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GUITART HEROES Mental Health Alliance comes to University

GUETHSHINA ALTENA the fall semester of 2015 Staff writer when Suzette Ferretti, a [email protected] senior psychology major, made the necessary efforts Never before in the and put in the request for history of FIU has a club the club to be created. like the National Alliance Once the club was on Mental Health Illness approved by the main existed on campus. organization and the The University Counsel for Student welcomes its first NAMI Organizations, Ferretti club on campus to gather became the first president those interested in mental of the club, along with two illnesses. other e-board members. According to the NAMI The club seeks to unite official website, NAMI students from all majors clubs are student-led, and backgrounds who are Selene Basile/The Beacon student-run mental health interested in the kind of organizations on college societal issues related to School of Music guitar ensemble perform in the GC pit to spread the word about the upcoming Miami campuses. mental illness. International GuitArt Festival.

Fort Lauderdale bridge scandal has Some people have been affected by domestic abuse or dealt with suicidal thoughts, so I think ties to FIU campus, Miami-Dade that mental illnesses are relevant to everybody Katherine Perez wrong whatsoever,” Mirmiran said in an e-mail to the Herald. Junior MICHAEL VASQUEZ Mirmiran left his FIU job last year, and is now the provost and Biology The Miami Herald vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at TNS Staff Tyler. Their goal is to raise “I have always been In a segment aired earlier this week, Local 10 investigative mental health awareness passionate about mental An unusual bridge-repair contract in the city of Fort Lauderdale reporter Bob Norman tracked down the former Fort Lauderdale with fairs, walks and illnesses. It is something has sparked a criminal investigation, and those involved have ties to employee at the center of the controversy, former Assistant City candlelight vigils. that has grown up with Miami-Dade County and Florida International University. Engineer Pedram Zohrevand. Zohrevand denied steering a city NAMI also educates me because I grew up in a Miami-Dade’s new deputy director of water and sewer, Hardeep contract to a company he had a relationship with. the campus community household where you had Anand, was public works director in Fort Lauderdale when the “I didn’t do that. I did all things the right way,” he told the TV with presentations, guest a problem like that but strange bridge contract was awarded. Anand acknowledged to station. speakers and student people did not really talk the Miami Herald on Thursday that he’s hired a criminal defense Zohrevand, who left his $106,433 city job in October, could not panels. They advocate for about it.” Ferretti says. attorney, but insisted he wasn’t connected to the bridge contract, be reached by the Herald. improved mental health Ferretti was looking which was awarded to his wife’s former business partner. An internal city of Fort Lauderdale investigation memo states services and policies on on the internet for “I have no involvement in it,” Anand said of the contract. “The that Zohrevand worked behind the scenes to make sure that a campus as well as support organizations that she can procurement department handles it.” certain company - Engin-Ovation LLC - was hired by the city for peers with signature NAMI get involved with when she Also connected to the investigation is former FIU engineering “bridge engineering consulting services.” That was the company programs and training from came across NAMI and saw dean Amir Mirmiran. It was a company run by Mirmiran’s wife that run by the FIU dean’s wife. The dean of the engineering school, NAMI State Organizations that they had a program that landed the city contract - even though it had just been incorporated Mirmiran, earned $242,168 at FIU, and had previously supervised and Affiliates. is incorporated into college and had no track record. The NAMI club at FIU SEE BRIDGE, PAGE 2 “I categorically and unequivocally deny having done anything was initiated at the start of SEE NAMI, PAGE 2 Experts admit they know little about Zika virus

FRANCO ORDONEZ other than humans can be infected with the identify research priorities and try to a health issue. McClatchy Washington Bureau Zika virus, how often it has been spread by hammer out a strategy for a response should The potential economic losses from a TNS Staff sexual contact, and whether, for sure, it’s an outbreak occur in the United States. pandemic could amount to $60 billion a the cause of devastating birth defects and Marcos Espinal, director of the year, he said. Those costs are consequences Federal and international health officials other neurological disorders, as suspected. Department of Communicable Disease and of policy and behavior changes associated confessed Tuesday to an encyclopedic list Scientists don’t know the role that Health Analysis at the Pan American Health with fears, rational and irrational, that can of unanswered questions about the fast- climate change may have had in Zika’s Organization, said it might be months before lead to travel bans, quarantines and blocks spreading Zika virus, which in a matter of rapid spread through the Americas. researchers had determined for certain one on trade. months has become an international public “We don’t, at a very basic level, know of the main public concerns whether Zika is More than 30 countries and territories health crisis. whether the virus has mutated and that is a linked to microcephaly, a birth defect that across the Americas have reported local In a bleak assessment of their ability cause of the explosive epidemic