate week, everything else in the University seems boring in comparison - even if it’s not. Regrettably, UM now appears sleepy and empty. As much as the University has been promoting political involvement on campus, interest in politics appears to have vanished in our post-debate universe. We have forgotten that our debate was the first of three presidential encounters, plus a fourth vice-presidential showdown. We may have eagerly watched these debates, as we mentioned last week, but there was little long-term buzz on campus surrounding them. The debate we hosted was - or should have been - the beginning of a stimulating last month of campaigning. Instead, it feels like it was the end of it. We’re almost back to our apolitical South Beach-and-football existence. Granted, we needed time to rest after the debate partying and to catch up on the class work missed while attending debate events, but this is not an excuse for losing the energy on our campus. Where have the College Republicans and Democrats been these past few days? Besides some members handing out a few buttons and bumper stickers, and the Council for Democracy selling “Voters are Sexy” T-shirts, the UC Breezeway was ominously vacant last week. This is uncharacteristic for any moment of the school year, but it’s particularly shocking after the Breezeway had been the main hub of activity during the debate. Election season is not over yet. The presidential race is tighter than ever, particularly in unpredictable swing states LETTER TO THE EDITOR like Florida. Rather than shy away from politics, we should be intently following the news and the campaigns until Nov. RE: Politics of the Environment lecture series 2. Furthermore, we should be getting informed about the important (and often overlooked) races for the Senate and Something exceptional happened at the University of Miami campus Thursday, Oct. 7, and, though the event Do you House, as well as the issues that will also be on the ballot on Election Day. was open to the public, few people knew about it: Carol Elections drive a democracy. We are privileged to have a Browner, former EPA administrator, spoke about the role democracy where the system generally works quite smoothly, of government in protecting the environment - what has where we trust our institutions and where we can make been attempted and accomplished and what is critically care about informed decisions about whom we elect to office. In other needed now and in the future. Her command of the facts countries, citizens must stand in lines in the sweltering heat was impressive, her enthusiasm infectious, her commit- for four or eight hours in order to vote, only to find that ment contagious. there was corruption in the election, and often to lose their Yet, her audience was small. Almost nothing had been ANYTHING? democracy to a less-than-democratic ruler. Just this Saturday, done to let the public know about an opportunity that Afghanistan held its first presidential election amid rumors of offered little discussed but vital information for voters fraud when 14 of the 15 opposition candidates withdrew from in the coming election. So - kudos to UM for hosting Ms. the ballot in the middle of Election Day. Browner as a guest lecturer, but, too, a plea for better pro- We take our relatively well-functioning system for granted, motion of such outstanding events in the future. Had the write a letter to the editor and we do a disservice to our democracy by tuning out of lecture been effectively promoted, the list of signatures politics in these last crucial weeks before the election. We must of thanks and congratulations would be long. EMAIL [email protected] keep up the momentum we gained by hosting the first presidential debate. What a better way to start than by voting in the Barbara Bell Student Government Senate elections this week? Graduate alum

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OPINION Congressional Dems offer early Halloween scare Speak Up I read a report adults and using the large number will vote against every measure to do reinstatement of the draft: It’s not from the AP last of troops deployed around the world so. In the Senate, Majority Leader Bill going to happen. The U.S. House voted What did you think Friday that helped as support, Rangel said that the U.S. Frist (R-Tenn.) said he wouldn’t even 402-2 against Rep. Rangel’s (once of Latino Fest? me realize just needs to raise its troop levels and bring the issue up for debate. again, a Democrat) draft bill. Whether Q how brilliant those that a draft is the only way to do If Republicans are so against the or not Americans will be conscripted Democrats on so. Democrats in the Senate proposed draft and the Democrats are propos- in future wars waits to be seen, but it Capitol Hill could similar legislation. ing draft bills, why do students then won’t be happening anytime soon. So PIERRE be sometimes. Now why would I say that a draft believe that Bush is pro-conscription? as John Kerry travels America warning GAUNAURD When they all bill is brilliant? Well, the AP report