By Brittany Eyres Due to increasing demand from students, NSU now offers courses in landscaping. Branch Stones, sophomore, was part of the push to add landscaping as a major. A year ago, she decided to ask her academic advisor what she could do to be a part of all the landscaping around campus. “I really […]
Month: February 2017
‘Let’s Speak Truth’ Poetry and Spoken Word Night
By: Monique Cole This year the Division of Public Relations and Marketing Communications are teaming up with NSU’s Alvin Sherman library to host the fourth Annual ‘Let’s Speak Truth’ Poetry and Spoken Word Night. This event will take place on Friday, March 10, 2017. Poetry and Spoken World Night will take place at the Adolfo […]
Seriously kidding: Birth rate to drop because of Beyoncé’s twins
Social scientists and population experts have predicted a massive decline in the U.S. birth rate because of the Carter twins, who have yet to be born. On Feb. 1, singing sensation Beyoncé announced on Instagram that she and husband Jay-Z will have two siblings to share five-year-old Blue Ivy’s inheritance. While new life is always […]
SGA Muslim prayer room legislation hits administrative complications
By: Rachael Hirstein On Oct. 26, the Undergraduate Student Government Association (SGA) sent Brad Williams, Dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies and Vice President of Student Affairs, their finalized legislation for a Muslim prayer room. While the room has not been created yet, the process is still in-progress. Yara Khalifa, junior biology major and […]
Breaking free from spring break
It may be funny to post “I live where you vacation” on social media every other week of the year, but it can be a bittersweet truth when it comes to spring break. No matter how beautiful our SOFLO beaches are, the massive crowds that are bound to take up every square inch of sand […]
Faculty ask for stronger immigration ban statement
In a letter delivered to President Hanbury’s office on Feb. 3, around 50 faculty members asked that the president release a stronger statement on the immigration executive order than the one issued on Jan. 30. The faculty, in their letter, encouraged Hanbury to emphasize in a new statement that NSU will not share sensitive information […]
Freedom of speech? Think again
By Celina Mahabir In his statement, “Politics is war without bloodshed,” former Chinese communist revolutionary Mao Zedong sums up international politics in a nutshell: it’s nothing but conflict, controversy and constant bickering. We can’t ignore what we see in the media, though. It’s thrown at us from virtually a billion different angles, getting half the […]
Proactiv needs to drop celebrity commercials
By Rachael Hirstein The commercials and kiosks for the acne treatment Proactiv are everywhere nowadays and even celebrities are endorsing this anti-breakout product. The reviews and before and after images are great, but unfortunately, the actors and actresses don’t really seem to need the product as much as other customers. Singers and stars like Adam […]
Athlete of the Week: Michelle Ruiz
Michelle Ruiz, junior psychology major and member of the women’s golf team, started playing golf at nine years old and began playing competitively at 13. According to Ruiz, that’s pretty late in the world of golf. Between high school and college, she took a gap year to build up her golf resume before venturing onto […]
That Time I… transitioned to American high school
By Scott Black My earliest recollection as an adolescent among various ethnicities was during my transition to American high school. My intellectual capabilities were premature in respect to cultural differences, and I was innately bipartisan to different cultures. The eye-opener was my cultural transition from elementary to high school, which coincidentally, was my family’s move […]