Black History Month: a celebration or a seperation?
Lauren Bana/Contributing Writer A nation thrives off of unity, and if we, as a nation, are unified only amongst our own separate races, then we…
Student Thoughts
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…
Letter to the Editor: Welcome to the Dream Era
February 26, 2012 is a night that haunts many. On this night in Sanford, Fla., Trayvon Martin was walking home when he was confronted and…
Updating ourselves, not our statuses
Diana Anaya/Contributing Writer There is not one catch-all answer to explain why suicide rates continue to rise for university students. The new environment, the masses…
Making stranger conversations more common
Miguel Martinez-Viera/Contributing Writer A simple act of kindness is not what I’m talking about. Nor a kind word; nor helping out a friend. What I’m…
The Bacon, delivering the real news
Lourdes Ginart/Staff Writer What do headlines like “Artwork on MMC Campus to be Censored,” “CIO Uses Tech Fee Money To Build Office Out Of iPads,”…
Vending machines, authorizing annoyance
Aaron Pabon/Staff Writer Everyday, a handful of students at FIU will make a gamble. That gamble: trying to make a purchase at the vending machine….
Girl hate, a misleading stereotype
Chelsea Klaiber/Staff Writer Lately I’ve been hearing so many different versions of the same idea: women make poor friends to other women, they’re always out…
Alone one day, not forever
Selima Hussain/Staff Writer Yesterday, girlfriends and boyfriends celebrated Valentine’s Day by writing each other love notes, exchanging cute gifts, like gigantic stuffed animals and chocolate,…
A happy valentine for all
Ashley Orozco/Contributing Writer Here’s an unpopular opinion: I love Valentine’s Day. No, not the movie starring every celebrity you could think of. I’ve never had…
