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the UNFAIR FAIR TO AFFECT AVAILABILITY OF PARKING AT UP

TAXI!: (Above, left) The Miami-Dade County Youth Fair and Expo- By ALEJANDRA DIAZ UP campus. ment coordinator, Lazaro E. sition, which has made its home at the Tamiami Park neighboring Editor In Chief The fair has partnered with Rodriguez. FIU’s University Park campus for 54 years will once again open the county and FIU to design Despite the rise in visitors its doors to over 800,000 visitors March 17 through April 3. In a Students at the University and organize shared parking that will be using the garages partnership with the county and FIU, fair officials have organized Park campus will experience and the development of a closest to the fair grounds, select parking for fair patrons participating in the 18-day event. an increase in traffic and a Metro Dade bus terminal. The Parking Lot Six, located on (Above, right) Parking Lot Six will remain a residential housing limit in available parking spots terminal, which has allowed for the west side of the WPAC, has parking lot only. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON March 17 through April 3. additional student parking, will been designated exclusively as This is because the Miami- be closed during the fair. a residential housing parking Dade County Youth Fair and “Parking Lot Five, located lot. Exposition will be taking place just east of the Wertheim Per- “Lot Six is not going to be SIDENOTE at the neighboring Tamiami forming Arts Center, will be used at all [by fair visitors]. Park, which has been home to closed and used for staging/ It is going to be used exclu- the fair for 54 years. preparation by the Miami-Dade sively by housing students,” Minimizing Fair-related traffic In a memorandum sent to all County Fair and Exposition Rodriguez said. “As a matter inconveniences FIU departments, Michael H. [throughout the duration of of fact, we are going to post a Wright, acting director for the the event],” Wright said in the couple patrollers on that site • After 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, use the Department of Public Safety, memorandum. to prevent people from parking 112 Ave./8 St. or 117 Ave./17 St. entrances to the stated that there will be certain Not only will Parking Lot in there. We will go out of our University. These entrances should be used all day on times when fair patrons will be Five be closed for the 18-day way to prevent any guests for Saturdays and Sundays. utilizing a majority of the park- event, but students who park the Youth Fair to park in Lot ing areas at FIU. in the Blue and Gold Garages Six from 5 to 10 p.m.” • The 107 Ave. entrances will be closed periodically According to the Miami- might have a hard time finding Some students see the on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays to accommodate Dade County Fair Expo Center parking after 9 p.m. changes in parking during the Fair traffic. website, the fair is a major “My understanding is that fair and the use of the garages supporter of FIU. The fair not [fair visitors] are going to use by fair patrons as unfair. • Avoid mixing with Fair traffic by utilizing Parking only contributed two million the Blue and Gold garage, and “I think that it is inconsid- Lots 1, 8, 9, 10 and 11. dollars to the FIU commu- they are only going to be used erate for the students [who nity, but it also donated $1.4 after nine o’clock at night. That need to park in the garages] • If problems arise, contact the Department of Public million toward the Wertheim is what [fair officials] told us,” Safety at 305-348-2626. Performing Arts Center at the said Parking and Traffic depart- See FAIR, page 2

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NEWSFLASH ON CAMPUS FIU FEATURES FIU to train intelligence analysts

