Students rally online against renaming of campus

By: Rick Martinez / FIUSM.com Editor Over 1,400 students joined a group on Facebook against the renaming of the University’s main campus after outgoing President Modesto A. Maidique. On June 12, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the main campus from University Park Campus to Modesto Maidique Campus, abbreviated MMC. The move came as a tribute to Maidique’s tenure as the University’s president; he will transition his office to President-Designate Mark Rosenberg later this year. The Facebook group against the change, named “No to ‘Maidique’s Campus,’” was created by FIU student Kevin Gurley the day after the Board of Trustees meeting. “We didn’t think the name was appropriate. The name University…