You could partially thank the inter- college students and young adults that put their minds stated that the National Annenberg net for that. An email rumor claim- President Bush will reinstate the draft together, they come up with some good Election Survey found 51 percent of ing the upcoming reinstatement of the in his second term, don’t fret; its just ideas to get their candidates elected adults aged 18 to 29 believed Bush draft, based on the bills proposed by the Democrats trying to get you scared MITRA AGHAI and scare the heck out of millions wanted to reinstate the draft, while Congressional Democrats, has instilled before Halloween or, more importantly, Junior of 18 to 26-year-olds. One such bril- only 8 percent believed Kerry wanted fear in many young adults. It’s sad to before Nov. 2. “It was great to see all liant idea was the Universal National to do the same thing. Keep in mind think that people of draft age could these organizations come Service Act of 2003 sponsored by Rep. that Bush, his entire administration, be so easily manipulated by email for- Pierre Gaunaurd can be contacted together and celebrate Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.). and Republicans in both houses of wards and not research the facts. at [email protected]. one culture.” Claiming the current draft system Congress have said repeatedly not only Finally, another important fact discriminates against low-income will there not be a draft, but that they should you know about the proposed Debate no. 2: President Bush has lost his mind With the second presidential debate simple.” This could not be truer; the $20 billion blank way he talked about the $87 billion over, it’s obvious that President Bush is Bush campaign wants you to think that check to the Bush vote, but admitting to a mistake is beginning to feel the heat. The time it’s a simple case of voting yes or voting administration something Bush could never do, even has come to pay the piper and defend no, but it’s not surprising that it forgets to use however it when he was asked to Friday night. the administration’s record of the past the details of its accusation. saw fit, without President Bush has lost his mind; FREDDY RODRIGUEZ Senior four years, but it’s looking more and My personal favorite of the pseu- any Congressional he ignorantly pushes on with the same “Donde estaban los more like the Bush campaign will do-flip-flops is the Bush campaign’s oversight, despite old rhetoric, coming across as bull- Burritos??” come up short. attempt to skew Kerry’s vote on the LUKE the Constitution’s headed. If I had been in the debate What we saw Friday night was a $87 billion supplemental funding for KOSAR clear statement hall Friday night, the question I would desperate incumbent frantically cling- the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It that Congress has the power to con- have asked Bush would have been, “Mr. ing to the same old attacks that are not seemed like Bush kept hanging on to trol the U.S. Treasury. That money President, you speak of your steadfast only distortions of the truth, but not quoting Sen. Kerry when he said, “I could have gone to our brave soldiers, resolve to stay the course. But why working with the public. The American actually did vote for the $87 billion Halliburton’s no-bid contracts, or would you stay the course if it was people are smarter than that. They before I voted against it”; unfortu- Timbuktu for all we know. That doesn’t headed for a cliff?” know malarkey when they hear it. nately for the president, that claim is sound like a wise way to spend our In response to one of Bush’s unsub- just not that simple. hard-earned tax money. Luke Kosar can be contacted at stantiated attacks, Kerry put it best What he failed to mention was the Kerry did come back and admit [email protected]. JEN WAY when he said that, “it’s just not that portion of that bill that called for a that he had “made a mistake” in the Junior “The Latin dancing was Stop comparisons of Nazis and conservatives MUY CALIENTE!” The un-American, traitorous and of totalitarianism shirts.” Leading Democratic contribu- Kim Jong ll. In August, the Communist defamatory comparisons between the and American sol- tor George Soros has said, “When I mass murderer and enemy of freedom Nazi Party and conservatives within diers who sacri- hear Bush say, ‘You’re either with us said, “Bush is a tyrant that puts Hitler America’s Republican Party have no ficed their lives for or against us’ it reminds me of the into the shade and his group of such place in this country’s political dis- freedom. Germans.” Moveon.org, heavily funded tyrants is a typical gang of political course. From leaders of the Democratic The anal- by Soros, featured two ads with the gangsters.” We now have an idea of Party such as Al Gore to newspapers’ ogy frequently president morphing into Hitler. This which foreign leaders John Kerry says opinion pages, liberals have disgraced PETE made between desperate mode of attack stands anti- want him to be president. In November, CATHERINE ROBLES & our democratic