A consortium of intelligence-gathering agen- Catholic Student Association cies in Washington, D.C., has selected FIU to lead By ANA RIBEIRO vent of the Handmaids of FIU – didn’t make it to home or to their jobs after the development of academic programs that will Staff Writer the Sacred Heart of Jesus Mass, because he was away classes. produce well-trained and more diverse intelligence in North Miami. at a retreat. He met for the Castillo said setting analysts. Not one FIU student Cooper sat alone dili- first time with members up informational tables The grant FIU received as part of an initiative attended Catholic Mass gently in the front, lis- of the Catholic Student around campus and more seeking to diversify the ranks of its different agencies Feb. 24 in the Biscayne tening to Youth Minister Association at a barbecue entertainment might also awarded by the U.S. Intelligence Community to the Bay Campus Wolfe Uni- Brandon Bach. last summer and agreed to increase attendance at Jack D. Gordon Institute for Policy and Citizen- versity Center. “I have many choices of give Mass on campus every Mass. Bach agreed and ship Studies at FIU’s Center for Transnational and Student Alan Castillo, where to go to Mass on any Thursday, which is usually said he could also bring Comparative Studies (TCS). a sophomore majoring in particular day. You know, “What we proposed is not very different from journalism, arrived after there are half a dozen classes already offered here and at every university,” Mass was already over. parishes around here with Kayjoy Cooper, club member said Ralph Clem, TCS’s director and a professor “During the fall term, I different mass times,” said of international relations. “The program would frequently attended Mass. Cooper. “But I like very I like very much to celebrate the Eucha- coordinate all these subjects and add others to “ I don’t think I missed Mass much to celebrate the rist with the people our campus minis- produce graduates who are competitive for jobs in on Thursdays, but since I Eucharist with the people Washington, D.C.” have another job during our campus minister Bran- ter Brandon Bach gathers together. The grant gives FIU $750,000 for the 18-month the morning on Thursdays don Bach gathers together pilot program, which could then be renewed over and I ride the bus, I don’t – young adults and a priest his day off. some music ministers to four years for up to $3 million. get to Mass [on time],” leader.” The Eucharist – the campus. Mark B. Rosenberg, FIU’s provost and vice said Castillo. According to Cooper, consecration of bread and On Feb. 17, Reverend president for academic affairs, added that the new Castillo is a member of young college students wine into Christ’s flesh Felipe J. Estevez from the initiative will also provide substantial scholarship the Catholic Student Asso- have dedicated much of and blood – was not given Archdiocese of Miami, funds, which will be awarded on a competitive ciation, which organizes their time to secular educa- that Thursday, because was brought in as a special basis. Those scholarships would support advanced BBC’s Mass every Thurs- tion and may have miscon- only priests can perform guest to perform Mass language and other academic training. day at 12:30 p.m. The ceptions about religion. the rites. Instead, Bach, at FIU. Only about 10 Mass is the association’s Cooper said she and other the layperson minister, people attended. Music education requirements to change only regular meeting at members of her congrega- invited Cooper to read a Bach sees the Catho- FIU. tion go to places like FIU passage from the Bible at lic Student Association Students enrolled in the FIU music education The club members also and invite young people the podium. as a community to help program have been voicing complaints after the volunteer at the Pines into their convent to be He asked for a moment students get through col- Florida Legislature asked for an increase in require- Nursing Home one Sat- a Catholic presence for of prayer. Sister Cooper lege and into adulthood, ments for all students majoring in education across urday a month, where they them. then offered a lone prayer giving them “support and the state. sing and play games like “It’s very valuable for for college students. strength in a Catholic According to the students’ complaints, the new Hangman and Trivia, with our next world leaders Bach cited some expla- way.” rule, enforced by the Florida Department of Edu- patients. On Good Friday, … to break through mal- nations for the attendance On Feb. 24, Bach cation, will add extra credit requirements to their March 25, they will meet formed ideas [toward] an problems such as FIU only stood by himself before already full course load. at the Miami-based Mis- image of the true God, a allowing flyers to stay up a banner trying to con- Students majoring in music education already sionaries of Charity. loving and freeing God,” for about a week, people vince students to attend take credit hours to satisfy the university core On Feb. 24, however, she said. having too many flyers to Mass. When he asked a curriculum, as well as classes within the School of Sister Kayjoy Cooper However, even the look at already and stu- student if she was going Music and the necessary required credits needed was the only person who priest leader, Father Chris- dents not taking enough to attend, she shook her to enter the program. attended the on-campus tian Plancher – who’s pur- interest in the campus head indifferently and With the new rule in place, students will be Mass. She is from the Con- suing a graduate degree at ministry because they go walked away. required to take an additional 24 credits, rounding out their total undergraduate credits to 120. “When all the requirements that must be met by music majors for [the National Association of Fair patrons to use FIU garages Schools of [Music] and those mandated by the Florida Department of Education for education are added together, the number of credits for comple- FAIR, from page 1 guez said. “We ticket until 7 p.m. The Miami-Dade County Fair tion of a degree in music education becomes exor- when it comes to the garages, but and Exposition is a not-for-profit bitant,” said Associate Dean for Academic Affairs especially for those who are coming under the guidelines of the rules organization that raises funds that at the College of Education, Adriana McEachern, to class at night,” said junior Gary and regulations that we have, it support youth and adult achieve- through e-mail. Vasquez. depends on the violation. There ment programs. Privately owned Though McEachern said she has been discuss- Although students may be are violations that are enforced 24 and operated by the Not-for-Profit ing the problem with Donna Gollnick, senior vice concerned about parking in the hours a day.” Corporation and governed by a president for National Council for the Accreditation garages, they should not be wor- As of press time and despite volunteer board of directors, the of Teacher Education – the organization which ried about being ticketed. several attempts to reach officials fair awards over $500,000 each accredited the College of Education – “in the “Will we give out tickets during of the Department of Public Safety, year in scholarships, awards and hopes that something could be done to alleviate the Youth Fair? Most likely it’s no information could be gathered premiums. the burden for our music majors,” nothing has not going got happen. But it as to how the added traffic will flow Last year over 800,000 guests been resolved so far. depends on the violation,” Rodri- through or around FIU. attended the fair. Administrators within the College of Arts and Sciences and members of the music education program would not comment on the situation. EDITORIAL BOARD

ALEJANDRA DIAZ EDITOR IN CHIEF JOHN LOVELL MANAGING EDITOR SAMANTHA QUIÑON COPY MANAGER INFORMATION CORRECTIONS ANA SANCHEZ BBC EDITOR The Beacon office is located in the Graham Center, room 210 at the University Park campus. Members of the editorial and production staffs Corrections for the Café Hillel story, which ran LEONCIO ALVAREZ LIFE! EDITOR BETSY MARTINEZ ASST. LIFE! EDITOR and questions regarding display advertising and billing should be directed on March 14: JESSICA ISER OPINION EDITOR to the Advertising Manager at 305.348.2709. Mailing address: Graham 1. The Café Hillel campaign is not as a result of HARRY COLEMAN SPORTS EDITOR Center, room 210, Miami, FL 33199. Fax number is 305.348.2712. the recent discussions about the Middle East. ISIDRO PENTZKE PHOTO EDITOR Biscayne Bay Campus is 305.919.4722. Office hours are 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. E-mail: Beacon@fiu.edu. Visit us online at: 2. Café Hillel is the name of a famous coffee shop ALICIA BUSTAMANTE LIFE! PAGE DESIGNER www.beaconnewspaper.com in Israel in which people from all nationalities and MICHELLE SANTISTEBAN SPORTS PAGE DESIGNER PUBLISHING POLICY religions gather to have a cup of coffee and speak LUIS NIN ILLUSTRATOR ALYSON VONSCHRILTZ COPY EDITOR their mind. The Beacon is published on Mondays and Thursdays during the Fall HEATHER VONSCHRILTZ COPY EDITOR 3. H2G and JSU re-create this famous shop in and Spring semesters and once a week during Summer B. Advertising C. JOEL MARINO RECRUITMENT EDITOR order to promote and encourage conversation and inquiries for classified, local and national ads may be addressed to our advertising department in our newsroom.One copy per person. Additional communication among Jewish and non-Jewish JAGDEEP WADHWANI ADVERTISING MANAGER copies are 25 cents. The Beacon is not responsible for the content of ads. HATZEL VELA BUSINESS MANAGER students. Ad content is the sole responsibility of the company or vendor. The Beacon ALFREDO SOTO ASST. DIR. OF STUDENT MEDIA 4. The intention of the event was not to discuss is an editorially independent newspaper partially funded by Student and ROBERT JAROSS DIR. OF STUDENT MEDIA Iraq or the war. Services fees that are appropriated by Student Government.

