Christopher Madrid | Staff Writer Florida State Senator Randy Fine recently filed a bill barring illegal immigrants from applying to a majority of Florida state universities. The bill, SB 244, filed this Tuesday would ban illegal immigrants from attending Florida Universities with a 85% or lower acceptance rate. In December, Sen. Fine filed another anti-illegal […]
Diego Diaz | Asst. News Director Making good on their word, the Republican-led Florida House passed Senate Bill 266, a bill with far reaching consequences for Florida’s collegiate system. The legislation has already sparked four protests on campus, three of those being led by the Free FIU, a faculty/student coalition organizing against SB266. Opposition point […]
Alyssa Elso/ Staff Writer A new ban on texting and driving has students pleased to know that actions are being taken to prevent the over 200,000 accidents that occur in Florida as a result of texting and driving, a statistic from the National Safety Council. “Passing this bill is great for Florida, I think we […]