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Riding our elevators is a downer

PantherNOW Editorial Board For students, staff and faculty riding our elevators in recent years, the experience has gone down, down, down. FIU needs to be more transparent with students regarding the safety of its elevators.  Elevators in areas with prominent student foot traffic like the Graham Center, Green Library and Deuxieme Maison each have certificates […]

Move over for everyone, it’s not that hard

Heidi Cuevas | Opinion Director Florida’s “Move Over” law has been expanded and it’s about time. With FIU being 93% commuters, driving takes up hours of our day so it’s critical to know what driving law went into effect for the new year. We all see the signs that say to “Move over for emergency […]

Breaking: Police activity at BBC

By: Joshua Ceballos and Muriel Almeida/PantherNOW Staff   A gun was pulled and shots were fired as two Aramark employees on the Biscayne Bay Campus got into a heated argument. An FIU Alert was sent out warning anyone on the Biscayne Bay Campus to immediately seek shelter was sent out at around 1:45 p.m. on […]

Student Thoughts: Using tampons might be life-threatening

Toxic shock syndrome is a fatal illness caused by a bacterial toxin, such as Staphylococcus aureus or group A Streptococcus. The source of the illness is apparently from the use of tampons—though there is not much awareness of it.
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