Last week, FIU Athletics posted a reel to Instagram with a simple caption: “Heard people were wondering about @Pitbull.” It was intentionally cryptic, owing to the fact that for weeks, national coverage inquired as to why Armando Christian Perez, better known as Pitbull, was not fulfilling his commitments to the stadium that bears his name. […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board In the fiscal year 2018, FIU Student Media received $328,000, allotted by student government. In the fiscal year 2025-2026, the number is $160,000. That is not a rounding error. SGA’s approved $20 million budget for fiscal year 2025–2026 cut the Student Media allocation from $250,000 to $160,000, or a 36% reduction in […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Universities present themselves as bastions of free speech, places where ideas can be exchanged under the guise of civility and healthy debate – which is true. But these notions can only be properly channeled if there is a sense of accountability, and most importantly, transparency. The recent leak of racist messages from […]
If you were to do a quick search for “AI art” and “FIU” together, you’d very easily find the Division of Information and Technologies website, which declares in its banner, “Embracing an AI University.” Another page offered by the university’s library allows one to search for resources, research guides, and various tools for the creation […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board With FIU’s ever-growing budget poured into the football team, more often than not other athletic programs are left behind. Ever since FIU football’s rapid ascendancy to Division 1 status in 2005, it has received the majority of financial, institutional and marketing support from the university compared to every other sport. While football […]
Guest Op-Ed Writer | Tia Díaz-Balart Early detection truly can save lives —and it’s one of the most powerful tools we have. As a 15-year survivor of stage 3 breast cancer, I’m living proof that getting ahead of this disease makes all the difference. It is concerning to see younger Americans facing cancer at higher […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board When you log onto LinkedIn nowadays, you’re flooded by thousands of job postings. Unfortunately, even if you apply to every single one of them, the chance you’ll be offered an interview is scant at best. Following that logic, the chance of actually finding a job is even thinner. It’s become a fact […]
“FIU is drifting toward right-wing political dominance. Unfortunately, most students and faculty won’t notice until it’s too late.” | Courtesy of Conor Moore, PantherNOW PantherNOW Editorial Board FIU is drifting toward right-wing political dominance. Unfortunately, most students won’t notice until it’s too late, despite the faculty’s continued efforts to raise awareness of the issue. Two […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board FIU is one campus in many ways, including how we pay our tuition and fees. Despite 92 percent of FIU’s students living off campus, the majority of whom attend classes at MMC, students still pay thousands in fees for services many of us will never use, including transportation, health, PantherExpress and more. […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board After a fairly benign, apolitical presidency under Kenneth Jessell, our university capitulates, just like the rest of America, toward Trumpist whims by appointing Jeanette Nunez, someone who’s only qualification to run a university is that she was an FIU student…30 years ago? While there’s obviously nothing wrong with appointing a new president, […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Football Head Coach Mike MacIntyre has been fired from the team. This is after Macintyre finished the season with a third consecutive 4-8 record and accusations were made by several former players of verbal abuse and throwing a chair that hit a player. Former team captain Reggie Peterson made the allegations against […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board PantherNOW has published its investigation into Global First Year, a partnership between FIU and the higher-education company Shorelight— and the results are alarming. The program allows international students to take courses at the university as non-degree-seeking students and then transfer to FIU once they’re done. On the surface, it doesn’t seem like […]
