#ThursdayThrowback to when FIU’s Social Media Association interviewed me in the summer about PantherNOW’s social media strategy.
So used to being the reporter, it was strange being on the other side of the interview, but it was a lot of fun!
Thank you to FIU’S SMA for featuring me as part of their #WeAreFIU video series and to their member Michael Alard for filming and editing this interview!
Early voting has begun in Miami-Dade & Broward county for the 2018 Midterm Elections but do you know where to go? What about the wait times or even what’s on the ballot?
Check out the list I’ve made for PantherNOW on everything you need to make early voting go smoothly here.
Early voting will be taking place from Monday, Oct. 22 to Sunday, Nov. 4, in Miami-Dade & Broward County. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Use the map I created below to find the closest polling location to you. Click the icon on the top left to search for specific sites in each county.
Note: This map was used in an article about early voting for FIU Student Media PantherNOW on Monday, Oct. 22.
Michelle Marchante/Editor-in-Chief
Florida’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s ruling regarding three bundled amendments, ordering that they remain on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections.
The ruling comes after former Florida Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Anstead and former Elections Commissioner Robert J. Barnas sued the state for allowing the Constitution Revision Commission to place bundled amendments in this year’s ballot.
A bundle amendment will require voters to say “yes” or “no” to two or more topics that may or may not be related.
Their lawsuit alleged that the CRC violated the First Amendment and Section 101.161 (1) of the Florida Statutes when it placed “independent and unrelated proposals” together in Amendments 7, 9 and 11, according to their attorney Joseph Little.
To read the full article, please click here.
Michelle Marchante/Editor-in-Chief
Student Media was counting down the days until the University’s 2018 Annual Security and Fire Safety report was released because we knew it would be key to helping us create this week’s theme section.
Pictured below is the cover of PantherNOW’s “Campus Safety” themed magazine, featuring Sam, one of FIU’s police dogs and social media superstars. If you want to read more about what’s in this magazine, click here to read my Editor’s Note.
Michelle Marchante/Editor-in-Chief
This year, Student Media is participating in National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a national campaign led by the United States Department of Labor during October that focuses on raising awareness about “disability employment issues and celebrates the many and varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities,” according to their website.
Pictured below is the cover of PantherNOW’s “Redefining Disability” themed magazine. If you want to read more about what’s in this magazine, click here to read my Editor’s Note.
Michelle Marchante/Editor-in-Chief
Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to the United States Supreme Court with a final vote of 50-48 on Saturday, Oct. 6, following a controversial nomination process which included protests and a weeklong FBI investigation into allegations of sexual assault.
Crucial yes votes came from Republican senator Susan Collins of Maine, Democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican senator Jeff Flake of Arizona.
Without Collins, Kavanaugh’s confirmation would not have been possible after Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a possible swing voter, broke from her party and voted no Friday, stating that her conscious wouldn’t allow her to vote yes.
To read the full article, please click here.
This week’s newsletter is for those who want to read both FIU and world news.
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Lee C. Dickson, decorated war veteran and associate dean emeritus of the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, died Saturday, May 12, at 86.
Continue reading “Remembering Lee C. Dickson: husband, veteran, associate dean emeritus”