potential,” causes newborns to have small heads and transmissions of the Zika virus since it was to confront the disease, epidemiologists, said Ronald Rosenberg, acting director for other neurological disorders. But for now, first discovered in Brazil last May. There public health experts, scientists and the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases at the he said, all indications are that there is a have been 52 U.S. cases in 16 states and the researchers one by one held a conference on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. connection. District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Zika about their concerns that too little was At the request of the U.S. Department Victor Dzau, president of the National U.S. Virgin Islands. At least 21 cases have known about diagnosing the disease and of Health and Human Services, the leading Academy of Medicine, called the Zika virus been discovered in Florida, the most in any about how it might be spread. scientists and researchers met at the National a “wake-up call” and pressed world leaders state, including seven in Miami-Dade and Among the unknowns: what animals Academy of Sciences in Washington to to stop thinking of the epidemic as strictly four in Broward County. 2 The Beacon – Thursday, February 25, 2016 NEWS fiusm.com NATION & WORLD Students welcome BRIEFS new NAMI club Apple-FBI fight intensifies over San Bernardino NAMI, PAGE 2 of the CSO representative want to help and educate gunman’s iPhone for the club. students to get rid of those The court dispute between Research Center. campuses. Surprisingly to “We are looking to start misconceptions,” Blanco Apple and the Justice Department Apple called on the government her, there was not a NAMI a NAMI walk at FIU. It is said. over unlocking the San Bernardino, Monday to drop the court case club at FIU before, so she an event that the national She said, “We cannot Calif., gunman’s iPhone became in favor of a congressional decided to start one herself. organization has and we let a mental illness define a public relations war on Monday “commission or other panel of For the future, Ferretti encourage everyone to a person. I don’t think an with the FBI and Apple exchanging experts on intelligence, technology, said, “I look forward to participate; it is a great illness should dictate what words on the Internet. Additionally, and civil liberties to discuss the the expansion of the club way to raise awareness,” your life is going to be Congress has prepared to intervene. implications for law enforcement, by having more members she said. and with NAMI, we give For now, the FBI appears to be national security, privacy, and to share their experiences She believes NAMI people the opportunity to winning the battle according to new personal freedoms.” while spreading will bring awareness and see mental illness from polling information from the Pew awareness.” acceptance to mental another perspective.” “My ultimate goal was illnesses. In her opinion, Mabit Gonzalez is a Plan to close Guantanamo would keep 30 to 60 detainees always to get involve in it is crucial for people to senior Biology major with in custody my community and be part understand the implications a pre-med track and a of something bigger than of issues of mental health. minor in psychology. She President Barack Obama on in the United States at an estimated myself. This is an issue “At such a stressful has been a member of the Tuesday sent Congress his proposal cost of $290 million to $475 million. that really spoke to me and time in our lives, we are NAMI club since August for shuttering the U.S. military prison “With this plan, we have the I wanted to be a voice for all experiencing different 2015. for alleged terrorists at Guantanamo opportunity finally to eliminate people who feel like they feelings of anxiety; we “When I went to the Bay Cuba, and aides expressed a terrorist propaganda tool, to didn’t have a voice,” She might be lost. Some people first meeting of the club confidence that Republican strengthen relationships with allies says, “So that I could set an have been affected by last semester, I went out of lawmakers will be willing to and partners, enhance our national example for others and that domestic abuse or dealt my routine and that made negotiate with the administration. security, and most importantly they would not be afraid to with suicidal thoughts, so I my experience a big relief The 21-page plan, which uphold the values that bind us as talk about their problems.” think that mental illnesses moment.” Gonzalez said. was required to be submitted by Americans,” Obama said in a short The advisor for the are relevant to everybody,” “We talked about a lot of Tuesday by previous congressional address minutes after the plan was club, Wendy Ordonez also Perez said. different things and it was legislation, would transfer 30 to 60 released. works as the Director of The coordinator for the very interesting.” detainees currently at Guantanamo to the victim empowerment club is Jessica Blanco, The club meets every an unidentified high-security prison program and Peer educator. a junior who majors in third Tuesday of the Jury: No hate crime convictions in San Jose State In a way, NAMI club works biology with a pre-med month. Ferretti encourages closely with the CAPS track and a minor in students to sign up on bullying trial services on campus. psychology. OrgSync and follow them Katherine Perez is a “There are a lot of on social media to stay A jury Monday found three white by clamping a U-shaped bike lock junior, Biology major who misconceptions about updated. men guilty of misdemeanor battery on around his neck and/or by attempting took on the responsibility mental illnesses and we a black suitemate in 2013 at San Jose to do so