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TRUDGE THROUGH THE MUD: University of Miami alumnus Kevin Peterson makes it through the “electric eel” obstacle, which is part of Tough Mudder, a 12-mile obstacle course that raises money for the Wounded Warriors Project.

The event took place Saturday morning at Miami Homestead Speedway. To date, participants have raised more than $5 million. All proceeds go toward support programs for thousands of warriors returning from the battlefi eld. The obstacles were designed by British Special Forces and are tailored to test physical ability, as well as mental toughness.

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Class customs cross cultural boundaries

Freshman Joe Miano has attended schools in three countries: France, Belgium and now the United States at the University of Miami. He noticed that raising his hand is just as prevalent, despite the cultural differences.

“Raising my hand has meant the same thing in all three countries and to all of my teachers,” he said.

Miano, as one of 1,413 international undergraduates enrolled at UM, was glad to know that his distance from home does not affect the educational customs he has gained in past classrooms, especially hand-raising.

Amy Cuddy, a professor at Harvard Business School, described her psychological findings on hand-raising in a TED Talk given in 2010.

According to Cuddy, hand-raising is a reflection of students’ personalities and social status within the classroom. She has identified how nonverbal behaviors and “power posing” affects classroom dynamics.

From Cuddy’s conclusions, Miano feels comfortable interacting in class, regardless of the classroom style.

He came to the U.S. to study neuroscience and has been able to appreciate many learning styles from the more formal hand-raising environment to the more Socratic, student-led discussion format.

“It really depends on the teacher and the subject,” he said.

International students find comfort in hand-raisingBY JORDAN COYNECOPY EDITOR

Students register for courses hop-ing to have a certain experience, but re-alize that the course was different from their expectations. With the integration of the CaneLink system, the question of having syllabi available during registra-tion time has been raised.

“Sometimes the class sounds really cool, but when you get to it, the content doesn’t really reflect what you were expecting, and vice-versa,” freshman Daniela Lorenzo said.

Most students share Lorenzo’s sen-timents.

Richard L. Williamson, the chair of the Faculty Senate, thinks that asking professors to upload their syllabi would be more burdensome than helpful.

“Some people, me included for example, don’t have a syllabus the way some other people do,” he said. “So I have a document I call the ‘course re-quirements’ document, and I have a separate document called syllabus … a listing of what we’re going to do when.”

Trying to straighten out all of those differences can be a problem, accord-ing to Williamson. He explained that since some professors don’t have a con-ventional syllabus, the work that would go into fixing those extra details would

outweigh the benefits.“Ideally [syllabi] should be avail-

able before classes ever start,” William-son said. “But there are some problems with making that a requirement.”

Because faculty members are often away doing research or projects, it may be hard for them to get their syllabus in before they return, Williamson said. And in smaller classes where the focus is on interactive processes between the professor and the students, a syllabus wouldn’t make a lot of sense.

“I think it’d be beneficial,” he said. “The real question is whether you can deal with all of these complexities.”

Faculty, students discuss syllabi previewCaneLink leads to registration questions BY ERIKA GLASSCOPY EDITOR

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The Rosenstiel School of Marine and At-mospheric Science will be able to experience the hurricane season all year long.

RSMAS’s newest building, the Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Com-plex, will feature the only existing complex to have the power to generate Category 5 hurri-cane winds. The complex is housed in the Surge Structure Atmosphere Interaction (SUSTAIN) research facility that focuses on the study of wind’s effects on land and sea.

“There’s things we can do in a lab to isolate different effects that you just can’t do in nature,” said Brian Haus, the principal investigator in the SUSTAIN component.

The ability to have these winds is an incred-ible advantage, according to graduate student Michelle Wilson who is studying meteorology. Recreating Category 5 winds will help forecast-ers prepare for these kinds of storms.

“This societal benefit is a big thing in hur-ricane research,” she said.

For Wilson, modeling the effects of storm surge from these winds will be just as impor-tant. Storm surge is the build-up of water that the storm drags until hitting the coastline. Storm surge was the primary reason for Sandy’s disas-trous effects in the Northeast, especially New York City.

While existing marine science facilities, such as those of Pennsylvania State University and Oregon State University, are large-scale and sophisticated, these could only serve as general references, since they are completely different in their function. These current facilities lack SUS-TAIN’s specialized wind component.

Though the structure of the building is com-plete, additional work must be done on the state-of-the-art interior. Six months remain in leading up to the scheduled September completion.

