The Beacon, April 17, 2006 Florida International University

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The Student BBC: Newspaper Campus history of Florida exposed International University BEACON Pg. 3 THE Vol. 18, Issue 60 WWW.BEACONNEWSPAPER.COM April 17, 2006 University on alert after sexual predator escapes BY ANA SANCHEZ “There is no positive indica- districts. 5 a.m., fondling women or still on the loose. News Editor tion he came on campus but we Police said the suspect masturbating while they slept, Additional reporting done don’t know,” Tomassini said. entered unlocked doors and reported the Miami Herald. by Editor in Chief Harry Cole- Carlos Garay, a 34-year-old, Tomassini wants students windows between 2 a.m. and As of early April 14 Garay was man. was arrested on sexual battery to be aware of how dangerous and burglary warrants on April Garay is and warns students to 13, but managed to drive off in be careful. the police car in which he was “Be very cautious. We are being held, handcuffed and shorthanded,” Tomassini said. FUNDRAISING FUN armed. “We are very limited and would Accord- love to have an offi cer in the ing to dorms but can’t.” Univer- This case falls under Miami- sity Public Dade police department juris- Safety diction but Public Safety and Lieuten- Sweetwater police helped search ant Frank and secure the west Miami- J. Tomas- Dade area. sini, Garay This also caused of the State was placed of Student Address to be post- GARAY in the back poned until April 19 in the of a police Graham Center Pit at noon. car, when “The State of the Student he managed to climb over the Address was postponed because front seat and drive handcuffed, [Garay] was on the loose and while the police offi cer stepped we were advised to keep doors out of the car. closed,” said Alex Prado, Stu- The car lacked the cage that dent Government Association separates the front and back president. seats of the police car. In the Garay is accused of two rapes car was a handgun, a stun gun (connected by DNA matches) and handcuffs. that occurred between Septem- Garay was thought to be ber and December 2005. in the west Miami-Dade area, According to The Miami HELPING OUT: Phi Sigma Sigma members Jennifer De Braga (left), Priscilla Mella and which led the police to secure Herald, investigators think Natalia Mas play a game of Sorry while other organizations partake in the April 13 Rock- University Park with police that Garay is responsible for a-thon philanthropy which raised money for the National Kidney Foundation. and helicopters circling the break-ins and sexual assaults in CHRIS CUTRO/THE BEACON campus. the Hammocks and Midwest BBC construction near completion after two years BY CRISTELA GUERRA “There are two parts that are of the new buildings tentatively set to it would be a matter of time before Staff Writer underway in WUC,” said Gregory open February 2007. creating a meal plan for BBC students Olson, senior director of Student Students are anticipating the changes with the Fresh Food company, which Construction at the Biscayne Bay Affairs. “One is site work that involves as well. is available to students at University Campus has been in the works for all the underground sewer lines and “The new gym will definitely be Park. about two years. border lines around the university. We a really nice improvement to have, “It’s mostly a question of num- When construction is finished, it will are also in the process of digging test especially for those of us that live on bers,” Moncarz said. “But if housing offer more space and comfort with new piles under the foundation, which takes campus, because the current gym is so continues to fill up and enrollment eating facilities as well as a recreation about 28 days to cure, and then begin small and often overly crowded,” said rises, a student meal plan is definitely center, new classrooms and a marine erecting the building.” freshman Shirin Madzhidova. something we are considering for the biology building. Olson looks forward to the opening Vice-Provost Raul Moncarz said future.” Complaints from students about classroom sizes are also something the administration will address in the near future when the cafeteria is moved from its current location. The current cafeteria would be replaced by larger classrooms that would provide a more spacious and comfortable environment for students to learn, according to James Wassenaar, executive director of student affairs operations and auxiliary services who oversees construction projects that