system by comparing TROMBADORE Adolf Hitler and thetical to American values and illus- voters must decide whether to vote for MELISSA LAPASORAN their political opponents to opponents President Bush trates a twisted train of thought by the a party that shamelessly espouses the Freshman & of the human race. Those on the politi- clearly crosses the line of common Left’s lunatic fringe so deeply steeped ludicrous and demented rhetoric of Sophomore cal Right refrain from equivalent com- decency and neglects the fact that con- in fantasy that only it can begin to our enemies or a party deeply com- "The Lambda salute was hot parisons between Democrats and the servatives and liberals alike shed blood understand or justify its politics of mitted to preserving and promulgating like Tabasco sauce

Communist Party because they know to defeat Nazism during World War II. hate. freedom throughout our world. Speak Up answers are edited for such statements marginalize and dis- At Georgetown University last June, Al Gore, George Soros and other col- clarity, brevity and accuracy. grace the many millions who have suf- former Vice President Al Gore referred umnists can be proud to sit in the com- Pete Trombadore can be contacted at compiled by fered and died under the strong arm to the president’s staff as Nazi “brown pany of North Korea’s maniacal tyrant, [email protected]. DIEGO PERILLA

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By Joanna Davila “Golden,” the first single off of Beautifully would say as an artist my inspiration would be EDGE Editor Human Words and Sounds Vol. 2, says won- Prince and Oprah Winfrey.” ders about Scott, who truly is “living her life Scott considers touring with Prince one of Known for her wild afro-like hair and rich golden.” Blessed with matrimony, a daughter her greatest accomplishments, along with real- vocals, so-called diva Jill Scott comes back and a year off, Scott’s lyrical return is laced izing she is a person as well as a performer. from her year off with a deep with universal wisdom enriched with funky “Opening for Prince as an artist, as a per- appreciation of life beats and an even more mature voice than son, I realized that my time is important. I think and a new evolved before. Soulful, serene and wise, Scott’s humil- that it’s a great accomplishment, understand- album. ity catches any fan off guard. ing that as much as I want to work as an artist, Despite her diva title and the many con- I need to live as a person.” notations that word often carries, Scott still As an artist, however, Scott feels she has reveres the legendary vocalists that came evolved, a feeling that is evoked through the before her, admiring her fellow divas. smooth rhythm and lyrics of her album. “Yeah I think it’s a compliment, I just “Well, I think this album is a lot more want to earn it. Just because you put lyric-intensive. The lyrics are better than the out an album or two or three you’re first one; my voice has changed: in the begin- a diva; they give that title out to ning it was a horn and now it’s a horn mixed girls who have one single that did with a low, which is very interesting to me. I well. To me the divas are Gladys didn’t sing for a year, so I guess I allowed it Knight, Celine Dion, Chaka Khan; to mature.” it’s more about time spent, Patti Matured and striking, it is the messages Labelle has been in the busi- in Scott’s songs that are so awe-inspiring and ness and doing the damn thing inspirational. Although they would seemingly for 15 to 20 years, not just a come from a godsend, Scott says, “Yeah, the few years, not just a couple songs come when they want to; there is noth- albums, or some hit singles. ing in particular that I do, it could be when I’m I want to earn it, I want to be washing dishes or painting my toenails.” around in 15 years and then Whether an artist or a person, Scott is maybe I’ll be more comfortable extremely eloquent both on and off stage, a with the title,” Scott says. trait that makes her even more of a beautiful Knowledgeable and full of life, person. Ultimately, although Scott knows she it’s evident that Scott knows how has an immense talent and influence on her to keep her life as an artist and her fans, she claims she’s just Jill Scott. life as a person separate, often com- “I have to remind myself, people will let me menting on the two with very different in places or give me things, so it’s just a trip. I answers. As far as inspirations, Scott have to remind myself or my husband will tell states that her inspirations as a young me, you’re really Jill Scott, and I say, yeah, I child came from her family. was 10 years ago, too. Fame is weird.” Jill Scott is “My mother and grandmother and my Uncle Dave...My Uncle Dave taught Joanna Davila can be contacted at Beautifully Human me without teaching me what a man is, [email protected]. definitely an important thing to see. I

