Nile dispute comes to an end Leaders from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed a deal on March 23 in Khartoum, Sudan that ended a long dispute over sharing the Nile River and construction of Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. Saudi Arabia shifts military Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment, including artillery, to areas near its […]
Month: April 2015
FINS UP: Fin Fest is here
The Office of Student Events and Activities’ Students Events and Activities Board (SEA Board) will host its third annual Fin Fest, a week of activities from April 6 to 11 for students to prepare for finals and wrap up the academic year. SEA Board Vice President of Traditions Sasha Pimentel, senior communication studies major, said […]
News Briefs for April 1, 2015
Hospital and emergency room update Brandon Hensler, interim executive director of University Relations, said the Westside Regional Medical Center Emergency Room at NSU is scheduled to open in May. There is no set date for the hospital opening. An administrative hearing on the matter will be held around June. Safety memorandum issued President George Hanbury […]
Diary of … a CrossFit novice
Maheen Dhanani is The Current’s distribution manager and is a sophomore biology major and mathematics minor. She is also the secretary for the Pre-Medical Society and hopes to attend audiology school after completing her undergraduate degree. She enjoys swimming, painting, Indian cinema and, of course, CrossFit. It all started with months and months of working […]
Resources for students with disabilities
I’ve been physically disabled since 2004, and a student at NSU for almost as long. When I registered as student, I found that there was no handbook of services for disabled students and no orientation specifically for us. But after some digging, I discovered which resources are available to me, the most important one being […]
On the Bench: Joey Casselberry
When Joey Casselberry should’ve thrown like a girl but struck out How can you hate on Mo’ne Davis? Especially when you are a college baseball player. Last week, the Disney Channel announced that it would be making a movie called “Throw Like Mo,” based on Davis’ remarkable story. This is awesome because Davis is awesome. However, […]
Athlete of the Week: Blake Woodrow
To Blake Woodrow, freshman psychology major, the advantage of being a student-athlete is being able to transfer valuable lessons from swimming to school. Woodrow, a Fort Myers native, has been swimming for 12 years and was a top 10 swimmer in the nation during his childhood as a member of various swimming clubs, which also […]
Women’s basketball team advances to Elite Eight
For the third time in a row and in school history, NSU’s women’s basketball team advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division II National Championship tournament. They faced the West Region Champions, the California University of Pennsylvania Vulcans, on March 24 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where they forced overtime for the second time in three years. […]
Why “Home” is a big deal
From “Shrek” to “Madagascar” and “How to Train a Dragon,” DreamWorks Productions has brought us classic movies that always seem to bring the family together. This past week, DreamWorks released its new movie “Home,” starring Jim Parson, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Martin and singer Rihanna all starred in this animated film. “Home” is based on the […]
The ruling empire
If “High School Musical” had dope, gangster older cousins, who occasionally dabbled in cold-blooded street crime, and were run by a pride of ruthless lions, then “Empire” would certainly be it. The notorious rebel couple from “Hustle and Flow,” Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard, are back at it again, but this time in a […]