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TURKEY LIBYA LIBYA PM slams Kurdish party for rebel ties Foreigners evacuated from Libyan port Fate depends on loyalty of Gadhafi forces Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, accused the Thousands of foreign workers are being evacuated from Libya, Moammar Gadhafi is safe for now, holed up in the Libyan country’s leading pro-Kurdish party of serving as a “spokes- as Europe, the and the United Nations donate more capital surrounded by followers and militiamen. Rebels hold a man” for an Kurdish rebel group that is fi ghting for autonomy. than $30 million to help the chaotic exodus. large swath of the east and a string of towns nearer the capital.

Survey fi nds colleges SPRING IS HERE looking at students’ social media presence

ANALIA FIESTAS college admissions, social media is Staff Writer not one of them. Although the University does not Students may need to monitor use Facebook to screen for admis- their Facebook pages a bit closer. sions, it does use the social media site According to a recent survey, for student outreach. more than 80 percent of college The Undergraduate Offi ce of admissions offi cers consider social Admissions currently has a Face- media presence when recruiting book page available for all students students. to ask questions about the university, While the Kaplan survey would the admissions process and any other suggest that the majority of universi- general concerns that may arise. ties use social media to screen poten- Though the University’s Grad- tial students, FIU is among the smaller uate Admissions Offi ce does not use percentage of schools that does not Facebook yet, it has noted that other take students’ Facebook pages under colleges use it as a recruiting tool. consideration for admission. “We have not utilized social “We’re all on Facebook. If you media yet, but I know our colleagues KRISTI CAMARA/THE BEACON search any of our offi cers on Face- at the College of Business use Face- Football Head Coach Mario Cristobal is interviewed by several local news teams on March 3 at the book, you’ll probably fi nd them. book as a recruiting tool. However, team’s fi rst spring practice. However, FIU does not take social they do not use Facebook to inves- media into consideration when tigate the students once they have admitting students into the Univer- applied to the college,” said Grad- something that universities are a student without consciously real- cation because of my social life, then sity,” said Undergraduate Admissions uate Admissions Associate Director, looking into. izing it. I wouldn’t want to be admitted into Associate Director, Barry Tailor. Allison McComb. Allison Otis, a former Harvard “Students need a social life. their college anyway,” said freshman, According to Tailor, the Florida The Kaplan survey notes that University interviewer, suggests that Personally, I do have pictures of Kelly Mayorga. Board of Government Regulations Facebook is not a defi nite compo- social media can actually make an myself partying and dancing at clubs. has certain components required for nent for admission, but it is becoming admissions offi cer prejudiced against If colleges turn away from my appli- KAPLAN, page 2 Holocaust survivor recalls experiences during lecture

DAVID BARRIOS Black Forest in Germany. stand fully as a child what at the time, would become an Israeli checkpoint, she me and said ‘Get out, you Staff Writer Of all the Jewish children anti-Zionism is, but I knew a victim of Nazi oppres- claims to have seen Israeli dirty Jew.’ And that was in the village, she was the is that my parents were sion. Later in life, she Defense Forces firing into my last day of school in Hedy Epstein’s parents only one to not be a member anti-Zionists and that I was would chose to become an a crowd she was in. Germany,” said Epstein. were anti-Zionists. of the local Zionist group. going to be one too,” said advocate against alleged “At first, I thought they She would flee the Nazi Her family resided in a “My parents did not Epstein. human rights violations were shooting into the air, regime along with 10,000 village on the edge of the allow it. I didn’t under- Epstein, eight years old in the region her parents trying to get us to go away. other children as part chose to shun. But they were shooting of the Kindertransport, Epstein, 85, lectured directly at us. The first settling in England before to FIU students on person who was critically the Second World War Wednesday, March 3 as part injured, his aorta severed, broke out. All but two of of a lecture series hosted was a young Israeli who her family members were by the Students for Justice had just been discharged killed during the ensuing in Palestine for Israeli from the military two weeks genocide. Apartheid Week. During earlier,” said Epstein. Epstein had mixed feel- the hour-long lecture, On another trip, Epstein ings about the establish- Epstein primarily focused was detained by security ment of the state of on her work as a pro-Pales- at for when she first heard the tinian advocate while also several hours and subjected news in 1948. discussing her experiences to a full strip and cavity “On one hand, I was as child in Nazi Germany. search. After five hours, very glad that there was a As a member of the Epstein was allowed to place for Jews to go to who International Solidarity leave. perhaps chose to or could Movement, a pro-Pales- “I was so sick and not go back to the places tinian group that practices furious,” said Epstein. where they originally came non-violence, Epstein has Epstein also discussed from. On the other hand, traveled to the region five some of the discrimina- remembering my parent’s times since 2003. During tion she received while ardent anti-Zionism, I was her trips, she claims to living in Nazi Germany, afraid somewhere down the have witnessed violence including her math teacher road no good would come committed by Israeli who was a member of the of it,” explained Epstein. ALEXIA ESCALANTE/THE BEACON soldiers against Palestinian Schutzstaffel and wore his Her thoughts on Israel Shahd Kseibi, sophomore, talking to guest speaker Hedy Epstein about one of the chil- citizens. uniform to school daily. dren’s drawings. During one trip, while at “One day he pointed at EPSTEIN, page 2 2 The Beacon – Monday, March 7, 2011 NEWS www.fi usm.com

