A homegrown NSU tradition has spread across the country and is now making national headlines. #noshoesnovember is sweeping the nation. At NSU, bare feet are a regular sight. Legend has it that it began with Smitty Lorsen, a biology major who graduated in 1999. Lorsen was always forced to wear shoes as a child and […]

Pack away your Halloween decorations and break out the Christmas lights and music because the most wonderful time of the year is upon us. Thanksgiving may be next month, but let’s be honest. Christmas celebrations are all anyone thinks about during November. The radio always has a head start on the holidays. They play all […]

It’s that time of year again: cotton spider webs, pumpkins and gourds, cheap decorations and enough candy to make you gain a few pounds are all back. That’s right, it’s almost Halloween. But honestly, this holiday is so much more than soliciting candy from your neighbors. It’s a deep-rooted, all-American tradition. Halloween is in our […]

Not only is NSU renowned for the high quality of education it provides for its students, NSU is also known for its beautiful campuses. But there is something much more sinister lurking in NSU’s immaculate flower beds and perfectly manicured lawns: banana spiders. Brazilian wandering spiders, more commonly known as banana spiders in South Florida, […]

Move over, YouTube. Long snap stories are taking over the Wi-Fi, and storytelling hasn’t been so innovative since the first cave dweller wrote on the first cave wall. Young people are using their Snapchat to tell their stories and document their lives in the least permanent way possible. “Like Twitter, this medium was clearly designed […]

With election day quickly approaching, many people are struggling to decide who to vote for. After witnessing the first debate, the answer has become clear: just ignore the election until it goes away.Let’s face it, the American people have opted out of voting since we first started national elections. Around 42.5 percent of Americans ignored […]

The essence of democracy is voting for either one of two presidential candidates. Why can’t independents and voters dissatisfied with both candidates understand that? On Sep. 16, former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, originally an independent candidate himself, told voters in New York that they needed to vote for Hillary Clinton and that this was not […]

Glasses without lenses, commonly worn by hipsters and hyper-intellectuals to make people think they’re smarter than they are, have a dangerous side effect: they are highly offensive to the visually impaired. Mary Whittaker has been wearing glasses since the tender age of seven. Because of her nearsightedness, she is unable to read the menus at […]

Get your iPhones ready, find the perfect lightning and don your best duck-face, because selfies aren’t just for Snapchat anymore. Beginning in the winter semester, NSU will offer a course on selfies. “My iPhone and me: An in-depth look at the art of the selfie,” will be the first course of its kind at NSU. […]

Man, woman, dog, pterodactyl, ant: we are all the same. Yet the feminist movement has caused a paradigm shift, and men are now the ones who need equality. Today, men are worrying about getting jobs while women just cruise into employment without facing any obstacles.Women are also earning more money and holding higher positions than […]