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Colleges and Universities

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Florida Women Make 80 Cents for Every Dollar a Man Makes; Latinas Make Only 66 Cents

    Here's the good news: The gap between how much women and men make in Florida is actually pretty low compared to the rest of the country, and the Sunshine State actually has the 11th narrowest gap in the nation.Here's the bad news: That gap still means a Florida woman makes 80 cents to every dollar a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 12, 2012

    You’re My Boy, Blue

    Here's the good news: The gap between how much women and men make in Florida is actually pretty low compared to the rest of the country, and the Sunshine State actually has the 11th narrowest gap in the nation.Here's the bad news: That gap still means a Florida woman makes 80 cents to every dollar a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    South Beach is Now America's Top Spring Break Destination

    ​Ugh, get ready for the arrival of a bunch of drunk, unruly college students (and not the FIU and UM variety we're already used to dealing with) in a few weeks, because according to a top travel agency, South Beach has now become the third most popular Spring Break location for college students. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    FAMU Is Not Penn State: Hazing Should Not Kill A Storied Program

    Alex Izaguirre​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell comes to the defense of Florida's largest historically African-American university, which has been caug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Former 'Cane Jeffrey Brown Takes Plea Deal in Sexual Assault Case

    ​Jeffrey Brown, a 19-year-old former redshirt freshman defensive lineman with the Miami Hurricanes, has accepted a plea deal in a case involving his alleged rape of a female University of Miami student in a dorm room. As part of the deal Brown will face no prison time and will not have a felon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Florida Lost 115,000 Jobs to China Between 2001 and 2010

    ​It's not news that Americans love buying cheap Chinese-made goods, but the disparity between how much we import from China and how much we export to the country has resulted in about 2.8 million American jobs being displaced to China between 2001 and 2010. Florida has been particularly hard hit, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Daryl Gardener, Former Dolphin, Arrested at UCF Sorority House After Fight With Girlfriend

    ​The arrest of former Miami Dolphin Daryl Gardener has it all: cougars, accusations of cheating, sorority houses, cologne bottles, and a club called Fubar.The 38-year-old former defensive tackle was arrested early Tuesday morning in front of the University of Central Florida's Zeta Tau Alpha house ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Guns at College? Father of Girl Shot at FSU Frat House Doesn't Think So

    ​Ashley Cowie, a sophomore at Florida State University, was shot and killed last month after an AK-47 accidentally went off at a party at a property housing fraternity brothers. Clearly, firearms and college parties don't mix well, but a bill introduced last month would allow students at Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Kendrick Meek, Undocumented Students Rally at Miami-Dade College In Favor of DREAM Act

    ​Standing before a row of undocumented Miami-Dade College students downtown this morning, Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek urged Congress to pass a long-debated bill that would give college graduates and military members a quick path to full citizenship. Democrats plan to attach the DREAM Act to a def ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Florida Schools Rank Low on Forbes Best Colleges List

    ​In US News and World Report's rankings of America's best colleges, the state of Florida boast two schools in the top 50: University of Florida and University of Miami. Forbes is now in the college ranking business too, and the rankings for the schools in Florida strike as a bit weird. Only o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    R.I.P. Francisco Aguabella, Afro-Cuban Jazz Great

    ​ Francisco Aguabella left Cuba in the 1950's and quickly established himself as a master conguero and bata musician in the American and nascent Afro-Cuban jazz scenes. Noted for his fluidity and energy, he was a sought-after performer who shared the stage with musicians as varied as Frank Sinatr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    Not Just a Pretty Face

    ​ Francisco Aguabella left Cuba in the 1950's and quickly established himself as a master conguero and bata musician in the American and nascent Afro-Cuban jazz scenes. Noted for his fluidity and energy, he was a sought-after performer who shared the stage with musicians as varied as Frank Sinatr ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    At Florida Memorial University, surviving assaults is part of the curriculum

    ​ Francisco Aguabella left Cuba in the 1950's and quickly established himself as a master conguero and bata musician in the American and nascent Afro-Cuban jazz scenes. Noted for his fluidity and energy, he was a sought-after performer who shared the stage with musicians as varied as Frank Sinatr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Does the State University System Have a Problem with Lady Power?

