By: Nikki Chasteen Whether you’re a freshman, senior, graduate student or doctoral candidate, you’ve probably heard about credit your entire life. Your parents have credit and you may even have credit. But if you don’t, don’t stress. Credit and credit cards are difficult to understand. Unfortunately, it is often up to us to learn the […]
Month: March 2017
The time I: Went to Washington, D.C.
By: Melanie Chapilliquen Melanie Chapilliquen is a sophomore communications major with a focus in strategic communication. Remember when you were little and you finally got to ride the “big” ride at a fair and were smiling from ear to ear? That’s what I felt for two weeks with no end. Last summer, I was one […]
QEP to focus on improving student writing
In January 2018, NSU will be launching “Write from the Start,” its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that is part of the reaccreditation process for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The focus of the QEP is to improve student writing at all levels. The QEP team hopes to improve writing […]
Avoiding exercise and diet fads
By: Monique Cole The weight loss industry is a billion dollar business, according to ABC, that makes its money from various fitness products, diet supplements, meal plans and anything that can have a weight loss label slapped on it. Sometimes so many options can put an individual at risk by not knowing how to lose […]
Seriously Kidding: NSU club earns a million dollars for selfless community service
NSU’s Theme Park Club (TPC) has earned over a million dollars in funding through their community service hours. The club plans to use the money to fund upcoming trips to Disney World, Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Legoland and Busch Gardens. The club, which has 60 members and is growing by the day, earned a million dollars […]
Athlete of the Week: Blake Woodrow
By: Jeweliana Register Blake Woodrow, junior psychology major and member of the men’s swim team, has been swimming since the first grade. Woodrow is a distance swimmer and has attended nationals for the past three years. He expressed how happy he is that the team is doing so well this year and how great it […]
Fashion Finatics: How to trick people into thinking you’re fashionable
Keeping up to date with the latest trends in fashion can be exhausting. With homework, paid work, internships and all the stress that comes with it, who really has the time to figure out what an A-line dress is or what color blocking means? Certainly not me. Maybe you don’t either. Don’t worry though. While […]
How to handle tough feedback and respond to challenges
By Emilio Lorenzo and Emily Tasca Emilio Lorenzo is the assistant director of career advisement in NSU’s Office of Career Development. He understands the importance of helping students reach their career goals and works with all students, including undergraduate, graduate and professional level students, to achieve their professional goals. Emily Tasca is a member of […]
Legal or illegal, graffiti is art
By: Bianca Galan Graffiti is everywhere. You can’t walk the streets of New York without finding a few works of graffiti on the buildings or construction walls. You can’t walk through Wynwood without finding graffiti everywhere. Graffiti is the spray painting of drawings or writing of words in different styles and forms, but we often […]
Internships? More like win-ternships
By: Aidan Rivas I’ve heard claims that internships take advantage of college students, the same students who famously struggle financially and are often attributed as either incredibly hardworking or unfavorably lazy. College students are likely to complete internships, either as a requirement for their majors or as a career supplement . While some internships may not […]