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Dueling Column: Students living in pro-expansion bubble
Michelle Marchante/ Opinion Director The bubble we live in makes it almost impossible for us to consider that FIU’s expansion to the...
Michelle Marchante
Mar 26, 20171 min read


Disney has failed Hispanics
Michelle Marchante/ Opinion Director Disney has failed Hispanics. Last year, Disney debuted their first Hispanic princess, Elena of...
Michelle Marchante
Mar 3, 20171 min read


Budgeting can minimize your student debt
Michelle Marchante/Opinion Director Debt is every student’s worst nightmare. It’s the monster that hides under your bed —the Chuckie of...
Michelle Marchante
Nov 15, 20161 min read


FIU can help students find jobs before graduation
Michelle Marchante/Opinion Director Internships are what open the door to career “heavens” for students and is something that can...
Michelle Marchante
Nov 2, 20161 min read


WikiLeaks has become the new whistleblower
Michelle Marchante/ Opinion Director WikiLeaks has done it again, doing what American journalism has failed to do this election season:...
Michelle Marchante
Oct 18, 20161 min read


America looks to superheroes for hope
Michelle Marchante/Assistant Opinion Director Superheroes appeared around the 1930s when America had just come out of the Great...
Michelle Marchante
Apr 26, 20161 min read


Humanity to be unplugged in 2022
Michelle Marchante/Assistant Opinion Director How long do you think you could survive without technology? A week? A month? How about...
Michelle Marchante
Apr 13, 20161 min read


NASA’s Kepler Telescope discovers possible extraterrestrial life
Michelle Marchante/Assistant Opinion Director When it comes to extraterrestrial life, many would argue it means leaving the factual realm...
Michelle Marchante
Mar 25, 20161 min read


Print books claim victory over electronic books
Michelle Marchante/ Assistant Opinion Director According to the New York Times, e-book sales skyrocketed up 1,260 percent between 2008...
Michelle Marchante
Feb 15, 20161 min read


Creativity holds value in this Digital Age
Michelle Marchante/Asst. Opinion Director One of the great things about attending a university is that even if you’re unsure of what you...
Michelle Marchante
Jan 26, 20161 min read


The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Michelle Marchante/Staff Writer “Only his sight beat me,” Arnold Schwarzenegger said in the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition of 1969...
Michelle Marchante
Dec 1, 20151 min read


Companion app can make students feel safer
Michelle Marchante/Staff Writer Have you ever walked alone late at night on campus and have passed by a suspicious person or heard a...
Michelle Marchante
Nov 19, 20151 min read


“Lack of time” mentality forces children to grow up faster
Michelle Marchante/Staff Writer It seems that no matter where you look, people are always in a rush and are never satisfied with just...
Michelle Marchante
Oct 23, 20151 min read


We do not need a ‘Yelp for humans’
Michelle Marchante/Staff Writer Social media is a double-edged sword. It’s a great tool for communicating with others, but if used in the...
Michelle Marchante
Oct 16, 20151 min read


It’s in our DNA: social circles ‘genetically similar’
Michelle Marchante / Staff Writer How boring would life be if friends didn’t exist? They’re like your unofficial family who happen to...
Michelle Marchante
Oct 9, 20151 min read


Dueling Column: No guns is not the answer
Michelle Marchante / Staff Writer Looking through FIUSM, I came across an article questioning the Second Amendment. While I respect the...
Michelle Marchante
Jun 19, 20151 min read


Films of all kinds reflect women’s empowerment
Michelle Marchante | Staff Writer Strong women have played leads in film for a long time. Just look at the 1979 movie “Alien” starring...
Michelle Marchante
Apr 14, 20151 min read


Superman’s Future (Part 1)
Michelle Marchante | Staff Writer There are a lot of similar superheroes, so what makes Superman’s character and story better than the...
Michelle Marchante
Apr 1, 20151 min read


Nerd culture is fake
Michelle Marchante | Contributing Writer Celebrities walking around wearing shirts with comments such as, “I Love Nerds” and stating in...
Michelle Marchante
Mar 25, 20151 min read


Man’s best friend might just outsmart us one day
Michelle Marchante | Contributing Writer The idea that animals, like dogs, while indeed having thoughts and emotions of their own, are...
Michelle Marchante
Mar 17, 20151 min read
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