University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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'CAN ES GET INVOLVED WITH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS The noise from the Convocation Center can be heard a block away. Inside, people cheer, mingle, dance, and eat. This isnt a rock concert. It is Canefest 2004. Everyone who enters is given a huge bag and is challenged to fill it throughout the night. Canefest is geared towards freshman and new students, but the main goal is to get students involved. tilt is a preview of all the Universityis events. Its a place we all come together, says Natalie Czaykowsky, Logistics Coordinator. Canefest is not just a few tables and flyers. The entire upper floor of the Convocation Center is crowded like a market. Each club and organization hawks its wares, offering everything from belly dancing lessons to Medieval jousting lessons. And every group has something free and useful to give away. People grab chip clips, calendars, and CDs to remember the clubs they visited. The participants, bags start to overflow early, and they havent even reached Center Court yet. Jason Starr, Orientation Coordinator and student, can only respond to the excitement overload one way. thowli, he says. I am here. This is UMP H CE WE ALL COME INATOR OF CANE FEST. AP D ITlS PREVIEW OF ALL THE UNIVERSITY,S EVENTS. ER, SAYS NATALIE CZAYKOWSKY, LOGISTICS COOR ISA EH IT TO

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LO O O N 2 m e e O N DENT NICK SPIVEY'S P RSONAL ACCOUNT ON URRICANE FRANCES lashondaiey i writer Senior Nick Spivey recounts his personal experience with one of the many hurricanes to disrupt the peaceful communities of Florida this year: nOut of all the years Pve been living in Miami, i guess you could say Frances was my first real experience with a hurricane. All the commotion about getting prepared and buying supplies did not bother me. Even though i splurged on some snacks at the store Gust necessities like those irresistible cheesy Doritos and sugary Skittlesi, I mainly tried going about my normal routine. Mostly, i stayed in my residence on the third floor of the Eaton dorms. Even thoug . so col officials owdid you spend, time during the hurricanes? ti piayed computer games in my house, with the windoWs boarded up? Sophomoer What were the things you could not be without during the storm? Potato Chips, the hope that my cell phone wouldn't die and CHOCOLATE! told the residents that we were on to down, some students left regardless. Others gathered in the lobby area and Camped out with their fellow anxious detainees. , ' These unexpected days off allowed me to catch up on some much needed rest. Since classes had been cancelled, i also chilled at my friend Deviants house to pass the time. He and i spent our days playing Madden on both X-box and Piaystation or flipping ; through stations on the tube. However, no, matter how much I played Madden or staredtat the televisior the boredom was inescapable. To add insuit to injury, we never reaiiy suffered anything more than L the humdrum symptoms of a regular Florida storm; it rained, it poured, but nothing out of the ordinary for this trepical state.