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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Editorial: Clinging to the past is dangerous, self-defeating

Oct. 5, 2015

When our generation signed up for Facebook many moons ago, it was hard to conceive of a social life past our K-12 upbringings. Surely every kid who came to our bar and bat mitzvahs would still be our dawgs, right? Those dudes you took selfies with in the Apple Store for your MySpace profile picture? Best friends for life. That girl you met at the food court that one time after you and your boys stocked up on Panda Express? If only you had gone to the same school and seen more of each other, there really could have been something special there!

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Christianity and gay marriage: Embrace the change

Oct. 5, 2015

Ever since the June 26 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states, the radical Christian community has exploded in outrage. Christian public figures like Franklin Graham and Joel Osteen contend the foundations of Christianity itself are under attack.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Mid-terms bring about stressful times

Oct. 5, 2015

"Stressed" is a key word in the college student vocabulary. You hear it in class, from your friends, walking through campus and essentially anywhere you’re within earshot of 18- to 25-year-olds. It’s typically around this point in the semester that every area of our lives is moving at maximum speed, and with the first round of midterms rapidly approaching, it seems as though stress is all anyone talks about — myself included.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Latest shooting the latest in a long American tradition

Oct. 5, 2015

It is a dance we Americans have familiarized ourselves with and have become pretty good at since the Columbine High School massacre: One or more distraught gunmen and several or more victims. A school or theater in sanguinary peril. A storm of grief that floods the community and ends up briefly affecting the whole nation. Trivial debates on whether to mention the killer’s name or pretend he is (because, yes, it is always a he) Lord Voldemort. The urge to have the memory of the victims take precedence over the memory of the perpetrators. The manning of the battle stations as pro-gun proletarians exchange fire with those burghers who demand more regulation. A speech from the governor, and if the stars are aligned properly, a head-nodding indie-pop hit about the massacre. In the end, no change in policy occurs, and the timer is reset to mark the seconds from the last blasting till the next one.

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SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

Previewing Florida football's next opponent: Missouri

By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Oct. 5, 2015

The Jim McElwain era of Florida football is off to a 5-0 start, but after playing four of their first five games at home, the No. 11 Gators (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) will now play three games away from The Swamp over the next four weeks, starting with Missouri (4-1, 1-1 SEC). Here’s what you need to know about the Missouri Tigers:

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NEWS

Blog: 101 Books and a Bookshelf

By Kylie Widseth | Oct. 5, 2015

Some people bring TV’s to college, some bring their pets, but I brought 101 books. I get that number may seem a bit arbitrary, but the books are only part of the larger story here: my bookshelf.

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NEWS

How to adult

By Abigail Zavaski | Oct. 5, 2015

“Adulting,” or more appropriate terms, paying bills and attending college is frightening. As soon as we graduate high school, we are then expected to just know how to “adult.” Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

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