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THE BEACON INTERVIEWS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Vote for Webb unveils ‘Green Astroscience Energy’ building fee passes RUSSELL QUINOA Contributing Writer ALEXANDRA CAMEJO Asst. News Director After working for over 15 years to bring a new astronomy center to students, FIU students demonstrated Dr. James R. Webb has succeeded. support for Constitutional changes Webb, an astronomy professor at and the Student Green Energy Fund FIU, has been one of the driving forces after passing both issues during behind the new building coming to the the June 30th Student Government Modesto Maidique Campus. Now that Association referendum. FIU has received $1.6 million in Public Sponsored by SGA, this refer- Education Capital Outlay funds along ESRA ERDOGAN/THE BEACON endum was necessary to approve with other private donations, Webb’s First year Athletic Training Graduate students Kate Jochimsen, Kimi Daniel and Gina Hen- revisions recommended by last dream of bringing a new observatory drick note the new School of International and Public Affairs building on MMC campus year’s judiciary to the SGA Consti- tower to the Modesto Maidique Campus on Thursday Jul. 1st. tution. In order for these changes to has fi nally come true. be cemented, a vote from the Student The Beacon interviewed Professor Body as a whole is the fi nal consent Webb, who discussed the details behind required. the center. Physical Th erapy student Student Media contacted SGA for offi cial voter turnout results, but Beacon: What is the name of the they were unavailable to the public Center and what will it entail? wins Minority Scholarship as of Monday, July 5. Webb: The Offi cial name for the Despite the approval for Consti- facility will be the “Stocker AstroScience tutional changes from the previous ences was when she organized a health clinic Center”. Mr. Stocker donated $800,000 MIGUEL CHATELOIN administration and Senate, a number in Nicaragua. to build the facility which is why it will Contributing Writer of current FIU students voted ‘No’ “The main focus of what we’re trying to bear his name. It is effectively an obser- on the modifi cations, including SGA do on these trips is bringing the community in vatory where we will teach introductory There are no visible bags under Michelle Vice-President at Modesto Maidique and have them feel pride for their community astronomy classes and laboratories, and Ramirez’s eyes and according to her, she Campus, Nick Autiello. His uncer- and then make it sustainable,” Ramirez said. have offi ces for FIU astronomers and doesn’t lose a wink of sleep. tainty over the changes stems from After returning from their trips, she and astronomy students, a small reception Though this physical therapy student prob- his concern that the proposed revi- her fellow members go the extra mile to make area/museum for astronomy exhibits, ably should, given that she puts 40 hours a sions are not complete and require sure their efforts were not in vain. “When we and a large telescope located in a dome week into her internship, studies every day for a more thorough review for such leave, we keep up with them. We get pictures on the roof. her board exam, does community service here changes to be made. back and we see that they’re continuing,” she Beacon: What role did you have in and outside of the country, and still maintains “We need to have a much more said. “You want to make sure that what you’re securing funds for the new center? a 3.96 grade point average. open process of debating what should doing there, that you’re Webb: I have been trying to get this It all paid off recently when the Amer- be included in a new constitution, sweating for 10 to 14 days facility for over 15 years. To make a long ican Physical Therapy Association recognized involving all members of the execu- in the sun with these people, story short, our old observatory plat- the 25-year-old Cuban-Colombian’s achieve- tive, senate and judiciary, not just the that it’s continual when you form atop the CP building was rendered ments by giving her the Minority Scholarship, leadership as has happened in years leave.” useless by building renovations and we granting her $6,000 for tuition and loans. past, and come to a consensus that In addition to her proj- received no replacement facilities, thus With only seven recipients nationwide, we’ve got a document that looks far ects with Service for Peace, we had no real facilities to teach our Ramirez did not expect to get the scholarship. into the future instead of just fi xing Ramirez volunteers regu- astronomy labs. She notes that the competition is stiff and that problems as we go along,” said larly at Camillus House After many years of no progress in made her feel “pretty amazing” when she RAMIREZ Autiello. and Dorothy’s House, two getting replacement facilities, I person- found out she won. Among the changes passed were homeless shelters in Miami. ally organized a fundraiser entitled Dr. Marlon Wong, one of Ramirez’s profes- Article XII, which was created to Her compassion is what friends and “Guitars under the Stars” at the confer- sors, says he was thrilled and couldn’t think enable the Student Body to amend colleagues say makes Ramirez stand out from ence center on BBC campus. We of anyone more deserving of the award. “Not the Constitution if deemed neces- other medical students. “She genuinely, genu- collected several thousand dollars, but many students are as focused, dedicated, and sary, and Article V, which extended inely cares for people,” said David Coloa, a most importantly a pledge from then gifted academically,” Wong said. “Fewer still a justice’s term to two years. friend from Service for Peace. president Maidique that the university match her passion and dedication for charity Aside from the Constitution modi- Ramirez has always had an interest in would match any funds I could raise for [and] community work.” fi cations, the referendum contained helping others but her passion for physical the observatory. Ramirez attributes the award not just to a vote on the Student Green Energy therapy was born not too long ago out of – I was subsequently contacted by her scholastic achievements, but also to her Fund—a student led initiative aiming ironically enough – an injury. a writer for the VIP Miami maga- involvement with Service for Peace, an on- to give students a right to vote on a Before she tore an anterior cruciate liga- zine who ran a story about me and the campus organization that takes trips to impov- fee that would generate funds to ment in her knee, she used to play soccer need for the observatory to educate our erished areas in South American countries to create an energy effi cient campus. for Appalachian State University in North students. A potential donor who saw the help rebuild communities. Members renovate FIU’s Students for Environmental Carolina, during her undergraduate years, article, a local retired physics teacher, and build schools, set up clinics and provide Action (SEA) have campaigned to back when her life was “eat, sleep and drink contacted me and subsequently donated jobs for residents through construction work. get the fund approved since student She has gone on three of these week- soccer,” and sports medicine was her back-up government general elections in the long trips during her graduate study at FIU, ASTRONOMY, page 2 and says one of her most memorable experi- SCHOLARSHIP, page 2 REFERENDUM, page 2 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, July 7, 2010 NEWS www.fi usm.com ‘Not the appropriate time’ for fee, says Autiello

REFERENDUM. page 1 In spite of a large amount of students agreeing with the approval of such a fund, spring. Due to a late submission, however, a there are a concerned percent that do not feel vote on the fund had to be delayed. it is necessary to burden students with fees According to SEA, major Florida univer- in the midst of harsh ﬁ nancial times. SGC- sities such as FSU, UF, UCF, USF, NSF, MMC’s own, Nick Autiello, has openly and FAU have all voted in support of this expressed his disapproval of the Student fund aiming to promote research in renew- Green Energy fund. able energy and reduce a campus’s energy “This is not the appropriate time to be consumption. Huge supporters of the fund assessing fees on the student body for things such as Soraya Lopez, sophomore, voted that the university should be doing anyway,” ‘Yes’ on the June 30 ballot. said Autiello.

