MHMC- Commercial Template Doc Size 11.25” X 14” Image Area 10.375 x 11.75 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 1 Vol. 93, Issue 28 | Jan. 26 - Jan. 28, 2015 The Miami com . HURRICANESTUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929 ATHLETICS A cappella scene grows on campus BUC sign policies stir discontent Al Golden controversy leads to larger discussion BY ERIKA GLASS MANAGING EDITOR Hurricanes football fans have been disappointed with Head Coach Al Golden’s per- formance for some time. The Miami Hurricane ran a story Thursday about fans’ discontent with Golden, spefically the con- troversial social media hashtag GOLDEN “FireAlGolden.” A key player in the midst of these reactions is se- nior William Herrera. Thursday’s story mentioned an incident at the BankUnited Center (BUC), when signs reading “Fire Al Golden” and “Bring Back Butch” were confiscated from Herrera and his friends during the men’s basketball game against Virginia. GIANCARLO FALCONI // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Herrera says that when he questioned why their A CA-MAZING: The a cappella group Above The Keys performs its International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella signs were being taken away, he was told such signs (ICCA) set to attendees at the UM Wesley Foundation Building Thursday night. Above The Keys performed the set Saturday at could not be displayed at “our home court.” the ICCA South Quarterfi nal competition in Orlando, Florida. “I know a lot of fans who tweet, email and are canceling season tickets and donations. Still, the ath- That’s when UM’s all-male a cap- is beginning to change. Voices of UM letic department ignores it and sweeps it under the rug as if it is a non-issue,” Herrera said. “I chose to bring BisCaydence places pella group, Above the Keys (ATK), emerged last year as a union of the uni- the signs because I knew the decision makers in athlet- second in competition was formed. Since then, UM Tufaan, versity’s three groups, and it has helped ics would be there, and they should not ignore the fans a South Asian-turned-fusion a cappella foster a cappella on campus. anymore.” BY LYSSA GOLDBERG group and BisCaydence, UM’s most In addition, BisCaydence made He says he also brought smaller signs to a game ONLINE EDITOR “traditional” coed a cappella group, UM a cappella history Saturday when a week later. That day, a BUC employee took his sign Given that collegiate a cappella have also taken the stage. it placed second at the International from his pocket and later alerted an usher of his loca- groups have been around since the 19th “We all cater to different people Championship of Collegiate A Cappella tion. Herrera says these interactions garnered media century, it’s surprising that at the Uni- and different styles of music,” said Bis- (ICCA) regional competition. Junior Caydence member Mattan Comay. Alex Sommese of BisCaydence was also attention when a “very prominent former player” versity of Miami – which includes the reached out to Herrera via Twitter. He says he was Although the a cappella scene on named Best Soloist out of all nine com- renowned Frost School of Music – a then contacted by the Miami Herald. cappella was only born in 2009. UM’s campus has not been as promi- peting groups’ vocalists. “In the days that followed, I realized why people nent as one would expect, according were making a big deal, and I became angry with the to Tufaan president Neil Kumar, that SEE A CAPPELLA, PAGE 7 fact that they took my sign and not other people’s signs,” he said. He also mentioned that when he heard that Ath- TONGUE TIED LOW-COST FURNITURE STAFF EDITORIAL letic Director Blake James said that signs were not al- PROFESSOR TEACHES OLD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT THE MIAMI HURRICANE REACTS lowed at the BUC, he became upset. ICELANDIC LANGUAGE CLASS OFFERS SECONDHAND TO FLA. HOUSE’S CONCEALED PAGE 2 EQUIPMENT PAGE 3 WEAPONS BILL PAGE 5 SEE SIGNS, PAGE 10 MHMC- Commercial Template Doc Size 11.25” X 14” Image Area 10.375 x 11.75 CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 2 ACADEMICS ENVIRONMENT Language class draws medieval enthusiasts Fracking may “It’s kind of intellectually “It’s a bit of puzzle solving,” class, found Old English difficult at Professor revives and ethically incumbent on us to Goodmann said. first. be banned Old Icelandic understand cultures and identities Many of the students taking “The word order was chal- different from our own,” he said. the Old Icelandic class also meet lenging, much looser than our BY ALEXANDER GONZALEZ “Some of those cultures happen to with Goodmann on Thursdays to English today,” she said. Oil drilling could EDITOR-IN-CHIEF be dead ones.” read and practice Old English as a Regardless of the challenge More than half of the stu- reading group. in learning these languages, Torek, harm environment While most students dread dents