SGA-MMC

SGA Senate Discuss 2022 Elections Board, Committee Initiatives

Maya Washburn / Asst. News Director With one month left of the Fall semester, FIU’s Student Government Association (SGA) Senate reviewed their 2022 election board candidates and committee initiatives on Monday. Carolina Echeverri, a freshman studying international relations, ran for deputy elections commissioner, but the senate tabled her decision until next week after she fainted […]

SGA Elections Delayed Due To Coronavirus Shutdown

Teresa Schuster/Staff Writer SGA elections are the latest in a long list of cancellations and postponements due to the coronavirus. The delay was announced on the “fiuelections” Instagram page on the 16th, just one day before the election was scheduled to begin. More information will be released later on, according to the post. FIU is […]

SGC-MMC Elections Board Violates Elections Code, Putting Students and Candidates at a “Disadvantage”

Teresa Schuster/Staff Writer SGC-MMC elections are in less than a week, but most of the information about the candidates and initiatives remain unreleased to the student body. The SGC-MMC elections code specifies that the ballot must be finalized at least two weeks before elections, and that the official candidate list and information must be published […]

SGA MMC welcomes students to spring semester with calendar of events

SGA has put together a calendar of events this semester that will continue to shine light on the needs, work, and priorities of YOU, our constituents.

2015-2016 Student Government Association representatives chosen

Photo courtesy of Carl-Frederick Francois/The Beacon Adrian Suarez Avila News Director The student body at the University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus has re-elected Alexis Calatayud and Tiffany Roman Biffa as the president and vice president of the Student Government Association. The last time that two running mates ran for re-election was in 2000. Calatayud and […]

New state university drains funds from Florida schools

By: Philippe Buteau/Staff Writer Sometimes I worry people in charge don’t know what they are doing. The state legislature is currently in the working stages of making the University of South Florida’s Polytechnic campus its own University. This would make USF Polytechnic the 12th state university in the State University System, which is managed by […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SGA disregards Florida Sunshine laws

FIU is the top university in the world. With that said, it pains me to see that the Student Government Association has fallen into such a sad state of affairs when it comes to transparency, in other words, blatant disregard for Florida Sunshine Laws.
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