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MHMC- Commercial Template Doc Size 11.25” X 14” Image Area 10.375 x 11.75 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 1 Vol. 93, Issue 40 | March 19 - March 22, 2015 The Miami com . HURRICANESTUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929 MARCH MHMC- Commercial Template Doc Size 11.25” X 14” Image Area 10.375 x 11.75 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 2 STUDENT ORGANIZATION Band of the Hour ups tempo with new uniforms commitment to excellence, and excitement that Performers to earn we provide for everyone at the events we partici- higher stipend pate in by giving us this pay increase.” While the changes have forced the stu- BY MAYA LUBARSKY dents to adjust, they have also pushed them to CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER strive for excellence. This holds true for senior Julia Klingner. As a drum major, she took on At the age of five, sophomore Murphy the role of conducting the Daft Punk-based half- Aucamp began playing the drums and never time show, which was performed at every foot- stopped, continuing on to perform in his middle ball game throughout fall 2014, and was pushed school and high school bands. to do better than her best. Aucamp is now on the University of Mi- “Professor Rees kept on drilling me about ami Band of the Hour’s drum line. my expression and energy, and I felt like no mat- “I was skeptical of joining band my second ter how hard I tried I just couldn’t get it right,” year,” he said. “The main reason I came back Kilngner said. “Then on the final run through is because we were getting a new director and of the show, I just totally went for it, releasing I wanted to see what direction it would go in.” HALLEE MELTZER // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR all inhibitions. After I cut off the band, I almost The beginning of this year brought chang- DRUM LINE: The Band of the Hour performing at Sun Life Stadium, during October’s passed out while still on the podium, and my es for Aucamp and his fellow band members. football game against FSU. The semester’s half-time shows were Daft Punk-themed. whole body felt like Jell-O.” They recently welcomed new leadership, in- The 90-year-old band hopes to become cluding Jay Rees, director of athletic bands form at that very high level. We are giving them Additionally, if they agree to perform in more reputable and establish a tradition of ex- and professor of music; Douglas McCullough, really exciting, demanding and innovative ma- the Pep Band in the spring, they will receive an cellence in the future, one where students do not assistant director of athletic bands and director terial to work with.” extra $1,000. Pep Band is the group that plays join just to get free football tickets to the games, of marching; and Natalie Chernow, dance line Rees also mentioned that in the coming in sporting and other events during the spring director Rees explained, but where they want coach. year the band students will also receive com- semester. to play their best and promote an image of UM Rees, a UM alumnus, said he wanted to pletely new uniforms and a brand new set of “Obviously it is nice to be paid more, but that students can be proud of. change up the band when he joined the team. instruments for all of brass and percussion. I think there is more to it than that,” said drum “I am more intrinsically motivated to con- “There are some conceptual changes go- Along with the new equipment, the stu- major Colton Freitas, who plays the trombone tinue to be part of this organization because I ing on and then there are some logistical chang- dent performers, who currently receive a sti- when he is not conducting. “Personally, I feel am both proud of what we have accomplished es occurring,” he said. “The big picture thing pend of $200, will earn a $1,500 paycheck if they that it is nice to get this type of recognition from so far together, and more importantly because that is different is that we are pushing the level participate in Band of the Hour in the fall. the Athletic Department. In essence, they are I am excited about what we have the potential of excellence of the band to a much higher level telling us that they appreciate all the hard work, to be in the not-so-distant-future,” Freitas said. and we are expecting the band students to per- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Social media app connects millennials on college campuses Tank,” where entrepreneurs-to-be pitched their greatest ideas Swartz was a sophomore majoring in entrepreneurship at Founder drops out of school, to a panel of ruthless investors. the University of Maryland when he decided to take a break devotes himself to startup “I wanted to create something that I could use at my from classes after joining the Wigo team. As the first student school with my friends,” he said. at UMD to download the app, Swartz shared it with his Delta BY CARLEN DICKERSON After spending a summer designing his idea, Kaplan bor- Chi fraternity brothers, who then shared it with their friends. CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER rowed money from his parents to hire a programmer to create The Delta Chi brothers started using the app to invite people to the app. He then had a soft launch with the 2,800 students of their parties, introducing the Maryland student body to Wigo. It’s a Friday night and there’s one question burning his alma mater in Worcester, Massachusetts, in January 2014. Going beyond connecting people online, Wigo gives peo- through every college student’s mind: Who is going out? “Within three weeks, half the school was using the app,” ple the opportunity to meet up in person. As members of the iGeneration, students are obsessed Kaplan said. “I had to make a decision. Either this goes onto “Wigo gives you the ability to connect in real life,” Swartz with social media and fighting FOMO – the fear of missing my resume as a fun experience, or I take it to the next level.” said. “It’s all about having a good time.” out. Kaplan dropped out of college to devote all of his time to After the success he achieved at his own college, Swartz Students can fear no more. the success of his company. He was introduced to Paul English, contacted Kaplan about interning at the company and was Wigo, short for “who is going out,” is a free social plan- co-founder of the travel website Kayak, who had just launched quickly promoted. ning app that allows students to see who’s going where, doing a new accelerator program and was interested in Wigo. “And now, I have equity in the company,” he said. what, when and why in their college, every single night. Through English’s program, Kaplan was able to raise Wigo users are from big schools across the nation, includ- The app is similar to the “events” feature on Facebook. $500,000 in seed money. Since then, Wigo has had 30 down- ing Coastal Carolina, Florida State, Ohio State and Tulane. At An organizer, such as a fraternity or sorority, will post an event loads a day. least 5 percent of the students at a school must download the and send out invitations via Wigo. Students can then join the One key feature of Kaplan is its exclusive reach to college app before it gets “unlocked” on the campus. event to let others know whether or not they’ll be attending. students. To download the app, users must have a university UM students like freshman Victoria Saldan believes it The organizers can make money for each person after 100 that email address and a Facebook account to block out townies would be great to have Wigo on campus. attends the event. and non-students. “I need to be in the loop at all times,” she said. CEO and Co-founder Ben Kaplan, 23, came up with the “It’s a safer social media network,” said Tyler Swartz, idea in his freshman dorm room at College of the Holy Cross. the company’s director of business development. “No random He had just won $100 in a competition similar to “Shark sketchballs are going to know what you’re going to be doing. To read more on Wigo, visit themiamihurricane.com. We like to say, ‘protect your wild side.’” 2 NEWS THE MIAMI HURRICANE March 19 - March 22, 2015 MHMC- Commercial Template Doc Size 11.25” X 14” Image Area 10.375 x 11.75 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 3 STUDENT GOVERNMENT OBITUARY Smoke-free week enforces ban Junior passes away half the smoking areas to removing the UM alumnus Micah Nellessen Policy fails to areas altogether. was one of the organizers of the event Several vigils prevent smoking On Aug. 1, 2013, President Don- even though he is not a smoker. to be held na E. Shalala sent a letter implementing “We just want to go back to the BY ISABELLA CUETO the final step in the process – a campus old system,” Nellessen said. “That way BY ERIKA GLASS STAFF WRITER that is 100 percent smoke-free. we can keep the smoke contained to cer- MANAGING NEWS EDITOR Students like Brianna Hathaway, tain areas, and if someone doesn’t like All around campus, sky-blue SG president-elect, believe it is neces- the smoke, they can avoid those areas.

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