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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 25, Issue 30 fiusm.com Friday, October 25, 2013 Permaculture club works to restore environmental reserve by BBC SELIMA HUSSAIN help it cure itself.” Staff Writer Permaculture, or permanent culture/agri- culture, is an ecological design that mimics The cottage stands in the large yard, along- patterns seen in nature. By applying these to side two mango trees, two avocado trees, the environment and the community, Garcia oregano plants and rosemary herbs. A large said he hopes to create a functioning, flour- black labrador, Mu-Rain, roams around, ishing space at the University. searching for his best friend and owner, Joao Garcia’s interest in permaculture came at a Garcia. time of deep stress. Bonnie Quiceno, Garcia’s When Garcia emerges from the cottage, yoga instructor, suggested that he find his clad in lime green swim trunks and baggy deepest passion. white T-shirt, Mu-Rain pounces with excite- “From the moment I met Joao, I knew ment. Garcia sips on a homemade fruit and he was a gentle person with a sweet spirit,” vegetable smoothie made from avocado, Quiceno said. “I call him Gentle Giant in my watermelon, papaya, grapes, almonds and mind. I know he’s going to do great things.” spinach. His long, tight curls are damp from Angela Garcia, his mother, said Garcia’s an ocean swim – nature is his shampoo of passion for nature was clear from his child- choice. hood days. Garcia, a 22-year-old environmental engi- “I recall one trip to Disney when [Joao] neer major, is the president and founder of the was around six,” Angela said. “He was more Permaculture Club. interested in the geckos at the bus stop than After his breakfast of what he calls “baby looking forward to going to the parks.” food,” Garcia will head to campus to oversee J. Garcia does not own a TV, claiming it SELIMA HUSSAIN/THE BEACON his first official Permaculture Club meeting. to be “tell-a-lie-vision.” Instead, he practices Sam Van Leer(left) and Joao Garcia and his labrador Mu-Rain (right) explore Arch “Permaculture is just a new way of doing yoga and plays musical instruments, mainly Creek East Environmental Reserve as they work to remove dangerous plants and old things,” said Garcia. “We take degener- plant mangroves. ated, devastated land, and we regenerate it – SEE ENVIRONMENT, PAGE 2 Alumni, the ‘bread and butter’ of the University MARIA BRITOS Wiles. tionally. These chapters, active Association. Staff Writer FIU Foundation, Inc.’s fund- in cities like New York, Chicago “They have so much to offer raising goal to raise $750 million and Los Angeles, consist of as far as their expertise and in ten years will reach out to groups of former students who certainly can be a resource for Every semester thousands We need the alumni alumni in its third phase of the organize events to help support our current students,” said Wiles. of undergraduate university campaign. the University and celebrate the But alumni not only serve students leave college life, to go out there and According to Wiles, alumni Panther pride. as a support system, part of the become alumni and enter the tell the FIU story. are not only expected to give Other ways that alumni reason their involvement is so “real world” – what Duane monetary donations, the associ- give back to the University is important is because they can Wiles, associate vice president of Duane Wiles ation highly encourages partici- by providing student scholar- help as recruitment tools for Alumni Relations and the execu- Associate Vice President pation within university related ships. Just recently, Pamela the next generation of incoming tive director of the Alumni Asso- Alumni Relations events. Such programs consist Silva Conde, former student and students, said Wiles, ciation, calls the “bread and of volunteering to serve as alumna of the School of Jour- “We need the alumni to go out butter of the institution.” mentors to university students nalism and Mass Communica- there and tell the FIU story,” said With the University’s most and to other alumni through the tion, established the Pamela Silva Wiles. recent and largest donation – new alumni to alumni mentoring Conde Scholarship for first-gen- Spreading the message to the a whopping $400,000 to the “[The donation] doesn’t have program managed by the Career eration students in the journalism world via graduates can help University College of Law by to be large. It could