Other than RSMAS’s own smaller exist-ing building, the project lacked a predecessor, meaning that the project required rigorous pre-testing and modeling to design a structure that could sustain such extreme forces.

Approximately one-third of the funds needed to realize the project, $15 million were awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology as part of the American Recov-ery and Reinvestment Act when RSMAS won a competition in late 2009.

With SUSTAIN, the new building will also have another facility called The Marine Life Sci-ences Center for the study of marine organisms.

With a space designed for housing and studying marine animals, such as fish and cor-als, the complex will allow for the observation of wild life in a controlled environment, where variables can be closely monitored. The build-

ing will focus mostly on research but will also be aimed at education and teaching.

While the facility is scientific in its func-tion, its applications are multi-disciplinary. The overarching theme is that of understanding hu-man interactions with nature whether it involves the wind or the sea.

Junior Abby Page believes that current sci-entific research needs to focus on this advance-ment.

“We’re learning that everything we’ve done has an impact,” she said. “You can’t study one without the other, humans and their envi-ronment.”

The building’s aesthetics suit these varied functions with easier access to the water.

“It will change the whole way the campus is laid out,” Haus said.

Freshman Siqing Yang, who went to school in central China since she was born, also moved to Miami to study at UM. Despite English not being her first language, she believes she is at an advantage because she has experienced different yet similar teaching styles like hand-raising.

“I have found what I like

best, and also the best ways to succeed,” she said.

In China, Yang took all of her classes with the same group of 49 students for three years. Each grade was composed of 30 groups, and there were three grades in her high school.

As one of 4,500 students in her school, it was easy for Yang to get lost in the masses. She enjoys the contrast of being in smaller

classes at UM, where teachers will facilitate conversations, allowing students to employ not just hand-raising but also their communication skills.

Yang’s situation can be explained from Cuddy’s process of power posing, or “fake it till you become it.” She suggests conducting one’s self in the same way as an alpha figure, until one’s mindset and mannerisms

become those of an alpha.International students like

Miano and Yang who come to the U.S. to study believe that the content and language of the discussions may differ, but the body positions and mannerisms discussed by Cuddy, as well as the relationships between students, teachers and their peers, transcend geographical boundaries.

Building’s technology advances meteorologyBY LUISA ANDONIECONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

CREATING THE PERFECT STORM: The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science’s newest building, the Marine Technology and Life Sciences Seawater Coplex, opens in September.

LUISA ANDONIE // CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Hip-hop dance group thrives on ‘swagger’STUDENT ORGANIZATION

The members of KAOS see hip-hop dancing as more than a passion. Being part of a dance group gives them an es-cape from the pressures of school and jobs.

“We all have this connection to dancing even though we’re such differ-ent people; we come together and have fun,” said sophomore Emily Brudner, president of the student organization.

There are 18 members, including 15 women and three men.

KAOS holds auditions for new mem-bers at the beginning of each semester. The number of dancers they take varies. This last semester, they took four new members.

The Executive Board and the gener-al members of KAOS discuss and decide who can join the group.

The group’s leaders, like senior Ma-ria Coronado, are not only interested in dance skills.

“There is a certain stage presence and style that makes someone stand out,” she said.

Junior Natalie Goenaga believes that members should have a certain at-titude.

“Don’t be nervous, and just be your-self at auditions. KAOS looks for danc-ers who love to have a good time, have

attitude and swagger, as silly as that sounds,” she said.

Coronado has been a member of KAOS for four years.

She has danced ballet and tap since the age of 3. KAOS has been a way for her to continue dancing, get a workout in and forget about school for two hours twice a week.

“I know that once I graduate, I won’t be able to perform and do things like this so I’m enjoying it while I can,” she said.

KAOS has been a registered student organization since 1995.

Although the student organization has a faculty adviser, currently Connie Nickel, the members are mainly respon-sible for organizing the club’s events and meetings.

Each semester, they produce a fall or spring showcase before finals week with about 16 different dances.

“You really get to know the other members because the week before show-case, we always practice several hours a day, every day,” Coronado said.

The name KAOS is a secret acronym that only group members know, and only find out once they have completed their first showcase. They also receive nick-

names given to them by the other mem-bers.

KAOS performs at other occasions besides the end-of-semester showcases. They have danced at Greek Week open-ing ceremonies and the Organized-Cheer event (O-Cheer) during Homecoming.

There is no cost to join KAOS, but students are required to audition at the onset of each semester.

