PantherNOW Editorial Board In the fiscal year 2018, FIU Student Media received $328,000, allotted by student government. In the fiscal year 2025-2026, the number is $160,000. That is not a rounding error. SGA’s approved $20 million budget for fiscal year 2025–2026 cut the Student Media allocation from $250,000 to $160,000, or a 36% reduction in […]
Heidi Cuevas | Staff Writer The menstrual product dispensers that were funded by FIU Student Government Association have been empty for months. If they aren’t replenished soon then students will continue to be victims of the global health crisis known as period poverty. A dreaded nightmare many of us have is starting our period before or […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer Yesterday, SGA announced the Gold & Blue party’s victory, led by current President Francesca Casanova and Vice President Wilken Caseres, on their Instagram. The total vote count has not yet been released at the time of publish. Due to the controversial nature of the election, such as disqualifications of candidates […]
Conor Moore | News Director Off the heels of election season, several senators have come forward alleging numerous instances of electoral fraud by the Gold and Blue party, spearheaded by current SGA president Francesca Casanova and vice president candidate Wilkin Caseres. These accusations range from disqualifying parties on dubious charges, changing meeting times, election dates […]
Melany Varela | Staff Writer Hours before the start of the election season for SGA, the political party known as “The Future Is You” got disqualified. Many candidates are left scrambling to reorganize their campaigns, faced with the uncertainty of whether to run independently or drop-out of the race. The Election Board, consisting of Nikolaos […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer Alexander Stone was dismissed of second-degree felony charges during his hearing the morning of January 29th. He declined to give any official statements. Stone, former Speaker of the Senate, was arrested December 30th for written threats to kill toward another FIU student through social media. “The defendant intended the threat […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer On December 28th, 2024, FIU Police arrested Alexander Stone, former SGA Speaker of the Senate, for sending a written threat to kill via Snapchat group chat. He subsequently resigned from his position in SGA following the arrest. Stone was reported to FIU Police after messaging a group chat on Snapchat […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer SGA brought to attention the struggles that BBC students face when it comes to a lack of food options on campus through S.R. 007 ‘Food at BBC’, personally inviting BBC’s dining service committee to discuss the expansion of dining options on campus. With students concerned about the lack of healthy […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer SGA commits to supporting the extension of the shuttle schedule between MMC and BBC through a new resolution, S.R. 05 006, to gradually introduce shuttles during the weekends, with the goal of starting in Spring 2025. S.R. 05 006, BBC Bus Resolution, strives to bridge the gap of opportunities between […]
Brian Olmo | Editor-in-chief Recently, several major construction projects have been proposed to the Board of Trustees for consideration. Each building aims to fulfill a current need for the FIU student body, such as adding more dining options or creating more student housing. Here are a few of the key things FIU is working on […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board In a stunning turn of events, this week two senators were removed by the judicial branch, and just as quickly put back in office by student government executives. We’ll cut to the chase: this entire episode has been a fiasco. Our board has nothing against either Daniel Salup-Cid or Kassandra Toussaint: in […]
