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Music business class releases CD

By: Lauren Agosto / Staff Writer The Music Management class taught by Professor Osawaldo Rossi will release the class-produced album “Secrets of Sound,” on Nov. 30. Rossi, who is the director of legal and business affairs for EMI Televisa Music has produced three albums so far in his classes. “While I was putting together my syllabus, I asked myself, ‘what kind of approach would I appreciate if I were a student longing to work in the music industry?’ I figured … this would give the students real insight on what goes behind producing, marketing and promoting an album,” Rossi said. The event will include several performances by locals artists: Artofficial, a hip-hop fusion band with…

Alumna gets to publish work into a novel

By: Wilma Hernandez /Staff Writer Florida International University Alumna Lynn K. Bonasia’s first novel, Some Assembly Required, will be published in June 2008. Set in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the story details how a former writer of instruction manuals and a recovering alcoholic try to assemble new lives and solve a 30-year old mystery of a teenage boy’s disappearance. Bonasia graduated from FIU in 2005 with a Master in Fine Arts in creative writing but had already begun the book in 2002 during a novel writing class. Originally titled Washashores, Bonasia continued working on it as her MFA thesis project. “The unfinished manuscript collected dust for a couple of years while I continued school,” Bonasia said….

Achieving to the green standard: Task force strives to incorporate eco-friendly measures in buildings

By: Daiana Kucawca / Contributing Writer Former Vice Provost Raul Moncarz remembers the Biscayne Bay Campus in 1972 when watching crabs cross the street was an everyday occurrence. “There were less buildings, less students, less cars, and less pollution,” Moncarz said. The campus consisted of the Hospitality Management Building, formerly the Trade Center, and trailers that are near the Library. Within the last few years, BBC has witnessed even more changes to the campus, including the HM Building’s renovations, construction of the Marine Sciences building and the new cafeteria and fitness center. According to David Fonseca, BBC’s Student Government Council’s Environmental Correspondent, “you really can’t see [the pollution], but it’s there.” Of course, new construction…

Phones to be installed in all classes by ’08: Emergency calling system to increase safety, awarness

By: Charlie Grau / Editor in Chief FIU is in the process of a three-phase project that will see telephones installed in every classroom and lab at the University. University officials had initially talked about the idea, but expedited the process after school officials at Virginia Tech said more lives could have been saved had there been a better way to inform those in classrooms about the gunman on campus. “After Virginia Tech, this was made a commitment by President Maidique and it’s going to be a good addition because it will add an extra resource for students in emergency situations,” Director of Public Safety Bill King said. Phase one will have phones in 77…

Student Government: SGA still working on fulfilling its 2007-2008 goals

By: Catherine Kaiman / Staff Writer Although the Student Government Council at University Park has completed seven of its 12 goals for the 2007-2008 academic year, SGC at the Biscayne Bay Campus has fulfilled three of its seven goals. “It’s not that they haven’t been completed, it’s just that the environment is at the forefront of our goals,” Cassandra Andrade, SGC-BBC vice president, said. “The team effort with the faculty and students has helped make ‘going green’ a lot easier.” SGC-BBC has been dedicated to completing its goal of making BBC more environmentally friendly by appointing David Fonseca the Environmental Affairs and Community Relations director, Andrade said. Andrade said SGC-BBC is pleased with its “green”…