By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Daniel Velasquez, chief justice of the Student Government Council at the Biscayne Bay campus is out. SGC-BBC President Jefferson Noel asked Velasquez to resign after he verbally attacked senators and members of the Modesto Maidique Campus cabinet, most notably President Sabrina Rosell, during a congress meeting. The university-wide […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director The scandal that haunted the Student Government Association all semester may finally be put to rest. The comptroller of the Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique Campus, resigned on Sunday, Nov. 4 after months of investigations, resignations and a failed impeachment trial levied against her. Carolina Gonzalez was […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Head of the Internal Affairs committee and Housing senator for Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique campus, Matthew Beck was removed from office Friday, Nov. 2 after student government advisors found he no longer lives on campus. Living off campus nullifies his ability to serve as a housing […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Carolina Gonzalez, comptroller of the Student Government Council on the Modesto Maidique Campus, will remain in her position as the senate failed to meet a two-thirds majority vote to remove her from office on Monday, Oct. 29. The final vote count for Gonzalez’s removal was 16 yes’ to […]
By: Gerard Albert and Joshua Ceballos/PantherNOW Staff Members of the Greek community are planning on boycotting the first tailgate of the 2018 football season in response to restrictions placed on them by the University. Student Media was notified by our reporter Fernando Marca, a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, that a meeting was […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director This morning unexpected roadwork caused a major traffic delay for students heading to the Biscayne Bay campus on Northeast 151 Street. The road, which is the only entrance to BBC and other schools, has been under construction all summer. As of now the nature of the construction is […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Staff Writer The constitutional review committee at the University has passed a plan to change the structure of the Student Government Senate. The committee passed a new university-wide Senate structure proposal during a meeting held on Friday, July 6, at the Engineering Center. The meeting was a sharp turn around to […]
By: Gerard Albert/Staff Writer A resolution to form a student committee at the FIU I-75 campus has been passed by the Student Government Council at the Biscayne Bay Campus. The resolution, written by SGC-BBC president Jefferson Noel, comes after the campus has had no representation in the senate for over 5 years. The committee […]
By: Gerard Albert/Contributing Writer The proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will affect approximately 16.4 million households. That is, if Congress passes President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget. Currently, SNAP recipients are given an EBT card preloaded with money that can be used to buy food, but not liquor, […]
