Helen Capote | Contributing Writer Amid the several controversies involving Florida’s Board of Trustees, members of the FIU chapter of the United Faculty of Florida chapter still cling to hope. Since 1976, UFF-FIU has regarded as one of its principal aims the preservation of academic freedom. However, UFF-FIU first became the center of controversy when […]
Carla Mendez | Staff Writer As Florida’s statewide review of course material at public universities continues, FIU finds itself at the center of controversy. The investigation, which began after allegations of anti-Semitic content in a Terrorism and Homeland Security course, has left many faculty members grappling with questions about academic freedom, censorship and the role […]
Carla Mendez | Staff Writer As state authorities undertake a targeted review of university curriculum across Florida, attention has been drawn to all courses statewide. This comes in the wake of a recent incident at FIU, where concerns were raised about an exam and textbook used in a Terrorism and Homeland Security class. Florida Representative […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board On Jan. 2, Harvard President Claudine Gay yielded to pressure from conservative critics and announced that she would resign from her post following allegations of plagiarism. Undoubtedly, Gay’s infamous congressional hearing this past month also drew the scorn of many who saw her as being indifferent to mounting anti-semitism on college campuses. […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board PantherNOW wholeheartedly condemns the behavior of Dalton Clodfelter, Tyler Russell and the rest of the YEisRIGHT group, who came to FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus on Friday, Feb. 10 to provoke arguments about Kanye West’s antisemitic views. Their behavior is disgusting, disruptive and not representative of the culture of diversity and tolerance at […]
Nathan Nayor/ Staff writer There’s been a concerning rise in antisemitic incidents in Florida in the past few months, including FIU. After a flyer was distributed at MMC on April 15 spreading misinformation, it’s time we reeducate people on why Nazis are a glaring evil that cannot be tolerated. On the antisemitic flyer found on […]
Melanie Arougueti/Staff Writer On Thursday, Jan. 31, men and women walked around our university’s main campus dressed in white clothes with bloodstains on the groin area, and holding picket signs reading, “I want my foreskin back.” Despite the protesters’ concerns about the supposed inhumanity of circumcision, the positives outweigh any concerns when it comes to […]
Melanie Arougueti/Staff Writer Anti-Semitic attacks have been stacking up against the Jewish residents of New York. To the many Jews keeping up with these events from different corners of the world, communities like the one in Crown Heights are becoming a symbol of the discrimination we still face globally. On Tuesday, Dec. 28, Jews were […]
by Ossman Darwiche/Assistant Opinion Director We have been blind to the shadow of a rising threat on our own campus and community. As a Jewish student at FIU I know I’m part of a minority, but it is a minority which is under constant attack. As Eli Cohen once said, “Jews are hated for remaining […]
