The Beacon, November 30, 2006 Florida International University

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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 31 0 A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 19, Issue 33 www.beaconnewspaper.com November 30, 2006 Th ree-day class schedule offi cial STRUNG OUT JOSE DE WIT classrooms technological upgrades Opinion Editor and making available an annual class schedule. It’s offi cial: beginning Fall 2007, The Faculty Senate voted in FIU will switch to a Monday/ favor of these measures Oct. 24, Wednesday/Friday class schedule, and Berkman’s announcement that according to a Nov. 27 University- he accepted the Senate’s recommen- wide e-mail from Interim Provost dations made it offi cial. Now that it Ronald Berkman. has been decided that FIU’s class Under the current class schedule, schedule will change, what remains classes meet twice a week, either is to determine how that change will Monday and Wednesday or Tues- come into effect. day and Thursday, for 75-minute “Will it start with freshmen? Will class periods. The schedule change is start with freshmen and sopho- will shorten Monday/Wednesday mores? Will it start with everyone daytime class periods to 50 minutes at once?” Berkman said. and add a third weekly class meet- The job of answering these ques- ing on Fridays. Tuesday/Thursday tions is in the hands of an imple- classes, as well as classes that meet mentation committee that includes, on Saturday or on Monday and along with representatives from Wednesday after 5 p.m., will not different administrative depart- experience any schedule changes. ments, two faculty members, three According to Bruce Hauptli, the deans and one student representative Faculty Senate chair, administrators — Student Government Council at and faculty had been contemplat- Biscayne Bay Campus President ing the change for the past two to Camilo Silva. three years as part of an initiative to According to Corinne Webb, improve the effi ciency of classroom use, which also includes giving SCHEDULE, page 2 SPC president steps down from offi ce JOSE PAGLIERY “I needed time, I put all my life Staff Writer into FIU, and it’s my turn to take time for myself. I mean, I gradu- Due to his own conflicting ated high school at the same time interests, Student Programming as my adviser,” said Buchanan, Council President Bill Buchanan who plans to attend law school. CHRIS CUTRO/THE BEACON stepped down Nov. 21, after com- Under Buchanan’s tenure, SPC BETWEEN THE LINES: A web of yarn appeared in the School of Architecture building Nov. 27. Anony- pleting a one-year term in which saw a number of changes includ- mous architecture students claim the work was done to “change the individual’s experience with space.” he bore witness to a number of ing the revision of the council’s structural changes that many constitution and the restructuring say have improved the of its organizational program. hierarchy. “I didn’t want the SPC Treasurer Jaime Preparations begin for AIDS Day organization to suffer Martinez remembers because of my inabil- that only a year ago, the EDDITH SEVILLA AND thew Parisi, a senior and co-chair of “One goal was to surpass the ity to sacrifice time,” program wasn’t in such ANGELINA TROFF B-HIVE, was grateful for those who amount of money raised last year,” Buchanan said. “I’ve great condition. Beacon Staff did speak. he said. been involved since I’ve “SPC was down in “It’s tough to fi nd people who Last year, B-HIVE raised just been here but it’s about the slums,” Martinez Though World AIDS Day is want to speak. The Center for Posi- under $3,000 for the Children’s time.” said. “But he brought it not until Dec. 1, FIU has already tive Connections was kind enough Home Society. This year, Parisi Buchanan, a senior up with his iron fi st.” started promoting AIDS aware- to provide us with three of their and co-chair Tamara Marryshow who is double-majoring BUCHANAN “The organization, ness for students. regular clients and I felt that was a presented the Center for Positive in both political science as a whole, had no orga- With World AIDS Day right good option for us,” Parisi said. Connections with $4,000. and religious studies, nization,” Buchanan around the corner, University The Project also offered free James Konschnik, the center’s came to the decision while regis- said, about his fi rst impression of Park held two separate events, HIV testing, with results available executive director, said