Heidi Cuevas | Staff Writer Part of the excitement of starting the semester means joining in on all the fun events on campus and getting to be involved as much as possible. However, beneath the surface of it all there are dangers we need to be aware of— especially during the “Red Zone.” The Red […]
Aniela Cabrera and Joseba Maruri | Staff writer Members of the FIU community gathered for a town hall regarding the implementation of 287(g) task force model on campus. The 287(g) memorandum is a voluntary agreement that FIU, amongst other state-run institutions (UF, USF, FAU,etc.), are joining in response to presidential immigration efforts. FIUPD Chief Alexander […]
Brian Olmo | Editor-in-chief FIU Police Department Chief Alexander Casas returned to duty on July 1 after being placed on leave by the university back in May. PantherNOW obtained a memo sent out to FIUPD staff from James Mesidor, the acting chief during the leave, announcing Casas’s return. The memo was later confirmed in a […]
Ram Praneeth | Staff Writer The FIU Police Department, in collaboration with the FIU Division of Information Technology, has issued a crucial alert on Wed. April 10 regarding a recent surge in reports concerning fraudulent employment schemes circulating on various online platforms. “We’ve received reports of individuals impersonating FIU faculty to lure victims into fake […]
Danette Heredia | Contributing Writer Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU organized a die-in protest for recent events in Rafah and were met with counter-protesters and FIU police interference. On Feb. 15, SJP at FIU organized a die-in protest called “All Eyes on Rafah” after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his troops would […]
Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief The student senate passed a resolution on housing safety at its last meeting, intending to integrate safety measures by housing and FIU police. “This bill has been a long time in the making,” said Senator Alexander Stone during the Feb. 5 senate meeting. “I’m pretty excited to see what this […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief What started as a prank went south for a pair of YouTubers, ending with an arrest by FIU police this week. According to police, on Thursday, Sep. 7, two non-students were caught impersonating Housing inspectors at Lakeview North on FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus. FIU Police Chief Alexander Casas called them “the […]
Izzy Canizares | Contributing Writer When third-year English student Emma Brewer was reading in bed, the last thing she expected was a strange man looking into her bedroom window in the middle of the night. She was able to steal a glance at the perpetrator but in a second he was gone, ducking under the […]
Diego Diaz | Interim Editor-in-Chief Bangs would echo throughout Viertes Haus, Friday, July 7. Within seconds, figures clad in black and blue would rush into the building, rifles raised, speeding through the halls, racing to the origins of that distinctive pop. Just behind the officers wearing “Priority Response Team” vests were the red-shirted instructors, examining […]
Victor Garcia | Contributing Writer In a historic victory for gun rights groups, Florida has become the most recent state to pass permitless carry, following Governor Ron DeSantis signing of Senate Bill 150, on April 3. The bill and its sister House Bill 543 would eliminate the need for background checks and training while requiring […]
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief False reports of an active shooter in the College of Nursing led to some evacuations at Modesto Maidique Campus on Tuesday morning, interrupting some campus activity. FIU wasn’t the only university to receive that report — according to reporting by WFLX, Florida Atlantic University and Indian River College got similar calls. […]
Alexander Luzula | Asst. News Director A construction crew accidentally ruptured a gas line on Modesto Maidique Campus Friday, April 15, forcing several buildings to be evacuated as a safety precaution. The crew was undergoing construction on the currently in-development Trish and Dan Bell Chapel, set to open in March of 2024, when they ruptured […]
