For the first time in school history, NSU’s women’s basketball team advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division II National Championship tournament, after winning the South Region Championship, hosted at NSU, on March 18.
Month: March 2013
Sharks make school history in advancing to the Elite Eight
The Sharks won the South Region Championship, hosted at NSU, on March 18, beating Delta State University 78-56
Proposed Internet sales tax is bad for Florida college students
Well, they are up to their old tricks again. The politicians of the Florida Legislature want to pound another nail in the coffin of poor and middle class students during this long recession. Once again, they have chosen to go ahead with the ill-conceived idea of eliminating tax-free Internet shopping, within the Sunshine State.
Flashdance is a journey to broadway
Flashdance the Musical”, the musical theater adaptation of the 1980s hit movie, “Flashdance”, will be performed March 15 to 17 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
NSU hosts South Regional
On March 10, the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced that NSU would host the South Region of the 2013 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship tournament, March 15 to 18. Eight teams played in seven games at the Arena at the Don Taft University Center.
Diary of… a wrestler
Ahmed Elghawy is a second year medical student at NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. He also started the wrestling club at NSU. He feels that, through wrestling, students can learn a sense of hard work and dedication and implement it into all aspects of their lives.
Registered sex offenders at NSU
When WPLG — a South Florida ABC-affiliated TV station also known as Local 10 — reported that over 100 registered sex offenders are students, staff or faculty at Florida’s universities, colleges and vocational schools on Feb. 24, many members of the NSU community were surprised to learn that two registered sex offenders were at NSU.
NYC soda ban slap down is a big win for personal liberty
March 12 was supposed to be the last day to legally buy a large soda in New York City. But thankfully, a New York state judge stepped in on March 11 to stop the ban, which is a political and personal blow to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
NSU professor to hold theater workshops on “Irish Dracula”
Although many teenage girls may argue that Edward Cullen from the “Twilight” novel series is the epitome of a vampire, James Doan, professor in the Division of Humanities at the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, believes Count Dracula embodies the true bloodcurdling essence of a vampire.