“A fee between $0.25 and $1.00 per SGA has faced criticism from students PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAMES WEBB credit hour is such a small contribution who are concerned with the timing of this The future home of the AstroScience Center will be located between the Owa Ehan and that collected from each FIU student could referendum. There are those who feel that Chemistry and Physics buildings. amount to such great changes in our energy the decision to hold the vote during a summer effi ciency and research,” said Lopez. session implied that SGA would expect a SEA President, Cara Cooper, feels that smaller and more lenient turnout of voters. Center to host ‘star parties’ the majority of FIU students would fully Autiello realizes that the timing may not support a $6 to $12 semester fee for the have been perfect but assures that the vote ASTRONOMY, page 1 take astronomy for their UBR science course Student Green Energy Fund. for these “time sensitive” issues had to take will now get to do meaningful observational “I feel that students realize the important place in the summer “to ensure proper and $800,000 to the University for the Cause. This labs, really see the planets and nebula using of this fee. They can understand where their timely implementation.” According to Auti- set up the need for FIU to commit $800,000 to the telescopes. This has been a weakness of money is going to go to,” said Cooper. ello, it was neither his nor SGA’s intention match his donation as promised by President our course for the past 15 years. Its support will result in a proposal for of assuring a certain outcome by conducting Maidique. A State program also matches all Secondly, it will allow more advanced university action in green energy endeavors. the referendum in the summer. donations bringing the total to $2.4 million physics and astronomy students to really do dollars. Recent FIU and State budget prob- meaningful hands on astronomy. To date, lems made matching the donation impossible we only have an astronomy minor because from general funds, so it was put on the PECO we had no facilities to teach a meaningful Student wins APTA award list. Fortunately Provost Wartzok and Pres- “observational Astronomy” course. With this ident Rosenberg pushed it to the front this facility we can add the astronomy major. Our year and with the help of our legislators we students would have to hand carry telescope SCHOLARSHIP, page 1 FIU is a minority institution, more students received the PECO funds to match the dona- out into the spaces between buildings, under should have received this award. “We tion this year. the fl ood lights, and try to look at faint objects. plan if she didn’t end up playing in the should have lots of people thinking like Beacon: Where would the Center be The main telescope in the facility will allow World Cup. her, but we don’t,” Randolph said. located? advanced undergrads and graduate students After tearing her ACL during a game, According to APTA, the award is Webb: It will be located south of the metal to actually make research-grade observations she paid weekly visits to a physical therapy given to minority students with scholastic walkway between the Center and Physics from campus. Even from a lighted campus in clinic for rehabilitation. achievement, who take part in minority building and the Owa Ehan buildings. Miami if you are up 4 stories in a dome, you There, she was inspired by her own affairs and services, and have the “poten- Beacon: Will the center have any special can make good observations of bright objects therapist, whom she says, “was an amazing tial to contribute to the profession of phys- features? like planets and nebula. mentor,” and “showed her the ability that ical therapy.” Webb: It will have a state of the art labora- This facility will also be a home for our someone has to change someone else’s APTA gives out the scholarship to tory room where undergraduates will be able star parties. We have 5 events per semester life.” promote more minorities to practice phys- to learn astronomy using the latest tools. It which are free and open to the public. We Ramirez is only the second student ical therapy, of which the association will have a 24” computer controlled telescope attract between 50 and 150 FIU students to in the physical therapy program’s 35- considers to there to be a low number. in a dome on the roof that more advanced each event. They consist of science talks on year history to win the Minority Scholar- Ramirez received her award on June 18, physics and astronomy students will use for topics of current interest, live music, refresh- ship. Dr. Mariys Randolph, another one of at the APTA Honors and Award Ceremony training and research. Introductory students ments supplied by the physics department, Ramirez’s professors, believes that since in Boston, Mass. will get to use 8” Celestron telescopes from door prizes (usually astronomy books or music the observing pad on the roof and will also CDs) and viewing of the planets and anything benefi t from the larger telescope. else in the sky that is visible. These events The fi rst fl oor exhibition area will host are listed at www.fi u.edu/~webbj/publicprog. our star parties and will include astronomy html). exhibits and pictures, a stage for speakers Our public outreach events brings in people and performers, and will be one of the coolest from the community such as the Southern E-BOARD AND PRODUCTION STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION places on campus. The second fl oor will Cross Astronomical Society, students from house astronomy offi ces. The third fl oor will surrounding high schools and commu- EDITOR IN CHIEF ASST. SPORTS DIRECTORS Modesto Maidique Campus: have control rooms for our remotely operated nity colleges, retirees, and even the Miami JORGE VALENS JOEL DELGADO GC 210, Mon-Fri 9:00 AM-4:30 PM research telescopes in Chile and Arizona where rescue shelter. On any given night at one of (305) 348-2709 PRODUCTION MANAGER/COPY CHIEF FIU faculty, graduate students and advanced our events, I typically show people ranging BBC PHOTO EDITOR news@fi usm.com JASMYN ELLIOTT - undergraduate students can do cutting edge in ages from 5 to 70 the rings of Saturn, the Biscayne Bay Campus Moon of Jupiter, or the mountains and craters PAGE DESIGNERS research observations from campus. NEWS DIRECTOR WUC 124, Mon-Fri 9:00 AM-4:30 PM on the Moon. MIKE COSTA Beacon: What do you believe the center GABRIEL ARRARÁS (305) 919-4722 For the full interview with Professor Webb, LEONCIO ALVAREZ will offer FIU students? bbc@fi usm.com check out FIUSM.com BBC MANAGING EDITOR CHRIS TOWERS Webb: First and foremost, students who PHILIPPE BUTEAU Fax: COPY EDITORS (305) 348-2712 LIFE! 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MEN’S BASKETBALL: DOMINIQUE FERGUSON THE VANGUARD Heralded recruit spurns powerhouse programs for FIU