that the tering for Spring semester classes. the program. the Be HIV Educated Project in 20 minutes. center serves those who have been He chose to step down that same Buchanan, who studied at and the Voicing Opinions and Rachel Olmedo, a sophomore, affected and infected with the day, considering it “a good time” West Point for two years before Cultural Equality Fashion Show found it a simple and non-threaten- virus. for SPC; but program leaders were transferring to FIU after sustain- Nov. 28, to educate students on ing procedure. Another goal was to have a good caught off guard. ing injuries from an academy the facts concerning AIDS. “I got tested. It’s the easiest thing turnout at the event. “My biggest goal is to keep football game, seems to have B-HIVE, as the project is you can do. It’s just a swab in the “As long as we provided educa- everything under control,” said brought some of his martial train- popularily called, offered stu- mouth,” said Olmedo. tion to one person who needed it and SPC Vice President Micaela ing with him. dents a chance to learn about the Ileana Hernadez, a senior, testing to one person who wanted it, Ancewicz, who is currently acting SPC chairs recognized the need virus through speakers, skits and attended because she felt it would it was a success,” Parisi said. as president. for a strong and dedicated leader, testimonials. further her career. Another student-run event, the Ancewicz says she feels and therefore chose him as a can- “The personal stories really “I want to be a sex therapist, so V.O.I.C.E. Fashion Show, took that the situation could go very didate for the SPC presidency. made it real – it’s not just people this is good. I need to tell patients place at 8 p.m. in the Graham Center smoothly. As Buchanan’s decision At the time, Buchanan was not trying to scare you,” said Aarti how important testing is,” Hernan- Ballrooms, in which HIV facts were has come late in the semester, SPC only the American Heritage Week Chhantlani, a junior at FIU. dez said. presented. has much more time to restore the Although the testimonials Overall, Parisi found the event leadership. SPC, page 3 were not given by students, Mat- a success. AIDS, page 2 2 The Beacon – November 30, 2006 NEWS www.beaconnewspaper.com NEWSFLASH Lecture addresses terrorism sponsoring FIU BEN F. BADGER JR. Frost Art Museums co-presents Breakfast in the Staff Writer Shlomi Dinar, associate professor and MES director Park event For the fourth annual Breakfast in the Park event, Terrorism is big business when it “By bringing different speakers to campus, MES’s ultimate the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum and The comes to funding, from e-mail scams, goal is to help secure FIU’s place as a center of debate Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park are offering laundering money, fake companies, and learning on matters concerning the Middle East. guests an outdoor breakfast, an informal lecture and and an assortment of other mediums. art at the park. This will be the topic of discussion of The event will feature a lecture by acclaimed “The Complex Network of the Terror associate professor and director of the According to a report from the American sculptor Deborah Butterfi eld, Dec. 10 from Money Trail,” a lecture presented by MES. “Halting these terror groups U.S. Department of the Treasury, as of 9:30 a.m. to noon and a guided tour of the Martin Z. fi nancial analyst Jonathan Schanzer, before they are able to complete their December 2005, more than $471 mil- Margulies collection, which features sculptures by who works in the U.S. Department of missions and disabling their organiza- lion in assets associated with known such artists as Willem de Kooning, Louise Nevelson Treasury’s Offi ce of Intelligence and tional apparatus relies on the ability to state sponsored terrorists were located and Isamu Noguchi. Analysis. track and freeze their funds.” within U.S. jurisdiction. Of that total, Buses will pick up riders at the Miami Beach The lecture will take place Dec. Schanzer is the author of numerous $368.9 million had been blocked Convention Center Hall D. For more information, 3 at 3 p.m. at Biscayne Bay Campus scholarly pieces, newspaper editorials through sanctions while the remaining contact Amy Pollack at (305) 348-0401 or pollacka@ as part of the Middle East Society’s and political magazine articles on the amount of $102.1 million represents fi u.edu.

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