Heidi Cuevas | Opinion Director The election results are in: Donald Trump has won and while some see this as a victory, we need to be ready to adapt to a significantly more conservative education system. Let’s start with the rumors of Project 2025 beginning once Donald Trump is inaugurated— if this is true, none […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Gov. Ron DeSantis’s conservative agenda is jeopardizing the safety of university students and employees in Florida by rejecting one of the most vital civil laws we have — and it’s absurd. Title IX is a civil law that is designed to prohibit sex discrimination in any education program receiving federal financial assistance. […]
Danette Heredia | Staff Writer After President Joe Biden passed new expansions to Title IX, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis accused Biden of “injecting gender ideology into education” in a statement on X and vowed not to comply. Title IX is a law that was enacted in 1972 that banned the discrimination of gender within federally […]
Maya Washburn / News Director Six percent of respondents to a university-wide survey sent out in October 2021 said they had been sexually harassed and 74 percent did not report harassment they experienced, according to the university’s Title IX coordinator. Almost three weeks after former FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg’s resignation amid a sexual harassment […]
By Valentina Palm/ Editor-in-Chief And Teresa Schuster/ Staff Writer The FIU Board of Trustees approved new Title IX regulations on sexual assault at today’s meeting, changing the student conduct and honor code. Title IX is a civil rights law to students from gender discrimination and sexual harassment and assault. Betsy Devos, the current U.S. Secretary […]
By Valentina Palm/ Editor-in-chief Teresa Schuster/ Staff writer The FIU Board of Trustees will adopt new sexual misconduct policies, named Title IX regulations, imposed by the U.S. Department of Education in today’s BOT meeting. The reform to Title IX laws is spearheaded by President Trump’s Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. They will be effective for […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Last week, United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced new regulations to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. These new changes will affect how colleges and K-12 schools handle sexual assault allegations, investigations and cases. However, there are too many stipulations in the proposal that excuse universities of the […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director This Saturday is the 46th anniversary of Title IX, the educational amendment to prevent sex discrimination in educational settings. In honor of the anniversary, IT’S ON US Campaign along with the Counseling and Psychological Services held an event in GC Pit on Thursday, June 21, offering Misha’s cupcakes arranged to […]