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ART EXHIBIT CONCERT only 30 PARIS minutes away By Melanie Klesse my time and I would advise anyone inter- the story of this innovation, while being EDGE writer ested enough to be reading my article comical in its portraiture of staunch his- (thank you, I love you) that it’d be worth torical figures. I am one of those people that badly your time too. What I liked so much was One last favorite was Andre Derain’s want to be an artist. Yet my drawings that the exhibit displayed so many differ- “The Back.” The inscription beside it of people are so bad that they have ent styles of art. There was impressionism informed me that the artist had apparently been confused with a child’s etchings of MARCUS WASHINGTON/EDGE (Monet-style), naturalistic realism (looks utilized Albertian mathematical perspec- SOUL FOOD: Angie Stone gave a heart-felt performance. stick figures—remotely comparable to so much like the real thing it scares you) tive. This means he used mathemati- Michelangelo’s ability to mold a human and cubism, a term I used to hear thrown cal ratios and numerical proportions to form out of a lump of marble. around in art lectures, but was too shy to help him in creating a three-dimensional So, after being resigned to accept ask what it was. Turns out, cubism is a picture on a two-dimensional surface, that I will never, ever be an artist, I have newfound favorite-an abstract form of art an incredible effect. The brown tones A soul revival become obsessed with observing and begun by Pablo Picasso. of the back and the playing of the light By Marcus Washington the same time, which reminded one of supporting the talent of others. Nowhere In one of the cubist works shown at enhanced the curvature of the spine. EDGE Writer the great gospel singers of our day. She in my journeys yet as an art reviewer the Bass, “Paysage (Landscape),” artist Interpreting an artist’s work, I feel, is even went preacher style when she spoke have I seen such a great display of artistic Leopold Surbage’s work was an urban like watching an ice-skater perform in the Soul is such an essential component to the audience about the sympathy she ability as at the Bass Museum’s new Paris landscape intruded by geometrical planes Olympics. After watching the skater do a to music that without it different songs had for the hurricane victims, which Moderne Art exhibit. made abstract by enlarged pieces of fruit triple axle, the people at home watching can carry the same meaning. So it was resulted in audience members shouting, This exhibit, publicized as “art deco at the forefront of the painting. Imbued think, “Man, it looks so easy, I could do no surprise that when “neo-soul” Carolina “Hallelujah.” works from the Musee d’Art de la Ville with bright pastels, I imagined the painter that.” Their skill makes it look effortless, natives Angie Stone and Anthony Hamilton She encouraged crowd participa- de Paris,” commemorates the first time might have spent some time at South so much time and practice to make performed at the Tampa Bay Performing tion in numerous segments of her show, these works have traveled outside of Beach. something incredulous look so easy to do, Arts Center, they brought along enough which included the whole venue dancing France. The purpose of the exhibit’s setup The first painting is filled with bright because objects look so lifelike you forget soul to silence the harshest of critics. according to Stone’s instructions and was to immerse the viewer into the life colors showing 110 portraits of the sci- how much time and effort goes into trying The concert started when Japanese pitted the guys against the ladies to see of a 1920s-1930s Parisian. Living room entists and inventors who contributed to to make figures look as they do in reality. Sony recording artist Toshi performed who could sing the loudest. A standout of furniture displays were set up around the the development of electricity. The scene The Paris Moderne Exhibit is located material from his album titled Time to the show was when Stone showcased the multiple rooms that made up the top floor encompassed all discoverers from the at the Bass Museum of Art in South Share. One note and the whole crowd members of her band. They transformed of the museum, complete with paintings Olympic deities to Newton, Pascal, Da Beach, if you long to transport yourself went crazy. It wasn’t his incredible voice the interlude on her new album, “Touch ornamenting the staged living room walls. Vinci, Aristotle and Joule. What was so to a street-side café in Europe, peruse but the fact that this was an Asian man It,” to an all-out full-length song, with After running up the longest plank I’ve interesting and fun about Raol Dufy’s the paintings before you start any fun in singing soul music. With a two-song each backup singer giving his or her ever seen to the second floor, I found the “La Fee Electicite” was that he personal- the sun. set, including his first single “Breaking vocal interpretation to the lyrics. With her exhibit. ized these inventors, made them people Through,” Toshi’s voice, along with the intimate performance, Stone definitely But those thirty minutes (and more, rather than historical figureheads. This Melanie Klesse