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[email protected]. The Student BBC: Newspaper After-hour campus of Florida activities International University BEACON Pg. 5 THE Vol. 18, Issue 54 WWW.BEACONNEWSPAPER.COM March 27, 2006 MEDICAL SCHOOL APPROVED Board of Governors cast 15-1 vote in favor of proposal BY C. JOEL MARINO Content Editor TALLAHASSEE – Students cheered, administrators hugged one another and University supporters rose to their feet in a wave of applause as the Board of Governors approved the establishment of an FIU medi- cal school with a 15-1 vote at its March 23 meeting, an anticipated decision made at the very end of a four-hour session. “This is probably the most historic moment in the history of not just the Uni- versity, but in the history of the state,” an exuberant Modesto A. Maidique, FIU’s president, told The Beacon after the news had been announced. “Yes, we had to wait a while for the confi rmation, but it was worth it.” The medical school proposal has been on the board’s agenda since 2003, although Maidique has said in the past that the initia- tive had been in the planning stages for at CLEAR!: President Modesto A.