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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 23, Issue 74 www.fiusm.com Wednesday, March 7, 2012 BASEBALL Fans feast with the fishes in new Marlins Park EDUARDO AlMAGUER Staff Writer [email protected] When FIU fans travel to Marlins Park tonight to watch the Panthers take on the Miami Marlins, they’ll be greeted by a slew of things they are not used to seeing at the FIU Baseball Stadium. They will see a towering centerfield home run sculp- ture with marlins, seagulls and flamingos attached to it. They will notice an entire swimming pool behind the left field fence. They will tilt their heads up and notice that the stadium has a retractable roof, and when they turn toward home plate, they will notice the massive aquarium lining the back wall. And, hopefully, they will take notice of the Panthers taking the field against a major league ball club for the first time in school history. ALFONSO YEC/THE BEACON Marlins Park, as it is FIU fans will be able to enjoy a variety of food; from Mexican, cuban, and kosher types just to name a few. tentatively named while until it gets a sponsor, is middle of the pack in rain- Ebert. “We want this to be stares from the possible homerun tonight. The SunLife Stadium had. being called the jewel of outs experienced in the a comfortable environment 15,000 fans in attendance. Marlins plan to trigger it on “There will be a Mexican South Florida. Built on the last decade (10), the heat with a constant 75 degrees The 74-foot, $2.5 million April 1 against the Yankees stand, a Cuban stand and a site of the Orange Bowl, is what may have irritated on the field.” structure was designed by if any Marlin hits a home kosher food stand,” Ebert the $515 million stadium is many fans. Sunday games Ebert noted that the FIU Red Grooms, an American run. said. the newest park in Major at 1 p.m. would serve as game would have the roof pop artist born in 1937. Marlins slugger Mike All three will be open League Baseball and is blistering saunas under the open, weather permitting. “It’s incredibly hard Stanton (who will now be tonight. Ebert said the providing South Floridians Miami sun. Fans will have the entire to miss,” Ebert said. It announced as Giancarlo Marlins partnered with with much needed ameni- Karl Ebert, manager promenade level open, which explodes with lasers, sounds, Stanton) joked that if the three local restaurants, Don ties that SunLife stadium, of event services for the spans from foul pole to foul water and movement with fans don’t like it he would Camaron, Papa Llego y Pon the Marlins former home, Marlins, wants to ensure that pole, and is the closest one every Marlin homerun and stop hitting home runs. and Latin American Grill, to lacked. the stadium accommodates could sit to the field. has been subject to much Ebert pointed out that serve limited menu items to Most notably would be fans as best as possible. Upon sitting down, the criticism. Marlins Park would offer a fans. the retractable roof. Though “Our fans are our centerfield home run sculp- The sculpture, however, wider selection of food than the Marlins were in the number one concern,” said ture will undoubtedly draw will not activate for any the regular ballpark fare that SEE STADIUM PAGE 4 HEALTH Faculty clinic opens up services to community LAUREN ROVIRA through Friday. It differs from Univer- Network. rate the arriving and departing Staff Writer As a part of the Health- sity Health Services in that The shift away from exclu- patients offering them privacy as [email protected] care Network at the University, it is primarily geared at the sively attending to the needs of they come to seek out the services the practice provides medical employees of the University, faculty and staff emerged as a by- of the facility. Upon arrival for the 2011-2012 attention to the University although students with private product of requests made by these Past the lobby, ten separate academic year, students may have community. health insurance coverage can individuals that their dependents exam rooms await patients. The noticed a change at PG5. The practice began only access the services of the practice be allowed to use the facility as practice is also equipped with a Nestled between the FIU seeing faculty and staff, but has as well. well. laboratory and an X-Ray machine Police Department and the since expanded its services to “This is an option for service,” At the center, the patient is in the radiology room. eateries is the FIU Health Faculty dependents of the University, said Amy Metula, director of greeted with a contemporary inte- On staff are eight physicians Group Practice, which is now employees and members of the quality management of the FIU rior design. open to the community Monday community 18 and over. College of Medicine HealthCare Frosted glass panes sepa- SEE CLINIC, PAGE 2 COMING UP News ONLINE www.fiusm.com RADIO Radiate FM Check out Friday’s issue for a story Follow us on: Tune in to Radiate FM for today’s coverage on the Supreme Court’s discussion on the Twitter - @FIUSM of FIU baseball taking on the Miami Marlins. legality of affirmative action in Facebook - FIU Student Media: News, Listen live on the radio or online at fiusm.com. college admissions. FIU Student Media: Sports The Radioactive Underground: 88.1 - 95.3 - 96.9 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, March 7, 2012 NEWS www.fiusm.com NEWS FLASH ASSOCIATED PRESS LOCAL Baby dropped in field by tornado Gay custody battle may change law dies; toll at 39 JAMES L. ROSICA with the biological mother and saying The two entered into a civil union An Indiana toddler found in a field after violent AP Staff both women have parental rights. in Vermont in 2000. Miller’s own tornadoes died Sunday after being taken off life At issue is the 1993 state law egg was artificially inseminated and support, ending a hopeful tale for survivors in the A custody battle in Florida meant to regulate sperm and egg she gave birth. The Virginia Supreme Midwest and South picking through the storms’ between two lesbians could fuel the donation. Scholars debate whether Court ultimately agreed with a devastation. growing national debate over the the constitutional right to procreate Vermont judge’s custody decision; Fifteen-month-old Angel Babcock of New Pekin, definition of motherhood. includes outside-the-body technolo- the case raised questions about one Ind., was found after her family’s mobile home was It also might force state gies used to conceive. state’s duty to recognize same-sex destroyed in Friday’s storms. Her father, mother and lawmakers to reconsider a 19-year- Also at issue are constitutional relationship rights created by laws in two siblings were killed. old law regarding the rights of sperm questions about gay people’s right another. The girl’s death brings the overall toll from and egg donors. to raise children and claim equal In the Florida case, the women Friday’s storms to 39 across five states. Rescuers The women, now in their 30s protection under law. Another appel- agreed to use “reproductive medical were still going door-to-door in rural areas to rule out and known in court papers only by late court ruled Florida’s ban on gays assistance,” have a child and raise more victims. Another round of storms earlier last their initials, were both law enforce- being able to adopt unconstitutional that child as a couple, court records week killed 13 people in the Midwest and South, the ment officers in Florida. One partner in 2010. show. latest in a string of severe-weather episodes ravaging donated an egg that was fertilized and The biological mother, however, It’s unknown why they later the American heartland in the past year. implanted in the other. That woman isn’t concerned about being a legal decided to separate, but “their sepa- gave birth in 2004, nine years into or social pioneer, her lawyer said. ration does not dissolve the parental WORLD their relationship. She just wants her child back in her rights of either woman, nor does it But the Brevard County couple life. dissolve the love and affection either Police break up anti-Putin protest in Moscow separated two years later, and the “She hasn’t seen her daughter in has for the child,” the appellate deci- birth mother eventually left Florida years, and it’s been terribly, terribly sion said. Riot police are breaking up an opposition protest with the child without telling her difficult for her,” said Robert A. The birth mother cites the state’s contesting Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s victory former lover.