Florida International University FIU Digital Commons The aP nther Press (formerly The Beacon) Special Collections and University Archives 4-30-2007 The Beacon, April 30, 2007 Florida International University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/student_newspaper Recommended Citation Florida International University, "The Beacon, April 30, 2007" (2007). The Panther Press (formerly The Beacon). 309. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/student_newspaper/309 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections and University Archives at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aP nther Press (formerly The Beacon) by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 19, Issue 65 www.beaconnewspaper.com April 30, 2007 PULLIN’ AHEAD Memorable Record breaker experiences overcomes troubled past part of life SERGIO BONILLA Asst. Sports Editor The outfi eld walls of Univer- sity Park stadium exhibit three retired jersey numbers: No. 23 Tony Mendez, No. 21 Danny Price and No. 15 Mike Lowell. When Golden Panthers I sat on my own on the fourth fl oor of Deux- third baseman Brian Pullin fi rst ieme Maison, typing feverishly into my laptop. arrived at FIU, playing Division Books in mounds, papers stacked at my side and I baseball and graduating were coffee in hand, I compulsively read one book a dream. Four seasons later, he and then another. leaves FIU as the all-time hits Sound familiar? Another year, another leader, with a degree in sports fi nals week, another procrastinated semester management and good chance JESSICA MARSHALL/THE BEACON project, the kind you never believe will fi nish.