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Vol. 27 Issue 87 fiusm.com Wednesday, April 20 , 2016 Candidates STARS AND STRIPES face-off in final SGA debate STEPHANIE ESPAILLAT the ability to impact the Asst. News Director daily lives of our fellows [email protected] around us, and Student Government is the best FIU’s elections platform to do that at began this week with a university setting. I the presidential debate want to run for student on Monday, April 18. government president The two presidential because I believe in the candidates Jose Sirven idea of selflessness.” and Alian Collazo, with Juarez addressed the their respective running idea of providing more mates Devondra Shaw opportunity at FIU in and Michelle Juarez, went order to help students. ERICA SANTIAGO/THE BEACON head to head discussing “It comes down to At FIU’s first Reproductive Justice Summit, Megan Shade (right), senior women’s studies major, speaks with their different platforms helping people first,” she local artist Barbie Lazaro about her art piece depicting abortion rights across the country. and solutions to issues said. “When I decided that concern students. to run for this [position], Elections end today, I was presented with and we started out with a opportunity we present our be done. [Same for] an transportation, all of the and the results will be an opportunity, and an mission of incorporating students. We want to give on-campus job fair - things on our platform are announced Thursday April opportunity to help give and reaching out to those access to the system that we’ve spoken with career feasible. 21, outside GC in the back to the institution that organizations who we felt is student government, fairs, and it can be done. “There is a plan that Betty Chapman Plaza at has meant so much to me,” weren’t represented to the we want to give access The expansion of the we have had, and with noon. she said. fullest extent.” to the opportunities that panther mover so that different avenues we were Collazo, the current Sirven from Access Shaw, his running mate, FIU has because they are it includes every single able to accomplish each speaker of the senate and FIU, is advocating for also wants to incorporate numerous.” parking garage, that way and every single one of presidential candidate for more student input and more diversity initiatives On FIUYou’s platform, our students have access those things that we put in the FIYOU party said, “I involvement within and more involvement Collazo stated that to park anywhere, [and] our platform.” have a deep passion of SGC-MMC. with SGC-MMC. “there’s not one thing in the expansion of the “We are here first and what the idea of public “I’ve learned the “I want to talk to the our platform that we have food pantry, is something foremost to test the limits service is.” importance of having freshmen like me that not analyzed to see how that can be done if we of student government. We “I think that there is your own identity and didn’t have a place at achievable it is. vigorously work together.” want to break the ceiling nothing in this world your own diversity here FIU, and didn’t know “When we look at Sirven responded student government has that can have a bigger and expressing that where [they] fit and [they] a mental health kiosk, by saying “aside from had, [and] has done in the and greater impact on diversity,” said Sirven. belonged. we have spoken with the two conversations past. We want to make sure our society then public “We started Access FIU “When I think of the mental health and and meetings we’ve that student government service,” he said. “I have about six months ago, Access FIU, I think of the FIU health, and it could had with parking and SEE DEBATE, PAGE 2 Florida Senator Marco Rubio seeks to end special refugee status for Cuban immigrants JAMES ROSEN And yet I stand here today to say that this upon entering the United States. Rubio’s Rubio told a gripping tale of alleged McClatchy Washington Bureau provision of law, this distinction, is no legislation would not affect their status. abuse of the privileged status, noting TNS Staff longer justified.” Thanks to a major welfare overhaul that many Cubans who are granted the Rubio’s proposal would end automatic two decades ago by President Bill Clinton status arrive in the United States via refugee status for Cubans and place them working with congressional Republicans, Central America, working their way north Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who based in the same category as other immigrants. other immigrants are ineligible for through Mexico before crossing into the his presidential bid this year in part on He offered it as an amendment to a bill welfare benefits for their first five years United States. his personal story as the son of poor authorizing funding for the Federal in the United States. “A significant number of people are Cuban immigrants, on Wednesday urged Aviation Administration, which is before Some immigrants can get aid earlier, drawn to this country from Cuba because Congress to end a decades-old program the Senate this week. but they must prove that they are political they know when they arrive they can step that’s enabled immigrants from the island Rep. Carlos Curbelo, a Florida refugees who were persecuted in their foot on dry land, they will immediately to get welfare benefits from the moment Republican and fellow Cuban-American, homelands; Cubans don’t have to prove receive status and they immediately they set foot on American soil. is sponsoring a similar measure in the persecution and receive refugee status qualify for a package of federal benefits In an impassioned speech on the Senate House of Representatives. immediately. that no other immigrant group would floor, Rubio, who ended his White House “As the Senate works through their Support for the provision has faded as qualify for unless they can prove they’re bid last month after badly losing Florida’s amendment process, I will continue to tales of abuses of the benefits have been refugees,” Rubio said. GOP primary, said Cuban immigrants no build bipartisan support amongst House revealed, even as some Cuban-Americans “This current policy is not just longer deserved special treatment. colleagues for this critical legislation have asserted that the Cuban government being abused, it’s hurting the American “As many of you know, I am the son and explore all paths forward in getting has cracked down on dissidents since taxpayers,” said Rubio, who is not of Cuban immigrants,” the Miamian told the bill signed into law,” Curbelo told President Barack Obama re-established seeking re-election to the Senate. “There his colleagues. “I live in a community McClatchy on Wednesday. diplomatic relations with Havana last are reports that indicate that financial where Cuban exiles have had an indelible Haitians are the only other immigrant year. Obama made a historic visit to Cuba imprint in our country, on the state of group that gets automatic refugee status last month. Florida and in South Florida in particular. SEE REFUGEE, PAGE 2 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, April 20, 2016 NEWS fiusm.com NATION & WORLD SGA hosts final BRIEFS elections debate Congressman attempts to close gun show DEBATE, PAGE 1 “the fixed budget rate about making the bus free, loophole provides for all of our that [Collazo] says about you’re not talking about students.” every three years is called benefiting the student that As lawmakers are filtering into start reading these names,” he “Unfortunately, there base budgeting. We don’t doesn’t want to spend $5 the House chamber to get ready said. So far, there have been 278 is a budget, and you change that.” on the bus trip. You are for legislative business, some names, over 13 readings. “It’s cannot fund everything “Once base budgeting talking about benefiting will turn to California Democrat not the typical, ‘I rise today to that comes your way. We is taken out of the $19 the student who can’t Scott Peters and ask, “What are talk about this or that’ or you cannot cut needed services million, you are left afford to.” you doing?” Once a week, Peters know, school championships to students,” said Collazo. with $4 million for both “A free BBC to delivers a one-minute speech or Obamacare. It’s just reading “There are certain things campuses. When you MMC bus, yes is very to read names he does not want names,” he said. The names began that are essential to our come down to campus expensive,” said Shaw. forgotten: the victims of gun with Sandy Hook Elementary students that we cannot specific, you are left with “When you think about the violence. “We thought the one School’s massacre victims and as cut.” $2 million,” she said.