Florida Atlantic University

Allen West's Wife to FAU Kids: "That's Called Stalking"

Allen West Threatens FAU Students on Facebook and Twitter; Says Wife, a Trustee, Has Been Harassed (UPDATED)

UPDATE 3:40 p.m.: Angela Graham-West did call to explain why she felt harassed. She indicated that students had come to her work office uninvited and also sent messages to her office calling for her firing. A post with her explanation will be posted shortly. Here's her side of the story. Original po ... More >>

FAU Debacle: Internal Emails Reveal Faculty Revolt Against Administration

First, FAU tried to name its stadium after a private prison operator, GEO Group. Then, FAU President Mary Jane Saunders struck a student with her car in a panic-stricken reaction to the sight of a mere handful of youngsters in the vicinity of her 2010 silver Lexus. Amid these events, the univer ... More >>

Sharks Force Beach Closings in Palm Beach County

According to the University of Florida, Palm Beach has the third-highest number of shark attacks among Florida counties with 62.See also: -Great White Sharks Spotted in Florida Waters And apparently, Palm Beach swimmers are crazy delicious, because a large number of migrating sharks have been ... More >>

Loria Responds, Cabbies Suffer, FAU Imprisoned

The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., calculating the mean number of these you can look at before getting misty).

FAU's Stadium Debacle: Professor Moderating Talks Is Linked to Right-wing Foundation, Conservative Causes (UPDATED)

After Florida Atlantic University students flooded her office and staged a sit-in, university president Mary Jane Saunders agreed under pressure to hold a forum to discuss the planned sale of stadium naming rights to private prison operator GEO Group.  But Saunders cherry-picked the moderator - ... More >>

"Papercuts" and "Pour" at FAU Galleries: Breathing New Life Into Paper and Paint

Walk for a Life

Power Rank Friday: DUI Busts, Crank Profs, and More Anus Tattoo, Please

The local personalities, egos, and public figures who swung through the news cycle this week, ranked by New Times' crack research department using a highly scientific algorithm (i.e., walking down South Beach last Monday night, calculating the ratio of weeping Irishmen compared with redneck testicl ... More >>

FAU's James Tracy: More Media Conspiracies and Lunacy. Fire This Guy Fast. UPDATED

Turns out James Tracy, the Florida Atlantic University professor who theorized the Sandy Hook massacre might be a mass media conspiracy, has a history of paranoid weirdness.Students say the guy went off in class. And his academic work hints at how someone could go so off the tracks. In a book review ... More >>

Obama at FAU: We've Got Pics

I have to admit, I didn't realize we sent a photographer to President Barack Obama's "policy speech" at Florida Atlantic University on Tuesday, which taxpayers, not his campaign, paid for despite his having three fundraisers the same day, according to the Miami Herald.We do indeed have a slide show ... More >>

Jonatha Carr Won't Face Charges for Threatening to Kill Her FAU Professor, Hitting a Guy

​Last Tuesday, video surfaced of Florida Atlantic University student Jonatha Carr yelling things like "I will kill the fuck out of you" in a biology class. Police documents state that, after hitting a student in the forehead and yelling  "white people suck, Jewish people who think this world ... More >>

Waves for Everyone

Stature-esque Art

FAU Basketball Fans Rush the Court After Beating 63rd-Ranked George Mason

​We understand it's been a tough stretch for athletics at Florida Atlantic University over the past few months (like the whole football thing), so we won't blame any Owls fans for getting a little excited on Saturday night.See, George Mason University's basketball team -- ranked 63rd in the nation ... More >>

FAU Study: Coping With Climate Change in Florida May Cost as Much as $1 Billion

randompixels.blogspot.comThat's not exactly a transportation "plan."​Not long after the Broward County Natural Resources Planning and Management Division released its report detailing how rising sea levels could cause major flooding across Fort Lauderdale, Florida Atlantic University has released ... More >>

Raymond Pettibon Exhibit at FAU's Schmidt Center Gallery Creates Portrait of a Young Punk

FAU Christens Living Room Theater With Impressive Indie Lineup

South Florida Universities Rank Poorly in U.S. News' Best Colleges 2011

Flickr: Brady DillsworthMany college students in South Florida aren't nearly this happy.​Welcome to South Florida! You're now living in a state where the babes are beautiful but the students are lost.U.S. News & World Report recently released its Best Colleges 2011 list, which rates the top 75 ... More >>

FAU Student Reported Missing

Courtesy of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.​A 26-year-old Florida Atlantic University student who lives in West Palm Beach has been reported missing. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Frantzdy Cherisma has not been seen at home, school, or work in eight days. There's been no ... More >>

Morning Juice: Archbishop Says Buh-Bye; Grief at Greenacres School

​Programming note: I'm breaking in a new computer this morning, so expect some technical difficulties. Here's a look at what made news this weekend:Archbishop John C. Favalora led his final mass at St. Mary's Cathedral Sunday. He's stepping down after 16 years, with much of the past decade mired b ... More >>

Of Mice and Mad Men

Flickr: schmex_kealaiki"Gents, a toast (hiccup!) to our mouse brethren picked for the brain trauma study."​A tour of today's Dailies:The dangers of opening a joint checking account with Paul Francois, the local Lothario who allegedly stole more than his wives' hearts. The Miami Herald's David Smil ... More >>

Dorm Daze

Are Slow Boats Bigger Threat for Grazing Sea Cows?

Guess what, boaters? A researcher at Florida Atlantic University says that motoring slowly through designated manatee protection habitats may put the meandering sea cows at greater risk of getting hacked up by your boat's motor. Says Dr. Edmund Gerstein, the univer ... More >>

Keeping Up With the Maestros

The Boca Museum scurries to match all the fine Latin American art exhibitions around

Southeast Campsite

The good art floats to the top in FAU's regional show. The rest? Sinks to the bottom, silly.

Tongue on Wry?

FAU's "Delicatessen" show circles squeamishness and lurches into profundity

Black Electeds, JAABlog Commenters, and SPJ Haters

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Florida Autocratic University

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

Clothes Off

Colombian Celluloid

Muchas peliculas at the Colombian Film Fest

Through a Fractured Lens

FAU's Schmidt Gallery takes self-portraiture to another dimension

Artbeat

Capsule listings of current area art exhibitions

Step On It

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Dirty Dozen

Here are the 12 Broward-Palm Beach newsmakers who will make you blush

Bodily Dysfunction

Insect tongues, frogs, human skin, and more -- they're all "corporal"

It's All Good

Dr. Jane has a chimp on her shoulder

Letters for June 12, 2003

Off the Mark

Tragic Anniversary

A truly democratic telling of the terrorist disaster

Undercurrents

Are reporters playing the ancestry card in the Elian "crisis"?

Taking a Scalpel to Plastic Surgery

"Body Buy Back: A Temporary Installation Reflecting on the Practice and Social Dimensions of Cosmetic Surgery"

Calibrations

Chairman of the Board

Blasting the Stereo

High on the Hogs

Night & Day

March 26- April 1, 1998

Night & Day

March 5 - 11, 1998