Milena Dupuis/Contributing Writer Moving into dorms for the fall semester has always been revered as a pilgrimage to new experiences and freedoms. Now, it’s become a one-way ticket to fear and uncertainty. FIU’s plan to reopen has been met with a sense of excitement and joy by its commuter student population, but as an on-campus […]
As if students needed another reason to feel stressed, FIU Housing’s vague and confusing messaging have left campus residents in a daze. After the announcement that classes were going to be cut short on Wednesday, March 11, Housing sent an email “encouraging residents to go home immediately.” Many of them did. On Sunday, March 15, […]
Gerard Albert III, Joshua Ceballos, Tamica Jean-Charles/ PantherNOW Staff After announcing that students who could go home, should go home, FIU Housing sent an email yesterday that ordered students to move out by this Friday, March 20. All students are asked to make arrangements to move out by noon on Friday, March 20, 2020, unless […]
As fraternity buildings have been taken off campus, the question of how the new space should be used is inevitable. Greek life began to exist at FIU in an effort to give the university a more traditional feel. Fraternities and Sororities are, after all, an integral part of the American college experience. This experience often […]
Jordan Coll/ Staff Writer Living on campus is an opportunity for students to enhance their years in college to the fullest. Waking up knowing your classes are right next door is an experience worth living, if given the chance to. Dorming opens up a whole new venue of options and location wise it’s convenient to […]
Brea Jones/ Staff Writer Living at Bayview has brought me a lot of good friends and memories that will stay with me for forever. But for me, there is a slight personal drawbacks of living on a small campus. Imagine taking classes, living, and working all in one place. Seeing the same halls, the same […]
Brea Jones/Staff Writer My freshman year of college went a little as predicted. From passing all my classes to joining the newspaper staff, I accomplished everything on my “Freshman To-Do List.” One of the things I hadn’t expected was meeting so many new people, especially at the Biscayne Bay campus. BBC is very small when […]
Damian Gordon/ Staff Writer Residents of Bayview were left disgruntled and unable to move back into their rooms until Tuesday, Sept. 19, despite receiving an email on Friday, September 15, stating they could come back. Sunday, September 17 a second email was sent out stating that residents could not return to Bayview. But for students […]
By Ruben Palacios/Assistant News Director For all of its illustrious beaches and nightclubs, Miami makes its residents pay, literally, when it comes to living in the city. According to a New York Times article, Miami is one of the most expensive cities in the country to rent. On average, rent in Miami consumes 43 percent […]
