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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 24, Issue 42 www.fi usm.com Wednesday, December 1, 2010 KENYA RUSSIA CAMBODIA Potential arrest threat sparks panic Plant to destory chemical weapons opens No punishment for fatal stampede An offi cial with Kenya’s largest gay rights organization, Nguru Ka- Russia will miss a 2012 deadline for destroying all of its chemical Cambodia’s prime minister said Monday that no one will be punished rugu, says there is panic among its members following remarks made weapons, offi cials said Friday as they inaugurated a major new plant for last week’s stampede in which at least 351 revelers died after the by Kenya’s prime minister that homosexuals should be arrested to dispose of them. swaying of a suspension bridge cause mass panic. RELIGIOUS STUDIES Study reveals cases of sexual misconduct vastly underreported LIANAMAR DÁVILA SANABRIA you have to relive it in a way. Some- “at-risk” college-age population, Asst. News Director times they blame themselves and according to the 1996 survey of 4,446 shame is involved especially if they women by the National College The U.S. Department of Justice had been drinking asking themselves Women Sexual Victimization, spon- released a study revealing that about ‘Why did I trust this person?’ or sored by the Department of Justice. one in four college women will be ‘Why did I let him in my place?’ Or “There is a stigma associated with raped or a victim of attempted rape they don’t want to get perpetrator in being a ‘victim’ and women and men by the time she graduates. trouble,” said Nerette. alike are taught to believe that if they These incidents are also widely The VAC sees an average of 25 are victimized, they may have done under-reported by women between victims of sexual violence a year. something to ‘deserve it,’ said Jessica the ages of 16 to 24 because of the The 2009 VAC Crime Statis- Franchi-Alfaro, a University alumna prevalence of acquaintance rape in tics reported a total of 11 of crimes and former VAC peer educator. their age group and women’s inability of sexual violence to students for “Those who have experienced a to identify when their rights have which they provided free and confi - violent act or felt threatened or intim- been violated to begin with. dential services. Three of those 11 idated at one point may not be aware “The majority of rapes are not by occurred on campus and only two of the resources available to them on strangers jumping out of the bushes were reported to law enforcement, campus.” like we sometimes see on TV, that’s but in every case the victim knew the Franchi-Alfaro received both her actually the least common,” said perpetrator. Bachelor of Science in Social Work Elika Nerette, assistant director of “The other female victims we see and a Master of Social Work degree the University’s Victim Advocacy could be related to relationship abuse, both her bachelor and master’s Center. stalking or other forms of victimiza- degrees in social work from the BURKE HILL/THE BEACON Friends, co-workers, classmates, tion. We occasionally assist male University. She currently works Dr. Oren Baruch Stier and Dr. Aisha Musa (left to right), both profes- work colleagues or teammates can victims of sexual assault as well,” at Douglas Gardens Community sors of Religious Studies, held a panel discussion called “The Cor- commit acquaintance rape. said Nerette. Mental Health Center as a Domestic doba Institute, Park 51, and ‘The Ground Zero Mosque’: Separating “Victims just want to forget about This discrepancy can largely Fact from Fiction” on Nov 18 in PG5. the incident, while reporting it means be correlated to 82 percent of the RAPE, page 2 Nowell helps college students focus on emotional health DIEGO PARRA and I had some friends in Florida and Georgia, Contributing Writer so I applied both places and I happened to get hired in Florida,” Nowell said. A brown desk aligns perfectly with the What she didn’t know was that while she bookshelf. Every book is neatly organized, was attending a workshop at the Biscayne illuminated by beams of light shooting in Bay Campus, she would fi nd a reason to from a half-closed blind. stay. The offi ce is as subdued and calming as The workshop was divided into small the voice of its occupant, Dr. Cheryl Singleton groups. At the end of the conference she real- Nowell, director of the University’s Coun- ized that she didn’t know how to get back to seling and Psychological Services Center, the highway, so she asked one of the members whose mission is to help parents and students of her group. Instead of showing her the way focus on emotional health before, during and back to the highway he invited her for a cup after the college transition. of coffee to avoid the chaotic 5 p.m. traffi c. Nowell was born in Canton, Ohio, in a Afterward, he guided her back to I-95, and typical middle-class Midwestern African- later became her husband. American family. She was reared with solid ESRA ERDOGAN/THE BEACON Liane Dornheim, a licensed psychologist at Christian values at a time when segregation Dr. Cheryl Nowel in her offi ce located at the University’s Psychological Services Center FIU, describes Nowell as a wonderful clinical and lack of opportunities for African-Ameri- supervisor. Nowell was Dornheim’s manager cans ruled the day. when she was a pre-doctoral intern. Nowell “My parents stressed education and the really learned at that time inside the black setting where people really had the oppor- was the trainer who helped her develop her value of learning,” Nowell said. “They grew school system,” Nowell said. tunity to know each other and enjoy their strengths in neurophysiology for students up in the South and at that time it was very Nowell has three sisters and one brother, similarities. with disabilities. For Dornheim, Nowell is a diffi cult for African-Americans to go to all of whom attended college. For her bachelor’s she had to transfer to very thoughtful leader who always takes care school, so my parents had to make sacrifi ces “It’s fascinating to see the dreams of the the university main campus, about 30 miles of her employees under any circumstances. in order to get a high school education and 50s and 60s fi nally materialized,” Nowell away, where she experienced a much larger “I was a lowly intern and I had this home- for my father being an African-American said. “Now we have the opportunity to be crowd and a more impersonal environment; less student living in her car at FIU,” Dorn- male was even dangerous sometimes to go to whatever we want and become whatever we very challenging for a young woman coming heim said. “I gave her $20 just to make sure school.” choose to be.” from a small town. she could buy some necessities; therapists are Nowell’s father fi nished high school in the Nowell is a graduate in clinical psychology For her graduate degree, she fi nally had the not supposed to get personally involved with Navy and her mother struggled to get her high from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. experience of living on campus, giving her their clients. school diploma, but at that time, black educa- Her fi rst college years as a commuter student much more time for study and socialization. “The next day I confessed in supervi- tors really wanted their students to learn. at one of the university branches near her Nowell has been a licensed psychologist sion with Dr. Nowell, getting ready for the “It’s interesting because even though my hometown were very similar to the experi- in Florida for more than 20 years. The story scolding. Her only reply was to repay me, parents only received a high school education ence of some of the students at FIU. of how she ended up living and working in because I was an intern,” she said their writing was excellent. Their knowledge Going to work during the day and Miami could be defi ned as the search for a “The Counseling and Psychological in science and geography was outstanding attending classes during the evening, Nowell warm winter tempered by love. and their speech was exceptional. People had a very collegial experience in a smaller “I wanted to live one winter with no snow NOWELL, page 2 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, December 1, 2010 NEWS www.fi usm.com WEIRD NEWS Election statutes ‘unconstitutional’ VINCENT FERNANDEZ many issues and concerns tive abilities were temporary Pro Tempore Hector Mujica Woman fears her breasts will be Staff Writer about the constitutionality of does not preclude injustice and one other fi led a griev- re-possessed the rules.