PantherNOW Editorial Board FIU is one campus in many ways, including how we pay our tuition and fees. Despite 92 percent of FIU’s students living off campus, the majority of whom attend classes at MMC, students still pay thousands in fees for services many of us will never use, including transportation, health, PantherExpress and more. […]
By Heidi Cuevas | Staff writer FIU is known for many things— the parking nightmare being one of them. In the three years I have been at FIU, I’ve learned that unless I make it to campus before nine in the morning, decent parking will be almost impossible to find. The Gold and Blue garages […]
Conor Moore | Assistant Opinion Director It’s a common sentiment held by students and faculty alike that finding parking at FIU is a dreaded endeavor. Unless you’re a disabled student, complaining about parking availability feels redundant especially in light of actual problems on campus. The act of finding a parking spot isn’t difficult. There are […]
Clarence Dodge and Lee Mcloughlin | Guest Writers FIU is the largest commuter campus in the U.S. with most students living off-campus. For a research methods class, we interviewed students on how they get to FIU and the quality of their commute, and why they don’t use public transportation. We found that cost, stress, and commute […]
Samaria Clair / Contributing Writer On July 11, FIU’s Parking and Transportation announced that Parking Garage 6 will be partially closed due to ongoing maintenance until Aug 21. Certain areas of the garage will be undergoing maintenance through August. PantherNOW reached out several times to Parking and Transportation but did not get an answer from […]
Elise Gregg / Assistant News Director Portions of the Blue Garage (PG2) are closed after a student crashed into one of the walls on the top floor. According to a statement from a Residential Life Coordinator, a student was doing donuts on the roof of PG2 and hit the garage. At the time the RLC […]
By: Nicole Stone/Assistant News Director A new parking lot directly adjacent to Bayview student housing has made living and commuting at the Biscayne Bay Campus a little easier. The lot has 242 parking spaces, according to Parking & Transportation, where 200 of those spaces are reserved for Bayview’s residents. The lot will also include […]
By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director Parts of the Gold Garage (Parking Garage 1) will be closed due to structural repairs at 7 a.m. on Monday, May 21, until 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 27, according to an email sent out by External Relations on Friday, May 18. Several parking spaces on the second through […]
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director The University’s football fans have not been the same in almost a decade. We definitely don’t have anymore of the seasoned football fans that used to get half-naked and paint up regardless of the weather. We barely have season ticket holders. But before we are football fans, we are […]
