Erik Jimenez/Staff Writer Sophomore slumps are hard to pass when it comes to Hollywood directors, especially if their first film was considered a modern-day masterpiece. And Jordan Peele had a massive task to follow up “Get Out,” a funny, creepy and entertaining flick that has become a pop culture icon due to the racial politics […]
By Ossman Darwiche/ Assistant Opinion Director Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the people of the United States have been under constant attack from individuals who call themselves “believers.” And rest assured, they are believers, but their fanatical interpretations of their religion have veered so far off course that it has damaged their moral […]
Heather O’dell // Staff Writer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a symbol of change. And to Oliver Bernard, a sophomore studying business at FIU, MLK reminds him that any black man or woman can change America. With recent elections and changes in the US, Bernard chooses to use Martin Luther King Jr’s memory as […]
Image by Mark Sardella via Flickr Meghan MacLaren | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com With the campaigning for the FIU Student Elections few weeks ago and the recent presidential candidates popping up, people’s disinterest in politics in general is probably more heightened than usual. But I write this as a student from England, where the General Election […]
Image by DonkeyHotey via Flickr Stephanie Piedrahita | Opinion Director steph.piedrahita@fiusm.com The recent visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gained the attention of U.S. government officials, but not in the way he had hoped. His motive was to address Congress about Iran and how recent diplomatic talks with the country will not reduce the […]
Vladimir Isachenkov/ AP Writer The U.S. and Russia should overcome their cold spell by focusing on their common economic and security challenges, former diplomats to Moscow and Washington said Tuesday. The ex-ambassadors, who gathered in Moscow to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic ties, said the strains have been driven by emotions […]
Ben Fox/ AP Writer Lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know if U.S. government officials have been eavesdropping on their private conversations with the defendants. The evidence for any such listening, the subject of a hearing that started Monday at this U.S. base in Cuba, is circumstantial. At a […]
Rahim Faiez/ AP Writer The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of containers home through a once-blocked land route through Pakistan. The shipment of 50 containers over the weekend came as a new U.S. commander took control of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan to […]