involves student services. “Work is progressing, the food court will provide needed food service capa- bilities and a better environment overall as well as a water front view on the east side of the building,” Wassenaar said. “It will also be more easily accessed for students and faculty coming from Academic I or [Academic] II.” NEW BULIDING: The marine biology building to be known as Academic III, located along the Biscayne Bay, is set for completion See CONSTRUCTION, page 3 Fall 2006, according to administrators. MARISA FIALHO /THE BEACON Immigration issues debatable, Pg. 5 Concert rocks campus, Pg. 6 Q&A with golfi ng sensation, Pg. 12 2 The Beacon –April 17, 2006 NEWS www.beaconnewspaper.com THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS Students concerned with religion MONDAY • APRIL 17 BY JENNIFER MARTINEZ increasing its infl uence. a Harvard government Eight percent were SPC Release Week – Relax, Lay Back, and Knight Ridder Most agreed, however, major who helped for- unsure. Stretch: 11 a.m., WUC Panther Square (BBC) Newspapers that a candidate’s religion mulate the poll questions 59 percent said they Arturo Sandoval and the FIU Big Band: 8 wouldn’t affect how they and collect data for the thought the country was p.m., Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert WASHINGTON – A voted. survey. on the “wrong track,” 30 Hall (PAC 170) (UP) majority of U.S. college Jeanne Shaheen, the The institute also found percent said it was on the students say religion is director of the Institute of that: right track and 12 percent TUESDAY • APRIL 18 important in their lives Politics, said in a statement College students’ opin- said they didn’t know. and that they’re concerned that the fi ndings showed ions about potential 2008 Seventy-two percent AdScene Career Expo: 10 a.m., WUC Ball- about the country’s moral that “religion and morality presidential candidates said the United Nations, rooms (BBC) direction, a fi nding that are critical to how students Sens. Hillary Rodham not the U.S., should lead Hospitality and Tourism Management could influence the way think about politics and Clinton, D-N.Y., and in international crises and Dinner: 6:30 p.m., HM 129 (Call 305-919-4500 they vote in upcoming form opinions on political John McCain, R-Ariz., resolve confl icts. for reservation) (BBC) elections, according to a issues.” are split. Forty percent said Sixty-six percent said SPC Release Week – Study with the Stars: 6 Harvard University Insti- “Students have gone they’d vote for Clinton, the U.S. should deploy p.m., WUC Panther Square (BBC) tute of Politics poll that from the `me’ genera- and another 40 percent troops in cases of genocide SPC Final General Meeting of 05-06: 3:30 was released Tuesday. tion, Generation X, to the favored McCain. or ethnic cleansing. p.m., GC 243 (UP) In a telephone survey `we’ generation,” Shaheen The remaining 20 per- Sixty percent said the Brain Freeze (relax your brain and chill): 9:30 of 1,200 American college said. cent said they were unsure U.S. should begin to with- p.m., UP Apartments, Everglades Hall (UP) students, 7 out of 10 said The poll results make which candidate they liked draw troops from Iraq. religion was somewhat or it hard to defi ne college best. To see which political WEDNESDAY • APRIL 19 very important in their students as liberal or con- Only one-third approved classification you’d fall lives, and 1 in 4 said they’d servative, based on the of the job President Bush under, go to www.iop.har- College of Law hosts First Annual Earth Day become more spiritual traditional defi nitions of was doing, while 59 per- vard.edu and click on IOP event: 12 p.m., GC 243 (UP) since entering college. those political views, the cent disapproved. Political Personality Test. Mozart’s Requiem performance: 8 p.m., Fifty-four percent said institute found. Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall they were concerned about While 44 percent of the (PAC 170) (UP) the moral direction of the student population could What’s wrong with Series… presents - country. be considered traditional “What’s wrong with Black Greeks?”: 7 p.m., Students who were sur- liberals and 16 percent GC Ballrooms (UP) veyed said abortion policy, traditional conservatives, stem cell research and gay 25 percent could be con- marriage provoked ques- sidered religious centrists THURSDAY • APRIL 20 tions of morality. and 13 percent fall into the In a fi nding that sur- secular centrist category.

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