Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks The urC rent NSU Digital Collections 9-26-2005 The Knight Volume 16: Issue 4 Nova Southeastern University Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper NSUWorks Citation Nova Southeastern University, "The Knight Volume 16: Issue 4" (2005). The Current. 578. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper/578 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]. I NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 -HTTP://WWW.KNIGHTNEWS O NLINE.COM V O LUME 16, ISSUE 4 Left: NSU Student ~ makes her way through rain and wind gusts. Below: Tree toppled over in front of NSU Athletic Training. Photos by Rafla Chodhry Some Dismaye_d by University'·s Decision to Stay Open ArnandaBeretta, a sophomore, open on the 20'h of September since · Others OK with expressed similar thoughts. the National Weather Service posted "City officials were urging a Tropical Storm Warning and a wind, rain everyone to stay home and off the Hurricane Watch for Broward County. By Rafia Chodhry roads and yet so many _people were Ac the same time we were constantly News Editor commuting to NSU," Beretta said. monitoring (then) Tropical Storm Rita Most of NSU's Davie campus Freshman Richo Hernan, on to discern the appropriate action we remained open early last week as the. other hand, . said he was happy should take," said Dr. Hanbury. Hurricane Rita, at the time a Category that NSU did not close. Hurricane Rita knocked out 1 storm, made its way over the Florida "I don't mind the rain, if the power to more than. 10,400 residents -,., Keys. It was one of few South Florida university says its fine, then its fine for of Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Women's me," he said. counties, according to published schools to do so. Golf team There were spo~adic wind gusts The power to close campus reports. 't°' compete in ' and rain, which toppled two trees­ rests with President Ray Ferrero, Jr. "What if conditions had Daytona one near the Rec Plex and another in University School of NSU, a college worsened?" said Leebird Francis, a front of the University Training Center. prep school on NSU's campus, along sophomore. "We would have been in The National Weather Service issued with the Mailman Segal Institute for serious [trouble]." Page 6 a tornado watch for most of Tuesday Early Childhood Studies, were closed Pointing at clothes and books afternoon. -all day Tuesday. NSU's Kendall and which she'd neatly lain out to dry on As students arrived on campus, North Miami Beach locations were a couch in Rosenthal Student Center, some questioned why the university also closed. freshman Kathleen Fenelus said, "I am remained open. Broward government President Ferrero was not on pissed because it's not safe. The wind FEATURED c~pus last week and was unavailable is pushing people, books are getting offices, public and private schools in SECTIONS Miami-Dade and Broward counties, for comment. Dr. George L. Hanbury, soaked and there is still the danger of a along with several colleges and NSU's o:ecutive vice president for tree breaking and hitting someone. I am KNIGHTLIFE .. 4 universities all closed Tuesday. Florida administration, said that even though soaked and my books are pretty much Atlantic University remained open. a hurricane warning was posted for done." "I think it makes no sense we Miami-Dade, the University could not Freshman Emily Carle said, "It are open today considering that most be closed based of weather conditions wasn't really that bad. I wasn't scared." of Broward County Public,_ schools are in Mimi-Dade County. closed," freshman Roxana Jaiwan said. • The University "remained 2 THE KNIGHT SEPTEMBER 26, 2005 Marketing Major NSU to Receive Available at NSU Students DiSpla·ced By Greg Kyriakakis Staff Writer Huizenga Sc;hool] had it." by Hurricane Katrina NSU students like Business The H. Wayne Huizenga Administration major Andres School ofBusiness & Entrepreneurship Rodriguez are pleased that the By Judith Francois is offering a new major in marketing, Huizenga School is offering a StaffWriter which will provide a more "state of che marketing major. "I like the face The Farquhar · College going to schools in the Gulf art" curriculum than most local Florida d).at NSU is expanding its business of Arcs and Sciences at Nova region, with the exception of one, universmes, according to Dennis programs," Rodriguez said. He added Southeastern University is looking who is a resident of New Orleans. Dannacher, Marketing Director for that the major "woulq have been to accommodate a handful of Farquhar College's administration the Huizenga School. another good optiQn" to consider undergraduate and graduate a:nd professors who will be teaching The Huizenga School faculty when he was applying to the university students from cities whose schools classes.wi ch the visiting students were has been working on establishing the three years ago. have been damaged by Hurricane involved in making the decision to - undergraduate marketing major for Dannacher indicated that Katrina. receive displaced students. a year and a half. It features 48 core with a bachelor's degree in marketing, NSU is curreµdy working NSU waived the tuition credits, which Dannacher feels is "pretty those entering the workforce can to enroll students from Tulane for those students who already paid comprehensive." The classes include expect starting salaries of anywhere University, University of New their tuition in full to their home topics such as the psychologically­ between $30,000 to $50,000 a year. Or.leans, Loyola University, institution. When deciding which based Buyer Behavior, and Service Those earning an MBA typically University of South Mississippi, students to receive, Dillard said Marketing, which deals with helping earn $80,000 a yeat, while marketing and St. Xavier. Each student will that NSU considered who would be professionals like doctors and lawyers executives earn about $225,000 a be treated as a visiting student and most helped by attending here. sell their services. year, leading Dannacher to concll}de will be enrolled only for this term, Freshman and sophomores Students are · eligible for that_"there is a future" in pursuing a unless they decide to make NSU have mainly general classes, which internships in their junior and senior marketing major. their home institution. will make it easier for credits to years with companies such as DHL, On October 27, the "Students called and asked be transferred back to their home Bellsouth, and American Express. Huizenga School will host the official to come to NSU," said Maria P. institutions. "For juniors and With a number of NSU unveiling of the marketing major at 5 Dillard, Director of Enrollment seniqrs, there is less chat we can do students undecided about their majors, p.m. in the school's auditorium. All Management. Most of these without risking courses not [being] Dannacher expects that some wiij are welcome to attend the event, as students were Florida residents transferable," said Dillard. consider the new major. He notes that faculty will present the major co the many prospective students are current NSU community. A raffie to win an business students who "wanted to iPod will also be held. switch to the marketing major if [the Share your space, but live on your own. ~ WAL*MART. Get everything for your dorm room at Walmart.com and still afford tuition. ALWAYS LOW PRICES. 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After about an hour of m Columbus, Oh10 and several other. compames around the world. Mike Leavitt, secretary. wandering about a rice field, the being floated to the top I· of the Department of Health and Human Services told reporters that more people will now 1 of a tree, eventually floating into a bright light in the sky. have access to the life-saving drug. For more information visit 'msnbc. msn. com. , , 1 When District chiefWisit Sitthisombat conducted interviews . I • with villagers who spotted the creature; their testimonies and l I artistic renderings were consistent with each other. Middle East I I Afghanist9'n Citizens Vote As reported by David :Srunnstrom of Reuters, Afghans. voted for the first time in Hanson Hit Sickens Students to r I decades in legislative elections, despite threats from Taliban fighters, on September 18. Donate President Hamid Karzai called the vote on the legislative ballot a defining moment for the In an effort to raise money for Hurricane Katrina country. The vote did not occur without some repercussions, however: Reuters reported that victims, CBS News has reported that Delone Catholic High 14 people were killed Jn the south and east regions when Taliban fighters attempted to attack School in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, has been playing the · polling stations.