JONATHAN RAMOS one year stint in prep school, Before the Golden scoring margin. Sports Director he decided to attend FIU, a Panthers made the hire of Isiah Ferguson, a 6-foot-8 Sun Belt conference school Thomas offi cial, Ferguson did combo forward with a versa- It got to a point where that hasn’t fi nished with a not even know what FIU was. tile skill set, will bring length Dominique Ferguson just winning record since 1999- The presence of Thomas, in to a team deprived of it, but couldn’t contain it any more. 2000 season. addition to a positive visit to is much more than just a post Disgruntled fans of brand Although Kentucky is the Modesto Maidique campus, player. The rivals.com four- name college basketball winningest program in college sold Ferguson enough to star prospect can Ferguson programs across the country basketball history, Ferguson become the fi rst blue chip can play inside and out. were lighting up Fergu- ignored their recruiting pitch recruit in Thomas’ tenure. “It depends on who is on son’s Facebook page with and the noise from their fans “I was still a little big iffy me,” Ferguson said. “How comments and messages after and chose to give FIU his on it because it was such a tall or big a guy is. If I know he committed to FIU last signature. The main pull for small school and it was far I can get past him, I can play year. him was the lure of playing from home,” Ferguson said. on the wing and if a smaller The messages often came for Isiah Thomas. “I just realized you don’t guy is on me I can stay in the in the form of explicit rants post.” from fans who did not under- Ferguson said Thomas stand why he passed up on PERSONAL INFO likened his game to Lamar offers from higher profi le Odom, the versatile forward teams, mainly the University Position: PF for the Los Angeles Lakers, of Kentucky. WT: 209 although Ferguson said he When it got out of hand, Height: 6-8 is most often compared to he had to delete his account former NBA All-star Tracy more than once. But he wasn’t Prep School: Hargrave Military Academy McGrady. deterred. Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Before Ferguson was “They always talked Fact: First ESPNU Top 100 player to commit to FIU men’s garnering fl attering compari- trash. I just say thanks and basketball in program history. sons, however, he dealt with never say anything back,” a devastating injury early in Ferguson said. “Sometimes his basketball life. Ferguson they’ll say stuff on my wall tore an anterior crucial liga- COURTESY OF MAXPREP.COM where everyone can see it and ment in his left knee in eighth Dominique Ferguson opted to attend FIU despite offers I would have to delete it.” “First of all, you got to need to go to a big school to grade, putting his future in from major programs and a early commiment to Kentucky Ferguson received a lot of respect him. He knows what do what you got to do.” the sport in doubt. attention from major programs he’s doing,” Ferguson said Now that he is on campus, “It came out of knowhere in high school, when he chose of Thomas. “He’s been a he has already begun to take and I was just starting to come already stood 6-foot-7 at the Ferguson is prepared to take to give a verbal commit- general manager and coach part in unoffi cial scrim- up,” he said. “I was getting time, took his place back on on the pressure of being the ment to Kentucky during his of an NBA team. So, he mages with his teammates, noticed as one of the top the court. Ferguson hasn’t best player in Thomas’ fi rst senior season at Lawrence knows what it takes to get to and beginning to show he can players in the state of Indiana. reported any knee issues since full recruiting class. North High in Indiana. But he that next level probably more fi ll a big void for the Golden When I tore it, I just thought the setback, and went on to “We defi netly have to do shocked the college basket- than any coach out there right Panthers, who stumbled to everything was done.” have a productive high school better, so there is some pres- ball world when, after de- now. I think he can help my a 7-25 record in 2009-10 After a grueling rehab career and a solid season this sure there,” he said. “We want committing from UK during a game most of all.” and were last in the SBC in process, Ferguson, who past year at Hargrave Military to win the conference.” Academy in Virginia. Now, VOLLEYBALL Tomic announces 2010 schedule riddled with diffi cult road stretches

JOEL DELGADO of the NCAA Tournament. Assistant Sports Director The Golden Panthers open conference play with their home opener against Denver on Sept. 24 at the U.S. Century The road for the upcoming season has been paved for the Bank Arena, nearly a month after the regular season begins. Golden Panthers volleyball squad as their 2010 schedule was The longest home stretch of the season for FIU will last announced this week by head coach Danijela Tomic. only three games, spanning from Oct. 8-16 and will then be The expectations for this team have risen each year and followed by a fi ve-game road stretch before fi nally returning the team will look to build on its 2009 season after making it to play four of its fi nal fi ve games in front of a home crowd. to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. None of FIU’s nine home matches for this upcoming It will be a diffi cult path for FIU, however, as the schedule season feature non-conference opponents as the Golden includes matches with seven teams that played in last year’s Panthers will only host Sun Belt foes at home. NCAA Tournament, including cross-state rival Miami, RECRUIT SHINES Florida State, and conference rival Middle Tennessee, who handed the Golden Panthers their lone conference loss in the Golden Panther volleyball recruit Jessica Gehrke, also a Sun Belt championship game. track-and-fi eld athlete, won four events in the championship Last season, the Golden Panthers began their season away meet to help the West High School girls track team capture from home with six straight matches away from Miami. This the Class 4A Iowa state title in May. time around, the Golden Panthers begin their season with 12 Gehrke, who was featured in Sport’s Illustrates Faces in consecutive road matches, beginning on Aug. 27 against New the Crowd section in May, won the 100-meter and 200-meter Mexico State in the Florida State Invitational. Three of those events to help her team capture the title. She became the fi rst matches during that extended road trip will be played across player in her school’s history to win four events in a single town in the Hurricane Invitational, hosted by the University state meet. BEACON FILE PHOTO of Miami on Sept. 10 and 11. The incoming freshman will be a member of the FIU Volley coach Danijela Tomic [above] faces diffi cult path in FIU will face UM on Sept. 11, nearly 10 months after the volleyball squad as well as the track-and-fi eld team during order return to NCAA Tournament in 2010. Golden Panthers eliminated the Hurricanes in the fi rst round the upcoming athletic year. 4 The Beacon – Wednesday, July 7, 2010 SPORTS www.fi usm.com