KAOS performs at Greek Week, HomecomingBY BAILEY MURRAYCONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER

MOVING TO THE MUSIC: Freshman Jamie Servidio performs with the group KAOS during Greek Week’s Organized-Cheer event on the Green Friday night. She is one of 18 members of the student organization that focuses on hip-hop dance.

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KAOS meets twice a week on Wednesdays from 10 p.m. to midnight and Sundays from noon to 2 p.m. at the Wellness Center. During each practice, they learn a new dance, and the members choreograph the performances themselves.

Auditions take place at the beginning of each semester.

FEATURED FINALE: Sophomore Fareed Rifal was the only man performing from KAOS on Friday during Greek Week’s Organized-Cheer. The group closed out the event.

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UM teams host, partake in Miami MayhemCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION: Sophomore Palna Kapadia dances with the Hurricane SwaggeRaas team at the sixth annual Miami Mayhem Intercollegiate Garba/Raas competition on Saturday night.

The competition, held at the Julius Littman Performing Arts Center in North Miami Beach, featured Indian dance teams from across the country. Dandiya Raas is a traditional Indian dance performed to honor the God-dess Amba during the annual Navaratri festival.

The dance incorporates hitting sticks together to maintain a steady beat. The winning team was Dirty South Dandiya from the University of Texas. PHOTOS BY MONICA HERNDON // ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

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Extra credit: friend to students, foe to professorsIn his post as Faculty Senate chair,

Williamson saw the implementation of the Holy Day Policy. He discussed how the de-cision would affect students.

“There’s also always the question about do these rules apply only to undergradu-ates,” Williamson said. “Basically, the final decision was that these rules only apply to undergraduates, although the professional and graduate schools were strongly encour-aged to follow comparable policy.”

Williamson also spoke about extra credit policies. He said it was up to the pro-fessor to decide what goes on in his or her classroom in regards to grading. Because not all professors grade on a point system, he said having a centralized extra credit policy across the board would be a disad-vantage.

Traci Ardren, senior associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, explained

that extra credit could be more hurtful than helpful.

“We are reluctant to give extra credit because we feel that it acknowledges that you don’t have to do the work that is part of the course,” she said. “If you do the work ... then you shouldn’t need extra credit.”

She also said that extra credit is some-thing that she offers to students in her in-troductory courses that perhaps don’t know how to take her exams.

“There’s very few people here who re-ally need that kind of help,” Ardren said. “I think students expect extra credit these days, and from a faculty perspective, it’s be-come commonplace, when really it should only be something that’s used in relatively rare or extraordinary cases because there’s no reason that you can’t earn a good grade just doing the regular work of the class.”

Sophomore Stephanie Vazquez sees extra credit as a valuable opportunity to make up for an exam.

“I think extra credit should be offered more,” she said. “There is always a test that you don’t perform to the best of your abil-ity, so the extra credit really helps alleviate the stress.”

Lorenzo feels that extra credit work is also useful for getting her GPA up to where she wants it to be.

“I love being challenged in class, but there are times where stupid mistakes are made or you’re having a bad day … and you can’t perform up to standard,” she said. “Extra credit allows you to have more of an impact on your grade and ensure that it’s as high as you can make it … [I] know if I mess up, there’s a way to fix my mistakes.”

Ardren also spoke about student’s hab-its during class registration.

“I don’t think people should shop for classes based on whether or not there’s ex-tra credit offered,” she said. “In college, ex-tra credit should be a rare thing … I want the students here to know that faculty in the college at least ... are willing to work with people on revising drafts of writing or in study sessions or in one-on-one meetings … those are all better solutions than extra credit.”

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We are reluctant to give extra credit because we feel that it acknowledges that you don’t have to do the work that is part of the course. If you do the work ... then you shouldn’t need extra credit.”

Traci Ardren,Senior associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

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Do you think there is a correlation between

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“It could possibly aff ect kids that are younger and more

impressionable because they don’t know what’s wrong and what’s right when it comes to

violence. It probably won’t make a diff erence when

you’re older because you’re not going to play Halo and

then go out and be violent.”

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“There is a correlation between violence and video games because of the moves they see and the blood and

gore.”

ERIN BLANCHETTESOPHOMORE

“I kind of go back and forth. It desensitizes people to

violence, but at the same time I don’t think it causes

violence.”

Speak Up answers are edited for clarity, brevity and accuracy.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day recently commemorated the 68th an-

niversary for the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp, Aus-chwitz-Birkenau.

Presently, we have the lead-ers of Iran calling for the annihila-tion of the people of Israel declar-ing that “the people of Iran are ready to march on Israel to wipe it out.”

