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I 4- WiBSMSflH CALENDAR t's been a year to remember. It city of Miami were mostly spared. started with a bunch of hur I ricanes. Historic moments, NATURAL DISASTER AFFECTS APR TODAY for both the U.S. and UM, followed, UM COMMUNITY Last day of classes for the Spring culminating in the 2004 presiden As tsunamis hit the coasts of 2S 2005 semester. tial election. Second semester began Africa and Asia on the other side of amid a tragedy that hit the world; 'Canes Night Live will host Mad the world, students felt the effects at tsunami relief efforts are still ongo House at 7 p.m. on the IM fields, the University and immediately took which will include an inflatable obstacle ing today. UM faced its own tragedy, action to help. Nearly every orga course, Halo-themed laser tag and food as the community felt the loss of one nization on campus participated in from Popeye's. There will also be a of its own and banded together for fundraising relief efforts, showing raffle for Gameboys, iPod shuffles and the future safety of students. Along the heart of the UM community. many more prizes. the way, the University has experi enced everything from groundbreak STOMACH VIRUS OUTBREAK Multicultural Student Affairs will host ing events and pride to controversy More than 200 students reported Finals Fiesta from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in and loss, resulting in an unforget symptoms related to Norovirus the the Plaza between the registrar's office table year. and the Rat There will be international day before winter break, causing food and music. many to reschedule travel plans and THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE miss finals. The resulting investiga Just Kidding, UM's improv group, ENERGIZES CAMPUS tion cleared the Chartwells cafeterias is looking for students to perform in a UM was placed in the national as the source of the outbreak. 24-hour Comedy-A-Thon. AH types of spotlight when President George W comedic acts are welcome and each Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) THE DEATH OF THE POPE will be given as much time as needed. came to campus for the first presi A religious leader, the only Pope The event will be held in the Barber dential debates of the 2004 election, that most students ever knew, passed apartment, located on the ground floor held at the Convocation Center. Amid of Hecht, at 6 p.m. away in April. As the black smoke rose the celebrity sightings, media blitz, from the Vatican, students attended tight security and parking fiascos, The Wellness Center presents vigils and paid their respects to Pope Fitness Fest with Studio Cycling in the students experienced history in the John Paul II. Atrium, Kickboxing, Guts & Butts and making. When Election Day finally Step in Muiti-A. All events are from 1 came around, students made sure TOP TEN SPIRITUAL LEADER VISITS UM p.m. to 4 p.m. that their vote would count, some His Holiness the 14th Dalai waiting in lines for hours to place Lama, a spiritual leader and world Belly Bust will be from 9 p.m. to 11 their ballot. visionary for peace, inspired the p.m. in the Rathskeller. News Moments University when he spoke on "A FRATERNITY SUSPENSIONS Compiled by Megha Garg Human Approach to World Peace" to SATURDAY APR UM was taken by surprise as and Natalia Maldonado a packed crowd at the Convocation Beginning of Reading Days. two of its long-standing fraterni Of the Staff Center. 30 ties, Pi Kappa Alpha and Lambda President Shalala and Larry Coker, Chi Alpha, were suspended within head football coach, will make guest pedestrians. Students held vigils in ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHAUL two weeks of each other. The alle is scheduled for 2006 completion. appearances during the Jerry Herman memory of Kelly and are petitioning FOR NEXT YEAR gations ranged from alleged sexual OUR NAMESAKE FOR A Ring Theatre and Alvin Sherman Family for the construction of a pedestrian The University is welcoming battery to violations of the University REASON Stage 2004-2005 season finale, Good overpass to ensure that the tragedy many new faces to campus this fall. Code of Conduct. The Pike investiga Hurricanes Charley, Frances, News!The show begins at 8 p.m., and doesn't happen again. Dr. Michael R. Halleran will be the tion recently came to a close, while Ivan and Jeanne put the campus in the theatre opens for seating at 7:30 new dean of the College of Arts and p.m. Admission for faculty and staff Lambda Chi's is ongoing. a state of alert as students stocked UNIVERSITY VILLAGE BREAKS Sciences and Dr. Sam Grogg will is $16. up on everything from bottled water GROUND to canned food and went in search of take over as dean of the School of STUDENT DEATH SPARKS Communication. The new provost The Civic Chorale and UM Alumni After being in the works for over a full tank of gas. Lockdown became COMMUNITY ACTION announcement of the replacement Singers will lead a kick-off concert a decade, University Village was a familiar state of affairs; students Freshman Ashley Kelly died when event celebrating the 35th anniversary finally approved. UM's first housing crammed into the Convocation of Dr. Luis Glaser is expected soon, she was hit by a car at a busy U.S. 1 year of the Civic Chorale at 7 p.m. at the development on campus in 35 years Center and dorms, while others while the search for a new dean of the intersection, causing the UM com Maurice Gusman Concert Hall. Tickets broke ground on March 23,2005, and headed home. Luckily, UM and the medical school is under way. are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors. munity to question the safety of its THE MIAMI NEWSROOM: (305) 284-2016 The Miami Hurricane is published semi-weekly during the regular ADVERTISING POLICY BUSINESS OFFICE: (305) 284-4401 academic year and is edited and produced by undergraduate stu The Miami Hurricane's business office is located at 1306 Stanford FAX: (305) 284-4404 dents at the University of Miami. This publication does not necessar Dr., Norman A. 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Goizueta Pavilion in the University's Otto G. Richter Library. It is the largest repository of Cuban historical, literary and cultural materials outside the island. The Fulgencio Batista Zaldlvar Collection contains sev eral hundred pages of documents dating from 1958 to 1973, including an unfinished autobiography. Toni Morrison to be Fall 2005 Orientation speaker Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison will be the featured speaker at the Fall 2005 Orientation. SARAH SCHERMESHORN/Hurricane Staff Renowned for her detailed expressions of African-American A BITTER PILL?: Adderall is used recreationally by students for partying as well as for studying. life, Morrison's novels include The Bluest Eye, Song of There are many debates on whether the drug is safe for comsumption for non-prescribed users.