can be contacted at harmonies provided by his backup sing- connected with the audience, leaving the since they let me stay later) were worth masterpiece traces the lineage and tells [email protected]. ers, had the crowd in applause. One crowd ready and hyped for Hamilton’s thing that stood out about Toshi was the performance. fact that although he sung his songs C D R E V I E W Hamilton’s performance was a long in perfect English, when he spoke, his time in the making. Having been signed By Robin M Carr electric piano in club and hip-hop music, Japanese accent took over. It was just a and dropped from numerous labels, EDGE Writer and that of Westdal, a funk jazz bassist. little confusing, but overall, he performed Hamilton was finally able to share his This dichotomy is seen in trippy songs a great set. With their first full-length title, Super music from his So So Def debut album such as “Polar” and “Battle of the Giant While Stone was clearly the headliner Structure Baby, Keston and Westdal Comin’ From Where I’m From. The excite- Robots,” an eerie reminder of '80s music of the tour, with three solo albums and a deliver a smooth and innovative electron- ment Hamilton had with finally performing gone awry. Westdal’s influence becomes 23-year career in the industry, she hum- ic-downtempo jazz experience. The CD his material showed through his endless more apparent in “Sonny’s Cut,” creating bly opened up the show. begins with simple Brazilian percussion dancing. Hamilton got serious when he a more chill mood to balance out some of “I’m not a selfish person,” she told the on the first track, “Batada Do Mar,” and broke into “Lucille,” a song about battered the heavy use of the Rhodes piano. audience, commenting on her decision to the song intensifies with various elec- and abused women he grew up around With less reliance on the '80s beats let Hamilton close the show. tronic tones and a distinguishable bass during his childhood. produced by the Rhodes piano, and more Her set got off to a great start, per- line, which sets the tone for the rest of While these two artists combined emphasis on their global sound, Keston forming the Jazzy Phe-produced single the album. Keston, a native of the United have sold less than five million records and Westdal could have created a pure off her new album, Stone Love, titled “I Kingdom, and Westdal, hailing from the from four studio solo albums, they have instrumental album near excellence. The AN ELECTRONIC Wanna Thank Ya.” With the crowd to its San Francisco Bay Area, infuse diverse mastered the art of making music of sub- duo has, however, created a distinct CHILL, WIRED JAZZ feet, Angie belted out numerous hits from styles of jazz with electronic music to stance. If they proved anything that night, piece that meshes two sounds that are her first two solo albums Black Diamond create a global lounge ambience. it was that quality is better than quantity. not often successfully combined. Keston and Westdal and Mahogany Soul, including “Wish I The album seems to be divided Super Structure Baby Didn’t Miss You,” “Brotha” and “No More throughout between the two styles of Marcus Washington can be contacted at Robin M. Carr can be contacted at Rain (In This Cloud).” Keston, known for his revival of the [email protected]. [email protected]. Stone’s voice was rich and raspy at

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MOVIE R E V I E W EXCESS the audience watches as Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) to a new height of realism (it was reported that the KABOOM! The Motorcycle and Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) set off on their two actually went and met the Guevara family as well Mt. Saint Helens let off steam the other day, elaborate journey in early 1952, unaware that they as the real, now 80-year-old, Granado, who makes a putting the state of Washington in a tizzy. Let’s Diaries is a were about to have their lives changed forever. poignant cameo). hope for their sake Helens doesn’t get frisky beautiful picture The journey presents endless challenges for the In addition, almost all of the Latin American villages and blow her top again. two adventurers as they travel through Argentina, and settings were filmed in their actual locations. Chile and Peru both physically and mentally. Along the Thus the movie boasts amazing cinematography, SHOES way, they endure the wraths of nature, human cruelty which captures the underlying surreal beauty of Latin CNN.com recently reported that a man was By Rafael Sangiovanni and injustice, as well as the strength of friendship, the America while making you feel like you’ve hopped on accused of being involved in a “shoe bomb- EDGE Writer latter being quite possibly the best-developed aspect La Poderosa yourself. ing” of an airliner in December 2001. A man of the movie. But Salles’ best accomplishment is his way of arrested in London this past week is pleading For one moment, even if for the few minutes that This is because, from the beginning, The Motorcycle presenting his message: let the world change