be anything Services. program. The Univision co-an- increase and build affinity for alumnus Abraham Ovadia – from five dollars to 10 dollars to Alumni can also volunteer by chor was recently named alumni the institution. It’s the school Wiles said alumni help to finan- 20 dollars; whatever amount they serving on the close to 30 alumni of the year and is one of the many cially support the University. can give, that money helps,” said chapters nationally and interna- lifetime members of the Alumni SEE ALUMNI, PAGE 2 University sociolinguist debunks Miami English stereotypes ALONSO MONTANO that Miami English is a native dialect, not an non-Latinos find themselves speaking Miami Additionally, consonants like the letters L, Contributing Writer accent, based on standard American English English and using some Spanish words in R and S are pronounced a little different but its pronunciation and rhythm is strongly their everyday activities. sometimes. It is heard every day in local classrooms, influenced by Spanish. “‘Dale’ is trademark Miami,” said Alex “Despite the fact that for most speakers the workplace and at home. It has a distinct “It is spoken by native English speakers, Simeonov, a business major from Bulgaria this influence is ultimately very light, it can sound, an almost tropical rhythm and in mostly second-, third- and fourth-generation who has been living in Miami for many years. be extremely salient for English speakers most recent years it has been popularized by Latinos, who learn it as their first language Simeonov also explained how he has unfamiliar with the dialect,” said Carter. de facto Miami Mayor Pitbull – it is called variety,” said Carter in a recent interview had to learn some Spanish in order to get by Angela Torres, a senior majoring in nutri- Miami English and it is spoken by friends, with FIU News. in Miami. “When I buy food I have to use tion and dietetics, thinks that people in other family and colleagues. One important characteristic of Miami Spanish words like ‘empanada,’ ‘arepa’ and parts of the country could probably notice Yes, people do speak English here in English is its vocabulary, which is greatly ‘croqueta.’” she is from Miami. Miami. influenced by Spanish. Words like “oye,” Another main aspect that makes Miami “By the way I say things and conjugate Phillip Carter, a sociolinguist in the “dale,” “mami” and “chonga” are commonly English unique is its vocalic system and the things,” said Torres. “We in Miami also don’t department of English, has been conducting heard around many parts of Miami on use of certain consonants. like beating around the bush.” research focusing on Hispanic-English any given day. Phrases such as “pero According to Carter, in English there are Popular videos on Youtube, like “Sh*t dialects. He has been presenting his findings like,” “pobrecito” and “ah bueno” are also about 11 to 14 different vocalic pronuncia- Miami Girls Say,” have also popularized and debunking certain misconceptions asso- frequently used. tions; whereas in Spanish there are only five, certain phrases and words which are common However, these words and phrases are so many people in Miami tend to use a vari- ciated with Miami English. SEE COMMUNITY, PAGE 2 For example, Carter highlights the fact not used exclusively by Latinos. Many ation of the Spanish system which is simpler. 2 The Beacon – Friday, October 25, 2013 NEWS fiusm.com WORLD NEWS Eco-warrior to study BBC, Pope expels German ‘luxury located near landfill bishop’ from Diocese ENVIRONMENT, PAGE 1 “[Quail Springs] used to be flowing like Australian pine and the Brazilian Pope Francis expelled a German bishop from with rivers and vegetation,” J. Garcia pepper-beret tree is chemical warfare. his diocese on Wednesday pending the outcome the tambourine and the flute. said. “After about 100 years of cattle He said these non-native plants release of a church inquiry into his 31 million-euro ($43- million) new residence complex. The Vatican didn’t “[Joao is] an observer, patient grazing, the land turned into a desert.” underground chemicals that kill native say how long Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, with details and stripped from mate- J. Garcia said that programs offered plants, structures that act as food and 53, would spend away from the diocese of Limburg rial values,” Sergio Garcia, his father, by Quail Springs aim to restore the area even shelter for the animals living in the but it refused calls to remove him permanently.