Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks The urC rent NSU Digital Collections 9-25-1998 The Knight Nova Southeastern University Follow this and additional works at: http://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper NSUWorks Citation Nova Southeastern University, "The Knight" (1998). The Current. Paper 168. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_newspaper/168 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]. 4lt ······ ~ 1111 t.( THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEW"SPAPER OF NSU's Volume 9 Issue 2 FARQUHAR CENTER FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 25 September 1998 Hev, Restaura-Ylu are IIIJa.aican Me CrID .Ylu're Ja.aican Me Sick! I By NSU Student Advocate salad, while another found a dead ant tainer by a Restaura employee with­ in hislher spaghetti. out being cleaned. See.wnat.UlliversiiJ'.l'(l1'k·. Do you ever wonder whatactu- What do you expect to happen Ifyou enjoy eating the salad bar .Plaza has.·.in·.store.{or. you ally goes into the food you eat at to lettuce tongs that have been Mondays may be your lucky day. in •• ~~TbePlaza:Ftlllof· Restaura? Hard work, time, and en- dropped on the floor? Ofcoursethe Each Sunday, sources say, remaining ergy seem to be essential ingredients. only answer ~hat could be expected SUl'prises~~o12'page2 . salad bar items are discarded and re­ One ingredient I is it should be placed with fresh salad. This "fresh" would have never Since the salad bar is picked up, salad will remain there until the fol­ thought one cleaned or re- lowing Sunday and once again will might find is stocked only once a placed, and put be discarded. Ifyou like dressing on J¥.antto.kl1oWabout bugs. Paying,so week, the salad is back into the your salad, you are out ofluck. There , much money for a ft· b .h. fro· container. Not at ·tecn1201Qgyin.scnool?.see ~n is no telling when you should take "'Fbe·Ultirnate(Jollege. meal plan or de- 0 fOwn, t .e It Restaura. On your chances. Sources say the salad elining balance, IS one occasion, a ··Survival.(l;lIide"ionpage often rotten. dressing container is seldom emptied. our students ex- student informed 7 When the dressing gets low, more is pectmore from Restaura. Ithas been me that he witnessed lettuce tongs merely added to the top. Often other brought to my attention that one stu- that had been dropped on the floor items from the salad bar fall into the dent has found a dead fly in hislher and placed back into the lettuce con- dressings. Who knows what else is Readaboul.~~NStJ~s()wn I I at the bottom of these containers? W()lDenBasketballTealll'~ These are not the only complaints. .' onpage 9> WNSO, NSH's College Radio Some students who are trying to eat healthy have a limited menu. StationFM When they believe they are making AT lAS'I a healthy selection, such as com, a By Angelique Nixon pool of butter is often found at the WNSU Station Manager bottom of the bowl. Since the salad ·Wantthedetai/son· .. bar is stocked only once a week, the After years of hard work, perseverance and dedication, WNSU has salad is often brown, the fruit is of­ ·CallilJus?Seepage·10 finally ventured into the realm ofFM radio. That's right! WNSU is shar­ ten rotten. Those students who are ing the Broward County School Board's FM frequency 88.5 with WK.PX vegetarians have an even smaller at Piper High School. This partnership has taken over five years to be­ menuto choose from. These students come a reality. Now, WNSU is broadcasting on 88.5 FM from 7PM until often eatthe same items and are not 3AM; eventually we will be on until 7AM. receiving a balanced nutrition. Our first day back on air was September 4th, and to celebrate we hosted Sherry Davidson, a former NSU a party at the Flight Deck in"honor ofthis special occasion. We did have a employee, cut open three muffins the Want·tne.'atest.news·on.tne. trial run in April for a few days to test all'of our new equipment before morning of a Summer Experience Greeks?Seepages.l1 closing for summer break. At our 'FM GALAAFFAIR", we had the plea­ program. All three muffin centers through .... 14formore sure of having some of the pioneers of WNSU who worked extremely were moldy. When contacted, details; hard to make the FM dream come true. Dr. Kate Waites-Lamm, the first Restaura assured us "Catered food WNSU advisor, spoke at the. party and shared with. everyone the many comes in fresh each morning." An trials and tribulations that the initial staff endured through the first few unnamed source also informed us years ofrunning the station. She also expressed 4er delight that this dream that at times orders are not placed has finally occurred and reminded us all how important it is to never give ReadaboutNSU correctly. Since Restaura is a busi­ up the fight. James Reinlieb and Chris Mohall, NSU graduates and former ness, they "scrounge up what they Undergraduate.Man.of station managers who both worked very hard on the FM deal, came back have" to complete the order. theYear.onpage.12 to share their past experiences with WNSU and to celebrate with us. They A meal plan patron informed me were thrilled to host WNSU's first show on 88.5 FM. thattwice in one week she found bugs see IT'S on page. 6 see RESTAURA on page 5 ~~-----~-" ..."~~~= 25 September 1998 ~tull!l c2\broAIi The Plaza: Full of Surprises Anll Jielll By Alphonse D'Abruzzo for viruses, states that "The Plaza is ~tull!l Contributor Writer opeI).." fJrOfjrAm What is this Plaza? Where is it c2\vAilAble in To many undergraduate students located? Both of these questions at Nova Southeastern University, beckon yet another question: "Who Winter 1999 University Park Plaza still)s an cares?" However, for all those inter­ enigma. Of course it is the site of ested, "The Plaza" is the name ap­ By Dr. Barbara Brodman Geronimo's Grill, one of the proud propriately given to Nova's cozy Contributor Writer sponsors of The Knight , but the comer of the sprawling mini-mall. Plaza's strategic importance to NSU Formerly USA Fitness Gym, The The NSU/GAI Sustainable De­ academics often is understated. Plaza now is home to one ofNova's velopment Project is a cooperative The following scenario is all too most technologically advanced program among Nova Southeastern common: Joe Bloggs decides to Microlabs, filled with Pentium II University and the Global Awareness check his Polaris account at the computers. In fact, while waiting for Institute's GAl Selva project in Parker Building Microlab. That is all the web sites to load up or for the Iquitos, Peru. rather swell, but Skippy McFly, the printers to warm up, students take ad­ While abroad, students reside Microlab monitor extraordinaire, has vantage ofthe north wall ofthe lab, near Iquitos, Peru, where theY,study some bad news. Classes are in ses­ which is covered with mirrors. "I'd intensive Spanish language and par­ sion in Labs A through Z until five love to bring a set of free weights ------....,-- ticipate in a o'clock the next morning.Express­ variety ofon- and work out while waiting for Dr. Our goal is to .. ing his understanding of the situa­ Alford's home page to load up," ad­ involve and gomg enVI- tion, Joe spews out a few colorful mitted one happy patron. engage the ronmental, expletives. The alert McFly, ex­ In addition to the now famous students on community hausted from scanning a single disk Microlab/free weight area are the service, and many levels in research the process of projects. 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