Intelligent sounds in downtown: Bonobo at Grand Central
Mariana Dias / Contributing Writer Here’s another great show for the lovers of intelligent sound. British producer and musician Simon
Mariana Dias / Contributing Writer Here’s another great show for the lovers of intelligent sound. British producer and musician Simon
Cadets march in honor of veterans day.
The University’s Southern Battalion of the Ranger Officer Training Corps will lead several other Southern Florida universities in their first “ruck march” on Saturday November 9th.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy will be hosting medical marijuana patient Irvin Rosenfeld to discuss his experience with the Supreme Court and his views on the status of the War on Drugs.
University Chief of Police Alexander Casas is concerned over the heightened likelihood of MDMA use at future Homecoming concerts. While the presence of MDMA and other drugs is a concern for the University Police Department, Casas notes that in the previous year few drug-related arrests have been made.
Updates on the threat to the University of a shooting last Oct. 3. This threat came in the form of a Facebook post on an unofficial University page titled “Florida International University Class of 2017.”
The Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle acquired by Ohio State University Department of Public Safety has made national headlines. University Chief of Police Alexander Casas does not intend on having his department obtain an MRAP like the one at OSU, instead a smaller more maneuverable vehicle.
University Chief of Police Alexander Casas said the University Police Department treats electronic cigarettes as it would any cigarette, however, he has not personally seen them being used on-campus. Despite present regulations, however, students say they continue to use e-cigarettes on campus.
University Police Department officers teach defense techniques to female students, faculty and staff. The free course runs nine to twelve hours over the span of three days with class sizes ranging from six to 16 students. Classes are held wherever there is space available on-campus.
Forty-two arrests, 49 thefts, 40 traffic citations and nine burglaries have been reported by the University Police Department since the beginning of summer C.
The countdown has begun.
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the University has student rules in place that limit freedom of speech.