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OPINION Alejandra Diaz Editor In Chief • John Lovell Managing Editor • Jessica Iser Opinion Editor POVERTY: A GROWING EPIDEMIC

By JAMIE BLANCO tions, alcoholism and domestic Staff Writer abuse, as well as unfortunate circumstances such as disease I stood there with deflated or the loss of a main household fervor as I watched the retreat- provider. ing back of a fellow student, Eighty percent may sound contemplating his last statement like an inflated number, but step to me. back and imagine how a total “If it were for kids in another lack of income for two months country or something I would would put anyone hopelessly do it,” said the student, con- behind on payments for homes, cerning the raffle tickets I was cars, insurance etc, especially if selling (the proceeds of which one enjoys a high standard of Graphic by Luis Nin would aid homeless shelters in living. South Florida). According to the U.S. Mayors programs but cuts four billion seven-year wait. With affordable 4,539 people find work and “Why should I give my Conference report in 2002, “It dollars from the Housing and housing programs being slashed residential placement while the money to bums who aren’t is remarkable that over the Urban Development (HUD). even further, it leaves many Miami Rescue Mission placed going to get a job anyways?” last decade the percent of the These cuts are poised to families in desperate situations 174 people. That’s about as he added. homeless population consist- debilitate programs that target with no other alternative than large as my entire graduating Perhaps it’s because 1,800 ing of families with children people living below the federal to live on the street. class. of those “bums” last year were has climbed from 32 percent to poverty threshold. These cuts are only a small There are several ways the children – thousands of Ameri- more than 40 percent. It will also severely harm part of the $413 billion cut in public can effectively aid the can children living in extreme Two thirds of the United programs that provide afford- domestic spending requested by fight against homelessness. poverty, fighting hunger and the States homeless population able, safe housing to disabled the president, while he simulta- Some organizations suggest exposure of street life. consists of families with children people, AIDs patients, immi- neously promotes a $1.3 trillion that instead of giving handouts Of these children, most have or single women and unaccom- grants, Native Americans and extension of his tax breaks that or food, which can actually simply had the misfortune of panied youth. More than one in poverty-stricken individuals and benefit mainly the most wealthy enable the homeless to remain being born into poverty or five of the homeless work, many families. individuals and businesses in the in their current position, it is abusive homes. at full time jobs that do not pay Bush says he aims to end nation. better to offer them an oppor- They have little or no educa- enough to rent an apartment. “chronic homelessness,” yet The community needs to tunity. tion, health care, support system “Sometimes we didn’t have this label overemphasizes a 10 know that every dollar donated An opportunity can be any- or hope for a better future. They the money or time to buy little percent portion of the home- to reputable organizations does thing from handing them a job are hardly ever recognized as things like toothpaste,” recalls a less population that will remain bring good. The local Homeless listing or paying them to carry substantial parts of the home- freshman, who prefers to remain homeless for many years. Voice Newspaper, for example, your groceries. less community, thus prevailing nameless, about his family being It contributes to the prevail- has a distribution of 70,000 If you decide to do some- stereotypes fail to see them and on welfare after a brief time of ing stereotypes about “bums” papers, and with a donation of thing about it, every effort can their needs. homelessness, “I remember while leaving those who try to at least $1 for each, they are do some good in the life of a The Miami-Dade County going to school one, day we had move out of their situations able to run their shelter month man, woman or child. Let’s website reports that 80 percent to brush our teeth with soap,” with fewer options. by month. not silence the voices of the of all people in the county he added. In 2002, the waiting list for Other programs are taking American children in need; are just two paychecks away In president Bush’s pro- public housing in Los Angeles people off the streets and into they deserve to be recognized, from being homeless. This posed budget, he provides $200 was three years, while here in jobs. In 2003, the Homeless to have every chance to live the condition is due to drug addic- million for selected homeless Miami it was an astonishing Assistance Program helped American dream. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Response to Melissa sighted. policies nightclubs have the Biscayne Bay Campus. technological and medi- the first fully computer- Rodriguez’s “Boogie The women who fought for women are not only The Café Hillel cam- cal advancements that are ized, no-radiation, diag- fights” hard for equality in the unfair, but also a danger- paign was designed by the happening in Israel today, nostic instrument for breast 1960s and 70s hardly ben- ous, different, subtler form Jewish Student Union in as well as to show you cancer. On March 14, 2005 efit at all from these so- of using women as tools of conjunction with Hillel a beautiful exhibition of Also, you should know The Beacon ran an opinion called “perks.” Rodriguez capitalism. Second Generation to Israel’s landmarks. that voicemail technology article titled, “Women are also fails to acknowledge promote and encourage The program did not was developed in Israel. the life of the party, should the more disturbing impli- Megan Kelley conversation and com- intend to create controversy You can find more of these get perks.” cations of these “perks.” Senior munication among Jewish on campus or to speak fun facts on www.israel21c. I am deeply disappointed Such policies (1) effec- Women’s Studies & and non-Jewish students about political matters. It org. that a university-run news- tively exploit women (2) Health Services Admin- by creating an environ- was not created as an open Israel is a flourishing paper would print such perpetuate sexism, gender istration ment in which Israel was forum to speak about the country with a true melting immature, obviously sexist inequality and gender ste- the resource and “a cup of war in Iraq. pot of people of all religions and stereotypical writing. reotypes and (3) frequently Response to Melissa coffee” was the excuse. However, you have the and nationalities. put women in awkward Rodriguez’s arguments Quincosa’s “Stu- Café Hillel is a famous right to voice your opinion It is a developing coun- for giving women prefer- situations. coffee shop in Israel, in and it was welcomed there, try in which, although small ential treatment at clubs The sexist nature of dents to discuss Iraq which people of all nation- but that was not the nature in size, is immense in its are shallow and downright Rodriguez’s article is obvi- at Café Hillel” alities and religions gather of the event as the article contributions to the world absurd. ous — from her choice of to speak their mind over a titled “Students to discuss at large. Stay informed and Her subtle implica- words (e.g. “whoring it I am writing in response cup of coffee everyday. Iraq at Café Hillel” sug- keep talking. You never tion that “club perks” are up”) to her claim that “men to the article that was writ- Therefore, the Café gested. know what you may find some form of retribution are nothing but trouble ten in Monday’s paper Hillel campaign was a pro- We want to let you know out. to women who have been when they drink” while about the Café Hillel cam- gram designed to invite you that the technology for “treated as second class women are perfectly well paign that took place on to have a free cup of coffee AOL Instant Messenger Reyna Susi citizens, demoralized and behaved when drunk. Tuesday, March 15 at the Café Hillel style and to con- was developed in 1996 by Israel Program Associate practically made outcasts Overall, her argument University Park campus and verse with us. We wanted to four young Israelis and that Hillel Second Genera- of society” is severely short- is very weak. The current on Wednesday, March 16 at inform you about all of the Israeli scientists developed tion

