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Veteran Affairs Office provides a home for student veterans
Nareemah Griffiths/Asst. Entertainment Director The Veterans and Military Affairs office mission is to help students who are also veterans in their vocational and academic journeys at FIU. The...
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A Ceremony for Heroes
Lisbette Castillo The Student Veterans of America held a ceremony in the GC pit to honor fellow Veterans from FIU and their service to this country. The event was held on Nov. 8 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00...
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There is a time to celebrate and a time to mourn
Akilah Davis/Contributing Writer People never shock me. The only thing shocking now is their nerve. It seems as if money and image are the most prized and coveted possessions in America, maybe even the...
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Rugby club dominates University of North Florida
Alejandro Solana // Staff Writer The Rugby team began its season on Saturday, Oct. 29, in Jacksonville as they defeated the University of North Florida Ospreys 49-5 in its season opener. After winning...
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Men and women’s basketball teams look forward to season openers
Peter Holland, Jr. // Asst. Sports Director Last season, the men finished 13-19 (7-11 in C-USA) and was eliminated in the second round of the Conference USA tournament against University of Texas...
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Rock climbing club represents Miami in Collegiate Climbing Series
Roberto Raimundez // Contributing Writer Leading the charge in the competitive collegiate rock-climbing scene of Miami and the Tri-County South Florida area is the University’s Rock Climbing team. The...
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Senior guard leads the way in season-opener win
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director The Panthers clinched a 76-57 season-home-opener win against Florida Memorial University Nov. 11 with the help of their shooting guard Donte McGill. McGill put...
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Butch Davis named as new football head coach
Peter Holland, Jr.//Asst. Sports Director On Nov. 14, FIU confirmed Butch Davis has agreed to a five-year contract to be the University’s new football head coach. This was after rumors from multiple...
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College debt is causing students psychological stress
Daniela Perez/Contributing Writer There’s a voice that creeps in the car stereos of pop-punk fanatic millennials, “Who was I kidding? I can’t get past you; you are the cops, you are my student loans.”...
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Students should try to understand financial aid
Many students don’t understand their own credit scores before they need to take out their first student loan. Freshmen are expected to come into university life and adulthood all in one go, which is...
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Students share thoughts on student debt crisis in America
Christopher Downs/Contributing Writer As of 2016, an estimated forty-four million Americans have acquired student debt. In terms of student debt wages over the last 25 years, students who are seeking...
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Guide to financial aid: All you need to know about student loans
Alondra Bodden/Contributing Writer The only thing scarier than finals week in college is, you guessed it – student loans. According to the official financial aid website for FIU: The average cost of...
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Former ESPN analyst named new head coach
Peter Holland, Jr. // Asst. Sports Director Pete Garcia held a press conference for the hiring of FIU’s new football head coach Butch Davis on Tuesday, Nov.15. After being introduced, Davis expressed...
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Football seniors honored in last home game
Peter Holland, Jr. & Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Directors As the Panthers prepare for their final home game of the season, the seniors looked back on the years of being a student athlete at...
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Sophomore infielder’s dream is to ‘make it to the big leagues’
Heather O’Dell // Contributing Writer It was the bottom of the fourth inning, bases were loaded, and FIU was down by one. Facing Southern Miss’ starting pitcher, Walker Powell, sophomore infielder...
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Third-string quarterback wants to ‘start something new and build’ at FIU
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director While attending Lakeland Christian School, Christian Alexander led the football team to an 11-1 record, and he said he has intentions of doing the same as the...
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Junior running back makes history in last home game
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director The Panthers made history in their last home game of the season, defeating Marshall University for the first time in FIU football history. But that was not the...
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New head coach hire will change views on Pete Garcia
Alejandro Solana // Staff Writer Pete Garcia, the University’s executive director of Sports and Entertainment, seems to have earned back some trust from the community after landing what is surely his...
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Men’s basketball halts losing streak, comes out on top against Ave Maria
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director The men’s basketball team returned to Lime Court at FIU Arena defending its home court with a 89-72 win over Ave Maria University. The Panthers had a very shaky...
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Football season is over, now what?
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director If you follow the football team, you may have a sigh of relief that the 2016 season has now come to an end. Coaching changes, quarterback swaps and...
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