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Got beef with beef? Here’s the scoop on meat substitutes
From convincing “bleeding” burgers to the recent online trend of making “chicken” with flour (see Seitan below), there’s plenty of meat substitutes on the market. However, with so many options becoming more and more readily available, this comes with an increasing amount of products and ingredients to keep track of. Whether you’ve got beef with […]
Staying green in the days of COVID-19
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic and much has changed in this world. At the beginning of the pandemic, some saw it as an environmental boon. Carbon emissions were down worldwide. Animals returned to places they were driven away from by crowds of people. Yet, as the world gets settled into its new normal, it […]
The nine-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death
Last Friday, Feb. 26, marked the nine-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin’s death. Trayvon was an innocent 17-year-old African American boy who was shot by a neighborhood watch coordinator. What was done about this heartbreaking situation? Nothing — because the coordinator claimed he used self-defense, which resulted in a not-guilty verdict. Trayvon Martin was only a […]
Women’s History Month: A look at female authors who published under male pen names
Today, it is common to see books published by women. In fact, according to NPD, “Women authors were responsible for 42% of unit sales for the top 100 books in the overall print book market in 2019.” However, it was not always like this. Before the 18th and 19th centuries, women had to publish anonymously […]
Highlights of the Biden Presidency
In 2020, America elected Joe Biden as new leader of the free world. Inaugurated on Jan. 20, the 44th vice president has now become the 46th president, and he has wasted no time since then. Along with replacing the portrait of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office with one of Benjamin Franklin and removing his […]
How to unplug during a pandemic
It has been almost a year since the world was changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and at this point, we are all undoubtedly growing tired of it. There have been so many changes and one of them is that everything is now online. Our jobs, classes and hangouts are all over Zoom or […]
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nominations
On Feb. 1, the deadline for submissions of nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize was reached. The winner is selected by a five-member group called the Norwegian Nobel Committee (NNC). While the NNC does not comment on who was nominated, some like to share their choices. The Nobel Peace Prize nominations have been kept secret […]
Shark Cage Spotlight: Sharky Art
The Shark Cage, located in Mako Hall, is home to many of NSU’s student-run businesses, including Sharky Art, a student business run by Annabel Brewster, a junior art and design major at NSU and the president of the Razor’s Edge Shark Cage Program. Her business aims to engage individuals and bring her passion for art […]
That Time I… Visited the One World Observatory in New York
Sept. 11, 2001 is the first tragedy my generation became familiar with, a horrific point in time when the whole world came together in grief, and most importantly, the day our lives changed forever. I was born two months after the attack of the Twin Towers and grew up reminded of my parents’ exact movements […]