Is this generation overly sensitive?

Camila Myers and Mia Zaldivar

June 6, 2017

Filed under Editorial, Faceoff, OPINION, Top Stories

This face-off was originally slated to be posted in our recently published issue of our publication but due to a printing error, the wrong article was published instead. Here is Issue 8's face-off, with Insight Editor, Camila Myers, arguing that our generation is too sensitive to criticism and Design Edi...

Countdown to Graduation Day 7: Doomsday has arrived – time to switch teams!

Marlowe Starling, Editor-in-Chief of The Panther

June 4, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

For those of us sports fans, the most dreaded day of our lives is not the day we start paying taxes, not the day we sit in purgatory and not even the first time we get fired -- it is the day we must come to terms with our adult decisions and realize that college will force us to switch team loyalties....

Does Being an Athlete Help You Get Into Top Colleges?

Benjamin Spiegelman, Sports Editor

May 31, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

The application process, which can seem daunting, may be a little less frightening for star high school athletes. If a university wants to have successful athletics, they need to look at a broader population that may not be excellent academically but exceeds from a physical standpoint. This is a common...

Countdown to Graduation Day 1: One More Wait

Morgan Elmslie, Senior Copy Editor

May 27, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

If someone more mathematically inclined than I multiplied and added all of the hours we’ve dedicated to school since, well, the womb, and subtracted all those convenient flu days (AKA early spring break vacations), they’d come up with many, many hours. But (finally) it’s here; all those hours ha...

Debunking the Myths about Community Colleges

Annette Gonzalez, Staff Writer

May 24, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

Community colleges such as Miami Dade are commonly looked down upon by many people for their generous acceptance rates and relatively affordable nature. Despite the many benefits and seemingly convenient characteristics of these schools, they go on surrounded by stigmatization and remain associated with...

The Inaccurate Portrayal of Mental Health in Television

Kalia Richardson, News Editor

May 14, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

Every case is different. The chances of an individual morphing into a reptilian like beast with rhinoceros tusks and abducting young girls, presents an unlikely case. With reference to the recently released movie “Split” the main character experiences 23 personas as a result of Dissociative Identity...

AP Season: How Important is it to pass AP Exams?

Kalia Richardson, News Editor

May 6, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

As we arrive into the months of April, May and June, springing swiftly into end of the year exams, tensions rise and palms sweat. This buildup of emotions equates to the dreaded AP exam: a wasteful series of procedures that may not even ensure passing to begin with. Consider the uncomfortable situation:...

Does Being Vegan Actually Help the Environment?

Olympia Rodriguez, Print Editor-in-Chief

May 2, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

Since late 2014, the vegan community has risen in ranks, expanding their platforms across all multimedia outlets. Veganism, the omission of animal products from one’s diet, owes its success to far more than its online presence; the growing hole in the ozone layer and the disintegration of the Great...

Can Popular Music be Purposeful?

Jack Cruz-Alvarez, Online Managing Editor

April 26, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

In February pop princess Katy Perry released her single “Chained to the Rhythm,” which features reggae artist Skip Marley. The song tells a tale of social ignorance in the modern age and how we easily distract ourselves from the issues of today like poverty and war. Perry describes the single as t...

Remembering the Holocaust while anti-semitism rises

Benjamin Spiegelman, Sports Editor

April 24, 2017

Filed under Editorial, OPINION, Top Stories

On the day of Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), we recognize the hatred the Jewish people have experienced. Antisemitism is a problem that Jews like myself have had to face in one way or another at some point in our lives. Whether it be Holocaust jokes or the graffiti of swastikas on desks in school...

FACEOFF: Is Jose Fernandez sculpture justified?

Thomas Martinez and Benjamin Spiegelman

April 14, 2017

Filed under Editorial, SPORTS, Top Stories

Intro: The Miami Marlins earlier this week announced plans to build a nine to ten foot tall statue in front of their ballpark to remember recently fallen pitcher José Fernández. They already wear a number 16 patch to honor his jersey number, left his locker the way he left it and plan to retire his...

Issue 6 Staff Editorial

March 22, 2017

Filed under Archive, Editorial, OPINION

We would all like to believe we are unbiased, always choosing the most qualified candidate without letting our personal prejudices cloud our judgement, but this is not always the case. But when it comes down to it, we often hold partiality to a friend or to the name we know well. This is not nece...