Fall semester

Fall survival guide for international students at FIU: what to prepare for daily life and exam days

Kate Anastasia Le | Contributing Writer If you’re a new student at FIU starting this semester, this article is for you. The Fall semester at FIU isn’t just about athletics — it’s a season full of entertainment, academic events, and the high-energy vibe of back-to-school life. Panthers need to prepare for more than just studying. […]

Starting the Fall 2024 Semester Strong: Here are Some Stupendous September Events!

Duvasana Bisoondial | Staff Writer The 2024 fall semester has officially begun!  As classes start picking up the pace, here are some September events to help get into the FIU community spirit. Honors Night @ FIU Women’s Soccer: Join the Honors College in supporting the FIU women’s soccer team at the FIU Soccer Stadium on […]

Florida Is Reopening, But A Normal Fall Semester Remains Unlikely

Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer Fellow FIU Panthers: great news! Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that Florida will begin entering phase one of the reopening process, effectively allowing restaurants and retail stores across the state to begin opening their doors back up as soon as this Monday! Well, hold on—let me backtrack. Businesses across most of the […]

Student dies after being struck by car on SW 8th street

A freshman passed away after being hit by a vehicle while crossing SW 8th street and 109th avenue, near the Modesto Maidique Campus, Sunday, August 20, the day before the new fall semester.

Women and gender studies offers trans studies course

The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies will offer a new course in the fall focusing on the transgender experience. Following the lead of other universities, the course is the first step for what the Director of the Center, Yesim Darici, hopes to evolve into a transgender studies initiative.

SGC-MMC wants extended break in fall

As SGC-MMC looks toward SGA elections and a new council, the current SGC-MMC administration comments on the issues they wish they had more time to address.

Student thoughts: Try Zentangle to de-stress and focus next semester

A popular method created to assist people to become stress-free has been picked up by many who feel pressured from working so hard each day. This fun and artistic new method is known as Zentangle.

Problem with online FASFA can costs students financial aid

The updated version of this year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid becomes a problem when it interprets low-income filers as millionaires— possibly costing students a large portion of their financial aid.

University adds temporary parking to ease traffic

The first two weeks of the fall semester is the most difficult time to find parking, and the University hopes that adding temporary spaces will relieve traffic at Modesto Maidique Campus.

Services available to you aren’t as bad as you think they are

An editorial on the services provided at FIU, such as panther dining, parking and the Barnes & Noble Bookstore.

Housing reaches full capacity, students turn to plan B

With five residence halls and an apartment complex at Modesto Maidique Campus, and one residence hall at Biscayne Bay Campus, on-campus housing is full for the fall semester.

Twas the night before the beginning of fall…

Madari Pendas/Contributing Writer   Twas the night before the beginning of Fall, when all throughout FIU not a professor was stirring, except the Starbucks that prepared for its daily brew, Welcome signs and signage were placed with care, In hopes that students would soon be there.   Students sorrowfully say farewell to sleeping in till […]

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