FIU SHARP hosts Halloween fashion show and party to advocate self-love
Tamica Jean-Charles/Entertainment Director Sexual Health Alliance Revolutionizing Positivity, along with the Healthy Living Program and the It’s On Us campaign, hosted “Sexpress Yourself,” to celebrate...
View ArticleSenate votes for Comptroller impeachment trial at MMC
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director The SGC-MMC senate voted this Monday to move forward with an impeachment trial for comptroller Carolina Gonzalez. The decision comes two weeks after...
View ArticleVIDEO: FIU AVP engages student and staff in weekly runs
Tamica Jean-Charles/Entertainment Director Every Monday at 5:30 p.m., students and staff dressed in athletic gear gather around Panther Square in the Wolfe University Center to run with Anthony...
View ArticleRecent controversy teaches us a lot about social media
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/ Contributing Writer On Tuesday, Oct. 16, the University was rocked with another controversy when our chapter of the right-wing political group Turning Point USA came under fire...
View ArticleShalom FIU to hold fundraiser for Syria
By: Denisse Machado Taboada/Contributing Writer In an effort to raise money and awareness for Syrian refugees, the student organization Shalom FIU will be hosting a fundraiser event on Tuesday, Oct....
View ArticleFIU Music Festival kicks off at Wertheim Concert Hall
Luanna Ochoa/Contributing Writer From Oct. 26 through Nov. 10, FIU will be hosting an impressive lineup of musical genius at the Modesto Maidique campus. The lineup will include musicians from FIU and...
View Article“Voces del Periodismo” awards to showcase student journalism
Cristina Gonzalez/Contributing Writer The National Association of Hispanic Journalists has created a platform for students to showcase their journalistic work, and now they’re calling for your...
View ArticleGroupon partners with FIU to offer student discounts
Victoria Abella/Staff Writer In college, saving money is a common struggle. But, as a resource designed to save on goods and services, Groupon has begun to target their services specifically towards...
View ArticleParkland students visit MMC for ‘Vote For Our Lives’
Photos and Words by: Ivonne Rodriguez/Contributing Writer Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School, who created the March for Our Lives movement for gun control, are on a nation-wide tour...
View ArticleUniversity to host cybersecurity conference
By: Yeskanisayka Urbina/Staff Writer The University is hosting an annual conference for cybersecurity education and training to encourage cybersecurity in the workplace. The National Initiative for...
View ArticleNew College of Medicine dean selected
By: Joshua Ceballos/ News Director The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has found its new dean after over a year of searching. Dr. Robert Sackstein, current professor at Harvard Medical School,...
View ArticleSGC-MMC comptroller will not be removed
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Carolina Gonzalez, comptroller of the Student Government Council on the Modesto Maidique Campus, will remain in her position as the senate failed to meet...
View ArticleHospitality school promotes ‘mastery’ in management
By: Valentina Palm/Contributing Writer Starting in spring 2019, the FIU Chaplin Hospitality and Tourism Management school will become the first to align its curriculum with the competencies...
View ArticleEDITOR’S NOTE: Careful with the web, it could haunt you later
Michelle Marchante/Editor-in-Chief If there is one thing Millennials can say we’re experts on, it’s social media. The generation after us, sometimes referred to as Digital Natives or Gen Z, even more...
View ArticleCuban jazz pianist and composer sets out on a dream
Tamica Jean-Charles/Entertainment Director It was his uncle who gave him the Keith Jarrett “The Köln Concert” CD. Alfredo Rodriguez had been attending music school for sometime now where he studied...
View ArticleCollege of Nursing senator becomes new SGC-MMC vice president
Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Hours before he found out he was chosen for vice president of Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus, senator Peter Hernandez was delivering...
View ArticleFIU Turkey Trot flocks to Biscayne Bay Campus
Cristina Gonzalez/Contributing Writer It’s November, which means it’s time for the annual FIU Turkey Trot. Students, faculty and staff and their families can partake in the annual Thanksgiving...
View ArticleHead of SGC-MMC Internal Affairs fired
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Head of the Internal Affairs committee and Housing senator for Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique campus, Matthew Beck was removed from...
View ArticleBookstore offers student veteran discount
By: Muriel Almeida/Staff Writer For the first time, student veterans can now enjoy a military discount throughout Veterans Appreciation Week at FIU. Starting Nov. 2nd and running until Nov. 13th, a...
View ArticleScams target students on MMC
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director A man accused of tricking students into buying fake subscriptions for comic books has been arrested by the FIU Police Department. Travaris Robinson, a 24 year old...
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