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Students Preparefor ApproachingGraduationBy Tanya ParnesstaffWriter

Thomas Harland, aseniorstudent at NSU can'twaitto graduate and. go on to medical school. "Medicine hasalways been in my life and it's always been my calling;"Harland said. He is very excited about his upcominggraduation but does not plan to attend the graduationceremony. "The walking is for your parents," Harlandsaid. "ljust want my piece ofpaper and then I'm gettingout gf here." Harland hop~s to get into medical schoolbu{has law school in mind as his backup choice just incase.

Harlens Michell, another senior student at NSU,also plans t~ go on to graduate school. Michell chMgedhis major quite a bit during his college career andfinallysettled on psychology. He wants to go to law schoolupon graduation but feels really overwhelmed by whatliesah.e~d. ''I'm nervous and I guess unprepared,"Michettsaid. "It's really nerve-wracking to get in all myr~qllir~pents." Michell is trying to make sure that he,qoes, riot fall. behind because he does not want to have,JP.w:ai,!~other semester in order to be able to graduate.'1\5 ,tp.lfch as you have already heard it, the truth of them~t~¢ds 'Don't Procrastinate!'" Michell said. He is very~s;i~#.,about his upcoming graduation but will miss .the:j~iversity. "It was .an experience, both good andbad;" Michell said. "I won't forget id"

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NSU commencementceremonies begin on May 12and continue through' August26, depending on the program.Students need to complete a packetof information in order to beregistered for the commencement·ceremony. They also need to applyfor their degree in order to receivetheir diplomauppn graduation..For more information studentscan go to the registrar's websiteat http://Www.nova.edu/cwis/reg!.strarlcommencement.html orcall 954-262-7200.

undergraduate psychology majorsare going into many qifferent fieldsof w~k. "Slowly we're getting peoplethat want to move from psychologyto a health profession," Concannonsaid. "That \would probably be thebiggest field that they go into aftergraduation." Concannon said thatother students enter pharmacy schools,physical assistant programs and manyother health professions as well.

Concannon advises students to gettheir courseWork' in before graduationarrives. She sees a lot of studentswho are very upset because they havenot finished their programs and areunable to graduate on time. "Thereare some. people who have too manycredits left to finish and can't go tocommencement," Concannon said. She

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Paul Joseph Sympo;ium: ·1heannual Paul Joseph Symposium will be held at7:00 p.m., in the Jarge.lF:Ftli~hfl11 of the Shepard Broad Law Center; The Ipresentation, "The Ame~icarl Labor, ,Movement: The Good, .TheBad; andThe Ugly," will feature'.Professors Lynn Wolf and Gary Gershman from theFarquharCollegeof Arts &.seience~, and Professors Michael Masinter, JohnSanchez, and Jim Wilets from the Shepard Broad La""Center, The symposiumwill presenta,b~3fF.~qy;iew,of unions iOJhe UnitedS,tatFS froIIlthe Nrllofthe.

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Saturday:., .....li.th Annual NSUIFO.iMA 1!e~lth Fair: NSU'sHealth Professions Division. andthe Florida Osteopathic Medical Association (FOMA) have teamed' up tohold their 5th Annual Health Fair from J 0:30 Cl.!U•. - 3:90I?~' atth~ To:-,verShops/Home Depot Plaza. The Health Fair is open 'to the entire community,

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Men's Golf Team 2nd Place atthe Buccaneer InvitationalBy Alida WinslettSports Editor

On April 2 and 3, the men's golfteam competed in the BuccaneerInvitational at Westview CountryClub in Miami, Fla. This tournamentwas hosted by Barry University ona par 72, 6,786 yard course. Everyteam played three rounds of36 holeson day one and 18 the following.

Florida Gulf Coast Universitycame out on top having shot fiveunder par in the three-roundtournament. Their team shot 289,289, and 281 for a total of 859. TheSharks team came in with a stronglast round to put them in a tie for thesecond place finish. The Sharks shot296,295, and 278 for a total of869.The Sharks' last round bolted themahead of the pack after their dailylow round of 278. USC Upstate also

tied the Sharks in the second placefinish. They shot 293,286, and290.

Of the field of fifteen teams,here are the other teams that roundedout the top 10: Barry Universitytied for fourth (873); ColumbusState tied for fourth (873);Valdosta State University came insixth (879); Georgia College andState University came in seventh(882); Armstrong Atlantic came ineighth (884); Florida Institute ofTechnology came in ninth (886);and Eckerd College came in tenth(899).

