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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 22, Issue 83 www.fiusm.com Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Commentary: Loyalty World of Harry Potter Editorial: Green Fee in sports unrealistic lands in Orlando needs more explanation SPORTS, PAGE 3 LIFE! PAGE 5 OPINION, PAGE 7 NEW AND IMPROVED Green Energy Fund to go before Board of Trustees GABRIEL ARRARÁS News Director A total of 296 students came out to vote during the Green Energy Fund referendum and constitution amendment special election on Wednesday June 30. According to Luis Robayo, the newly appointed Student Government elections commissioner, out of the 296, 201 students voted for the amendments to the Student Government constitution while 46 voted against it and 49 abstained. The Green Energy Fund passed with 222 students voted for it, while 46 students voted against and 10 ESRA ERDOGAN/THE BEACON abstained. The Green Energy Fund is a Florida student-led Senior Lisa Daly, a nutrition major, browses a wide variety of drinks at the newly renovated Panther Stop in the Graham initiative with the goal of giving students at indi- Center on Thursday, July 8. The renvations began at the start of the summer session and ended on Wednesday, July 7 when vidual universities the right to vote on and approve the convenience store reopened its doors. a minimal fee to generate large sums of money for campuses to spend on energy effi ciency and renew- able energy projects. Cara Cooper, president of Students for Environ- Some majors worse off than others, mental Action, is thrilled with the show of support from the Student Body for the Green Energy Fund, and is now anticipating the process in which they graduating students rethink careers will take the offi cial turnout numbers and present them to the Board of Trustees for approval. “What happens now is that SEA and the Sustain- MIGUEL CHATELOIN search for an ideal job and working tant for all fields of study, Ledesma ability committee go to the Board of Trustees and Contributing Writer in another that makes use of the same believes certain majors will be better make their case,” said Helena Ramirez, Student skills. off as Florida moves slowly out of the Government at Modesto Maidique Campus Recent information from the Career While still being thankful for recession. president. Services office shows that some majors his education at FIU, Reyes notes Job markets such as nursing, engi- The Green Energy Fund will be presented by SEA will be doing significantly worse than that coming out of a public univer- neering, computer software, computer and the Sustainability Committee in September, at others in South Florida when it comes sity makes it tougher for him to find engineering, information technology, the fi rst BOT meeting during the fall semester. If to finding jobs right out of college. a job on the national level because occupational therapy, special educa- the BOT approves the fee, it would then be taken to Traditional majors such as philos- employers create emphasis on college tion, and financial advisement are the State University System Board of Governors for ophy, English, history, journalism prestige. “Right off the bat, you can’t now seeing increases by as much as fi nal approval. and political science are going to do much,” said Reyes. If he finds no 26 percent. “The Board of Governors last year was given face challenges as the job markets success with law, he hopes to find a More jobs are promised in envi- the power to create a new fee or to give fees to in those fields have been decreasing, lower end government agency like the ronmentally related fields. Emily the Universities through the legislature,” Ramirez according to information compiled by USDA as a backup plan. Eisenhauer, a research associate at the said. Once it gets to the BOG, they may choose to Career Services from U.S. news and The “trade-off” concept is some- Labor Center’s Research Institute on approve it or deny it. the Department of Labor Statistics. thing that Peter Thompson, economics Social and Economic Policy said that If the BOG approves the new fee, the Univer- This news has caused several grad- professor and chairperson at the “there’s a lot of interest in anything sity would have to hold another referendum in uates to rethink what they will do with Economics Department, says will that promotes green and environmen- which students would vote on whether or not they their degrees. likely be inevitable for graduates tally friendly areas; everything from truly want the fee, and if so, how much money they Christoper Lee Reyes received his looking for jobs in South Florida’s trades and constructions related jobs.” would be willing to pay. Bachelor’s in Arts degree in political harsh economy, stating that it may be Another option for students to According to Ramirez, the fi nal student vote on science and international relations smarter to actively search for an ideal consider is the Federal Govern- the Green Energy Fee would present voters with a Spring 2010. While he would love job, while working at a stable one. ment. Ledesma states that the FBI is number of options. Students may vote yes and select to see himself working as a congres- Thompson also stressed that the known to hire those with accounting, if they would like the fee to be 25 cents, 50 cents, sional aide and analyst in Washington, success in job searching depends finance, law, law enforcement, inves- 75 cents or $1. Students may also vote against the the 23-year-old is now taking a prepa- more on geographic mobility, saying tigative experiences, military, foreign fee altogether. ratory course for the Law School that while 75 to 85 percent of the FIU languages experience and more. Ramirez stresses that this initial referendum was Admissions Test. student body lives in South Florida, Florida’s unemployment rate, which “basically a student consensus” for SEA and the In the face of a tough job search, only 55 percent of them will actually has been above the national average Sustainability Committee to present to the Board of Assistant Director of Career Services work in the region 5 to 10 years after during the recession, decreased from Trustees when they make their case for the fee in Jairo Ledesma says that it is impor- graduation. “FIU’s history is sort of the highest in its history at 12.3 September. tant to stay persistent, network well, [about] opening up doors to students, percent in February, to 11.2 percent in When asked why SGA chose to hold the elec- intern as much as possible, be willing but those doors aren’t necessarily June, according to the Federal Bureau tions during the Summer B semester, when there to move, and be “willing to explore local,” said Thompson. outside the box” by sacrificing the While smart job searching is impor- MAJORS, page 2 REFERENDUM, page 2 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, July 14, 2010 NEWS www.fiusm.com NEWS FLASH Gulf oil spill prompts action from WORLD FIU researchers and student groups ALEXANDRA CAMEJO Heithaus and his team expect to be able has sparked such fevered involvement Swiss government declares Asst. News Director to effectively document the effects of from one of FIU’s prominent environ- Roman Polanski a free man the spill. mental voices, Students for Environ- While the British Petroleum oil spill Through the efforts of the school’s mental Action (SEA). The organiza- Switzerland declared Roman Polan- continues to wreck the waters of the researchers and Dr. Heithaus, FIU is tion has hosted several events across ski a free man on Monday after reject- Gulf of Mexico, researchers and envi- involved in numerous fronts aiming to campus, and is currently working with ing a U.S. request to extradite him to be ronmental organizations at FIU are improve the current situation in the Gulf a non-profit organization, Matter of sentenced for having sex in 1977 with a taking the helm of crisis aid and preven- and spread education that will reduce a Trust, focusing on the collection and 13-year-old girl, CNN reports. Accord- tion research across the state. demand for oil. creation of hair booms. ing to the Swiss government, this deci- Since the April 20 Deepwater Aside from the teach-in conducted According to SEA President, Cara sion was based on the U.S. authorities Horizon explosion, which resulted by a panel of experts on May 15, FIU Cooper, “Hair booms are essentially failure to address defense arguments in the death of 11 workers, millions is also collaborating with other univer- nylon panty hose stuffed with hair clip- that the filmmaker had actually served of gallons of oil have spilled into the sities involved in the State Univer- pings. They are extremely efficient at his sentence before fleeing the country Gulf, resulting in severe devastation to sity System’s Oil Spill Academic Task removing oil from water as well as off three decades ago.