spring

Future opportunities: The Spring career fair

Kelly Ho | Staff Writer In the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Monday, Feb. 3, the career fair was in action. Employers like Ford Motor Company, U.S. Marine Officer Selection Team, and even FIU themselves were some of the few that were at the event.  The career fair was open to all FIU students and […]

Combating winter blues during the spring semester

Linette Garcia | Staff Writer The holidays are over and we’re supposed to revitalize ourselves for this new year. But yet I have this lingering sensation of sadness looming over my head. This winter season instilled in me a gnawing sense of bleakness and sluggishness, a common state known as the “winter blues”.  The winter […]

Baseball looks to open a three-game win streak vs. Bethune-Cookman

Will Duval | Sports Director The FIU baseball team is playing the final game of their nine-game homestand against the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Coming into this matchup, the Panthers hold a 7-5 season record and have won two games in a row. After dropping the initial two games […]

Panther Feud unexpectedly draws crowd during Blue and Gold Week

Ana Mancebo | Contributing Writer It’s only the first month of the year and Panthers are already feuding.  On January 24th at the Graham Center pit, FIU got a taste of what it’s like to partake in a game show.  For Blue and Gold Recruitment Week, students got the opportunity to team up against each […]

Almond Vibes Deep House

Hey babes, It’s your favorite #houseDJ, Almond Eyes…back from EU with some swanky new MUSIC to start your FALL!!!! Let’s Go!!!     Moguai ft. Cheat Codes- Hold On Tony Alones- ft. Emma Carn – “Joy” Preview Gordon- What You Want Lika Morgan- Sweet Dreams Me & My Toothbrush- Never Worried Whispa- d o n […]

Stay stylish this spring

Contributing writer Rebekah Keida gives some tips on the new trends for this spring.

Books to accompany you through spring

Contributing writer Laura Caldera gives some books to read during spring.

Summer graduation now a “hot” commodity

Typically, there are six summer graduation ceremonies that occur. According to the Sun Sentinel, 3,500 students graduated this past summer, as opposed to 4,000 last winter and 4,300 last spring. Ivette Duarte, the interim director of Career Services, said seniors enrolled in summer A, B and C term that graduate in August face a better job market.

CLASS DISMISSED: Web-based sex education worthwhile

While some students are genuinely looking for factual information, others are turning to pornography, Wikipedia and other unreliable, unrealistic portrayals of sexual behavior. In general, when students take to the Internet to find out more about sexual health, they are subject to misinformation distributed by unqualified sources.To alleviate the latter issue, colleges and universities should consider creating scholarly sex ed websites for their students.

CLASS DISMISSED: Abstinence-only sex education futile

In October 2010, journalist Evan Smith asked Texas Gov. and current presidential hopeful Rick Perry about the effectiveness of abstinence-only sex education. Although the footage of this video is a bit old, renewed interest in Perry after his announcement of entering the 2012 presidential race has caused it to become popular again. Perry’s difficulty in justifying abstinence-only sex education in Texas points to a larger struggle to reconcile the merit of this method in our country overall.
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