NSU STYLE MANUAL 29 Nnames of businesses Check with the business itself, Standard & Poor’s Register of Corporations, or a reference librarian to make sure you have the exact spelling and punctuation. names of magazines See magazine names. names of people (Jr., III) See comma in the Guide to Punctuation and Usage on page 52. nationality and race Capitalize the proper names of nationalities, peoples, races, religions, and tribes: Jewish, French, Hispanic, Alaskan Native, Cherokee, Black, Asian. (Note: Avoid Oriental and Eskimo.) Capitalize Native American, which is now the preferred designation for American Indian. According to The Chicago Manual of Style, proper nouns designating race that are open as nouns (e.g., African American, Native American) are also open as adjectives. In general, lowercase distinctions of color used as race designators (including white), but keep in mind that Black is capitalized and is now preferred to African American. See also Black and white. Avoid describing non-American students as foreign. Instead, describe them as international students. NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) When you mention the divisions of this group, capitalize division and use a roman numeral. • NCAA Division II neuro-immune Lowercased and hyphenated in running text, but the NSU Institute for NeuroImmune Medicine is all initial caps. newspaper names Italicize and follow the paper’s practice in terms of capitalizing and italicizing a preceding the. • She reads the Miami Herald every weekday morning, and she gets The New York Times every Sunday. • I get the South Florida Sun Sentinel. See also magazine names, titles of works, and South Florida Sun Sentinel. newspaper sections The name of a newspaper is italicized. The section name is not. • Sun Sentinel Lifestyle section New Year (noun) Capitalize when referring to the calendar year about to start or recently starting. If referencing the holiday, make it possessive. • It was the first week of the New Year. • She celebrated New Year’s Eve. nondegree-seeking students Note the placement of the hyphen.
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