Joshua Ceballos and Gabriella Pinos/PantherNOW Staff Updated March 19, 5:31 p.m. Elizabeth Bejar, senior vice president of Academic and Student Affairs, released a statement on FIU’s Twitter and Instagram story regarding the pass/fail petition. “All recommendations that support the quality teaching and learning environment and support student success will be considered but we will do […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Update 4:07 p.m.: Miami-Dade Police have confirmed that the deceased is “not affiliated with nor a student” at FIU. No further details were available regarding the body at this time. Original Story: A body was found floating in the lake this morning in front of the Biscayne Bay Campus. […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Starting fall 2019, students will pay a higher Athletics fee to help pay for the Athletics Department’s over $3 million deficit, which comes after years of severe revenue losses. This includes online students, who will pay Athletics fees for the first time. After weeks of deliberation at meetings and public […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Athletics fee committee members held a preliminary vote to decide if Athletics should take a portion of Activities and Service fees, and they are split down the middle. On Wednesday, April 24, after public hearings at both the Biscayne Bay Campus and Modesto Maidique Campus, the committee members gave their […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Athletics is requesting a bailout from the Student Government Association to help cover hundreds of thousands in revenue losses. The request for funds comes after years of losing revenue, spending borrowed money and not reimbursing the University for cash advances on time, according to an internal audit of the Athletics […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/Staff Writer Update 10:55 p.m., 4/17/19: The student reported missing earlier today was arrested by Miami police for trespassing after warning. The City of Miami Police Department Public Information Officer Michael Vega told Student Media that Kelvin Sanchez was arrested around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17 outside of the Coconut Grove […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director The Athletics Department is in need of money, and they are requesting a higher percentage of student fees to meet their needs. This Thursday, April 18 at 1 p.m. in GC 230 will be the first meeting of the 2019 Athletic Fee Committee, comprised of four University administrators and four […]
On today’s short edition of the Claw and Growl, host Joshua Ceballos spoke about the Change Makers Conference, the first real picture of a black hole, SGA elections and much more.
The legend of the National Panhellenic Council’s ‘gravestones’ won’t seem to die. Years ago, the University purchased stones to recognize and commemorate the historically black Greek organizations on campus, and while they’re not actually gravestones per se,according to NPHC leadership, they definitely look like they are. “They definitely look like tombstones with our organization names […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director A man accused of tricking students into buying fake subscriptions for comic books has been arrested by the FIU Police Department. Travaris Robinson, a 24 year old man from Hollywood, FL, was taken into police custody on Friday, Nov. 2, for trespassing in the Graham Center parking lot, according to […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/ News Director The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine has found its new dean after over a year of searching. Dr. Robert Sackstein, current professor at Harvard Medical School, will be taking over for Dean Dr. John Rock in January 2019. Sackstein was born in Havana, Cuba and came to the U.S. when […]
