I am going to say this nice and slowly. Just because it snows does not mean that climate change is not real. After years of research, people still have the gall to think that climate change isn’t real, and a recent argument that snowy weather is some miracle proof that the Earth is not warming. […]
Author: Alexander Martinie
Relapse predictor found in pediatric ALL patients
Researchers at the NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast and Solid Tumor Cancer Research Center found that the rate of gene repair can be used to determine the probability of early recurrence in pediatric patients diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL]. The research team consisted of Omar Ibrahim, Homood As Sobeai, Stephen Grant, and Jean Latimer. […]
Why do I have to pay to do my homework?
If I spend the first two weeks of the semester trying to find the required textbooks for free online or at the cheapest possible price, it would be reasonable to assume that I don’t want to spend any more money than I have to for that class. Why should we pay the extra $70 or […]
You lost, get over it
Don’t be a sore loser. It is a simple maxim that is easily taught to everyone. However, the legislature of the “great” state of Wisconsin cannot seem to understand that. In December, the Republican-held state legislature passed policies that were aimed at limiting the powers of the new governor, Tony Evers. Regarding the restrictive policies, […]
Animal rights or religious discrimination?
Recently, the government of Belgium has instituted a ban on ritualistic animal slaughter. At first, this ban sounds like a good idea, but on further investigation, this is far from the case. This ban directly targets the religious beliefs of Jews and Muslims by making the processes to make meats Kosher and Halal illegal. Belgium’s […]
NSU Mailman Segal Center partners with the Kapila Family Foundation
Nova Southeastern University will partner with the Kapila Family Foundation to open the feeding disorders clinic services at the Mailman Segal Center through June of this year for free. A grant of $669,282 was awarded to the Mailman Segal Center by the Florida Department of Education to fund feeding services. The feeding disorders clinic provides […]
Face Off Are New Year’s Resolutions worth it?
Yes- Emma Heineman Although studies show that only 10 percent of Americans succeed with their New Year’s Resolutions, it isn’t the outcome of these goals that matter. The decision to make a resolution in the first place demonstrates the desire of an individual to make a change: the first step in a long process of initiating […]
Water your Thoughts: Why is writing so hard?!
You would think that if it is my actual job to write articles every week for the school paper, that I would probably be good at writing. But, alas—- scratch that, who even says alas— that is not quite the case. I didn’t start to enjoy writing until a few years ago, when I began […]
Protecting the wrong type of green
Climate change poses a major problem to the human race, and also poses a problem to biodiversity. Biodiversity is defined as the variety of species in the world, an ecosystem or a population. With the combined force of an extended season of red tide to the West and the onslaught of green slime to the […]
Bullying isn’t limited to the schoolyard playground
How is it that the wife of America’s most prominent bully decides to become a spokesperson against cyberbullying? Through selective attention and blatant disregard for what cyberbullying means, that’s how. The first lady, Melania Trump, claims that social media can be “destructive and harmful when used incorrectly,” which is completely true. Mean and degrading comments […]