Sexual Cyber-harassment needs to be addressed
A study conducted at FIU by a Ph.D candidate has shed light of sexual cyberharassment in our culture. The study consisted of a survey in…
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Feminism is a tool for women’s empowerment
Jordan Coll/Staff Writer If we branch out and consider all the social issues that exist today, I feel feminism would be at the upmost top…
Black women need to be empowered
LaJayah Blain/ Staff Writer African American women have been historically undermined and underappreciated. Black women have been consistently considered undesirable. Some find them to be…
FIUPD offers free self-defense classes for female students, faculty and staff
Barbara Andrade-Brites/Staff Writer Attackers always have a plan and the FIU Police Department wants women to have one too. The FIUPD offers free self-defense techniques…
Films of all kinds reflect women’s empowerment
Image by nikki.jane via Flickr Michelle Marchante | Staff Writer michelle.marchante@fiusm.com Looking at movies today, the most basic classification you can use to define films…
Fifty Shades of inspiration
Image by merri via Flickr Jhoanna Carrascal | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com Steamy, heavy-breathing and finger cringing are some of the words people use when…
Smart Girls Group taking initiative
SGG is a new organization on campus that aims to provide girls with empowerment and a sisterhood focusing on philanthropic involvement and self-growth.
Seeds of Change Initiative seeks to spread empowerment through education
A student-led initiative at the University wants to bring education and sanitation to the Maasai, a tribe indigenous to the deserts of Loitokitok, Kenya.
Panthers give voice to vaginas
A fun fact about columnist Cristina Garcia: She loves vulvas.
It’s not always cheaper by the dozen
Home to 11 public universities, Florida will now open its arms and empty its pockets to welcome a 12th, Florida Polytechnic University.
