Horizons Fall 2013

9 HORIZONS The senior has no doubts about the value of her media work: “The hands-on work makes going to class a lot better. I can see things more clearly since I’ve already put the skills I’m learning about into practice.” And she has learned how to handle her- self on unusual assignments. One of her favorite assignments was covering World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). “I could not take enough pictures,” she said. KEEPING CURRENT Moros, who is now a copy editor at The Current, returned after a two-year absence. During the 2010–2011 school year, she was the newspaper’s features editor. She’s concerned with learning all the tools to “give readers the right message.” Which would be? “It’s a message of involvement, knowing what’s going on at the university. Finding out how you can contribute,” she said. During her tenure as features editor, The Current added a new feature called “Diary of a __” filling in the blank each issue with a profession or an obsession. Moros would wander around campus seeking students doing something unusual. Once a group of medical students told her they didn’t know any interesting students “because they didn’t do anything but study.” Then one said, “Wait… .” Conversations such as that are how she gets many of the topics for her columns. From quirky to traditional, The Current covers it all and doesn’t shy away from the tough topics, Moros said. “I am learning to be a journalist. Sometimes that means showing the negative side, because that is the right thing to do.” It’s clear that the value of the media center extends across many aspects of NSU’s academic and social life. n In 2006, NSU inaugurated WLAW, the country’s first law school radio station. Now it may be one of two. It is that unique. And it is constantly evolving as WLAW, tucked in a corner of the Shepard Broad Law Center’s library, tries to reach an even broader audience that is still primarily on campus. “I want to make a greater effort to use WLAW as a conduit for all the Law Center organizations,” said Bobby Gonzalez, who has been with WLAW three years and is now the chief executive producer. “I’m aiming for a blend of programming that is both academic and lighthearted,” added Gonzalez, who is set to receive his law degree in December. Although the station doesn’t tie in with a specific class, WLAW offers future lawyers public-speaking experience via the radio station. “Academic benefits would be the public speaking aspect as well as developing a sense of dealing and speaking pro- fessionally about hot topics and develop- ing a lawyerly presence on the air,” said Gonzalez. “During the course of our careers, we will all be faced with making public statements. WLAW provides our staff members with the opportunity to exercise and reflect on what they have said, and also to speak about what posi- tion they have taken on a particular issue.” Gonzalez and Ellie Einhorn, junior execu- tive producer, say that the term’s programming schedule is determined by the student staff members. One new student, for example, is interested in doing a program on immigration. Gonzalez has relaunched his popular Law and Lyrics —part current legal events and part entertainment, with rock music interspersed with interviews of judges and other public figures. Einhorn, a third-year law student, said this year she is aiming for more interviews with students on her Girl Talk show. When topical shows are scheduled, the station sends out emails to law students. It also disseminates links to local attorneys and past interviewees. WLAW programming is accessed live online at www.live365.com or through shows archived on the Web site. It also can be found on www.Facebook.com /wlawradio . To voice an opinion on any show, call (954) 262-6262. n Ellie Einhorn and Bobby Gonzalez strive for topical programming on WLAW, which is tucked in a corner of the library at the Shepard Broad Law Center. RADIO STATION COURTS LAW STUDENTS BY JOHN DOLEN