Kendall Moffett | Staff Writer Ironically, an international university proud to welcome diverse out-of-state and international students charges them higher tuition on top of the many expenses they already face each semester. Florida International University’s Board of Trustees is proposing a 15% tuition increase for out-of-state and international students starting in fall 2026. This proposal […]
Staff Writer | Hennessy Sepulveda The Black Student Union, Office of Social Justice and Inclusion and the Martin Luther King committee partnered up for the 33rd annual Commemorative Dinner to honor the legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday night at the Graham Center. Guests were encouraged to wear shades […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action violates the U.S. Constitution in the case of Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s admission policies. In practice, this will reverse and rewrite the authority that public and private universities have in ensuring their student bodies are diverse and that among qualified […]
Kailey Krantz-Diaz | Contributing Writer The greatest treasure known to FIU’s university life is having the largest, and most diverse student body in South Florida. So why did no one defend it during the Investiture Ceremony? During the ceremony, the university’s newly-instated president, Kenneth A. Jessell, and other state and local representatives applauded the school’s […]
Alexandra Howard | Contributing Writer Ron DeSantis is poisoning education in our state and affecting FIU in the process. The Florida governor prohibited students from reading books encouraging inclusivity and learning racial history in the classroom when he signed HB 7 into action. Now, he might pry away one of the main resources that FIU […]
By: Jordan Coll / Assistant News Director Mariana Atencio, author, and public speaker from Venezuela urged students to not “give someone the pen to write your story,” at a panel hosted by the Honors College. She spoke about self-development and key leadership skills on Feb. 13 at the Graham Center Ballrooms. The panel was hosted […]
By: Fabian Osorio / Staff Writer Around 185 students learned to create a diverse network and to identify people who can push them to achieve more. The leadership Summit experience was held on Saturday, Feb.1. Dr. Anthony DeSantins, Assistant Vice President of Biscayne Bay Campus welcomed FIU students and thanked them for participating at the […]
Jennifer Peña/Contributing Writer Walking through the Graham Center on a regular weekday, you’ll probably catch traces of students carrying their cultures with them as they speak languages other than English. At Florida International University, we can expect this kind of diversity. If you’re a Miami native like me, maybe you’re used to there being a […]
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/ Staff Writer With 61-percent of FIU’s student body being hispanic, you need not to walk far along one of our majority-minority campuses to find Latinx students putting their heritage on full display. Whether it be the proud Puerto Rican who stereotypically wears his flag on every shirt or that Cuban girl who […]
Jeffrey Steele/ Contributing Writer With a single glance it is clear that our school is one great mixture. I myself have met people from different backgrounds with my first class here at FIU. I have met people who share the same culture like myself, people who have Haitian roots as well as people who have […]
Maria Duque/ Contributing Writer Our university is known for representing students of various backgrounds and situations, but it seems that the same is not true for representation of majors and disciplines. In the first awkward weeks of college, the most common question was “what’s your major?” The vast majority of answers were either biology, chemistry, […]
