Opinion

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Show bingers beware: Spoiling is on the rise and it needs to stop

Feb. 7, 2019

I am a victim of a spoiler. In an interview before the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance revealed details about the second “Black Panther” movie. The actors got too excited and decided to drop spoilers. Herein lies the issue: My unexpecting ears weren’t prepared to hear this information.

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OPINION  |  DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels: Feb. 8, 2019

Feb. 7, 2019

The sun and the heat are finally back where they belong in the Sunshine State, and it’s time to get back to business as usual — days beside the pool. You grab your towel and slide your sunglasses onto your face, making your way down to the pool. You slip into one of the reclining chairs that line the outside of the pool and begin to relax. Thoughts of midterms pushed firmly out of your head, the only thing on your mind is the shoreline that awaits you during Spring Break.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor: Impact's dirty little secret

Feb. 7, 2019

So there I was on Saturday afternoon, existing.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Krishna Lunch is the perfect cure for a bad day

Feb. 7, 2019

The first article I ever published for The Independent Florida Alligator was a comedic piece about where to study around campus. One of the places I suggested going to was Plaza of the Americas, and I stand by this statement. It’s still where I eat and study most weekdays. I spend most of my waking hours on Plaza because Krishna Lunch has become a staple in my diet. No, seriously. I eat it all. the. time. And that’s saying something because I am an extraordinarily finicky eater.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

21 Savage’s detainment is a window into US immigration

Feb. 7, 2019

Anyone who has ever dealt with the U.S. immigration system is likely to label the process long, challenging and sometimes discouraging.

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Our oceans are going to change color in the future, and here’s why

Feb. 5, 2019

By the end of the 21st century, our grandkids and great-grandkids will be looking at a different colored ocean than what we are used to seeing.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Local LGBTQ advocate discusses problems with the recent transgender military ban

By Chasity Maynard | Feb. 5, 2019

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

College isn’t only for education. It’s where we build a community.

Feb. 5, 2019

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Nonlinear shows are creating a new age of TV, and I can't stop watching them

Feb. 5, 2019

Television shows are Mad Libs to me. I turn on a cable TV show, sit there and try to finish the character’s sentences, fully aware that I am the worst type of person to watch TV with. Correctly guessing the ending to a show can be so satisfying. Nothing is as fulfilling as saying out loud exactly what a television character says with the same timing and beat. But on the other hand, when I am wrong, the results are devastating — yet so humbling.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The truth lies in shades of gray

Feb. 5, 2019

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Groundhog Day is the only non-problematic holiday of the year

Feb. 3, 2019

One of the weirdest days of the year passed Saturday when America stopped and waited upon the actions of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil to play the role of meteorologist. And somehow nobody has questioned this tradition in the nearly 150 years that Groundhog Day has existed. In fact, in Pennsylvania, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club celebrated Groundhog Day from Sunday, Jan. 27 to yesterday, nearly the same number of nights dedicated to Hanukkah — an entire religious holiday.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor: UF’s racial equality problem should be acknowledged and fixed

Feb. 3, 2019

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

City plastic ban is admirable, but there are better ways to reduce plastics

Feb. 3, 2019

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Talking trash about your professor won’t get you that A

Feb. 3, 2019

In the wake of the statistics exam came a slew of angry messages. It was another test that hundreds of students spent hours studying for, starting early in the day and ending late in the night. The material wasn’t meant to be easy, but many felt that it wasn’t meant to be so hard.

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OPINION  |  DARTS LAURELS

Darts and Laurels: Feb. 1, 2019

Jan. 31, 2019

You wake up and immediately check the weather, suppressing a groan when you see it’s 38 degrees outside for the third day in a row. On the bright side, it gives you a reason to break out your Gator beanie that’s been collecting dust in the back of your closet.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Scholarships aren't as rare as you think

Jan. 31, 2019

The topic of scholarships is often tied to large-scale economic problems and all of that complicated, serious mess. But this discussion of scholarships will not be attempting to slip Marx and Engels into your ideology like a sugar cube into a cup of tea.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

My AirPods are fake, but they stand for something bigger

Jan. 31, 2019

I’ll out myself before anyone thinks they can discredit me: I have fake AirPods.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Asking what position I play is wrong

Jan. 31, 2019

If you had mistaken me for a college athlete when I was in high school, I would have been flattered. But when I started my freshman year at UF in 2015, I quickly realized the hidden meaning behind the question: “What position do you play?”

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

UF Student Body President Ian Green welcomes students back for Spring semester

Jan. 31, 2019

What’s up, Gator Nation?

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

College doesn’t have to be the best four years of your life

Jan. 29, 2019

It was the summer of 2017. I had just arrived in Gainesville for the first time as a student two weeks earlier. As I laid in the twin bed in my dorm room, I struggled to fall asleep. There was a throbbing pain in my jaw, and I could feel it spreading. I tossed and turned. I rubbed my temples hard, and when I turned to look at the clock, it was 3 a.m.