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When the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented its 35th Annual Suncoast Emmy Awards in Fort Lauderdale last December, 18 Panthers were among the journalism professionals being honored for their outstanding work in areas ranging from editing to production to on-air talent. Eight of them were called on stage [...]
About 25 members of the Interfraternity Council put on the highest heels they could walk on to make a statement of solidarity against sexual abuse as part of Take Back the Night events at Modesto A. Maidique Campus April 9. The gents gathered in the Graham Center Pit and put [...]
FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment Pete Garcia announced April 6 that Isiah Thomas has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the FIU men’s basketball program. “We want to thank Isiah Thomas for his three years here at FIU,” Garcia said. “However, we have decided to [...]
Sam Sifton, the former restaurant critic-turned-New York Times national editor, was at Biscayne Bay Campus March 22 to deliver the final lecture in the Student Government Association-BBC Lecture Series for Spring 2012. The writer discussed “Election 2012: How The New York Times Covers the Run for the Presidency” with a [...]
The next screening in the Frost Art Museum series is scheduled for April 12 The Frost Art Museum will host another outdoor movie screening this spring, on Thursday, April 12, and the powers that be are once again letting you choose what we’re watching. Earlier in March, the museum showed [...]
An exciting cross-cultural exchange will take place under the spotlight Thursday, March 22, when The Company Dance Theatre from Kingston, Jamaica, comes to the Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC). Now in its 23rd season, the company will perform a variety of pieces from its repertoire, including traditional Afro-Caribbean movements and classical [...]
Adrian Grenier, the 35-year-old actor who played the fictional Hollywood It Boy Vincent Chase on HBO’s Entourage, was at Biscayne Bay Campus last week, discussing his experiences and thoughts on fame as part of the second lecture in the Student Government Association-BBC Lecture Series of the semester. For eight seasons, [...]
Beginning 5 p.m. Friday, March 9, the road known as University Way will be closed for the next 18 months so that work can begin on the construction of new residence halls and a new parking garage on the west side of Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Faculty, staff and students [...]
Entourage star Adrian Grenier mingled with FIU students after discussing the cult of celebrity, images and media at the Mary Ann Wolfe Theater at Biscayne Bay Campus March 7. Grenier’s lecture, which was presented by BBC’s Student Government Association, followed the presentation of his 2010 documentary Teenage Paparazzo.
Anyone who knows Rocco Angelo knows it’s not often the professor and dean goes speechless. On March 3, however, he could only describe the 11th Annual Torch Awards Gala with one word: “beautiful.” “It was a beautiful evening,” the tuxedo-clad Angelo said as he led freshman hospitality student Herline Emmanuel [...]
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