you and innocent to the same charges. Who blows it takes to read this review, put down your political Diaries carries an aura of authenticity, where all the you can change the world-sans politics. Although a up stuff with shoes, anyway? Imelda Marcos beliefs, biases, and prejudices. That’s all it takes to elements of a film intertwine together with incredible few political undertones slip their way into the movie, would be ashamed. understand that director Walter Salles’ The Motorcycle ease. Many of the actors, for example, are locals who Salles successfully dodges commentaries on the revo- Diaries is a sincerely touching and beautiful movie. simply mingled with the cast on camera. lutionary Che Guevara. Instead, he offers audiences a NEW MEMBERS ONLY... Based on the diaries kept by Ernesto “Che” The lead actors–the unflinchingly wonderful Garcia simple, but genuine journey into the hearts of two men Amy Poehler joined cast member Tina Guevara and his close friend Alberto Granado, the film Bernal and the cunningly humorous, heartwarming de on the road to discovering themselves long before his- Fey on Saturday Night Live in the “Weekend is Salles’ way of giving us a firsthand look at Latin la Serna–play out the friendship between Guevara and tory ever could. Update” portion of the show. The segment America through the eyes of two impassioned wander- Granado flawlessly. Garcia Bernal’s ability to portray marked the first time that “Update” had an all ers. Armed with little more than food and a deadbeat the pain of a mind living out a revolution coupled with Rafael Sangiovanni can be contacted at female team. Poehler filled the seat of Jimmy motorcycle known as “La Poderosa” (the powerful), de la Serna’s sharp humor and spirit takes this movie [email protected]. Fallon, who left SNL in May after six years.

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“It’s important to have something growing up that you can sort of gain self- “I would like to be a esteem from...It helped me stronger force at the net.” have something about myself —CIARA MICHEL to be proud of.” —ANIK HUFFMAN SPORTSTUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2004 Johnson, Michel share similar stories Volleyball stars did not make middle school cheerleading squads

By Rodolfo Tomarchio join a club team.” Sports Writer Michel didn’t make her squad in the seventh grade either. Neither knew about their cheerleading Junior Karla Johnson and red-shirt freshman experiences until recently. Ciara Michel are two different volleyball players “They told me I was too tall or something. Since from two different states. I was staying after school anyways, volleyball was Johnson, a seasoned veteran who just moved to practicing at the same time as cheerleading, so I outside hitter, and Michel, a middle blocking phe- joined that,” Michel said. Johnson may not be one nom, both by some “coincidental accident” ended of the flashiest players on the roster, but she has up in the same sport. Now both are stars for the been known to come up big in pivotal matches. University of Miami. In her freshman season, Johnson posted a career- Johnson started playing back in her home- high seven blocks to help the Hurricanes upset town of Houston, Texas, where she played for the Wisconsin and advance to the Sweet 16. At the end Houston Juniors club team, which placed second of the 2003 season, she won the Unsung Hero award in the Tampa Qualifier for nationals and first in the from the team voted on by both the coaches and the Tour of Texas. As a student at Aldine Westfield High players for her hard work ethic. School, Johnson was a three-year letter winner in Michel, in her first season of play for the track and field and volleyball. In both her junior Hurricanes, has been contributing since she first and senior years, Johnson started as middle blocker stepped out on the court. Her greatest achievement and garnered first-team All-District honors for her so far on the court has been her growing confi- efforts. Johnson was also voted District MVP in her dence. As a personal goal, Michel is working toward senior year. improving her net play. Michel, on the other hand, got her start in “I would like to be a stronger force at the net,” volleyball in the Miami scene, playing for Palmer she said. Trinity School in the seventh grade. In high school As for a career after college, making a run at the she was voted team MVP in 2001 and was named to ALLISON BEZOLD/Hurricane Staff ALLISON BEZOLD/Hurricane Staff AVP Nissan Series, the professional beach volleyball the SFISAA All-Conference team in 2001-2002. STANDING TALL: At 6-4, red-shirt freshman, Ciara SERVING IT UP: Karla Johnson is a true asset to circuit, might be in the cards for these two 'Canes. In addition to high school play, Michel was a Michel has become a powerful contribution to her the Hurricanes and makes a strongimpact on the “It’s always a possibility,” Michel said. member of three club teams. With the South Florida team, and a force to reckon with on the net. net as well as in the backrow. For now, you can be the