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Monday, March 16, 2026

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A guide to the couch surfing experience

As a college student, it is important to learn how to cut corners and stick to a budget. We sometimes have to clip coupons, take the bus or use generic toilet paper that feels more like parchment paper. One solution for cutting travel expenses is to couch surf through couchsurfing.org. Many people have heard of this new travel trend, but few have been so bold as to actually try it.


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Our home, the pale blue dot

Neil deGrasse Tyson will be speaking on campus Wednesday. Although many know Tyson as an astronomer and science popularizer, some of us know him as something more than that.


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UF gives hungry students options

Today, UF has a wide variety of dining options. But a little more than a century ago, students only had one place where they could fill their empty stomachs.


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Decline of religion might not be bad

In his column last Wednesday, my colleague Erik Skipper articulated the classic assertion that a growing absence of God and religion in public life has led to the disintegration of American society.



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