Elise Gregg / Staff Writer Bayview Hall residents did not expect to apply for emergency financial aid this semester. An unannounced increase in rent at the student dorms, located on FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC), was initiated in September. Students then scrambled to afford housing, including Christina Rivero, Bayview Hall Council president. “Thank God for […]
Victoria Abella/Staff Writer The ‘What is Missing, What is Not: The City of North Miami through its Mid-Century Photographs’ exhibit is coming to Biscayne Bay Campus’s Glenn Hubert Library. The exhibit will open on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 5:45 p.m. with an event called ‘Boulevard of Dreams,’ where jazz and stories will be shared. Florida […]
A program that once began with only two kayaks, the FIU Biscayne Bay campus Kayaking and Paddle Boarding tours have evolved into a highly-talked about recreational excursion. The Kayaking and Paddle Boarding tours director Jonathan Torrey, discussed how when the program first began six-years ago, the program was limited on resources. “Originally we weren’t even […]
Kayla Johnson/Contributing Writer “Understanding the T” was an event held to honor members of the trans community, one that has been largely ignored. This discussion is a part of our University’s goal to bring about social awareness. This discussion was held last Thursday, Nov. 19 in WUC 155 and organized by Mario Lara, a graduate […]
Robert Solomon / Contributing Writer The World AIDS Day is a nationally recognized day that commemorates and raises awareness about the AIDS syndrome caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Each year, FIU hosts an event on Tuesday, Dec. 1 to raise awareness about AIDS in the community and last year happened to grab the […]
Robert Solomon / Contributing Writer Students learn about international education opportunities at the International Student and Scholar Affairs’ own annual “Venture Abroad” fair. This year, the event, which took place on Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Panther Square, was right in the middle of the International Education Week. “The Venture Abroad fair is about raising […]
Kayla Johnson/Contributing Writer On Thursday, Nov. 10, the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services held their fifth and final “A Love Movement” discussion of the Fall Semester. The discussion focused on how regional stereotypes are forms of discrimination that people may use to define others based on preconceived notions of behavior. Jeffrey McNamee, Associate Director […]
Robert Solomon / Contributing Writer Each year, students come together to clean the bay of waste to participate in the Day on the Bay initiative. Day on the Bay was created in 2007 by SGA-BBC to “create awareness among the student body to raise awareness that the planet needs maintenance, and to educate […]
Alexandra Mosquera Netzkarsch / BBC Managing Editor What started as a student project is now the South Florida Brewfest and it’s back. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, from noon to 4 p.m. at BBC and is open to the public. It will offer over 100 different craft beers from 37 […]
