Summer is coming, and you could spend it any old boring way — loafing around your hometown, toiling away in Summer classes, working your butt off at an internship or backpacking through Europe on a cliched mission for self discovery.
On Wednesday, The New York Times ran a front-page story detailing how Florida State University and Tallahassee Police had left multiple rape allegations, including the one against star quarterback Jameis Winston, uninvestigated.
I could write the cliche, “These last four years were perfect,” but they were far from it.
When I was getting ready to go to college four years ago, I thought I had it all figured out. With AP credits, I could have my degree in less than four years. I’d have internships every summer, tons of experience and a job offer before I crossed the stage.
I have written frequently in the past about how corporations and wealthy interests exert a disproportionate influence over the policies of the American federal government. Now that influence has been confirmed by an extensive, major academic study.
The in-state tuition bill that has received support from both Florida Republicans and Democrats hit a major roadblock Thursday night. Sen. Joe Negron, the senate budget chairman, said he would not add it to the agenda of the final meeting of the Senate appropriations committee. Negron’s move was backed by Senate President Don Gaetz.
“I just wanna get laid,” lamented one of the characters in “Wet Hot American Summer.”
As shocking as it may seem, the devastation and horror of World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. The world has changed considerably in the decades that followed, but recent events remind us just how fresh some of the wounds of that era remain. A deranged man went into a Jewish Community Center near Kansas City with the intent of killing Jews just prior to the start of Passover. He opened fire, killing three people — none happened to be Jewish — before shouting “Heil Hitler” after police had him in custody.
Tomorrow will be too late. We need to reduce our waste now. Almost every environmental issue we face goes back to overconsumption. In the U.S. alone, 40 percent of food today goes uneaten, according to the National Resources Defense Council. That’s not only the equivalent of $165 billion of food Americans are wasting each year, but there is also the problem of environmental damage caused by its production and disposal.
A lot of people did a lot of dumb things this week.
Cody Wilson is not your typical second-amendment activist. The former University of Texas law student has gained international notoriety by being the first to manufacture a gun with a 3-D printer and to make public the information necessary to allow anyone with access to a 3-D printer to do the same — actions that earned him the No. 14 spot on Wired.com’s list of “The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World.”
The New York Times investigation published Wednesday reopened the discussion of the sexual assault allegations filed against Florida State University football’s crown jewel, Jameis Winston.
Despite years of warnings, overwhelming evidence and changing climate patterns, most of humanity sits idly as our planet continues to warm.
History is full of influential thinkers, philosophers and stoics. These men pondered life’s existence, wondered what feats mankind could endure and grasped the abstract. They were experts in their fields and interested in the world around them: They were “Renaissance men.” Thomas Jefferson, our third president and author of the Declaration of Independence, took that term to its rightful extreme. He was an inventor, philosopher, writer and politician. He was truly a man of thought with an impressive intellect.
WASHINGTON — Congress has reached a stalemate, the effects of which haven’t been felt since the government shutdown in 2013. Apparently, this stalemate was reached after Sen. Simpson, D-Ohio, filibustered a bill concerning whom to completely screw over next.
Listen up, Gainesville dog owners: It’s time to cut the s**t.
In the Florida Legislature, the state’s largest energy companies wield extraordinary influence.
On Saturday night, an Orlando woman was mauled in her driveway by a black bear. In the past few days, five bears have been killed by wildlife officials in search of the bear that initiated the attack, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Midway through April, we are enjoying the height of spring and the season of love.
Listicles on this topic are circulating on my social media pages lately from sources we’ve all come to know and have love-hate relationships with: Thought Catalog, the Huffington Post and BuzzFeed. They’re not about graduating seniors or cats but rather another popular college-student topic — modern dating.
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