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Opinion: Columns

RecSports offers group fitness classes including yoga, hip-hop dance, studio cycle, total body workouts and a weekly run club seven days a week at UF's Student Recreation & Fitness Center and Southwest Recreation Center.
Opinion

Do we really need to exercise?

If there were a miracle pill that could help prevent chronic illness, improve your mental health and help you live longer, we’d all be lining up for it. This miracle actually does exist — but it's not a pill. It's exercise. 


Miami Hurricanes quarterback Carson Beck (11) gets sacked by Florida Gators inside linebacker Myles Graham (5) during a football game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators on Sept. 20, 2025, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Opinion

The Gators’ identity crisis

After another crushing loss last night, the Gators walked away from Hard Rock Stadium looking less like a team with clear direction and more like a program caught between past renown and present doubt. 


The Florida Gators football team runs onto the field before 
a football game between the South Florida Bulls and the Florida Gators on Sept. 6, 2025, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla.
Sports

I attended my first Gator football games as a freshman. I get the hype now.

Before arriving at UF, I never truly understood the thrill of college game day. My parents were never particularly big football fans, let alone college football. Even though I grew up in Miami, I only went to one University of Miami football game (don’t worry, I believe orange goes much better with blue than green), and even then, the atmosphere wasn’t as impressive as what I have already experienced here.



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