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Picks column Week 5: Ordering 352 Delivery
Sep. 28, 2017What a week it’s been for the Florida Gators.
Opinion: Columns
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Column: Players taking a knee isn’t about the First Amendment. It’s about more.
By Ethan Bauer | Sep. 28, 2017Go ahead and look away for a second. Pause. Breathe. Relax. You’re going to need a clear head and a clearer conscience for this. Now, I want you to grab your phone, go on Twitter, type “knee” into the search bar and scroll through what pops up.
Opinion
Under the fig tree: Not knowing what you want in life is normal
Sep. 28, 2017I’m going to sound like a very stereotypical college-age young woman (college-age English major specifically) and talk about the scene in Sylvia Plath's “The Bell Jar” where Esther is lying beneath a fig tree. Here, she imagines that each fig represents an imagined future — she sees a famous editor, a poet, a housewife — and she cannot make up her mind as to which fig to pluck, since choosing one means losing the rest, and then they all begin to shrivel up, and it is simply too late.
Opinion
It's time to stop kneeling during the national anthem
Sep. 28, 2017Baseball may be the American pastime, but it is no secret our football players are the ones who are treated like the real heroes. Seriously, more than 30 million viewers tune in every week to worship by screen and watch their favorite teams play on Sundays.
Opinion
The 80/20 rule is a fact of life
Sep. 28, 2017In the late 19th century, economist Vilfredo Pareto demonstrated in his first academic paper that, in his native country of Italy, 20 percent of the population owned about 80 percent of all the land. Pareto then noticed the same pattern of distribution in his garden, where he found that 20 percent of the pods contained 80 percent of the total peas. Named after Vilfredo himself, the Pareto principle, also known as the 80/20 rule or the law of the vital few, is one of the most widely seen statistical phenomena in the world, seemingly evident on both the largest of macro levels (entire country wealth distributions) to the smallest of micro levels (amount of peas in a peapod).
Sports
Column: NCAA scandal proves college athletes should be paid
By Jake Dreilinger | Sep. 27, 2017S--- is about to hit the fan in college basketball.
Opinion
If you’re going to take a stand against something, do some research first
Sep. 27, 2017Kneeling for the national anthem is once again in vogue in America. This weekend, hundreds of NFL players took a knee to protest what they have referred to as the U.S.’s oppressive treatment of minorities after President Donald Trump raised the issue at a rally in Alabama.
Opinion
Privilege is a blindfold
Sep. 26, 2017For those victim to it, the grotesque fact of racism is difficult to overstate. In furtive glances, tightened chests and cracked bones, it asserts itself with lethal, overwhelming force.
Opinion
Convenience friendships don’t cut it; you need quality friends
Sep. 26, 2017Remember those nights in your dorm common area? All of the usual suspects from the guys’ side and the girls’ side crept out of their crowded rooms, walked down the hall and swiped their fobs. Someone ordered pizza that everyone ate. Something someone wanted to watch was playing softly on the TV. Everyone somehow fit on one couch and five chairs.
Opinion
Leave your comfort zone and don’t be afraid to join a club if it’s not related to your major
Sep. 26, 2017This semester, I promised myself I’d get out of my comfort zone for the better. Too often we find ourselves in this Monday through Friday lull where we’ve gotten used to the schedule we’ve set for ourselves, and all we do is blindly follow it. Dear readers, I hope you add some spice into your lives every once in a while, especially if that spice is adding an interesting club to your lineup.
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Column: Jim McElwain is the luckiest coach in recent Florida football history
By Ethan Bauer | Sep. 24, 2017Jim McElwain had a smugness about him after Saturday’s comeback win against Kentucky. He looked like he was trying to avoid smiling, as if to send a message that winning close games is just what his team does. That there’s nothing special about it. It reminded me of something he said after last season’s goal-line stand, SEC East-clinching win at LSU.
Opinion
It's time to start getting involved in the things you care about
Sep. 24, 2017As a student at UF, you probably hear the word “involvement” tossed around a lot. Every day we are bombarded with emails, Facebook event invitations and social media posts advertising opportunities for students to get involved.
Sports
Picks column Week 4: Streak week (UK edition)
Sep. 22, 2017After Week 3 left us with more questions than answers (Was UF’s win vs. Tennessee a fluke? What really qualifies as a “Hail Mary?” Will freshman DB McArthur Burnett ever get tired of flipping off opposing fans?), the Gators leave behind palm trees for bluegrass as they take on the Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington on Saturday. Kentucky hasn’t beaten Florida in 30 years, since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, and way before Nirvana. What would be more impressive than UK snapping the streak? One of our picks competitors going 8-for-8. But before we meet our pickers, let’s have alligatorSports writers Ian Cohen and Dylan Dixon give us an in-depth breakdown of one of the games we’ll be watching this weekend (if there are no other games on): Ball State @ Western Kentucky.
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Column: You won't hear any smack from McElwain before facing Wildcats
By Matt Brannon | Sep. 21, 2017Jim McElwain may coach at one of the top public universities in the country, but he had to go to Texas to learn an important lesson: Save your trash talk for after the game.
Opinion
The airline industry needs some competition
Sep. 21, 2017I had the opportunity to fly quite a bit this past summer, with a couple trips to New York and Boston, but mostly several trips to San Francisco to visit my girlfriend in Berkeley, California.
Opinion
The longer I’m in college, the more nocturnal I become, and that's great
Sep. 21, 2017There once was a time when I would pour my cup of coffee at the crisp hour of 7 a.m. and listen to the birds chirp. You know, the good stuff. Seriously, I had the kind of mornings shown in movies.
Opinion
Feminism has to be more than a fad
Sep. 20, 2017Step aside, Nike shorts and Chaco shoes. The must-have fashion trend this fall? Feminism. Well, kind of.
Sports
Column: Toney needs to be contributing on special teams now, not later
By Dylan Dixon | Sep. 20, 2017Remember when you were a kid at Christmas time and your parents used to put your presents under the tree a couple days early?
Sports
Column: How do you lose an argument about sports? By trying way too hard to win
By Ethan Bauer | Sep. 19, 2017DALLAS — The room where athletic directors, coaches, administrators, former players and journalists from across the country meet to discuss the College Football Playoff is as regal as you’d expect.
Opinion
We need to stop pushing people to go to college, it's not for everyone
Sep. 19, 2017As I wade through my last semester at UF, it has become evident that a portion of students here weren’t meant to go to college. Does that mean I think they’re not intelligent or competent? Not at all.