    UWF President Judith Bence and USF President Judy Genshaft: Exceptions to an unwritten rule? Do Florida's public universities have a reluctance to put women on top? On one side, you could point out that only two of the 11 schools in the system have a female president. On the other hand, you co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    University of Miami Returns to Playboy's Top Party School Glory

    via Wikimedia CommonsUniversity of Miami used to be a "Top Party Schools" mainstay back in the 80's, coming in at #2 on Playboy's first 1987 list, but with a rise on academic lists came a fall on the party lists. UM didn't even make Playboy's list last year (the top spot went to University of Florid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    UM Addresses The Impact of Econ Crisis

    Nothing is immune to the economic crisis, not even the palm tree'd oasis in Coral Gables known as the University of Miami. After many alumnus expressed their concern, president Donna Shalala sent out a letter to all alum today addressing the impact on UM. Here's the highlights: UM has made a lot of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    Get Some Time Alone

    Experimental filmmaker Chris Kraus speaks at MoCA.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Donna Shalala Won't Be Your Drinking Buddy

    Experimental filmmaker Chris Kraus speaks at MoCA.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Last Night: Guster at the Culture Room

    Experimental filmmaker Chris Kraus speaks at MoCA.

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    Pay off Your Loans

    Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

  • Music

    September 6, 2007

    Shane & Shane and Bebo Norman

    Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2007

    Florida Student Loan Subpoenas

    Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    Being Straight Edge in Drug-laced College Culture

    Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2007

    Orange Bowl's Fate Riles Facebookers

    Gabe Pendas wants to save college kids a bundle. And this brawler might just do it.

  • Film

    January 18, 2007

    Now Playing

    Stomp the Yard

  • Dining

    February 23, 2006

    Tin Chefs

    The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Mad Hampster

    The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

  • Calendar

    October 23, 2003

    The Song is You

    It's up to the Voice to bring the religions together

  • Shops and Wares

    May 15, 2003

    BEST REASON NOT TO GO TO COCOWALK

    The parking garage

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    FIU, too! All right?

    Why Mitch Maidique and Armando Codina hate Amendment 11

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Poor Miami: Enough Whining

    Got a clever idea for snuffing out local poverty? Let's hear it!

  • News

    March 21, 2002

    Punt

    That's what UM administrators did rather than answer questions about athletes and academics

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    End Run

    The second time a professor caught him cheating, UM football star Andre Johnson seemed to be in deep trouble. That's when home-field advantage kicked in.

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    The Battle of the Barry Bulge

    As the university grows and grows, it has hit some of its neighbors

  • News

    December 20, 2001

    Letters from the Issue of December 20, 2001

    The Sunny Side of the Bleat: C'mon, guys, put on a happy face!

  • News

    December 6, 2001

    Fear and Loathing in la Escuela

    President Eduardo Padron has instituted an impressive program of intimidation at Miami-Dade Community College

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Gridiron Fever

    FIU administrators think spending millions on a football program will do wonders for their school, and they'll sideline anyone who disagrees

  • Recreation

    May 13, 1999

    Best Place To Rollerblade

    FIU University Park Campus

  • News

    May 7, 1998

    Schoolyard Bully

    Metro-Dade Community College president Eduardo Padron has won a reputation as a take-charge leader -- and an intellectual thug

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    The Music Man

    Forget River City; there are problems aplenty at the New World School of the Arts, where members of the music faculty have declared war on their boss

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    How to Succeed in Education Without Really Studying

    Superintendent Roger Cuevas and a few dozen of his top administrators received graduate degrees from diploma mills. No wonder Dade's schools are in such great shape.

  • News

    January 18, 1996

    The Graduate

    After ten years as city manager, Cesar Odio is still catching flak about his college education. Give the guy a break. Better yet, give him a diploma.

  • Film

    November 16, 1995

    A Case of Date Rape

    After ten years as city manager, Cesar Odio is still catching flak about his college education. Give the guy a break. Better yet, give him a diploma.

  • Film

    November 9, 1995

    The Young and the Restless

    After ten years as city manager, Cesar Odio is still catching flak about his college education. Give the guy a break. Better yet, give him a diploma.

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Building Block

    The state Board of Regents isn't standing between FIU and an accredited architecture school - Mitch Maidique is.

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    From Animal House to Bleak House

    -- dry rush. No hazing. And you need to pull a permit to throw a decent party. It's enough to make a UM Greek hurl.

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    Mustang Sally

    How to turn your trivia knowledge into fabulous prizes

  • News

    April 13, 1994

    Sex & Cars & Rock & Roll

    I entered the Rolling Stone Rock & Roll Bowl on a whim. How'd I do? Just call me Johnny Ca$h.

  • News

    December 8, 1993

    Crossing the Bar

    When Dade's Chamber of Commerce considered backing FIU instead of FAMU in the fight for a new state law school, they figured it would be a walk in the park

  • News

    November 27, 1991

    Stonewalled

    FIU's first gay-rights group finds disciples of Anita Bryant alive and well on campus

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