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Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks The urC rent NSU Digital Collections 11-1-2001 The Knight Volume 12: Issue 5 Nova Southeastern University Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper NSUWorks Citation Nova Southeastern University, "The Knight Volume 12: Issue 5" (2001). The Current. 273. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper/273 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]. News A&E Sports This Week’s Knight in Leonard Cohen 6-4-3 Double Take Shining Armor page 11 with Mark Grace Inside page 9 page 21 Powder Scare at NSU... By Noelle Barrera News Editor University Vice President George ... Remains Only a Scare Hanbury, hazardous materials spe- [email protected] cialists quarantined the mailroom To: NSU Community From: George Hanbury, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Administration FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - On until the Davie Fire Department Friday, October 26, someone in the declared an “all-clear” at 1:15 p.m. Recently, I informed you of a substance being investigated that was found on mailroom of the Central Services two envelopes at the NSU Main Campus Mail Center last Friday, October 26. Building found a letter with white The whole episode took approxi- mately two hours from start to You were notified that I would be getting back to you as soon as we received powder on it. Immediately, Public results of the chemical analysis, which health officials estimated to be 48 hours. Safety and the Davie Fire Depart- finish. Although the Health Department did not meet the 48-hour timeline, we have ment were called to the scene. received word today, November 1, from the Broward County Health Department that Public Safety directed the evacu- there were no anthrax spores or other hazardous substances found on either of the two ation of the whole building, which envelopes that arrived by certified mail. along with the Central Mail Ser- The results received today by the Broward County Health Department confirm vice Office, houses the Office of the initial testing that our Mail Room is safe. However, as a precaution for the future, the Public Safety, Physical Plant and United States Postal Service recommends: the Copy Center. Do not handle a letter or package that you suspect is contaminated. According to Bronson S. Bias, Do not shake it, bump it, or sniff it. the Executive Director of Public Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water. Safety, these precautions were all Notify local law enforcement authorities (NOVALERT, ext. 8999). the appropriate responses and the Also, what should make you suspect a piece of mail? way to stay “on the side of safety.” It is unexpected or from someone you do not know. He also verified that no other mail It is addressed to someone no longer at your address. had gone out after the suspicious -NSU’s Mail Room center It is handwritten and has no return address or bears one that you cant con- letter was identified until it was firm is legitimate. considered safe to do so. was the victim of an an- thrax scare on October 26. It is lopsided or lumpy in appearance. In a statement released by the See Powder Scare, page 9 Disability Services Aims to Aid Underprivileged Students By Melanie Halcomb emotional or psychological disabilities. These isolated testing facilities will report to the Currently, Disability Services is located News Reporter include students with attention deficit disorder Testing Assessment Center to take the test. A in the Academic Services Modular next to proxy, who sits in the room with the student, the Parker Building. Dr. Chaffin says Aca- [email protected] or some other psychological disorder. The goal of Disability Services is not to administers the test. demic Services and Disability Services will give students a free ride, but rather to make Laura Reuben, senior advisor for Dis- be moving into the first floor of the Parker FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Disability academic opportunities equal. ability Services at Broward Community Building sometime during the fall semester Services, a services office in the Academic “Any student who has a disability can College’s North Campus, believes that this to make the services more accessible to Services program, offers students with contact our office for information on ser- form of isolated testing is not the truest. students. documented disabilities accommodations to vices,” Dr. Chaffin says. Yet here at Nova Southeastern Univer- “Sometimes we have to use a trial and succeed in their academic careers at Nova At the initial appointment, he continues, sity, Dr. Chaffin and his staff believe that error method of accommodations to help Southeastern University. the student