Aidan Rivas is a junior communication studies major with a focus in digital media production and a passion for graphic design. If you’re familiar with Hialeah, Florida, and you can use your imagination to multiply it by ten, then you can picture Sao Paulo, Brazil. The city is a sprawling mish-mash of Brazilian culture placed […]
Month: August 2017
Staff Picks: Get to know our staff
We may be a little biased, but we think our staff is the best. Take the time to learn a little more about our work family that brings you a hot-off-the-press issue of The Current every Tuesday morning. Jenna Kopec Jenna is a junior communication major with a concentration in journalism and a minor in […]
School supplies you actually need for college
It’s that time of year again: back to school. Whether it is your first year or final semester, you may be wondering what supplies you will need to aid your academic success. If you are finding yourself lost in the sea of Pinterest perfect office supplies or frantically searching the picked over school supplies aisles […]
Off Shore Calendar
Open Mic Tuesdays Aug. 22 | 7 p.m. @ ArtServe, Inc. ArtWalk Aug. 26 | 6 p.m. @ FAT Village Arts District Social Distortion Aug. 26 | 7 p.m. @ Revolution Live Out of Many, One, Art Exhibition Aug. 28 | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. @ Studio 18 in The Pines Vibe Aug. 29 […]
Getting involved with the arts at NSU
With the beginning of the school year upon us yet again, the hunt for ways to be involved on campus begins. The Department of Performing and Visual Arts’ (PVA) auditions are among the many back-to-school activities. The auditions for the 2017-18 performance season range from theatre to dance to music, as well as submissions for […]
“Big Fish Theory” by Vince Staples
California rapper Vince Staples has been on a significant rise in the underground hip-hop scene since his debut in 2010. The 24-year-old first appeared as a featured artist on popular tracks from the now mostly defunct Odd Future group, with rappers such as Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, The Creator. Since then, he released four mixtapes, […]
Embrace the change
College is an exciting place filled with new experiences around every corner. But, as with any big change in life, it can be a bit nerve wracking. Feeling comfortable in an unknown place that you suddenly have to call home isn’t exactly the easiest. Luckily, everything gets better with time. Chances are, everybody is going […]
Loving yourself, and your ‘freshman 15’
One of the most overemphasized changes you might encounter as you enter college – or might still be encountering in your second, third or fourth year of it – is the dreaded “freshman 15.” This term refers to the 15 pounds you may gain upon beginning college due to unhealthy eating habits, a lack of […]
Seriously Kidding: FreeDumb Reigns
With three weeks to go before the start of the Fall 2017 semester, most college students had begun to purchase school supplies and order textbooks. FreeDumb, the online organization responsible for leaking digital copies of college textbooks, had other plans. The perception of the group changes depending on which circle you stand in, with some […]
Shark Speak: if you could suggest one more change to the NSU administration, what would it be?
Many changes were made in preparation for the Fall 2017 semester, but if you could suggest one more change to the NSU administration, what would it be? “As of right now, I truly believe that Nova is at its peak point. The only thing that I might have complained about before was the food and […]