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Say bonjour to bookmarks

Sophia Noya | Staff Writer Le Cercle Francais and Pi Delta Phi, FIU’s two French organizations, encouraged students to get crafty at their DIY bookmark-making event.  Held at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at MMC, the organizations offered a variety of decorative paper and French-themed stickers for students to design their bookmarks with.  […]

University study reveals biases in the Spanish-speaking community

A new University study shows that people in Miami likely judge others on how they speak Spanish.

Language and ethnic identity ‘big part’ in students’ lives

Miami-Dade is one of the biggest Hispanic-majority county in the U.S., where 66 percent of the 2.7 million population is Hispanic, according to the Pew Research Center. At FIU, 61 percent of its 54,000 students are Hispanic, according to the University’s About Us page. But for most Hispanic millennials born in the U.S., language is a big issue.

Spanish to form bridge between China and Latin America

Daniela Perez/ Staff Writer Anyone familiar with economic terms can resonate with a popular headline: “If China sneezes, the world catches a cold.” As business and economic interests begin to broaden their horizons, the Chinese are introducing a new language to their curriculum: the language of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and our cafecito distributors — Spanish. […]

How popular culture appropriates and mutates gay lingo

Shade. This is a word I hear more often than terms like, “thank you,” or “please” and it has become more than just a nuance. I wish I could go a day without someone claiming they’re about to “throw shade” without understanding or knowing its origins.

Linguistic Insecurity affects University Students

The prestigious form of a language is arbitrary. It is not necessarily better than other variations of the language, but people have experienced scrutiny for not conforming to the standard form.

The most offensive word of the 90’s

Image by Carolyn Tiry via Flickr Jean-Paul Bosque | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com We live in a society that the concept of individualism has been pushed so much that it’s become mainstream to be an individual. So much so, that conformity is an out of the box concept. We no longer tell you how to dress […]

Ukraine peninsula “on fire as we speak”

Ukraine remains in the middle of Europe and Russia -- not only geographically, but politically and culturally.

Texting generation forms new language

Staff writer Lauren Bana gives her opinion on the new form of text language that has been developed by the texting generation.

Rubio’s English requirement receives criticism

The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 is a Senate bill that, if passed, would be responsible for the strengthening of border security alongside the legalization of approximately 11 million undocumented immigrants.

A taste of Chinese culture, one dumpling at a time

Going out for Chinese? Beef and noodles may be on the menu, but any hint of Chinese culture there will be nothing like actually visiting China.
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