meets with an advisor, either Dr. Disability Services strives to tailor to the students. If something doesn’t work, we try Dr. John Chaffin, Acting Director Chaffin or another staff member, to discuss accommodations of the individual student. something new,” Dr. Chaffin says. of Academic Services, assists students in what the student would need by way of ac- acquiring these accommodations. “If a student had ADD (Attention Deficit However, Dr. Chaffin continues, stu- commodations. Disabilities include a wide range of Disorder), we’d put the student in a room dents don’t always let the office know if “The students would fill out a lot of physical, learning, and emotional dis- with a glass door so the student is alone,” there is a problem. For example, the pave- paperwork and provide documentation of the abilities. The most obvious of physical Dr. Chaffin says. ment around the Parker building is uneven disability,” Dr. Chaffin says. disabilities is a student in a wheel chair Proxies in the testing center also serve in places and poses a dangerous problem to Dr. Chaffin says students can receive or otherwise unable to ambulate without as readers or writers for students who are students in wheelchairs or other mechanical accommodations such as extended time on assistance. Physical disabilities would also unable to complete the tests on their own. devices used for mobility. tests, which he says are: “The most popular include visual or hearing impairments. For example, a quadriplegic, unable to move “I wasn’t aware of the problem until just accommodation we offer.” Disability Services Learning disabilities would include his/her arms, would require such assistance now,” Dr. Chaffin told me on October 30. can also provide note-takers for classes, a “But now that I know, I’ll notify the physical dyslexia, or problems with writing or math to write a test. The testing center also of- tape recorder for lectures and a sign language plant and have them fix it.” computations. fers magnification machines for visually interpreter for deaf students. Likewise, he said there is a problem According to Dr. Chaffin, a growing impaired students. Likewise, computers are Also available for students is isolated with older buildings and bringing them up number of students requesting accommo- available to aid students in the test-taking testing. Typically, a student who requires dations from his office are students with process. See Disability, page 8 2 Campus News November 7, 2001 ON CAMPUS from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The sessions are Autism – On Saturday, FREE! Make your voice heard. Register November 17, the Fort Lau- Five-day • Diabetes Prevention and Control – On today at www.SaveOurFRAG.org. derdale Marina Marriott Fort Lauderdale Wednesday, November 7, the Office of will host the thirty-sixth An- Recreation and Wellness is sponsoring • North Miami Brach Health Fair – On nual Snowflake Ball. Hon- Forecast the Faculty and Staff Presentation “Dia- Thursday, November 13, join your co- orary chairpersons Wayne betes: Prevention and Control” with workers for the Second annual North and Marti Huizenga, and Dr. Ronnie Martin from the College of Miami Beach “Employee Health and Dan and Laura DeSantis Wed. Nov. 7 Osteopathic Medicine in the Psychol- Fitness Fair.” From 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 will help in enriching the Partly Cloudy 77 °F 65 °F ogy Building, room 2058. Lunch will p.m. enjoy the following: Informational lives of children with au- UV Index: 8 High be provided. booths; free basic health screenings; tism. NSU’s annual gala to For more information, please feel give-aways; lite refreshments; and door benefit the Ralph J. Baud- prizes. huin Preschool will begin free to call Jen Brandt, assistant direc- Thurs. Nov. 8 Any questions? Please feel free with a cocktail reception tor for fitness and wellness at (954) Partly Cloudy 79 °F 66 °F 262-7040. to call Jen Brandt at (954) 262-7040, and silent auction at 7:00 or Kellie Murphy-Tolo at (954) 262- p.m. followed by a dinner, UV Index: 7 High • SAVE OUR FLORIDA RESIDENT 7884. dancing and a live auction ACCESS GRANT (FRAG) FUND- at 8:15 p.m. Chairpersons ING – YOUR IMMEDIATE RE- • Hunger Banquet – On Thursday, No- Kevin and Kerry Connor Fri. Nov. 9 SPONSE IS NEEDED. Budget re- vember 15, Residence Life staff, along will welcome honorees Partly Cloudy 80 °F 67 °F straints in the state of Florida are caus- with the Cooperative Feeding Program, NSU President Ray Ferrero, UV Index: 6 Moderate ing a serious threat to the present and are hosting a hunger simulation in the Jr. and Broward School future funding of the Florida Resident Rosenthal Dining Hall from 6:00 to 8:00 District Superintendent Dr. p.m. The event is free and the univer- Franklin Till. Access Grant (FRAG). Sat.