Florida State Passes Bill Which Ban Transgender Women From Girls’ Sports
Martina Brady / Staff Writer Florida legislators passed a bill in the State House preventing transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ competitive sports…
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Instructor shares Martial Arts experiences
Guethshina Altena // Asst. Sports Director The University’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club first started in 2011 with two students: Ricky Semiglia and his friend Andrea….
Budokon club brings ‘warrior spirit’ out of FIU students
Kristen King // Contributing Writer Budokon, a fairly new workout craze, combines two essential exercise regimens into one: yoga and mixed martial arts. Its purpose…
Jiu-Jitsu becoming more prominent at FIU
Royce Gracie, the record-holder for most submission victories in Ultimate Fighting Championship history with 11, is widely considered by colleagues and the best of fans alike, as an influential pioneer in the enshrinement of mixed martial arts in the national landscape.
It’s time to ‘get students to polls the old fashioned way’
“Student Government in general, and its elections in particular, are fundamentally broken. It’s a ship with several captains and a lot of holes.”
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SGC-MMC Associate Justice responds to Student Affairs’ decision
“The election was decided by 71 votes. We had no choice but to invalidate this election.”
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘I simply request that the 3 tickets be given a chance to run a fair campaign’
“We have disengaged our students from the process, further instilling a tradition of apathy and the thought that the elections are ‘rigged.'”
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SGC-MMC Chief Justice responds to VP of Student Affairs’ decision
“To put it bluntly, this ruling has not only undermined Student Government officials, but also the FIU students who have entrusted us to represent their interests within SGA.”
Allegations of voter fraud filed against Farinas-Castro campaign
With evidence of voter fraud and failure to comply with the Student Body Elections Code, presidential candidate Sanjeev Udhnani and his running mate Connor Mautner filed two court orders today to the Student Government Supreme Court questioning the legitimacy of the 2012 SGA presidential election.