Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief After SGA senate president Kaily Lachapelle was disqualified from running for student body president, the Future is You party was left without a candidate. So, they picked an unlikely person – student body vice president Santana Way, the student who had originally brought the complaint against Lachapelle that got them […]
Arianna Otero | News Director Former president Mark Rosenberg is set to return to campus, though he won’t be stepping foot in the classroom. Rosenberg will transition from teaching to a position working on a research project for the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy this spring semester. Rosenberg still remains a tenured faculty […]
By: Fabian Osorio / Staff Writer Colombian President Ivan Duque was awarded the “FIU Medallion of Courage” last Saturday, Sept. 30, at Florida International University. Mark B. Rosenberg, FIU president, welcomed the President of Colombia, Ivan Duque, and presented him with the award of “courage” speaking in Spanish. “I want to express my gratitude, […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director Under the proposed changes to the student government budget, senators at the Modesto Maidique Campus will be getting a raise, while their colleagues at the Biscayne Bay Campus may have to work for free. On Monday, March 18 the Student Government Council at MMC’s senate confirmed SGC-MMC President Sabrina Rosell’s […]
Fernando Fernández/Contributing Writer Beto O’Rourke is simply too nice to be president To the surprise of no one who pays attention to the U.S. political arena, Beto O’Rourke recently announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. Mr. O’Rourke, 46, is a former congressman from El Paso, Texas who recently ran an ultimately […]
by Alberto Lionarons/ Contributing Writer Socialism has recently gained some ground amongst Democrats in America. Younger voters have become more supportive of democratic socialist approaches to issues like medical care and college education. This was seen early on with the wide support of self proclaimed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders during the 2016 election, and recently […]
By: Muriel Almeida/Staff Writer Elections for the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique campus are taking place in April and election officials are hosting a series of meetings throughout the semester to help students understand the student government and the election process better. “Last year we jumped right into informational sessions and people […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Assistant News Director Despite mounting pressure from the senate, Carolina Gonzalez, comptroller of the Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique Campus, says she will not resign. On Monday, Oct. 1, Gonzalez, who signed a contract that gave herself and others paid positions in student government, appeared before the senate to answer […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director As of October 1, 2018 at 4 p.m., Sabrina Rosell is now the President of the Student Government Council at MMC. Rosell, the former vice president of SGC-MMC, takes up the position after the official resignation of Jose Sirven, the former SGC-MMC president. Sirven resigned after he was accused of ethical violations in […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director Former President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera gave a presentation in the GC Ballrooms on Thursday, Sept. 13 to commemorate his first day as a distinguished visiting scholar for the Latin American and Caribbean Center at SIPA. His presentation, titled “The Future of The Americas,” touched on issues […]
Image by Julian Carvajal via Flickr Jennifer Blanco / Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com The 2016 presidential election is slowly approaching and political parties are getting ready to choose the best of the best to represent them. This election, like any other, decides the course the nation will take for the next four years. Despite familiar names […]