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EDITORIAL Parking situation worsens with the fair’s arrival in Miami Everyday, students and faculty bare the never-ending battle of parking at FIU. Whether it is fighting your peers for the perfect spot or following a defenseless book- carrying student across a whole parking lot to her car and then giving her a ride because she forgot she is actually in the garage by the gym, the parking situation is incredibly tedious. If students thought parking was a hassle before, the Miami- Dade County Youth Fair and Exposition is coming to town, which means that available parking spots will be at an all-time low. Noticeably, the Youth Fair property borders along FIU, but that’s not a problem until the fair is in session. Then, Lot Six by the Wertheim Performing Arts Center becomes completely out of bounds for the FIU community, leaving the music, dance and theatre students without close-to- home parking spaces. Also, the Office of Parking and Transporta- tion has recently closed off Lot Five to make room for carnival attendants. Now, only residential students may park there; any others will be fined or will find a boot on their car. Where are students supposed to park? Garages? No, in every garage the first two stories are only for faculty and staff, leaving us even less space for parking. On most days, being late to class is inevitable because of the terrible parking situation. You could spend up to half an hour searching for a parking space. When you do find a space, it is most likely so far away from the building that you might as well have walked there from your house. With the fair taking up so much parking, it will be even more difficult for FIU students to find a decent parking space, especially with a recent agreement between FIU and the fair that will allow fair-goers to park in FIU’s parking garages after 9 p.m. In order to avoid having a nervous breakdown during the time the fair is in town, try to arrive at FIU 30 minutes or more LIUS NIN/THE BEACON before your first class, wear comfortable shoes for the long trek to class, stay on campus for the majority of the day to avoid having to find parking again. Most of all, keep yourself from Stage parents obsess over child thinking about how unfair it is that carnies have better parking spots than you. star’s road to Hollywood success – Jessica Iser, Opinion Editor Leoncio Alvarez, Life! Editor

By DARA BRAMSON Staff Writer Children are unable to put themselves into the WINNER & LOSER In Miami, one of the main “business anymore than a chicken can ask to be hubs of the entertainment baked or fried. WINNER industry, children are often Bald guys: A new study shows that baldness might be a subjected to the intensity of the is Christina Aguilera’s “Dirty” sated, nobody is forcing them to sign of a lively libido. Baldness occurs when testosterone is business. Children are unable to music video to be an inspiration make this commitment. blocked, and the blocked testosterone may actually increase put themselves into the business for five-year-old girls. These are parents, who, in sexual drive. I can hear the sound of a thousand toupees anymore than a chicken can ask A guest on Dr. Phil’s show all likelihood, failed miserably C to be baked or fried. even put braces on her two- in accomplishing their dream being thrown to the wind. Behind the smiling face of a and-a-half-year-old daughter of becoming an “American child in an Old Navy ad or an because she had a crooked Idol.” Now they take solace in LOSER abandoned adolescent who lost tooth. Understandably, going living vicariously through their Pinhead: Patrick Lawler shot himself in the head with a nail a parent in a TRUTH commer- through preschool with an children. gun while working at a construction site nearly two months cial there is something you do imperfection to that extent The cover of the most recent ago. He has since quit his job, but with five titanium plates not see- the parent, the driving could be very detrimental to a issue of Pop Star magazine D and fifteen screws in his head, he is still in the process of force behind it all. child’s future. is crammed with pictures of healing. Lawler says a high impact injury could cause his Unfortunately, it seems many The term “stage parent” is the younger siblings of every head to cave in. His new career: skateboarding. parents have difficulty distin- a label often given to parents pop star: Jamie-Lynn Spears, guishing the difference between who obsessively reinforce their Aaron Carter and at least three what their child wants and their child’s talent. Bonnie, a guest on 12-year-olds who could be own personal dream. Dr. Phil, subliminally displayed Eminem’s offspring. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Most children develop a the selfish motives of these types It is likely that most stage par- recreational hobby. Sometimes of parents. ents would forfeit their Ameri- Do you think the Miami-Dade County they are even good at it. Some It became evident through- can Express black card if their Youth Fair and Exposition should be parents will take this and run out the interview that Regan, child could appear among the with it. her four-year-old daughter, had youthful pin-ups. allowed to use FIU parking? A knack develops into a gift, minimal input regarding her Regardless of whose dream and that gift is then turned into own passion, or lack thereof, for is being pursued, these parents a full-blown career. Eventually, beauty pageants. need to take their child’s safety • Yes. Sharing is caring. there are no inhibitions; these “If we don’t come and sit in into consideration. Regan’s talents must be shared with the this chair, someone else will be mother, Bonnie, the guest on • No. There is a shortage of parking as it is. world. here talking about pageants,” Dr. Phil, seemed to be in denial Discrediting children who Bonnie said. that there was a safety issue. •What do I care? My mom drops me off at genuinely love performing is not Far too often, you may hear “If the threats continue, I school. my objective. There are oodles these parents using the word would quit in a heartbeat. But of talented kids who are not “we.” “We shot a commercial we haven’t actually received • They should be, but only at specific times being brainwashed by neurotic last month.” We? Were you in threats,” said Bonnie, defending of the day. parents. it too? The child is the one who herself. “You had a dead cat on However, there is no need for auditioned, attended rehearsals your porch with a crown on its • I only come to school to go to the fair a child to reach puberty at age and learned the lines. head,” said Dr. Phil. anyway. eight, and the makeup and gym While being a stage parent For those of you who disagree can wait until at least middle may be a full-time job for which with me about overbearing stage Cast your vote at www.beaconnewspaper.com school. The last thing we need parents are not being compen- parents … I rest my case.

