Yishmael Columna | Vice-President of Students Supporting Israel (SSI) I never expected to say this about FIU. This university has been very supportive of our Jewish students. However, anti-Jewish hate and antisemitism keep running rampant throughout campus. What occurred during Hillel’s Shabbat was unbelievable. We’ve been called “genocide apologizers,” “conflict supporters,” or people with “blood […]
Jordan-Ashley Brown | Events and Marketing Coordinator for Jamaican Students Union | Criminal Justice, Sophomore Being a student at FIU it is important to note and appreciate the diverse experience of students within our esteemed academic community. I will shed light on a particular issue that our international community in particular our Caribbean students encounter […]
Yishmael Columna | Junior, Political Science and International Relations Student I want to bring to your attention the divisive points of the “Ceasefire-Now” Resolution. This resolution dismisses and politicizes our student body. The statement by FIU President, Kenneth Jessell, didn’t fail to address the difficulties faced by the Palestinians, but rather focused on terrorist attacks […]
Kaily LaChapelle | Senate President of Student Government Association, President of Pride Student Union, and Co-Founder/Vice-President of Disabled Student Union Hello Panthers! I have been a part of SGA since July 2021, passionate about leaving a lasting impact on our campus for the representation of marginalized students. To see our academic freedom and civil liberties […]
Wayne Lela | Outside Community Member We used to be able to count on younger generations to challenge and question older generations, challenge and question the status quo, the establishment, the powers-that-be. You might say it was their job, their function. And that urge to challenge is probably natural. Just like in the animal kingdom, […]
Jon Warech | Executive Director, Hillel at FIU I am disappointed to see your editorial board condemn President Jessell’s statement regarding the terrorist attack in Israel. It is absolutely the responsibility of university presidents to speak out against heinous acts like these. There are not two sides to evil. The acts of Hamas affect both […]
Antonio Gimenez | Senior majoring in Journalism The legal precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court that prohibits shouting fire falsely in a crowded theater is similar to the religious precept of the Ninth Commandment in the Decalogue of Judeo-Christian theology, which orders that “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” Both injunctions impose […]
Maria Franzblau | Guest Writer On a hot afternoon in February, 200 students and faculty gathered on Graham Center lawns for a demonstration against Governor DeSantis’ education policies. The protestors’ grievances ranged from restrictions on how educators are allowed to talk about racism to the Governor’s threat to defund diversity programs. Students were also outraged […]
Alexander Sutton / FIU Student and Student Government Association Senator Your recent article “Hundreds of Maskless Students Crowd Greek Life Party” is filed under News, but of right should be classified as an Opinion article. Writers are entitled to editorialize all they want, but passing off an article whose bias is clear from just the […]
Cory Fairfield/Guest Columnist I would like first to say that my opinion, like that of PantherNOW’s editorial board, represents only one of many perspectives around the discussion of abortion. Everything from the environment that we are raised in, to our biological gender, our relationship status and the experiences that we’ve had throughout our lives has […]
Joshua Lane/Guest Columnist Gabriela Enamorado’s opinion piece about the need to raise Florida’s minimum and the cost of living was on point. However, it is not enough to just do comparisons to the cost-of-living, etc. Statistics don’t actually help us get what we want. What does help is genuine struggle. FIU is considered and has […]
Sebastián Arcos/ Guest Columnist Interactions between the U.S. and Cuba go back several centuries to a time when both nations were European colonies. For most of this time the bilateral relationship has been largely defined by two constants: geographic proximity and power asymmetry. Two nations living as next-door neighbors; one large, rich and powerful, often […]
