Arianna Otero | News Director After weeks of back-and-forth discussions, guest speakers and consistent pressure from student organizations, the senate passed a resolution on Mar. 13 denouncing house bill 999, which seeks to prohibit the funding of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in universities. The divisiveness provoked by this resolution is a symptom of an […]
Kaysea Suzana and Diego Diaz | PantherNOW Staff Chanting “you can’t ban us” and “Black history matters,” students, faculty, and community members joined in protest against Governor DeSantis’ continued intervention into Florida’s education system, Thursday, Feb. 24. The protest was just one part of the statewide “Stand For Freedom” movement, which saw protest not only […]
Diego Diaz | Asst. News Director Continuing his crusade against alleged ‘liberal indoctrination’ within Florida’s public institutions, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled a sweeping range of proposals geared at restructuring Florida’s higher education. Policies referenced DeSantis’ rogue gallery of “divisive subjects” including prohibiting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion statements within hiring practices and public universities from […]
