Samuel Larreal | Contributing Writer The Student Government Committee for International Students launched a petition in late September demanding the Department of Housing and Residential Experience increase access to on-campus housing for international students. “FIU has decided to prioritize incoming freshmen when it comes to housing, ” Housing Senator Rhea Watkins said to PantherNOW. Due […]
Jesse Fraga / News Director Two weeks ago, a Miami FC professional soccer player allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a classroom on FIU’s Modesto Maidique Campus. Now, students are urging University administration to break their silence and take action. A petition, which has garnered over 1,400 signatures, asks the university to acknowledge the incident, […]
Adam Ratzlaff/Guest Columnist As new and returning FIU graduate students start a new academic year, there is one cold fact that they need to consider— Miami is expensive, and being a graduate student at FIU means resigning oneself to living near poverty. This should not come as new information. A 2019 PantherNow exposé examining nearly […]
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Assistant Opinion Director Last week saw the circulation of a petition asking the University to “allow classes the option for pass/fail or a generous curve.” The 20.6k signatures on it prove that the majority of students want this to happen. As a recent @BarstoolFIU tweet pointed out, “this semester is completely lost… It’s […]
Damielys Duarte/Staff Writer The global crisis known as the coronavirus has affected the lives of everyone across the nation and has even managed to infiltrate our very campus. With classes transferred to digital meeting rooms and students forced out of their dorms, we can safely say this spring semester has been anything but productive. This […]
Joshua Ceballos and Gabriella Pinos/PantherNOW Staff Updated March 19, 5:31 p.m. Elizabeth Bejar, senior vice president of Academic and Student Affairs, released a statement on FIU’s Twitter and Instagram story regarding the pass/fail petition. “All recommendations that support the quality teaching and learning environment and support student success will be considered but we will do […]
Stephan Useche/Staff Writer The dual enrollment program will have new limitations for the upcoming semesters, decreasing the amount of courses a student is permitted to take. On July 1, a new state law was passed that now requires school districts to pay the tuition rate of these dual enrollment students. “This legislation stipulates that when […]
