Baseball Notebook: Castillo will add valuable experience to young team

By: Luca Messina / Staff Writer For Golden Panther first baseman Jorge Castillo, the decision to transfer from the University of Louisville to FIU for his senior season was based on two things: family and manager Turtle Thomas. “I wanted to come back home to play in front of all my family and for Coach Turtle,” Castillo said after compiling a .301 career average in three seasons at UL. “Turtle Thomas knows all of his stuff, knows what to do, and everything about the game of baseball; he’s a good teacher.” He participated in the College World Series last season, where he gained some knowledge on how to play on big stages. “I learned to…

Wolfsonian acquires basement art

By: Rocio Garcia-Blanco / Staff Writer What was lost now is found, and is hanging on the walls of the Wolfsonian-FIU. A mammoth painting by architect Lloyd Morgan was recently donated to the Wolfsonian. The mural, thought to be lost, had been sitting in the basement of the Kephart family, to whom Morgan is related. “My brother, sister and I grew up visiting our great uncle’s Tarrytown, N.Y. home, and this was the painting that hung on … [my uncle's] living room wall. It was his life work, a single city scape risen against a red-brown sky, and after he passed away, the painting was sent to us, where it resided, first in my father’s…

MLK III brings father’s legacy to FIU

By: Kassandra Pool / Staff Writer Human rights advocate and community activist Martin Luther King III will come to University Park on Feb. 26. Working with Pan African and the Black Student Union, the Student Government Association is bringing MLK III as part of the Black History Month celebration. “This is a good way for the students to see the son of probably one of the most influential men of the 20th century,” said Anthony Rionda, lectures coordinator of Student Government Council-UP. MLK III will present the lecture “My father’s legacy, My Mission.” He will be expanding on his father’s civil rights and ideological legacy. “When I first heard that he was coming I was…

Public safety needs more resources to protect students, faculty on campus

By: [no author name found] Anyone who has read The Beacon’s Police Notes can tell you that a lot of interesting things get reported to Public Safety. A report to the effect of a “Male tapping on women’s windows in the middle of the night” on Jan. 8 2008 might lead one to make the assumption that Campus Safety doesn’t have the resources to act in an event such as this. With various problems – police radios not working and lack officers on duty – you can’t rule out the possibility that Public Safety officers won’t be able to perform in the event of a real disaster like recent ones at North Illinois or Virginia…

News Flash

By: [no author name found] John S. Zdanowicz, professor in the college’s Department of Finance, was appointed last week for an International Bankers’ Association professorship in finance for a term of three years. “This appointment recognizes Dr. Zdanowicz’ impressive performance,” said Joyce J. Elam, executive dean, College of Business Administration and vice provost in a Miami Herald article. – compiled by Christina Veiga / Beacon Staff 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

Sports Replay

By: [no author name found] Men’s Basketball: Led by Alex Galindo, Nikola Gacesa and Russell Hicks who scored 51 combined points, FIU won its third game in a row in a 72-66 win against Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla. on Feb. 21. Galindo, who also nabbed 11 rebounds on the game, got his fourth double double of the season and is averaging 16 points per contest over his last nine games. The Golden Panthers were up at halftime by only five points and had to fend off a comeback in order to preserve the victory. FAU scored the first six points of the second half to take their first lead of the night, 33-32,…