October is breast cancer awareness month. As NSU puts on various events to spread awareness and educate our student body about the life-threatening disease, such as Pink Spin Ride and Pink it Out, it brings to our attention the necessity of self-breast examinations. What is breast cancer? Breast cancer is a disease that invades the […]
Month: October 2016
Stop slashing art budgets
It’s no secret that when the time comes for schools to reign in their budgets, arts and education departments are usually the first to take the hit. Coming from a small town in Texas, I have seen firsthand how the arts are affected. As a member of the marching band, every week I got to […]
Trigger warnings are just warnings
According to the Atlantic, the dean of students at the University of Chicago sent a notice to incoming freshman warning them that trigger warnings were not supported by the university. “We do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own,” the letter […]
Sharks weigh in on marriage and “Brangelina”
Hopeless romantics may be waiting for their soulmates to come into their lives, but seeing marriages end in the media can make it seem like love never lasts. For example, look at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Things aren’t so hot for them right now. According to People magazine, after 12 years together, Jolie is […]
Vinyl never died
In today’s digital age, there are many different ways to listen to music. Listeners can find music on YouTube, a smartphone, an iPod or downloaded on any computer. However, one way to listen to music you may not have thought about is on a vinyl record. What is a vinyl record? It is a 78, […]
The big screen of the Miami Film Festival
Film festival season is coming up once again, and for the 34th annual Miami International Film Festival (MIFF), it’s another year of new and exciting films. The Miami Film Festival will be from March 3-17, but even sooner is the GEMS festival, a branch of the MIFF, which will be Oct. 13-16. Rachel Bleemer, associate […]
Soundbite: A-F-R-O POLO by A-F-R-O and Marco Polo
Ever since the mid 80s, hip-hop has become more and more prevalent in the music mainstream. It exploded as a genre in those days because of the various talented MCs and rappers that are now considered legends. Titans like Tupac, Biggie, A Tribe Called Quest and NWA all mastered their art from themid 80s through […]
On Deck
Men’s Golf Otter Invitational Seaside, California Oct. 17 – 18 Men’s Soccer Florida Tech Melbourne, Fla. Oct. 12, 7 p.m. Rollins NSU Soccer Complex Oct. 15, 7 p.m. Women’s Soccer Florida Tech NSU Soccer Complex Oct. 12, 7 p.m. Rollins Winter Park, Fla. Oct. 15, 7 p.m. Men and Women’s […]
News Briefs
SEA the future Student Events and Activities (SEA) Board is holding a fortune telling event on Oct. 19 in the Don Taft University Center Spine from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. For more information, email SEA Board at sea-board@nova.edu or call 954-262-7223. Wildlife weekend service trip Sharks and Service (SAS) is planning a trip to […]
UNIV 1000 wastes our time and tuition
Whether you’re commuting or living on campus, we all get that deer-in-the-headlights feeling as we walk into our first class as freshmen. We’ve experienced the constant worry of missing class and the awkward butchering of our names when professors call attendance. Been there, done that. So this year, to help freshmen make the transition, […]