a second time. State University, but did not reach But the jury of six men and six guilty verdicts on more serious hate women - which had no African- crime charges. American members - found FIU continues controversy After deliberating for more than Bomgardner, now 21, not guilty two days, jurors agreed that Colin of misdemeanor hate crime and Warren, Logan Beaschler and Joseph deadlocked on hate crime charges with Ft. Lauderdale bridge “Brett” Bomgardner “offensively against Warren and Beaschler, both touched” their fellow freshman 20. BRIDGE, PAGE 2 the department, and get a 10 percent raise. Anand, suitemate, Donald Williams Jr., either who now earns $193,000 a year as deputy director Zohrevand’s PhD dissertation. for Miami-Dade water and sewer, said he didn’t TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE According to the city memo, Zohrevand know about the irregularities with Engin-Ovation pushed for Engin-Ovation to be included on a list when he pushed for Zohrevand to be promoted. of three companies that could compete for the job Anand said the promotion was supported by other of engineering work on the South Gordon Road top city administrators, although it ended up not and Laguna Terrace bridges. happening. Zohrevand included Engin-Ovation on the Anand’s relationship with Zohrevand went list even though the company “had been in beyond simply being his boss. existence for only ten days and had no record In January of last year, Anand’s wife partnered E-BOARD AND PRODUCTION STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION of bridge repair projects,” according to the city’s with Zohrevand to create a company, SES4 LLC. Modesto Maidique Campus: investigation memo. Also partnering in that business: the wife of Amir Editor in Chief GC 210, Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m.-5 p.m. Three and a half months later, the city gave Mirmiran, the former FIU dean. Sam Smith (305) 348-2709 Engin-Ovation the green light to do the work. The company was short-lived and was Asst. Entertainment Production Manager [email protected] But according to the city’s memo, the dissolved a month later. Then the dean’s wife Directors Sarah Medina irregularities continued. created Engin-Ovation, which landed the city Emily Afre Biscayne Bay Campus: The bridge design plans that Engin-Ovation bridge work. Design Coordinator Guethshina Altena WUC 124, Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m.-5 p.m. (305) 919-4722 submitted were “virtually identical” to existing The city’s investigative memo says what Cayla Bush [email protected] Opinion Director city plans for another bridge - plans that city happened with the bridge contract could be staffers had drawn up themselves. criminal in nature, with possible charges including News Director Nicole Stone Fax: In the lead-up to Engin-Ovation submitting unlawful compensation (second-degree felony) or Erica Santiago (305) 348-2712 their plans, Zohrevand had obtained a copy of the official misconduct (third-degree felony). Asst. Opinion Director Editor-in-Chief: city’s in-house plans for the other bridge. When But the city memo says Anand’s “role in this Asst. News Director Michelle Marchante (305) 348-1580 the new plans arrived from Engin-Ovation, the bridge repair contract is less clear. Mr. Anand Eshrat Nikrooye-Asli [email protected] Director of Student city was suspicious enough that it sent the plans also failed to disclose that he and/or his wife Aliana Zamorano Advertising: Media to its Information Technology department for incorporated a business with his subordinate, Stephanie Espaillat (305) 348-6994 computer analysis. Pedram Zohrevand, and with the owner(s) of Robert Jaross [email protected] ports irector The IT analysis showed that both sets of plans Engin-Ovation. By incorporating a business, either S D Asst. Director of lejandro guirre The Beacon is published on Mondays, Wednesdays - the city’s in-house plans and the plans from directly or through his wife, with his subordinate, A A Student Media and Thursdays during the Fall and Spring semesters Engin-Ovation - were created at the exact same Mr. Anand demonstrated questionable judgement Alfred Soto and once a week during Summer B. One copy per time, on the exact same day: 12:10 p.m. on Feb. since such an arrangement can lead to a frequently Asst. Sports Directors person. Additional copies are 25 cents. The Beacon Laura Gonzalez is not responsible for the content of ads. Ad content 25, 2014. recurring conflict of interest between their public Jacob Spiwak is the sole responsibility of the company or vendor. The city memo says “Engin Ovation later sent roles and private interests.” The Beacon is an editorially independent newspaper Entertainment the City an invoice for $17,670 even though it Anand told the Herald there was no conflict, partially funded by student and services fees that are appears that its work consisted of copying plans as that company was disbanded before it did work Director appropriated by student government. Darius Dupins created by the City.” for anyone. He also complained “the city has In the midst of all this happening, then- written that report without any input from me, I Public Works Director Anand recommended that wasn’t interviewed for that process.” Zohrevand be promoted to assistant director of Contact Us Darius Dupins Entertainment Director [email protected] LIFE! The Beacon – 4 fiusm.com Thursday, February 25, 2016 PIPELINE PERFORMANCE

Michael Sloan/The Beacon Local band Salas plays with WRGP’s Pipeline as audience Wednesday, Feb. 17, Salas stopped by WRGP’s studio for an interview with Pipeline’s Natalie Bojorquez and Jasmine Romero. During the interview and broadcast of the show, the local band played a few of their staple songs for the duo and radio listeners.