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Paris looks like a huge open-air “Another highlight of Paris is the neighborhood of museum to me. It seems that on Montmatre. You climb a hill with the ancient every corner you turn, there’s an Catholic chapel of Sacre-Cour on top, over- ancient castle or monument staring you in the face. It’s an imposing looking a ‘village of sin.’ and breath-taking city, indeed, but one that’s also uncannily easy to and chocolate crepes again for des- of a woman writhing after having “conquer.” sert at the house back in the village. been attacked by a “snake.” On the Good stuff. right side of the hall, there was a TRANSPORTATION But the husband was somewhat huge painting of a Roman orgy, ti- of a hermit and didn’t like the big tled something like “The Decadents Getting around Paris is no city, and the lady often wanted to of Rome.” mystery. The transportation system keep him company. So she only Near the world-famous impres- is well-integrated. Train stations accompanied me to Paris a couple sionist works by Monet and Van like Montparnasse lead down to of times to get me used to it. After Gogh, there was a painting by metros (subway stations), which are that, I was on my own. Courbet that showed a vagina titled, practically on every corner. There’s There are tourists and lines every- “The Origin of the World.” also the RER, a breed between a where in Paris, even when it’s as The Louvre Museum has more subway and a train, which gives cold. I visited the Eiffel Tower and classical art, although its Greco- you a high and low view of the city waited a couple of hours to get to Roman aisle presents sculptures of so you don’t need to pay for those the tower in a shaky, little elevator. men in questionable actions. red sightseeing cars. One of the I felt uneasy, but the panorama was But I redeemed myself. I went RER drop-offs is at the nearby city worth any shivers from fear or cold, to Sacre-Cour, Notre Dame and of Versailles, where the beautiful and any crowds. about 10 other churches or basilicas Louis XIV palace is located. in Paris. I unintentionally witnessed For 30 euros, you get the best MONTMATRE Mass in French in a little chapel deal in town – a single pass that lets among the expensive shops of the you use any kind of transportation Another highlight of Paris was Galeries Lafayette and understood in and around Paris for a whole the neighborhood of Montmatre. none of it. week. After climbing a hill with the ancient Almost every morning, I took Catholic chapel of Sacre-Cour on PRICES the train alone from the town of top, there was an overlook of a La Falaise (with a ﬂoating popula- “village of sin.” Paris is not cheap, and prices tion of 621 and no commerce), After climbing down the other are disproportionate. The price of to Paris’s Montparnasse station, side of the hill, there were artists tickets for attractions like the Eiffel an hour away. I was staying with everywhere painting portraits of Tower is on average 10 euros. acquaintances I had only met over tourists in the middle of the street, Meanwhile, the price of a cup of the phone – a Brazilian lady and her which is no sin except a sin of the coffee is a little under half of that, French husband. pocket. But when you get to the at four euros. bottom, you are taken aback by the The coffee was only worth it for DELICACIES number of sex shops and cabarets. me because I sat in a Paris café and The mildest one seemed to be imagined that Ernest Hemingway We carried whole conversations the Moulin Rouge, now more like must have done the same thing in Portuguese, and I inserted half a circus. when he lived there. So I felt like a a sentence in French. They ﬁxed In fact, in Paris, the duality of Bohemian novelist for half an hour. me exotic dishes every night when Catholicism and sex is quite an But in Hemingway’s time, there was I came home for dinner, such as interesting recurring theme. I re no such thing as the euro, which is escargot, couscous, foie gras (goose encountered this sensuousness in worth about 33 percent more than VIVA LE FRANCE: The main objective one should have when visiting the dollar. Paris is to visit all its major tourist attractions, like the Eiffel Tower, Arc liver) and duck legs. a more artistic way at the Museum de Triomphe and The Louvre. ANA RIBIERO/THE BEACON Sometimes I ate chocolate d’Orsee. crepes in Paris throughout the day Walking in, there was a sculpture See PARIS, page 7

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WHAT : Miami-Dade County Youth Fair & Exposi- tion WHERE: 112 Avenue and Coral Way By MAILYN MEDEROS Jackie Buigas, Biology Major WHEN: 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. Contributing Writer HOW MUCH: Free with FIU ID, General admis- One of the stops for a cruise that I took was the sion $6 to $8 A wonderful destination for “Bahamas. The best thing I did was visit the Atlan- Spring Break is the Bahamas. WHAT: Golden Panthers Tennis hosts Southern The Bahamas or Baja Mar in tis Paradise Hotel with its beautiful aquarium, Mississippi Spanish, meaning “shallow seas,” pools and casino. WHERE: University Park Tennis Courts was discovered in 1492 by Euro- WHEN: 2 p.m. peans. It is comprised of over 700 walking distance toward the the leeward side. HOW MUCH: Free islands and 2,000 cays. west. Motel-style lodges in the down- The islands’ tropical weather There are about 150 vendors town areas of major cities have a FRIDAY • MARCH 18 and reefs attract many tourists for selling all types of things from double-room charge averaging outdoor activities such as fishing, beads, designer purses and t- $95 to $125 per night, while WHAT: FIU Baseball vs. Manhattan snorkeling, sea-kayaking, shirts to shark-tooth necklaces luxury resorts charge up to 25 WHERE: University Stadium and hand-carved wooden percent more. WHEN: 7 p.m. artifacts. There are “out island” lodges, HOW MUCH: General admission $3-5, Free for West of the Straw which are less expensive, but the FIU students with ID Market is the Pompey cost of food and transportation Museum, which houses is greater because everything is WHAT: Golden Panthers Softball at FAU Parent’s a collection detailing the history imported. Weekend Tournament of Bahamian slavery. Most resorts and hotels offer WHERE: FAU, Boca Raton The shops are ordinar- all-inclusive packages or three-day WHEN: 3 p.m. (FIU vs. Tulsa) 5 p.m. (FIU vs. ily open Monday through and seven-day packages. Wisconsin) Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 The Atlantis resort has 2,119 HOW MUCH: Free p.m. Banks are open Monday rooms, 230 suites, 21 eateries, 17 through Thursday from 9 a.m. bars, seven swimming pools with WHAT: African New World Studies presents to 3 p.m. and Friday from 9 slides and rides, four beaches, a “Jackie Moms Mabley Live at the Apollo a.m. to 5 p.m. casino and an outdoor aquarium WHERE: Kovens Conference Center Ballroom For travelers, there is not with snorkeling. Prices start at WHEN: 7 p.m. much of a need for Bahamian $250. HOW MUCH: Free dollars. Credit cards are accepted The Comfort Suites is a three- throughout the island, and there story hotel with 320 junior suites, SATURDAY • MARCH 19 are numerous ATMs as well. a pool and a spa. Rates are from The Exuma Land and Sea Park $160 to $200 per person per WHAT: Golden Panthers Baseball hosts Manhattan GRAPHIC bY LUIS NIN is over 22 miles long and eight night. WHERE: University Park Baseball Field sailing, swimming, windsurfing, miles wide. On the east side there The Howelton Rose House is WHEN: 1 p.m. diving, biking, hiking, horseback are the deep waters of Exuma an old Georgian home with four HOW MUCH: ($5 adults) ($3 seniors and children) riding and bird watching. Sound, and on the west side there rooms. Breakfast is served on the Free (FIU students with ID) Nassau, the capital of the Baha- are the shallow reefs and sandbars front porch. Rates range from mas, is located across the dock of Great Bahama Bank. $100 to $130 per night. of the major cruise lines in the The park was established in According to Travelocity, a SUNDAY • MARCH 20 Rawson Square area on Bay St. 1958 and has no commercial roundtrip flight from Miami to WHAT: College Night at Bermuda Bar Tourists, government workers, developments, resorts or restau- Nassau from March 21 through WHERE: 3509 N.E. 163 St. hawkers and musicians populate rants. March 25 costs $199 plus hotel WHEN: Doors open at 10 p.m. the area. Its main office is in the middle and food expenses. HOW MUCH: Free admission before 1 a.m. with Toward the west and north of and has displays of the Exumas, A three-night cruise on the FIU ID the square, Bahamian women can assorted maps, information sheets Royal Carribbean departing be found braiding hair for about and reference books. March 18 costs $484. Carnival $1 a strand. Seven miles of marked hiking Cruise Lines charges $349. The center of the Bahamian trails criss-cross the Exuma land Jackie Buigas, a student major- government and buildings from through groves of palm and ing in biology, said, “One of the the 1800s, including the Oppo- silver buttonwood, limestone stops for a cruise that I took was sition Building and House of sink holes, a tidal creek-bed with to the Bahamas. The best thing I Assembly and Senate can be found lookout points and loyalist plan- did was visit the Atlantis Paradise in the south region. tation ruins. Various beaches can Island Hotel with its beautiful The Straw Market is within be found on secluded coves on aquarium, pools and casino.”

