This Week in Social Justice: Alternative breaks
By Lexie Byers | July 22, 2014When I think of spring break at the University of Florida, I think of road trips, cruises, lots of sun and alcohol and little responsibility.
When I think of spring break at the University of Florida, I think of road trips, cruises, lots of sun and alcohol and little responsibility.
Many of us don’t think twice about selecting a gender when we fill out a medical document, fill out an application or create an online profile for the latest social media. Many of us see “male” and “female” and so from the two, we choose the one with which we were taught to identify since birth.
Alright men, this is the advice you’ve all been waiting for. Most of you seem to have a tough time “getting” it, and it’s really not as confusing as you think. And women, for some reason we like to beat around the bush. We like to hide our feelings and have trouble admitting the inevitable truth. Maybe that’s because we are actually as manipulative as men think. or maybe it’s because we’re lying to ourselves– but it’s probably just because we know the truth hurts.
DeVon Walker’s season is over before it even started.
Sophomore Savannah Jordan saw success on the field for Florida in the 2013 season, but she’s seen even more success with the U.S. Under-20 National Team.
AlligatorSports continues its position breakdown by looking at Florida’s offensive line.
Despite failing to be selected during the NBA Draft, Patric Young still managed to make his dream of playing in the NBA come true.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class lost a member of its verbal commitments over the weekend.
When Paola Aguirre imagined her wedding day, she didn’t think it would take place in a house she had never stepped foot in.
When Stephanie Cruz heard the 2014 lineup for Gator Growl, she screamed.
A semitrailer hit a car carrying five current and former UF students early Sunday morning near Wildwood, Florida, killing one and injuring others.
For a brief moment at the end of last week, it seemed that Florida would claim a victory in the fight for gay rights. On Thursday, Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Luis Garcia overturned Florida’s 2008 ban on gay marriage and ordered that the two men who appealed for a marriage license, along with all other gay couples, be allowed to wed.
Call me a traditionalist, but I don’t normally take sex advice from Greek life-inspired websites.
A mosquito-borne virus that has recently caused epidemics in the Caribbean has made its way to Alachua County.
TALLAHASSEE — Tallahassee police say a Florida State University professor was the intended target when murdered at his home last week. Investigators have no suspects and are asking for tips from the public.
The Longest Handy Ever didn’t last very long.
Two men jumped an officer after fighting near Shuck Raw Bar and Seafood Restaurant early Saturday morning.
“But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’” Matthew 19:14.
Because the political right is full of an interesting bunch of characters, many in the media struggle to properly identify and categorize its different ideological camps. The right is said to be made up of mainstream, business-friendly, Tea Party, libertarian, neoconservative, religious-minded or simply extremist groups.
There’s officially one more month of summer before we Gators are heading back from whence we came (no, I don’t mean your parents’ house, I’m talking about the one and only Gainesville!). And that means that no matter where we may currently be, from relaxing on the Floridian shoreline to studying abroad in the cities of Europe and everywhere in between, we better kick this summer into high gear.