Karisma Polly | Staff Writer Students, faculty and staff voiced their concerns about campus life and academic opportunities during a town hall at Florida International University Biscayne Bay campus. On October 8, Vice Provost, Dr. Heithaus, took part in an FIU town hall at the Wolf University Center Theater of Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC). During […]
Alexia Rivera | Staff Writer The FIU College Republicans held an informational meeting on Tuesday about the upcoming midterm election and the gubernatorial race for students to attend, ask questions, and voice their opinions. “I think seeing every side politically like the Republican side versus the libertarian side versus whoever else, it’s important and it’s […]
Kendall Moffett | Contributory writer Florida International University’s Student Government Association has previously opposed the university’s agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but it has not adopted a specific Senate measure addressing the disciplinary cases against students who protested the agreement. A separate resolution introduced this month seeking to reaffirm SGA’s opposition to the […]
By Lea Abito | Staff Writer Building on the success and cultural phenomenon of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” Florida International University’s Theater Department put on an electrifying opening performance of Sophocles’ “Elektra” on September 25. With Agamemnon’s aura-farming still fresh in the minds of those who watched “The Odyssey,” “Elektra” was the perfect way to […]
Dueling Columns is a feature in which PantherNOW opinion columnists debate a pressing issue. This column is in response to Rachel Gordon-Acavia’s Dueling Column: Build More Parking Garages: Problem Solved? Not So Much. By Aitana Salmeron | Staff Writer When I arrived on campus for the first time in 2025, I had no idea that […]
Dueling Columns is a feature in which PantherNOW opinion columnists debate a pressing issue. This column is in response to Aitana Salmeron’s Dueling Column: FIU Has a Parking Problem. By Rachel Gordon-Acavia | Contributing Writer Over 3,200 people live in dorms or student apartments on campus, so it’s safe to say many students choose to […]
David Brown | Staff Writer On Oct. 5, FIU’s SGA Senate met to hold a public forum and vote regarding an anti-ICE resolution that would denounce the university’s participation in the 287(g) agreement between campus police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The meeting abruptly ended when the Senate lost quorum, preventing a vote on […]
By Michael Andrillon | Staff Writer To think that this all started because of a “Star Wars” fanfiction romance involving Kylo Ren and Rey and yet this is by no means untreated territory. “Fifty Shades of Grey” (2011) was itself rooted in Twilight fanfiction, and horror grandaddy H.P. Lovecraft inspired others to expand on his […]
By Man Meet | Contributing Writer It is necessary to teach media literacy as a compulsory course in college. The term “forced,” in itself, can be a negative word, but in the context of college, it is not. College already requires students to take courses in subjects that promote important academic and professional skills. Students […]
David Brown | Staff Writer On September 28, FIU’s SGA Senate met to vote in two new senators and two secretaries, discuss the integration of Sigma Pi as a new fraternity chapter, and review upcoming campus events; they also had a public forum for students who were concerned over the rejection of Sen. Manuel Fernandez’s […]
By Sonia Stolar | Staff Writer The plagiarism talk is dealt with as part of the education package—there is no way to outrun it, for a crime is a crime. Once a student chooses to attend classes in any establishment, they will have to extensively study and then go through rounds of repetition of how […]
Shane Miller | Staff Writer Malika Benjamin | Videographer Amidst an ongoing legal case between the FIU Seven and FIU President Jeanette Nuñez, the FIU Seven hosted a Town Hall gathering on September 23rd at PG6 with ICEBreakers and Dream Defenders. The Seven are a group of students who were disciplined by FIU in March […]
