Broward isn’t known as a tech hub, let alone for having a digital arts scene. 3-D-printed designer jewelry? Digital art masterpieces in BroCo? Not really. But the folks over at Coral Springs Museum of Art want to change that. The museum plans to open a high-tech digital arts lab. Imagine…
On Tuesday, Broward College adjunct professor Evan Rowe came out swinging against school administration by accusing it of paying poverty wages. Adjuncts can earn a max of $16,000 a year teaching a full load, he said. He threatened to organize a strike. Yesterday, the college responded, saying that it’s illegal…
The lives of three young women, all in their early 20s, unexpectedly intersected on the westbound lanes of the Sawgrass Expressway last November 17. Twenty-one-year-old best friends Marisa Catronio and Kaitlyn Ferrante were in a red Toyota heading west at 1:45 a.m. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Kayla Mendoza approached driving her boyfriend’s…
Darkness has swallowed the train tracks. It won’t be long until the men arrive. At 9:50 p.m., the first pair of headlights punches through the black, and a white Ford pickup rolls into the parking lot of a large warehouse sitting among the nameless structures dominating the Miami-Hialeah border. Within…
Eric Madrid is a 32-year-old shaman with a cropped beard, a protruding lower lip, and dark curls grown long in the back. Although he typically wears an all-black uniform, from flat-brimmed cap to high-top skate shoes, he’s barefoot and stripped to his skinny jeans this January night. He lies prostrate…
This week, our cover story in the print edition of New Times profiles a group of young South Florida men who find enlightenment in hanging their bodies with hooks. The group calls their practice out-of-body experiences, or OBEs, and testify to the practice of suspending one’s self in the air…
After a massive citizen turnout at public hearings in Naples yesterday, Environmental Protection Agency officials have extended the comment period on a Texas oil company’s request to drill a wastewater disposal well in the Everglades. Environmental activists at the meeting claim 300 to 400 of their number were in attendance…
On Friday, we reported on a JetBlue flight bound for Fort Lauderdale that was forced to divert to Jacksonville because of an unruly passenger. And it appears that the passenger, who was reportedly drunk, was headed to a rehab center. “I want to make sure everybody on the plane knows…
The Jonathan Martin era with the Miami Dolphins is over. The Fins traded Martin to the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday for a conditional draft pick, where he will be reunited with his Stanford University head coach, Jim Harbaugh, who now coaches the 49ers. During the bullying scandal that engulfed…
The Florida Legislature has been busy writing up bills willy-nilly these past few weeks, all in an effort to make the Sunshine State not so ridiculous in the eyes of the rest of the nation. And while there are some important things to discuss — like the legalization of weed,…
The website for Geneva-based MSC Cruises says the company has “great respect for the world’s oceans.” But videos have surfaced online showing an MSC employee dumping black garbage bags overboard on the MSC Magnifica, allegedly off the coast of Brazil. Jim Walker, a Miami maritime lawyer who has chronicled the…
Yesterday, Broward College adjunct professor Evan Rowe fired a warning signal when he announced via an article published in New Times that he is starting a union for adjunct faculty and may organize a strike. Adjuncts make up about 60 percent of BC’s teaching staff, and Rowe says the max…
A student at Miramar High School apparently brought an AR-15 machine gun and two fully loaded ammo clips as he drove into school on Monday, cops say. The student never took the weapon into the school, and it’s unclear how officials found out the student had a high-powered rifle in…
Hey lookit, everybody! The state Senate actually agreed on something! Unanimously, even. The Florida Legislature has passed the “Welcome Home” bill on Tuesday. The bill will make Florida veterans eligible for in-state tuition and will provide scholarships for members of the state’s National Guard while reducing education costs for military…
Mark Robert Hillstrom, a Palm Beach resident with a history of arrests and mental illness, pleaded guilty to making death threats to Broward State Attorney Mike Satz in a posting on the JAABlog last November. Hillstrom, 59, was arrested in December after an unidentified person spotted the threatening comment on…
Trayvon Martin’s family gathered together with hundreds of others in the state Capitol on Monday to urge legislators to either repeal or change Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Martin’s family was joined by family members of Marissa Alexander, who is facing 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot…
Whether you’re in a postapocalyptic nuclear disaster or standing a little too close to the microwave, this radiation-blocking bra will provide lift and shape. It can also simultaneously protect boobs from harmful radiation, heat, and even biological and chemical threats. When was the last time you saw anything from Victoria’s…
Broward College administration must be brought to account for paying starvation wages to its faculty. I have taught American government and American history, primarily at Broward College, as an adjunct professor since 2004. Due to unannounced circumstances this semester, and as has been done many times to me in the…
George Zimmerman squeezed out the rest of what remains in his 15 minutes of relevancy over the weekend when he showed up to a Florida gun show to pose for pictures and sign autographs. Zimmerman and his dog were special guests at the New Orlando Gun Show at the Arms…
Robert Levinson, the longest-held hostage in American history, turns 66 today. The former FBI agent traveled to Kish Island off the coast of Iraq in March of 2007 and went missing. Although the government and the media maintained that Levinson was in the Middle East on private business, the story…
The recent proposal out of California to ban orca whale shows, particularly at SeaWorld San Diego, is the only such legislation being discussed anywhere in the country. But depending on where the legislation goes, Florida’s SeaWorld and even the Miami Seaquarium could be affected as well. California Assembly Member Richard…
A Gainesville skydiver crashed into an airplane over the weekend and walked away with only minor bruises and injuries. He also says he’ll be going back up for more jumps as soon as he can. And here you are being afraid of a spider in your toilet. According to the…
