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FIU student allegedly shot by father

Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief An FIU student was shot on the afternoon of Nov. 3 in his Westchester home, dead when officers arrived at the scene. According to original reporting from the Miami Herald, the shooting occurred at 10703 SW 84th Ave., with only the victim and father home during the incident – around 2:00 […]

New York legalized full term murder

by Ashley Verdugo/Staff Writer Pro-abortion Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed a bill legalizing abortion up until birth by lethal injection. New York legislation masked the pro-abortion bill by calling it the “Reproductive Health Act” which officially states that a non-doctor can perform an abortion for a woman up until the time of birth for the health […]

148 students dead in Kenya world’s response – silence

Image by L’Amico del Popolo via Flickr Lauren Shade | Staff writer lauren.shade@fiusm.com For those of you who don’t know of the tragic event that happened just weeks ago in Kenya then put down your smartphone and perk up your ears; this is a discussion you might want to join. Thursday, April 2, 2015 147 students […]

Intolerance is killing us

Image by zakir hossain chowdhury “protest at Dhaka after death of US blogger Avijit Roy” via Flickr   UPDATE: The Secular Student Alliance will be hosting an even on Thursday, March 26th from 12:30PM-2:00PM in the FIU Green Library Breezeway to advocate against intolerance. A man brushed off the still-wet blood of, Avijit Roy, the prominent […]

FIU Law comments on Stand Your Ground course

A Stand-Your-Ground course may be taught at the university's law school, in light of the new course being offered at FAU that goes over the controversial law involved in the trial of George Zimmerman. students interested in furthering a discussion about Stand Your Ground can attend an upcoming Roundtable Discussion session discussing the Trayvon Martin Verdict, organized by the African & African Diaspora Studies Program on Sept. 13 in GC 150 at MMC.

Zimmerman verdict sparks emotions and debate

Madison Fantozzi/News Director A Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in Trayvon Martin’s death Saturday night after the six women deliberated for 16 and a half hours. It only took moments, however, for students to take to social media in an uproar about the verdict. Martin’s brother and FIU student, Jahvaris Fulton, tweeted “Et […]

BORDERLESS WITH BROOKLYN: Final thoughts – the ripple effect

The notion that it is wholly an issue of ethics or morality to promote women’s status globally is insufficient. Predicated on the fact that a reoccurring theme woven into all issues I’ve discussed in my columns pertain to women, it is poignant to illustrate just how essential “women’s issues” are to states’ interests and overall global well being.

BORDERLESS WITH BROOKLYN: Domestically & abroad women jeopardized by politics

But while it seems easy for the West to imagine this phenomenon as particularly barbaric and antiquated, it is worth noting that current reproductive health legislation, initiatives that seek to rescind abortion rights, is also quite barbaric and has serious potential to emotionally and physically harm women. It’s important when we criticize the international community‘s injustices towards women that we also look at our own system of injustice.

BORDERLESS WITH BROOKLYN: How to feel really good about yourself for 35 minutes-Kony2012

Remember when it was cool to try to ‘save Darfur?’ Wait, where? It’s that place in Africa, the one that everyone wore the green bracelet for and felt better about our leaders not really doing anything to confront 21st century genocide. Shortly, we will experience a similar collective amnesia in regard to what Jezebel.com referred to as the “Meme Du Jour,” Kony2012

BORDERLESS WITH BROOKLYN: Within own borders, Miami poverty is staggering

Its difficult to grasp the poverty rate, a shocking 32.4 percent. It is an obtuse concept, poverty, the word itself is as an umbrella term that a myriad of social issues fall under. If there were a philosophical synonym for poverty, the closest word would be ‘deficiency.’ Not enough money is an obvious branch of the poverty tree, but infinite other branches include a lack of educational resources, hunger, homelessness and an inability to access proper (or any) health care.
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Borderless With Brooklyn: Rape in Haiti’s tent city endangers thousands

The background provided helps to explain the current landscape that has created what is perhaps the greatest growing humanitarian crisis in Haiti: the rape epidemic.

BORDERLESS WITH BROOKLYN: Preacher with a gun endangers aid work efforts

Sam Childers’ life as a drug-dealing loser turned born again, gun-carrying Christian preacher rescuing Sudanese orphans from peril sounds too good to be true—and it is.
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