Frederick Aurelien/Staff Writer For the past four months, glaring myths, misfortunes and calamities have shaped our current predicament. From the global pandemic to the devastated job markets and the protests and riots occurring in cities throughout the world, it is obvious that we as a people are currently suffering a great deal. Like any tragedy […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer Everything there was to say about the murder of George Floyd has already been said, not only through words but through actions. That is, the actions of the people and the actions of the institutions that govern them. Now the urgent question remains what steps must we continue to take in order […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer Today, you will not be able to deem the suffering of millions as exaggeration and cast us under the shadow of your “civil world.” Today, you will not be able to tell me to wait, or to bury my grievances under the heavy weighing feet of your “progress.” Today, you will not […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer On Friday May 22, the FIU community received yet another email from President Mark Rosenberg regarding the coronavirus. This email however, was not the sort that consisted of societal uncertainties amidst a pandemic, metaphysical parables interpreted through dreams, or biblical horsemen representative of a preordained apocalypse—as much as I have personally grown […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer Yesterday, I went running. For answers? Maybe. To find control? Perhaps. If I told you that it was simply to maintain my health then I would be withholding a huge chunk of truth from you that is imperative to the sincerity of this story. To those of you who are currently reading […]
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 allowing restaurants and retail stores across the state to begin opening their doors back up as soon as this Monday! Well, hold on—let me backtrack. Businesses across most of the […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer The bubbling conflicts of class interest have been made hideously visible to us in the midst of this coronavirus pandemic. The destruction of the most vulnerable and the words of the most powerful have together cast a violently bright light on the conditions of those who have continually lived within the shadows […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer “I’m gonna have to make a decision, And I only hope to God that it’s the right decision. But… I would say without question, it’s the biggest decision I’ve ever had to make.” That quote comes from sitting President Donald J. Trump. There is no doubt this has been a question of […]
Frederic Aurelien/Staff Writer I would love to tell you that the world is at a turning point, but given the circumstances, it seems that the world has stopped turning. Since the global outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (better known as COVID-19), practically every major nation on Earth has been shut down. Hospitals are overwhelmed, medical […]
Frederic Aurelien/Contributing Writer A week ago, I was in my dorm room complaining to my roommates about the number of assignments I had due by the end of the week. Today, I’m in my parents’ house after evacuating campus to slow the spread of a pandemic that has effectively shut down most of the world. […]
Frederic Aurelien/Contributing Writer With the rise of the coronavirus pandemic, the fall of international stock markets and the unprecedented power struggle within the Democratic Party, the rotting flesh of social class has been slowly swelling under America’s own skin. Yes, ladies and gentlemen. The bubbling issue of race persists post-Charlottesville, and it is apparently, still […]
Frederic Aurelien/Contributing Writer If you’ve been keeping up with the Democratic primaries this year, you know that the past couple of debates have been quite the spectacle. Multi-billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has finally taken the stage and joined the other candidates in the race toward the presidency. But his approach […]
