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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 25, Issue 14 fiusm.com Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Obama proposes STUDENTS TALK ABOUT SYRIA two-year law school, College considers options REBECA PICCARDO the director of the FIU College Assist. News Director of Law Clinical Program, said “I think President Obama’s comment, The issue of finding solutions to raising the issue of should the third reduce the cost of higher education year of law school be eliminated, has been a heated topic in the past has surface appeal largely because few years. we know that so many law students On August 23, President Obama are graduating with tremendous suggested that law schools should debt.” consider eliminating their third Eros Miranda, a junior polit- VINCENT RIVES/THE BEACON year to reduce the cost of earning ical science and international rela- Students from YAL, Young Americans for Liberty, take on global issues by trying to raise aware- a law degree. ness for the ongoing issues in the Middle East. Professor Margaret Maisel, SEE LAW, PAGE 2 Financial stress: Not only a burden on your wallet MARISOL MEDINA low cognitive ability and concludes part-time and going to school Staff Writer that financial stress affects a poor full-time. individual’s IQ more than a well-off “You don’t sleep very much,” Not being able to pay your bills individual’s. said Tarantelli when asked how she may affect more than just your credit, Valentina Lee, assistant professor manages to perform well in school a new study suggests. of psychology at FIU, studies stress I understand that people who walk in late to class, leave while working part-time. According to a new study led by and its effects. Lee refers to two early or even fall asleep are not always She remembers the start of her Harvard, Princeton and Warwick different types of stress: stressors doing so out of being disrespectful. Many times, there are college career, when she wasn’t University scientists, financial hard- and strains. Stressors are the condi- students who are working full time worried about her finances and didn’t ship may directly influence a person’s tions that require some sort of adap- and are doing the best they can. have the stress of having to work. cognitive ability. tation from the individual and strains “During that time I took four to The study followed Indian are the consequences of facing those five classes, I was vice president of farmers that are paid once a year stressors. Valentina Lee my campus and I was involved in upon selling off their harvest and “Financial stress is, like many Assistant Professor many clubs. That stress is nothing found the farmers’ cognitive abili- others, a significant stressor, not only Psychology compared to what it is like having to ties to be compromised significantly among students but also working work,” said Tarantelli. before receiving their pay. professionals. We would expect it to Now, Tarantelli takes half of her The farmers were tested at a have similar psychological, physical, She cites sleeplessness as a points and exam reviews. classes online, to accommodate her moment of accumulating debt before and behavioral strains to that of many common strain experienced among “I understand that people who schedule, and admits that juggling selling their harvest and once again other commonly studied stressors many as a stressor that can leave walk in late to class, leave early or online, in-person classes and a work after receiving a lump sum for the such as workload or conflict at work, someone unable to function at full even fall asleep are not always doing schedule can be difficult and may year. ” wrote Lee in an email. mental capacity at work or school. so out of being disrespectful. Many affect IQ. The results were that once their Lee refers to commonly experi- As a professor, Lee sees that some times, there are students who are “I absolutely agree that finan- financial worries had been resolved, enced strains, such as depression, and students appear tired and have diffi- working full time and are doing the cial stress affects cognitive ability the same farmers scored much higher affirms that any form of stressor can culty with time flexibility, something best they can,” said Lee. because it affects your ability to focus than they had previously. have an impact on a person’s cogni- she tries to accommodate by offering Meagan Tarantelli is a junior and The study connects poverty to tive resources. plentiful opportunities for extra credit communication arts major working SEE FINANCES, PAGE 2 Parking meters now accepting credit cards ROGIHANNE AVIN have a rate of $1 per hour we’re technologically native for students and visi- when they have no change.” meters, they will write a Contributing Writer or $8 for the day, which advanced. More people tors,” said Joshua Carrasco, When someone parking ticket and leave is valid until midnight. have more credit cards a senior psychology major. uses these meters, they it on the car’s windshield. When in a hurry and The new meters can than cash,” said Ghumrawi. Even with the new won’t need to go back For students that park at facing the difficult task of be found at both the Now that they accept meters in place, the to their cars to put a MMC and take the bus to parking, students may opt Modesto A. Maidique cash, coins and credit cards, previous meters on receipt on the dashboard. BBC, you can use the meter to use the meter parking Campus and Biscayne Bay these meters will accommo- campus are still in use. The ticket is auto- parking without worrying spaces, however, a second Campus, with 94 meters date the University commu- These meters will matically uploaded into about the meter running out. challenge may arise: at BBC and 256 at MMC. nity, guests and students also undergo some the Parking and Trans- Students can input the being short on change. According to Mohamed by having all types of changes where they will portation office system. space number on a BBC Parking and Transporta- Ghumrawi, the fiscal payment options available. add a section in order Additionally, the meter and pay for additional tion has given students the assistant at Parking “I feel like it’s an to swipe a credit card. University will have time for the meter at MMC; option to swipe their cards, and Transportation, the upgrade for FIU, doing Jennifer Sans, a soph- security go and check same goes for students at replacing old meters in new meters are from a something different. I don’t omore majoring in hospi- whether or not used BBC for spaces at MMC. time for the fall semester. company called Digital. carry cash on me as much as tality management said, spaces have been paid. These new meters “We live in a world where I used to. It is a good alter- “it’s a good idea for students If they find expired [email protected] 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, September 18, 2013 NEWS fiusm.com WORLD NEWS Lecture to spark discussion Shipwrecked Concordia about Cuban Revolution Wrested Off Italian Reef KIERON WILLIAMS tion,’ ‘the revolution’s third born in Havana, Cuba, but Culture. Contributing Writer man,’ and ‘the persistent was raised in both Lima, “I use a Cuban voice and In an unprecedented maritime salvage oper- plantation.’” Peru and San Juan, Puerto it is likely to be attacked by ation, engineers on Monday gingerly wrestled Luis Martinez-Fer- His latest book on the Rico and has long been a ‘viva Castro’ US and Euro- the hull of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia nandez, a professor of history history of the Cuban Revolu- force of change within the pean academics, as well as off the Italian reef where the cruise ship has at University of Central tion, “Frontiers, Plantations, Latin-American community. by the most conservative been stuck since January 2012. But progress Florida, is hosting a lecture and Walled Cities: Essays on He has written on the anti-Castro voices,” said was much slower than predicted and the deli- based on his studied interpre- Society, Culture, and Politics topics of Cuba, Puerto Rico Martinez-Fernandez. cate operation to rotate the luxury liner from its tation of the Cuban Revolu- in the Hispanic Caribbean and the Dominican Republic, The lecture will cover the capsized position to upright appeared likely to tion. The difference between (1800-1945),” discusses the publishing academic arti- general history of the Cuban stretch into Tuesday. Never before has such an this interpretation and others, seven windows of analysis he cles in journals such as Revolution with a critical enormous cruise ship been righted, and the crip- however, is its perspective. will talk about in his lecture Cuban Studies, Latin Amer- approach toward the Castro pled Concordia didn’t budge for the first three He will discuss seven on Sept.