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The Beacon, April 1, 2009 Florida International University Florida International University FIU Digital Commons The aP nther Press (formerly The Beacon) Special Collections and University Archives 4-1-2009 The Beacon, April 1, 2009 Florida International University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/student_newspaper Recommended Citation Florida International University, "The Beacon, April 1, 2009" (2009). The Panther Press (formerly The Beacon). 410. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/student_newspaper/410 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. 21, Issue 84 www.fi usm.com Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Students fast for 30 Fresh face brings life hours to stop hunger to winning team PAGE 5 PAGE 8 SPOTLIGHT Group helps AT THE BAY PAGE 3 PUBLIC SERVICE Th ird World Spring Fling promises to give students a businesses break before fi nals week with local and nationally-known artists. OPINION PAGE 4 The sixth anniversary of ‘Black Spring’ start up – the crackdown on over 70 Cuban jour- nalists – was marked on March 18. AT THE BAY PAGE 3 SGC-BBC hosts a Day on the Bay to pick OLGA VELEZ up trash and announce this year’s elec- Staff Writer tions winners. LIFE! PAGE 5 In an effort to help low-income people in devel- COLUMN: Eddith Sevilla looks at death oping countries, a new group is being formed at and bereavement in the latest install- ment of Pulse. FIU and its fi rst meeting will take place April 3. The group will allow students to improve the OPINION PAGE 4 lives of workers who don’t have enough income to SGA elections have revealed campaign- ing messages eerily similar to “the real borrow money from banks and start their own busi- thing”: fi lled with fl .uff ness, or simply upgrade their homes and lives. This group, FIU Micro-Lender, will allow SPORTS PAGE 8 students to make a difference through a partner- ship with a non-profi t organization known as Kiva. Kiva is the “world’s fi rst person-to-person micro-lending Web site, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the Amid rain delays, baseball team loses developing world,” according to its Web site. series fi nale against Louisiana. “Kiva is a lending non-profi t that allows AT THE BAY PAGE 3 anyone to put money to give to Third World Emmy award-winning journalist Byron country branches who facilitate the fi nance part of Pitts comes to campus to share his most personal stories. it,” said Rose-Marie Nuninga, a College of Busi- CHRIS GREEN/THE BEACON ness Administration student. “It empowers the poor entrepreneurs who also want to try to better UPCOMING EVENTS LET’S CLEAN: Jonathan Leiva picks up trash around campus, along with other members of Campus Crusade for Christ, in an effort to clean up the grounds. Music Saves Lives – General Meeting, MICROLENDING, page 2 April 1, 3 p.m.: Don’t just listen to music to save your sanity, listen to it to save a life at GC 305. Italian Club – Films, April 1, 5 p.m.: Legend refunds still to be set, Abuse victims Can’t aff ord a trip to Italy? Take your broke behind to this event at GC 314 for the next best thing! Worlds of Fantasy - Disney on Ice, students may get cash back speak out at April 1, 7:30 p.m.: Relive your child- hood, on ice at American Airlines Arena. DAVID BARRIOS and he didn’t come. It’s been had a delay in redistributing Heineken Transatlantic Festival, April Senior Staff Writer two months now. And I work the funds.” 2, 8 p.m.: Enjoy international sensations and vibrations at the News Lounge. for a living, by the way. I need Toscano said that students annual event Almost two months after this money,” said Christopher could be expecting a cash- Anything Goes Anime – Movie, April AMY RAMIREZ the cancelation of one of the Rodriguez, sophomore. back policy. 2, 8 p.m.: Indulge your animated side Staff Writer at GC 150. semester’s most-highly antic- Legend was to perform “Students paid $20 to $25 For the complete calendar, please see page 6 or ipated events, “An Evening during a half-hour lecture in cash. It only makes sense A stand will be taken to bring awareness to visit FIUSM.com/calendar. With John Legend,” several followed by a 45-minute that students should get back issues of abuse, rape and assault to the Univer- students entered the Student acoustic performance Feb. cash from their University,” sity community. WEATHER Government Council at 11, but canceled following said Eric Arneson, director of Take Back the Night is an annual event University