Big-time basketball recruit verbally commits for 2011

By: Sergio Bonilla / Sports Director With 6-foot-10 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Freddy Asprilla not willing to return to the Golden Panthers, Coach Isiah Thomas did his best to make sure the squad has a center by 2011. Chris Coleman, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound big man heading into his junior year in high school, gave Thomas a verbal commitment to the University this past week, as first reported by foxsports.com. He is ranked as the No. 43 high school prospect of his class by ESPN scouts. Coleman told NBE basketball, a blogging basketball site, why Thomas influenced his decision to commit to FIU. “I liked that he played in the NBA, coached in the…

FIU panel offers array of perspectives on Honduran conflict

By: Diana Jordan / Staff Writer The Latin American and Caribbean Center presented a panel discussion on Tuesday in the College of Business to discuss the recent political crisis in Honduras, which included president-designate, and Honduran expert, Mark B. Rosenberg. The panel also included Eduardo A. Gamarra, professor of political science, and Marifeli Perez-Stable, professor of sociology and vice president for democratic governance at the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C. Cristina Eguizabal, director of the LACC, served as moderator. Throughout the course of the session, panel members were asked several questions concerning the coup the Honduran military carried out on June 28, which resulted in the ousting of Jose Manuel Zelaya, and the repercussions to…