PantherNOW Editorial Board The last football game was a miss. “They’re going to the Lambo’ to celebrate?” said ESPN play-by-play announcer John Schriffen after UTEP’s junior cornerback Torey Richardson picked off FIU’s quarterback. After all of the pomp and circumstance around FIU football’s “Vice Night”, the school made themselves appear as a national laughingstock with […]
Gabriella Pinos/ Assistant Entertainment Director All my life, I’ve wanted to get out of school. Ever since I was in high school, I dreamed of entering the workforce. Always the obedient, academic pupil, I reassured my professors that college was the right path for me, and I would get a job in my desired field […]
Maria Duque/ Contributing Writer It is obvious that becoming a member of the Honors College is a worthwhile choice. Even so, its reputation and benefits are not enough for some students. After winter break, I returned to Honors classes with far fewer students than I started with. I knew several people who left Honors after […]
Fernando Fernández/ Contributing Writer The election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the United States of America was a result of many things — a deeply flawed opponent, a unified Republican base of support, etc. However, as I’ve discussed numerous times in the past, the biggest factor that contributed to one of the […]
Eliandro Ramirez Chang/ Contributing Writer Campuses provide a sense of comfort and shielding through the ethics of an academic institution, which is lost once you leave these grounds. Many of us ended up here because we bought into the idea if we didn’t go to college we wouldn’t be able to make it in this […]
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/ Contributing Writer Religious values should not be an excuse for intolerance and bigotry. This is hardly a revolutionary statement and yet I find myself having to repeat it constantly. Last weekend, Miami Beach’s annual Pride event took place. A celebration of everything LGBTQ+, the event held a two-day festival, as well as […]
Ariana Rodriguez/ Contributing Writer You have completed your desired degree, and you deserve a billion dollars. You really do. All those hours of no sleep and laborious efforts gave you that degree, and I truly hope that your degree will give you something more valuable than a billion dollars. The most valuable thing anyone can […]
Jeffrey Steele/ Contributing Writer A black only graduation is not necessary. We are a school that has people from all backgrounds and it just wouldn’t be fair to everyone just to exclude one race for graduation. It can’t be viewed as racial equality because more than just black students attend the school. Graduation is a […]
Shawn Barry/ Contributing Writer A black only graduation is racist. According to ADL, an activism group, racism is the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another, that a person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. Racial separatism is the belief, most of the time based […]
Jeffrey Steele/ Contributing Writer There’s no such thing as spring break when you are a college student. It’s that time of year again when college students get a whole week off. Spring break was something that growing up we all looked forward to, a moment in which we finally got a chance to do something […]
Jordan Coll/ Staff Writer Everyone needs those moments in life to just step away from the noise. To disconnect and just live beyond the books and the academic hassle college students go through. Spring break is the perfect excuse to just loosen up a little. For some, it could be spending their time on cracking […]
Ossman Darwiche/ Assistant Opinion Director I would like to take the initiative to unite Cuban students at FIU, at least those of us who care enough about the island in order to promote real, and lasting democratic change in Havana. I am only half Cuban, but I am Cuban. I feel Cuba running through my […]