Paris: a place for sight-seeing enjoyment March 17, 1901

PARIS, from page 6 where to go, I took the wrong train. PARTY TIME I ended up in a town in the middle On March 17, 1901, paintings by the of nowhere, in the complete dark, and It was a house party spiced up late Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh are ENTERTAINMENT thought I’d spend the midnight hour with lots of toast with caviar, sangria shown at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery in alone in a desolate train station. and champagne, American hip-hop, Paris. The 71 paintings, which captured At some point during the two weeks To me, French rudeness is a false me trying to speak French to people I spent in France, I was invited to sing myth. It was French Samaritans who and people trying to speak English to their subjects in bold brush strokes and at an Irish Pub named Corcoran’s, in saved me and directed me to another me. Well, at least I made some new expressive colors, caused a sensation the trendy Paris neighborhood of St. train that took me to another station acquaintances. I took about 200 pic- across the art world. Germain-des-Pres. My payment was where I took yet another train back tures and, in spite of the transportation free food at the pub and free board for to La Falaise that night. system, walked about 200 miles. But I Eleven years before, while living in one night at one of the cheapest Paris The trip back lasted three hours wanted to walk. hotels; the nightly rate was 80 euros. instead of one. I had an exhilarating sense of free- Auvers-sur-Oise outside Paris, van Gogh I arrived at 7:15 p.m. and the lady dom strolling by myself along the Seine committed suicide without any notion that LOST AND FOUND with whom I was staying drove me River and the Place de la Concorde, his work was destined to win acclaim to a new train station and deposited through the Arc de Triomphe and beyond his wildest dreams. In his lifetime, After spending the whole day wor- me inside my ﬁfth train of the day, so I across bridges held up by sculptures of he sold only one painting. shipping the Eiffel Tower, I got to the could meet up with a couple of French golden angels. I also felt safe. Montparnasse station and, not look- girls I barely knew and proceed to the You do run a serious risk, however, – historychannel.com ing at any signs and assuming I knew soiree (party) somewhere near Paris. of wanting to stay there indeﬁnitely.

LIFE!03-17-05.indd 2 3/15/05 11:51:47 PM 8 The Beacon – March 17 , 2005 LIFE! www.beaconnewspaper.com “Constantine” proves Reeves needs a career change

By LEONCIO ALVAREZ Francis Lawrences’s Life! Editor fine first attempt at film directing must be H ollywood needs mentioned. to stop casting pretty- After a career of faced actors in roles that directing Justin Timber- require talent. lake and Janet Jackson Keanu Reeves, who music videos, Lawrence did a horrible job in has traveled into the “The Matrix” trilogy, film industry with an outdoes himself in attitude that strives for “Constantine.” realism instead of any- As John Constantine, thing over the top. a cigarette-addicted However, right when exorcist who is trying to the viewer thinks he or buy himself into heaven she is in the middle of because he attempted a decent scene, Reeves suicide as a teen, Reeves destroys the possibil- tries to take a demon ity with his so-called out of a little girl’s acting. body. The plot is very imag- The girl is strapped inative and creative, but to a bed while family the acting is just hor- members and a priest rendous. repeatedly recite lines Perhaps the film from the Bible. Sound would be better if the a bit familiar? role of Constantine had I thought I was having been given to an actor BAD HABIT, BAD TALENT: Keanu Reeves gives a less than spectacular performance as a chain smoking exorcist in Francis yet another “Exorcist” and not a degraded surf Lawrences’s “Constantine.” COURTESY PHOTO flashback. reject who is getting While the story may too old to handle his Kirsten Dunst’s hand played by Bush front- of “Constantine” is an chosen, then maybe the not be the most origi- own career. and walking down the man Gavin Rossdale. imaginative one, even film would have met at nal, the special effects Reeves has been beach? When he realizes Even though they are though the creativity least the average view- were a positive factor in type-casted as the emo- he has a terminal disease not major characters in is taken from the Alan er’s expectations. this film. tionless black leather- and is going to die? the film and don’t own Moore’s DC comic When Reeves visits wearing man who has The best acting names known to many, book, “Hellblazer.” FILM the director’s idea of absolutely no grasp on honors, in my opinion, their careers are prom- A fair attempt at rec- hell, fiery images of reality or the imaginary would go to Tilda Swin- ising and they provide reating the comic strip “Constantine” demons surround the anymore. ton as the angel Gabri- exactly what the film is was made. Directed by screen, making it look When will we see elle, and Lucifer’s main missing – talent. Now, if only the cast Francis Lawrence all too real. Reeves in a role holding henchman Balthazar, The overall concept would have been better

