Brigitte Onorato/Contributing Writer The Office of Multicultural Programs and Services will be hosting their third annual Social Justice Summit on Wednesday, April 10 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Modesto Maidique Campus. The summit is an educational program that invites students and faculty staff to learn about different topics such as immigration rights, […]
Brigitte Onorato/Contributing Writer On Jan. 22 and 23, 2019, the FIU Wellness and Recreation Center held their Fitness and Yoga party providing demo fitness classes to those interested in joining for the new semester. Many of the classes included Total Body Resistance Exercise, lift and sweat, powerlifting aerial and acro yoga, and Muay Thai classes. […]
Brigitte Onorato/Contributing Writer College students are at the prime age for sexually transmitted diseases, and with Miami having one of the highest contraction rates for the human immunodeficiency virus, testing for such diseases is critical. Luckily, FIU wants to help. Eva Wales, community research coordinator of FIU-BRIDGE, a prevention research institute dedicated to promoting school- […]
Brigitte Onorato/Contributing Writer Professor David Chang, chair of the Department of Art History, taught a special course on landscape painting in Summer 2018. 18 of his students presented their artwork at a reception in the GC Art Gallery on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Chang, who modeled his intense, month-long course after training programs in Europe, said […]
Brigitte Onorato/ Staff Writer The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum brought in 12 artists on Saturday, July 14, to present their pieces in “Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics, and Art,” an exhibit based off of one theme—deconstruction. The pieces reflect the process of taking apart things and creating something that re-examines the world […]
Brigitte Onorato/ Contributing Writer Azealia Banks is known for notoriously speaking her mind. The singer takes to Twitter to express her pessimistic opinion on fellow female performers—Remy Ma, Iggy Azalea, Rihanna, Rita Ora and Beyonce just to name a few Some of her most infamous tweets tend to mention thoughts involving the perception of black […]