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Vol. 28 Issue 31 fiusm.com Thursday, October 22, 2015 ALL EYES ON YOU FIU expected to bounce back with decisive Homecoming win BRIAN TRUJILLO/THE BEACON ROAR IT UP Homecoming Council prepares upcoming events MELISSA BURGESS for Homecoming since For the Council, the Contributing Writer November of last year. most challenging part of [email protected] Homecoming consists of preparing for Homecoming everything from budgeting, was making sure to reach Students aren’t the getting sponsors, working the student body and only ones excited for with different vendors, picking the artists for Homecoming. So are the creating timelines, layouts Panthermonium, Panther planners. and coming up with ideas Prowl and Caribbean Fest. “This is the moment for every event, Ibarra “We do everything we have been working for, said. possible to make the and we are excited to see “Sometimes I like to students happy, meanwhile our hard work pay off. We think we can run a small staying within our budget. are also excited for the business because of Unfortunately, we can’t students who come out the actual tasks that we please everyone, and that to the events because we accomplish as a team. We is why we send our surveys have so much planned for work during our meetings. to every student so that BRYAM RICAURTE/THE BEACON them,” said Kelly Ibarra, There is never time to sit they can share with us their Roary hypes it up with the 2014 Homecoming Queen and King Sofia Sanchez and Homecoming Council and socialize,” said Jordan interest when it comes to Aaron Bethencourt at the Unleash The Crown! Court Pageant, which took place in the overall director. Thompson, the Rules and the artists he or she wants Graham Center Ballrooms on Monday, Oct. 19. The Homecoming Regulations Chair of the to see at every event,” Council has been preparing Homecoming Council. SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2 University hosts third annual indigenous celebration Other than indigenous students, all of anthropology in the Department of Global embracing roots and relations that come with SUDYEN NAVARRETE University students are welcomed to attend and Sociocultural Studies. indigenous tribes. According to Wiedman, Staff Writer and bring family and friends to participate as Wiedman, who has taught at the university the significance of the indigenous celebration [email protected] part of the crowd. for over 30 years, has been involved with and forum is to bring indigenous voices to the “By attending these events, students indigenous people for 10 years, since the University campus. The University’s Global Indigenous Group can bring their family and friends to see inter-tribal celebration. “We’re known by our Latin American and and Global Indigenous Forum are hosting the and learn about these tribes,” said Dennis The GIG and GIF will be presenting Caribbean studies, but most faculty studied third annual Indigenous Celebration to bring Wiedman, founding director of the Global the “Circle of Good Living,” which will the colonizers. Rarely has the indigenous and show cultural roots from indigenous Indigenous Forum and associate professor inform those who attend the event about tribes from other parts of the world. SEE CELEBRATION, PAGE 2 2 The Beacon – Thursday, October 22, 2015 NEWS fiusm.com NATION & WORLD Indigenous forums show BRIEFS worldwide cultural roots CELEBRATION, PAGE 1 alumni and member of the partnered up with the Apple Music is catching up to competitors after only advisory council of the GIF student-formed Indigenous four months been expressed,” he said. and Miccosukee indigenous, Committee, in charge of “This forum was established Apple Music already has 6.5 million paid subscribers, or about a will be presenting. recruiting students into to bring the voice of these third of the 20 million who pay for industry rival Spotify, after only “He will give a welcome the indigenous student people.” four months on the market, according to Apple Chief Executive Tim and will reflect upon his time group to try to create safe The event will consist Cook, who spoke at a conference Monday night. The company has as a student at the University environments. of different natives from 8.5 million additional customers using the service’s three-month trial from SJMC,” said Wiedman. “They’re working different tribes. Each one subscription. For comparison, music-streaming leader Spotify has 55 At the event, a Seminole together with University will present a piece of his or million people using its ad-supported free service, which has been indigenous will play his offices, admission and her roots to the people. around since 2008. flute, a Miccosukee will enrollment services in order “It isn’t a professional speak about environmental for us to be able to recruit Stabbed mayoral candidate’s win shows backing for performance or dance, efforts in the Everglades, the indigenous students,” said German refugee welcome they’re not doing it for Kuyayky will play songs of Wiedman. “It is important to money or entertainment. harmony and the Japanese recognize them as who they Before independent mayoral candidate Henriette Reker was This event helps bring Ainu will present life stories, are, welcome them, create a stabbed by a violently anti-immigrant constituent during a campaign awareness to FIU that there along with music and dance. place to gather and create a event Saturday, she was seen as just one of several possible winners in needs to be more indigenous “They will do storytelling, bond, to not feel lost.” the race to be mayor of Cologne. Now she’s being seen as an indicator recognition on campus, so music and dancing. We Part of their mission is to that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s controversial open-arms faculty and students from will have presentations on help indigenous students get welcome of refugees has broad support among German voters. The indigenous heritage can feel documentaries that speak prepared and finish college suspect — described only as an out of work contractor — told police proud,” said Wiedman. about critical issues which for them to go back to their he was motivated to stab the candidate in the neck by the pro-refugee Students like Kathleen some tribes have been tribes as community leaders. position of both Reker and Merkel, who supported her candidacy. Devaney, a senior print through or are going through “We want to bring media major, showed support now,” said Vanessa Leon, indigenous people and Non-traditional students deserve better support systems for the event. treasurer for GIG and a express voices on campus,” “It sounds like the coordinator for the event. said Ernesto Benitez, a indigenous celebration Circle of Good Living, graduate student and vice Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have some company. Today, will allow FIU students the message behind the president of the GIG. “We more than 1 in 5 working-age Americans is a college dropout. to learn the importance of event, will engage people have around 200 indigenous Unfortunately, most dropouts aren’t tech billionaires. Many are the preservation of land into learning the thoughts students on campus and, nontraditional students who leave school not because of academic and nature,” she said. “As and ways that indigenous with this event, we can bring concerns, but because of issues specific to their stage of life: a sick well as the opportunity to tribes see the earth. students who are interested family member, a job loss, a lack of family support or just the pure embrace cultural values from Chairs in the ballroom in celebrating and preserving shock of returning to school after a long hiatus. the state’s first and original will be used to form a circle. the indigenous heritage.” Floridians.” “Circle of Good Living The third annual The Quechuas tribe, from is a philosophy in tribes,” indigenous celebration will Bolivia, will be present at said Leon. “It is known in be held on Sunday, Oct. 25 the event, as well as Native TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE different languages based on in the GC ballrooms from 2 American tribes, including tribes. Everything is related p.m. to 5 p.m. the Iroquois, Seminoles, and in a circle, it’s a harmony that It’s free and open to Miccosukees. they have with the mother the public. “It’s a way to CLASSIFIEDS Ainu, a Japanese earth [and] we are trying to celebrate diversity and have indigenous tribe will also be engage the way these people people feel comfortable present. BUILDING A TEAM OF MOBILE APP DEVELOPERS lead their circles.” here, no matter what,” said Lee Tiger, a University The GIG and GIF also Wiedman. iOS /Android Platforms-Coding/Design PLEASE CALL 772-812-6665 IF INTERESTED Homecoming Council plans exciting events COUNCIL, PAGE 1 does a really great job of organizing these exciting events.” Ibarra said. “It’s a really big responsibility on E-BOARD AND PRODUCTION STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Ibarra said that her job as overall their part, to organize events for 55,000 Modesto Maidique Campus: director of the Council can be stressful.