Park offices, all the death of his grandfather. Campus Life. WEDNESDAY that is organized in many college campuses to Partly cloudy of them with one question in Planned by SGC-UP, the According to Arneson, it’s remember victims who have been affected by LOW: 72 HIGH: 85 mind: Is there any word on event was to be part of their typical University policy to violent demonstrations and gives a voice to the THURSDAY refunds? lecture series, held once a credit students’ accounts with survivors who speak out for freedom. Partly cloudy The event, canceled on semester. the refunds rather than return LOW: 74 HIGH: 85 “Take Back the Night’s purpose is promoting Feb. 9, just two days before “We are currently working the money in cash. awareness and allowing people to heal,” said FRIDAY the planned lecture and between other parts of the “We are disappointed Isolated t-storms Suzanne Onorato, director of the Women’s acoustic performance by the University to get back the that this process has taken LOW: 72 HIGH: 85 Center and one of the main organizers of the five-time Grammy winner, funds to students as soon as so long. We certainly under- event. cost students $20 for bleacher possible,” said Jose Toscano, stand and appreciate our It will be organized by more than 15 Univer- CONTACTS seating or $25 for floor SGC-UP advisor. students’ concerns – $20 to sity offices and student organizations, including Editor in Chief .................... 305-348-1580 seating in the U.S. Century “The refund check from $25 is a significant amount of chris.necuze@fi usm.com the Women and Leadership class, the National Bank Arena. Legend’s representation came money,” Arneson said. UP Offi ce ............................ 305-348-2709 Pan-Hellenic Council and the Inter-fraternity However, no official back to us in late February, He said he hoped that news@fi usm.com Council . BBC Offi ce .......................... 305-919-4722 refund policy or date has been but because there are several within the near future, a Last year, almost 300 men and women bbc@fi usm.com officially announced yet. layers on how to refund and refund policy would be assembled and marched through the Graham Tips & Corrections .............. 305-348-2709 “It’s really simple. When departments to deal with, established. tips@fi usm.com including the University’s Advertising ........................ 305-348-6994 do I get my money back? I advertising@fi usm.com paid $25 to see Mr. Legend comptroller’s office, we’ve WOMEN, page 2 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, April 1, 2009 NEWS www.fi usm.com NEWS FLASH Student-funded micro-loans aid abroad LOCAL MICROLENDING, page 1 the repayment of the loan. Once the loan is repaid, Identity thieves target children their lives.” FIU Micro-Lenders will Nuninga added that the receive the amount of money Jake LeGette is a recent victim of identity theft. What income of these entrepre- they originally loaned the makes him different is that he is 11 years old. neurs in developing coun- entrepreneur and then either LeGette’s mother, Laurie LeGette, a police offi cer, tries is around $20 a month, withdraw the money or re- noticed the crime when she took her son to get his fi rst making it impossible for loan it to someone else. bank account, only to discover that his identity had already them go to a bank to get a “[Kiva] has a family who fallen into the hands of criminals. loan. needs to replace a washing Laurie LeGette is now taking action by notifying credit “Someone of that capacity machine to wash clothing companies and trying to clear her son’s name. still wants to be an entrepre- for their business,” Nuninga neur and have their own busi- said. “The family gets the ness. This will allow them to money from Kiva on a loan. COURTESY OF ROSE-MARIE NUNING NATIONAL have the opportunities that They then pay the loans back. we have here,” she said. The money is paid back to HELPERS: (Left to right) Emily Espinal, Dr. Robert “Bob” Hogner, Kiva partners with Biden shoots down plans to end Cuban embargo Kiva and goes back to all of Rose-Marie Hernandez-Nuninga, Keturym Viana, Linda Hen- micro-fi nance institutions the people who contributed derson, Jacqueline Nasreddine, Sandra Macchi, Bernardo that approve loan appli- Vice President Joe Biden said March 28 that the United to the loan.” “Bernie” Guerra, Vanessa Gonzales, Luis Gonzales, Claudia cations from low-income States does not plan to lift the embargo against Cuba. The idea for creating the Perez, Guy St.
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