Proposed hospital will benefit everyone

President Hanbury made a huge announcement to the NSU community last Monday: if everything goes as planned, our main campus will become home to a 100-bed hospital, which will serve as a teaching and research facility for the NSU community. Pre-med, physician assistant, nursing and medical students all over campus are probably excited at the […]

County governments defy Rick Scott

Republicans at all levels of government have been attempting to thwart the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, since it was passed into law on March 23, 2010. The House of Representatives has voted 42 times to repeal Obamacare since they took control of the majority in 2011. Twenty-six states, all controlled […]

Apology not accepted

He has more than 2 million hits on YouTube, but he is no celebrity — no amateur musician playing his guitar and singing love songs into the face of a computer screen. He made a confession. He is a murderer. Matthew Cordle, 22, got drunk one night, drove into oncoming traffic, and crashed into another […]

Miss America has not been outsourced

We crowned our first Indian-American woman as Miss America last week, which really exemplifies the shift in our nation’s population dynamics. An array of colors and cultures now comprise the 313.9 million people who pledge allegiance to America, which is truly the most beautiful aspect of our country. But many citizens are less than thrilled […]

Faceoff: Live on Campus or with parents?

Get out of your house by Destinee Hughes In high school, the only motivating force for me to beat “senioritis” was the reward of graduating, getting accepted into college and finally moving out my parents’ house. Oh, how I yearned for my freedom and independence. But it seems that many college students are actually trying to […]

All-natural illegal medicine

It cures more symptoms for more diseases and illnesses than any other medicine on the market today, and it doesn’t come with a host of side effects, like most of the pharmaceuticals advertised on television. It’s all natural and is not chemically altered in a lab by scientists. Any medicine that doesn’t seem to have […]

The art of the vegan lifestyle at NSU

I came to NSU as a vegan. To avoid any misunderstanding of the term, I will define it as the omission of any animal products, including dairy and meat, from daily consumption. Leaving behind the comforts of my pantry full of vegan ingredients, I knew that veganism in college would be a struggle, but as […]

Stop and frisk

Picture it: After a tough week at school, you leave your dorm and head to the Don Taft University Center to grab some dinner, work out at the Recreational Complex or play some pool at the Flight Deck. But before you can even get to the UC, you’re stopped by a police officer. He questions […]

Syria’s problems are not America’s

The Syrian situation is looming over the nation: to attack or not to attack, that is the question. In a blatant violation of international treaties, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad began using chemical weapons in April, to stop the rebellion against his administration. Syrians were recently attacked with sarin gas in a Damascus suburb; thousands of […]