Sports
Golf: The world’s most costly conspiracy
By Matt Brannon | Apr. 9, 2017The Masters, golf’s first major tournament of the year, ended on Sunday. And while Sergio Garcia won, all of us lost.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Mistakes, misunderstandings and nature of jazz
Apr. 9, 2017As with most cliches and motivational quotes, I’ve forgotten where I first heard the following one regarding jazz music. It goes something like this: “When you play the wrong note once, it’s a mistake. When you play it again, it’s jazz.” On first pass, it seems like a subtle jab at jazz music as a genre, as if every jazz musician out there just hits wrong keys all the time, muttering something to the effect of, “Yeah, man, it’s interpretive art. You wouldn’t understand.”
Sports
Column: DeRozan, Raptors need to shut up about Lance Stephenson
By Ray Boone | Apr. 6, 2017In the final moments of Tuesday night’s game between the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors, Pacers guard Lance Stephenson scored an uncontested layup with 3.3 seconds left in the game. The blue-and-gold-clad crowd in Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis erupted with excited applause.
Opinion
Gorsuch confirmation: A Senate turned sandbox
Apr. 6, 2017By now, the U.S. Senate may already have dispensed with tradition and confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch by simple majority. They would have done this by invoking what is dramatically termed the “nuclear option” — a process by which Senate rules are changed to allow a confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominees with 51 (instead of 60) votes.
Sports
Column: Way-too-early MLB superlative predictions
By Patrick Pinak | Apr. 5, 2017It’s April, which means Major League Baseball is in full swing.
Sports
Column: Please, coach McElwain, learn to answer questions
By Ethan Bauer | Apr. 4, 2017Last week I asked coach Jim McElwain if he thought the word adversity was overused in sports. He stuttered once, stuttered again and finally gave a winding response that didn’t answer the question and somehow brought up the questionable nature of participation trophies.
Opinion
When we ask questions of moral 'good' or 'bad,' we are missing the point
Apr. 4, 2017What makes a person good or evil? For many, the answer lies in intent and individual responsibility. Today, I’m going to tell you why it has little to do with either. At least, not in the way you think.
Opinion
Believe in something else besides yourself
Apr. 4, 2017I can’t count the times I’ve heard a pop icon or a public figure say, “Just believe in yourself.” A famous person is asked something along the lines of “How did you get to where you are today?” and the response is normally the same: “I believed in myself.” It is said so often that it has become a platitude. But why is it said? And what does it actually mean?
Sports
Column: Who should win the NBA MVP race?
By IAN COHEN | Apr. 3, 2017Usually the NBA’s annual MVP race is fairly clear cut.
Opinion
Find what you’re passionate about, and pursue it
Apr. 3, 2017Passion. What a word. As college students, this word probably means a lot to a good number of us. We’re told time and time again to major in something we love and to join organizations centered around ideas we’re passionate about. The funny thing about this is that when we first arrived on campus armed with twin XL sheets and a shower caddy, a lot of us may have thought we knew what we were passionate about, only to change our minds a little further down the road.
Opinion
When pondering theories, focus on getting everyone on the same page
Apr. 3, 2017The other week in my English theory course, we were talking about sexuality, feminism and the issues of gender. Specifically, we were dissecting works like Michel Foucault’s “The History of Sexuality,” Donna Haraway’s “A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s” and Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble.” If you know any of the three of these works, then you’d know they all share one thing in common: density. These works are all so dense that it takes a significant amount of poise to parse through them, though even at times, I find the lazier side of myself resorting to calling their arguments “wack” and closing the book.
Opinion
Student fees shouldn’t go toward hateful speakers
Apr. 2, 2017When a liberal speaker comes to UF, there’s conservative outcry. “How come we never get any conservative speakers?” they say. They claim to be suffocated by safe spaces, when their safety was never actually threatened. Yet when there’s opposition to a conservative speaker, those on the other side of the political spectrum are called snowflakes and crybabies.
Opinion
I am grateful for the elements of my 20 years and look forward to 21
Apr. 2, 2017I recently read a collection of short essays by Oliver Sacks titled “Gratitude.” These essays, particularly “My Periodic Table,” got me thinking about my own experiences, and this got me writing about my life.
Opinion
Don't focus on protesting individuals
Mar. 30, 2017About two months ago, a man wearing an armband depicting a swastika stood firmly on Turlington Plaza. Jewish professors came to his aid to ensure he was not harmed. Passionate students came forward in art and song to discredit his hate. Well-meaning as his opponents were, he still got the attention he wanted, and a debate sparked on campus about the nature of free speech and how far the public is willing to limit that sacred right for the safety of all.
Opinion
The average American city is boring, but that is OK
Mar. 30, 2017In a short piece for The New Yorker, Cirocco Dunlap describes the wandering between New York City and Los Angeles that was much of her young adulthood. From within the limits of each city, the other seems much more appealing, yet when she gets there, the culture and habits of the locals only make her long for the place she just left. Back and forth, she wavers between both ends of American culture, eventually ending by stating “halfway between New York and L.A., I imploded. I am so much happier now.”
Sports
Column: The now-infamous softball push: Why UF's coach deserves more of the blame
By Patrick Pinak | Mar. 30, 2017How often is Florida’s softball team cast under the national spotlight for something that happens after a game?
Opinion
No man’s land: in between pro-life and pro-choice
Mar. 29, 2017I’m not a big fan of Tomi Lahren — never have been. The 24-year-old ultra-conservative pundit from TheBlaze has made a career, if only for a few years, by belching her intentionally inflammatory opinions to arouse a like-minded right-wing audience. But last week, she finally said something of interest while appearing as a guest on “The View.”
Opinion
Don't settle for face value and stop relying on social media for your news
Mar. 28, 2017When the president of the U.S. uses Twitter to get his message out, it’s safe to say that Twitter has become part of mainstream media consumption. With 140 characters or less, there’s a lot of room for misinterpretation or misrepresentation of the facts.
Opinion
Is ‘law enforcement’ actually what we want?
Mar. 28, 2017There has been some debate about the ethics of so-called sanctuary cities. Let’s look at one argument against non-compliance with federal law enforcement and whether it holds up.
Opinion
Don’t be ashamed of your cheap taste; cherish it
Mar. 27, 2017In my time at this university, I’ve found the college experience often presents a fascinating intersection of tastes. Some of us consider ourselves full-blown adults, while others lean more towards an “adult-lite” classification, resulting in a hilariously wide variety of hedonistic preferences.
