Gabriella Pinos/Assistant Entertainment Director The Student Media Board has chosen the new chief management for PantherNOW and The Roar, FIU’s student-run radio station, for the 2019-2020 school year. Effective Monday, April 15, Gerard Albert III will serve as PantherNOW’s editor-in-chief and Anabelle Torres as The Roar’s general manager. Albert, a senior majoring in journalism, joined […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Hallandale Beach is only four square miles but the politics mirror events from Washington nightmares: FBI investigations, illegal spying and sexual misconduct. Sabrina Javellana wants to change that. Javellana is a 21 year old junior studying international relations and political science while working as Chief of Staff of […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director The SGC-MMC senate voted this Monday to move forward with an impeachment trial for comptroller Carolina Gonzalez. The decision comes two weeks after Gonzalez was summoned before senate for questioning after it was revealed she signed a contract guaranteeing herself and others paid positions in Student Government. In […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director The merging of the two Student Government Councils has hit another roadblock. The Modesto Maidique Campus and Biscayne Bay Campus senates have both voted against the new Student Government constitution that included a merging of the two councils. A constitutional review committee made up of members of both […]
Gerard Albert III and Gabriella Pinos/PantherNOW Staff The Wertheim Conservatory is usually full of diverse plant-life but currently it sits across from the Red parking garage, deteriorating, condemned and unfit for student use. The unsafe conditions include mechanical, electrical and irrigation malfunctions. The greenhouse building behind the conservatory also suffered damage from Hurricane Irma and […]
By: Gabriella Pinos & Gerard Albert III/PantherNOW Staff On Monday, Oct. 1, the School of Communication + Journalism hosted the grand opening of their Media Hub with a reception and ribbon cutting ceremony in the Forum of Academic II. Featured guests included University President Mark Rosenberg, Dean of the College of Communication, Architecture + […]
By: Victor Jorges & Gerard Albert III/ PantherNOW Staff The Activities and Service fee is collected from every student, but many are unaware of where their money goes and want more transparency from the University. The A&S fee students pay is based on credit hours and varies per student. Currently the fee is $14.85 per […]
Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director As the Internal Affairs committee continues to release new evidence regarding Jose Sirven, president of the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique campus, some senators still fear he will retract his resignation before the new president is sworn in Monday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m. The Internal Affairs committee […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Students at the Biscayne Bay campus doubt the effectiveness and level of representation the merging of the Student Government councils will bring. The merger was mandated by former vice president for Student Affairs Larry Lunsford last year, bringing the Student Government Councils at the Modesto Maidique and Biscayne […]
By Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director The president of the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique campus and an SGC-MMC senator committed multiple ethical violations by signing a contract that guaranteed paid positions in SGA, according to the Internal Affairs Committee. SGC-MMC Senator Javier Ortiz resigned shortly before an Internal Affairs committee meeting […]
By Joshua Ceballos/News Director Update Friday, Dec. 14: FIU Police and Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers have updated the reward for assistance in the apprehension of the Biscayne Bay Campus assaulter to up to $5,000. It has been almost three months since the two Mast@FIU students were assaulted at BBC and hospitalized, but the perpetrator is […]
