Running in circles: Track and field athletes speak out over state of facilities
Brian Olmo | Summer 2023 Sports Director Andrea Loizidou is a mathematics master’s student and track runner at FIU. She’s from Cyprus – a country…
Athletics
Panthers second baseman Dante Girardi enters the transfer portal
William Duval | Assistant Sports Director Panthers second baseman Dante Girardi entered the transfer portal, as announced on Twitter on June 27, 2023. The six…
Panther Preview: FIU men’s basketball vs. Rice Owls
Richelieu Valery | Contributing Writer Saturday at 7:00 p.m. the Panthers face Rice University, ending a short two-game home stretch at the Ocean Bank Convocation…
First Amendment Advocates Urge Rosenberg to Change Policy
By: Joshua Ceballos/Investigative Editor After years of tense relations with the Athletic Communications department and months of missed calls and unanswered texts, PantherNOW released…
Womens Soccer Wins Home Opener
Giuliana La Mendola/Contributing Writer The FIU Women’s soccer team won their first home game Friday, Aug. 30, 3-0 against Jacksonville University. The Panthers lost their…
Athletics fees going up after SGA bailout
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Starting fall 2019, students will pay a higher Athletics fee to help pay for the Athletics Department’s over $3 million…
Athletics Fee Committee opinions split, want more transparency
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Athletics fee committee members held a preliminary vote to decide if Athletics should take a portion of Activities and Service…
Athletics hundreds of thousands ‘in the hole’, requests bailout from SGA
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Athletics is requesting a bailout from the Student Government Association to help cover hundreds of thousands in revenue losses. The…
Athletics requesting higher percentage of student fees
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director The Athletics Department is in need of money, and they are requesting a higher percentage of student fees to meet…
Editorial: student athlete GPA now average – should it be applauded?
Even though Garcia and and his department expects to continue seeing an upward trend of high academic standards, it might be too soon to celebrate.