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 […]
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 […]
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 […]