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Energy companies bring ‘crony capitalism’
Apr. 15, 2014In the Florida Legislature, the state’s largest energy companies wield extraordinary influence.
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Bear attacks show Florida's development problem
Apr. 14, 2014On 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.
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Focus on giving — not receiving — love
Apr. 14, 2014Midway through April, we are enjoying the height of spring and the season of love.
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Modern dating, playing it cool and the Mr. Darcy mentality
Apr. 14, 2014Listicles 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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The road less traveled: Avoid our culture of conformity
Apr. 14, 2014If all I ever did with my life was watch television and read magazines, this is how I would envision my life should be: I should marry a white heterosexual man, have a few rambunctious children, stay at home and use my new Swiffer WetJet and Dyson vacuum, go to the gym for yoga, buy the newest beauty products, sell my clothes when they go out of style and eat Special K cereal until I have the right measurements.
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College football players should bargain collectively
Apr. 14, 2014The headlines are Northwestern University and unionized college sports, but the storyline is universal and highlights an opportunity for us all.
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Florida’s guns-and-riots bill cause for worry
Apr. 13, 2014The Florida House passed an insane new bill regarding guns and riots last week, prompting Cliff Schecter of the Daily Beast to say, “you could call Florida the Grand Ole Opry of gun nuttery.”
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Home run king speaks truth about Obama
Apr. 13, 2014Home run king Henry “Hank” Aaron shed his quiet demeanor last week, chastising Republicans for derailing President Barack Obama’s agenda. Aaron — like many — believes the vitriol many spew at Obama has less to do with political disagreements and more to do with race.
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Mating call: A guide to finding your next no-strings-attached hookup
Apr. 13, 2014The weather is starting to heat up, and students are shedding their polar vortex sweaters for muscle tanks, crop tops, swimsuits and anything that shows off their midriffs or deltoids.
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DARTS LAURELS
Darts & Laurels 4/11/14
Apr. 10, 2014Another productive week has gone by, filled with reasonable bedtimes, completed homework assignments and lots of salad. Just kidding! Everyone’s too busy having a panic attack over the fact that Monday marks the last full week of classes to be responsible. This weekend, shirk your responsibilities and do fun things. Anything’s better than studying, and that’s what reading days are for.
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A nonconformist guide to not being basic
Apr. 10, 2014I started today like most Americans: thinking I knew exactly what it means to be a basic bitch. But, boy, was I schooled on the matter.
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HBO GO: Streaming is an afterthought
Apr. 10, 2014On Sunday night, season four of “Game of Thrones” premiered, and it broke the Internet.
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UF should observe National Alcohol Screening Day
Apr. 9, 2014Today is National Alcohol Screening Day, and more than 600 colleges in the U.S. will be holding free alcohol screenings on their campuses to help students identify any problems they may have with alcohol abuse. It’s a fantastic idea; after all, nearly 2,000 Americans ages 18 to 24 die each year from alcohol-related injuries. The annual screenings are hosted by a nonprofit called Screening for Mental Health, which advocates mental-health and substance-abuse resources to be made readily available to those who need it.
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Criminal justice system favors the rich
Apr. 9, 2014There are two criminal justice systems in the U.S.: one for the rich, one for the poor.
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Puff, puff, pass: Florida e-cig bill sparks debate
Apr. 8, 2014The debate about whether e-cigarettes should be sold to minors in Florida is, as one might guess, a love story between Big Tobacco and a lucrative market: teens with money to burn.
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McCutcheon ruling hurts US democracy
Apr. 8, 2014On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court hammered a new nail into the coffin of American democracy with its ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court eliminated restrictions on the total amount of money individual donors can give to political parties and candidates in a given election cycle.
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News shows we are united by human experience
Apr. 8, 2014The recent, tragic developments in the Israel-Palestine conflict are always front-page news. The struggles of the European Union offer promising articles. And for some reason, the media seems to be getting a kick out of the fact that all undergraduates in North Korea must cut their hair like that of their supreme leader, Kim Jong Un. I guess that’s what it takes to sell papers these days.
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Scott relies on half truths in gubernatorial race
Apr. 7, 2014As the November gubernatorial election looms on Florida’s horizon, the Rick Scott and Charlie Crist camps are neck and neck in the polls. However, a Voter Survey Service poll commissioned by the Sunshine State News released Monday revealed Scott has pulled slightly ahead of Crist. As it stands, Scott leads with a 45-percent poll ranking, and Crist is lagging at 44 percent.
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Accent should invite more alleged criminals
Apr. 7, 2014Accent Speakers Bureau announced its sponsoring of Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, before he abruptly canceled the visit on April 1. I find myself defending Accent’s decision to bring the ex-Israeli prime minister. This might strike you as odd, considering Olmert’s dark side, but let me explain.
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Don’t feed the trolls: a new class of cyber bullies
Apr. 7, 2014The Internet has given us so many beautiful and fantastic things. We can communicate with others in far-off lands, we can research almost anything within the span of a minute, and we can create and share information instantly. But it’s also bred a new class of web users that almost everyone with an Internet connection has experienced: the troll.