The British Sunday Times published an anti-Se-mitic cartoon of the Israeli prime minister building a wall using Palestinian blood to mark this Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Egyptian aide to President Mohamed Morsi claims that the Holocaust is just a U.S. hoax to justify the existence of the Jewish people in their homeland. Morsi himself calls the Jewish people “descendants of apes and pigs.”

Today we stand in front of an unfortunate reality that consists of the same hatred that led to the Holo-

caust. The odious fight against the Jewish people fo-cuses mainly on Israel, the Jewish homeland, which is perceived as an easier and acceptable target than just plainly Jews. Criticizing Israel or any other coun-try is legitimate, but holding Israel to higher standards based on anti-Semitic notions is just unacceptable.

We have the power to fight anti-Semitism, and all racial hatred, by exposing it and standing together to denounce the propagating of hatred. In these times, while some leaders continue to preach hate, we must make sure they will never get a chance to practice it.

We are the last generation that has the chance to speak with Holocaust survivors firsthand. We are responsible for understanding the task and challenge that lies on our shoulders – passing the story of how people, not monsters but people full of hate, mur-dered millions of families in hopes to exterminate an entire race.

And all the while, the world stood silent.

Abir Gitlin is a freshman majoring in international studies and Judaic studies.

ABIR GITLINCONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST

Holocaust hate still affecting society

Games don’t control violenceAs rampage shootings be-

come the increasingly popular crime of choice, many turn to vio-lent video games as the answer to why this must be. But, there is no evidence this correlation exists.

Individuals are inclined to point fingers at video games as the link to violent behavior because it is easy to do so, but the push of a button on an Xbox 360 controller is not leading individuals to pull the trigger of a gun.

Though it is possible that criminals play violent video games, their choice to behave vio-lently does not directly result from playing any game.

Recently, the Washington Post compared the amount of money spent on video games and gun-related homicide rates in 10 countries. The results showed that although the U.S. has the highest rate of gun-related murders, the Netherlands and South Korea spend more than twice the amount on video games, yet their gun-relat-

ed murder rates are much lower.The relationship between vid-

eo games and violent behavior is virtually nonexistent. Playing vio-lent video games for hours on end should not be anyone’s hobby of choice. However, it doesn’t seem to cause any harm in moderation.

For decades, video games and television shows have been called into question as a key fac-tor that leads to certain individuals becoming murderers, rapists, sex offenders and robbers. But many people watch the same shows and play the same video games and don’t have a criminal record to back this theory up.

In an article published by the New York Times, new research shows that violent video games can cause a short-term period of aggressive behavior, but evidence does not prove that it will carry out in the long-term and cause some-one to commit any violent crimes.

“None of these extreme acts, like a school shooting, occurs be-

cause of only one risk factor; there are many factors, including feeling socially isolated, being bullied and so on,” said Craig A. Anderson, a psychologist at Iowa State Univer-sity. “... if you look at the literature, I think it’s clear that violent media is one factor; it’s not the largest fac-tor, but it’s also not the smallest.”

The truth: We will never know why Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold commit-ted the Columbine massacre; why James Holmes randomly shot up a Colorado movie theater; or why Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary school and killed 26 innocent people.

But we do know this: Crimi-nals do not wake up one day and decide to commit a violent crime after playing a video game. It in-volves several factors that fester overtime.

Editorials represent the majority view of The Miami Hurricane editorial board.

... while some leaders continue to preach hate, we must make sure they will never get a chance to practice it.

ABIR GITLIN,Contributing Columnist

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Festivalfills theneed for

beer

Nothing is worse than the repetitive weekends downing watery Natty Light, but where is a beer enthusiast supposed to go for a good time in Miami?

On Saturday, beer aficionados will have the opportunity to sample craft spring and summer beers at SPRUNG! Beer Festival in Peacock Park.

The festival is by the same pro-ducers of Grovetoberfest, which brings thousands of people to Coconut Grove every October to sample seasonal craft beers.

This spring’s festival will include more than 150 different beers from around the world and will allow those attending to drink as much as their hearts desire with unlimited samples. For something made close-to-home, try locally brewed Michael’s Genuine Brew or Big Rod Key West Ale. Other beers include Guinness Black Lager and Fox Barrel Pacific Pear.

“SPRUNG! will be unlike any oth-er beer festival,” event producer Tony Albelo said. “It will be a celebration of the craft beer lifestyle and of simply having fun. It will be an unforgettable experience.”