SWIMMING AND DIVING New coach Horner starts recruiting cycle upon arrival

IGOR MELO on young people’s lives. I love to win and I Contributing Writer love being successful so the drive of making them better athletes is there. It’s an internal I really enjoy having an impact on Randy Horner is diving head fi rst in to passion, but the big picture is developing the recruiting pool. them as people over a four to fi ve young people’s lives. I love to win and July 1 marked the fi rst day of year period. work for Horner. The new swim- Beacon: How much did Univer- I love being successful so the drive of ming and diving coach has been sity of New Orleans dropping to non-stop on the phones trying to get Division 3 affect you decision? making them better athletes is there. an early start on turning the program Horner: It didn’t affect my deci- around. sion to come here, but it sure affected Randy Horner Horner, former New Orleans HORNER my decision on seeking for other FIU Swimming and Diving Coach coach, arrived in Miami in mid-June opportunities. When that happened and is loving everything about his my entire focus for that entire last new city, especially the Modesto A. Maid- season was to help every athlete on the it’s going to be a great selling feature for is better than the other, but it’s defi nitely ique Campus, which will be one of his program at University of New Orleans fi nd a bringing young student-athletes in to. different just kind of the dynamic of the selling features in bringing in new recruits new home. We successfully transferred every Beacon: In your fi rst season at UNO, group, how you deal with them. Some of the to FIU. swimmer on the program to other universi- your men’s recruiting class was ranked issues that come up are a little bit different Beacon: What was it like for you on ties this year. There was no future at the divi- 18th in the nation schools, how do you based on natural sociology of the group, your fi rst day at the job? sion-I level there. think you’ll fare in recruiting in fi rst Beacon: How do you plan on turning Horner: Actually, I’ve been here for a Beacon: What attracted you to FIU? season at FIU? this swimming program around? few weeks unoffi cially, just kind of getting Did you receive any other offers from any Horner: I think it’s going to be good. we Horner: ...[I have] a vision of where the some ground work started in the recruiting other schools? just started our new recruiting cycle. That’s program is capable of going. Selling that process. It’s been good so far, I kind of like Horner: It’s all up to whatever positions pretty much what I have been doing all day, vision to the existing members on that team it. The people are good, we have a great moti- are open on a yearly basis. There were only making phone contacts. The interest level to [reach] their true potential...then selling vated staff and I’m glad to be a part of it. a few head coaching positions open, there is very high. We have a lot of great, high- that vision to new prospects and recruits, Beacon: Have you spoken to your team were many assistant head coaching positions level student-athletes that are very inter- convincing them that I can take them to that yet? If so, what have you said to them? open. I did have some other options and I ested in the program and the future of the level athletically to pursue their goals. Horner: Yes I have. I’ve been corre- defi nitely think that FIU was a great oppor- program, and I think we’re going to have a Beacon: Is it realistic for the team to sponding through e-mail as well as indi- tunity and one I could not pass up. great recruiting class this year. be able to compete for Sun Belt champi- vidual phone conversations with each of Beacon: Have you had the chance Beacon: How different is it to coach a onship this year? the members of the team. Just wanted to say to check out the campus? What is your Men’s team than it is a Women’s team? Horner: No. I would say if things go ‘hello’ and tell them a little about myself, favorite part about FIU? Which one is easier? well, we can be in contention in our third answer any of the questions they had as well Horner: The Graham Center is probably Horner: I don’t have a preference. In the year (maybe). It takes some time to de- as talk a little bit about their past experiences my favorite part of the campus, it’s the only past I’ve always had a co-ed team where I velop. Even just one freshmen class coming with the program and things that they would part that I’ve really had a lot of exposure to had men and women as to my fi rst year in in next year would not be enough of an like to see in the future. at this point. The campus in general is beau- UNO, where I had a women’s only team. So impact to make up the number of points that Beacon: What was your biggest infl u- tiful [especially] the way it’s kept with the that’s the only other experience I have had we’re behind with the contenders. You have ence in becoming a swimming coach? landscaping and everything. Just the modern with women’s only before we added the men to bring in a freshmen class and then they Horner: I really enjoy having an impact nature of the buildings is very attractive, there. It’s different, I wouldn’t say that one develop through the senior year. MIAMI HEAT Heat fans receive bad info and miss Wade on arrival

TIM REYNOLDS One of the triumvirate of He’s scheduled to appear at Associated Press marquee stars in this NBA free- a youth basketball camp about agent megaclass, Wade could 30 minutes north of Miami on The word went out early decide this week between the Tuesday, plus take questions Monday morning to Miami Heat, the New Jersey Nets, with Alonzo Mourning about Heat fans. Show up at 8 a.m. the New York Knicks and his their charity weekend later and welcome Dwyane Wade hometown team, the Chicago this month. Hundreds of well- back to South Florida, they Bulls. Wade, LeBron James wishers are expected there, were told. and Chris Bosh began getting including dozens of children So they did. formally wooed on Thursday who are working on a “special” Right time. Wrong by several clubs. presentation for Wade. location. The Heat turned to social Many of those well-wishers Wade arrived back media, both Facebook and will be Heat employees. The in Miami, but instead of Twitter, around 12:50 a.m. organization chartered four fl ying on a private jet into Monday to rally fans. Even buses to take about 200 staffers a charter facility — as the at the late hour, buzz grew to a surprise birthday party for Heat marketing department quickly, and some fans were free agent Udonis Haslem last expected — he took a different in place — the wrong place, month, and will take a similar fl ight into one of the airport’s unknowingly — by 7 a.m. approach with Wade’s event main terminals. So about 50 An employee at the Signature on Tuesday. Heat fans, as well as a handful Air facility said staff typically Before arriving Monday — of team employees, left without is told when a high-profi le in Miami-Wade County, offi - a glimpse of Wade, who is person like Wade is arriving, cially, until July 8 by order of expected to decide his playing and that transportation for him the county commissioners — future in the coming days. is usually arranged ahead of Wade had been in Chicago. “He’ll hear that we were time. He took his meetings here,” said 20-year-old fan That wasn’t the case there, including formal sit- David Figueroa. “That’s Monday. And by the time word downs with three clubs, plus enough, right?” arrived that Wade was back in an informal chat with the Heat. Sure enough, Wade’s repre- Miami, he’d already left the Now back in Miami, Wade sentatives confi rmed that the airport. will meet with Heat president six-time All-Star was aware “Bad information,” Heat Pat Riley and owner Micky of the gathering, albeit after executive vice president Arison this week. he left Miami International Michael McCullough told the Heat offi cials were asking Airport. sign-waving, T-shirt-donning fans to reach out to Wade The Heat leaked his travel group. on Facebook at 3:33 p.m. plans overnight, telling fans to Wade’s next appearance Monday, a nod to “3,” his greet Wade at the airport. seems a lot more certain. jersey number. Contact Us Adriana Rodriguez Life! Editor adriana.rodriguez@fi usm.com LIFE! The Beacon – 5 www.fi usm.com Wednesday, July 07, 2010 FROST ART SHOW:

FIU MUSEUM INFUSED WITH MULTICULTURAL ART

MARIA MURRIEL Staff writer The Frost Art Museum, although located near the heart of campus, mostly operates as a separate entity. The Graham Center is practically always advertising new exhibits at the Frost, but in order to really know just how much the museum has to offer at any given point, it’s best to walk through those very chic glass doors. If you are one of the many who don’t visit the museum often, you’ll be surprised to fi nd that throughout the year there is an average of four exhibits going on simultaneously aside from the Frost’s perma- nent collection. On July 12, the museum will host a morning lecture and meet-and-greet with Haitian sculptor Jean Claude Rigaud, an artist who’s traveled the world to study from masters of his trade and now resides and works in Miami to share what he’s learned. Another Haitian artist will make his appearance at the Frost on July 28, at the event entitled “Meet and COURTESY OF FROST ART MUSEUM Mingle with Philippe Dodard.” These two artists’ backgrounds are exemplary of the Frost’s Native American history and heritage. expansive international arts coverage. The compilation features pieces utilized in healing, and is Both hailing from the Caribbean and the latter infl uential designed to educate the public on the practices and beliefs of in the arts of the African Diaspora, they represent the part of the animist tribes. the world where “tap-tap” is a term commonly used and art is a All of these exhibits were inaugurated early this summer feisty reunion of colors: Haiti. in partnership with Target Wednesday After Hours. This summer, the Frost presents “Tap-Tap: Celebrating the On July 21, entrepreneur Michelle Villalobos will visit Art of Haiti.” The exhibit’s proceeds go to earthquake relief the museum at 6 p.m. to coach people on self-marketing targeting art and culture. skills and foment the “fi ndable profi le” skills that are neces- “Paul Strand in México” takes museum-goers west of the sary to survive in a world of business networking. Caribbean through the work of Paul Strand, who has been recog- The Grand Gallery, located on the second fl oor of the nized as “one of the great modernist photographers of the 20th museum, is currently occupied by the unusual and alluring century.” works of one Volf Roitman, the late versatile artist and center Strand’s photography brought out the characters he thought of the exhibit “From MADI to the Ludic Revolution.” embodied Mexico’s essence. His pieces, photographed during The innovative Uruguayan’s career spanned six centuries the early 1930s through 1966, capture the heart of the Mexican and two artistic movements, both of which are represented in workers, indigenous residents, and the remains of colonial archi- the Gallery in colorful works, generally of a playful nature. tecture in the modern city. Some are moving structures and some are small geometric Then, from our very own mysterious native tribes, the Frost light boxes from Roitman’s MADI days in 1940s Buenos has gathered an assortment of spiritually charged pieces to put Aires. Either way, all the pieces are defi ned by their lumi- together “Spiritual Healing – Shamans of the Northwest Coast: nous color schemes. Art and the Cultural Approach to Healing.” But don’t be quick to frame Roitman as an earlier Romero Comprised of both relics and new representations of histor- Britto. His wacky geometric lights and whimsical color ical objects, this exhibit sheds a light on the shamanic North works are put together with taste and the fi nished product American culture that is often left forgotten among stocks of gives off a pleasant glow that you could never fi nd in Brit- to’s kittens.

