Don Festge, a hospitality and tourism teacher at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School in North Miami, had already been toying with the idea of running for office when he traveled to Tallahassee in January. It was Rep. Frank Artiles who pushed him into the fray. Unable to arrange a meeting…
Florida International University deserves a slow clap. On Friday, the school pulled off one of the funnier Miami-related April Fools Day pranks we’ve seen in a bit. In a video posted on their official Facebook page, the school proudly announced today a new major focus in Miami-studies, or, as it’s…
If Yale University decided to move down South, would it be known as Ya’ll University? Maybe we’ll find out in the unlikely event that the Ivy League school takes Governor Rick Scott’s advice and decides to move to Florida. Yes, Gov. Scott has actually publicly invited the 315-year-old university to…
Zika has put the spotlight on mosquito control in South Florida. And there’s nothing like a gnarly green pool to encourage mosquitoes to lay their little eggs. That’s why code inspectors county-wide are cracking down on negligent pool-owners. Among those caught in the crosshairs: None other than Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent…
Miami Beach, Florida and Flint, Michigan don’t have a lot in common. One is the country’s most impoverished and suffering cities. The other is billed as America’s paradise. But according to a new analysis from Apartment List, both are about the same when it comes to raising a young family. Which…
This past December 3, a somber 21-year-old with long blond hair stood on the limestone outdoor stage at the center of the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. When her name was called, she approached the microphone and detailed a violent rape she said had occurred three years ago at…
University of Miami, a young person’s active retirement community that doubles as a respected University, has a new luxury feature for its weary students: two $9,000 high-tech napping pods in the University Center and Student Center. The futuristic alternative to sleeping in class are aimed tired commuter students, and delivered…
The University of Miami’s Delta Gamma chapter has gained something of a reputation for putting out some of the most luxurious-looking recruitment videos in the entire nation, but, dear Lord, have they really out down themselves this year. This year the girl enlisted the help of Artect Media, who not only…
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…
Students at Florida International University’s main Modesto A. Maidique Campus are on hinge after reports of threats made against the school swept through social media. Though, school officials have not verified the threat, they’ve alerted students to be cautious. Meanwhile, a student at the University of Miami reportedly threatened to…
U.S. News and World Reports has released their annual rankings of America’s best high schools, and Miami-Dade Schools pulled a lot of weight when it came to representing Florida on the list. Five Miami schools were ranked within the top 100 in the nation, which also means 5 of the…
We’s all just some simple folks down hear in Florida. We ain’t to good at that fancy booky learning they like to do up yonder in the North. In fact, according to that there Washington Post we’re the fifth dumbest state in the nation. At least that’s what we think…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is currently the fifth largest school district in the country and is responsible for the education of more than 300,000 students. Under a new amendment proposed by Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee however MDCPS could be abolished completely and replaced by up to dozens of smaller independent…
Florida’s standings in national rankings of students scores on standardized math and science tests paint, at best, a mediocre picture. In 2013, the last time the Education Department released such rankings, Florida sat at 30th, a troubling ranking for the third largest state in the nation. It’s also a ranking cited…
Last month, the nation rallied behind 14-year-old Ahmed Muhamed after he was arrested when school officials mistook his science project (a digital clock he built out of a pencil case) as bomb. The story mirrored Kiera Wilmot’s: a Florida teen who was arrested two years ago after conducting a volcano…
Three years ago, a female graduate student at the University of Miami accused her professor — the most prominent member of the philosophy department — of sexual harassment. Her case against Colin McGinn, a world-renowned author, grew into a contentious battle detailed by New Times earlier this year, with UM…
On April 23, 2013, Kiera Wilmot conducted a volcano experiment in her Polk County high-school hallway. The 16-year-old junior, who was working on the project for her science class, watched as a lid popped off and smoke seeped out. No one was hurt and no property was damaged in the…
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…
Research suggests that people tend to end up in romantic relationship with people who are a lot like them. Never mind those Disney fairy tails about Princess that marry former street thieves or Princes who marry house maids. The real world doesn’t have genies or fairy godmothers, and the reality…
Last week, more than 2,500 new students were welcomed to the University of Miami’s lush Coral Gables campus. They picked up ID cards, checked into dorms and kissed sobbing parents goodbye. And at night, it appears that many attended a slew of “unauthorized social events” along San Amaro Drive —…
“Grandpa, tell us about the olden times,” my grandchildren Brazilynne and Ethernet Jr ask me in the year 2065. “Oh, we had it hard back then. I had to walk 15 miles in the snow to school. Uphill both ways,” I say. “Grandpa, you grew up in the lost lands…
You’ve heard of “take your child to work day,” but the Florida Department of Education wants to flip it up and make “Dads Take Your Child To School Day” happen. Citing research that family involvement has a strong connection to academic success, Florida will encourage fathers or other male role…
