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Why Don’t We Want to Know?

Image by Mark Sardella via Flickr Meghan MacLaren | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com   With the campaigning for the FIU Student Elections few weeks ago and the recent presidential candidates popping up, people’s disinterest in politics in general is probably more heightened than usual. But I write this as a student from England, where the General Election […]

Get the full story, not just the hashtag

Image by Peter Kirkeskov Rasmussenvia Flickr Meghan Maclaren | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com In decades to come we may well be defined as the “social media” generation. The ones who tell Facebook about our achievements, who judge our attractiveness by Instagram likes and find solidarity in Twitter hashtags. But the thing that makes social media so […]

The Hub: By the students, for the students

As students approach the Information and Research Services desk on Green Library’s bustling second floor and make a left, they encounter the latest upgrade to the facilities: The Hub.

Getting the news: Genereation Y bother?

Ashley Orozco/Contributing Writer If asked where our troops are currently stationed, a typical college student might not know and fewer would be able to tell you why they’re there. Despite the fact that news outlets worldwide have been covering this for quite some time, few from our age group actually take the time to invest […]

Whether or not the media is full of ‘bull’ to be discussed

Renewed attention to bias has given media studies new urgency, an issue that writer and media sociologist John McManus will be discussed in the Mary Ann Wolfe Theatre on Feb. 15.
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