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BOT December 7 Meeting: What to Expect

Alexander Luzula | Assistant News Director The Board of Trustees will be meeting for the last time this semester on Dec. 7th at 9 a.m. in the Graham Center Ballrooms.  After an eventful semester, the Board will be meeting to discuss progress made on a variety of topics, including the Baptist-Wertheim College affiliation, audits in […]

Dorming on campus is becoming impossible

Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer The university dorms cannot accommodate the growing student population.  With the shifting of housing, such as reserving University Towers for second-years only and expanding Everglades Hall to house first-years, FIU is dealing with an overflow of students wanting to dorm. This problem causes overcrowding, higher demand for limited spaces, and […]

Having your own apartment is better than on-campus living.

Eliandro Ramirez Chang/ Contributing Writer I forget sometimes that people live here at FIU, they do grocery shopping, put up holiday decorations, and the whole nine yards. Though as a Miami local that has lived here for about 17 years (not native) , I don’t think I would consider living on either campus’ dorms. Or […]

BBC Housing Woes

What some BBC students must feel like after having lost their opportunity to stay on BBC.

Students on good or bad side of Office of Housing and Residential Life

Prospective housing students found themselves either on the good or bad side of the Office of Housing and Residential Life on Feb. 12 when they received the results of the housing lottery.

University inks deal with Royal Caribbean

On Dec. 11 FIU signed partnership with Royal Caribbean to build a new facility at Biscayne Bay Campus.

Dorm Life

Cartoonist Christian Spencer's take on FIU's dorm life.

Company to own and operate student housing across from MMC

Photo: EdR’s University of Arizona pool is an example of one of the “tropical” features the company will incorporate into the new off-campus housing development across from MMC. Photo courtesy of Susan Jennings, vice president of corporate communications and marketing at EdR. Madison Fantozzi//News Director Students may find themselves studying poolside in 2014 with the […]

Discipline misapplied in retreat incident

At the end of the Fall 2010 Semester, The Beacon ended its run with a surprising and disappointing report involving wrongdoing on part of the Student Government Council of Modesto Maidique Campus.
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