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FIU Building Fraternity Row to Liven Up Mix on Campus Newspaper Clipping, July 5, 2000
ad calling for justice
Haitians and other black people.
Backers tie it to
Underneath the advertisement are
the names of 135 people who lent their
Independence Day
signatures in support. The $9,500 ad
was ordered by Miami attorney
George Knox and architect Ron Fra-
GASTON DE CARDENAS/EL NUEVO HERALD
BY ANDREA ROBINSON AND ANA ACLE
zier, members of the Boulé - a
arobinson@herald.com
national society of black men.
FUN FOR THE
Although Knox would not say who
YOUNG: Morgan Bell
In a move to bring their agenda to
paid for the ad, the cost was billed to
gets her face painted by
the forefront, a cross section of black
Ron Frazier and Associates.
Jamie Rowsey at the
Miami's elite is urging people in an
"It's like the Declaration of Inde-
Shops of Sunset Place
advertisement to "reject the commu-
pendence," said Frazier, referring to
in South Miami. Cristian
nity's power paradigm" and instead
the manifesto signed 224 years ago
address the black community's con-
capping the U.S. fight for freedom.
Castilla, 15, wears flags
cerns and focus on unity.
Frazier said more announcements
to Miami Beach Hispanic
The "statement of principles," pub-
would come in the future, but he was
Community Center
lished in a full-page ad in Tuesday's
vague about those plans. He said the
event to express grati-
Herald, stresses among other things
ad reflected principles that the indi-
tude to the U.S.
that blacks "must share fairly in the
viduals support.
C.W. GRIFFIN/HERALD
economic wealth" and that all ethnic
He and Robert Simms, a former
groups must fight for a "fair and
equal" U.S. immigration policy for
PLEASE SEE AD STATEMENT, 2B
MIAMI HERALD JULY 5, 2000
FIU building fraternity row
to liven up mix on campus
from Kirk Landon, retired chairman of
School no longer
American Bankers Insurance, will be
the first and grandest of the five such
just for commuters
houses FIU expects to be completed or
under construction a year from now.
"It's a natural step," said Patricia
BY JACK WHEAT
Telles-Irvin, vice president for student
jwheat@herald.com
affairs. "The students wanted it. It will
enhance campus life. It will go hand in
Florida International University,
hand with football" - a milestone FIU
anxious to infuse its West Miami-Dade
expects to achieve in fall 2002.
commuter campus with traditional col-
"Hopefully, they will rise to the occa-
lege ambience, is gambling on fraterni-
sion, living with integrity, ethics and
ties - betting it can grow frats that
respect for others," Telles-Irvin said.
push scholarship, leadership and rah-
The Phi Gamma Deltas, also called
rah spirit, yet repel infection by the Ani-
FIJIs, have banned alcohol and drugs in
TIM CHAPMAN/HERALD STAFF
mal House syndrome.
the house, Telles-Irvin said. "We will
Construction has just begun on an
strongly encourage" the others to do
GREEK PEAK: Members of Phi Gamma Delta at FIU play football with
FIU fraternity row. A Phi Gamma Delta
mascot Judge on spot where their fraternity house is to be built. The
house, bankrolled by a $1 million gift
PLEASE SEE FRATERNITY ROW, 2B
university has put up almost five acres of land for a fraternity row.
SEE OVER
MIAMI-DADE
BUSINESS
FLORIDA
DEATHS
LAZARO GARAY, 6, REMAINS in
INVESTORS IN NEW ISSUES
ADS USING HULK HOGAN to
FERNANDO
a coma following a collision that killed
found the second quarter a boon. The
pitch a referendum to the people of
ALBUERNE, singer, 4B
two people in North Miami-Dade. Po-
89 IPOs in the quarter returned 76
Clearwater has a major flaw: The
lice say one driver was traveling SO
percent through the end of June. The
wrestler lives elsewhere and can't
EDITORIALS
fast that the motorists had no time to
main reason for the gains, analysts
vote on the issue. Some people think
FCAT RESULTS
TODAY'S
react, 3B
say, was value, 8B
Hogan shouldn't appear in the ads, 5B
WEATHER
AND LEARNING, 10B
BACK PA
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FIU Building Fraternity Row to Liven Up Mix on Campus, July 5, 2000
This article is about fraternity housing options at Florida International University and the construction of a Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity chapter house on fraternity row. This article was published in the Miami Herald. A copy of the newspaper clipping is also available in the collection.
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07/05/2000