FISTFULS OF TECH! Best online services for keeping students organized

he Internet is full of little nooks and almost any smart phone with Google Sync, that are made for services like these. Mint tion that is 100 percent web based. Tcrannies that hold within them not which uses Microsoft’s Exchange technology has applications for the iPhone and Android ‘The free service allows you to upload melted butter but great services that would to sync between you and Google’s servers. and is free. This has defi nitely helped me text, audio, photo and video notes to their help any student out in Google Docs, however, is the star in this get a grip on my fi nances and see where my cloud server. So instead of using the Notes COLUMNIST their day-to-day struggle group. Docs will allow you to create Micro- money is going. app on your iPhone or Blackberry, simply to learn in college. Here soft Offi ce compatible fi les including text, use Evernote and anything you upload will are a few of the essentials spreadsheets, and even PowerPoint slide THINGS (MAC ONLY, $49.95 FOR THE be synced with all the devices registered that have made my life shows. The online document creator is not DESKTOP CLIENT AND $9.99 FOR THE under your account. easier and hopefully will as feature rich and powerful as Microsoft IPHONE VERSION) This service comes in handy for me at do the same for you. Offi ce itself but it gets the job, whatever it Things for Mac is the ultimate app for the beginning of the year when I am shop- is, done for free. Best of all, it stores all of those people that need to get things done and ping around for textbooks. Simply upload JORGE VALENS GOOGLE APPS that in the cloud so you can access and print follow a to-do list. It can compile tasks based the section of your syllabus with the text- - GMAIL, CALENDAR, it from wherever you are. on urgency, word tags, or even by project; book info and off you go to shop around for AND DOCS (FREE) MINT (FREE) so you can have multiple tasks categorized the best price. Google’s suite of online applications is Mint is an online banking service that under one project. The software is pricey, Another unique use is when a professor pretty robust, but these few are some that basically takes all your bank accounts, but for something that can sync seamlessly writes an announcement on the board, take will make college a little less daunting. First including the ones for your fi nancial aid, and over Wi-Fi between your iPhone and your a picture of it with your phone while you are off, GMail is a great online mail client that groups them together in one place where you computer, it’s well worth it. This software walking out the door. When you get home, offers a lot of customization. I have left can view and manage all your money. Mint, organizes my life and makes task completion it’ll be waiting for you on your PC or Mac. programs like Outlook and Apple Mail in the which was recently purchased by Intuit Soft- easy by letting you see the bigger picture. Evernote can categorize notes by word dust because Google’s online mail is more ware, will monitor and help you budget your tags and categories. It’s a free service with feature-rich than any desktop program can money, send alerts when you either receive EVERNOTE (FREE, AVAILABLE FOR a reasonably priced premium option that just offer. Calendar is a great calendar app that money or are about to overdraft. MULTIPLE PLATFORMS INCLUDING gives you a little more storage space. can send you emails or even push notifi ca- Mint is extremely secure as it basically MAC, WINDOWS, AND VARIOUS Fistfuls of Tech is a weekly technology tions to make sure you make it to class on has a read only access to your accounts, SMART PHONES) column. time. Both these services can be synced to thanks to industry mandated online API’s Evernote is a great note taking applica- 6 The Beacon –Wednesday, July 07, 2010 LIFE! www.fi usm.com

