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A Forum for Free Student Expression at Florida International University Vol. 24, Issue 13 www.fi usm.com Wednesday, September 22, 2010 MEXICO TAJIKISTAN INDIA Murders cause paper to restrict coverage Islamic militants kill at least 23 soldiers Heavy fl oods kill 47 plus people The biggest newspaper in Mexico’s most violent city will Heavily armed Islamic militants ambushed a military Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas restrict drug war coverage after the killing of its second convoy in eastern Tajikistan, killing at least 23 soldiers and of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 journalist in less than two years. dealing a severe blow to Afghanistan’s northern border. people, offi cials said Monday. Florida Travel Act challenged Surveys show “Giving any unilateral Faculty Senate hopes Appeals concessions to a totalitarian adequate sleep dictatorship is wrong. The Cuban dictatorship has not Court rehears Cuba travel ban case merited any change to current improves GPAs policy,” said Rivera. JULIO MENACHE The judges, however, ruled Act clashes with federal law that private donations could be and policy,” Paul Brinkman, SPY SCANDAL Staff Writer MATTHEW MACKLE used to fund academic trips to a partner at the Alston & The law came into effect Contributing Writer After losing in federal the blacklisted countries. Bird representing the Faculty shortly after a former FIU In 2008, the Faculty Senate, Senate, told the National Law appeals court, the FIU Faculty professor and his wife were If you have a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep, along with eight other profes- Journal, “Foreign relations is Senate is hoping that second accused of spying for the or if you tend to stay up late and wake up late and feel sors, challenged the Florida a uniquely federal preroga- time’s a charm. Cuban government. Carlos fatigued during the day, you may want to take steps toward Travel Act in U.S District tive and needs to be jealously Lawyers for the Faculty Alvarez, an associate professor improving your sleeping habits before your academic life Court, and won. The State of guarded from interference by Senate are set to ask the 11th at the College of Education, is affected. Florida later appealed the deci- the states, particularly with Circuit Court of Appeals to plead guilty in federal court to Surveys have shown that students who get a full eight sion to the 11th Circuit Court respect to countries like Iran reexamine its decision that the lesser charge of being an hours of sleep, and especially during the appropriate hours of Appeals. and Cuba. puts strict limits on funding for unregistered foreign agent and of the night, tend to have higher GPAs. “We are disappointed by Yet, state representative academic trips to Cuba. was sentenced to fi ve years in Fatigue is an extremely negative force. Activities you the panel decision. We are David Rivera, who helped Attorneys for the Faculty prison, while his wife, Elsa, should be enjoying can become mundane chores. Instead hopeful that the full court will pass the law back in 2006, Senate will seek an En Banc was sentenced to three years of participating in class, you may fi nd yourself counting reconsider the panel decision,” says this is more a domestic reconsideration, in which all in prison for failing to report the minutes until you can leave without being rude. said Patrick Fitch, an associate issue than a foreign relations 11 members of the court will her husband’s activities to If you relate to these feelings, you may be like many attorney for Alston & Bird issue. He told Student Media rehear the case, instead of authorities. other college students who have undesirable sleeping representing the plaintiffs. that the Florida legislature has the usual three judge panel According to the Miami habits. A person struggling with this can change his or her The Faculty Senate argued a responsibility to make sure that delivers decisions. They Herald, Alvarez took fi ve attitude and ambition during the day by practicing certain that the law violated the profes- that taxpayer dollars are not expect to fi le for the motion academic trips to Cuba, but techniques. sors’ First Amendment rights used improperly. before the Sep. 21 deadline set did not use the school’s travel Sara Schwartz, a physician at University Health and interfered with the federal “The legislature has the by the court. license to take students to the Services has some advice. government’s ability to regu- right to protect taxpayers from On Aug. 31, the court communist country. “Have a good bedtime routine. Turn off the T.V., music late foreign affairs. using their money to subsidize upheld a Florida law banning Alvarez took students and lights. Don’t study in bed, use your bedroom only for The three judge panel governments that do harm to state taxpayer dollars from as part of Puentes Cubanos, sleeping. This will train your mind to connect the room disagreed, ruling that the state the U.S,” said Rivera. being used to fi nance a group that encourages with sleep.” legislature is well within its Rivera, a Republican academic trips to countries dialogue and reconciliation She also explained that a lot of people have insomnia power to regulate the educa- running for Florida’s 25th considered “State Sponsors amongst Cuba and the U.S. because of stress. In order to combat stress, University tional spending of state Congressional district, of Terrorism” by the State Federal prosecutors, alleged Health Services offers several services that include coun- universities. disagrees with President Department. Under the law, that Alvarez used the group to seling, massage therapy, yoga and meditation. state money cannot be used to “I think that the court failed Obama’s plan to increase gain recruits, but never gave fund academic exchanges to to appreciate the signifi cant academic and cultural Cuba, Iran, Syria, and Sudan. way in which the Florida Travel exchanges with Cuba. CUBA, page 2 SLEEP, page 2 Florida Senator GARDEN PARTY candidates meet in fi rst Senate debate BRENDAN FARRINGTON their support,” Crist said. “I’m Associated Press the only one on this stage that can say the Democrats may have It was appropriate that Gov. some good ideas, the Republicans Charlie Crist stood between may have some good ideas.” Democrat Kendrick Meek and But Meek and Rubio said Republican Marco Rubio during voters shouldn’t buy the act. their fi rst Senate debate Friday “Everybody sees what you’re since he was getting hit from doing, everybody gets it,” Rubio both sides. said. “You only changed parties Crist repeatedly pointed out and did this independent thing that he doesn’t have to follow the when you couldn’t win the ideology of either party and said Republican primary. And now his opponents would only be part you wake up every day and you of the partisan divide that has try to fi gure out what you can say Washington in gridlock. or do to take votes away from “My opponents have a script Congressman Meek so more that they have to listen to, they Democrats will vote for you.” have talking points that they Meek also piled on, saying CARLOS MONINO/THE BEACON have to go by. The party bosses Crist is “trying to pick the raisins The University’s Organic Garden club, lead by Braian Tome, a senior in environmental studies and Thelma in Washington give it to them. If Velez, a senior in anthropology meet together on Fridays to discuss future plans for their gardens. they don’t toe the line, they lose DEBATE, page 3 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, September 22, 2010 NEWS www.fi usm.com Travel restricted to private funds NEWS FLASH CUBA, page1 to go through the state university system public universities at a disadvantage, espe- for approval. cially when it is the policy of the Obama ‘Great Recession’ over, any names to the Cuban government. Aragon, whose institute has taken Administration to encourage academic students to Cuba in the past, says she has exchanges. research group says PRIVATE FUNDING only used private donations in the past from “We have Cuban American professors According to Rivera, professors can notable donors such as the Ford Founda- that understand the issues better for people The “Great Recession” has ended, offi- still continue to travel to Cuba for legiti- tion, the Christopher Reynolds Founda- who don’t know the history of the country; cially. At least, that’s the word from the private, mate purposes, as long as they use private tion, and the MacArthur Foundation. this is really putting us at a disadvantage,” nonprofit research organization that calls the money from individual grants awarded to In order for students to go to Cuba, said Aragon. beginnings and endings of recessions, the professors. Aragon says, they must be graduate She also added that the exchanges are National Bureau of Economic Research.