Albelo said that the inspiration to bring another beer festival to the Grove came after last year’s Grovetoberfest. He said there was an overwhelmingly positive response from festival-goers to the potential of adding a festival in the spring.

By having a second festival, it al-lows the organizers and attendees to sample summer and spring seasonal beers they otherwise would not have a chance to try at Grovetoberfest. How-ever, SPRUNG! is far from the same experience as Grovetoberfest, bringing in more games and entertainment for guests.

“SPRUNG! is going to be more of a fun experience than Grovetoberfest,” Albelo said.

Beer pong tables will be set up throughout the park. Each of the 15 bars participating will have their own game set up, Albelo said.

But for those tired out from beer pong at frat parties, the festival will have a games arena and bar. SPRUNG! is super-sizing some of their games in-cluding human bowling, in which a person gets inside an oversized plastic ball and rolls themselves toward a set of oversized bowling pins. There will also

be giant Jenga, mega Twister, as well as regular cornhole.

For sports fanatics, the UM vs. Clemson basketball game will be shown that night on four TVs at the bar.

Local Miami band ArtOfficial will be playing on Bougainvillea’s live music stage for the event as well.

The festival’s mission statement is to further the appreciation and knowl-edge of craft beers in South Florida.

Albelo said he is excited over the prospect of helping new beer drinkers discover craft beers they enjoy, while helping to grow the local economy for beer.

He cited the facts that Florida ranks fourth nationally for money spent on beer, yet 44th nationally in terms of breweries per capita as reasons to ex-pand the market.

“As of right now, there are only two full-scale breweries being operated in Miami, and we want to help bring that number up,” Albelo said. “Hope-fully SPRUNG! will help that.”

Albelo said that he has been im-pressed in recent years with the upswing in craft beer consumption, particularly with Belgian white beers such as Shock-top or Blue Moon, and states that he is happy that those beers serve as gateway beers in, “the fight to move away from Bud and Bud Light.”

Albelo believes that SPRUNG! will be as informative for attendees as it will be enjoyable.

“If there is a point in space where craft beer knowledge and fun intersect, that will be SPRUNG!” Albelo said.

BY ROBERT PURSELLCONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

IF YOU GO

WHAT: SPRUNG! Beer Festival

WHERE: Peacock Park, 2820 Mc-Farlane Road, Coconut Grove

WHEN: 4-7 p.m. Saturday

COST: $39 for regular admission online; $30 at limited local loca-tions (see the Facebook page for more information); $89 for VIP, which includes a 2:30 p.m. meet and greet with brewers, 3 p.m. entrance to the festival, VIP tent with appetizers and special brews and air condi-tioned bathrooms.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit igotsprung.com or facebook.com/igotsprung.

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On the final day of January, the Miami women’s basketball team was demolished by 39 points on the road at Duke.

On the final day of February, Mi-ami exacted its revenge, handing the No. 5 Blue Devils their first ACC loss of the season. The 69-65 victory, which came on Senior Night at the BankUnit-ed Center, sent fans streaming onto the court to celebrate with the players this past Thursday.

It was Miami’s first-ever defeat of Duke, where coach Katie Meier was for-merly a standout player.

“You get some special moments, and you go through a grind, and you have some disappointments and some tough losses along the way,” Meier said. “Then something like this happens to people who truly deserve it. These three [seniors Stefanie Yderstrom, Shawnice Wilson and Morgan Stroman], it’s such a great script for them, and I’m not sure it would have happened if we hadn’t had some bitter losses along the way.”

Each of those seniors scored in dou-ble figures to help UM (19-9, 10-7 ACC) bounce back from a demoralizing 68-64 road loss against Georgia Tech just four days earlier.

Yderstrom, a 5-foot-8 guard from Ostertalje, Sweden, tied for a team-high 16 points and led the way with four as-sists in 37 minutes on the court.

Wilson posted a double-double, as she scored 16 points and used her soar-ing height to collect a game-high 12 re-bounds.

Stroman concluded her career at the BUC with 11 points and six re-bounds.

“Just to have my fellow seniors there and my coach and ... everyone who loves us and we love them, it was just a great feeling to have out there,” Stroman said. “To have that one loss in the ACC that Duke has lost to, that just makes

it great, and we had nothing to lose, so might as well go out with a bang.”

Miami struggled to shoot the ball, finishing at just 34.3 percent from the field. But the Canes forced 19 turnovers and limited Duke – the nation’s best 3-point shooting team – to just 23.1 per-cent from deep.