TOP 4 MOST BORING ARTISTS PANEL PANEL HECTOR MOJENA There are plenty of bands out there whose music makes people want to jump around and send their bodies into a Staff Writer frenzy. These are bands like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc., who have defi ned the history of rock music so thoroughly that even the bands on this list owe something of a debt, no matter how minuscule (and yawn-inducing) that debt is. PILGRIM NOT Of course, this isn’t the story of those awesome bands, but rather the story of how someone listens to The Beatles and says, “Man, isn’t ‘Something’ the best Beatles song? I want all of our songs to sound like that.” Like aural Valium, these are the artists whose music acts as the perfect soundtrack for that special trip into ONLY FOR catatonia that you’ve always dreamt of. Sleep and just general boredom are the only sorts of outcomes you can expect from these winners. THANKSGIVING Moby 4 Starting off a list by saying that Moby makes music for coma cott Pilgrim is an underdog. patients is a bit like saying that Moby is a skinny, bald Vegan: it’s just He’s a hero, incredibly stupid, a statement of fact. S yet resourceful with a heart of gold. However, that wasn’t always the case. The man no one calls Richard He’s also the Melville Hall did play in several punk bands circa the 1980s and, in main character of fact, began his proper solo career as a progressive electronic musi- COLUMNIST Canadian comic cian, helping to shape various nascent genres of electronic music. But author Bryan Lee then something happened, and that something was Play. Ever since O’Malley’s latest that album’s huge success, Moby has specialized in a very specifi c project. kind of aural sleep aid: the kind of sonic wallpaper you’d expect to Held in manga hear on some new age music compilation right next to tracks by Enya AP IMAGE EXCHANGE sized graphic and Enigma. novels, the Scott 3 Vampire Weekend SEAN GONZALEZ No band in recent memory has inspired perhaps more Pilgrim series collective shrugging than these guys. They essentially provides both write music about going to Harvard that can conceivably nostalgia as well as current pop be played at any dinner party once that AIR CD is fi nished. allusions. Oh, and there are tablas in some of the songs, too. Throughout the six books, Scott None of these elements make for anything close to comically battles seven evil ex- engaging because of the ridiculously specifi c audience boyfriends of his new love interest they’re pandering to. Romana Flowers. The exact reason as to why he Jack Johnson AP IMAGE EXCHANGE has to fi ght the exes has yet to be Subscribing to the notion that life’s a beach, Jack Johnson 2 described, but the mystery is cleverly has peddled some of the most reviled acoustic pop music of the weaned to the readers throughout decade. It’s as if he got the whole laying-back-in-the-sand thing every book. down but forgot about the fact that people do a lot of other things When he’s not fi ghting for his at the beach too. lady’s love, Scott is playing Sega Like a malignant tumor composed of folksy aphorisms and Genesis or rocking out with his band, surfboard wax, Johnson has managed to release several albums Sex Bob-omb. whose ultimately mind numbing feel-good attitude only serves Every book includes crazy fi ght to inspire more rage. He may inspire sleep, but it’s of the sort scenes and hilarious adventures. where you wake up in the morning and curse that this was what AP IMAGE EXCHANGE Coldplay Even if you’re not one to usually knocked you out in the fi rst place. 1 Of all the bands on this list so far, this is the only one that partake in video games or comic actually took over the world. How that is conceivably possible books, the Scott Pilgrim series is still with such maudlin acoustic balladry is only a testament to how a great read seeing as how despite many people made mixtapes with “Yellow” as the “We should their over the top lives, the charac- totally get drunk on wine coolers” song. ters come off as genuine people. Who knew that such a particular brand of sod-rock could In between busting through walls infi ltrate the mainstream with such indifference being the and blabbing about the Uncanny cornerstone of its creation. X-men, Scott and his friends have Nowadays, Coldplay fancies itself a more experimental actual drama. Scott’s gay roommate, outfi t, taking cues from perhaps more obscure infl uences than Wallace, has landlord issues while they did in their “Yellow” days. But make no mistake about it, the band stresses about recording a that same yawn-inducing music for 20-something’s you heard new album. Every aspect manages to AP IMAGE EXCHANGE on Parachutes has only just transformed into yawn inducing be just light enough to not overpower FIFA ON TV WHEN musicAND for people WHEREwho like U2, but without all that pesky the others and keep the comedy “energy” people are always fussing about. eclectic. Even with the interwoven lives of ADRIANA RODRIGUEZ LIFE! Editor the characters, the world they live in FIFA madness is in full swing and as the games still comes off streamlined and easy come to an end in the upcoming days, here are some of to understand, arguably the strongest the best places to get caught up in all the excitement: aspect of the series. The good times that emanate Segafredo L’Originale on 1040 Lincoln Road offers frozen drink specials changing to represent the from this series will hit the big teams playing. Plus, there’s no costly cover charge to get in—not common for Lincoln Road. screen in August. The fi lm is directed Segafredo’s is teaming up with the Colony Theatre by airing the semifi nals and fi nals on a 40’ x 25’ by “Shaun of the Dead” director, feet HD screen for the ultimate game-watching experience. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased Edgar Wright, and stars the always- at the Colony Box Offi ce, Segafredo Lincoln Road or Ticketmaster.com. awkward Michael Cera as Scott. Churchill’s The sixth book in the series, “Scott Airing the semifi nals on July 6 and 7 at 2:30 p.m., Churchill’s is located in Little Haiti and is better Pilgrim’s Finest Hour”, a culmina- known for their underground music scene than for being a sports bar. But the pub has played every game tion of the entire series, comes out in the series and is the perfect place for those who aren’t avid soccer fans and are trying to stay away from the typical bar. Churchill’s is located on 5501 SE 2nd Ave. July 20. Throw in a video game coming Kendall Ale House out sometime this summer and The ever popular, Kendall Ale House located on 11625 SW Kendall Drive, doesn’t have special you’ve got more Scott Pilgrim than events catering to the FIFA World Cup but it wins as the top spot to watch any game. The bar offers over 75 beers and their menu is sure to keep your stomach happy even if you’re sad about your team losing. you can handle. Thanks to all the Make sure to try their signature chicken wings, “Zingers.” crammed together release dates, the A part of the Miller’s Ale House restaurant chain, there are also locations in Doral, North Miami movie differs from the book near the Beach, Palmetto Bay and Fort Lauderdale. end. This is a plus for anyone who Irish Tavern & Grill wants to catch up while avoiding The tavern, located on 13067 SW 112th St., has been opening up at 7 a.m. to accommodate early spoiler alerts. bird soccer fans wanting to catch the morning games. The tavern shows matches on 20 screens and If it’s your fi rst comic, Scott offers drink specials including $0.99 drafts and pitchers for $6.99. Pilgrim is a quirky series that will leave you wanting more. With each book in the series being relatively small, it’s common practice for newcomers to blow through them quickly. It’s a good idea to pick it up if you’re an old school comic reader too. The series doesn’t forget what inspired it and yet is still hip to the times. Contact Us Christopher Diaz Opinion Editor christopher.diaz@fi usm.com OPINION The Beacon – 7 www.fi usm.com Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Pornographers disregarding STDs Attack of the

