Katherine Wong/Staff Writer In 2014, I wasn’t afraid to walk the streets of Admiralty, Hong Kong, which protesters peacefully blocked for months on end. Today, I would gladly go out and protest in Miami, only I am afraid of being beaten by police or shot by a rubber bullet. In my limited experience, the difference […]
Katherine Wong/Staff Writer Before I was ever introduced to the MTV show “Catfish,” I never questioned the possibility of someone using my images to create a fake persona online. The show, while absurd and scripted at times, gave me insight into what could potentially happen to me. The possibility of a friend, a stranger or […]
Katherine Wong/Staff Writer Ideally, getting a degree would grant you automatic entry into your career. However, that is not necessarily true. A degree can only offer you so much in the current job market. But, by joining extracurriculars related to your major, this can put you ahead of the average college graduate. FIU has over […]
Katherine Wong/Staff Writer You’ve seen them everywhere: electric scooters. More specifically to FIU: Bird scooters. The electric scooter company recently set up shop at the Modesto Maidique Campus, and the campus has become littered with them, making it a less walkable school. While other methods of transport like skateboards and bicycles are a prominent part […]
Katherine Wong/Contributing Writer A 21-year-old man rides on a skateboard into the establishment I’m working at. The only difference between he and I is that he has a gun in his pocket, and I don’t. Being held at gunpoint wasn’t something I envisioned ever happening to me, but it did. After the incident, my sense […]
