Fariha Tasnim Amir | Staff Writer Following the end of the deadly student-led protests of Bangladesh, the country’s political landscape takes a refreshing turn with the formation of an interim government. After the previous prime minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled to India on August 7th in response to gruesome protests that left hundreds […]
Mariantonia Mejia | Staff Writer The number of educators working in Florida is dropping at an alarming rate due to our state’s seeming inability to give them appropriate academic freedom or pay them properly. In a new report from Florida’s largest association of professional employees, the Florida Education Association, there is currently a vacancy of […]
Written by Robert Crohan/ Staff Writer After one year in office, President Biden has much to be proud of but must own up to atrocious failures. Americans are always tempted to make a scene out of our leaders’ every move. After Donald Trump’s controversial presidency brought politics to our attention, we now have our eye […]
By: Valentina Palm/Staff Writer Students, faculty, and administrators visited Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 19, to lobby Senators and Representatives for over $35 million in state funds. On FIU day, President Mark B. Rosenberg and the Board of Trustees advocated for more funding from the state. This year, FIU is again seeking financing for the […]
By: Gerard Albert & Valentina Palm/PantherNOW Staff The Student Government Association held Week of Welcome events to engage students during the first week of Spring semester but it also served as a way for SGA to move forward from a Fall semester spent mostly putting out fires and recovering from scandals. Last semester saw […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director University alumni have taken big leaps into the political sphere in the first month of 2019. Two FIU graduates, Jeanette Núñez and Barbara Lagoa, have been appointed to major positions within the State Government of Florida and setting records in their respective positions. Nuñez was sworn in as the Lieutenant Governor […]
By: Jasiel Lopez/Staff Writer A combination of academics, policy advisers, and officials at the State Department and the Department of Defense discussed security issues affecting the western hemisphere in FIU’s GC ballrooms. Focused on “assessing the 2018 security environment,” the third annual Hemispheric Security Conference, held on Monday, Apr. 30, was hosted by FIU’s School […]
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, […]
Just a few months prior, FIU welcomed U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for a roundtable discussion on the current and future state of education, while just a few weeks ago, government officials from the U.S., Mexico and Central America met at the Modesto Maidique campus to discuss drug trafficking, gang violence, infrastructure and immigration. […]
