Menah-Alla Ahmed | Contributing Writer Over a dozen students attended a sit-in study session at MANGO Starbucks on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to show their solidarity with Palestine and boycott the company. The sit-in was organized by Students for Justice in Palestine at FIU — its activity has continued despite the ban on the organization in […]
Tim Aylsworth | Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Whenever I pass through the Green Library, I marvel at the long line of people queuing up to get coffee at Starbucks. Sometimes the line gets so long that it bends around the corner, almost reaching the escalators. I’m baffled by that. Not only do other establishments serve […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director FIU dining is receiving a major overhaul in the coming years, as new food vendor Chartwells plans to revamp meal plans, facelift existing restaurants, and bring more outdoor activity. Meal plans will be receiving a major change in the transition to Chartwells. The vendor will be introducing more affordable and […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer On May 29, Starbucks closed 8,000 of its facilities to conduct a training against racial bias. The four-hour training was a response to the arbitrary arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia location, charged with trespassing simply because they sat without ordering anything. The racist incident immediately reflected on Starbucks’ popularity, […]
Fabienne Fleurantin/Staff Writer It was an act of desperation. I rested in my bed, my eyes filled with tears due to the agonizing frustration of not having enough funds to not only support myself, but my family. The thing is, I never had a job before. Not a “real one” anyway. It was a nerve-wracking […]
Julieta Rodrigo// Staff Writer Around this time of the new year, most people have already given up on the goals they’ve set for themselves. Whether the plan was to either exercise more or go on a diet, temptations, lack of motivation and time can cause one to never follow through. In 2015, the U.S. Department […]
