Antonio Gimenez | Senior majoring in Journalism The legal precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court that prohibits shouting fire falsely in a crowded theater is similar to the religious precept of the Ninth Commandment in the Decalogue of Judeo-Christian theology, which orders that “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” Both injunctions impose […]
Elise Gregg / Editor-in-Chief An antisemitic flyer was found on FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus on Friday around the Ziff Educational Building. The flyer was found just at the beginning of Passover, a major Jewish holiday celebrating the historic exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. The flyer is identical to those placed around Miami Beach several […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer Last Wednesday, July 18, Mark Zuckerberg found himself in the midst of a political turmoil after claiming that Facebook should not take down Holocaust denial posts because he didn’t believe their authors were “intentionally getting it wrong.” Though he later tried to soften the impact of his words by saying he finds […]
Eduardo Alvarez/ Contributing Writer Dozens of students protested the elimination of the policy known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Meanwhile the GOP’s FIU branch indulged in some of the darkest political vices of our time. Our school’s Republican party shouldn’t be defined by the improper conduct of its fringe members, nor should it let itself […]
Nicole Stone/Assistant News Director Under the First Amendment, the rights of all Americans to express their thoughts are protected, even if the nature of those thoughts are discriminatory or hateful. In a poll conducted by Student Media on Twitter asking followers about their feelings towards the protection of prejudiced speech, 95 percent agreed as of […]
Throughout the years, the First Amendment, which grants freedom of speech, has lived through a number of significant events and changes since its addition to the U.S. Constitution. In current times, there has been an ever-increasing amount of debates attempting to define what falls under freedom of speech and what doesn’t. For many people, especially […]
Gillian Daley/ Contributing Writer On Friday, Aug. 25, the oldest and most influential white nationalist forum in the world was shut down. The decision was made when the tech company, Network Solutions, seized the domain belonging to Stormfront.org, which had been run and operated by Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, Don Black for the past […]
