Crime never sleeps, especially on college campuses. Recently, flyers posted around campus told NSU students about an alleged assault and hit-and-run on campus. With national campus shootings and the stabbing of Florida International University student, Kendall Berry on its campus, students are more concerned than ever about how they are alerted about campus crime and emergencies such as shootings, fires and other crises.
Month: July 2010
Editor’s Note: Orientation Issue 2010
Reasons to go to college: expand your knowledge and skills; express your thoughts succinctly in writing and speech; grasp abstract concepts and theories; and increase your understanding of the world and your community. Yes, these are all good reasons to go to college but what about parties, boys (or girls), and getting more life experience than you will ever want? Welcome to NSU!
Technology Makes Life Easier for Students at NSU
Hollywood often presents technology as a force of evil. There are the killer robots in “iRobot,” Whiplash in “Ironman 2” and the first terminator sent to kill John Connor in the “Terminator” series, but at NSU technology is a force of good – unlike those robots. It helps students with their research, their communication and even their laundry.
Get Off Your High Horse Verizon and Take the iPhone
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I, as an avid Apple® product user, want an iPhone more than anything. As a current Verizon Wireless user, I was extremely disappointed when Steve Jobs, at the Apple® product unveiling event in January, did not reveal a Verizon iPhone. Although there had been much talk about […]
No Football for NSU
NSU does not have a football team and when they first come to the university, many students wonder why that is. “An institution with 29,000 students, you would think would have a football team but athletic programs are determined by the size of the undergraduate population,” said George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president. “There […]
Lighting Up On Campus
Thinking of lighting up in front of the Parker building? Think again. In July of 2009, the Office of Campus Recreation created an initiative called “Healthy Sharks.” The program plans to make NSU a smokefree campus within the next five years. To make the transition easier, NSU has designated 12 smoking sites, which are located […]
The Good, the Bad and the WTF? of 2010
Hits Sandra Bullock Wins Oscar Sandra Bullock defied odds by beating out heavy-hitters like Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, and Meryl Streep, to take home the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in “The Blindside.” What was most ironic is that she also won the Razzie for worst actress of the year for her role […]
NSU Traditions
Like any family, NSU has its own traditions. From academic to recreational, these annual, and semi-annual, events will have you feeling connected to the NSU family.