taking the Old Icelandic class Old English is a Germanic- Bej and Barros have taken multiple BY WILLIAM RIGGIN the thought of a Friday afternoon already have knowledge of other based dead language, too. Despite classes with Goodmann. Barros STAFF WRITER class, eight head to the Oscar E. languages. its name, Old English is far re- says that Goodmann’s dedication Dooly Memorial Building to learn Senior Beatriz Barros is moved from modern-day English is a major reason to keep enrolling Last year, it was revealed that the own- Old Icelandic, or Old Norse, the adding Old Norse to her long list and has to be studied as a foreign in his sections. ers of an oil well in Florida’s Collier County language spoken by Vikings. of languages, which include flu- language, according to Goodma- “He is willing to go as far as were using techniques associated with hy- Taught by professor Thomas ency in Portuguese and English, nn. his students are willing to go,” said draulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to increase Goodmann, this class serves as an proficiency in Spanish, and some Students like sophomore Barros, who took an honors Eng- production. Fracking involves drilling deep elective option to a literature class working knowledge of German, Nick Bej participate in the reading lish class with Goodmann where into the earth and injecting fluids to create titled “Viking, Myth and Saga,” French, Japanese and Chinese. group for no credit to continue hon- he allowed students to select the fractures in the rock to eventually release an upper-level course in which “Language helps me think in ing their skills. The group serves as semester’s readings. natural gas. students read translations of Old different ways,” she said. additional practice for those who Goodmann hopes to offer the This issue was discussed at Wednes- Norse stories about gods and god- Barros, a double major in his- enrolled in Goodmann’s Old Eng- Old English class again next year day’s Miami-Dade County Board of Com- desses, or sagas. tory and biology, also gravitated lish language class during fall 2014. and possibly make the Old Norse missioners meeting. After presentations, Students learning the lan- toward the language class because “After the class was over, I language class into a three-credit including one by Harold Wanless, chairman guage earn one credit in addition of her interest in the medieval pe- wasn’t quite satisfied,” Bej said. “I course that encompasses literature and a professor in the Department of Geo- to the three-credit English class. riod. She dreams of becoming a wanted to keep on reading.” and culture. logical Sciences at the University of Miami, Old Icelandic is a Germanic- medieval historian some day. According to Goodmann, it all 11 commissioners present at the meeting based dead language, according A main challenge in learning takes about eight weeks before one voted in favor of adopting the resolution. to Goodmann, who specializes in Senator Darran Soto, D-Orlando, and Old Icelandic is that the pronuncia- starts to feel comfortable reading AUDIO CLIP medieval studies. tion of a word is not apparent from Old English, which he describes as Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, recently For Goodmann, learning the spelling, according to Good- a “simplified German.” To listen to Professor Good- filed legislation (SB 166) that would ban all a language, even a dead one, is a mann. In some cases, the sound of Junior Nicole Torek, who mann read in Old Icelan- fracking activities in the state. The resolution worthwhile pursuit. dic, visit themiamihurricane. a word can change its spelling. participates in the reading group com. encourages passage of the bill. and is enrolled in the Old Icelandic “Florida is home to scenic beaches, wonderful springs and the legendary Ever- glades. This natural beauty, in turn, fosters a GREEK LIFE strong tourism industry, annually attracting many new residents to our shores. It must be preserved,” Soto said of the bill, according to a press release from the Florida Senate. Fraternity Bid Day takes over campus The press release also said the bill “would apply to all hydraulic fracturing GOING GREEK: Current activities. The legislation has been filed for members of the Alpha the 2015 legislative session, which begins in Epsilon Pi Fraternity March.” welcome new members Wanless’ presentation argued his case during Bid Day at the for prohibiting fracking in Florida. Lakeside Patio Stage “Fracking, in a certain sense, has Friday aft ernoon. changed the game,” he said. “We are less Bid Day concludes dependent on foreign oil, we have a much Rush Week, when greater projected oil reserves and gas re- students interested serves than we did 10 years ago, but coming in joining a fraternity with that is a huge risk.” participate in various The fracking process has been criti- events with current cized across the country due to its potential brothers.