Jason Flowers ofValdosta Stateand Robert Taylor of Florida GulfCoast tied for first place. They shot212, which was four under in thistournament. Michael Davenport

led the Sharks in his tie for fourthplace finish. He shot 73, 72,and 69 for a total of 214. PeterKolosvary finished tied for ninthwith his total of 216. Eric Colecame in tied for 18th with a totalof 220. Greg O'Mohony shotthe daily low of 68 in his finalround and finished tied for 37th •Constantin Schwierz finishedtied for 59th •

This was the last regularseason competition for the Sharks.NSU will now challenge for aspot in the NCAA regional afterthe Sunshine State Conferencetournament April 16 and 17hosted at Duran Golf Club inMelbourne, Fla.

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Photo by NSU Sports InformationSenior Michael Davenport hits his ball outof a sand trap.

Tampa Sweeps NSU 3Games of sse Series

NSU Tennis Wins 6th Againstsse Rivals Barry, 6-3

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By Nelly MesaStaffWriter

NSU faced a tough weekof baseball after being defeatedin three straight games on theirhome field against the numbertwo nationally ranked Universityof Tampa Spartans. The Sharks(28-10; 2-6 SSe) are now numberseven in the Sunshine StateConference and hold a ranking ofnumber seven in the region.

Despite the Sharks loss onApril 6, 5-12, NSU's designatedhitter freshman J.D. Martinezprovedhimselfas an offensive forceto be reckoned with. Martinezwent two-for-three with a run

scored along with one RBI.Junior Bryan Cook went two-for-five with two runs scored.Miles Mikolas was grantedwith the loss for the evening.However, this freshman pitchermarked himself as an asset onthe Shark's mound as he held theNCAA Division II defendingNational Champions to sevenruns in the first five innings ofplay.

In day two of the seriesthe Sharks suffered another twolosses, finishing game one witha score of 19-7 and game two in

an 11-0 turn out.Sophomore pitcher

Raymon Garcia wascharged .with the lossin game one and juniorpitcher Ruddy Garciatook the loss for gametwo.

Despite the result ofthis upsetting string ofgames the Sharks workedhard and displayeddrive and enthusiasm infighting to the very end.

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NSU's number three regionallyranked tennis team (18-1; 7-1 SSC) tookhome another win against conferencerivals of Barry University, 6-3, improvingthe Sharks Sunshine State Conferencestandings to second place overall. Theyare also number lOin the nation.

Junior Alexa Korotevich andsophomore Ulia Talalenko caused anupset for Barry's number nine duo 8-6 inone of the doubles matches. The Sharkswon two of three doubles matches at theconclusion of the day.

Although NSU's number 14Korotkevich was not able to take a winin her singles competition, her teammateswere able to pick up the slack, leaving theSharks with four of the six wins in singlesplay.

This match was the last time the

By Alida WinslettSports Editor

BaseballOn April 11, the men's baseball

team took on number 10 FloridaSouthern College who is 6-6 in theSSC rankings. The teams played atHenley Field in Lakeland, Fla. TheSharks claimed the win 3-1 on the roadin this non-conference game. NSU'sRhys Roberts hit a two-run homer in

Photoby NSU Sports InformationMary Crider sends the ball back tothe defender.

Sharks played on their home turf NSUhonored its seniors Andrea Moncada,Anna Schmidtmann, and StephanieZevallos.

the top of the ninth to seal the win forthe Sharks.

Starting pitcher Miles Mikolaspitched for nearly six and a halfinnings, had five hits, and struck outseven Mocassins. He also allowed oneunearned run before giving the game

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An" Inside Look at Shawn Langlois

category.When asked what about baseball

drives him Shawn replied "The factthat every time I get on base I knowI'm going to stretch it into a double ortriple by stealing both bases and havingthe confidence to know they wont beable to throw me out."

Langlois returned his junior ye~with even more to offer the Sharksthan talent now that he· had} year ofcollegiate experience under' his pelt.As a result of tacking on 29 RBI's, 52runs and 31 stolen bases.to.his .386batting average, Shawn }'Y';s;n~ed tothe ABCNRawlings AlI~SbUili RegionSecond Team along with being named

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over to reliever Nick Carris.

SoftballOn April 11, the women's

softball team took on LynnUniversity at the NSU SportsComplex . in a doubleheader.NSU won both games and KatieVeltri had her 60th run bauea inthis year. Veltri went 3-for-7 withtwo RBIs and two runs scored.AshleyBaker was 2-for-5 with ahomerun and three runsscored.

Women's GolfOnce again, NSU's Maria

Garcia-Ausu has been namedthe SSC Women's Golfer ofWeek. In the Hoya Invitational,Austt led the Sharks as· she tiedfor sixth shooting 76-77 in thetournament.

