Florida educators file federal lawsuit in response to state “union-busting” bill
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief In the midst of a slew of state legislation impacting higher education, the Florida Education Association and United Faculty of Florida…
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Florida passes permitless carry – what does that mean for FIU?
Victor Garcia | Contributing Writer In a historic victory for gun rights groups, Florida has become the most recent state to pass permitless carry, following…
Foreign Security, Allyship, and Challenges: FIU hosts eighth annual Hemispheric Security Conference
Andres Davila | Assistant News Director Issues regarding foreign security and allyship were central topics to FIU’s eighth annual Hemispheric Security Conference, hosted by the…
Higher education restructuring imminent as Florida House passes SB266
Diego Diaz | Asst. News Director Making good on their word, the Republican-led Florida House passed Senate Bill 266, a bill with far reaching consequences…
Hoax shooter alert briefly interrupts MMC activity during commencements and Hemispheric Security Conference
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief False reports of an active shooter in the College of Nursing led to some evacuations at Modesto Maidique Campus on Tuesday…
Resistance continues as students and faculty speak out at last spring BOT meeting
Will Sanchez and Elise Gregg | PantherNOW Staff The last Board of Trustees meeting of the semester was met with the continuing efforts by students…
Letter to the Editor: SGA Reform Is Coming — And It’s Long Overdue
Alexander Sutton, Student Body President-elect | Guest Writer Changes are coming to the SGA Constitution and Statutes. My first action as Student Body President will…
Recent SGA elections exemplify stark entrance of outside politics
Arianna Otero | PantherNOW Staff This year’s student government elections was one of the more active and engaged in recent years, boasting two political parties…
FIU community protests HB999 and administration complacency
Conor Moore and Diego Diaz| PantherNOW Staff Despite threatening weather, a couple hundred students, faculty and staff turned out Thursday to denounce potential threats to…
Faculty Senate Chair plans to resign after vote of no-confidence
Elise Gregg | Editor-in-Chief FIU’s Faculty Senate chair is stepping down after months of discontent among faculty senators and a narrow vote of no-confidence at…