Overworking ourselves isn’t the only way to succeed
Linette Garcia | Contributing Writer I’ve been romanticizing hustler culture for a few years, but it’s putting me in a severe burnout state. There’s a…
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FIU is setting graduate students up for failure
Andrea Rodriguez Romero | Contributing Writer As an upcoming senior with hopes of staying at my Alma Mater for my Master’s degree, to find out…
Finish in four or more, there’s no shame
Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer With graduation season coming to an end, it can be easy for undergraduates to begin worrying about when they’ll graduate….
Post-grad living situation is a nightmare
Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer After years of living on-campus, graduating students are limited to University Apartments or lease agreements with off campus housing which…
Spring 2024 Commencement: A Comprehensive Graduate Handbook
Carla Mendez | Staff Writer As the anticipation for the Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony builds, students prepare to gear up for graduation. For many, this…
Trial by fire: The experience of navigating college as a first-gen
Kaysea Suzana | Assistant Entertainment Director FIU defines a “first-gen” as a student whose parents had not earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. I fall…
FIU Hosts First In-Person Graduation Since Start of Pandemic
Jordan Coll/News Director and Jesse Fraga/Assistant News Director “We are back! We are back! We are back!,” shouted FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, as 2020…
DUELING COLUMN: Online Commencement Is Unfair To Fall Graduates
Damielys Duarte/Assistant Opinion Director On September 25, fall graduates received an email from FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg, notifying us that our long awaited graduation…
DUELING COLUMN: Remote Fall Graduation Is The Right Thing To Do
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer It certainly is painful to acknowledge a cold, hard truth: this pandemic is far from over. It has already been almost eight…
Congrats, Fellow Graduates—We Did It!
Jennifer Peña/Assistant Opinion Director Imagine this: It’s 2 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon in summer of 2020. Your laptop is connected to the TV, and…
