FAFSA is a nightmare for students
Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer Students depend on financial aid to pay their way through college, but lately it’s been a nightmare. FAFSA has been…
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Editorial: SGA Showing Their True Colors By Cutting Student Media Funding
The Student Government at Florida International University has once again proven that they dont give a damn about students’ free speech. Or the rest of…
SGA Slashes Student Media Budget, Increase Greek Life Funding
Joshua Ceballos/Investigative Editor The FIU Student Government slashed the budgets of some student organizations last night, including Student Media’s. The University-Wide Committee, made up of…
It’s A Rule Nobody Follows, So Why Are The ‘Knives’ Out in SGA?
Joshua Ceballos/Investigative Editor Some members of the Student Government want to change the constitution to remove a rule that nobody follows, but the move has…
SGC-MMC Votes For More Funding Oversight
By: Gerard Albert III/Editor-In-Chief The senate of the Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique Campus voted overwhelmingly, Monday, to add more accountability to their funding…
SGC-MMC is looking to fill their own pockets
Members of the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus are getting raises while their Biscayne Bay Campus counterparts are having their budgets cut….
Claw & Growl News & Opinion Talk Show March 6, 2017
The Claw & Growl interviews Meredith Marseille, the SGC-BBC comptroller, on the SGA’s budgeting process, their budget deliberations and how funds are allocated. The Claw & Growl also discusses President Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the presidential campaign, and compare Trump’s new executive travel order with his original travel ban.
SGA budget brings disappointment for some
The Student Government Association had almost $3 million more to work into the budget this year than they did the previous year – some organizations benefited, while others still faced cuts in spite of the added funding.
What cheaper gas means to college students
Image by Matthew Youngberg via Flickr Amid Bennaim | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com Aside from the obvious benefit of paying less at the pump, many FIU…
Lawmakers battle tuition hikes
Gov. Rick Scott is pushing legislators to remove Florida’s tuition differential law that allows universities to increase the cost up to 15 percent each year.