Maria Serrano

University to reopen BBC road through nature preserve despite opposition

FIU contends that the Arch Creek East Environmental Preserve can be used as an additional exit road for students at the Biscayne Bay Campus if a shooting like Parkland were to happen. Current entrance and exit is accessible only on one road-- Northeast 151st Street.

8th Street closing for bridge construction.

A section of 8th Street will be closed over the weekend to allow workers to position a 174-foot section of the footbridge which will link Sweetwater with the northern entrance of FIU.

During scandals, women are scrutinized more, said students

The double standard surrounding men and women in today’s society is still present, according to University students. Whenever a scandal, feud or simple inconvenience happens, students implied that women are at a higher disadvantage.

Activism necessary for ‘the greater good’

After months of Hollywood sexual harassment scandals, celebrities arrived at the 2018 Golden Globes dressed in black and tweeting #WhyWeWearBlack to show solidarity with Times Up, an anti-sexual harassment group.

Artificial intelligence to do ‘great good to humankind’

In March 2016, artificial intelligence at Hanson Robotics took a huge leap. The company’s most recent creation, Robot Sophia is a functioning artificial intelligence unit. However, Sophia has said she wanted to “destroy humans.” Since then, the controversy and rising doubts over the dangers of artificial intelligence have exploded on the internet.

Campus religious groups important for development

Maria Serrano/ Contributing Writer Aside from educating students in their career fields, FIU acknowledges the importance of religion in a student’s personal and academic life. Campus religious groups are necessary for a student’s personal and academic growth, so when we look at our own University, which is culturally diverse and filled with students from all […]

Hispanics’ community commitment is powerful

Maria Serrano/ Contributing Writer Hispanics have always been classified as a minority in the United States, but now, we’re no longer just a minority, but a large majority. “Between 2000 and 2010, the Hispanic population grew by 43 percent, rising from 35.3 million in 2000 to 50.5 million in 2010. This same year, through the […]

Social media inspires millennials to take action

Maria Serrano/ Contributing Writer Some of the worst atrocities have been happening in our world lately. In the past several weeks, Texas and Florida have been torn apart by hurricanes, Puerto Rico has become a flooded island, Mexico has been hit by a catastrophic earthquake, and Las Vegas has been brutalized by the shooting that […]

Public universities offer students more opportunities

Maria Serrano/ Contributing Writer Both public and private higher education institutions have equal opportunity in giving students the resources they need to successfully construct their career paths. However, public universities, in particular, have a huge advantage. They tend to have a larger, more diverse population that truly resembles our world today and offers its students […]

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