Students use side businesses to pay tuition
In lieu of recent cuts in the work study program, financial aid, and grants, students look elsewhere to pay their tuition. Although many receive financial…
Editorials
The University’s lack of team spirit
During the much needed spring break, one of FIU’s athletic programs did something that no team in school history has ever done: advance to a…
A hasty move to become “Worlds Ahead”
Trying to be “Worlds Ahead” can put a heavy-handed burden on FIU’s shoulders, however these decisions should not be made in haste. When this happens,…
Keeping it in the family is all right
Coaching with kin is not frowned upon at FIU and The Beacon doesn’t think so either. FIU has a pair of parent and child coaching…
Editorial: All students shouldn’t be punished for extra credits
Some students are getting punished for taking more than 120 credits in classes. At least that’s one way of seeing it. According to the 2012…
It looks like a drop, feels like a drop, but it’s not a drop?
Our eyes see one thing, but our ears were told the opposite. When we asked enrollment services about the drop in enrollment we saw the…
Firing coaches does not make financial sense
As students we need to see a different type of management from the Athletics department. In 2012, Isiah Thomas and Mario Cristobal were fired after…
Sugar daddies: not as sweet as they seem
Getting an education is important, but some students are taking incredible measures to afford it. University students are willing to go as far as prostitution,…
Wear your own colors
Anthony Cave/Staff Writer Our colors are blue and gold. Not green and orange. Not blue and orange. And not garnet and gold either. Around campus,…
The roads still untraveled
After graduation there’s no more assignments, no more syllabi, and no more emails informing you about enrollment dates. A huge sigh of relief. But…