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 […]
By Lea Abito | Staff Writer Tucked away at the back of Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus, Bayview Student Living is just as quiet as the campus and waterfront it resides on. Most students never set foot here, and even fewer know there’s housing available here. The campus is about an hour-long, traffic-filled shuttle […]
Aitana Salmeron | Staff Writer The Internal Affairs committee voted 4-1 against an anti-ice resolution that would have condemned the university’s 287(g) agreement with federal immigration agents. The resolution sought to condemn the 287(g) agreement and have FIU affirm that it will protect students rights to free speech, peaceful protests on campus where permissible by […]
David Brown | Staff Writer Last Thursday, Florida International University’s Board of Trustees reaffirmed its commitment to the State University System of Florida’s Statement on Free Expression following a tumultuous year of legal battles involving free speech, campus enforcement policies, and controversial appointments to leadership. The reaffirmation to free speech comes after the ACLU of […]
By Key Fontaine | Contributing Writer There is a vast difference between appearing nude to complement your art or make a statement, and appearing nude because you’re selling out. Sydney Sweeney falls within the latter. I’d like to preface this by saying that I am all for women appearing nude if they choose to do […]