Band Members: Guitarist: Joey Prats Drummer: Mikey Gomez Bassist: Yawn “Doodles” Dominguez fiusm.com LIFE! The Beacon –Thursday, February 25, 2016 5 Domestic duties, HEART TO HEART What roles do men and women take on today? FEMMEAPPETITE Gender. when dividing up the duties between Male. Female. the sexes pertaining to domestic What roles are work. assigned thus? Last year, studies have shown Has much that on an average day, 83 percent changed in of women and only 65 percent this day and of men spent some time doing age? Men have household activities such as always been housework, cooking, lawn care, LESLIE ANGELA BLANCO viewed as the or financial and other household breadwinners, management. Statistics show that powerful leaders, executors of action, men are more likely to participate in and free to express their creativity in sports, exercise, or recreation on any outlets such as writing, art, music and given day with 21 percent of men theater without ridicule. What about participating versus 16 percent of the roles assigned to their female women. Javier Sanlley/The Beacon counterparts? The duties of women However, it doesn’t stop there Members of the Muslim Student Association pose together during their Hearts were confined to the domestic space: – according to Time magazine, in for Syria charity event held in the GC Pit Thursday, Feb. 18. raising children, taking care of a 2010 data study, 60 percent of household affairs and grooming their women in the U.S. are either the sole young daughters to find husbands. income earner of their household Women were and still are viewed or bringing in as much or more to be mothers, nurturers, household than their partners. It is evident that Musician uses old instruments caretakers and caregivers. Despite even today, women are still being the strides we’ve seen women make regarded as the main caregiver and today to get equal pay, (although it’s the primary household caretaker as to make new sounds still 77 cents on the dollar), secure opposed men. jobs, and to have the freedom to work The U.S. has no federal CINDY HERNANDEZ is Funk’s playfulness Yourself v1,’ reminiscent Keep in mind, the in fields that are predominately male requirement for mothers to get paid Contributing Writer throughout all of the of early Yip-Yip or instruments on this dominated–women are still doing maternity leave. It is entirely at the [email protected] album. XBXRX, noise pop and album were used to more work than ever. Their second company’s discretion whether they However, this might rock groups respectively, make music for the most jobs consist of the household chores get paid maternity leave and some Venetian Snares be Funk’s most accessible but Funk is unabashedly primitive video games, and “duty” of raising children. are even at risk for losing their jobs “Traditional Synthesizer album, but only in terms making something along and what was displayed Not only do women give birth if they miss a certain number of days Music” is a great nod to that the playfulness is the lines of noise pop on the screen, mere tiny and are obligated to raise kids, of work. America is the only country both the electronic music very deliberate, nostalgic here, perhaps being the pixels in the shape of a despite their efforts in securing a in the world aside from Papua New that came before him and and almost cheerful. stigma attached to the box with two pixels in job equated to their male spouses, Guinea who offer no paid maternity the many stylistic turns The track instruments used. another color for eyes, they seem to still carry the burden leave to new mothers. his albums have adopted ‘Magnificent Stumble And that personal for example, had to evoke of doing domestic work such as Businesses are valued over over his decade long cleaning and cooking too. Seems fair humanity. This is ironic because the career. right? In this day and age of “modern person who brings human beings Here, we catch progressiveness” gender roles and into the world in order to work in Venetian Snares, also stereotypes are still prevalent despite businesses are mothers. Despite known as Aaron Funk, the victory and strides that we’ve their struggle to keep their jobs or to manage to create IDM on achieved in securing a place in have jobs equal to men–the moment his new album that breaks The magical sounds of old technology definitely the work force, despite the gender women get pregnant they are traditional concepts ruminate over the album. The same manic, excitable disparity in certain fields, women penalized and at risk of losing their of the genre through sound carries out throughout the rest of the album, with still end up doing more work over jobs for having a child. only the use of modular the track ‘Can’t Vote For Yourself v1,’ all. This baffles me the most because synthesizers. A sociologist at the University even though I don’t have any children The war created of California, Irvine, Judith Treas or a house of my own, let alone a life between synths and explains that despite these roles partner, I simply don’t want to live a drum machines are being a personal choice between life where I am pressured, burdened, exciting, new, and most couples living together in their and subjugated into these roles of all, reflective of our domestic spaces, society and culture because it is my “womanly duty” faith in Venetian Snares do play a role in shaping how these to take on domestic roles. If my delivering a quality v2’ derives its looping attachment to a theme the image of some kind of roles are divided up. partner and I decide to have children product regardless of his sounds like some early carries very well into force in the player to be More and more women in today’s I would by no means be confined or inspiration or comfort video game soundtracks, song titles. enjoyable. modern age have education equal to let myself be confined to the role of zone. progressively getting “You and Shayna Funk really delivers a their male counterparts, even more the sole caretaker, nurturer, cook or The faded synths lighter and lighter until v1,” is steeped in regret, culmination of themes and so in some cases. Studies have cleaner. and far away blasts on an end goal, which is the with a backing track sounds on “She Married shown that more and more women Taking care of the household is the first track ‘Dreamt fabulous transition to the of a chopped up old A Chess Computer In The are going to college and getting a shared responsibility – especially person v4’ promise a song, ‘Decembers.’ ballad against the most End,” going back to the degrees compared to men. if both parents work and have kind of distortion that is On “Decembers,’ we aggressive drum patterns kind of nostalgia of old Many people believe that women careers of their own. Men shouldn’t ultimately not given to us, get a Drexciya inspired on the album. “Goose and computers, making more have this “innate nature to nurture,” mind or feel threatened by taking but for the better. track, laced with aquatic Gary v2” is also another erratic musical choices as due to the world’s cultural society on the role of caretaker for their Leading into the track gurgling against a example of Funk heading if imitating a chess game. but men are also nurturers. kids. It is a human emotion to feel ‘Everything About You Is traditional breakcore beat to dance roots, emitting On the tracks “Health The difference is that men are nurturing, whether you are a male or Special,’ Funk uses quick, along the fading noises the sounds of acid house Card10,” and “Paganism taught since birth or from their own a female; otherwise known as being sparse drum patterns of old computer monitors by complete accident. Ratchets,” we find Funk cultures to suppress their ability to a considerate human being when you that are not atmospheric, being turned on. On “Anxattack Boss ending back in noisy, nurture or to show emotion. can share and divide domestic duties but intricate that force The magical sounds of Level19 v3,” Funk terrifying breakcore that Men and women are human between couples –especially when listeners to explore the old technology definitely juxtaposes the sounds ultimately has us go back beings when it comes down to it you become parents. many complexities on the ruminate over the album of wind instruments to what makes us love – harboring both masculine and album. often. blending into the fast him, which is how much feminine qualities. It is indoctrinated Leslie is a staff writer for FIUSM, Chimes and squeaky The same manic, drum patterns and he blends in the bleakness in our culture and society for it to be her column femmeappetite covers pitches ring in the track excitable sound carries randomly sequenced of life into some of the this way and for women to stay home food, feminism and health. For ‘Slightly Bent Fork Tong out throughout the rest synth beat to mimic the most powerful electronic and take on most of the domestic questions or comments email leslie. v2,’ as a common theme of the album, with the intensity of a boss battle music out there. work. This is where problems stem [email protected] of what’s to come, which track ‘Can’t Vote For in a video game. Contact Us Alejandro Aguirre Sports Director [email protected] SPORTS The Beacon – 6 fiusm.com Thursday, February 25, 2016 SOFTBALL PANTHERS’ DEN

Megan Tait/The Beacon Top: The softball team huddles together following a good inning during the game against Illinois, Feb. 19. Right: Pitcher Hunter Scharf winds up on the mound against Illinois, Feb. 19. The Panthers will play Siena tomorrow.

FIU takes four out of five BASEBALL in Panther Invitational Turtle’s boys JAYDA HALL infielder, lead the bottom scored a run. first run of the game, and shell shocked Contributing Writer of the fourth inning and Following Williams’ her first run of the season. HOT CORNER Most of the damage [email protected] took a walk to first base. run was Jackie Schoff, “It felt good scoring my was done in the second She and Ashley Belans, freshman outfielder, who first run, but it’s only the inning, around two If there was one word sophomore infielder, scored a run and got an beginning,” Lopez said. errors committed by to describe the softball scored a run, putting the RBI. Both teams ended the FIU’s infield. team’s performance on Panthers up 4-0 at the end Two runs in the sixth second inning tied at one The Rebels only Friday, Feb. 19, it would of the fourth. inning wasn’t enough run a piece. gave up two runs all be unconquered. The fifth inning moved for the Panthers, though. Indiana scored its LOUIS game, but scored nine FIU started the Panther second and last run of the AGUDELO of their own, on 10 hits. Invitational with a game in the third inning. One of those hits was doubleheader, and despite In the fourth inning, FIU baseball was a homerun. the heavy wind each team Hunter Scharf, junior left- defeated handily Chris Mourelle faced, the Panthers landed handed pitcher, came in this weekend when (0-1) was the rotation’s two consecutive wins the game to pitch for the they traveled to anchor a year ago, and against College of the Holy Panthers. Both teams went the University of for his consistency, was Cross (0-5) and Indiana It felt good scoring my first run, but the entire fourth without Mississippi to face the rewarded with Sundays University(5-4). it’s only the beginning. scoring, but that changed Rebels. off this spring. Holy Cross was first all of a sudden for FIU in They were outscored Mourelle had a to be dominated by the the fifth inning. 