PantherNOW Editorial Board In the fiscal year 2018, FIU Student Media received $328,000, allotted by student government. In the fiscal year 2025-2026, the number is $160,000. That is not a rounding error. SGA’s approved $20 million budget for fiscal year 2025–2026 cut the Student Media allocation from $250,000 to $160,000, or a 36% reduction in […]
Kailey Krantz-Diaz | Staff Writer Some undergraduate students may want to continue their studies at FIU through their graduate program. However, they’ll have second thoughts after learning the program is experiencing drastic budget cuts. While I may be an undergrad student, I sympathize with the graduate students who have voiced their concerns and relate to […]
Mariantonia Mejia | Staff Writer For the second year in a row, the Homecoming Council canceled Panthermonium, the (previously) annual fall homecoming concert. While the official reason concerns their funds and budget, which the Student Government Association controls, being reduced significantly, SGA President Alexander Sutton stated in PantherNOW’s article that the administration plans on phasing […]
By: Valentina Palm/Staff Writer The University budget split between the Modesto Maidique Campus and the Biscayne Bay Campus was redistributed in budget deliberations held Tuesday, Feb. 12. The Student Government Council at MMC received 80 percent while the council at BBC received 20 percent of the $3.5 million total from Student Government Association funds. […]
Mariella Roque/ Staff Writer Now that the nationally discussed sequester is no longer an abstract idea, the parties affected have to deal with the fallout, including university students receiving financial aid. A series of federal spending cuts went into immediate effect on March 1, passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama […]
