Samuel Larreal | Staff Writer Three student senators received writs of removal earlier this month due to frequent unexcused absences, highlighting a participation issue with elected student representatives. Senate leadership sent warning letters to eight senators with four or more absences on Oct. 24. Some of the schools with the lowest attendance rates during this […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief From Tallahassee to MMC, student government is eager to make some changes. During the State of the Student Body address on Aug. 28, student government president Alex Sutton outlined his vision for the next year, reiterating the platform he ran on of inclusivity, panther pride and reform. Those three core tenets […]
By: Teresa Schuster / Staff Writer 2019-2020 SGA vice-president Isabella Ojeda didn’t think University Apartments would be different from other campus housing buildings. After moving in, she realized students there felt less safe. “I started seeing a lot of students commenting [in the University Apartments group chat] about there being [bike] thefts,” said Ojeda. “That […]
By: Teresa Schuster / Staff Writer The Elections Board at the Modesto Maidique Campus released this year’s Student Government Association election Senate results Tuesday, and presidential results Thursday. Alexandra Valdes and Alexandra Ibarria of The Future Is You party will be students’ next SGA president and vice-president. On the other hand, SGC-BBC will not have […]
By: Victor Jorges / News Director Student Media originally requested $300,000, plus an additional $2,000 for online initiatives, such as radio streaming, services for fully online students, etc. The budget committee, composed of Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus President Sabrina Rosell, SGC-MMC Vice President Isabella Ojeda, SGC-MMC Comptroller Ariadna Natteri, SGC-MMC Speaker […]
By: Muriel Almeida/Staff Writer Student Government Association’s Senator at large, Dominique ‘Rose’ Ingraham, sparked an initiative for lighting up the campus at Florida International University’s Modesto Maidique campus. This idea first came up when she was taking a late class and was walking to her dorm room alone at night. “That was an issue for […]
Jesse Fraga/Staff Writer While the need for menstrual products isn’t new, the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus have voted to make products more easily accessible on campus. On Nov. 4, senators Angel Algarin and Rose Ingraham presented a resolution in support of greater availability of menstrual products on the campus. Senator […]
You’ve probably heard about the new “free” Golden Panther Express shuttle. The University has advertised it to students like it’s the cure for the common cold, and has even scheduled a ribbon cutting ceremony today. But the shuttle isn’t free at all. Before a summer vote by the FIU Board of Trustees, the University’s governing […]
By Gabriella Pinos “My passion is people,” said Jefferson Noel, candidate for Student Government Association President at Biscayne Bay Campus. Noel, a graduate student studying Global Strategic Communications, wants to put the students first if he becomes SGA president at BBC. His role as senator of communication […]
Maytinee Kramer/ Assistant Opinion Director Since its establishment in 1973, FIU’s Student Government Association, SGA, “has continued to strive for excellence on behalf of all Panthers.” Despite SGA existing to represent students and act in their best interests on academic, extracurricular and social issues, many students don’t know about SGA or what it is they […]
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 […]
