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16A I SATURDAY JUNE 13 2009 A1 FROM THE FRONT PAGE MiamiHeraldcom I THE MIAMI HERALD 1 HIGHER EDUCATION RENAMING OF A CAMPUS i FIU campus named for outgoing leader fresh air for feet The Clarks Unstructured collection is lightweight flexible soft and breathable because it features the unique Air Circulation System a climate-control technology that keeps feet fresh and comfortable all day It's like fresh air for feet iBiHistructured Mclntire told The Miami Herald that growth to supercede everything else for a while campus-wide we just have enough aggressive push to add football to athletic department also had its detractors In true FIU fashion the football team did in a few years what takes most programs much longer: make the leap from modest inaugural season to Division I competition the big leagpes of the sport But once in Division I FIU struggled So far the team is better known for a brutal onfield brawl with the University of Miami than for any single victory NEW STADIUM Yet football like everything else at FIU continues to grow Last year the school opened its new $50 million on-campus football stadium to a standing room-only crowd and a national audience watching on ESPNU This year FIU football will go up against the titan University of Florida Gators FIU boosters know they will enter the game as a huge underdog but it is still talked about in excited tones If a habit that leadership has left upon this institution to dream big Take the words of Albert Dotson Sr a FIU trustee who sees the campus renaming as and Dotson also sees the progress as out of this world you look at what FIU has evolved into there is no question that those letters FIU stand for more than Florida International Dotson said stand for the Finest Institution in the react unfavorably to the news Stephania Exantus-Ver-een FIU Class of 2001 said the naming of the Modesto A Maidique campus diminishes the overall identity and forces people connect its legacy to presidency as opposed to the own The campus a rich and lively background that was built by the alumni that graced that campus not just the president who governed she said More supportive was state Rep David Rivera a Miami Republican who also graduated from FIU Rivera earned his first of two FIU degrees in 1986 the year Maidique arrived I graduated it would have been impossible to imagine the development of FIU into the mega-university that is Rivera said praising Maidique as a for not just FIU but the entire state university system FIU senior Anthony Rionda the current student body president grew up with the university literally home is directly across the street remember my parents always talking about what Mitch Maidique was building at Rionda said remember the library going up in elementary school I remember the chemistry and physics does deserve Rionda said of Maidique However rapid rise just like the hyperspeed urbanization of South Florida has at times been criticized as both poorly planned and focused on the wrong priorities In 2006 Associate English Professor Carmela Pinto MAIDIQUE FROM 1A from potentially reaping millions by selling the name to a future charitable donor Thus the campus renaming proposal less costly and arguably more appropriate was born Mindful these are tight budget times for state schools FIU officials said the rebranding of office stationery and other items yvould be phased in as supplies run out and are reordered to avoid any additional costs Among most notable accomplishments at FIU: a doubling of enrollment to nearly 40000 stu-i dents research expenditures mushrooming from about $6 million to nearly $110 million and the addition of both the law school and medical school LOTS OF BUILDINGS And buildings Lots and I lots of new buildings 1 Alumni who have strayed away from campus for a couple of years inevitably find new architecturally bold structures upon their return FIU had a handful of buildings when Maidique arrived in 1986 it now has 109 I David Parker the outgo-( ing chair of the FIU board of trustees introduced the cam- pus renaming idea Friday while praising Maidique for remarkable job" know it may be contro-' Parker said I I really Not one trustee protested though Parker was correct in predicting that others might 'Battnfjlia A Combination Shoe Store Grand Re-opening One of the largest selections of Clarks shoes in Florida Falls Fashion District Fronting the Falls Shopping Center 8871 SW 132nd Street 305-252-2492 Visit us at our other locations: Battaglia Dadeland Mall 305 666 8342 Dolphin Mall 305 500 9799 Aventura Mall 305 932 5906 Sawgrass Mills Mail 954-846 9151 Pembroke Lakes Mall 954-436-5351 Battaglia Outdoors Dadeland Mall 305-667 6528 Westland Mall 305 825 8130 HIGHER EDUCATION FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Religious studies saved from ax (Db immg PublishWmiThe Jiami HeraldMIEI ft aturesjnclude BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ mrvasquez a MiamiHerald com In addition to renaming the main campus Florida International board of trustees had quite the busy day on Friday Actions by the board included: Approving a 15 percent tuition increase in the coming academic year Saving the Department of Religious Studies from the budget ax Accepting a $20 million donation from Herbert Wertheim for the medical schooL which will be named after the optometrist and philanthropist Wertheim's gift is the largest in school history The medical school welcomes its first class of 43 students in August The vote on the tuition increase was unanimous with the school turning to higher tuition as a way of coping with large drops in its annual state funding As part of its efforts to close a budget gap of nearly $35 million trustees also eliminated 11 sparsely-attended degree programs including programs in mathematical sciences and French education But trustees refused to cut several more-popular degree programs that were also on the chopping block including the degree program within the Religious Studies Department Trustees instructed school administrators to find savings elsewhere so those programs could continue In spring the Dalai Lama donated $100000 to keep the school going and the religious icon is now expected to assist in fundraising Religion students and faculty spoke passionately on behalf of the program and wore warm smiles after the decision was a work of the said recent religious studies graduate Yanery Andreu was just Miami Herald staff writer Jaweed Kaleem contributed to this report cans Detailsabouttha areat incentiveswaila GHHUHOS PUBLIC HEALTH Visits on hold as 3 cases of swine flu are confirmed fBogiEnEEiaGP CZHI3Ii5K3S'002D ones 'cc: SW'NE FUJ FROM 1A "Krome is working closely with our medical advisors to be sure the issue is handled within CDC guidelines" she said giving guidance at Krome on how to manage isolation to make sure they're hand-washing and what to do with Nicole Navas spokeswoman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said cone of the 16 detainees seems seriously ill all ate being treated now with antivirals and have been isolated from the rest of the population at Krome She sad there is a Department of Immigration Heal'h Services Center orse a precau-ionary measure and the health iner-est of all de'ainees and visitors we have terrpcrarilr home and stay home" Rivera said Navas said the Krome detainees developed flu symptoms between Monday and Friday As of Thursday Miami-Dade had 111 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu Broward had 67 and Florida had 247 There have been no deaths in Florida So far most cases have been relatively mild On Thursday the World Health Organization declared a level 6 flu pandemic signifying that the influenza has spread world-wide It said 27737 infections have been reported in 74 countries to date including 141 deaths In the United States there have teen 17855 cases in all 50 states with 45 deaths according to the CDC suspended social visits at Krome through this weekend" she wrote in an e-mail to The Miami Herald detainees are still able to contact friends arid family via She said lawyers are permitted noncontact communication Krome has 542 detainees Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have said both regular and H1N1 flu can spread easily in crowded institutional settings like schools college dorms prisons and detention centers The county is not declaring an emergency or requesting a quarantine Rivera said And it doesn't have authority to ask Krome not to release the detainees hen apprcpri-ae "But once they get into the community we must give guidance that they're sent Look for the Sunday Real Estate Section June 14th l-'i i i ft-frc- vr.