More Study Abroad Programs Canceled Due To Coronavirus
By: Victor Jorges / News Director FIU canceled education abroad programs in Italy, Singapore, Japan and South Korea effective immediately after the coronavirus crisis continues to spread. On Feb. 24,...
View ArticleFountain On Campus Mysteriously Filled With Foam
By: Jordan Coll / Assistant News Director The fountain near the Graham Center, where usually students gather to relax and take time off from their classes, has been unexplainably filled with foam....
View ArticleElection Season: You can vote at FIU starting tomorrow
By: Jordan Coll / Assistant News Director Early voting will be available for the Florida Primary starting March 2 in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, and March 7 in Broward county. With Florida...
View ArticleForum Discusses The Hidden World of Human Trafficking
By: Jordan Coll / Assistant News Director “All of you live here in this world, we live in an underground world that you can’t even begin to fathom,” said a victim of human trafficking to Sambra Zaoui,...
View ArticleA Series Of Events At FIU Wants Students To Understand What Latinx Is
By: Victor Jorges / News Director A Series Of Events At FIU Wants Students To Understand What Latinx Is By: Victor Jorges / News Director FIU is the largest Hispanic serving four-year post-secondary...
View ArticleFIU Giving $1k To Students With Special Community Projects
By: Neeraj Konathan Renganathan / Staff Writer FIU is giving out $1000 to any organization in the form of grants to students who want to make a change in the community. The entire program is funded by...
View ArticleFIU Professor Invents New Electric Car Battery
By: Nicole Heller / Contributing Writer An FIU professor is pushing the boundaries of technology with a new electric vehicle battery. The model consists of a lithium-sulfur type of battery which is...
View ArticleInitiative To Light Up Campus Moves Forward
By: Muriel Almeida / Staff Writer Modesto Maidique Campus In-House Senator, Dominique “Rose” Ingraham, set up a small table outside of Green Library last week to bring awareness to students and...
View ArticleHygiene Should Already Have Been a Priority on Campus
Jennifer Peña/Staff Writer If you spent some time on campus before the recent news about FIU’s transition to “remote learning,” you probably saw the new hand sanitizer dispensers at the MMC library...
View ArticleI’m About To Graduate—Here’s My Problem.
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Assistant Opinion Director When I transferred to FIU two and a half years ago, it was thanks to a natural disaster. Hurricane Maria had ravaged the island I grew up in, and I...
View ArticleHow A Coronavirus Recession Can Impact FIU—And How You Can Prepare
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer It’s no secret that the current coronavirus pandemic is extremely disruptive and terrifying. Entire states are ordering residents to stay at home, three European countries...
View ArticleRemote Mental Health Services Offered Through CAPS
By: Gabriella Pinos / Opinion Director Amid the coronavirus pandemic, FIU’s Counseling and Psychological Services is hosting virtual events to help students ride through the quarantine. Since the...
View ArticleStudents are taking their finals online as a result of COVID-19
By: Jordan Coll / Asst. News Director What will finals look like this semester? That’s what many students are left wondering as the university has taken a virtual stance in having classes fully online...
View ArticleLocal And International Students Agree: Florida Isn’t Handling This Well
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Opinion Director On Friday April 18th, hundreds of people took to Jacksonville Beach for some recreational time, putting Florida under further scrutiny for how terribly its...
View ArticleDUELING COLUMN: FIU Should Reimburse Tuition And Fees For Struggling Students
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer I can guarantee that anyone reading this knows someone who has lost a job amidst the pandemic. They may even know someone who has contracted the virus. What started as a...
View ArticleMiami Beach Pride is Canceled – Now What?
By: Laura Antunez / Staff Writer Different Florida International University students from all walks of life share their stories being part of the LGBTQA community in lieu of the cancellation of...
View ArticleMorbid Email From FIU Raises Eyebrows Among Students
Humberto Mendez Prince/Staff Writer For the past couple of weeks, FIU has bombarded students with endless emails and updates regarding COVID-19. Although many of these seem like protocolary messages,...
View ArticleFlorida Is Reopening, But A Normal Fall Semester Remains Unlikely
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer Fellow FIU Panthers: great news! Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that Florida will begin entering phase one of the reopening process, effectively allowing...
View ArticleIntramural Sports Kick Summer A Off With Virtual Gaming Season
Gustavo Contreras/Staff Writer For the first time in FIU history, our University will host a virtual esports season, featuring games like “FIFA 20” and “NBA 2k20.” The FIU Intramural team is aiming to...
View ArticleWhy Student Journalism Is Important
Gabriela Enamorado/Staff Writer When I was nine, I played a reporter in a school play. Since then, I’ve been hooked on the idea of being a watchdog for citizens. Being a journalism major and a member...
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