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Column: With Spurrier back in The Swamp, UF needs to make statement
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Sep. 1, 2016Steve Spurrier put Florida football on the map.
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Darts & Laurels: September 2, 2016
Sep. 1, 2016Not even two weeks into classes, and we get hit with Hermine, the first hurricane to hit Florida in 11 years. Maybe this is a sign we shouldn’t have come back to school to begin with? Or maybe Mother Nature is just sick of all the “Florida Man” stories and finally decided to pull the plug on our state altogether. Well, Florida, it was fun while it lasted. So as you curl up by the fireplace app on your smartphone and avoid the apocalypse going on outside today, please enjoy our roast of the week, our lighthearted musings, our stormy-day edition of…
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Colombia could be a case of peace in our time
Sep. 1, 2016Lately, Latin America has seen a lot of drama — the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the Mexican president’s Twitter duel with Donal Trump. But thankfully, there’s some good news, too.
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Can men cheering from the sidelines really be considered feminists?
Sep. 1, 2016A week ago, it hadn’t occurred to me it would be a disadvantage for men to support the feminist agenda, but when I started to thinking about it, I couldn’t get over it.
Sports
Column: Kaepernick shows that in sports and social issues, subtlety doesn't exist
By Ethan Bauer | Aug. 31, 2016You’re probably sick of hearing about Colin Kaepernick not standing for the national anthem.
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Hermine, Louisiana, rising sea levels: a ticking time bomb
Aug. 31, 2016Did any of you Gators go surfing over the summer? Well, bust those boards back out and buy an extra pair of swimming trunks, because we’re about to get some serious rain over the next couple of days. Tropical Storm Hermine is set to hit the Big Bend area (aka armpit) of our not-so-Sunshine State today at about 1 p.m.
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The right to sit during the national anthem doesn't mean you should
Aug. 31, 2016America is experiencing racial tension. It’s no secret.
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The letdown of next time: not dwelling on the past
Aug. 31, 2016When I was very young, my father’s family (and by that I mean my immediate family, my grandparents, my aunt’s family and my father’s uncles’ families — a good chunk of my paternal side) would spend a few weeks in Montenegro, in the house where my grandfather and his brothers grew up. The house was built on a hill, and the lower level no longer belonged to our family. The other two levels and the guest house were divided among my grandfather and his two brothers.
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Dear engineers: Don’t fall for the Elon Musk facade, try something new
Aug. 31, 2016How does one become Tony Stark?
Sports
Column: Don’t quit your day job, Tebow
By Patrick Pinak | Aug. 30, 2016Let me start by saying Tim Tebow was one hell of an athlete.
Sports
Column: Dear Colin Kaepernick: Stand now, before you’re sitting on the bench
By Ray Boone | Aug. 30, 2016The NFL regular season is almost here. And with it comes yet another fresh set of controversies.
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Oh, say can you see the nonsense
Aug. 30, 2016It’s time we have the talk: not the momma-bird, poppa-bird talk you were warned about in elementary school (hopefully), but rather, the Colin Kaepernick talk. For those of you who don’t know, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback sparked some serious outrage when he unapologetically refused to stand up during the playing of the national anthem during Friday’s game between the 49ers and the Green Bay Packers.
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How to deal with stress: mastering your emotions
Aug. 30, 2016Your brain. Your ideas. Your emotions.
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How we are becoming ‘drunken peasants’ with extreme behaviors
Aug. 30, 2016As a college student, I have to say, one of the most intriguing behaviors I have noticed among my comrades is their rather libertarian philosophy. By libertarian, I mean specifically the social ethos that preaches, “If it feels good, do it.” I am curious: Where did this philosophy come from? I think past generations bullied people who lived by the creed we hold dear; in fact, they created a name for them: hippies. And what were the hippies but a group of cultural rebels, openly revolting against the conservative Christian traditions and norms of their parents with a jovial hedonism? It seems, then, our most cherished philosophy blossomed from the seeds of rebellion. What can account for this pattern?
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Sex with an ex: reflections and lessons from going back to that special person
Aug. 30, 2016Last Spring, I was crushing on a bespectacled girl with green hair in my European literature class. I asked her out on a Wednesday, and she told me she had a boyfriend. I felt terribly sorry for myself the rest of the day. I got home and furiously moped to The Smiths in my bedroom for several hours. Then I moved to scribbling short stanzas of melodramatic verse, like: “Your hair is greener than the grass I want to lie in with you while we f---.”
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Myths Un-Mythed: old age
Aug. 29, 2016We live in a world full of myths. Never mind the tales of Japanese-born mutant animals that enticed millions of us to actually leave our homes over the Summer and systematically enslave them within our smartphones or the tales of food items having wild sex orgy parties in supermarkets. (Don’t make the same mistake as our opinions editor and watch “Sausage Party” with your parents, thinking it’s only a comedy flick.).
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Column: Saying goodbye to Gawker and mainstream anarchist journalism
Aug. 29, 2016For the last week, the scandal that plagued Gawker.com has remained silent, its front page littered with parting words from editors and writers alike. Their headlines include, “How Guilty Should I Feel?” “Gawker Was Murdered by Gaslight,” and “What Was Gawker?” These final articles read like obituaries, mourning the impending shutdown of a site that, according to Gawker.com writer Hamilton Nolan, was, “anarchist journalism at it’s finest.”
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Column: A conch shell of its former self, SpongeBob
Aug. 29, 2016You’ve seen “SpongeBob SquarePants,” right? There’s, like, no way you haven’t. I’m pretty confident in saying it defined a generation — that’s not too far-fetched. “SpongeBob SquarePants” was a show filled with wit, character and charm. The comedy was smart despite its status as a children’s show, so we look back on it with warm regard rather than just with nostalgia goggles. But, its quality has declined in past years; the show is really a conch shell of its former self, and it’s something I’d like to analyze.
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Column: In tennis, ‘Love’ means… absolutely nothing
Aug. 29, 2016For those of you who are not acquainted with how we philosophy majors behave, let me familiarize you: Have you ever met someone who argues simply because they can? This weekend I was sitting with some fellow philosophy undergraduates in our natural habitat, a sanitarily adequate dive bar, talking about "college relationships." Are they superficial? Do they contribute to the development of maturity? As Hillary Clinton’s social-media intern would ask, “WTF is up wit dat lol #ImWitHurrrr.”
