Policing Schools Won’t Make Them Safe
Anjuli Castano/Contributing Writer In the wake of a black liberation movement and a unanimous struggle against oppression, there has been a national cry to “defund…
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FIU Student Among Four Protesters Taken Into Custody By Riot Police They Were Sitting On The Sidewalk
Laura/Antunez/Staff Writer By Laura Antunez Despite a peaceful protest, and an absence of any kind of violence towards the police, four individuals were arrested and…
FIU Town Hall Meeting Discusses Systematic Change At University Level
By: Muriel Almeida / Staff Writer FIU hosted its first town hall meeting to discuss how the university plans to address diversity and unity among…
We Need to Change How We Look At The Police
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer It goes without saying that America is in a very troubled state right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has been sidestepped by the…
Student Hit By Car While Crossing 8th Street
Jordan Coll/Asst. News Director An FIU student was hit by a vehicle around 11 p.m. Monday night while crossing SW 8th St. on 109 Ave….
Student Found Dead Outside PG5
Joshua Ceballos/Investigative Editor Update 2 a.m.: FIU Police Chief Alexander Casas confirmed to PantherNOW that the deceased young man was an FIU student, and the…
Police militarization is an issue of training, not weapons
John Sutija / Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com The giving of military grade equipment to local police departments is a subject that has gained a lot…
Pot: The weed of society
Image by via Flickr M. Jane | Concerned Citizen opinion@fiusm.com This is a satirical piece meant for entertainment purposes. Any truth or actual facts contained…
Car stolen in front of 109 Towers
Photo courtesy of Clinton Walker/The Beacon Diego Saldaña-Rojas/ Staff Writer An 18-year-old female and 19-year-old male were victims of an armed carjacking on 109 Avenue and…
In case of emergency
If FIU students simultaneously hear their phones ringing, it’s most likely an alert from FIU.