Men's GolfSenior Michael Davenport

yvas named SSC Men's. Golferof. the Week. At the BuccaneerInvitational, Davenport tied forfourth against 82 golfers andhelped NSU finish tied for secondagainst fifteen other teams.

Photo by NSU Sports InformationShawn Langlois smashes a pitch.

By Nelly MesaStaffWriter

NSU's Athletic Department isproud to welcome senior shortstopand pitcher Shawn Michael Langloisback to the men's Shark Baseballprogram for his third and final seasonas a collegiate athlete.

Langlois is a 22 year-old senior .student from West Palm Beach,Fla.,where he began his baseball careerafter much· inspiration from his rolemodel: his father, Matthew Langlois.

"My father introduced me tothe game which is now my life," saidLanglois. "i\nd to think, it all startedwith a wHIle ball and bat."

Shawn provedhimself to be an asset tothe Shark's roster from thevery beginning. He joinedthe baseball program asa sophomore in 2005wearing the number two.The 5 foot 11 "inch 175.pound speedster stole 30bases and led the Sharksin the batters box with anoutstanding averaging of.345.Langloisalsoanchoredthe shortstop position.

.After an exceptional 2005season both offensivelyand defensively, Shawngained recognition by the .Sunshine State Conferenceby be~ng named in theHonorable Mentions'

to the All-Sunshine State ConferenceSecond Team as well.

Aside from baseball, Shawn is abusiness major at NSU.

"Obviouslyevery little boy's dreamis to grow up and. play high schoolbaseball, tlien college, and finally playprofessional base\;>all. I've already doneeverything except pro-ball ~nd I willhave that opportunitY within thesenext few months," said Langlois. Heexplained the decision lies in whetheror not the money offered will beenough. "It will be a tough decision toface, deciding if! want to start workingand building a life, or put it on hold tocomplete my dream."

Langlois said that although heloves baseball, the most importantthing to him is his family and hisgirlfriend. I

"My family has always been more.than just a support line for me. They'vealso made sacrifices firianciallywhereverit was needed. GrowIng up I played alot of travel ball so there was plenty oftimes that they would have to take offwork and drive me around. I guess youcould say lowe diem everything:'

In the short amount of timeLanglois has been at NSU, he feelshe has achieved most of what he hasdesired regarding friends, a businessdegree, and challenging baseballrecords. Langlois only has five morebases to steal to break the single seasonstolen base record, and he wants achance to play in the regionals.

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job. ,"'. ,J'N~veenAmitews (Lost TV series)

and Marley Shelton (Sugar & Spice,~kntine)F' did; a .. good·.;jbb iIi their:supporting i roles as ..'well., Andrews'accent and ... demeanor made . himseems like the kind of scientist whocould, concoct,a~thingJike,the diseaseporttayed, and Shelton's innocence wasdefinitely a source ofa lot of comedythroughout the .film. They .both .did

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over and over and over (to match the repeatingguitar riff, I suppose), and that phrase ishighly likely to be the title of whatever trackyou're on. It's just about the only way to tellthem apart.

Flipping through the liner notesbecause I couldn't catch any of the otherlyrics, I discovered page after page of ;mgsty,uninspired teenage poetry. I honestly believethat these girls don't know whether theywould rather be metal or emo, and thereforehave settled on some unfortunate mutantmiddle ground.

The album does hold one surprise,however. After starting with the title trackand yawning through a couple of clonesthereof, being startled awake by the gravellyscreaming that opens "Breath" is like wakingup in the middle of a bad Linkin' Park song.It took me a minute to realize that this wasemanating from the throat ofa girl, probablythe Gwen Stefani sound-alike. Then Ilaughed. I'm not a gravelly scream fan, but ifyou are, this song is probably the highlight ofthe whole album.

Funeral for Yesterday does include a fewsongs that are pretty good ifyou disregard therest of the album, but this could be becausethey're a little less boring. If these two songs,as forgettable as they are, were singles, I wouldbe inclined to snub them completely.

All in all, Kittie's fifth album can besummed up as a repetitive, under developedguitar-driven metalfest with immature, emolyrics and a wanna-be goth design package.If you like that sort of thing, you shouldrun out and buy Funeral for Yesterday rightaway. If you want a greater appreciation ofwhatever you're currently listening to, Isuggest accidentally catching a song or twofrom this album and not wasting any more ofyour life than that on it. I had to listen to ittwice to write this review, and that's an hourand a half I will never get back.

mind wondering in all sorts ofdirections.Umung Colony is worth a listen, evenif some tracks are boring. I wouldrecommend Norfolk and Western to fansof Will Oldham, Beirut, M. Ward, andDeath Cab for Cutie.

