Last week, a student from The University of South Carolina, Samantha Josephson, was murdered after she mistook a similar car for her Uber rideshare service after a night out. Every time I tell my family that I’m taking an Uber or another rideshare service, this is their worst fear and now, it has finally been […]
Author: Christina Mclaughlin
Seriously, we are still abusing student athletes?
As March Madness comes to a close apparently two abuse scandals are wide open in two women’s basketball programs. On March 27, Georgia Tech’s head coach was fired for creating a toxic culture for the players in the program. On Tuesday, another head coach from University of North Carolina was placed on paid administrative leave […]
NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law receives recognition
This month, NSU’s Shepard Broad college of law was ranked 56 nationally for their health law program and ranked 20 for their legal research and writing program by U.S. News and World Report. Schools ranked in specialties such as these law programs, are organized based on the amount of nominations received by law school faculty […]
Price Hikes are ruining the experience
College dorms are the pinnacle of what represents the college experience.But for me, this dream to dorm in college has become a grim reality—it’s too expensive and the price tag is only getting bigger each year. NSU may have great housing options for students to choose from to fit their needs, but these housing options […]
Athlete of the Week: Diane Follin-Arbelet
Diane is a freshman international student from Lyon, France. She is a business management major on the women’s tennis team. In the most recent match against the Florida Southern Moccasins, Follin-Arbelet tied the match up in flight three with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Moc’s No. 66 Magda Stepnik. How did you get your start […]
Expect the Unexpected with NSU Basketball
The Men defy the odds This men’s basketball season could be best described in one word: groundbreaking. With a record of 29-3 and multiple players hitting career records of 1,000 points, they’re worth a second look. Not only did this team finish well in the Sunshine State Conference, they also took home a South Regional […]
NSU’s Literary Journal launches Volume 16
On Monday, April 1, the Digressions Literary and Art Journal, sponsored by the department of writing and communication in the college of arts, humanities and social sciences, will publish the sixteenth volume of the journal. Digressions, which according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is defined as the act or an instance of leaving the main subject […]
We need to actually talk about mental health
Mental Health is not a new topic among college students or even at NSU. We hear constantly about the resources that are available to us, namely Henderson Student Counseling. We host Suicide Awareness Walks and when exams are around the corner we hold events to “destress” from all of our exams. Yet, we still have […]
On the Bench: Was it really a day in the life?
On Sunday, the NCAA released a promotional video on their twitter account of the supposed “day in the life” of a college athlete. This post soon went viral for being as what former and current NCAA affiliated athletes claimed as a highly inaccurate representation of the reality of what student-athletes actually experience. The video is […]
This week in sports history, March 19, 2019
March 19, 1975 Pennsylvania allows girls to play with the boys Pennsylvania is first state to allow girls to compete with boys in high school sports. This is due to a court’s decision that said the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association’s rule that banned girls from playing on boys team was invalid. This case was focused […]