WUC will not be renovated in time for spring
Students that have been waiting for the renovated Wolfe University Center to be inaugurated must wait a few more months.
Students that have been waiting for the renovated Wolfe University Center to be inaugurated must wait a few more months.
A U.S. Department of Transportation discretionary grant program, called Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery 2013, appropriated $11.4 million to the University on Sept. 5.These funds will develop the pedestrian bridge that will connect the University with Sweetwater, and street improvements two blocks north and south of Southwest Eighth Street, on 109th Avenue.
Residents will have to park across the street at MMC and cross a main street to get to their cars or homes.
As students approach the Information and Research Services desk on Green Library’s bustling second floor and make a left, they encounter the latest upgrade to the facilities: The Hub.
By 2020 students may not have the option of residing in University Apartments.The 2010-2020 Master Plan’s draft shows that University Apartments may lose some, if not all, of its beds.
Staff writer Carlos Coba thinks that it is time for ‘stand your ground’ laws to be changed.
Public-private partnerships are well underway at the University, regardless of critics. Contracts with Academic Partnerships and Royal Caribbean are in the process of being finalized, while a partnership with Zoo Miami was finalized on July 16.
When Assistant Chief of FIU Police Alphonse Ianniello was asked if he saw any texting while driving around campus, he said he personally did not.
However, students said they witness their peers texting and driving often.
“I see people texting and driving all the time on campus,” said Roberto Lopez, junior computer science major.
Contributing writer Carlos Coba suggests Sen. Marco Rubio’s English requirement for acquiring legal status is a very hypocritical move on his end.
Contributing writer Carlos Coba discusses the state of Miami-Dade County’s public transportation system, which he believes is failing in suburban areas.