LIFE!03-17-05.indd 3 3/15/05 11:50:11 PM www.beaconnewspaper.com SPORTS The Beacon – March 17, 2005 9 Softball blanks Manhattan and Quinnipiac

SOFTBALL, from page 12 Ore picked up her sixth win, as she 12, the Golden Panthers came back to had an overall stellar performance against improved to 6-3 on the season after pound Manhattan 9-0. Quinnipiac on March 11. Ore recorded on March 13. pitching four scoreless innings of relief. FIU crushed the Jaspers in a five- a career-high 14 strikeouts, and the FIU Embry came to the plate in the top of She allowed just one hit while striking inning mercy rule to advance to the team picked up a one-hit shutout, includ- the seventh with the game tied at 1-1 and out six. semi-finals where the team got a rematch ing a pair of homeruns. blasted an opposite field homerun. The Lindsay Dyer picked up the loss, falling against Tulsa. The win improved Ore’s record to 5-2 homerun was Embry’s second for the to 5-2 for the year, after giving up two Nealer picked up the win for FIU as on the season, while Kim Norman fell to season, as it provided the game-winning runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings. she improved her record to 8-6 for the 1-1 with the loss for the Bobcats. run and placed the Golden Panthers in season. Her nine strikeouts helped the Brooke Ruiz went 4-for-6 with three the championship game. FIU 9, MANHATTAN 0 Golden Panthers pick up their second runs batted in and a two-run homerun “I’m very impressed with how our team one-hit shutout of the tournament. in the bottom of the first. The home run pulled together and came back against a After suffering a tough defeat against The Golden Panthers scored two runs gives Ruiz two on the season. good Tulsa team,” Gwydir said. Tulsa in the afternoon game on March in the second inning, four in the third Ore pitched a no-hitter through 5 2/3 and capped off the win with a pinch-hit innings, but Colleen Conlin reached on three-run blast from Ashley Falk. an infield single for the Bobcats only hit of the game. TULSA 1, FIU 0 FAU 3, FIU 2 Tiffany Ore got the start for the Golden Panthers and produced a solid The Owls capped off a seventh inning pitching performance. She went six rally as Jessica Braggins hit a single to innings and allowed three hits, while right with the bases loaded and two outs, striking out 11 in a losing effort. Ore fell scoring two runs and lifting FAU over the to 5-3 for the season. Golden Panthers 3-2. “Unfortunately there’s a bit of luck FIU jumped out in front early in the involved in with hitting and we’re not first inning on Ruiz’s RBI single, but was getting much of it right now,” Gwydir not able to hold on to the lead, losing the said. final game of the evening on March 11. The lone run of the game came in the “Pitching is doing its job. We just need second inning when Stephanie Sliepen to improve our hitting in clutch situa- smacked a solo home run over the left tions,” Gwydir said. field wall. Meghan Doonan picked up the win for The Golden Panthers left four runners FAU, as they improved to 10-19, scatter- stranded and had a runner caught trying ing two runs on five hits while striking to steal third on two separate occasions. out five in seven innings of work. Amanda Nealer struck out 11 batters in the loss, FIU 3, QUINNIPIAC 0 falling 7-6 on the season. Nealer’s effort marked her fourth double-digit strikeout The Golden Panthers and Tiffany Ore performance of the year.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Junior catcher Jennifer Powell attempts to throw out a runner. FIU lost in the championship game agaisnt FAU, 3-2. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON

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BASEBALL, from page 12 scored seven unanswered runs in the final runs came off three homeruns. season. three innings of the game. “This was the best game we’ve played Junior Nick Cadena gave the Golden the same result.” Junior relief pitcher Matt Rainey so far this season,” Price said. “[Rutgers] Panthers an early 2-0 lead in the bottom Senior Danny “The Vulture” Hernan- was saddled with his fourth loss of the is a good ball club. They’ve beat some of the first inning, with his third two-run dez pitched the final one and two-third season. good teams.” homerun in four games. innings to earn his fourth save of the The Texas native pitched two and Sophomore Cody Jacobs went 3-for- Jacobs had a three-run homerun in season. one-third innings, allowed six runs, seven 4 with two homeruns and five RBIs, the fourth and a two-run homerun in hits, two homeruns and struck out one his second two-homerun game of the the fifth. FIU 10, RUTGERS 14 batter.

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How do the other players feel about the band? “It brings flavor, helps the hitter [and] it helps moti- vate us. It’s fun to be around while we’re hitting in the dugout and it helps keep the team focused. Everybody likes it, good rhythm,” said senior center fielder Dennis Diaz. “The band is great, man. The band comes up with great beats and is definitely a rally-starter. It works every time,” said junior right fielder Yahmed Yema. “It brings a lot of energy and positive feeling in the dugout and gets the team rolling in the right direction. It seems that the band knows when to kick in that extra spark when the team needs it,” said senior left-handed pitcher Jon Banke. Some players say that are sometimes so focused on the game that they forget the band is there and can’t explain why they did so well. “I like the band,” said freshman left fielder James McOwen. “I don’t really listen to them that much, but the fact that they’re doing it, I respect that.” Unfortunately, after just three games of action, the band was put to rest for undisclosed reasons. The announcement came as a shock to the team and some band members are not taking it lightly. “I think that it’s a blow to our team’s ego,” said Cabrera. ALL IN SYNC: The band called La Bateria provides energy and support for the FIU offense. In the three games that And it could be a blow to the team’s offensive produc- the band played, the Golden Panthers averaged 11.3 runs per game. JESSICA MARSHALL/THE BEACON tion as well. The Golden Panthers averaged 11.3 runs in the games in which the band played. Without it, they TEAM BAND, from page 12 loud thumping sound. average 6.5 runs. Junior right-hander Matt Rainey plays the guiro by “It was a great idea,” said freshman catcher Danny Cabrera got the beat going by playing his conga drum, scraping his cleats on the drain of the dugout. He is the Marquez. “It pumped up the team and it always seemed which gives the biggest impact of all the instruments. only non-Hispanic band member. Rainey, whom other to work.” Junior reliever Frank Gonzalez kept the tempo by band members refer to as the “token white guy”, says The band remains optimistic for the future, despite playing the cowbell. he brings a little Texas flavor to the band despite being the loss of their dugout venue, and is not ruling out “When Nick Cadena hit a homerun, he pointed to us rhythmically challenged. any plans. and said it was because of us,” said Gonzalez. “We said, “We’re unstoppable,” said Rainey. “The teams from “We need a good marketing department,” Cabrera ‘Yeah, we know.’ He doesn’t need to tell us that.” up north [have] never heard music like that before, and said laughingly. “We’re definitely thinking of taking [the Freshman right-hander Elih Villanueva is the lead they just can’t take it.” band] on the road.” clapper. His job is to get other players in the dugout (mainly non-pitchers) to start clapping along with the beat. “Every time we start it up, the teams come alive and we get runs on the board,” said Villanueva. “Pitchers are not only contributing on the mound, but off the mound as well.” Freshman right-hander Les Rodriguez plays lead maraca with a 20 oz. Gatorade bottle filled with rocks which he shakes. Senior closer Danny Hernandez plays backup maracas – mini-maracas not much bigger than a pair of blow pops. “I go home. I fall asleep and I still have the rhythm in my head,” said Hernandez. “There’s no way the other team can play under that pressure.” Junior lefty Denny Hernandez plays the bass by hitting a bat against the dugout garbage can, creating a

