The Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement (SLCE) and their sub-group Sharks and Service (SAS) is partnering with Youth Rebuilding New Orleans (YRNO) to host a spring break trip to New Orleans, LA from March 5-11. The trip’s purpose is to help the community with continuous disaster restoration in the area. Schae Maynard, senior […]
Year: 2017
On the Bench: eSports should be respected, and we shouldn’t be having this discussion
For the last few years, video games have been on the rise, both as an entertainment medium and a career path. People can invest their time into growing more experienced at something normally called a hobby and turn it into a five to six figure salary. A couple recent examples would be players like Dominique […]
Places to gill out: Jimmie’s Chocolates and Cafe 47
NSU is a unique and lively campus, but that doesn’t mean that Sharks can’t band together and take an afternoon to explore the South Florida area — even if that just means finding a quaint place to study. Fifteen minutes from campus, students can find a relaxing place to sip some coffee, chat with friends […]
Seriously Kidding: An open letter to BuzzFeed
To the almighty powerhouse that has become everyone’s favorite Snapchat story, ripe with twerking chicken nuggets and 21 pictures guaranteed to make us laugh, thank you. Thank you for redefining what it means to be a news outlet. Long gone are the days where journalism meant equal representation, inverted pyramids and a separation of fact […]
Cheap or chic: Why not both?
We’ve all heard a rendition of the age-old classic, “The Prince and the Pauper.” The regal, magnificent prince trades places with the rejected, overlooked pauper for a day – and not a single soul recognizes the difference. While people claim fairytales aren’t real, there’s definitely some truth behind the Mark Twain novel. Today, thousands of […]
“Uninvolved” students aren’t uninvolved
For Razor’s Edge students, this year’s 25th annual “Anything That Floats” Raft Race was particularly challenging, as if trying to cross a lake in a handmade raft wasn’t challenging enough. They were required to form teams for their rafts that included a number of “uninvolved” students, which didn’t include students who had jobs on campus. […]
Out of the Sharkzone
Clemson wins national championship against Alabama The Clemson Tigers won the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 9, according to CBS Sports. The Tigers overcame an early 14-0 deficit in the first quarter to win a thrilling 35-31 over the team CBS Sports called “the kings of college football,” the Alabama Crimson Tide. […]
On Deck
Men’s Basketball Eckerd St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. Barry NSU Arena Jan. 21, 4 p.m. Tampa NSU Arena Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m. Florida Southern Lakeland, Fla. Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Swimming Florida Southern NSU Aquatic Complex Jan. 14, 2 p.m. Keiser University West Palm Beach, […]
On the bench: You can cut coaches too
After a fight broke out at a women’s basketball game between UNILV and Utah State on Jan. 7, eight players were ejected from the game. This seems fair. That same day, however, Kent Davidson and Steve Shields, who hold administrative positions for Georgia and Missouri, respectively, came to blows. Their teams were given fouls and […]
Athlete of the Week: Michael Hernandez
Hailing from Florida’s own Pembroke Pines, Michael Hernandez is a senior business administration major currently playing on NSU’s baseball team. Hernandez has been playing baseball since he was four years old and has no plans of stopping any time soon. In high school, Hernandez played four years at Archbishop McCarthy and won four state championships. […]