Kendall Moffett | Staff Writer Just after winter break, I find myself thrust into the spring semester, weighed down by exhaustion. Despite the brief academic break, the fatigue from the fall semester lingers, making it hard to feel truly ready, confining me to a vicious cycle that seems destined to repeat. The spring semester at […]
Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director Four months after the Surfside condominium collapse, FIU commemorated the lives lost by the tragedy with a memorial at the Graham Center (GC) Ballrooms. “We understand that life is short,” said FIU President Mark Rosenberg on Thursday, Oct. 14, at the event. “We have to somehow find it in […]
Jesse Fraga / Assistant News Director Those who use the FIU pharmacy are scrambling with less than a week left to fill their prescription needs. The pharmacy, located in the center of Modesto A. Maidique campus, provided quick access to the university’s medications, leaving “little interruption to your class or work schedule,” the website states. […]
Martina Brady / Staff Writer Ever since FIU closed due to the pandemic in March 2020, there have been no reported stalking cases on campus according to FIUPD. A stark difference to previous years, when stalking cases at FIU spiked. According to FIUPD’s most recent report, from 2017 to 2019, 47 cases of stalking occurred […]
Gabriela Enamorado/Staff Writer With June just around the corner, we’re reminded that many Pride month events have been canceled due to the current pandemic. Sadly, this isn’t the only way the virus has affected the LGBT community. For many queer college students, school was an escape from unaccepting families. Once universities shut down because of […]
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer In a world that’s rapidly digitalizing amidst the pandemic, FIU has attempted to move many of its services online. Given how crucial Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is to the panther community, it requires an adequate transmission to a fully online format. I went to look at what CAPS has to offer […]
By: Gabriella Pinos / Opinion Director Amid the coronavirus pandemic, FIU’s Counseling and Psychological Services is hosting virtual events to help students ride through the quarantine. Since the University transitioned to online learning in March, all services by CAPS, the Victim Empowerment Program and the Healthy Living Program are being offered remotely, and consultations are […]
Katherine Wong/Staff Writer Before I was ever introduced to the MTV show “Catfish,” I never questioned the possibility of someone using my images to create a fake persona online. The show, while absurd and scripted at times, gave me insight into what could potentially happen to me. The possibility of a friend, a stranger or […]
Tamica Jean-Charles/Entertainment Director The University has seen a 38 percent increase in reported rape in the last three years—with four in 2014 to eight in 2016, according to the University’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report for 2017. MMC has reported seven rapes, and BBC with one. FIU has the fifth highest rape charges of […]
By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director The University has plans to make fully online therapy sessions available to all students– not only to fully online students that currently have access. Counseling and Psychological Services currently employs five counselors that are available to fully online students, but more are being trained as plans to expand online […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director This Saturday is the 46th anniversary of Title IX, the educational amendment to prevent sex discrimination in educational settings. In honor of the anniversary, IT’S ON US Campaign along with the Counseling and Psychological Services held an event in GC Pit on Thursday, June 21, offering Misha’s cupcakes arranged to […]
Gabriella Pinos/Staff Writer “ALL Are Welcome Here.” The rainbow poster hangs next to Nancy Zlatkin’s door at FIU’s Counseling and Psychological Services. As a psychologist specialized in working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer students, it’s important for Zlatkin to make them feel secure. “This is the first thing that I want students […]
