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Men: Shut up and listen about assault
Sep. 10, 2014With the recent reports of Ray Rice committing assault and the outbreak of assaults at UF, the topic of violence against women is on everybody’s lips.
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McDonnell conviction highlights problems with GOP governors
Sep. 9, 2014Last week, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was convicted of corruption. McDonnell was once a shining star in the Republican Party and was a potential 2012 running mate for Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
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Rice incident latest national example of violence against women
Sep. 9, 2014Sunday night, a string of texts lit up on my phone. As soon as I saw the short UF Alert number, I knew — dreading it, but knowing it — another case of battery had just been reported to the police.
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Time to end Swamp Party dominance
Sep. 9, 2014They haven’t appeared just yet, but they’re coming soon.
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Chaotic world stuck with ‘no strategy’ President Obama
Sep. 7, 2014With the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East that is labeled as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. and many other nations, the entire world is on high alert, waiting for whatever barbaric action the group has planned next.
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Open the Internet: Support net neutrality
Sep. 7, 2014The Internet is a powerful tool of democracy that provides diverse groups of people with an open and equal platform to communicate, share information and express their views. Net neutrality, a concept that has come under fire in recent years, is the principle protecting these essential aspects of the Internet.
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Common Core opponents need a plan
Sep. 3, 2014I can’t stand numbers, and for good reason.
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Prosecution of public prayer
Sep. 2, 2014The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American freedom of religion.
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Celebrity phone hacking, photo leak is not a ‘scandal’
Sep. 2, 2014In recent days and weeks, a number of female celebrities have had their phones hacked, which has resulted in private nude pictures of them being plastered far and wide across the Internet.
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Nicki Minaj: different kind of feminist
Sep. 2, 2014When Nicki Minaj released the cover art for her new single, “Anaconda,” the world eagerly awaited the release of the accompanying music video.
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Media fall short with Ferguson, police brutality coverage
Sep. 1, 2014As the school year begins, UF students are preparing for the upcoming football season, the Greek fraternities and sororities are gearing up for Recruitment Week, and eager freshmen are stumbling through campus adorned with their Preview lanyards.
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Neurodiversity is diversity, too
Sep. 1, 2014In 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.
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Zara’s WWII gaffes show insensitivity
Sep. 1, 2014Fashion retailer Zara made headlines last week when it pulled a children’s shirt from its stores.
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Drunk sex: all about safety, prior conversation and consent
Aug. 29, 2014Sexual assault is the hot topic in the news lately, with more than 70 colleges under investigation for the handling of sexual assaults and a proposal for nail polish that detects date-rape drugs.
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Undercover Colors: genius or misguided?
Aug. 27, 2014Facebook has fallen out of favor with me. Between endless streams of Ice Bucket Challenge videos and depressing life updates I otherwise would’ve forgotten about long ago, I only have one reason to visit the website anymore: to see whatever the latest BuzzFeed post is, scoff at it and then read it intently.
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Stay lean and green this semester with Meatless Mondays
Aug. 26, 2014Starting college can be an exciting yet daunting experience. It’s not surprising that with all the stress that comes with it, some new students gain the dreaded Freshman 15. A study published in Nutrition Journal found that nearly a quarter of freshmen gain at least 5 percent of their body weight during their first semester, an average of about 10 pounds in just a few months.
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Economy damaged by Current method of calculating trade deficit
Aug. 25, 2014Last year the U.S.-China trade deficit was $318 billion. The U.S. Department of Commerce calculates the deficit by subtracting the value of what we import from what we export, which accurately calculates the overall trade deficit. However, this method is misleading and potentially damaging to the U.S. economy.
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In Defense of the Ice Bucket Challenge
Aug. 25, 2014Just a couple of weeks ago, I logged into my Facebook and saw that I was tagged in a friend’s status. It was a video of someone pouring a bucket of ice water all over herself and nominated me, along with a few others, to participate in something called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
