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…
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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…
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.