32 runs to 11 in three slightly better go of Panthers. FIU made it Aleima Lopez Leon stole second base games, and lost all things on Saturday impossible for HC to score Center Fielder and home, tying both teams three. The Panthers afternoon. a run for the entire game FIU Softball at 2-2 at the bottom of the were swept while With a good bit making the final score 7-0. fifth. Schoff broke the tie featuring a twist on last of support from the Ashley Leon, junior after scoring another run year’s rotation. offense posting eight infielder, lead the bottom quickly for both teams Stephanie Texeira, junior for the team, and Texeira Opening night hits, and doubles from of the first inning and with neither scoring a run. infielder, got an RBI and widened the gap, ending featured Andres Nunez Zach Files, Kenny scored FIU’s first run of Abby Summers, freshman scored FIU’s last run of the the inning with a 4-2 lead (0-1) on the bump for Meimerstorf and Nick the game. right-handed pitcher, got game. against Indiana. the Panthers in front of Day, respectively, Both teams played the two of HC’s runners out on The Panthers showed The hits were tied at a crowd of more than Friday’s run total was second inning without a double play, ending the out with seven runs, 13 hits seven for both teams during 10,000, a big move doubled. scoring any runs. It wasn’t inning for HC. and zero errors against HC, the sixth inning after up from starting most The Panthers held until the third inning when “Abby surprised me who managed only four Deven Kennedy, freshman Saturdays last spring. the Rebels to their HC finally managed to with her performance hits and got two errors. outfielder, scored another Whether is was lowest run and hits make it to third base. because she gave up zero The Panthers moved on run for the Panthers. rust, his nerves getting totals in the series, and The team, however, was runs,” Head Coach Gator to their last match of the Indiana couldn’t the best of him or Ole recorded eight hits of taken out before reaching Rebhan said. day against Indiana. manage to score a run in Miss’ offense just being their own, a day after home. Leon scored another The opportunity for A walk to first base set the seventh inning, which impossible for the stringing together three run for the team when HC’s HC to catch up to FIU in Indiana up for its first run finalized the score at 5-2. sophomore to suppress, hits in nine innings. catcher failed to catch the the sixth inning vanished of the game against the FIU currently holds an he only lasted a total This was the most ball in time to get Leon when Summers had a quick Panthers. overall record of 8-2 and of four innings, and well-rounded game the out. Leon was the only strikeout in the top of the It wasn’t until the will move on to play against allowed five earned player who scored more inning. Lauren WIlliams, second inning when Central Connecticut State runs. SEE TURTLE, PAGE 2 than once during the game. freshman infielder, lead Aleima Lopez, senior University Thursday, Feb. Dani Mowry, junior the bottom of the sixth and center fielder, scored FIU’s 25, at 7 p.m. fiusm.com SPORTS The Beacon – Thursday, February 25, 2016 7

Panthers swept POWER AID by Ole Miss to kick off season

TURTLE, PAGE 1 The Panthers completed the sweep, of themselves, team played all weekend, as Eddie Silva struck out but it still wouldn’t be swinging for the last out, enough to top Ole Miss. and lost 16-5. The Panthers left seven The Panthers were runners on base, and overwhelmed and dropped Saturday’s contest outplayed by a team we’ll 7 to 4. likely be hearing a lot more If there was anything from in the next couple left to be salvaged from months, in Ole Miss. FIU’s first series of the Not many conclusions season, it would have been can be drawn about this a quality start from Garrett team yet, from these first Cave, the former opening- three performances because series Saturday Pitcher, of the disparity between on Sunday before coming these two teams, the better Blanca Martinez/The Beacon back to Miami. of the two hailing from the He was taken out in the far and widely respected Students congregate at the Wellness and Recreation Center during the Strongest Panther competition held by first inning, an inning that Southeastern Conference. the FIU powerlifting team Monday, Feb. 22. wouldn’t end until after Going forward, this Ole Miss had answered FIU squad faces a three- FIU’s first lead of the week homestand, without TENNIS weekend of 2-0, with nine any truly important games runs of their own. during that stretch, and Any doubt left as to actually Conference why this Rebels team was USA-play not beginning Tennis sweeps second weekend ranked 24th in the nation for this club until March before this weekend was 22. REINALDO LLERENA put to rest, at least for now, This will give them Staff Writer Redshirt-freshman Andrea Lazaro matches. as the team didn’t even plenty of flexibility and [email protected] and senior Carlotta Orlando won Veksler came back from an 8-4 steal a base all afternoon, time to try different their doubles match and secured the deficit in the final set tiebreaker to doubles point for FIU with a 6-3 win win, 7-5, 1-6, 10-8, over Teodora The FIU women’s tennis team over Niri Rasolomalala and Kristen Radosavljevic. The win improved defeated Georgia State University Rehse of Georgia State. Veksler’s record to 20-4 on the year. and George Washington University In singles play, the Panthers Nagode defeated Lana Robins The Panthers were overwhelmed and outplayed the weekend of Feb. 19-21 in Atlanta picked up four points against in straight sets, 6-2, 2-2 (ret.), to by a team we’ll likely be hearing a lot more and swept their second weekend in a Georgia State. claim the Panther’s third point of the from in the next couple months. row. Veksler defeated Timmermann match. Orlando beat Grubac, also in The Panthers defeated the Georgia in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, to put FIU straight sets, to clinch the weekend State Panthers, who were ranked up 2-0. Orlando beat Lara Vovk and sweep in Atlanta. at No. 67 on the ITA rankings, 5-2 Lazaro defeated Rasolomalala, both Caluk added to the Panther’s on Friday, Feb. 19. The following in straight sets, to clinch the match point total when she claimed her day, the FIU Panthers swept