Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Impact's dirty little secret
Feb. 7, 2019So there I was on Saturday afternoon, existing.
Opinion
Opinion
Krishna Lunch is the perfect cure for a bad day
Feb. 7, 2019The first article I ever published for The Independent Florida Alligator was a comedic piece about where to study around campus. One of the places I suggested going to was Plaza of the Americas, and I stand by this statement. It’s still where I eat and study most weekdays. I spend most of my waking hours on Plaza because Krishna Lunch has become a staple in my diet. No, seriously. I eat it all. the. time. And that’s saying something because I am an extraordinarily finicky eater.
Opinion
21 Savage’s detainment is a window into US immigration
Feb. 7, 2019Anyone who has ever dealt with the U.S. immigration system is likely to label the process long, challenging and sometimes discouraging.
Opinion
Our oceans are going to change color in the future, and here’s why
Feb. 5, 2019By the end of the 21st century, our grandkids and great-grandkids will be looking at a different colored ocean than what we are used to seeing.
Opinion
Nonlinear shows are creating a new age of TV, and I can't stop watching them
Feb. 5, 2019Television shows are Mad Libs to me. I turn on a cable TV show, sit there and try to finish the character’s sentences, fully aware that I am the worst type of person to watch TV with. Correctly guessing the ending to a show can be so satisfying. Nothing is as fulfilling as saying out loud exactly what a television character says with the same timing and beat. But on the other hand, when I am wrong, the results are devastating — yet so humbling.
Sports
UF softball is reloaded and highly dangerous
By Mark Stine | Feb. 3, 2019Four seniors left the Florida softball program at the end of last season, each one of them critical to a Women’s College World Series appearance.
Opinion
Groundhog Day is the only non-problematic holiday of the year
Feb. 3, 2019One of the weirdest days of the year passed Saturday when America stopped and waited upon the actions of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil to play the role of meteorologist. And somehow nobody has questioned this tradition in the nearly 150 years that Groundhog Day has existed. In fact, in Pennsylvania, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club celebrated Groundhog Day from Sunday, Jan. 27 to yesterday, nearly the same number of nights dedicated to Hanukkah — an entire religious holiday.
Opinion
Talking trash about your professor won’t get you that A
Feb. 3, 2019In the wake of the statistics exam came a slew of angry messages. It was another test that hundreds of students spent hours studying for, starting early in the day and ending late in the night. The material wasn’t meant to be easy, but many felt that it wasn’t meant to be so hard.
Sports
Goodell, stop painting the NFL as one, big, happy family
By Alanis Thames | Jan. 31, 2019Maybe Roger Goodell is delusional.
Opinion
Darts and Laurels: Feb. 1, 2019
Jan. 31, 2019You wake up and immediately check the weather, suppressing a groan when you see it’s 38 degrees outside for the third day in a row. On the bright side, it gives you a reason to break out your Gator beanie that’s been collecting dust in the back of your closet.
Opinion
Scholarships aren't as rare as you think
Jan. 31, 2019The topic of scholarships is often tied to large-scale economic problems and all of that complicated, serious mess. But this discussion of scholarships will not be attempting to slip Marx and Engels into your ideology like a sugar cube into a cup of tea.
Opinion
My AirPods are fake, but they stand for something bigger
Jan. 31, 2019I’ll out myself before anyone thinks they can discredit me: I have fake AirPods.
Opinion
Asking what position I play is wrong
Jan. 31, 2019If you had mistaken me for a college athlete when I was in high school, I would have been flattered. But when I started my freshman year at UF in 2015, I quickly realized the hidden meaning behind the question: “What position do you play?”
Opinion
UF Student Body President Ian Green welcomes students back for Spring semester
Jan. 31, 2019What’s up, Gator Nation?
Sports
Russell Westbrook: normalizing the abnormal
By Kyle Wood | Jan. 29, 2019Russell Westbrook plays basketball like he’s mad at the world. In return, the world is mad at him.
