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Fall 2017 Fall 2017 1 IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM, STUDENTS GRAPPLE WITH THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANES IRMA, MARIA & HARVEY PAGE 6 & 7 2 THE TEASE Fall 2017 Layout and Graphics Editor Sophia Naves INSIDE THIS ISSUE Assistant Graphics Editor Brandi Kemp Photo Editor Jazmin Brown Copy Editor Rachel Tellez Editorial Assistants/Advertising Team Brittney Luckey Maya Vargas Staff Writers Kahelia Smellie Paris Razor Abigail Solórzano Swany Fernandez Girlari Rivera Presler Maxius Staff Photographers Abigail Solórzano WOMEN’S TENNIS WINS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP, AGAIN PG. 9 Anastasia Zharova Ashley Nudd BREANA MERCADO Contributing Writers Destiny Ricks Cerone White BUCCANNeER staff BUCCANNeER Maria Manzanares Javerious Gilmore Brandie Morvan Eva Patyi Faculty Adviser Tiffani Knowles The Buccaneer welcomes student contributions. Editors assign sto- OWN YOUR COLOR: AN EDITORIAL ON LIGHT AND ries for pay at this time. Letters to the editor, story ideas, news releas- es, photos and artwork can be submitted to The Buccaneer o ce in DARK-SKINNED BEAUTY PG.14 Garner Hall or through campus mail, or email. All contributed materi- al must include the signature and the mailbox or telephone number of the contributor. The Buccaneer reserves the right to edit letters and guest columns for style and length. Contributed material does not necessarily re ect the opinions and policies of The Buccaneer editorial sta or those of Barry University. Cover Design by Sophia Naves & Ads designed by Brandi Kemp pages 3 & 24 11720 N.E 2nd Avenue 305-757-3627 We deliver! Monday-Thursday: 11:30am-10:00pm Friday and Saturday: 11:30am-11:00pm We cater! Sunday: 12:00pm-10:00pm off all food10 and% drinks (No alcohol) Live music WITH STUDENT ID Karaoke Saturday nights! TAKE OUT or DELIVERY wednesday nights! Mama Jennie loves her Barry family! Need an Event Venue? The Sports Bar is Open! All barry clubs & group parties now featuring nfl ticket are welcomed in the garden area. showing all sporting events! We’re only a walking distance away from Barry! 4 News Fall 2017 PICKUP OR DELIVERY? Destiny Ricks CONTRIBUTING WRITER O'Laughlin Hall or Landon Student Union Last spring, Barry introduced the GET mo- Subway. A new delivery app, developed by a Bar- until the last restaurant closes at 10 p.m. bile app developed by The CBORD Group And while Tubo claims it seems lazy, studies ry alumnus, may give the new GET mobile "I can see how it would be really convenient. so students and faculty can add funds to their have shown that young adults in America are app-enabled express food pick-up service di- Seems kind of lazy, but I would use it, most Buc Card, view their transaction history, and avid users of delivery services at restaurants. rect competition for Barry student usage. likely," said senior Kirrin Tubo. order food in advance for pickup. Subway is In 2016, Nation's Restaurant News reported 2Go Campus Delivery is an online and mo- Assefa already has plans to expand to local currently the only pickup location off ered on that 26 percent of Americans order takeout bile app that was developed by Yoseph As- restaurants such as Mama Jennie’s and, once the app. or delivery at least once a week and, accord- sefa, who graduated in 2016 with degrees in Barry adds more food locations on campus, So, which app will be more successful with ing to Restaurant Business, 67 percent of mil- public relations and fi nance. he hopes to add those locations to the app, Barry students? lennials prefer delivery because of the speed His app–which he developed in 2015- allows too. Restolabs, an analytic tracking company of service. Barry students, faculty and staff to order food He also said that he is adding several other for restaurant orders, reported in 2014 that But which app are Barry students more like- for delivery from all Barry University dining colleges to his app and a federal work-study 70 percent of online orders were for delivery ly to use? A delivery app that delivers to mul- locations (outside of the Rousell Dining Hall) program by January 2018. Currently, updates and that 30 percent were for pickup. Yet, for tiple locations on campus using credit or deb- such as Bucky's Cove, Subway and Chick-N- are being made to improve the app's func- cafes and bakeries, pickup orders account for it card, or a pickup app that services Subway, Grill. tionality. 