NEWS FLASH Human rights violations discussed, Unemployment Rate Falls some audience members disagree In February EPSTEIN, page 1 1982,” said Epstein. “As I learned is missing,” said Rebecca Sterling, The Bureau of Labor Statistics has fi nally reported more and understood more, I became president of FIU Shalom. a promising sign of growth in the American economy would “remain on the backburner,” increasingly disturbed.” SJP defended their decision to and labor market. until March 1982 when she heard Some members of the audience bring in Epstein, however. In February, 192,000 jobs were added to the U.S. about the massacres at the Sabra and criticized Epstein’s stance. “We just wanted to bring to atten- economy. While this headline number is encouraging, Shatila refugee camps during the “I understand why she is here and tion the many human rights violations February’s job growth was not, economists point out, Lebanon invasion. she certainly can empathize with currently happening against Palestin- good enough to make a signifi cant dent in the unem- “I [needed] to find out what was suffering. She largely ignored the ians. We also wanted to show that ployment rate, which remained relatively unchanged, all that about, who was responsible; whole situation at hand. She lacked this isn’t a religious issue. We are falling to 8.9 percent from 9 percent. who was adversely affected by that a command of knowledge about the strictly a human rights group,” said All of last year we averaged at 100,000 a month, and what happened between 1948 and issues. There is also information that Mnar Muhareb, president of SJP. and that’s not enough to even keep up with population growth. The question now is are we returning to job growth at the level that could really start to improve things.” Social media checked by employers

KAPLAN, page 1 While there are critics for that are implementing social behavior. Former mayor sentenced for this recruitment method, some media sites into their recruit- A student’s references pharmaceutical drug sales Other students such as students feel that whatever is ment process about past employers or other Juan Simth, share the same posted on Facebook is in the “It should be known that professional connections can sentiments as Mayorga. public domain, and should a lot of employers search for also affect an employer’s A well-known Miami-Dade lawyer who pleaded Simth believes that it is contribute to a student’s further investigation on the decision. guilty to selling tens of millions in pharmaceutical wrong for admission offi - college admission. applicants they’re consid- “Negative comments about drugs without prescriptions on an Internet site serving cers to investigate students “If you put something on ering. However, this tends to previous jobs would defi - buyers across the country was sentenced to 40 months on Facebook because college the Internet, it’s no longer occur during the fi nal hiring nitely turn employers away by a federal judge in California on Thursday. admission should be based personal. There is always processes, when it’s almost from the applicant. However, Robert Smoley, a former mayor of North Bay academic records and appli- ways to get into Facebooks a fact that the person will be professional connections with Village, admitted he and others distributed in excess cation essays, not about what that are on private. Person- chosen,” said Kyra Spence, different companies would of $48 million worth of drugs through his company, students do when they are not ally, I don’t even curse on assistant director at Career turn them toward the appli- United Mail Pharmacy Services. at school. Facebook or put pictures of Services. cant,” said Spence. Federal agents say the 59-year-old attorney set up “Doing this is so wrong, me drinking—even though According to Spence, Whether college admis- an elaborate distribution network from a warehouse in that I don’t even believe they I’m over 21—because I don’t employers look to Face- sion offi cers and employers Florida, where he and others shipped drugs after taking do it,” concluded Simth. know if a future employer book for patterns of behavior. consider Facebook for selec- orders over the Internet and call centers in Costa Rica The Editor for Studen- will search me up,” said John Potential employers can look tion purposes or not, the and the Dominican Republic. tAdvisor.com, Dean Tsou- Llombort, senior. at posts and pictures to see University’s admission offi ce valas, recently wrote a blog College admission offi ces whether a student displays advises students to maintain are not the only services responsible or irresponsible clean online profi les. – Compiled by Alexandra Camejo post stating that there was been at least one known case in which an admissions offi cer has rejected a strong applicant because of the content of his or CORRECTIONS her social networking profi le. “I wish more students were In Vol. 22, Issue 22 of The Beacon, the 2011 FIU able to see that whatever they TV Schedule stated that the Sept. 9 FIU vs. Louisville post is up for everyone to see. game will be aired on ESPN 2, but it will actually air I think it’s right for admis- on ESPN. Also, the name on the mugshot on page 4 sion offi cers to look at Face- was incorrectly stated as Ashley Mcclain. The correct book or any other social name is Jerica Coley. network if they’re looking for The Beacon will gladly change any errors. Call further information about the our MMC offi ce at 305-348-2709 or BBC at 305- student,” said Freshman Juan 919-4722. Valderrama.

