History Through Gaming – A Look Into FIU’s New History Course
Thomas Marin/Staff Writer “History Through Gaming” will be the first course at FIU focused on the relationship between history and video games. Students will learn…
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The Dark Past Behind Your Chiquita Bananas
Hayley Serpa/Staff Writer If you were to walk into a grocery store today in the United States and buy bananas, chances are that those bananas…
Taking a Look at the Erasure of Black History
Hayley Serpa/Staff Writer Every February during Black History Month, the United States claims to celebrate and remember the parts of its history that have been…
Valentine’s Day Roots: Taking a Look at Lupercalia
Nathen Nayor/Staff Writer Valentine’s Day isn’t for everyone, so why not celebrate the holiday that precedes it? The ancient Roman holiday of Lupercalia was nothing…
A History Lesson On Viral Pandemics And Vulnerable Populations
Hayley Serpa/Staff Writer In 1492, Christopher Columbus’ fateful voyage marked an endless stream of cultural, social and economic diffusion between the “Old World” of the…
To avoid repeating history: learn from it
We have to keep talking about the Holocaust. The famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri said: “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who…
We should never forget the history of Valentine’s Day
by Eliandro Ramirez Chang/ Contributing Writer Valentine’s Day is one of the many staples of tradition within this country. Though when this writer thinks about…
The History of BBC
By: Nicole Stone/Assistant News Director
New initiative to show the history of Cuba’s exiles
The University will be starting a new initiative named CasaCuba that will encompass all things Cuban.
The University would like to bring their varying Cuban collections into one centralized area for scholars and the public to see. Cubans, Cuban-Americans and non-Cubans will have a place to admire the history of the people and their search for freedom, according to documents provided to Panther Magazine by CasaCuba.
Artistic expression: The voice of the suppressed
Ana Pacella-Crespo/ Contributing Writer Art is something that humans have always used as a way to express themselves in the many situations of life. That…