Gun violence solutions should not be a campaign strategy
Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer Gun violence has a devastating effect on our community and as politicians begin announcing their long-lasting policies that could stop…
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Why We Need Gun Control
Sergey Podlesnykh/Staff Writer Americans have seen and suffered from all kinds of violence in the last few decades. Some are driven by racial, ethnic and…
DUELING COLUMN: Journalists’ Outrage Over Trump “Kingsman” Meme Is Justified
Humberto Mendez Prince/Contributing Writer As journalists, among other tasks, we’re faced with the responsibility to inform the nation about the controversy surrounding political entities. That’s…
School Shooter Jokes Are Insensitive and Distasteful
Gabriella Pinos/Opinion Director I shouldn’t have to tell you that school shooter jokes aren’t funny. If you’re in college and think it’s okay to point…
Stop Blaming Homegrown Terrorism On Movies
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Assistant Opinion Director Todd Phillips’ “Joker” movie won’t be released until October and the discourse around it has already become exhausting. What opened…
One Day, Students Mourned-The Next They Feared For Their Lives
Victor Jorges, Valentina Palm and Jesse Fraga/PantherNOW Staff On the second day of the semester, Isabel Alzate attended a vigil honoring the victims of recent…
FIU Holds Memorial and Panel Discussion for Gun Violence
Jesse Fraga/Contributing Writer After the recent mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, members of the FIU community came together yesterday afternoon for…
Student Threatens to Bring Assault Rifle to Graham Center
Gerard Albert, Joshua Ceballos, Victor Jorges and Valentina Palm/PantherNOW Staff This morning PantherNOW received a screenshot from a WhatsApp group chat where a student threatened…
Letter to the Editor: Alt-right student organization at FIU promotes toxic gun culture
Guest Columnist/ Freesia McKee Near the Green Library, Turning Point recently taped up a poster that featured pictures of an AR-15 and other weapons under…
We need to recognize the impact of gun violence in the U.S.
Fabienne Fleurantin/ Staff Writer On Sunday, Nov. 5, 26 people lost their lives to the senseless act of a madman. The gunman, David Patrick Kelley,…