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New To-Go Containers

Eating at Pollo Tropical has now become the newest way to go green at FIU, as food sustainability takes the next step with the implementation of To-Go Boxes.

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Increase in student activity fee under consideration

Students’ Activity & Service Fees may see an increase pending on deliberations.

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University to be evaluated through green report card

The University is now getting graded on how “green” it is.

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Pilot program targets those with unfinished degrees

A new pilot program will give college dropouts a second chance.

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PepsiCo looks to reducing the University’s carbon footprint

One of America’s top beverage companies, PepsiCo, is leading the way in recycling with their new “Pepsi Dream Machine Program.”

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The Panthers won their first and last home games of this season.

Seniors start fresh against Jaguars

On the night that DeJuan Wright and Jeremy Allen played their final home game in a Panther uniform, both went out with a bang.
Wright had career highs in both points and rebounds, 34 points and 13 rebounds, and Allen chipped in with 21 points, to lead the Panthers to a 81-74 win over the South Alabama Jaguars on senior night.

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COMMENTARY: SBC tournament seeding format is very impractical

The Sun Belt Conference may want to grow trees out of their seeds, but the roots are so gnarled it’s difficult to tell them apart.
Instead of having all 12 SBC teams make it this year, there will be only 11, because last place Louisiana Monroe failed to meet the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate. With 11 teams, the Sun Belt decided to take all of them, regardless of how difficult the task of seeding the teams has become.

Pablo Bermudez led the way for FIU with three hits in the opening game against the Seminoles.

Panthers and Seminoles split first two games

The last time the Panthers beat Florida State University in a baseball game, FIU’s winning pitcher had not been born yet.
In the first of a three-game series, FIU snapped its 22-year losing streak against the Seminoles after 13 hits led the Panthers to an 8-5 win on the road in Tallahassee, Fla.
FSU was last ranked No. 8 in the country by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America.
On Saturday, however, FSU managed to silence the bats that dominated them the night before, beating them 3-1 despite multiple chances by FIU to score.

Jerica Coley led all scorers with 25 points against the Jaguars on Feb. 25.

Panthers tame Jaguars in overtime

Down by as much as 16 to South Alabama, the Panthers looked outmatched in every sense of the word. Nothing was going right. Every shot they took was clanking off of the rim and every shot the Jaguars took was going straight in. They looked tired and slow. Head coach Cindy Russo says it’s the change of defense that got the Panthers going.

Mike Martinez will play in his first game of the season on Friday after being suspended for the first series.

Panthers head to Tallahassee for in-state series

FIU (0-3) kicks off its next three game series on Feb. 24, as the team will travel about 480 miles north to Tallahassee to square off against Florida State University.

Joining their team after serving a three-game suspension for an unspecified violation of team rules are senior infielder Mike Martinez and redshirt senior pitcher Logan Dodds.