Sophomore center Elizabeth Wil-liams, the reigning consensus National Freshman of the Year, led the Blue Dev-ils (26-2, 16-1 ACC) with 17 points.

When the two ACC elites met in January, the game was tied at 29 before Duke outscored Miami 53-14 in the sec-ond half, coasting to an 82-43 win.

This time around, Miami led 33-30 at the break, but did not let up in the fi-nal 20 minutes of play.

“The last time we played them, we were satisfied with our first half, and then we were embarrassed out of our second half,” Meier said. “So that wasn’t going to happen again, and if that’s what needed to happen for this moment, for these three seniors on their Senior Night, maybe it was worth it be-cause we’ve gotten a lot better – obvi-ously – in a month.”

The biggest play of the game came with 20 seconds left when Wilson scored off a quick drive and dish from Yderstrom, extending Miami’s lead to four and making it a two-possession dif-ference. That was the final bucket of the contest.

“She was really good down there,” Yderstrom said. “She was catching ev-ery pass almost throughout the game, so I was just confident. I saw her open in the lane, so fortunately I passed it to her.”

The resume-boosting win over the Blue Devils likely moves Miami from the NCAA Tournament bubble into a pretty comfortable position leading up to the big dance.

Meier hopes the Canes will build on this momentum.

“I think this is a springboard and not the final chapter,” she said. “We can’t have this be the final chapter. We say, ‘The rest is still unwritten,’ and I hope we have a lot more pages left to write.”

SPORTS 10consecutive wins to start the season for Miami’s baseball team, before Saturday’s loss at Florida snapped the streak.

1victory over Duke in Miami women’s basketball history, aft er Thursday’s heroic win over the No. 5 Blue Devils.

Miami claims first victory over DukeSenior players score in double digits BY ALEX SCHWARTZSENIOR SPORTS WRITER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

HOLLY BENSUR // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERPASSING: Junior guard Krystal Saunders passes the ball to a teammate during Thursday’s game against Duke. This was the fi rst time Miami has defeated Duke ending with 69-65.

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MEN’S BASKETBALLMike Krzyzewski called it one for the ages.

Duke senior Ryan Kelly emerged from a two-month absence to score 36 points in a thrilling 79-76 win over Miami.

The Hurricanes trailed by 10 with less than two minutes to play on Saturday, but then made a last-second push that came up just short.

Shane Larkin – who had 25 points on 8-for-16 shooting – barely reached the rim on a deep 3-pointer, and Rion Brown’s des-peration shot at the final buzzer went in and out.

Duke (25-4, 12-4 ACC) remains undefeated at 16-0 with Kelly on the floor.

The sharp shooter was lethal against Miami, draining 7-of-9 from beyond the arc.

He electrified a rowdy home

crowd at Cameron Indoor Sta-dium and carried the Blue Devils to a retaliatory win.

Miami (23-5, 14-2) hoped for a series sweep of Duke after the 90-63 blowout earlier this year, and a win Saturday would have clinched the first outright confer-ence title in school history.

Still, the Canes need just one win in their final two games to secure the top spot in the ACC.

Georgia Tech will be in town for a 9 p.m. tipoff Wednesday, and Clemson will visit the BankUnited Center at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

TRACK & FIELDFour Miami athletes competed for a chance to participate in the NCAA Indoor Champion-ships next week.

Samantha Williams led the way at the VT Qualifier in Blacksburg, Va., winning the women’s triple jump event. The All-American senior’s mark

of 42 feet and .5 inches was top among 22 competitors.

Isaiah Simmons – who won ACC Indoors last week – placed sec-ond in the men’s shot-put event with an impressive 57-foot throw.

Miami’s track stars will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., for the NCAA Indoor Championships, which be-gin Friday.

FOOTBALLThe Hurricanes opened spring practice on Saturday, and coach Al Golden said the weekend was

a “two-day passing camp.”

On Sunday, Miami’s quarterbacks worked through several areas of the offense, including three-step drops, third-down scenarios and two-minute drills.

Golden faced questions about the strength of the Miami de-fense, which was the more inex-perienced unit last season.

“We can look at a lot of things differently with a lot of guys on defense returning,” he said. “We’re not out of the woods yet. We expect a lot of the young guys

on defense to make marked im-provements this spring.”

The team will practice Tuesday and Thursday before taking off for spring break.

The first spring scrimmage will be held at 10 a.m. March 23 at Traz-Powell Stadium on the Miami Dade College north campus.

Information compiled from hurricanesports.com.

Spencer Dandes may be contacted at [email protected].

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