More clubs to improve campus life
By: Marian Marval Díaz / Contributing Writer The Student Organization Council-Biscayne Bay Campus has new members with one goal: maintaining all clubs and getting new ones to enhance campus life. SOC-BBC is the governing body of all student organizations on campus, and also funds and regulates student clubs, according to its constitution. It is funded by the Student Government Association, and its budget is distributed among all clubs. The 2009-2010 executive board started the school year wanting to increase student participation at BBC. “We are different from the other organizations because we work with a lot of clubs and make events fun for everybody. We basically care [for] the clubs and their needs,” said Patricia…
PantherSoft: view only mode until July 12
By: Jorge Valens / Asst. News Director The PantherSoft Financials system is down for upgrade and maintenance and unavailable through July 12. The system is being upgraded to version 9.0 and, according to their Web site, will also include the Panthersoft Contracts and Grants version 9. The current version of the software, version 8.4, will be available in a “view only” mode. According the press release from PantherSoft, any “emergency procedures on processing transactions related to Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and Travel” can be handled through a separate site. The scheduled downtime will not affect the PantherSoft Campus Solutions, the student version of the system. The new version of the Web site will be available July…
Despite hiatus, Bostic goes back to football
By: Charlie Grau / Senior Staff Writer Last summer, Alexander Bostic III was going door-to-door selling cell phone packages in the sweltering Miami heat when he asked himself an important question: “What am I doing?” And that’s when he decided to quit his job as an AT&T sales rep and go back to playing football. After graduating from FIU in 2006 and not getting drafted into the NFL, Bostic has watched life take him in various directions. While former teammate Antwan Barnes is making millions of dollars and rushing New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for the Baltimore Ravens, Bostic is making $800 per month sacking El Paso Generals quarterback Chris Dixon as a member…
Golden Panthers have Hilltoppers to climb
By: Jonathan Ramos / Asst. Sports Director Golden Panthers football head coach Mario Cristobal understands how to build a team from scratch. When the Golden Panthers made the leap from one win in 2007 to a near postseason bowl game in 2008, Cristobal placed the program in a promising direction. The team followed that up with the second best recruiting class in the Sun Belt Conference, second to Troy University. Second. A distant finish from a Troy team that cushioned itself with 40 new recruits which recruiting database rivals.com ranks as the strongest group in the Sun Belt. There is a wall there. In Troy, the Golden Panthers face the daunting task of trying to…
SGA struggles over lack of document updates
By: Francisco Maradiaga / Staff Writer Concerns over outdated bylaws, its lack of printed additions and the absence of a written description of some of the Student Government committees’ responsibilities worried members of the Student Government Council’s judiciary branch. The issues were addressed during a June 29 senate meeting. The lack of an updated set of bylaws, which is a set of campus-specific policies and procedures that govern how the SGC at Modesto Maidique Campus is to run, has created a conflict between how the senate currently operates and how the document states the body should operate. “Today I am forced to highlight the fact that the resolution passed on June 1, in support of…
Thomas recruits with high expectations
By: Jonathan Davila / Staff Writer The Golden Panthers men’s basketball team that will hit the court this fall will be very different from the one that lost to Western Kentucky in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament last March. The most notable change will come from the coaching staff. Head coach Sergio Rouco was reassigned within Athletics, and basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas was given the reins to the program a day later. As of now, five players from last season will not be returning due to graduation or because they requested scholarship releases. So with holes to fill in the roster, Thomas began his rookie year of recruiting, and,…
