A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University One copy per person. Additional copies are 25 cents. Vol. 26, Issue 16 fiusm.com Wednesday, September 17, 2014 PLANNING AHEAD MSA asks police to send bug to forensic lab Nezar Hamze, director of CAIR, NICOLE MONTERO received the device from the students Staff Writer and then contacted the United [email protected] States Attorney’s office to report the incident. That’s when University After almost two years of finding Police got involved, said Chief of a possible listening device in the Police Alexander Casas. Graham Center’s Serenity Room, the “We investigated the situation, Muslim Student Association asked but in the end, we found there was the University Police to analyze the nothing that we could do,” said Casas. bugging device in a forensic lab. Casas explained the situation Back in 2013, members of MSA to the attorney and to MSA. The contacted the Council of American- bugging device was then turned over Islamic Relations, an organization to the University Police Department that promotes the interests of Muslims to be impounded. in the United States, after they found Several agencies that work closely VINCENT RIVES/THE BEACON a small metal object embedded in the with the police department, like the Nimrod Simeon, a senior in international business, talks to a representative at the internship fair on Sept. carpet with wire attached to it while Miami-Dade Police Department 15. Internship fair gave students the opportunity to introduce themselves to companies looking for interns. praying in the GC Serenity Room in SEE MSA, PAGE 2 343. University joins the #selfie movement NATALIE ALATRISTE funds given to the External the original idea of the project. Contributing Writer Relations’ Marketing and New However, it’s only been [email protected] Media. There is a $50 monthly rented out for two events for maintenance fee, which includes $300 each. With the trending topic of Now, it’s going to be a constant struggle of what software updates. The office doesn’t charge selfies taking over social media I do between classes—should I eat? Or should I While many students are fond for certain events, such as channels, the University couldn’t take a selfie? of the purchase, some find it to commencement or open house. pass up on the new fad. be alarming. There is currently only one The school has smiled in the Francisco Ripoll Raquel Aymerich, a booth, which is in the pilot background of multiple selfies Junior sophomore majoring in biology, stage, according to Merille, taken by students using the Broadcast Media doesn’t think the expense was and the department is unsure of new iSnap photo booth, which worth it. purchasing a second one. currently sits in the Graham “I think spending $5,000 Merille said it’s all about Center. its website. alive—to keep the conversation for something that isn’t needed strategic placing to get the most The University Division Jodi Ann Reid, assistant about FIU going on social media seems wasteful—that money use out of it. of External Relations office director of social media in outlets,” said Merille. “The could’ve been applied to “At commencement, we purchased the photo booth about External Relations, brought goal was to add to our hashtag something much more useful, placed it [where the graduates a year ago—a starter model— iSnap to campus with the help campaigns.” such as student resources,” she come in] so they can take and later upgraded to the current of Eduardo Merille, director of iSnap was first brought to the said over the phone. “I’ve seen it pictures and post it on social booth that sits against a wall marketing and new media, and University to be used specifically on campus and if people wanted media outlets,” he said. between tables in the middle GC. Ryan Morejon, social media at commencement ceremonies, selfies, they can use their cell The booth is easy to use— The iSnap photo booth is community manager. They’ve and has since been used in phones.” students can simply take their a presence-based marketing been in charge of its use since multiple events on campus, such By renting it out to others, photo, sign in to their social technique where guests can then. as open house. though, the External Relations media accounts, add a message, share photos on social media to “It was initially used to The machine cost about office is able to recover its cost. expand interaction, according to keep [the concept of] the frame $5,000, and comes from allotted This business model was part of SEE SELFIE, PAGE 2 ‘Hatred is Poisonous:’ A Muslim turned Zionist BRYAN PALACIO people as a whole.” Sabbath, the holiest day stands up for the people he swore the overwhelming evidence he Assistant News Director Hafeez is now a self-admitted of the week for Jews. It is to help destroy. needed disprove it to himself. [email protected] pro-Israeli and Zionist supporter. commemorated by abstaining “It was a gradual change and “When you believe something He spends most of his time on from most forms of work and it started by picking up this book, that you’re ready to die for, you Growing up as a British- tour sharing his life story with includes prayer services and ‘The Case for Israel,’” Hafeez can’t accept that it’s wrong,” Pakistani Muslim, Kasim Hafeez his speech, “How I Found Peace customary meals. said. “At that point in my life, I Hafeez said. “You have to was raised around extreme anti- from a Lifetime of Hatred.” “You’re not a real Muslim!” thought I was an expert on the somehow find a way to prove it Semitism. All he knew to be true Hafeez was the guest of honor were the words yelled at Hafeez Middle East. I thought I’d buy right again and I was struggling.” was that Israel was responsible at Hillel’s First Shabbat, an by a Muslim audience member this book and I’ll disprove it.” Eventually, he concluded that for everything wrong in his on-campus event organized by who was escorted out during his So Hafeez spent a few weeks the only way he was going to get world. Hillel FIU, Shalom FIU and other presentation. “This man doesn’t doing some research in his the evidence he needed was to “I used to be a radical anti- Jewish student organizations at represent you or Islam!” attempt to discredit the book. take a trip to Jerusalem, Israel. semite and anti-zionist,” said Modesto A. Maidique Campus This is Hafeez’s new life. After Weeks turned into months, Hafeez. “I hated the Jewish state, on Friday, Sept. 12. decades of being indoctrinated and months turned into years. SEE SHABBAT, PAGE 2 the state of Israel and Jewish Shabbat is Hebrew for with hate and violence, he now Hafeez couldn’t seem to find 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, September 17, 2014 NEWS fiusm.com NATION & WORLD BRIEFS Students seek to reignite case Apple reports record-breaking of bug found in classroom MSA, PAGE 1 orders for iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus also told student media that the goal was didn’t just fall out of someone’s pocket?” to reignite the situation and put it back in Natalia Monterrey, a sophomore Pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus topped a record-breaking 4 million in the first and the Florida Department of Law people’s mindsets. business administration major, believes 24 hours the phones were on sale, according to Enforcement, were contacted but denied “We want to make sure that FIU has that it is possible that someone would want Apple. The first iPhones will be delivered to any participation in the incident. strict policies in place to restrict any sort to listen in on a conversation or prayer. some customers Friday, but many who pre-or- “Their preliminary was that they could of spying on campus,” said Farouk earlier “Anything’s possible right now,” she dered will have to wait until next month to get not identify it,” said Casas. “It was not this year. said. “There’s so much hatred going on at their hands on the new devices. People who wait theirs and they assured us that it was not a in the now-traditional epic lines at Apple stores device typical of what they would use in a on Friday also may be able to snag a new phone, surveillance.” but supplies there will not be endless either. In Casas then contacted the FBI. comparison, Apple reported in 2012 that the “Our partners at the FBI recognized iPhone 5 sold at a pace of about 2 million in 24 the type of device that it could be,” he said. hours. The record-breaking sales last week also “They directed us to a website where the We investigated the situation but, in the end, we spurred myriad complaints of problems. The found there was nothing that we could do. new iPhones were supposed to be available for device could be purchased in quantity.” pre-order online Friday at midnight, but once the The device was a very common clock struck 12 and customers around the U.S. condenser microphone that is typically Alexander Casas, refreshed their Web browsers, nothing happened. used in digital recorders and can be Chief of Police Many continued seeing Apple’s standard “We’ll purchased on digikey.com for $3.08. It FIU Police Department be back” message for hours.