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Month: April 2011
University Web site’s offer of casual sex has serious consequences
Undergraduates at the of University of Chicago created a Web site where students can have free access to online hook-ups. The Web site, eduHookups.com, is aimed at college students looking to have a quick way to have a quickie.
Don’t make uniformed judgements about up and coming musicians
Justin Bieber may have a new antithesis in the form of Rebecca Black, a YouTube sensation whose amateur single, “Friday,” has received more than 90 million views within the last two months. But viewers are not raving about Black’s extraordinary talent, as in the case of Bieber, who also started his career at a young age on YouTube. Rather, viewers are ranting about Black’s incredible lack of talent. Already, her video has received close to 2 million dislikes and a mere 230,000 likes. That’s a disproportionate amount of hate directed at a 13-year-old amateur musician.
On the Scene: Who would you want as the commencement speaker at your graduation and why?
President Barack Obama will be the keynote speaker at Miami Dade College’s commencement ceremony on April 29. The 2011 undergraduate commencement speaker for NSU has not yet been announced. Who would you want as the commencement speaker at your graduation and why?
State budget cuts to education affect NSU
Florida’s state legislature began an examination of Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed “Jobs Budget” this month, which was designed to create jobs in the private sector and to reduce state spending. Scott’s first proposed budget cuts state spending by almost $4.6 billion, including reducing the education budget by $300 million.
NSU holds prayer vigil for Japan
On March 31, a prayer vigil to remember the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami was held at 7 p.m. on the Athletics and Student Affairs building’s patio.
NSU wins dispute against local group over art school
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission settled a dispute be-tween NSU and Friends of South Side over South Side Elementary School in early March. The commission ruled in NSU’s favor after six months of debate.
NSU partners with Sprint to offer better reception on campus
Last month, NSU partnered with cell phone company Sprint to offer better reception to customers on campus.
Rowing dominates Division II Duals
On March 25-26, the women’s rowing team won six races to complete the second weekend of the Division II Duals and start their season at 12-2. The first weekend, March 18-19, the team won six of eight races, only losing to Columbia University.
Diary of…A dancer’s audition process
Sabrina Talamo is a senior dance and communication studies major and the founder and president of Nova Dance Society. She has won the New Star Dance Award and the Lifetime Star Dance Award from NSU. Talamo is also a choreographer for the NSU Vocal Ensemble, a contributing writer for The Current, and an editor for Digressions, NSU’s student-run literary magazine. She is a member of Body and Soul Dance Theatre, a contemporary modern dance company. Her goals are to attend graduate school, to write about dance either academically or professionally and to teach at a university.