Riding our elevators is a downer
PantherNOW Editorial Board For students, staff and faculty riding our elevators in recent years, the experience has gone down, down, down. FIU needs to be more transparent with students regarding the...
View ArticleFIU’s on the rise and our expectations are going up with it
Ruth Santana | Staff Writer Once upon a time, FIU’s reputation was nothing spectacular and now it has reached its best ranking yet. In 2023 FIU landed 64th in the U.S. News and World Report list of...
View ArticleCensorship is killing higher education
Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer Censorship is putting higher education on life support, and Florida is the ICU. As a psychology major minoring in English, I’ve seen this firsthand. Imagine signing up...
View ArticleFIU athletics is more than a football team and it’s time we acknowledge it
Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer It’s time to address a major misconception about FIU, the idea that our entire athletics program is a lost cause just because of our football team’s struggles. Our...
View ArticleVoting as a college student can make a difference
Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer I’m tired of being disappointed by politics and I am not the only one. There needs to be decisions made and casting our ballot is the chance to voice what we want changed....
View ArticleThe Hispanic community isn’t the punchline to your “jokes”
Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer Even if it’s no longer surprising, I’m tired of Republicans using the Hispanic community as the punchline to a bad joke. At former president Donald Trump’s rally in...
View ArticleNew train station at BBC expected to transform Miami transit
Fariha Tasnim Amir | Staff Writer FIU’s BBC campus is getting a brand new metro rail station following the $389.5 million funding approved by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) towards the...
View ArticleTrump won. What does this mean for higher education?
Heidi Cuevas | Opinion Director The election results are in: Donald Trump has won and while some see this as a victory, we need to be ready to adapt to a significantly more conservative education...
View ArticleFIU faculty oppose volunteering on anti-Semitism committee reviews
Aniela Cabrera | Staff Writer The State of Florida has been an epicenter of academic issues and obstructions, and now, these issues are making a new home at Florida International University. The FIU...
View ArticleSGA invites BBC dining committee to discuss improving dining options
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer SGA brought to attention the struggles that BBC students face when it comes to a lack of food options on campus through S.R. 007 ‘Food at BBC’, personally inviting...
View ArticleTrump announces appointment of FIU Donor as U.S. ambassador to Spain
Candela Maceda | Staff Writer President-elect Donald Trump nominated Cuban-American businessman and FIU CasaCuba donor Benjamín León Jr. to serve as the U.S ambassador in Spain. “Benjamin is a highly...
View ArticleFIU honors student charged with alleged act of written terrorism
Christopher Madrid | PantherNOW Staff Writer This Monday, an 18-year-old FIU honors student was charged with allegedly writing an electronic threat of terrorism. The student, Rolando Hernandez-Padron,...
View ArticleTerrorism is the worst joke I’ve ever heard
Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer Terrorism and comedy don’t mix, it’s common sense. On Jan. 6 Ronaldo Hernandez-Padron, an FIU honors student, was charged for allegedly writing and posting online...
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