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with lush, rich, harmonious melodies, sowith the addition of a few band-matesthe songs now sound put-together andflow better than ever before.

The album starts out sort of slowwith "The Longest Stare," a poppy sortof track that builds up quickly andthen. abruptly ends, followed by "TheShortest Stare,'~ which has a jazzy feel toit, but begins to gain speed around thethird track, "Barrels ofFire." Blumberg'sdrumming shines on this track as doesher angelic wordless vocals as theycounter that of Selzers. She manages tobring the song to a new height whileSelzer keeps you grounded. Their talentstogether shine on this track and afterlistening to it, the listener can't help butwant more.

My favorite tracks on the album,though, are "The New Rise ofLabor" and"The Longest Stare." "New Rise ofLabor"is great because of the instrumentalswhich incorporate piano, ukulele, banjo,electric guitar, and marimba all in onegorgeously composed track. Norfolk andWestern's talents as a complete band showin this track and leave you wonderingwhat else may be up their sleeves. As Imentioned, "The Longest Stare" is themosrpop-style song out of all of them,but it has a quality that some othersdon't- a climax. The song makes you feelas if you're watching a movie and has avery distinct beginning, turning point,and end.

The worst songs on the album areundoubtedly the ones who start but neverend (meaning they never go anywhere).''Arrangements Madd' features an

incredible amount of hornsbut fails to lead the listeneranywhere, like other trackson the album. "Banish AllRock" is the least producedtrack on the entire album;it's choppy and misleading.I wanted to skip to the nexttrack after listening forthirty-seconds. However,I can see how these tracks

add to the overall effect of "Norfolk ami Westem"the album, so it was goodto listen to them all the way through.

Norfolk and Western havea certain something that is hard todescribe. Their music feels so old and somodern at the same time that it's hardto distinguish what they're trying to do.The songs are beautiful and their lyricsare concrete- they'll certainly have you

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Dear NSU Community,

Someone I know returnedfrom class yesterday to loudlyannounce that he had hadenough and would be changinghis major posthaste. As far as hewas concerned, there was no wayhe was getting through any kindof chemistry, which was enoughcause to leave behind his biologymajor aftenhree years in favor of amajor in writing.

We discussed it for a littlewhile, a"nd before long he cameto the conclusion that since hiswriting minor was about to becomehis major, his biology major wouldbecome his minor. The onlyproblem is: NSU does not offer abiology minor.

What? We were confused.The Farquhar College of Arts andSciences has a marine biologyminor, a marine microbiologyminor, and a bioinformaticsminor. No plain old biologyminor. I stared at the screen for afew minutes trying to process this(and trying to figure out what inthe world bioinformatics was).

Twenty four hours later, I'mstill confused. Why would a schoolwith so many biology majors nothave a biology minor? A hugechunk of the undergraduatepopulation plans on going into thehealth professions, and so there area great many biology classes offeredeach and every semester. So where'sthe minor? No new classes wouldhave to be introduced; someonewould just have to sit down andfigure out which of the existingclasses would be required.

I don't understand the logichere sometimes, I suppose. Thismakes about as much sense to meas senior students not getting anykind of priority registration.

If someone knows what's upwith this anomaly, I would heartilywelcome some sort of reasoningbehind this confusing twist to thecurriculum. Correct me, tell me I'mwrong, tell me that nobody exceptmy friend even wants a bi.ologymajor ... but please help dissipatemy confusion. If you have no ideawhat's up but want to offer anyother comments on curriculum (ora!).ything else, for that matter), feelfree to drop me a line anyway.

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By Paul SaneauxManaging Editor

The last. few meetings havebeen relatively and oddly devoid ofbills from organizations. PresidentAndrew Ibrahim sent out an emailover the laC listserv explaining thecomplete lack of bills in the meetingon April 11 .. In it he said "Due to amishap in the transferring of SGAmoney into organization accountsover the past three weeks, the StudentGovernment Association has notbeen able to sweep accounts for thisspring semester." He went on to saythat sweeping could only occur if nomoney was allocated that meeting.Bills can be presented again onApril 18. Mor~ importantly, whichIbrahim highlighted in his email, wasthat April 18 will be the last meetingSGA can allocate any money tostudent organizations.

In fact, if I remember correctly,that will be the last meeting. Period.Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Sorry, that wasa force of habit. No money afterApril 18'also means that clubs willbe without more SGA greenbacksfor nearly a month until school isxfinished for the summer. But mindyou, clubs that may be rubbing itsgreedy little paws together, that doesnot mean the SGA is willing to throwany remaining funds away. Theywill be (how should I put this?) asjudicious as ever in their allocations.

