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Parking lot constructed outside Bayview housing
By: Nicole Stone/Assistant News Director A new parking lot directly adjacent to Bayview student housing has made living and commuting at the Biscayne Bay Campus a little easier. The lot has 242...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Happy Week of Welcome, Panthers!
Michelle Marchante/Editor in Chief We hope you’ve had a great summer and are now ready to buckle up, grab your pencils and start studying. Student Media had to say goodbye this summer to our Assistant...
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FIU professors give tips on adjusting to college life
Victoria Abella/Contributing Writer The cars are stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Palmetto. People are struggling to find a parking spot in the Gold Garage. Students are hastily running around...
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A passion in motion: meet FIU’s sk8er boi
Tamica Jean-Charles/Entertainment Director Despite never being an FIU student, everyone knows him as the guy who zooms through the sidewalks of the Modesto Maidique Campus. However, despite what campus...
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College of Business creates new app to increase campus involvement
By: Sherrilyn Cabrera/Contributing Writer Business students now have a new incentive to be involved on campus with the launch of a new app that offers prizes for involvement. The FIU College of...
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Football tailgating rules to change in response to focus groups
By: Fernando Marca/Staff Writer The University has updated and revamped its tailgating experience by changing rules and creating designated drinking zones for the upcoming Fall 2018 Football season....
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Electrical box at football stadium “flamed up”
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director Smoke could be seen coming out of a light pole on the northwest corner of the Riccardo Silva Football Stadium at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, and...
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Reflexology path opens with ribbon cutting ceremony
By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director Members of the community can now walk across the five elements on the longest reflexology path on the U.S. east coast at the Biscayne Bay campus. The Student...
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SGC-MMC president charges senate to do a better job of representing students
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director The president of MMC’s student government council said to the SGC-MMC senate that the student government is not doing a good enough job of representing its students....
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Lula Rides to bring a new kind of rideshare
Muriel Almeida/Contributing Writer On Saturday, Sept. 1, South Florida brothers Matthew and Michael Vega-Sanz are launching the first car-sharing app, Lula Rides, for college students nationwide –...
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“The Happytime Murders” fails to be funny
George Ibarra/Staff Writer For anyone who watched the horribly unfunny trailers for Brian Henson’s “The Happytime Murders,” it’s no surprise the “comedy” film is a vacuum that sucks all emotion from...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Football season is here…so, the madness begins
Michelle Marchante/Editor-in-Chief Football season is here and with it comes along new tailgating rules, new spirit and a new quarterback. This is the second year that the University’s football team...
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Greeks to boycott tailgate to ‘put pressure on administration and SGA’
By: Gerard Albert and Joshua Ceballos/PantherNOW Staff BREAKING: Members of the Greek community are planning on boycotting the first tailgate of the 2018 football season in response to restrictions...
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Alleged discriminatory policy leads to Greek boycott of first Tailgate
Joshua Ceballos/News Director This weekend was the University’s first tailgate of the year — but no one was there. Lot 4 and 5 remained mostly empty of tailgaters, a clear sign of Greek Life’s...
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Final post-merger SGA structure proposed
Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director The Student Government is putting proposed constitutional changes to a vote on Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Wednesday Sept. 26. Students from all campuses will be...
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Modesto Maidique Campus to retain its name
Joshua Ceballos/News Director Breaking: The University’s Board of Trustees will not change the name of the Modesto Maidique Campus — at least not yet. The BoT has been discussing the possibility of...
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Handshake job database struggling with engagement, ‘needs to do better’
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director The University’s Career and Talent Development (CTD) department feels that its job database isn’t getting a fair shake. Handshake is FIU’s database site where CTD...
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Hispanics have helped build the Miami we know today
If you visit a public place in Miami, you’re destined to hear people speaking Spanish. Since Cuban dictator Fidel Castro assumed power in 1959, Cubans have been immigrating to Miami in massive...
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Miami’s culture is internationally friendly
Mariandrea Vergel Prieto/Guest Columnist I was 17-years-old when I decided to move out. But I wasn’t just moving from one house to another—I moved countries. I left Venezuela three years ago with hopes...
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Celebrate the culture in Miami during Hispanic Heritage Month
Michelle Marchante/Editor in Chief Having our school be in the unofficial Hispanic quarter of the United States a.k.a. Miami means you’ll be finding columns from all different types of Hispanic...
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