For years the University of Miami has coasted along on a reputation as a relatively LGBT-friendly campus in a relatively LGBT-friendly city without actually having much infrastructure and services in place for its LGBT students. The ranking of UM as merely a three-star school when it comes to LGBT inclusiveness...
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Sixteen years ago, hanging chads sent the nation into a spiraling constitutional crisis. For a month after the November 7, 2000 election, America panicked. Would Texas Gov. George W. Bush or Vice President Al Gore become the new commander-in-chief? Election night ended in a virtual tie. Bush had the edge,...
How funny, really, are dick pics? Millions of them must be snapped and shared each year, as inducement or harassment, celebration or shaming. Perhaps Harper's Index could tell us the tonnage of coal mined each year to power the transmission of American crotches. So when a dick pic turns up...
#HeatTwitter, here is your chance to use your terrifying social media powers for good; stuff the ballot box and send Udonis Haslem to the NBA All-Star game. No, I'm not joking. Years ago you almost got Joel Anthony there. You're capable of anything. Udonis has just about it all. He's...
As crowds stumble along South Beach's most iconic strip of art deco hotels and restaurants on a hot Saturday in July, the chipper sidewalk hostesses do a quick mental calculation, looking for a phrase that might lure passersby. "Table for two?" they hawk. "Happy hour!" "Two-for-one drinks!" It's 5:45 p.m...
Critics rarely receive love from filmmakers. Last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, Birdman, featured a vengeful harpy of a theater reviewer (played by Lindsay Duncan) hellbent on annihilating a play before she’d even seen it. Birdman was joined in its release year by other unfair portraits of critics in Top...
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Given its private and non-religious nature and its location in cosmopolitan Miami, one might expect the University of Miami to be a leader in accommodating LGBT students ...at least in the South. Turns out that's not the case. Not even close. They're not even one of the best schools for...
Another year, another listical that claims Miami wouldn't survive a zombie invasion. Which is, excuse my language but we're talking about a life and undeath situation here, just pure bullshit. This year CareerBuilder.com analyzed the skills of the workforce of the country's 50 biggest metro areas to decide which have the...
Miami is a city constantly trying to improve ourselves and our image. We're gleeful just about anytime we wind up on some positive city ranking list. "Miami is the 17th best city in America for hamster enthusiasts? Fuck yeah!" "We're 9th for art galleries specializing in neo-post-modern figurative art! Let's...
July was a scorcher, both in terms of the heat index and the pace restaurant openings. More than a dozen new restaurants opened in the midst of a Miami summer, proving once again that there really is no off-season lull. The new offerings are as varied as our city itself...
If you live in MIami, you're likely aware that it's not a cheap place to live. Rents are the eighth-highest in the United States, with a median of about $2,450. Burgers sell for $15 in many restaurants, and a cocktail could set you back as much as $100 (if you want...
What happens at Jackson Memorial Hospital is supposed to stay at Jackson Memorial Hospital. It's Federal law. So how did ESPN scoop machine Adam Schefter manage to tweet NFL player Jason Pierre-Paul's medical records? That's what Jackson is now trying to find out. New York Giants defensive end Pierre-Paul, a...
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The nation’s top-selling organic bottled tea company Honest Tea is at it again – using their signature brews to test the honesty of cities across America. This year Miami will be the first city to kick off their 2015 National Honesty Index social experiment with a kiosk somewhere in the...
So long San Jose. According to the latest startup rankings from the Annual Kauffman Foundation Report, Miami has overtaken the California City in startup activity. San Francisco fell from number one in 2014 to number three this year. Formerly the bronze medalist, Miami moves up to second place while Austin, Texas...
Last weekend, tens of thousands of people braved the scorching Miami heat index to purchase baby mango trees and fruit smoothies at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's annual mango festival. Although the festival is a highlight in the garden's yearly events calendar, garden plays a much more important role in the...
Have you ever wanted to know more about where you come from? Perhaps learn about the origins of your family name, your great-great-great-grandfather, or if you hail from a long line of Spanish kings? Well now you may be able to. A new, searchable online archive has been launched for...
It should be well established by now that the single biggest economic issues facing regular residents of South Florida is the fact that while rents continue to rise unabated, our paychecks remain relatively low. As a result, Miamians spend a higher percentage of their annual income on paying their rent...
It's not fair to say DJ Whoo Kid was a DJ before it was cool, because — let's face it— it's always been cool. But at the very least, he was a DJ before the only requirements were a laptop, an index finger, and a palmful of hair gel. The...
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As the capital of the Bahamas, Nassau, located on the island of New Providence, is the largest city in the island chain and the most populated. Each year, hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Nassau and its sister, the former Hog Island, now known to the world as Paradise Island...
When Nina Compton competed on Top Chef's season in New Orleans, Miamians cheered on our home town girl. The then Scarpetta chef de cuisine fell just short of first place, but still snagged the coveted fan favorite award. Three months after the series finale aired, Compton announced she was leaving her...
The blinds are drawn in Murphy's Miami Beach bedroom as the 33-year-old pulls a white, silicone, four-inch conical contraption from his nightstand. Called a TLC Tugger, it was designed to stretch skin gradually, as earlobes are stretched for gauges. Except Murphy isn't stretching his earlobes. His project is much more...
The warning came three days after Magda Montiel Davis embraced Fidel Castro. A client called, saying that a rabid Spanish-language radio host was urging the public to kidnap the liberal lawyer's small children. Montiel Davis had three older kids, but Sadie and Ben were then only 3 and 4 years...