Moving on. Only two importantissues were brought up in the lastmeeting. One ofwhich I have alreadygiven my extensive opinion on, but Iwill reiterate a bit and expound uponsince some new information wasrevealed.

The first piece of business wasa resolution presented by Non-Traditional Diego Echevarri and forthe sake of brevity I will dub it theProper Flag Etiquette Resolution.Echevarri, being the patriot he is,wrote this bill that was sponsored bynumerous senators to encourage (or"demand," as the original languagewas) the university to follow properflag etiquette with the American,Floridian, and university flags. Theidea behind the bill is a simple, goodone, but several senators had a littletrouble swallowing the language ofit. -The resolution stated somethingalong the lines that whereaspatriotism is shown by flying the flagand whereas we (Americans) are ina time of military hostility and waron terror be it resolved yada, yada,yada. .. follow flag etiquette. I amnot mocking the resolution. It wasjust very lengthy and my fingers can

only move so fast.laC Senator Amy Van said she

would have been more comfortablein passing the resolution if thewording was changed because thesenators will not always be there todefend its specifics. SGA AdvisorGershman spearheaded the assaultagainst the grammar saying that"demand" was too strong of a wordand they can't demand, only requestthe university follows etiquette. Healso advised the senate to makea broader statement that doesn'tinclude war because many peoplemay not agree with .it and thatflying a flag isn't the only way ofshowing patriotism. Echevarricountered when he said that he wasnot opposed to changing "demand"and that flying a flag isn't the onlyway to show patriotism but it is oneway. He added that because ofwhatis happening overseas "we should beunited." Minority Senator DainneseRutledge asked if the resolutionincluded the international flagshanging in Rosenthal and Echevarriresponded with a no, but that hewould nQt be opposed to amendingthe resolution to include them.Echevarri said he would speak forinternational flags whenh~discussedthe issue with the administration.For some reason an amendmentwas not made to include foreignflags but one was to remove the linethat mentioned military hostilityand whatnot. Surprisingly, themotion was denied 10-3-0. Thatmay have been because many of thesenators sponsored the bill to beginwith. That's teamwork! Motions tochange "demand" and to pass theresolution as amended followedthrough unopposed.

Even with all the senatorssupporting references to militaryhostility, I have to agree withGershman... again. Like I said (andGershman did too), I agree withthe resolution's idea but I thoughtthat it was very politically charged.Yes, there is conflict overseas and allAmericans should be united, but weare not. Many people don't agreewith the war in Iraq, or any conflictfor that matter. It would have beenbest to accommodate everyone andremove the references. Is it not goodenough to request the university flythe flag with proper etiquette simplybecause it is the American flag?War across the globe doesn't makefollowing etiquette more urg;nt.

It may feel that way to some,but etiquette should have beenfollowed from the beginning. Idon't know why some flags wereout during Hurricane Wilma, orwhy many of them don't look thebest in shape, or why some ofthemaren't well lit, but I do know war orconflict is not needed as a catalystto get the university to look afterthem more diligently. By passingthe resolution as it was the senatehas made a political statement,like it or not. Ifmy memory servesme right, back during the heightof the UNICCO fiasco the SGAwas set on not getting involvedbecause it did not want to makeany political statements. Whoops!Well, we all know what happensto precedents around here.

Anyway, the other issue wasProject Serve. Ugh. Those twowords make me cringe. Forceof habit. New information wasrevealed by laC Senator CheriePaul. She read offa list ofthe clubsthat do not have their mandatoryvolunteer hours (cringe)complet~d, and earlier SenatorPriya Seth sent a spreadsheetthrough email. Unsurprisingly,only six of 38 have the required10 hours. Twelve organizationshave some hours and the rest havecompleted none. That just goesto show how well Project Serve isworking and the numbers don'tlie. Van reminded the senate thatsome clubs may have hours thathave not been recorded and thathalfofthe clubs may actually havetheir hours. Though some felt notmuch more could be done to helpthe clubs, Commuter SenatorRob Keever said that they stillneeded to continue to fight. Whoknows? Maybe Project Serve willbe banished. Gershman said theSGA must continue to work at itbut if the clubs did not back theSGA they might as well forgetabout it. If the, clubs don't likeProject Serve, which the numbersmight suggest, they need to get upand do something about it or gettrampled by the administration.Keever said there will be forumsabout the issue on April 16 and24. This is the clubs' chance andthey better take it.

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