By Nicholas R. Cabezas FIU’s Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) has taken writers as far as Cambridge and Kyoto, capturing the school’s scholarship while indicating its students’ promising futures. Founded in Summer of 2022, FIU’s URJ will turn three next spring. The URJ is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal, looking to publish undergraduate research and provide […]
Lael Licht | Earth and Environment Lab Technician On October 9th, hurricane Milton blew through central Florida, narrowly missing Miami and FIU. This time around, we got lucky: The storm surges weren’t as bad as predicted, but winds, rain, flooding, and unexpected tornadoes in South Florida contributed to catastrophic property damage and resulted in at least 23 deaths. The overall […]
Jose Gabilondo & David Walter | FIU Law Professors As faculty members of the law school, we are disappointed that one of the two elected student speakers at the May 17th Commencement was unceremoniously silenced when he expressed a political opinion about Gaza. As per our tradition, the graduating class picks two speakers to represent […]
Daniel Salup-Cid | SGA CASE Senator A few weeks ago, the Panther Now Editorial Board posted an article on the third writ I faced coming from the College Republicans at FIU. I was incredibly disappointed to see the Editorial Board fall for the same lies from the College Republicans as the Student Government Supreme Court. […]
Alexander Sutton, Student Body President 2023 – 2024 Santana Way, Student Body Vice President 2023 – 2024 Promise made, promise kept. When we campaigned for President and Vice President a year ago, we promised to bring back Panthermonium, FIU’s annual Homecoming Concert. Here we are a year later, and we are proud that Panthermonium will […]
Alexander Sutton, Student Body President 2023 – 2024Kaily LaChapelle, Senate President 2023 – 2024Alexander Stone, Housing Senator 2022 – 2025 The student body will be voting on a revised SGA Constitution on Tuesday, April 2. We, asseveral members of the Constitutional Convention, would like to draw your attention to this, andexpress our sincere belief that […]
Yishmael Columna | Vice-President of Students Supporting Israel (SSI) I never expected to say this about FIU. This university has been very supportive of our Jewish students. However, anti-Jewish hate and antisemitism keep running rampant throughout campus. What occurred during Hillel’s Shabbat was unbelievable. We’ve been called “genocide apologizers,” “conflict supporters,” or people with “blood […]
Alexander Sutton | Student Body President Kaily LaChapelle| Pride Student Union President Grace Biggers | Black Student Union President The Student Government Association is saddened to see the closure of FIU’s Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Office of Social Justice and Inclusion. Although we recognize that FIU’s administration had no choice in […]
Jordan-Ashley Brown | Events and Marketing Coordinator for Jamaican Students Union | Criminal Justice, Sophomore Being a student at FIU it is important to note and appreciate the diverse experience of students within our esteemed academic community. I will shed light on a particular issue that our international community in particular our Caribbean students encounter […]
Haley R. Dawson and Sarwar J. Minar | Graduate and Professional Student Committee Florida International University announced a new alumni email access policy whichrestricts alumni access to their FIU email for one year after graduation (or two consecutiveinactive semesters), replacing the previous policy of lifetime access. They cite three primary reasons for the new limited […]
Yishmael Columna | Junior, Political Science and International Relations Student I want to bring to your attention the divisive points of the “Ceasefire-Now” Resolution. This resolution dismisses and politicizes our student body. The statement by FIU President, Kenneth Jessell, didn’t fail to address the difficulties faced by the Palestinians, but rather focused on terrorist attacks […]
Kaily LaChapelle | Senate President of Student Government Association, President of Pride Student Union, and Co-Founder/Vice-President of Disabled Student Union Hello Panthers! I have been a part of SGA since July 2021, passionate about leaving a lasting impact on our campus for the representation of marginalized students. To see our academic freedom and civil liberties […]
