Guido Gonzalez/Assistant Entertainment Director Strangely, though I had been born in Miami and lived among the palm trees in the sweltering heat all my life, I do not consider myself a Latino or Hispanic. I suppose some context would be in order. My parents are immigrants. My father hailed from some cozy coastal town in […]
Brea Jones/ Staff Writer People have had preferences about their significant other from the beginning of time. How people communicate their preferences, however, tends to change every so often. One of the more current ways is the term “if it ain’t foreign, it’s borin.” While the “it” of this phrase is subject to change, […]
Megan Mosquera/Contributing Writer I was born in Miami, yet, I have always identified as Colombian. When someone asks me where I’m from, I declare my ethnicity with pride. In Miami we enjoy diversity and understand that our origin country means something more to us. We each have different backgrounds and we celebrate the history of that country, […]
Peter Holland Jr. // Assistant Sports Director After signing to do track and field for FIU, freshman thrower Gabby Rains is still adjusting to the tropical climate in Miami after crossing the border from her home country of Canada. Rains was born in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, from a New Zealand family. According to the […]
Erica Santiago/News Director Noel Cerulean is a student living in a “gray area” of multiple identities. Cerulean, a senior majoring in nutrition and dietetics, is a first-generation Cuban-American who also identifies as non-binary and asexual; the former describes someone who identifies as neither male nor female, and the latter describing someone who does not experience […]