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By XAVIER VILLARMARZO to earn the win. Staff Writer “I started bad right out of the trenches,” said Cabrera. “Then, The Golden Panthers showed I settled down. Coach helped me no signs of slowing down after get my head back in the game, coach Danny Price’s 1000th and my team supporting me with win, by winning two games the runs [also helped].” of a three-game series against Senior Dennis Diaz went the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a University, (6-5), March 11-13 stolen base. at the Baseball Stadium at Uni- However, the player of the versity Park. game was junior Nick Cadena. FIU raised their season record With the game tied at five in the to 16-6 in a series that featured bottom of the seventh inning, a combined total of 49 runs, the third baseman hit a towering 73 hits and 10 homeruns. The two-run homerun over the left offense-oriented series raised the field wall to give FIU a 7-5 lead Golden Panther’s team batting they would never relinquish. average to .307 and their team It was the second night in a ERA to 2.97, the highest they’ve row in which Cadena hit a two- been this season. run homerun in the bottom of the seventh inning. The first FIU 9, RUTGERS 7 came against against Quinnipiac in the historic 1000th win for Ammer “Friday Night” Price. LA BATERIA: (From left) Elih Villanueva, Les Rodriguez, Danny Hernandez and Ammer Cabrera Cabrera (3-1) was the first FIU “I stuck with the same attempt to wake up the Golden Panther offense with their rhythmic sounds. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON pitcher to face the hot bats of approach I had [in the previous the Scarlet Knights. In seven game],” said Cadena. “I was just and one-third innings of work, looking for a pitch to hit, put my Cabrera allowed six runs (five best swing on it and [produced] earned), six hits, walked four and The Band struck out another four batters See BASEBALL, page 10 FIU pitchers create dugout band and credit Softball comes up short themselves for creating energy and offense in championship game By XAVIER VILLARMARZO Staff Writer By NIKOLAY OREKHOV FAU 3, FIU 2 Staff Writer Baseball has been famously known as a game The winning run for the Owls in which pitchers rely on the position players The Golden Panthers reached came as Jessica Sachs reached on for run production, defensive support and, the tournament’s championship an error in the 10th, enabling sometimes, even moral encouragement. game for the fourth time this Lauren Crandall to score from But for three games this season, the FIU season, but came up just short third, as FAU defeated the Golden pitchers decided to give something back to the of winning it all. Panthers 3-2 to claim the tourna- teammates who gave them support in more FIU reached the title game ment title on March 13. ways than one. of the Blue & Gold Coca Cola Ore took the loss for FIU La Bateria (Spanish for “The Battery”), Classic on March 13, but the after coming in to pitch in relief FIU’s dugout-based band, energized the team’s team was not able to get past in the 10th inning. The loss offensive firepower and terrorized opposing FAU, losing 3-2 in a 10-inning drops Ore’s record to 6-4 on teams. marathon. the season. CHICK-CHICKY-BOOM: Les Rodriguez plays The band, composed solely of pitchers, The game was the second “The effort was there. Enthu- his version of the maracas -- a Gatorade bottle claims to have been a vital part of the in victories longest in the all-time series siasm was there. It just didn’t go filled with rocks. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON on March 7 and 8 against Wagner and LaSalle, between the Golden Panthers our way. It’s just one of those respectively, and the main force behind coach and the Owls. FAU won an 11- funny things,” Gwydir said. Danny Price’s historic 1000th win on March inning affair 2-1, back on April Megan Doonan picked up the 10 against Quinnipiac. 21, 2000. Ten of the last 14 win for FAU in her two innings Senior left-handed pitcher David Asher is contests between the two teams of relief, as she improved her the manager of the band and credits himself have been decided by only one record to 4-6. for its creation. run. FIU also set a season Amanda Nealer gave up two “Coach [Price] said we needed more energy record for at bats with 33 in unearned runs and no walks in the dugout,” said Asher. “So I told these guys the game. while striking out six in nine to put something together.” “We had our chances against innings of work for FIU, while And put something together they did, as six FAU. I’m very proud of the Candice Freel allowed one run pitchers combined to form what they call the team effort, and I really had a and struck out seven for the “greatest dugout-band in the history of the great time coaching that game,” Owls. Eastern United States.” Every time a Golden said coach Kim Gwydir. Panther got on base, the hip-shaking rhythms of For the tournament, FIU FIU 2, TULSA 1 the band soon followed to hype up their batter finished with a 3-3 record and and intimidate opposing pitchers. improved to 18-12 overall. The Golden Panthers added TEXAS FLAVOR: Relief pitcher Matt Rainey Senior right-hander and band leader Ammer Tif fany Ore, Tabitha Embry some extra excitement to their dances and plays his version of the guiro to and Ashley Falk were named to semi-final victory against Tulsa rally his teammates. ALEX HERNANDEZ/THE BEACON See TEAM BAND, page 11 the all-tournament team for the Golden Panthers. See SOFTBALL, page 9