Milk’s award-winning screenwriter to lecture
By: Benny Vakin Academy Award winner and gay activist Dustin Lance Black broke down into tears when he first watched The Times of Harvey Milk, a documentary about the life and assassination of San Francisco’s first openly gay elected councillor. On April 16, Black will talk to students at the Biscayne Bay Campus in the Mary Ann Wolfe Theatre at 6:15 p.m. “I thought, ‘I just want to do something with this, why hasn’t anyone done something with this?’” Black said to David Lamble of the Bay Area Reporter during an interview published Feb. 21, 2008. In February 2009, he won the Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay for Milk, the…
Thomas to donate his first-years salary worth
By: Jonathan Ramos/ asst. Sports Director When new FIU men’s basketball Isiah Thomas approached the podium at the U.S Century bank Arena for his introductory press conference Wednesday morning, one of the topics discussed were the terms of his five-year contract. When Athletic Director Pete Garcia announced that the deal is worth approximately $ 1.1 million, concerns that the former NBA All-Star’s salary would be too expensive for the budget were answered. But when Thomas said he would be donating his first-years salary worth to FIU, the Golden Panthers newest coach created a wave of bewilderment. “I wanted to help this university,” Thomas said. “I didn’t want to be a financial burden.” Garcia said that…
Students back to the ’80s
By: Paradise Afshar / BBC Life! Editor With many students spending late nights studying for exams during finals week, the Biscayne Bay Campus Office of Campus Life and Orientation is bringing students back to the ’80s. “We want to bring back all the cool stuff from the ’80s and bring you back to when you were a kid,” said Lorie Bellot, a graduate assistant who works on Campus Life. The breakfast will take place in Cafeteria Loggia, the space loocated behind the Wolfe University Center, on April 20. The events starts at 10:30 p.m., with breakfast being served at midnight and the event scheduled to finish at 2 a.m. Traditional midnight breakfast fare such as…
Leaf through it: Tree brochure released
By: Daiana Kucawca / Copy Editor Hoping to spark an interest in natural preservation, University professors have released the FIU Campus Tree Guide. The brochure, written by the Wertheim Conservatory Glasshouse Green House curator Scott Zona and Brad Bennett, an associate professor of biology, was released on Jan. 8. It includes a key to identify trees by major characters like leaf shape, leaf color and fruit on both campuses, as well as where they can be found and whether they are native or exotic. These guides are common in most universities that are surrounded by vast green spaces like the University of Florida and Michigan State University. “If you’ve ever been to other campuses in…
