Alpha Xi Delta honors sorority sister
What was supposed to be a casual day spent running errands soon turned into a tragic nightmare for Alexa Duran.
What was supposed to be a casual day spent running errands soon turned into a tragic nightmare for Alexa Duran.
Jeffrey Frias, a senior interdisciplinary studies major who lives in 4th Street Commons, said he wasn’t going to bother coming to class if the crosswalk wasn’t reopened. This is a feeling that he said is shared among those who live in his building.
Hundreds of students and faculty gathered at FIU’s Graham Center Ballrooms on Wednesday, March 21, to honor the victims of the University City bridge collapse that happened over spring break.
Student Media will be providing updates on the traffic situation surrounding the Modesto Maidique campus following the collapse of the newly-installed 950-ton section of the University City Bridge, which left six people dead and multiple injured.
The “Worlds Ahead” pedestrian bridge crossing SW 8th St. and 109th Ave. collapsed five days after it was “swung” into place, leaving tragedy and questions in the wake of a project that had been in the works for almost a decade.
Here’s what we know so far about the collapse of the bridge connecting FIU to Sweetwater on 8th street.