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During rush hour Monday, for the first time in 42 years, the intersection of West University Avenue and Northwest 13th Street was taken over — this time by indignation.
Silently, about 200 people collapsed on top of one another on the middle of Turlington Plaza. They lay lifelessly for four and a half minutes.
Jim McElwain has the experience.
The colorful murals on the 34th Street Wall will be painted black in solidarity with Ferguson this Sunday.
Do you remember, as children, the many times that we were scolded for something we did? Remember when we would point something out that our brother, sister or classmate did to try and excuse our actions or at least redirect the scolding? Well that juvenile failure to confront the truth is still happening. More recently however, it has made appearances in discussions on FOX, CNN and at dinner tables across the country.
Two years ago in Mobile, Alabama, an 18-year-old white male, Gilbert Collar, was shot and killed by a black campus police officer. He was running around campus, high and naked, when he approached the officer at the campus police station. Collar was unarmed, but the officer still deemed him a threat and decided to use deadly force against him.
One week ago, it was announced Darren Wilson would not stand trial for the death of an unarmed black 18-year-old named Michael Brown.
Thanksgiving is a celebration usually composed of food (turkey, of course), family (and friends — inclusivity is one of Thanksgiving’s beauties) and football (yes, we’re in the South). Gathering around the TV, Thanksgiving revelers let the food digest before the slicing of pie(s).
As our beloved Football season comes to an end, why not go out with a bang? After all, there’s nothing more exciting and dear to our heart than Gators football right? Here’s a few tracks to celebrate our last home game this weekend and the last few weeks of college football season:
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Millennials these days are constantly being fed the narrative that the state of our nation is getting worse and worse. The media is constantly telling us to be afraid of the latest, most terrifying threat to America. Despite all the sensationalism, there are many things I am concerned about in our country, our state and my personal life. In the spirit of Halloween and all things spooky, I’d like to take some time to briefly discuss a few of them.
This summer, while working for a startup in Tel Aviv, I took a weekend to travel to Jerusalem and visit the Holocaust memorial. There, I walked by black and white photos of charred synagogues, Jewish-owned storefronts with shattered windows and signs calling for boycotts of Jewish businesses.
Last week, Twitter caught on fire after “That’s So Raven” star Raven-Symoné did an interview with Oprah Winfrey and said she did not want to be labeled an African-American, but rather, just an American.
I was browsing through my Twitter feed the other day and found the most thought-provoking quote I’ve read in a while: “the little things make life big.”
The subject of race relations is still a very sensitive issue in the U.S. Anyone believing that we live in a post-racist society should take note of the case involving Jennifer Crambelett and Amanda Zinkon.
Mother Nature got the best of Florida football on Saturday.
In my three years at UF, diversity has been at the center of my experience. I participated in the Gatorship retreat my freshman year and learned how to make campus more inclusive.
All eyes have been on Ferguson, Missouri, since earlier this month, when unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by Darren Wilson, a white police officer.
Dear freshmen, and really anyone reading this: Don’t try this at home.
The 2013 Polish black-and-white film, “Ida”, which will end its two-week run at the Hippodrome State Theatre this Sunday, is both a nuanced study of 1960s Eastern Europe and a coming-of-age film that feels familiar and strange at the same time.
Solutions by The State News