ODETTE BARRIENTOS fi lm industry does not make ranked third in the nation in Essentially, screening itself- Assistant Editor money by promoting safe sex. the number of reported cases. even if carried out diligently- fast food bombs It never has. Adult-fi lm makers In addition, HIV/AIDS is may not prevent spread. It’s A Los Angeles-based everywhere (not just in South the leading cause of death in just not an effective preventa- JUSTIN JANS AIDS advocacy group fi led Florida) would resist this. Florida for both black males tive measure. Contributing Writer a complaint with the Miami- So, why try to change their and black females age 25-44. In addition, this doesn’t Dade County Health Depart- agenda now? Meanwhile, the porn industry address the carefree culture. Recently, I’ve noticed a big move towards ment against Miami-based A look at the AIDS statis- does harm in promoting unsafe The reality is that the actors healthier and nutritionally conscientious eating adult fi lm-making companies tics in the US, particu- sex as common and trivial. It is regularly don’t wear condoms. choices. With people fl ocking to the Atkins and Bang Brothers Films, Josh larly in Florida, justifi es this wrong to go about minimizing At the end of the day, these South Beach diets, people have shown a greater Stone Productions and Reality complaint. Overall, over one the effects of an epidemic, movies don’t go on to show concern for their health. Ironically, I’ve also noticed Kings Productions Beverly especially one that has plagued the repercussions of unpro- that restaurants have begun to bombard us with Hills-based adult fi lm-making this country for decades. tected sex. The actors don’t fat bombs, like KFC’s Double Down and Burger company Hustler Video. They “The use of condoms is not suffer consequences such as King’s ribs. claim that the actors in adult At the end of the day, the policy of Bang Brothers AIDS or syphillis in their Now, I’m no health nut. I’ll choose a burger fi lms aren’t wearing condoms these movies don’t go or the vast majority of adult respective story lines. They over a salad any day, but I’ve realized I do need and could be spreading diseases industry producers,” said Larry are apparently invincible. This to cut down on my intake of junk food by trying including HIV. on to show the Walters, a lawyer for that repre- message of invincibility is sent some more nutritious foods. I try to do this, but the In making such fi lms, repercussions of sents the company. “What kind to audiences. University is not giving me much of a choice. people are being conditioned of adult fi lm would you have Perhaps the use of condoms To their credit, the University is attempting that not wearing condoms is unprotected sex. left? Nothing that would sell.’’ in adult fi lms would help set a to diversify the eating options on campus. With okay, thus contributing to the Even so, according to better example, a monkey-see Chili’s Too opening up, and the opening of the new AIDS epidemic and the spread Walters, Bang Brothers actors monkey-do effect. After all, garage’s restaurants in the fall, including Chick-fi l- of other STDs. are permitted to wear condoms we live in a consumerist world A, Moe’s, Papa John’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Salad The complaint was fi led in fi lms if they want, and they that is driven by the media and Creations, we may be in for a treat on campus. under the state’s sanitary million AIDS cases have been are regularly tested for STDs advertisement. It is completely However, like most treats, they are unhealthy. nuisance law, Florida Statute reported in the 50 states of the and HIV. logical to call out adult fi lm- Looking at the new restaurant additions along with 386, which bans any act that USA, the District of Columbia However, HIV tests makers in a region that stands the old restaurants, the only healthy options are might spread disease. and Puerto Rico. Of those with conducted on newly infected, at the top of the charts in AIDS Salad Creations, some items at Camille’s, located “The object is not to shut known residence, 85% were contagious people may come up cases. in the recreation center, and maybe Subway if you down the adult fi lms, only to reported in major metropolitan negative for weeks after infec- Allowing for an epidemic eat off their light and fi t menu. get the male actors to wear areas. New York has accounted tion, a phenomenon referred to to gain strength with no desire Again, I’m no health nut, but I still care about condoms,” said Michael Wein- for around a fi fth of all cases, as the “window period.” to control or infl uence it what- my nutrition. stein, president of the AIDS with Los Angeles (60,583 Furthermore, AIDS is not soever is clearly the best way And what about those that are health nuts? For Healthcare Foundation. cases), and Miami (58,554) the only STD threat; some to make money. It’s not just students who want healthy choices, they are rail- At fi rst glance, this also providing substantial diseases such as Herpes may Miami’s adult-fi lm makers’ roaded into a couple of eateries, where healthy complaint sounds useless numbers. go undetected for years while way of thinking – it’s everyone meals are the exception and not the rule. and ineffective. The adult- Florida has consistently the host remains contagious. else involved in the industry. The one question I have to pose to those who picked these restaurants: what were the criteria for a restaurant opening on campus? It’s clearly not a healthy menu. Tuition editorial lacks full details Our school is supposedly moving towards a healthier campus with “innovations” such nutri- DEAN WILLIAMS point it is approved, denied, or tabled pending $20 million dollars in revenue that will mate- tion labels on foods, healthier options in vending Special to The Beacon additional information. rialize as a result of the tuition increase “will machines, and the contentious campus-wide Your claim then, that “President Mark be used to hire new faculty members, increase smoking ban. The University missed a great oppor- In response to the June 23 editorial title Rosenberg broke the news that he will propose the number of academic advisors, and invest tunity here to make a real and positive impact on “Tuition hikes, though unpopular, are neces- a 15% tuition increase” misrepresents the in student support services, including the students’ health. sary for University operations”, this edito- complexity of the situation at hand. library.” When I heard that restaurants were coming to rial inaccurately utilizes a series of arguments With regards to the use of revenue gener- Finally, I would just like to mention two the new garage, it was already half-fi nished and to supplement the Editorial Board’s opinion ated from the tuition increase, the editorial things that your editorial, unfortunately, over- everything was decided. The students never had that the Board of Trustees’ recent decision to mentions, “The Beacon sees no other option looked. Referring to the June 4 news.FIU.edu the option to choose the food places. increase tuition is a “necessary evil.” for the University to increase its revenue in article again, undergraduate tuition is being This makes me wonder whether the school is I’d fi rst like to address the tuition increase. order to bridge the gap in the budget, while increasing an additional $15.34 per credit getting something from the restaurants for allowing According to Christy Harris, the budget maintaining the ‘World’s Ahead’ state of hour, bringing it to $117.67 total per credit them on campus. They defi nitely want the locations director at the state board of governors, the mind”, and further, “The Beacon would like hour, which is well below the national average to generate revenue, but healthier options could state legislature decided to mandate an 8% to see the increased revenue from tuition of $275 per credit hour. So while tuition is generate revenue as well. In fact, they may make increase in tuition for the 2010-2011 academic being put towards hiring more faculty and increasing, it is far less than what most of our even more money because of the lack of healthy school year. Neither the Board of Governors student advisors.” counterparts pay within the nation. options on campus. of the State University System of Florida, nor Your characterization implies that the More importantly, the article mentions, “A Instead, we are left with mostly unhealthy the President and the Board of Trustees of the funds may or may not be used in an inappro- portion of the funds collected as a result of the restaurants. Sure, you could go off-campus, but Florida International University, has control priate manner. increase will be set aside for need based fi nan- most people don’t have that much time between over this legislatively mandated increase. Contrarily, in an article published at news. cial aid.” While some may disapprove of the classes. And even if you did, good luck fi nding a Now, as it relates to undergraduate tuition FIU.edu on June 4 entitled “FIU Trustees concept of ‘re-distributed wealth,’ this fact in parking spot when you get back. for example, tuition differential allows for an approve 2010-2011 budget, tuition and fee particular, that you have seemingly neglected, The majority of what we’re left with on campus increase of tuition up to an additional 7%. increase”, President Rosenberg affi rms that would have signifi cantly strengthened your has menus consisting of greasy, fattening food, with In order for the tuition differential to mate- the increase in tuition will “provide funds for argument that this tuition increase is a “neces- the occasional “light” meal thrown in. Looking at rialize, President Mark Rosenberg makes a new faculty and advisors needed to offer the sary evil.” Moe’s menu, their salads contain meat and beans, recommendation to the BoT, who approves courses and provide the guidance to ensure Dean Williams is the current press secre- which are not the healthiest of choices. or denies his request. If the BoT approves his quality education and timely graduation of tary for SGC-MMC. Most restaurants claim to have healthy choices, request, it is then taken to the BoG, at which our students” and that the additional estimated but in reality they are simply healthier than the rest of the menu. They are not healthy in the sense that they are good for you and will aid your health. It’s a wonder why the University has not latched QUOTE OF THE WEEK EDITORIAL POLICY SEND US YOUR LETTERS on to the nutrition craze sweeping the world, espe- Editorials are the unifi ed voice Got a problem with parking? Want to cially with the plethora of low calorie and high [Afghanistan is] “a war of Obama’s choosing. This is not of the editorial board, which give kudos to faculty? Or do you just protein meals out there, usually packing extrava- is composed of the editor in something the United States had actively prosecuted or ac- have something to say about FIU? gant prices. chief, management, and the Send your thoughts in to opinion@ tively engaged in.” editors of each of the fi ve sec- In doing so, the University would appease fi usm.com or drop by our offi ces at tions. The Beacon welcomes the demand that exists for healthy food all the any letters regarding or in either GC 240 or WUC 124. With your letter, be sure to include your name, while make a killing in the process. Its a win-win Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele response to its editorials, send them to opinion@fi usm.com major and year. situation. Contact Us Philippe Buteau BBC Managing Editor philippe.buteau@fi usm.com AT THE BAY The Beacon – 8 www.fi usm.com Wednesday, July 7, 2010