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FOOTBALL Golden Panthers hit the fi eld for spring practice

IGOR MELLO this team’s past success on the players Asst. Sports Director as he looks to keep improving. “The kids are hungry for success,” The Golden Panthers will embark Orlando said. “Most of the time in a month-long journey where when you have success with it, it’s they will strive to take this football the players that continue the success, program, a program that shattered not someone coming in there and most of the school record books last coaching them a certain way.” season, to the next level. Most of the faces that fans here at The Sun Belt champions are back FIU have grown accustomed to are on the gridiron for the launch of now gone. spring practice. Orlando will try to continue what Mario Cristobal’s crew took the Collins’ defense accomplished here fi eld on March 3-5 to begin their in 2010 without the likes of line- title defense. The weekend practices backer Toronto Smith and corner- ended with a spring scrimmage on back Anthony Gaitor. Smith nearly March 5. Practice will be held nearly led the team with tackles last season, three to four times a week, leading recording 91, good enough to rank up to the annual Blue vs. Gold spring second on the team. Gaitor recorded game, which has been tentatively set two interceptions last season, for April 2. including a 54-yard return that nearly “It looked like a padded practice, led FIU to its fi rst win over a Bowl KRISTI CAMARA/THE BEACON so that’s a good sign,” Cristobal said. Championship Series school. The team participates in warm-up drills prior to their fi rst spring practice on Mar. 3 at FIU Stadium. Although the atmosphere may In fact, Orlando will only have be the same at FIU Stadium during seven starters returning, which these workouts, a couple of things makes spring practice important for left by Anthony Gaitor and Toronto concerned about how they adapt no longer with the team. Cristobal feel different. the coaching staff in terms of fi nding Smith. Leonard and Maxey are both and how they play.” declined to comment on the reason With the loss of Geoff Collins, new roles. freshmen working out with the team for their departure. NO LONGER ON THE TEAM who took a co-defensive coordi- “We’re always looking to for the fi rst time. “They’re no longer with the nator position at Mississippi State, improve. We have identifi ed things Offensively, the only new face Dudley LaPorte, who was a team,” Cristobal said. the Golden Panthers will try to main- by position,” said Cristobal. “Some for the spring is Blaine Dalton, who redshirt senior last season, has tain the top scoring defense and total of them are schematics which we transferred from after being been declared ineligible to play defense in the Sun Belt with the addi- really cannot talk about it.” arrested in 2009 on the suspicion of on a collegiate level. LaPorte SPRING GAME tion of Todd Orlando. That’s where the four new addi- driving while intoxicated. Dalton, a suffered a season ending injury in “When you have success, you try tions to the defense come in. quarterback, also spent time at Fort 2009 and missed a few games last DATE CHANGE to build upon it,” Orlando said. “I did Tevin Blanchard, Jordan Hunt, Scott CC. in Kansas. year due to injury. Before he got my research on the 2010 defense and Richard Leonard and Elijah Maxey “He’s very practical about his hurt in 2009, LaPorte caught a 14- Blue vs. Gold Game I was mindful of the stuff that they all took part of the spring work- life and doing things the right way,” yard touchdown pass against Loui- did and the success they had with it outs for the fi rst time as a Golden Cristobal said, regarding Dalton’s siana-Monroe. It would end up being • Time: 10:30 a.m. and then bringing the stuff that I’m Panther. Blanchard, a defensive life after Missouri. “One thing LaPorte’s lone touchdown reception • When: 04/02/11 accustomed to and continue to talk back, and Hunt, a linebacker are about college football is that some- as a Golden Panther. • Where: FIU Stadium about it.” both junior college transfers and times guys come in highly touted but Also, defensive Khambrel McGee According to Orlando, he credits could play a role in fi lling in the void we’re always going to be much more and linebacker Aaron Davis are

