Editorial: Unpaid traffic citations no longer a threat to your credit score
By: [no author name found] The Department of Parking and Transportation has finally seen the light. In an effort to comply with the angry responses from students, faculty and staff due to the practice of re fering those ticketed in FIU parking lots to creditors, the department has taken overdue steps to expedite the collection of unpaid parking tickets while simultaneously heeding the will of the FIU community. Rather than complicating matters by reffering individual violators to collection agencies, the OPT has chosen to deal with violators internally beginning Summer 2008. Presently, the OPT refers unpaid citations dating back 210 days or more to NCO Financial Systems, a private collection agency. The improved system that…
Theory Meets Practice: First Annual International Business Symposium “treads across a flatter globe”
By: Christina Veiga / News Director Sorry Christopher Columbus, but the world is getting flatter, according to the International Business Honor Society and Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity at FIU. On Jan. 16, IBHS and Alpha Kappa Psi will host the First Annual International Business Symposium, “Treading Across a Flatter Globe,” to discuss the business and cultural issues that arise as the result of an increasingly globalized world. The event will focus on Asia, Latin America and Europe, with business leaders from FIU and abroad representing each region. “The symposium is basically theory meets practice – the students have the theory, and [the speakers] have the practice,” Dawid Pozniak, director of public relations for IBHS said….
Corrections
By: [no author name found] In the Jan. 7 issue of The Beacon, Fernando Figueredo should have been named as interim department chair. The subhead for the lead Sports story was also incorrectly listed. The Beacon will gladly change any errors. Call our UP office at 305-348-2709 or BBC at 305-919-4722. 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 a friend
Parking and Transportation: Change of Heart: Negative feedback leads to new unpaid ticket policy
By: Ben F. Badger Jr. / Asst. News Director Starting this year, the Office of Parking and Transportation will no longer be using collection agencies to collect unpaid parking tickets issued to FIU students and faculty. “As a result of student, faculty and staff feedback, the Office of Parking and Transportation has modified its collection policy as it relates to outstanding parking and traffic tickets,” said Bill Foster, the director of parking and transportation, in a letter to The Beacon. Previously, OPT would turn-over unpaid citations to the NCO Financial Systems collection agency after 210 days. This policy had been in place since 2006. Starting in Summer 2008, students will not be able to register…
News Flash
By: [no author name found] A fair for volunteers: The Biscayne Bay Campus’ Spring Volunteer Fair will be held Jan. 15 at 11 a.m.. in the Wolfe University Center’s Panther Square. Nonprofit organizations will be looking to recruit volunteers. For more information call 305-919-5360. Free coffee on Late Day Latte: The Office of Campus Life and Orientation will host Late Day Latte on Feb. 14 in the Wolfe University Center’s Panther Square and March 27 in Academic I. Free coffee will be offered 5-7 p.m. For more information call 305-919-5804. One World Celebration 2008: The Student Programming Council will be sponsoring events for the One World Celebration in the Wolfe University Center’s Panther Square from…
Commentary:LEGAL HIGH: Psychedelic Salvia a controversial substance
By: Leoncio Alvarez / Copy Chief There is a drug out there so legal that your 6-year-old brother could order some … if he really wanted to. Yet that same drug is so potent, so mind-altering, that researches are classifying it under the same category as LSD. I’ve tried some. I’ve tried some right on campus, in a friend’s dorm. The effects of Salvia divinorum lasted about 10 minutes, but have left so much of an impact on me that I felt urged to write this article. People are catching on to salvia, its more common name, though. The drug has been outlawed in Australia and several U.S states, but that does not prohibit salvia…