the for the Panthers, 4-0. Sophomore 17th win of the season, defeating George Washington Colonials, 7-0, Nerma Caluk won FIU’s fourth point Nederlander in straight sets, 6-0, and still scoring 16 runs. lineups and rotations out, to complete their second weekend when she beat Chiara Volejnicek in 6-2. Senior Kaitlin Brozovich sealed They even committed and tweak whatever else sweep of the season. straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. the 7-0 victory when she defeated their first and second they must in order to be With the sweep over the weekend, A day after defeating Georgia Victoria Krogan, 6-4, 6-1. errors of 2016, but with equipped to begin their the Panthers are off to their best State, the Panthers continued According to fiusports.com, that explosive first inning, title-defense, as well as start since the 2001 season. In that their hot streak against George the win over the Colonials was the there wasn’t much the provide them with some of season, the Panthers finished 23-3 Washington, sweeping the Colonials, third 7-0 sweep of an opponent this Panthers could do to their toughest opponents with a final ITA ranking of No. 24 7-0. season and the fourth shutout of the recover. of the season, to test this according to fiusports.com. The duo of Veksler and Nagode 2016 season. With so much team’s newcomers, and the In the match against Georgia won their fifth-straight doubles FIU improved to 4-3 all-time run-support, Ole Miss’ vigor of the veterans of the State, the Panthers won two out of match, defeating Allison Hansen versus Georgia State and improved pitching staff could kick program. three doubles matches to claim the and Taylor Nederlander, 6-2. The to 2-0 all-time versus the Colonials. back on cloudy afternoon, doubles point. Panthers claimed the doubles point The Panthers will return home on and record 10 strikeouts, Hot Corner is a column Freshman Maryna Veksler and when Orlando and Lazaro defeated Friday, Feb. 26 to face the Eastern while not even batting-an- about FIU baseball. For junior Nina Nagode won their Sara Grubac and Marie-Louise Michigan Eagles. First serve from eyelash at FIU’s 10 hits, comments and suggestions fourth-straight doubles match. The Decamps, 6-3. the FIU Tennis Courts is set for 1 the most they had gotten email louis.agudelo@ duo defeated Tarani Kamoe and Linn The Panthers continued their p.m. all weekend. fiusm.com Timmermann of Georgia State, 6-3. dominant play heading into singles THE The Beacon – 8 t ay Thursday, February 25, 2016 A fiusm.com B Academic medical centers do poor job reporting results of medical trials

to mental health disorders, Krumholz said. papers detailing their results or posted the In the BMJ study, only 13 percent of JONEL ALECCIA “It’s biasing the medical literature,” he results on ClinicalTrials.gov as of July academic medical centers nationwide The Seattle Times said. 2014. posted study results on the federal website. TNS The reasons researchers don’t report That’s the Web-based registry “This paper brings to light that the institution has a responsibility,” said Dr. Leading academic medical centers Deborah Zarin, director of ClinicalTrials. across the U.S. have a poor record of gov. “They used to leave it to individual reporting results from clinical trials, investigators.” leaving patients and doctors with a Part of the trouble is that there potentially skewed view of the safety and Once you realize that human experiments are being done have been few incentives to encourage benefits of treatments, a new study finds. reporting or consequences for failure to and the results are not being reported, you realize that the Nationwide, only about two-thirds do so. Under the federal Food and Drug of results from more than 4,300 studies entire scientific enterprise is being threatened. Administration Amendments Act of 2007, completed between 2007 and 2010 were results of certain trials are required by law published or reported, and only about to be reported within a year of completion Harlan Krumholz one-third were released to the public and researchers can be fined up to $10,000 Cardiologist and health care researcher within two years of completion. a day per trial for lapses. But, so far, no The analysis was published Wednesday Yale School of Medicine fine has been levied. in the journal BMJ. New rules are expected soon aimed “Once you realize that human at strengthening reporting of clinical experiments are being done and the results study results can range from the nefarious, authorized by Congress in 2000 to allow trials funded by the National Institutes are not being reported, you realize that they failed to get the results they wanted, public reporting of clinical trial results. of Health and regulated by the Food and the entire scientific enterprise is being to the mundane, they were too busy to In 2007, a new law expanded the site’s Drug Administration. threatened,” said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, input the data, experts said. mandate, requiring reporting of basic According to Zarin, the BMJ study isn’t the Yale School of Medicine cardiologist Krumholz and his colleagues analyzed results for public access. The site is one the first to call out academic institutions and health care researcher who led the results from more than 4,300 interventional way patients with a range of rare and for poor reporting rates by name, but it’s study. clinical trials completed at more than 50 common diseases can research trials that part of a move to change the system to Without accurate and timely reporting of the leading academic medical centers may offer new treatment options. benefit doctors, scientists and patients. of clinical trial results, doctors and patients in the U.S. between October 2007 and There are nearly 209,000 studies in the “Nobody wants to be at the bottom of a can’t make evidence-based decisions about September 2010. They looked at whether U.S. and 192 countries now posted, but list like that,” she said. conditions from cancer and heart disease the institutions had published academic many completed trials include no results. Big US banks to roll out ATMs that take smartphones

JAMES RUFUS KOREN card aren’t new, but they to a general growth in only at ATMs equipped to prevent codes from being cases, know the customer’s are rare. The number of mobile banking, said Mark with NFC readers. stolen or misused. PIN. Los Angeles Times cardless ATMs stands in the Schwanhausser, a director Wells Fargo expects “After that small As the banks prepare TNS low thousands nationwide. at consulting firm Javelin more than a third of its window of time, it’s a to launch cardless access, Soon, they’ll be much Research & Strategy. 13,000 ATMs will have meaningless set of digits Bank of America and Chase To the long list of things more common. Bank of “You’re acclimating those readers by the end of that can’t be used again,” also are working on more you can do with your America, Wells Fargo and people to the techniques of the year, while more than said Jonathan Velline, head features set to be released phone, including watch a JPMorgan Chase have a mobile payments,” he said. half of Bank of America’s of ATM banking for Wells later. movie, buy a latte and hail combined 47,000 ATMs, “It’s like a mobile wallet on 16,100 ATMs are already Fargo. Both plan to allow a ride, prepare to add one more than 10 percent of the training wheels.” NFC equipped. Though customers might customers to set up an ATM more: get cash. nation’s cash machines. Banks will offer cardless Chase also has an NFC worry about seeing their transaction in advance, Over the next few The banks’ entry into access to ATMs using either system in the works, though bank accounts pillaged if cutting down on the amount months, the nation’s three cardless ATMs comes as a near-field communication, spokesman Michael Fusco their phone is lost or stolen, of time they have to spend biggest banks will start small but growing number Ed O’Brien, a director in front of the machine. rolling out ATMs that will of Americans are using at bank consulting firm A customer could log let customers withdraw their phones to send money Mercator Advisory Group, in to his bank app and say currency using their to one another and to make said accessing an ATM with he wanted to withdraw smartphones instead of purchases using so-called You’re acclimating people to the techniques a phone could prove more $150, and that he’d like a debit cards - the latest step mobile wallet apps such of mobile payments. It’s like a mobile wallet secure than using a card. $50 bill, four $20s and two toward a future in which as Apple Pay and Android on training wheels. Fraudsters can steal $10s, a feature that will phones could replace bank Pay. debit card numbers and be available as the banks branches and wallets. It also comes as banks Mark Schwanhausser PINs by installing tiny also provide more ATMs “My boys are five and are trying to push customers Director devices on ATMs, a crime stocked with multiple types six I don’t think they’ll to do more transactions Javelin Research & Strategy known as skimming. of bills. carry around plastic online, on their phones Industry estimates put Once the transaction is when they grow up,” said or through ATMs, all of the tap-to-pay technology said he’s not sure when it bank losses from ATM set up, he could go to an Michelle Moore, head of which are less expensive used in Apple Pay and will roll out. fraud at $1 billion in 2008, ATM, tap his phone, grab digital banking for Bank than transactions done Android Pay that connects For now, Chase is and it probably has grown the cash and move on. of America, which plans at branches staffed with phones with credit card starting with a code-based since then, according to Schwanhausser of Javelin to make cardless ATMs tellers. payment terminals, or system, which requires a Mercator. likened it to picking up widely available as early as Just as with mobile codes that customers get software update for ATMs “The magnetic stripe tickets at will-call instead May. wallet payments, which through their bank’s mobile but no new hardware. Wells has an issue of security. of buying them at the box San Francisco banking make up a tiny fraction of app. Fargo will start offering Someone can duplicate office. giant Wells Fargo plans to payments overall, analysts Using near-field code-based access late this a magnetic stripe, which And O’Brien of offer cardless access at a expect using a phone to get communication, or NFC, year. does happen all too often,” Mercator said being able limited number of ATMs cash from an ATM probably a customer would sign in Those systems require O’Brien said. to spend less time at the by this summer and at all will start out as a little-used to a mobile wallet or bank customers to sign in to their But if a phone is stolen, ATM could also improve ATMs by the end of the novelty. app, then physically tap bank’s mobile app, request a thief would have to get security. year. Most of JPMorgan But over the longer the phone on the ATM and an access code and then past a few layers of security “You get your money in Chase’s ATMs will start term, it could be one more enter a PIN. type that seven- or eight- to withdraw cash from 10 or 12 seconds. You’re offering cardless access application that will make Bank of America and digit number into an ATM. an ATM. They’d need to not having to look at sometime in the second half customers feel comfortable Wells Fargo plan to roll The codes can be used unlock the phone, sign in whether someone is behind of the year. using their devices as out NFC access this year, once and expire in about 10 to the mobile bank app or you, you don’t have to hide Cash machines that work financial tools, leading though it will be available minutes, features that aim mobile wallet and, in most your PIN,” he said. with a phone instead of a