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The Current Volume 23 Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks The urC rent NSU Digital Collections 10-16-2012 The urC rent Volume 23 : Issue 9 Nova Southeastern University Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper NSUWorks Citation Nova Southeastern University, "The urC rent Volume 23 : Issue 9" (2012). The Current. 372. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper/372 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the NSU Digital Collections at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Current by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. , . .. .. , . • • •• . nsucurrent.nova.edu Coach's Page 6 fJoge '5 NSU plays host to . senatori debate Jt~ .: .S~y. .R~~,:ir() .... ... .... On Oct.17, NSU will host a live televised debate in the race for United States Senator from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center. ''Decision 2012: Before You VOle". a project created by Leadership Florida in pannership with the Florida Press Association, is pairing up with NSU to host the general election debate between Democratic candidate, incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson and Republican candidate. U.S. Representative Connie Mack. This is not the first time NSU has been chosen as an arena for politics. In both 2006 and 2010, the university hosted the debate in the state race for U.S. senator. Brandon Hensler, assistant COURTESY OF NEVERAGAINPHOTOGRAPHY.BIZ SEE DEBATE 2 COURTESY OF LAnMES.COM Democratic candidate, incumbenl U.S Senator, BUI Nelsoo. Republican candidate, U.s, Representative Connie Mack. Iran prison survivor to visit NSU On Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Rose and Alfred Miniao Performing Arts Center, NSU's Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will host the Humanities Distinguished Speaker event with Maziar Bahari. In 2009, Bahari, a Canadian-Iranian award­ winning journalist, documentary filmmaker and Newsweek correspondent was arrested and tortured in Iran's Evin prison for 118 days, accused of being a spy. Bahari will discuss his 2011 memoir "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity. and Survival," which offers an insight on his time in captivity. Bahari was covering the 2009 iranian election and outbreak of protests, on behalf of Newsweek. He was one of a few journalists invited to attend the first prayer ceremony SEE SURVIVOR 2 Ira .... an-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahan will share his experience with the NSU community. - 2 News October 16, 2012 I nsucurrent.nova.ed DEBATE from 1 director of public affairs. said that also be a live webcast featuring because of the tough economic NSU has been chosen to bold the politicians, NSU students and times, this election can change senatorial debate because it has a professors, who will provide important.. economic policies. He October great~ ..:"orking relationship with analysis after the debate. feels that understanding what events by students, for students Lead~rship' . Florida and the Florida Christopher Mignochi, junior our congressmen believe and the TUesday,~oberI6 Press' Assdciation. exercise and sports science and legal policies they plan to adopt will be The Current Staff Meeting» 12 p.m., ASA Room 104 Hensler said, "I feel that it is studies major, and president of the important moving forward - as Open to students interested in writing for the newspaper, paramount to serve as a springboard Undergraduate Student Government voters and as a coumry. Contact: Mnena Iyorpuu, [email protected],954-262-8455 for important dialogues for the Association, said that this debate is Cam penni said, "We should enrichment of both our students and an excellent chance for students to be welcoming and encouraging Thursday, October 18 the commW1ity." experience a political event of high candidates to speak and motivate Nomadics Math Club Meeting» 12 p.m., Mailman The debate is not open to the magnitude firsthand. our Sharks to vote and stay active Room 310 public and only a certain amount of Mlgnochi said, "Civic in whal's going on with the United Contact: Andre Escobar. ae311@nova ~edu. 954·200-1363 tickets were distributed. However, engagement is in serious decline States." Friday, October 19 it will be broadcast live, statewide in this country, and attending For additional details about SUTV Staff Meeting » 12 p.m., ASA Room 104 on local television channels. Plus, important events like the senatorial the debate, including local stations Open to students interested in learning about and becoming viewing parties will be held on debates can change that." that will air it live, log on to www. involved with television campus at the Flight Dec:k in the Anthony Carnpenni, finance beforeyouvote.org. For more Don Taft University Center and student in the MBA program and information on Nova's Post-Debate Contact: Gregory Hinds, [email protected],954-262-2602 the Knight Auditorium in the Carl president of the Graduate Business Analysis Webcast, visit www.nova. Sunday, October 21 DeSantis Building. There will Student Association, said that edulnsudebate2012. Ablaze "Get Plugged In"» 10:30 a.m., Shark Fountain at SURVIVOR from 1 Don Taft University Center after the election with Iran's Supreme media has as the 'Fourth Estate' to Farquhar College said, "The College Ablaze will be carpooling from NSU to local churches to get students Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Days bring a critical perspective and make hosts the Distinguished Speakers pLugged in, This Sunday AbLaze will be carpooling to Calvary later, on June 21, he was arrested by the public aware of what is happening program to bring thoughtful and Fellowship Free Will Baptist. Ablaze will be meeting at the Shark Iranian intelligence officers on six throughout our world. His work important voices and issues to Fountain at 10:30 a.m. charges, primarily suspicion of being uses the tools of media to highlight campus. Mr. Bahari can reflect on Contact: Noehmi Bermudez. [email protected] a spy for the CIA, Israel's Mossad, injustice in the world," his extraordinary experience as a Halloween Horror Nights Trip » 2 p.m., Shark Fountain Britain's MIG, and Newsweek. He Before his speech, Farquhar journalist and his insights on the was interrogated, tortured and put in _will host a student seminar to give Significance and importance of recent at Don Taft University Center Tickets available in the SEA Board Office located in the Don Taft s~lit~!Y: , co~ijn~l,l1e~t, ~thin a 6-by- a small group of select students an events in the Middle East. Students 12-foot prison cell, for ll8 days, 12 opportunity to meet Bahari and ask may find the stories of his experience University Center. ho~ and 54 minutes. him questions, to be inspiring and motivating," Contact : SEA 8oard, [email protected],954-262-7223 After the arrest, his story Andon said, "Mr. Bahari will Rosenblum also would like Submit your student dub or organization's events for the Onshore calendar by was internationally reported and a appeal to the collective human na­ students to realize tha~ "People do emailing: [email protected]. website, freemaziarbaharLorg, was ture that strives for freedom in the not always control the situations they Only events for students, by students accepted. created to ralse awareness. face of opposition. [His] experi­ are in. 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