Higher Education

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Ave Maria University: A Catholic project gone wrong

​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 >>

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 >>

Jacory Harris is Sorry He Was Such a Pain in Donna Shalala's Ass

​So, the University of Miami has decided its time to let Jacory Harris say words in public again, and trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game after admitting he took about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Har ... More >>

Tim Sweeney at the Electric Pickle August 27

​So, the University of Miami has decided its time to let Jacory Harris say words in public again, and trotted their starting quarterback in front of the media today after he was suspended for the Maryland game after admitting he took about $140 in impermissible benefits from Nevin Shapiro. Har ... More >>

Marco Rubio on Hurricanes Scandal: Blame the NCAA, Pay College Players

​While some people want to see the Miami Hurricanes scandal wind up with congressional hearings, at least one prominent Senator says he'd rather see the NCAA shape up than ship the Hurricanes out. Of course, that Senator is Marco Rubio, who just happens to be a former college football player h ... More >>

Letters from the issue of June 30, 2011

​While some people want to see the Miami Hurricanes scandal wind up with congressional hearings, at least one prominent Senator says he'd rather see the NCAA shape up than ship the Hurricanes out. Of course, that Senator is Marco Rubio, who just happens to be a former college football player h ... More >>

Richard Hales, Sakaya Kitchen Owner, Talks Thai and Business, Part 1

​Richard Hales is the owner of the popular Sakaya Kitchen, one of the few independently owned joints that make Midtown cool. He took over our palates with intoxicating brussels sprouts, and then helmed the growing food truck movement in Miami.At age 21, after being laid off, the Tampa native ... More >>

Miami Dade College Will Continue to Accept Those $399 HS Diplomas, Thank You Very Much

Barry, have you heard of the InterAmerican Christian Academy?​There's something wrong with, well, everything, when the most prominent public college in the state decrees that it will still accept degrees from a high school that was just debunked as a diploma mill. Over eight days ending last ... More >>

Want to Wear Your Gun Out in Public Like a Deadly Fashion Accessory? Fla. Senate is Considering It

​Senator Greg Evers apparently think Floridians should have the option of completing their everyday outfits with the ultimate in NRA chic: an openly displayed handgun strapped to the hip. Currently Floridians with proper permits are allowed to carry concealed weapons, but have not been able to car ... More >>

Pop-up Poem Shops

​Senator Greg Evers apparently think Floridians should have the option of completing their everyday outfits with the ultimate in NRA chic: an openly displayed handgun strapped to the hip. Currently Floridians with proper permits are allowed to carry concealed weapons, but have not been able to car ... More >>

Miami Beach's reefer revolution

SoBe is ground zero in the battle to decriminalize pot.

Miami Hurricane Runs Front Page Story on Dangers of Four Loko

​You can't accuse University of Miami student newspaper The Miami Hurricane of not knowing their audience well: college students looking to get drunk for cheap. Today's edition of the bi-weekly paper carries a front page story on the dangers of Four Loko. For those of you who don't know Four Loko ... More >>

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 >>

Preserve the Perv

​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 >>

UMiami and UF Criticized For Having More Liberal Student Groups Than Conservative Groups

​CampusReform.org's mission includes giving college "conservatives powerful new weapons in their fight for the hearts and minds of the next generation of citizens, politicians, and members of the media" and helping "a new generation of student activism to identify, expose, and combat the radical l ... More >>

The Top Five Phone Apps to Help You Slack Off in School

The Daily Tracker helps organize your way-too-busy campus life​Whether or not you'd like to think about it, school starts for most high schools and universities on Monday. It's not easy getting back into the campus routine. But don't go crying into your favorite bottle of alcohol and proclaiming t ... More >>

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 >>

Ivy League Dreams

​ 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 >>

WSJ Says the Marlins Are One Of the Dumbest Teams in Baseball

You already know the Marlins aren't so hot at this whole baseball-playin' gig. Last night, they went 0 for 15 with runners in scoring position and tanked another game at Fenway Park.via Wikimedia CommonsOh, Hanley. What would Ben Stein say?But even as they sink into the depths of the NL East, the Fi ... More >>

UF President Thinks His School Is as Great as Harvard; UM and FSU Are Just "Meh"

I wouldn't say US News & World Report's annual list of best colleges is a total joke, but the fact that about 25 percent of the ranking for each school is determined by a survey of reputation filled out by college presidents should raise some serious speculation as to how seriously the list sh ... More >>

Christian College Suspends Student For Spending His Weekends Filming Gay Porn in Miami

via Midwest Model IncLast year, in the hey day of Juicy Campus there were unconfirmed rumors circulating that the porn site BrandyBelle.com, a local amateur porn site, had filmed scenes in dorm rooms at both University of Miami and Florida International University. I say unconfirmed because if ... More >>

FIU Pays Presidents ($680K) and Bureaucrats Well. But Professors? Forget About It.

Florida International University got a new president this weekend: Chancellor Mark Rosenberg. And guess what? He'll make a lot more than the last guy, Mitch Maidique. At $680,000 per year, he'll garner in excess of what you or President Obama or the heads of many multinational corporations and f ... More >>

McCane, How Punny

Florida International University got a new president this weekend: Chancellor Mark Rosenberg. And guess what? He'll make a lot more than the last guy, Mitch Maidique. At $680,000 per year, he'll garner in excess of what you or President Obama or the heads of many multinational corporations and f ... More >>

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Being Straight Edge in Drug-laced College Culture

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Catwalkin’ Babes

Cheer on the sisters as they strut, pivot, and turn

BEST DISPLAY OF WEALTH

Leonard M. Miller family

Mad Hampster

Leonard M. Miller family

Commissioner Who?

After an exhaustive search that lasted roughly five minutes, Miami's city fathers found just the man to replace Art Teele

Vote, You Robots!

Just follow the sound of ka-ching as MTV invades a college campus near you

The Song is You

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

BEST MANIFESTO

Miami Educational Review

Prof. Brian Peterson

Making the Grade

How well are Miami's art schools keeping up with the scene? Ask them.

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.

Best Power Babes

Janet Reno and Donna Shalala

Best TV News Anchor

Angela Rae

Best Place To Rollerblade

FIU University Park Campus

Letters

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Schoolyard Bully

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

News of the Weird

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

Degrees of Ineptitude

If the City of Miami would check, as we did, they'd find an administrator without the proper credentials

They Shoot Pelicans, Don't They?

If the City of Miami would check, as we did, they'd find an administrator without the proper credentials

Letter? What Letter?

Bill Clinton wants the military to stop discriminating against gays. Florida's top academic officers apparently couldn't care less.