Snappy “Showtime” renews buddy formula

By: Amanda Healy It’s funny. Read all the professional reviews on “Showtime,” and every single one is nothing but scathing criticism. However, go to any forum in which the public can voice its opinion and you’ll read nothing but praise for this film. Indeed, it seems in this case that the experts are wrong. How shocking. “Showtime” is all laughs. There is nothing sappy or overdone about this movie. The basic skeleton of the story is anything but new. It is your typical odd couple flick, a formula seen too many times. Regardless, Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro manage to make it all seem fresh and entertaining. The one-liners never stop and there is actually…

In Our View: SGA Campaign week needs more student involvement

By: [no author name found] As the spring semester reaches its finish line, students will once again be able to slide their FIU ID cards and fill out ballot boxes to select their student leaders for the next academic year. The candidates are familiar, as are some of the issues: visibility, school spirit and improved student services. One could guess that the sometimes repetitive nature of these elections are a turnoff to those students who only come to FIU to take classes and are not involved in clubs or other activities. They’re probably right. But the fault doesn’t lie solely on the candidates running for office, or the students who actually do get involved in…

Winners and Losers

By: [no author name found] Winners Spring Break: As the only school-sanctioned holiday devoted to orgies and binge-drinking, we honor you. Although it does suck that some professors ruin it by assigning actual work. Heathens. Denzel Washington: Although this Oscar may have come a few years too late, you deserve the recognition. The sad part is people will now forever remember “Training Day” as your best role. It’s not. Seriously. You sucked. Halle Berry: Congratulations on being the first African-American to win an Oscar for the leading actress category. It’s a shame we couldn’t tell where the “Monster’s Ball” clip ended and your melodramatic speech began. Losers Spring Break: The only thing better than a…

International Student Week held at BBC

By: Vinora Murdock Hamilton / Contributing Writer The magic of Asia was unleashed on the Biscayne Bay Campus Panther Square last Thursday, as students from various cultures watched performances by the Chinese Dragon Dancers and the Echoes of Hawaii Polynesian Dancers. Thursday marked the closing of International Students Week; a four-day celebration designed to highlight the diversity of the students who attend the university. “We had a great turnout for all the events, which actually exceeded our expectations,” International Student Scholars Service coordinator Anoush McNamee said. On Monday students saw the movements of the Karimba African Dancers and the Seiruz Middle Eastern Belly Dancers. There was also an opportunity to learn about countries such as…

“Dance Dance Dance” breaks away from tradition

By: Amanda Healy FIU’s “Dance Dance Dance 2002″ was an interesting sight to behold and far from traditional. In fact, at times it was even hard to discern how the movements on stage related to dancing. Primarily the show consisted of cultural dancing, such as African and Hispanic, and this could be a reason for the show seeming so edgy. You see, with a title like “Dance Dance Dance,” spectators go in with the mindset of Broadway tap dancing and “Swan Lake” Ballet Suites. What they don’t expect is to see these traditional dance genres distorted into extremely modern pieces. The show did not prepare the audience for what it was about to observe. Some…

Track’s Wilson, Clarington reach NCAA Championships

By: Beacon Staff Report FIU’s Vronique Wilson and Jamare Clarington failed to advance from their preliminary rounds at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Fayeetville. It was the first NCAA national competition for either athlete. With th top eight finishers advancing to finals, Wilson finished 12th in the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 23.81, just 18-hundreths of a second off a qualifying time. Clarington posted the 13th fastest time in the men’s 60-meter hurdles with an 8.03. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell…