Sports
Column: The NCAA is the wrong type of savage
By Skyler Lebron | Nov. 15, 2017The NCAA has a microscopic amount of chill.
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We have constructed a culture of “L’s”
Nov. 14, 2017I’m prone to losing. Just this week, I walked right into a table in Midtown, which left me with a fist-sized bruise on my hip and a drink spilled all over me. I also accidentally texted a screenshot of a conversation to the person I was having that conversation with. I started uncontrollably crying at a Bon Iver concert and, like all of you, watched the Gators lose.
Opinion
Reframing the race conversation
Nov. 14, 2017I don’t think the only problem with Richard Spencer is that he is a white supremacist. The problem with Spencer is that he provides a bogus answer to a legitimate and enigmatic question academia has left unexplored: What does it mean to be white in 21st century America?
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College students deserve a hands-on education to prepare them for careers
Nov. 14, 2017Up until recently, I thought most classes in college weren’t composed of multiple choice tests. I figured college was a place you got your hands dirty and learned how to deal with real-life material, as you would in your professional field. While my major (journalism) and some others actually do this, I feel most of the majors offered at UF are lacking when it comes to providing students with real world experiences. It’s time we start talking about this.
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You can only stretch yourself so thin
Nov. 14, 2017It’s about that time during Fall semester when we all start to lose our minds. The reality of final exams and the end of the semester is looming over us, and the fate of our final grades hangs in the balance of how the next few weeks goes. Needless to say, every student within the general vicinity of UF right now is stressed beyond belief.
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Column: What sucks more than the College Football Playoff? Nothing.
By Dylan Dixon | Nov. 12, 2017Out of all the unpopular opinions I’ve formed about sports, there isn’t one I stand by more firmly than this: I hate the College Football Playoff.
Opinion
A call to end the all-too-prevalent gaslighting culture in the US
Nov. 12, 2017You may have heard of the term gaslighting. It can happen between supposed friends, between an employee and their superior or in any other relationship. Whether within our own student organizations or on a national scale, it happens every day.
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In search of an understanding of prejudice
Nov. 12, 2017Last Wednesday, I was at my usual weekly Undergraduate Philosophy Society meeting (shameless plug, check us out on Facebook). That evening, the discussion centered around how we should attempt to understand bullying and how to prevent kids from doing it. Quickly, the group of us recognized the ways in which bullying mirrors — and frequently reflects — different phobias and other bad “-isms” like homophobia, racism, sexism and transphobia.
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When yes means no: Blackouts and sexual assault
Nov. 12, 2017Jamie (which is not the real name of the victim) woke up on the floor next to a couch she didn’t recognize. The party was a few hours old.
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Do white supremacists even believe in white supremacy?
Nov. 12, 2017White supremacy is on the rise. Not just in the U.S. but in nations across the globe.
Sports
Column: Florida is terrible. But Saturday’s loss showed why its games are still worth watching
By Ethan Bauer | Nov. 11, 2017COLUMBIA, S.C. — It started, like most good moments for Florida’s football team this season, with a punt.
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Column: Gators coach Randy Shannon let his quarterback risk a major injury, and his explanation isn’t great.
By Matt Brannon | Nov. 11, 2017It looked bad. Malik Zaire crumbled after taking the snap and shifting his weight to left leg.
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Picks Column Week 11: Injury Edition
Nov. 10, 2017Here’s a statement that goes without saying: Football can be an extremely brutal sport to play.
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Column: Randy Shannon is auditioning for his next job. And, like it or not, it’s affecting Franks’ development
By IAN COHEN | Nov. 8, 2017About two weeks ago, during Randy Shannon’s first day as interim coach of the Florida Gators, he began to explain how he would — and would not — be approaching the remainder of UF’s season.
Opinion
Take it from me, just wear the helmet
Nov. 7, 2017It’s been more than a week since a car hit my scooter while I was driving, but I can’t stop replaying the moment in my head. I can still hear the car’s brakes screeching futily. I can still feel the road scraping my hands and my back as I tried to catch myself. I remember looking at one of my best friends, who was riding on the back, with tears and shock in both of our eyes. Gasoline was spewing from the scooter — which my helmet was resting safely inside of.
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It’s OK if you’re not ready to get married in your early 20s
Nov. 7, 2017I don’t know if it’s because the holidays are coming up, or if there’s something in the air, but a large portion of my friends have recently gotten engaged. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s fantastic. Really. I am so happy they found and picked the person they want to be with for the rest of their lives. But at the same time, it has left a lot of my single friends feeling like they don’t have their lives together.
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Diversity for the sake of diversity has hit a damaging extreme in the U.S.
Nov. 7, 2017Last week I was applying to an internship at a well-known financial institution when I came across a bizarre portion of the application. Titled “self-identification,” I was asked a series of questions that you’d typically expect on a job application. There was nothing abnormal about the self-identification section until I reached the very bottom of the page where, in my opinion, I was asked an extremely invasive and inappropriate question: “Please indicate your sexual orientation.”
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For once, FSU is a role model
Nov. 7, 2017Florida State University President John Thrasher announced Monday he’s indefinitly suspending all fraternities and sororities at FSU, effective immediately. This follows a slew of appalling incidents within the school’s Greek community, most notably the death of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity pledge Andrew Coffey who was found unresponsive after attending a party.
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Column: David Reese called out his teammates after a loss. The Gators could use more of that honesty and accountability.
By Ethan Bauer | Nov. 6, 2017Something unusual happened on Saturday after Florida’s train-derailment of a loss in Missouri. For one of the first times I can recall this season, a Florida player looked at the atrocity that is this team right now and was — gasp — honest.
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Column: If Gators don't finish strong, they risk scaring off potential coaching candidates
By Skyler Lebron | Nov. 5, 2017After Missouri’s 45-16 beatdown of the Gators, there’s a lot of blame to go around on both sides of the ball.