cheerleader as Miami Volleyball Club, Michel played in the16-year-old divi- Regional Runners-Up, Power League Champions middle school? takes on Florida Atlantic tonight at 7 p.m. at the sion when she was only 14 and the 17-year-old team and the Florida Fest Champions. “I was a cheerleader back in seventh grade and Knight Sports Complex. when she was 15, resulting in an AAU championship But who knows if all of these awards and titles when I tried out again in eighth grade I didn’t make in 2000. Her second club team, Boomers Volleyball would have happened if both Johnson and Michel it so I picked up a volleyball and started playing,” Rodolfo Tomarchio can be contacted at Club, was the OVA Invitational Champions, Florida had made their respective cheerleading squads in Johnson said. “My coach told my parents I should [email protected]. Hurricanes could be left out of title game No. 3 in the polls. At this point, the Hurricanes are on Saturday, which officially means it passed its However, if they win that game, they would really Undefeated season looking like they are in a great position to win the major test for the season. The Pac-10 is not very have to try hard to lose. Next week they travel to Atlantic Coast Conference, with only one tough good this season, so I really only see three games Kansas State, which at the beginning of the season may not be enough game remaining on their schedule: at Virginia. that are possible losses on USC’s schedule: Notre looked like a really tough game for the Sooners. Commentary by Darren Grossman Miami still has to go to N.C. State; it still has to Dame, UCLA and Oregon State. The Trojans ben- However, Kansas State lost to Kansas Saturday and Assistant Sports Editor play Virginia Tech, and it has the late-season game efited tremendously from a schedule that allowed is having its worst season in recent memory. against Virginia. However, even if the 'Canes run them to play California, Arizona State, Virgina Tech As for the Hurricanes, their only really tough I have decided to look back at the Hurricanes’ the table, it might be very difficult for them to get and Notre Dame all at home. game is against the previously mentioned Virgina, season thus far and give an update on the state of in the national title picture. Then we can turn our attention to Oklahoma, which is also undefeated right now. Virginia trav- the football team. The reason for that is because USC and which defeated Texas in Dallas 12-0. The Sooners els to Florida State next weekend to meet the Miami was helped this weekend by Tennessee Oklahoma, ranked Nos. 1 and 2 respectively, also only have one tough game left: at Oklahoma State, Seminoles and will be looking to prove that it is for defeating Georgia, which should move it up to have an easy schedule left. USC defeated California which is the game that always gives them trouble. see SOCCER page 14

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Briefs CROSS COUNTRY • VOLLEYBALL 'Canes could be left out of title game high 23 kill performance. Senior Ashley from SOCCER page 13 right now should not forget about the table. My question is, will it matter? WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY Youngs and sophomore Ann Gallo also Auburn Tigers, either. Auburn already Hurricane fans need to start watching Junior Melanie Schultz placed third set career marks. Youngs set a new real. Of course, Miami should watch out has impressive wins against LSU and Oklahoma and USC carefully and hope career-high in kills with 13, while Gallo with a time of 17:43.57 to lead the for Louisville Thursday night, as that Tennessee and is currently in the top one of them loses, because if there are turned in a 19 dig performance for a women’s cross country team to a 12th- could be a potential BCS buster. new career record. Redshirt sophomore 10 unbeaten and should move into three unbeaten teams at the end of place finish out of 32 teams at the Walt The bottom line is that all three the top five this week after Texas and November, Miami will likely be the one Disney World Cross Country Classic Francheska Savage also set a career mark with seven block assists to go of these teams could lose a game to Georgia lost in front of them. Auburn on the outside looking in. held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports someone they are not supposed to lose Complex in Orlando, Fla. along with her 13 kills and one solo still has to travel to Georgia, but if it If Miami does go undefeated and to because it is football and anything block in the match. beats the Bulldogs, I think it is unlikely does not get a national title game invite, can happen. However, I am just point- MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY Sophomore setter Jill Robinson’s 67 that anyone could leave Auburn out of the BCS will be adored by the Hurricane assists matched a career mark set last ing out the troublesome games on the Junior Alex Brutvan placed 18th the national title game, considering it faithful once again. night against Virginia. Robinson also in a time of 25:31 to lead the