STUEY award WINNERS Softball prepared for important series with Florida Southern JuiceBlendz CEO visits NSU FCAT, SATs, ACTs and the GRE: A standardized life and a scholar’s nightmare How to dress for an interview
 
STUEY award WINNERS

STUEY award WINNERS

STUEY awards winners of the Year 2012.

Softball prepared for important series with Florida Southern

Softball prepared for important series with Florida Southern

Through the first 45 games of the season, the team stood with a record of (26-19) and fifth in the conference. With an important series coming up against Florida Southern from April 20-21, the team felt this would be the opportunity to move up in the conference, and try to improve their case for a spot in the regional tournament.

JuiceBlendz CEO visits NSU

JuiceBlendz CEO visits NSU

On April 9, Adam Ogden, the founder and CEO of JuiceBlendz, a national smoothie and juice bar franchise based in South Florida, visited NSU to launch his College Road Tour and speak at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. A state-of-the-art JuiceBlendz Mobile Blending Unit was parked outside of the Don Taft University Center providing students with free samples of JuiceBlendz smoothies. Students were also able to pick up free T-shirts after following JuiceBlendz on Twitter and liking them on Facebook.

FCAT, SATs, ACTs and the GRE: A standardized life and a scholar’s nightmare

FCAT, SATs, ACTs and the GRE: A standardized life and a scholar’s nightmare

This is my beef with standardized testing: It’s bogus — especially when you were unfortunate enough to have been passed through the entire Florida educational system. For those of you feeling the impending doom of the post-college life, I’m right there with you. Graduate school sounds like a fantastic escape from the “real world,” right? Ehh, not when you step out of a GRE testing center.

How to dress for an interview

How to dress for an interview

Your parents have always told you that first impressions are important. They were right. How you present yourself can make a lasting impression on someone you’ve just met, like a future employer. A great first impression doesn’t just mean answering all the questions correctly or having a perfect resume with references on hand. It includes dressing the part and looking appropriate. If you’re scheduled for an interview soon, keep these tips in mind:

STUEY award WINNERS

STUEY award WINNERS

18 April 2012

STUEY awards winners of the Year 2012.

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Softball prepared for important series with Florida Southern

Softball prepared for important series with Florida Southern

17 April 2012

Through the first 45 games of the season, the team stood with a record of (26-19) and fifth in the conference. With an important series coming up against Florida Southern from April 20-21, the team felt this would be the opportunity to move up in the conference, and try to improve their case for a spot in the regional tournament.

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JuiceBlendz CEO visits NSU

JuiceBlendz CEO visits NSU

17 April 2012

On April 9, Adam Ogden, the founder and CEO of JuiceBlendz, a national smoothie and juice bar franchise based in South Florida, visited NSU to launch his College Road Tour and speak at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship. A state-of-the-art JuiceBlendz Mobile Blending Unit was parked outside of the Don Taft University Center providing students with free samples of JuiceBlendz smoothies. Students were also able to pick up free T-shirts after following JuiceBlendz on Twitter and liking them on Facebook.

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FCAT, SATs, ACTs and the GRE: A standardized life and a scholar’s nightmare

FCAT, SATs, ACTs and the GRE: A standardized life and a scholar’s nightmare

17 April 2012

This is my beef with standardized testing: It’s bogus — especially when you were unfortunate enough to have been passed through the entire Florida educational system. For those of you feeling the impending doom of the post-college life, I’m right there with you. Graduate school sounds like a fantastic escape from the “real world,” right? Ehh, not when you step out of a GRE testing center.

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How to dress for an interview

How to dress for an interview

17 April 2012

Your parents have always told you that first impressions are important. They were right. How you present yourself can make a lasting impression on someone you’ve just met, like a future employer. A great first impression doesn’t just mean answering all the questions correctly or having a perfect resume with references on hand. It includes dressing the part and looking appropriate. If you’re scheduled for an interview soon, keep these tips in mind:

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Diary of… a student who visited genocide memorials abroad

Diary of… a student who visited genocide memorials abroad

17 April 2012

Lindsey Farah Goldstein is a sophomore education major and leadership minor. She is the vice president of Hillel, is in the Razor’s Edge Leadership Scholarship Program, is the Relay for Life Committee Team Development Chair, is the Office of Student Activities SEA Thursday Chair, is the Secretary and Historian of CAUSE and an Orientation Assistant for the 2012-2013 school year. Her favorite quote is, “Life is like photography, you develop from the negatives.”

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On the Scene: What do you think of the SGA-suggested student service fee increase from $250 to $300?

17 April 2012

In this installment of "On the Scene", we asked students what they thought of the SGA-suggested student service fee increase from $250 to $300?

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Professors should meet English proficiency requirement

Professors should meet English proficiency requirement

17 April 2012

Regardless of your position, if you cannot verbalize a sentence with proper subject-verb agreement, use of rhetoric, and order food in any language, you cannot speak that language. If universities make an effort to ensure that their students can speak English, shouldn’t they also make an effort to ensure that their educators can do the same?

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Letter to the Editor

17 April 2012

This letter is in response to the article entitled: “NSU social Greek Community in a state of gridlock,” which was published in Issue 27 on April 10.

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There’s still time to save the post office

There’s still time to save the post office

17 April 2012

Have you ever had a piece of mail ruined? A letter crunched or a poster bent? Chances are that the culprit behind such destructive negligence was someone employed or some machine used by the United States Postal Service. I cannot tell you how many issues of my Transworld subscription have been destroyed by poor handling or how many packages have ended up in wrong states only to be told that an error had an occurred and, “We’re sorry.”

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