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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

So you want to get more funding for the DRC and the CWC?

I was quite disappointed to see the feature Friday article from last week detail the blight of insufficient funding for the Disability Resource Center on campus. The article made reference to the decision by the local fee committee not to increase funding for the DRC back in October, which brought back a lot of bad memories, as it was that very same meeting in which the committee turned down an opportunity to increase funding to the Counseling & Wellness Center.


OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Why did digital downloading die?

A recently released Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) report revealed physical music sales surpassed digital downloads in 2017 for the first time since 2011. The difference is only 2 percent, but it is still significant. It is an indicator of the two factors that killed digital downloading: the rise of vinyl and the dominance of streaming.


Center fielder Nick Horvath hit a three-run homer during Florida's win over FGCU Tuesday night. 
SPORTS  |  BASEBALL

Florida rolls past FGCU behind unlikely contributors

After sweeping No. 8 Vanderbilt at home on Sunday, the No. 1 Gators (26-5, 7-2 SEC) stayed at McKethan Stadium to face off against Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Florida — coming off a 26-run outburst against the Commodores over the three-game series — continued its dominant ways en route to an 8-4 win over the Eagles (22-6).


Loyola-Chicago's team chaplain, Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, garnered a large national following during the NCAA Tournament. 
SPORTS  |  MEN'S BASKETBALL

Quit complaining about Sister Jean

Our sports editor, Dylan Dixon, has spent the past week trying to convince me of the most ludicrous, most asinine thought he has ever had. He believes that Loyola-Chicago’s team chaplain, Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt, is not worth any of the coverage she received.



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