Miami Hurricane, April 8, 2010

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The Miami Vol. 88, Issue 19 | Apr. 8 - Apr. 11, 2010 HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
The Gifford Arboretum is in danger of disap-pearing
again, and this time it’s not a hurricane
that’s threatening the presence of this tree sanctuary
on campus.
Students and faculty will gather on Saturday at
the arboretum to peacefully protest a Coral Gables
city ordinance and a university plan that would put
a road right through the middle of the garden. The
road, which would be constructed in two phases, is
part of the University of Miami Campus Area De-velopment
(UMCAD) program which was delineat-ed
as far back as 2005.
“It would be devastating to see the arboretum
paved through,” graduate student Melissa Stillman
said.
Phase one of the construction is scheduled to
commence this summer and would uproot three ar-boretum
exhibits.
BY LILA ALBIZU| ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
WHAT LIES BENEATH
THERE COULD BE OIL OFF THE SHORES
OFF FLORIDA, SHOULD WE DRILL? PAGE 8
SILENT SPRING
A PLAY BASED ON THE WORLD-CHANGING
BOOK COMES TO THE COSFORD PAGE 11
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
A YOUNG WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM
SHOWS PROMISE PAGE 15 SEE PROTEST, PAGE 7
REUSE: Senior Sammie Jo Fat, a student teacher at Palm Meadow High, collects leaves and fallen twigs in the arboretum to use in a botany lesson.
RACHEL STEINHAUSER // The Miami Hurricane
Students protest plan to build a road through the arboretum
Hug a tree