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Roommates don’t deserve the bad rap

By Chasity Maynard | Apr. 4, 2019

We’ve all heard the horror stories of the drug dealers, the womanizers, the slobs, the weird pet owners and the thieves. Roommates are like snowflakes; they come in all shapes and sizes. Unlike snowflakes, however, roommates get a bad rap and aren’t always viewed as special and valuable. This column is going to dispute the negative outlook most people have toward their roommate or roommates, in general. Even if you end up hating your roommate, there is no denying roommates teach you valuable lessons. They’re essential to the college experience, and everyone should have at least one roommate during their undergraduate years.

OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Putting a price on what makes people happy fosters exclusion

Apr. 4, 2019

The best part about joining clubs or groups is the different personalities you come in contact with. A visual arts student and a business student can be on the same soccer team. An engineering student and a philosophy student can both be members of a knitting group. Everyone is surrounded by people whose individual lives and interests can be nuanced beyond what we see on the surface level. There is an incredible amount of freedom in having friend groups or gatherings where everyone has different interests, but the one underlying character I have difficulty dealing with is the “hustler” of any group.

Florida freshman Trinity Thomas was named SEC Freshman of the Year and became a four-time All-American in all-around, uneven bars, beam and floor. 
SPORTS  |  GYMNASTICS

Florida confident in its abilities as NCAA regionals approach

By River Wells | Apr. 2, 2019

It was during its vault rotation that the Gators’ gymnastics team watched its lead in the SEC Championships dwindle to the LSU Tigers. An outside observer would likely believe that UF was going to spend a lot of time in the gym improving the event it scored the lowest on before it headed off to Oregon for the NCAA Corvallis Regional on Friday.

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