TENNIS Maisak takes deciding match in win over UNLV

BRANDON WISE a third-set tiebreaker, which Maisak Contributing Writer won (7-5, 5-7, 7-6). “I feel that we are doing things Following another solid victory right,” Applebaum-Dall’au said. over Eastern Michigan, the Golden “They pushed us to earn the win Panthers continued to stay hot with 4- today, but I still felt like we were the 3 win over the University of Nevada better team.” Las Vegas March 5. Coach Melissa It was defi nitely a match that could Applebaum- Dall’au was very exicted have taken the Golden Panthers out of about how the girls performed. their comfort zone, seeing as the game “The girls played extremely well was being played in Fresno, CA, but today,” Applebaum- Dall’au said. Coach Applebaum-Dall’au would not “They battled hard out there and let it be an excuse. earned every point.” “I was not about to let the girls use The Panthers overcame an early that as an excuse if we lost,” Apple- defi cit in the doubles portion of the baum-Dall’au said. “It is still tennis. day, starting out down 1-0. The team I didn’t change anything from our of Lisa Johnson and Rita Maisak were routine of preparation for this match. the only team that was victorious. We just had to go out and execute and After that, the Panthers came out we did.” strong in the singles portion. Senior With the win today, the Golden Liset Brito, ranked number 98 nation- Panthers improve to 5-5 on the season ally, defeated Lucia Batta, ranked and have now won four straight number 77 nationally, in straight sets matches. This was also the Panthers (6-1, 6-3). Senior Maria Spenceley fi rst road win of the season. It is a defeated Adrienn Hidvegi with a three huge step in the right direction for the set tie break (6-3, 6-7, 7-5). Christine team. Serendi also picked up a solid victory The team has defi nitely seemed to ALEXIA ESCALANTE/THE BEACON in her match (6-2, 6-4). hit their stride at the right time of the With the match tied, it came down year, seeing as this is when most of Lisa Johnson [above] and Rita Maisak were the only doubles team that won for FIU. Both played an important role to sophomore Rita Maisak against the conference matchups will start to in the Golden Panthers comeback win over UNLV on Mar. 5 in Fresno, California. Jana Albers. The match came down to be played. www.fi usm.com SPORTS The Beacon – Monday, March 7, 2011 4

BASEBALL Late scores lifts FIU to wins over Seton Hall

ANDRES LEON bouncing ground ball into center fi eld honors to close the game one more Staff Writer bringing in two runs for FIU (10-2). time. Garcia would come out pitching The Pirates would quiet the heat getting the one strike out needed The Golden Panthers came out Golden Panther offense for the next to close the game for FIU (10-2). fi nding their rhythm in the second several innings, allowing Seton Hall FIU 4, SETON HALL 2 game of a three-game series against to rally back into the game. Seton Hall on Mar. 5 and won a With runners on base, Connor FIU (9-2) would open up their close 4-3 game against the Pirates Delepine and Chris Selden would series with the Seton Pirates a day and giving Turtle Thomas his 100th bring in two runs to make it a one-run earlier with a 4-2 win on Mar. 5. victory as the head coach of FIU. game in the fourth. Getting things started early for the With no hits in the fi rst inning After another dry inning, the Golden Panthers was Jeremy Patton, and Seton Hall ace Joe DiRocco Huskies would fi nd their way back who brought in two runs for the moved up from Sunday to start, on to the scoreboard in the top of the Golden Panthers off a deep ball into things wouldn’t be easy for FIU’s sixth to tie the game. leftfi eld. Patton exposed the left fi eld high-powered offense. The game turned into another gap to bring in Yoandy Barroso and “DiRocco is one the best pitchers pitching duel on Saturday night leadoff hitter Pablo Bermudez and out there in college ball,” Thomas between both bullpens battling into give FIU the early two-run lead in the said. “We fi gured him out eventu- the later innings. second inning. ally and our bullpen has been playing D.J. Swatscheno came in for FIU Phil Haig started the night for the well.” in the eighth and the lefty would come Golden Panthers. Haig would have But Rudy Flores turned things on to get three straight strikeouts. some issues early on, giving up a run around for the Golden Panthers with Now that another close game in the top of the third inning. his second homerun of the season, was at hand, Seton Hall closer Ryan Haig walked the Pirate’s catcher driving a fl y ball deep to left fi eld Harvey would come on for the Pirates, Frank Esposito bringing Zach Granite gave FIU an early one run lead in the but he would commit a balk with the home for the solo run. second inning. bases loaded to bring in Jabari Henry Haig continued to have a few hick REBECCA VILLAFANE/THE BEACON “Honestly I wasn’t trying to hit would come home to give the Golden ups in the fourth inning, giving up a homerun, I was just trying to get on Panthers the late one run lead. solo home run to Connor Delepine to Garrett Wittels congratulates Rudy Flores after his solo homer on Mar. 5. base but it felt amazing to get that “DiRocco is one the best pitchers tie the game for the Pirates. run.” Flores said. out there in college ball,” coach Turtle However, Haig would overcome Iosmel Leon was hit by pitch Thomas continued. “We fi gured him adversity and bounce back, pitching Jose Velazquez would make his Visit our web site for the rest of this later on in the inning to load the bases out eventually and our bullpen has 6 1-3 innings on the nights getting second appearance for FIU allowing for leadoff hitter Pablo Bermudez been playing we have a lot of right seven strikeouts, holding the Pirates only one hit and getting two strike- story and other web exclusive content, to try and make something happen. handed and left handed throwers.” offense to only fi ve hits and keeping outs in an inning and a half of work Bermudez was able to, hitting a Bryam Garcia would get the them from taking the lead. and would end up picking up the win

