Danette Heredia | Staff Writer Yesterday, SGA announced the Gold & Blue party’s victory, led by current President Francesca Casanova and Vice President Wilken Caseres, on their Instagram. The total vote count has not yet been released at the time of publish. Due to the controversial nature of the election, such as disqualifications of candidates […]
Fariha Tasnim Amir | Staff Writer With the Miami-Dade Sheriff election coming up, FIU hosted an official town hall event on campus for the 5 sheriff candidates to share their plans for serving the Miami-Dade county. On July 10, FIU auditorium at Graham Center lit up with patriotic spirit as the 5 sheriff candidates present […]
Benz De Marshall Pierre | Staff Writer From MAGA extremism and some of the highest political partisanship in decades, the upcoming election cycle is poised to be one of the most important in recent memory. Yet most of us students are too plagued with voter apathy to do anything about it. When I first began […]
Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief After several days of waiting, the student government judicial branch has finally handed down an opinion on the highly-contested results of the 2024-25 election. In a seven-page opinion, justices interpreted the difference between the constitution and the statutes, ultimately deciding to keep the statutes, recommending some new definitions, but in […]
Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer No matter our political beliefs it’s always important to go out and vote, so why was there a low turnout for the SGA elections? This low student turnout diminishes the chance of our voices being heard in the student government. In the 2024-2025 Student Government Association elections, only 3,078 students […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Panthers, election season is here and it’s time to vote. No matter your major, year or general interest in politics, we at PantherNOW firmly stand by the sentiment that students need to vote. In 2023, then-elections commissioner Anna Meredith told PantherNOW that over 3,000 students voted in the 2023-24 elections. That was […]
Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief After SGA senate president Kaily Lachapelle was disqualified from running for student body president, the Future is You party was left without a candidate. So, they picked an unlikely person – student body vice president Santana Way, the student who had originally brought the complaint against Lachapelle that got them […]
Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief Just days before student government campaigning begins, senate president Kaily Lachapelle has been disqualified from running for student body president. As senate president, LaChapelle led the legislative branch of SGA while also serving in leadership roles in the Pride Student Union and Disabled Student Union. “After three years of advocacy […]
Gabriela Danger | Staff Writer With the new semester beginning, elections for the Student Government Association are on the horizon. At an information session held via Zoom on Jan. 22, important topics for students interested in running for SGA or following the elections were shared by members of the elections board at FIU. According to […]
Conor Moore | Staff Writer Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at FIU as part of the “Fight for our Freedoms College Tour”, in order to stir young people into the voting spirit, as well as discussing some of the most pressing issues facing American society today, such as abortion, gun violence and the right to […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief Student government elections start today, running from March 7 to the 8. With a last-minute executive switch-up and heavy competition, there’s a lot more action compared to previous years. It’s not surprising: it’s the first time since 2021 that students have multiple candidates to choose from. And, with a variety of […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief For the first time since 2021, several parties will field candidates in the student government association elections in March – with a last-minute switch in candidates for the newest party. Current pro-tempore Zachary Stangl will jump in as presidential candidate after the SGA judicial branch ruled that they would adopt a […]
