Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer Nearly five months after its outbreak, the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the wreckage of families and large institutions as hundreds of nations issue stay-at-home orders and foreign economies crash. With many American households losing their sources of income, the affordability of higher education is diminishing rapidly and students are calling on […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer If on New Year’s Eve you would have told me that 2020 would give us a worldwide pandemic and the nation would go into a recession, I wouldn’t have believed you. And yet here we are, three months into the year and millions of people have lost their jobs, are sequestered in […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer The global crisis known as the coronavirus has affected the lives of everyone across the nation and has even managed to infiltrate our very campus. With classes transferred to digital meeting rooms and students forced out of their dorms, we can safely say this spring semester has been anything but productive. This […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer Nearly four years into Donald Trump’s presidency, liberals and certain conservatives continue to remain unconvinced about the current leader of the free world. Although the President’s bombastic nature has rubbed many Americans the wrong way, the facts show incontrovertible proof that Trump’s presidency has been anything but poor. In fact, it has […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer Cuba’s dictatorship has always been a sore spot for politicians, especially those trying to cater to hispanic demographics. On Sunday, Feb. 23, Senator Bernie Sanders made some comments that may have cost him the latin vote after he naively defended certain programs introduced by the Castro Regime, to the horror of Cuban […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer We have all found ourselves groaning behind our professor’s back as they gleefully assign a group project. While coordinating in person is difficult enough, the obstacles rise to a whole other level when partners have to work in conjunction virtually. FIU Online was created for non-traditional students who do not have the […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer In 2016, Uber submitted a patent application for an AI that would determine if a rider is drunk or high, and possibly deny their request for a ride. As Miami gears up as a prime destination for nightlife extravagance and large events that will most definitely involve liquor (such as this weekend’s […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer The New Year has begun and with it has come a trail of controversial legislation passed in the last month. On Thursday, Dec. 19th, the legal smoking age was raised to 21 after pressure from multiple organizations regarding health problems. But despite these valid concerns, raising the minimum age was the wrong […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer After years of empty threats from Democrats calling for Trump’s impeachment, the unimaginable has occurred: President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives. And by far, this could be the most foolish and time-consuming move our politicians have ever made. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, Trump was charged with abuse of power […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer Every semester begins with the flurry of classes and schedules, but most notably, the group chat links that spring up in everyone’s Canvas inbox. These chats then morph into a 24-hour digital meeting place for students to discuss coursework and other relevant class material. And although they can sometimes fall under FIU’s […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer The new year hasn’t even rung in and college students are already placing down payments for promising music festivals taking place here in South Florida. However, with rising anticipation comes increased safety warnings from police officials before and during the festivities. At the 2019 Ultra Music Festival on Virginia Key, there were […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer The age of social media has brought with it new underground ventures that are all too public. The rise of Premium snapchat accounts offering adult and often sexual services is revolutionizing the influencer market in a negative way and should be discontinued by Snapchat. The creation of private accounts for sale began […]
