Ariana Rodriguez | Staff Writer FIU’s student life and engagement events are lackluster for the majority of the year aside from the fall semester. When students commute hours in agonizing traffic or spend thousands to live on campus, a lively campus is the bare minimum. I understand that fall semester admittance is competitive compared to […]
Katherine Mon | Contributing Writer Parsa Sadjadi | Contributing Photographer As a new semester starts, FIU brings both old and new traditions to welcome students back to school. Many organizations hosted events at both the Modesto Maidique campus and the Biscayne Bay campus, allowing them to reach students of diverse majors and years. Week of […]
Ana Mancebo | Contributing Writer Week of Welcome had a lot of loud events, like UPROAR, Aux Cord Wars and more. But Thursday night in the Graham Center pit featured something a little different: stress balls. At 6:30 pm, on the first Thursday back from winter break, the Multicultural Greek Council collaborated with FIU’s Healthy […]
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Guethshina Altena/Assistant News Director Fall 2017 Week of Welcome (WOW) brings numerous activities and events for new and returning students to get involved right off the bat. According to the University Student Affairs website, WOW starts on the Sunday before classes begin with the Freshman Convocation. It is a welcome ceremony for all freshmen hosted […]
Adrian Suarez Avila / Staff Writer Living on campus his freshman year, Gordon Kingston was tired of being woken up by fire drills. “They would have fire drills at three in the morning,” said Kingston, a senior history major. “If they [had information sessions on fire safety] and didn’t wake us up in the morning, […]