men’s schedules, and I don’t see too many of would have beaten LSU, Tennessee and tallied her sixth double-double of the cross country team to a third-place fin- those for Oklahoma and USC. Georgia. Darren Grossman can be contacted at season with 14 digs. Senior rightside ish out of 31 teams at the Walt Disney I guess it’s worth mentioning that Therefore, my conclusion is that if [email protected]. hitter Valeria Tipiana turned in a double- World Cross Country Classic held at the teams at the top of the rankings Miami beats Virginia, it should run the double with 21 kills and 20 digs while Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex adding three service aces. Senior Jamie in Orlando, Fla. Grass registered a team-high 24 digs. Miami has now finished in the top-4 The Hurricanes led in every statisti- Huffman battles through season of adversity of all four meets this season. In addi- cal category including kills with 80, tion, Brutvan has been Miami’s top hitting percentage at .223, assists with of,” she said. officiating, bad breaks, bad injuries and finisher at every event. Senior midfielder to 74, and blocks with 13. Maryland, how- Along with the social and emotional disappointing defeats. ever, held Miami to three games with a attend medical school contributions, Huffman attributes a “I just want to enjoy my senior year VOLLEYBALL hitting percentage under .200. large part of her academic success to to the maximum. I know I’m going to Four different Miami players set Both teams exchanged leads after graduation soccer. She said soccer forced her to miss playing so much,” she said. career marks but the University of in game one before a Johnson kill become more focused on how to juggle Huffman said she admires the senti- Miami women’s volleyball team took By Larry Nolan stretched out a 19-14 lead. The Terps Sports Writer her commitments efficiently. mentality and zest that her other senior the loss as Maryland defeated the battled to within three points to bring Hurricanes in ACC action Saturday eve- “I wanted to balance soccer and I teammates share for their last season the score to 20-18 but the Hurricanes Women’s soccer team midfielder wanted it to be a part of my life so much with the team that they love so much. ning at the Comcast Center Pavilion. would not surrender the lead and took The Hurricanes fall to 7-6 on the season Anik Huffman’s performance through- in high school. I wanted to carry that “We tell the younger girls that when the 30-23 win. out her career has been nothing short and an even 3-3 in the ACC. The Terrapins pulled off a 30-28 win over in college,” she said. you’re a senior, you’ll understand,” she of prolific. Junior outside hitter Karla Johnson in game two despite being out-hit by Her involvement with the said. “It’s a totally different way of look- set a new career-high with a match- the Hurricanes, .220-.159. Huffman’s freshman season in high International Baccalaureate Program ing at things.” school set her on a path to realizing her gave her “good practice to learn how to Huffman and the rest of the team GET YOUR PIC IN THE IBIS YEARBOOK potential as a well-rounded Division I have to handle both aspects of my expe- hope that this perspective can trans- athlete at the University of Miami. In rience,” she said. The program requires late into wins and salvage a season of OR YOU'LL BE SORRY... that year she earned the distinction of rigorous study and numerous 10 to 15- adversity. being the Rookie of the Year. She fin- page reports throughout each semester. “The hardest part is telling people ished high school with 33 career goals Her senior year has presented her you’re 2-6. Hopefully we can realize that and 17 assists at Winter Park High in with similar yet increasing challeng- it’s not over and we can just pick up Winter Park, Fla. es. The ACC schedules a higher num- from here,” she said. What kept the fire and enthusiasm ber of weekday games than the Big As Huffman looks forward to life alive for her was neither the achieve- East did last season, which has cre- after undergraduate studies, visions of ments nor the accolades. ated unwanted conflicts with the MCAT and medical school loom on It was the relationships. her classes. her horizon. Huffman said that the building of In the end, Huffman said the instruc- Huffman said that she will inevi- friendships and her own self-esteem tors respect the players for keeping their tably take that next step to medical was a major factor in her continuation grades up despite missing a significant school, but for the next year she just with the sport. portion of the classes. wants to “relax, be free, and play pick- “It’s important to have something Right now, Huffman has adjusted up soccer with all of my friends.” growing up that you can sort of gain and readjusted her goals throughout a self-esteem from...It helped me have season that has been ravaged by every- Larry Nolan can be contacted at something about myself to be proud thing from hurricanes, questionable [email protected].

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