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Guest Column: New administration, new developments and exciting things to come
June 15, 2016Hey Gator Nation!
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Guest Column: Be wary of instant approval credit
June 13, 2016Let’s be honest, getting offers for free or discounted things online or in the mail can be pretty exciting. As you move forward in your financial life, you will start to get more and more offers for things like new cars, insurance options and instant approval credit card offers. Most of these offers are easy to disregard, as they include major financial decisions you have to make when the time is right for you.
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Opinion: Gun reform still largely out of reach
June 13, 2016Sunday morning Orlando became the center of another massive shooting, something that seems to have become an occupational hazard of American life. While the details are still coming in about the deaths and injuries, and the whole story is not yet clear, a couple things are.
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Opinon: No one is above the law, except Brock Turner
June 13, 2016Wow, has it really been a week since our last talk? I feel like so much has happened! I don’t know if 650 words are going to be enough to express my discontent with three latest controversies: the gorilla, the rapist and the two hair-dyed blondes that could possibly be president.
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Opinion: The U.S. ‘justice system’ is not doing its job
June 8, 2016In light of the controversy around the Stanford rape case, it’s amusing to observe Americans wonder why there are many in our country who don’t have an ounce of respect for the justice system.
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Opinion: With the onset of global warming, climate change talks will start again
June 8, 2016My gosh, it’s been hot these past few months. It must be from that El Niño. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 13 of the 15 highest monthly temperature anomalies have occurred since February 2015. Unfortunately, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology declared El Niño finished on May 24. Opponents of the existence of climate change have blamed abnormalities, climate and weather since 2014 on El Niño. Now that it has ended, politicians may actually have to respond to Mother Nature.
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Opinion: Trump, his protesters and American democracy
June 6, 2016If you ask the average person on the street what the definition of democracy is, they will usually include answers such as “one person, one vote” and the rights of citizens. While these may be true, there is a lot more to successful democracy than just the basic definitions that are popular to the general public. Things such as rule of law and peaceful transition of power to an opponent are key in order for democracy to continue without slipping into authoritarianism.
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Opinion: Children’s art embodies the understanding of ourselves and each other
June 6, 2016One of the less “typical” courses available here at UF is titled “Harry Potter and the Holocaust.” I’ve had the privilege of taking it. While I could write a column about that class alone — send an email, and maybe I will — there’s one theme I want to ramble about this week.
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Opinion: Whom does one remember on Memorial Day?
June 1, 2016My great-grandparents fought in Syria’s army in World War I for the Allied Powers, which eventually earned them an expedited path to U.S. citizenship. This historical anecdote allows me to account for my presence in the U.S., which I can do without kissing the ground on which I was born or giving thanks my family left its homeland.
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Opinion: President Obama still has six more months
June 1, 2016If you thought of the last few accomplishments of President Barack Obama, what would come to your mind? It would probably be his visits to Cuba this past March and Japan just last week. The bottom line, though, is Obama’s past accomplishments have not been here in the U.S.
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Opinion: Trump and the media smokescreen
May 30, 2016So, let’s talk about The Donald. Let’s not talk about his obscene, blanket remarks labeling illegal immigrants as criminals bent on destroying society or the fact he thinks Islam somehow has a hatred for the U.S. that nobody else can see. Rather, let’s talk about the fact he can make his massive media attention devoid of any actual news to work to his advantage.
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Opinion: Body-shaming, hypocrisy and Sriracha sauce
May 30, 2016Like any good writer in the 21st century, the controversial topics I address are inspired directly from what I see on social media. Based on that alone, this week I was forced to decide between three things: whether Hillary Clinton’s lying habits are worse than Donald Trump’s, those one-minute cooking videos that always end with that one dude making sex noises to the image of food — “oh ye-AH!” — or some asshole at the gym again.
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My weekend safari in Paynes Prairie: a look into venture capitalism
May 25, 2016“The ethic of conservation is the explicit abnegation of man's dominion over the Earth. The lower species are here for our use. God said so: Go forth, be fruitful, multiply, and rape the planet — it's yours.” Ann Coulter
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Hillary Clinton is going to face a tough election
May 23, 2016As the election season is shifting gears into the general, with the two presumptive nominees beginning to attack each other, there is still a glaring lack of policy or anything resembling it. Last week was plagued with attack ads from both candidates in regard to each other’s history with women. It reminds me of the Mark Twain quote, “Never argue with a fool, onlookers won’t be able to tell the difference.” One of the candidates is a master of making politicians look like fools.
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Restroom arguments are nothing more than illogical fear, transphobia
May 23, 2016It was last summer when I was first confronted with the infamous controversial beast that is the unisex restroom. I was interning at an environmental research firm in the heart of Jerusalem, the holiest city on earth. The Jerusalem Municipality is the formal institution that governs the city, and, because Jerusalem houses both the people and holy sites of the three major Abrahamic religions, holy men and women serve in the local government in a variety of ways.
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The influence of corporate industry undermines our new dietary guidelines
May 23, 2016Worried about money in politics? Here’s the perfect case study.
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Be aware, bicylists: Pedestrians need space, too
May 18, 2016People have a lot to be aware of on a monthly basis. The lists of May go on to include older Americans, healthy vision and ultraviolet light. However, the most perplexing phenomenon to dedicate an entire month isn’t about a disease or demographic: May is National Bike Month.
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The time has come for the Democratic Party to unite behind Hillary Clinton
May 16, 2016While the Republicans’ voters have decided to nominate a bigoted, xenophobic and self-centered human being, the Democrats are ready to continue moving forward on President Obama’s progressive legacy. With the prospect of a President Trump becoming more and more real, the Democratic party needs to unite more than ever, and fast.
