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Picks Column Week 11: Injury Edition
Nov. 10, 2017Here’s a statement that goes without saying: Football can be an extremely brutal sport to play.
Opinion: Columns
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Column: Randy Shannon is auditioning for his next job. And, like it or not, it’s affecting Franks’ development
By IAN COHEN | Nov. 8, 2017About two weeks ago, during Randy Shannon’s first day as interim coach of the Florida Gators, he began to explain how he would — and would not — be approaching the remainder of UF’s season.
Opinion
Take it from me, just wear the helmet
Nov. 7, 2017It’s been more than a week since a car hit my scooter while I was driving, but I can’t stop replaying the moment in my head. I can still hear the car’s brakes screeching futily. I can still feel the road scraping my hands and my back as I tried to catch myself. I remember looking at one of my best friends, who was riding on the back, with tears and shock in both of our eyes. Gasoline was spewing from the scooter — which my helmet was resting safely inside of.
Opinion
It’s OK if you’re not ready to get married in your early 20s
Nov. 7, 2017I don’t know if it’s because the holidays are coming up, or if there’s something in the air, but a large portion of my friends have recently gotten engaged. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s fantastic. Really. I am so happy they found and picked the person they want to be with for the rest of their lives. But at the same time, it has left a lot of my single friends feeling like they don’t have their lives together.
Opinion
Diversity for the sake of diversity has hit a damaging extreme in the U.S.
Nov. 7, 2017Last week I was applying to an internship at a well-known financial institution when I came across a bizarre portion of the application. Titled “self-identification,” I was asked a series of questions that you’d typically expect on a job application. There was nothing abnormal about the self-identification section until I reached the very bottom of the page where, in my opinion, I was asked an extremely invasive and inappropriate question: “Please indicate your sexual orientation.”
Sports
Column: David Reese called out his teammates after a loss. The Gators could use more of that honesty and accountability.
By Ethan Bauer | Nov. 6, 2017Something unusual happened on Saturday after Florida’s train-derailment of a loss in Missouri. For one of the first times I can recall this season, a Florida player looked at the atrocity that is this team right now and was — gasp — honest.
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Column: If Gators don't finish strong, they risk scaring off potential coaching candidates
By Skyler Lebron | Nov. 5, 2017After Missouri’s 45-16 beatdown of the Gators, there’s a lot of blame to go around on both sides of the ball.
Opinion
The need (and struggle) to make time for yourself
Nov. 5, 2017A quick note before we begin: I am by no means a professional in self-help practices nor do I consider myself an expert in mindfulness. Heck, I’m writing this column during my “me time” in between doing my laundry, mentally organizing tomorrow’s agenda and trying to remember the date of my next exam. That aside, I’m going to write this as a message to myself — and anyone else who might need this reminder — about the importance of carving out space and time for oneself each week.
Opinion
Creating a better world starts with a culture of caring
Nov. 5, 2017When was the last time you asked someone how they were doing and really meant it?
Opinion
Circumstance and decision: We can only change the future
Nov. 5, 2017Our lives are based around two things: circumstance and decisions. Circumstance is everything you can’t control. This is your privilege or your lack thereof. This is the stuff that just happens to you. Were you in the right place at the right time? Circumstance. Then, the rest of your life is made up of decisions. This is everything you actively do. Did you work really hard or not hard enough? Did you take that risk or let it slip through your fingers? These are both decisions.
Sports
Column: Gators have nothing to gain from playing Zaire
By Dylan Dixon | Nov. 4, 2017Well folks, that didn’t work.
Sports
Picks column Week 10: Jim McElwain’s next job opportunity
Nov. 2, 2017After a memorable 1,061-day stretch serving as Florida’s football coach, Jim McElwain’s reign in Gainesville came crumbling down on Sunday afternoon.
Opinion
Your purpose in life will constantly change, summarizing it isn't easy
Nov. 2, 2017I am supposed to write about my purpose. That is an odd task, at least in my opinion, to reduce my purpose to one or two single-spaced pages. This implies a multitude of things: one, that I do have a purpose and, two, my purpose is applicable to the exact program and exact situation so I could sum it all up in one or two single-spaced pages.
Opinion
UF to Greek women: Don’t get assaulted
Nov. 2, 2017"In that situation, I did everything right.”
Sports
Column: With Mike White’s mentality, No. 8 Gators are bound to be better in 2017-18
By Matt Brannon | Nov. 1, 2017The other day, someone I know and respect made a solid argument that the No. 8 Gators’ men’s basketball team wouldn’t live up to expectations in 2017-18. This particular critic of Florida basketball said the Gators have lost too many quality players and haven’t added enough replacements to reach the Elite Eight for the second year in a row.
Sports
Column: Don’t expect another Elite Eight from Gators men’s basketball team this season
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 31, 2017Florida men’s basketball coach Mike White is a realist.
Opinion
Journalism is struggling, it’s time to help
Oct. 31, 2017I see you clearing your cookies on your computer to get 10 more free articles for the Sun Sentinel or The Washington Post without having to pay their monthly subscription, and for a while I was like you. I get it, you don’t have the money to pay $5 a month for news, so you cheat the system. It makes sense, but you’re hurting the very institution that you count on for reliable news, and it’s time we started supporting newspapers. They need us.
Opinion
Mental health needs to be a top priority for colleges
Oct. 31, 2017Counseling and mental health services are a top priority at UF and need to be part of continued conversations nationally within higher education and beyond.
Opinion
It’s time to take a stand against the statue vandals
Oct. 31, 2017Over the past several months, Americans across the country have taken it upon themselves to destroy, deface and rewrite American history with the removal of historical statues and monuments. Virtually unchallenged, this small segment of the public has attempted to bully fair-minded citizens into accepting a new American reality: one without our Founding Fathers.
Sports
Column: A way too early prediction of the College Football Playoff
By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 30, 2017Let me start off by saying I am no college football expert. I just watch games and form opinions based on what I see, like any other fan of the sport. With that being said, there are less than five weeks left until the field of the College Football Playoff is announced. Here are my picks for which teams will fill those four spots.
