Opinion

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Sports

Column: Jim McElwain is the luckiest coach in recent Florida football history

By Ethan Bauer | Sep. 24, 2017

Jim 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.

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Opinion

Respect is earned, not given

Sep. 24, 2017

One of the first things you are taught in kindergarten is to treat others how you would like to be treated. Apparently, no one ever let our president in on the secret.

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Opinion

It's time to start getting involved in the things you care about

Sep. 24, 2017

As 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.  

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Picks column Week 4: Streak week (UK edition)

Sep. 22, 2017

After 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, 2017

Jim 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.

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Opinion

Darts & Laurels

Sep. 21, 2017

You’re sitting at a table in your favorite local coffee shop, sipping on an oh-so-delicious vanilla latte you’ve been craving all day. You sit there and somewhat pretentiously scribble away in your journal, pretending as though you have some sort of dark, mysterious thing going on. You hope maybe you’ll catch someone’s eye, and they’ll be enamoured by how deep you appear to be.

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Opinion

The airline industry needs some competition

Sep. 21, 2017

I 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.

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The longer I’m in college, the more nocturnal I become, and that's great

Sep. 21, 2017

There 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.

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Opinion

Feminism has to be more than a fad

Sep. 20, 2017

Step aside, Nike shorts and Chaco shoes. The must-have fashion trend this fall? Feminism. Well, kind of.

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Column: Toney needs to be contributing on special teams now, not later

By Dylan Dixon | Sep. 20, 2017

Remember when you were a kid at Christmas time and your parents used to put your presents under the tree a couple days early?

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Column: How do you lose an argument about sports? By trying way too hard to win

By Ethan Bauer | Sep. 19, 2017

DALLAS — 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.

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Opinion

We need to stop pushing people to go to college, it's not for everyone

Sep. 19, 2017

As 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.

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In times of distress, comedy is key

Sep. 19, 2017

To put it lightly, America is going through a bit of a rough patch right now. So much so that a lot of Americans can hardly bare to watch the evening news or peruse their local paper as they sip their morning coffee.

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Sports

Column: Don’t be fooled by the Gators win vs. Tennessee, Florida still has a lot of problems

By Jake Dreilinger | Sep. 18, 2017

Coach Jim McElwain was asked on Monday if he felt like the Gators stole a win in Saturday’s game against Tennessee. With nine seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter and the game tied at 20, it looked like the Gators were heading for overtime.

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Column: Florida's win vs. Tennessee shows that the Gators don't need Callaway

By Skyler Lebron | Sep. 17, 2017

Antonio Callaway should not be on the Florida football team.

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Opinion

Trump’s complacency with racism is concerning

Sep. 17, 2017

Another day, another tweet from President Donald Trump. It doesn’t quite come as a surprise to anyone anymore, does it? Our president has desensitized many of us to his cruelty and ignorance by exposing us to his repulsive words on a daily, or sometimes hourly, basis.

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Opinion

What exactly does it mean for UF to be a top-10 university?

Sep. 17, 2017

What makes a university great? Is it the academics? The prestige? The ability to help students move up the socio-economic ladder? And what are we really bragging about when we share a Facebook post about UF being a top-10 public institution?

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Pets are a part of the family, too, please don’t leave them behind

Sep. 17, 2017

It’s been a week since Hurricane Irma did a number on the Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Many are still reeling from the damages, stress and anxiety brought on by the storm. More than 6.5 million people were told to evacuate Florida based on the projection of the storm, and a lot of them did. The interstates quickly became clogged with terrified people desperate to get themselves and their loved ones out of the storm’s path.

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Let’s talk about what happened at Georgia Tech

Sep. 17, 2017

On Saturday night, the president of Georgia Institute of Technology’s LGBTQ+ student organization, the Pride Alliance, stood in a parking lot holding a knife. Scout Schultz stood there — in full view of a student dormitory — and told Georgia Tech Police to shoot.

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Column: Gators midfielder Lais Araujo worthy of the hype

By Morgan McMullen | Sep. 17, 2017

Lais Araujo, the junior midfielder from Salvador, Brazil, is no stranger to the hype.