SJMC Sigal Segev joins PEE WEE FOOTBALL Ad/PR department

BECCA GRIESEMER tional student, FIU was a warm and Contributing Writer welcoming place. “It becomes your home: the faculty, the nature of it all, every- Sigal Segev has been part of the thing,” Segev said. FIU community since she enrolled Segev then traveled to in its graduate program. She now England to study at the Univer- returns as an assistant sity of Leicester, where professor in the School she received her Ph.D. of Journalism and Mass in Communications. She Communication’s Adver- spent time working as the tising/Public Relations marketing communications department. director for Surf Commu- Now on a tenure track, nication Solutions, a tele- Segev is on her way to SEGEV communications company becoming a full professor that has offi ces in the U.S., after future evaluation. Europe and Asia, before ANA ANGEL/THE BEACON Her original dream was to be a fi nding her way back to Miami. correspondent in her native country She recently worked with Miami The family of slain University of Miami football player Bryan Pata hosted a youth football clinic on July of Israel, but she was advised there Ad School in an interactive global 3 at the North Miami Stadium. wasn’t a journalism graduate strategic communications track program at the time. program that she coordinated. Segev also developed a new She then decided on integrated class, Public Diplomacy, which communications: advertising and is an integration of all concepts: public relations, where she received marketing, public relations, inter- South Florida youth collects a master‘s degree, saying she fell national and media relations, in love with consumer behavior, images, culture, and, in her words, specifi cally the pre-campaign “anything else you can think of.” pennies for Holocaust’s dead stage. The most important thing Segev “My mission statement in life would like her students to take was to do research,” Segev said. away from her classes is to open JAMES D. DAVIS children,’” said Kenigsberg, pennies. Palindrome Consulting “When this position at FIU opened, their eyes to look at perceptions Associated Press herself a child of a Holocaust in northeastern Miami-Dade I applied enthusiastically.” more critically. survivor. “This is amazing. In all County hosted and maintained Segev focuses on global Heather Radi-Bermudez, my years of Holocaust education, Broide’s website, NeverFor- consumer behavior, green SJMC’s marketing coordinator, One penny. One murdered I’ve never met a young person getNeverAgain.org. branding, and multiculturalism explained that she’s excited about child. who did this by himself.” Palindrome owner Ilan Sredni communication. Segev’s appointment. One and a half million pennies. For Broide, who began is also a grandson of Holocaust Her interest in green consumer “She has the foresight to see A mass murder made tangible. collecting the coins last summer, survivors. “I think this generation research was sparked four years ago where the industry is going, and to Many know of the 6 million the project is personal: to of survivors is going to be leaving with the birth of her second child, be that intelligent and savvy enough Jews the Nazis killed during commemorate his late grand- us pretty soon. If not for people when she decided to start buying to realize this is something we need World War II. With the project father Jose Broide, who fought like David keeping the memory organic foods for her family. to invest in,” Bermudez said. of a South Florida youth, visi- Nazis in Poland as a partisan alive, it will be diffi cult for my “There was no previous research SJMC’s Dean Lillian Lodge tors to the Holocaust Documen- before emigrating to Costa Rica. grandchildren to know what on mainstream, what I call, ‘Real- Kopenhaver expressed a similar tation and Education Center can “He was a hero to me,” said happened.” istic Green Consumers,’” Segev outlook. She said that Segev’s now grasp the number of children Broide, a member of the Beit Kenigsberg said a Brinks said. nontraditional active research among the victims. David Highland Lakes Shul in truck brought the pennies which Her goal is to work with other agenda and one-to-one basis with David Broide, 13, pushed Aventura. “I think he’d be very weighed 6,000 pounds to the professors, such as Dr. Juliet Pinto students caught her eye. for about a year to collect the proud of this.” center on April 9, two days and Dr. Brian Parker, both assistant “She’s up on everything that’s pennies as a bar mitzvah project. Donations came from friends, before Yom Hashoah, Holocaust professors in the SJMC, to compile going on. She has a great deal of The product of his campaign is in relatives and classmates at the Remembrance Day. new information to make recom- enthusiasm for her profession.” dozens of bags, jugs, coin rolls Hillel Community Day School in Broide drew less-welcome mendations for effective green SJMC Associate Dean Allan and sandwich bags lining the North Miami Beach. Broide also attention after an early newspaper branding. The three professors co- Richards remembers walking into halls of the Holocaust center in contributed $1,800 from his bar article about the project was authored “What It Means to Go the offi ce during Christmas break downtown Hollywood. mitzvah gifts. reposted on a Holocaust denial Green: Consumer Perceptions of and fi nding Segev there, working. Thus far, 1.2 million of the Passengers on Royal Carib- website. Some reader responses Green Brands and Dimensions of “I asked her, ‘What are you pennies have been delivered to bean cruises also contributed, carried venom. Greenness,” which was accepted doing here?’ She said, ‘This is the Holocaust center. Broide and dropping coins in cans at check- The shaken teen suspended the by the American Academy of my holiday. I have three kids.’ his family plan to bring the rest in in counters at Port Everglades work for about two months. “That Advertising. She’s delightfully driven about her about a month. and the Port of Miami. A vice showed me there really is hate out Segev’s higher education work,” Richards said, who also While the center decides how president of the cruise line, Craig there,” he said. journey began at Tel Aviv Univer- explained why Segev is an asset to best to use them, visitors are Milan, is a board member of the Broide actually overshot his sity, where she studied political the department. amazed at the sight, says Rositta Holocaust center. goal by 100,000 pennies, he said. science and Arabic. When her “If you take a look at her atti- Kenigsberg, executive vice The project had other help as Now he’s planning another project husband chose FIU for his graduate tude, collegiality, what she’s president. well. Crystal Springs Water in for the center: 6 million pennies, program, she followed suit. researching… I mean, it’s a lot in “They always say something Fort Lauderdale provided 40 fi ve- representing all the Jewish Holo- She described that as an interna- one package.” like, ‘So many pennies, so many gallon jugs to hold some of the caust victims.

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