Andres Davila | News Director Even after the pandemic, enrollment for online courses has been increasing since 2020, according to the FIU Accountability Dashboard. A report on online enrollment status demonstrated that for the spring 2024 semester, around 67% of students are taking online courses, which includes at least one percent of term credit hours […]
Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer Almost 4 years later, is COVID even relevant? We all talk about the pandemic occasionally in reference to lockdown or how “cringe” we used to be, but never about the actual virus. But why? For over two years, students across the world have navigated remote learning, quarantines, and constantly changing […]
Nicole Ardila/Staff Writer Like many of you are right now, I am struggling with S.O.S.S., “Stressed-Out Sophomore Syndrome.” Well, it’s not a real thing, but after being in college virtually for my entire first year, it’s something that people should be more aware of. The transition from online to in-person is not light at all. […]
We’re finally back on campus here at FIU. We can sit in classrooms with our peers again and be involved in our university. After a year and a half of remote learning due to COVID-19, it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of returning to what college life was like pre-pandemic. But, the […]
Gabriela Enamorado/Opinion Director Being back at FIU after a year and a half of this pandemic is odd. I’ve gone through several transitions since I last was on campus taking an in-person class. I went from a staff writer to the opinion director of PantherNow while being at Zoom University. I discovered new passions and […]
Elida Velado Salazar/contributing writer While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a wave of isolation for everyone, a visual research project created by two FIU researchers is looking to bring those shared experiences together in one digital space. “Greetings, Covidans,” a gallery of photos devoted to COVID-19 is using a visual research methodology called photovoice […]
Dante Nahai/ Staff Writer As the pandemic continues to confine us to our homes, many people have taken up watching films they’d never seen before, often from other countries. A few weeks ago, FIU alumni Yecid Benavides Jr. released his 2016 rom-com “Engaño a Primera Vista” (Deceit At First Sight) on Youtube for free due […]
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer When 2020 started, I was expecting a great year. I had plans to travel across the world, campaign with fellow Panthers and witness historic progress on issues facing our country in a strong economy. Instead, we got more police killings of black Americans, global famine, heightened tensions abroad, another crippling recession and […]
