Moving to the United States at a young age deprived me from connecting with my own culture, people, and celebrations, especially after being surrounded by others who don’t share it. This is what made Disney’s “Encanto” exciting, it’s not every day that Colombian culture is portrayed in the media. A sentiment of pride came over […]
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Tips and tricks for the best vacation ever
If you visit Florida, it just seems like a tradition to go visit the theme parks. Whether it be Disney World or Universal Studios, everyone always wants to go to the parks, but the question everyone asks themselves is: When is the best time to go, both financially and because of the weather? If you […]
Shark Speak: What are you doing over the summer?
“I have plans to travel, but I don’t know to where yet. I’m a substitute math teacher so I teach over the summer, anything from kindergarten to calculus,” said Travis Roberson, junior secondary mathematics education major. “I’m going back home to central Florida where I’m going to hopefully be finding a summer job in education […]
I understand tuition is rising, but help would be appreciated
I have been a student at Nova Southeastern University for three years now. I’ve now paid for six semesters of college, and somehow, every semester, the tuition amount seems to keep getting bigger and bigger. In the last few years, tuition has steadily increased. As other things like rent, food and gas get more expensive, […]
I’ve already paid tuition, why do I have to pay for my degree?
The price that students must pay to receive a college education is higher than it has ever been in the United States, but the price at which students must pay to graduate after paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to Nova Southeastern University also seems to be skyrocketing. The money students spend to live on-campus […]
The Oscars hurts its audience by treating some films better than others
Winning an Oscar is a notable achievement in a filmmaker’s career, and it has become a staple that lasts for the rest of their lives. However, what the award shows represent has started to mean less and less over the years. Every aspect of the filmmaking process is important, but the Academy has portrayed some […]
Plugging in at the UC: An inconvenient task
The University Center is a great place to study, and one of my favorites. It has food and cute lounge chairs, as well as desks and seats to get focused and do your work. However, I seem to keep running into the same problem whenever I work there. It will be right when I am […]
Shark speak: “If NSU made Fins Fest the carnival of your dreams, what would it look like?”
On April 1, NSU hosted their second annual Fins Festival. In preparation for this event, a representative of The Current went out the day before Fins Fest took place and asked people what their hopes were for the event, and what they pictured as their “dream” carnival. Fins Festival ended up attracting hundreds of students […]
The “Don’t Say Gay” bill only makes schools safer for bad parents
Florida governor Ron DeSantis recently signed the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents, into law on March 28. The bill bars all public school teachers in the state from discussing gender identity or sexual orientation in primary school classrooms. If a teacher violates the law, it gives parents […]
Studying one step at a time
Studying, memorizing and absorbing all the necessary information is key when preparing for final exams. As students we sometimes are irrational and will cram everything at the last minute and then freak out, which results in bad grades and a decline in our mental state. There is a solution for the overwhelming process of studying […]