80 percent of the orders. yet with which students can use their dining Anyone on campus can order food to be de- Meanwhile, Barry University has already That may mean that the Starbucks location dollars? livered to their residence hall or another lo- begun to use other technology for food pick- in Thompson may not receive the same traf- cation on campus such as Thompson Hall, up services. fi c from the 2Go app as would the adjacent Ad designed by Brandi Kemp CAMPUS ROOM SERVICE HAVE YOUR MEAL DELIVERED TO YOU! DOWNLOAD 2GO CAMPUS DELIVERY, THE MOST CONVENIENT, ONLINE ORDERING SERVICE THAT DELIVERS THE FOOD YOUʼRE CRAVING. Follow Us @2GOCampusDelivery Fall 2017 news 5 DACA ARE DREAMS COMING TO AN END? Swany Fernandez & Kahelia Smellie The majority of DACA recipients are fro- six months to fi nd a solution for these Dream- nerable to deportation until Congress decides STAFF WRITERS Mexico, accounting for approved applica- ers hanging in the balance. otherwise by March 2018. tions of roughly 1.2 million. El Salvador “Now, we’re just in limbo,” said Cristal. “Six Whilst the decision to end the program re- President Donald Trump announced the comes in second and Guatemala, third. months to act doesn’t seem like enough time ceives praise from some Trump supporters, end of DACA on Sept. 4, leaving approxi- “[DACA] helped me become independent,” to give them to discuss and legalize a new am- Democrats and moderate Republicans have mately 800,000 undocumented immigrants said Cristal, a Guatemalan Dreamer who nesty for us.” disagreed with the repeal. in the United States in limbo. was brought to the U.S. by her mother when President Trump's decision to end DACA Republican Senators Orrin Hatch of Utah, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals she was 4 years old in 1999 and now lives in may not be a surprise to either his supporters Thom Tillis of North Carolina and James (DACA) was fi rst enacted in 2012 through an Houston, Texas. or to his opposi- Lankford of Oklahoma have all backed the executive order made by President Trump’s “It has encouraged me THE BUCCANEER WILL BE tion. bill called SUCCEED -- “Solution for Undoc- predecessor, Barack Obama. to strive for more and be- Whilst campaign- umented Children through Careers, Employ- Those who were eligible to apply for DACA come a better person for HOSTING A SPECIAL CONFERENCE ing in the 2016 ment, Education and Defending Our Nation.” were granted access to legal driver's licenses, myself.” general election, "These are young people who are in limbo. work permits, health insurance, the opportu- Presently, Cristal works in ON DACA, THURSDAY, OCT. 26TH, Trump ran on It's not fair to them," Hatch said. "Many of nity to establish credit and other rights. a retail store and has plans “putting Ameri- them have proven themselves as decent, hon- According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immi- to become a surgical tech- 5:00-7:00PM. can citizens fi rst.” orable people who would make great citizens gration Services, the criteria for eligibility in- nician yet fears her status This slogan ap- in this country. We're providing a means cludes some of the following: must have been might interrupt her college pealed to his sup- whereby they could get there." under 31 years of age as of June 15, 2012, education due to DACA's sudden end. Subse- porters who wanted stronger immigration While DACA recipients who were eligible to must have arrived in the U.S. while under the quently, she has postponed her enrollment in laws and more secure borders. apply for a renewal of their status must have age of 16, must have continuously resided in college. According to Daniel Bush's article, "Trump’s done so by Oct. 5, Senators, schools and oth- the U.S. from June 15, 2007 to the present, Before DACA, Cristal said that she always Decision to End DACA Explained" on the er supporters of the Dreamers came to the and must have graduated from a private or felt diff erent from her peers because of her PBS News Hour, states such as West Virginia, aid of these recipients. public high school, secondary school, or have secret of being undocumented. She said her Kansas, Texas and Arkansas “threatened to For example, Rhode Island Governor Gina obtained a GED or must have been enrolled in friends never alienated her but, since gaining sue the Trump administration unless it took Raimondo (D) announced Sept. 19 that the school, or had been an honorably discharged the benefi ts that came with DACA, she fi nally steps by Sept. 5 to end the program.” state would pay the renewal fees of their ap- veteran from the Coast Guard or Armed Forc- found a sense of normalcy and was on par to Currently, the Department of Homeland Se- proximately 3000 individuals. This $495 fee es. contributing like the rest of her peers. curity has stopped accepting applications for permitted individuals to apply for a two-year Now, President Trump has given Congress DACA, leaving the 800,000 individuals vul- extension of their DACA status. Ad designed by Brandi Kemp 6 NEWS Fall 2017 their experiences related to don’t feel like you asking us to come into a ings to develop the university’s coordinated IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE Hurricanes Maria and Irma but corner is making us involved.” response in an effort to create a larger impact felt instead that they were being Still, the discussions have garnered ideas and all are welcome to participate," she said.