SOFTBALL Five-game winning streak snapped on road trip

MALCOLM SHIELDS an early 2-0 lead. surrendered a run. McClain would pitch a The win would also extend the Golden Staff Writer The Broncos would tie up the game in the complete game allowing no runs and seven Panthers win streak to fi ve in a row. bottom half of the fi rst inning with consecutive hits to the Lions. Goldstein would pitch 6 2- QUINNIPIAC 6, FIU 1 The Golden Panthers (10-9) traveled to RBI hits by Gracie Barstad and Tara Buchanan 3 innings, giving up nine hits and the game’s Clearwater, FL to participate in the USF Under- off of FIU pitcher Mariah Dawson. lone run. The Bobcats would score in the bottom armour Invitational. The tournament was the The Broncos would take a 3-2 lead after Leadoff hitter Jessy Alfonso would deliver of the second inning on a wild pitch by FIU’s second of three consecutive road tournaments a single by Lexi Jager in the third inning, but the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the pitcher Jenn Gniadek, scoring Jordan Paolucci and FIU would once again depend on clutch the Golden Panthers would tie the game in the seventh to give the Golden Panthers a walk- from third base. With two outs, Christy Cabrera hits to pull out win. top of the seventh to force the game into extra off win. would single, driving in two runs to give Quin-

The fi ve-game winning streak would vault innings. nipiac a 3-0 lead. FIU 1, COLUMBIA 0 their season record over the .500 mark for the FIU would score in the top of the eighth Gniadek would settle down, allowing no fi rst time this season. inning to take a 4-3 lead and Dawson would Through the fi rst four innings, Dawson for runs until the sixth inning. Bobcats starting fi nish off the Broncos in the bottom half of the FIU and Columbia pitcher Maggie Johnson pitcher Heather Schwartzburg would keep FIU 4, WESTERN MICHIGAN 3 inning to seal the win. would match each other pitch for pitch as both the Golden Panthers off balance at the plate,

The Golden Panthers got off to an early pitchers kept the game scoreless. only surrendering two hits over the fi rst fi ve FIU 1, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 0 start at the plate on Friday as Brie Rojas would Columbia would have chances to score in innings. drive in the game’s fi rst run on an RBI single FIU would be locked into a pitchers duel the fourth and fi fth innings, but clutch defen- Arcuri would begin the top of the sixth that scored Erika Arcuri from third base. Patty between starting pitcher Ashley McClain and sive plays by left fi elder Arcuri and fi rst inning with a double for FIU and a wild pitch Zavala would induce a bases loaded walk by the Lions starting pitcher Stevie Goldstein. basemen Rachael Slowik would snuff out by Schwartzburg would help advance Arcuri to Broncos pitcher Kayla Houston to stake FIU to Through the fi rst six innings, neither pitcher scoring threats for the Lions. third. With two ou