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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 25, Issue 45 fiusm.com Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Archaeological BANJO DITTY sites spur senior faculty research REBECA PICCARDO she became a faculty member at Assst. News Director the University. “This new site might be Until a few weeks ago, the more significant than the Miami Miami Circle was the only arche- Circle,” said Pfeiffer. ological site that was consid- Back when the Miami Circle ered culturally significant for the was discovered, she partici- history of Miami. Now, six new pated in efforts to prevent the circles have been uncovered that circle from being destroyed reveal further findings about the by developers. The “Save the Tequesta Indians. Circle” movement proved to be For Professor Mary Pfeiffer, successful. Now Pfeiffer, along senior faculty fellow in the with other key players in the Honors College, this means conservation society, including VINCENT RIVES/THE BEACON holding off the publication date Head Archaeologist of the Miami of her book about her research Circle Robert Carr, is looking to Keycel Pelaez (above), senior in anthropology, relaxes by playing a tune on his banjo be- on the Miami Circle, which she neath the trees. SEE RESEARCH, PAGE 2 started about 10 years ago before Judaism at cutting edge: Women’s basketball gets first win, finishes second 10th annual conference in Thanksgiving Classic to talk torah and science STEVEN ROWELL thought we picked up defen- Staff Writer sively, and put them on their CLAYTON GUTZMORE allow more professors to join. energy and water turning into gas, to heels,” Head Coach Cindy Russo Contributing Writer The Shul has based the criteria of open the question: “Does life really In the FIU Thanksgiving said. the featured speakers on their topics end?” Classic the Panthers picked up With Villanova University Nathan Katz quoted Albert of research. The 16 individuals come This year, Bodenheimer will their first win of the season, and defeating Montana State Univer- Einstein: “Science without religion from institutions such as Columbia present his own take of the opening finished runner-up in the Thanks- sity 79-55 on Friday Nov. 29 in is lame, religion without science is University, University of Maryland chapters of the Torah, the sacred giving Classic by splitting their the FIU Thanksgiving Classic, blind.” and colleges from Jerusalem. book of Judaism. These chapters two contests. the championship round was set These two topics are both discuss the Genesis. On Friday Nov. 29, behind a between FIU and Villanova. explored through conversation by “This will be my second time second half surge led by senior Villanova rallied in the second many professors, doctors and other presenting at the conference,” said guard Jerica Coley and junior half behind junior forward astute Jewish intellectuals at the Bodenheimer. “I want attendants to forward Tynia McKinzie, FIU Lauren Burford and senior guard Torah Science Conference. I want attendants to leave leave with a clearer understanding of pulled away from Valparaiso Devon Kane to propel the wild- “For the last 20 years we have with a clearer understand- how the Torah casts light on our lives University en route to a 65-47 brought together leading rabbis and ing of how the Torah casts as persons.” victory. top-notch scientists for apprecia- According to Katz, the TSC is a light on our lives as persons. Coley finished with a double- We talked about (foul tion and understanding of their view- mind-opening experience with topics double tallying 30 points and trouble) a lot, and in the points on religion and science,” said Joseph Bodenheimer covering the origin of the universe to 10 rebounds. McKinzie finished second half I really thought Katz, the director of the Program in Professor neuroscience. with 11 points and 12 rebounds the Study of Spirituality. Jerusalem College of Technology “A large part of this conference recording her first career we picked up defensively TSC is a four day conference is not to just read papers, we want double-double. and put them on their heels. produced by the members of The people to understand the harmonized At halftime, FIU led 29-27 and Cindy Russo Shul, a Jewish community center viewpoints of both science and reli- shot 39.3 percent compared to Head Coach located on Collins Avenue in Surf- gion from top-level scientists and 24.2 percent for Valparaiso. The Women’s Basketball side. The conference occurs every rabbis,” said Katz. Crusaders kept the game close two years and this year marks the “I am most excited for the oppor- in the second half in large part 10th year anniversary, Katz said. tunity to discuss with colleagues [email protected] of shooting 11-14 from the free “We have invited Avraham various issues of Torah and Science,” throw line as FIU was plagued Steinberg who is leading religious said Joseph Bodenheimer, a THE TORAH SCIENCE by foul trouble in the first half. authority in medical ethics and professor at the Jerusalem College of Junior guard Zsofia Labady, cats to a 68-61 victory over FIU. winner of the Israel prize,” said Katz, Technology and an organizer of the CONFERENCE McKinzie, junior forward Briana “I think we just stopped who is also one of the main orga- conference. Wright and freshman forward rebounding in the second half nizers of the TSC. At the last conference, John When: December 13-17 Karrah Johnson each picked up and we broke down defensively,” According to Katz, the Program Loike, one of the professors from Where: The Shul two fouls in the first half. Russo said. “A lot of good things in the Study of Spirituality has been a the Department of Physiology at 9540 Collins Avenue The Panthers stayed out of happened out there but we just co-sponsor of the conference for the Columbia University, presented the Surfside, FL 33154, USA foul trouble in the second half couldn’t put it together, I saw past 12 to 14 years. possible reality of cloning and the Price: Free, open to the public with only four team fouls and a lot of hustle and intensity but This year’s conference is going implications this would have on the Visit http://www.torah- kept the Crusaders off the free that was a tough team.” to host 16 presenters with provoking laws of Judaism. scienceconference.org for throw line. subjects of religion and science. The Author and Rabbi Simon Jacob- programming “We talked about that a lot, SEE CLASSIC, PAGE 7 conference happens around this time son’s presentation used scientific and in the second half I really of the year between semesters to concepts, like matter turning into 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, December 4, 2013 NEWS fiusm.com WORLD NEWS Discovery of new Miami Circles Long-running societal divide puts professor’s book on hold fuels Thai conflict RESEARCH, PAGE 1 with interconnected paths most of us,” said Domin- mous role within this site between them. guez. She considers the because we can spread the Both the protesters on the streets of save these new circles. Since the new new site worth preserving knowledge of the early Bangkok and the Thai government pleading “I have a completed discovery, Pfeiffer and as a historical relic rather indigenous South Florida for them to go home say they’re on the side of manuscript on the Miami student volunteers from than allowing the devel- Tribe called the Tequesta,” democracy, but that is not what their increas- Circle, a Tequesta Indian the Honors College have opers to build more said Rodriguez. ingly dangerous conflict is about. This is a relic unearthed in 1998 on fight about power, and who ought to have it. worked to declare a state- commercial property. According to Pfeiffer’s The unrest that has brought the capital to the a 2.2 acre parcel of land on written statements about brink of catastrophe this week has laid bare a the south side of the Miami the site, “the current devel- societal schism pitting the majority rural poor River where it empties oper had purchased the against an urban-based elite establishment. into Biscayne Bay,” said downtown parking lots It is a divide that has led to upheaval several Pfeiffer in a statement of with intent of revitalizing times in recent years, sometimes death, even significance she drafted. This new site might be more significant than the area. Contracts are though the man at the center of it, former Pfeiffer’s non-fiction the Miami Circle. in place for retail stores Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has not book, which focuses on and a movie theater on set foot in Thailand since 2008. her studies and personal Mary Pfeiffer the Tequesta village Met encounters with the uncov- Senior Faculty Fellow Square site.” ering on the site, is her Honors College Pfeiffer, along with Drone on: novel uses for account of the efforts to the student researchers, Amazon’s drone delivery save the Miami Circle.