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MAILBOX: April 26

By on April 26, 2012

Students of AMF help Univ. students grieve   Approximately 25 percent of college students are within twelve months of grieving the death of a loved one; as many as 50 percent of college students have lost a family member or close friend within the last two years. With 18.4 million students enrolled in American colleges [...]

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OUR TAKE: Finding the worth

By on April 26, 2012

Average isn’t exactly the most settling sentiment. But that, it seems, is what the University will become with upcoming tuition hikes. Even Tom Jackson, vice president of public affairs at the University, said the University would become average in terms of its tuition costs compared to its institutional value, though it used to be one [...]

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‘Tis the season for finals

By on April 26, 2012

‘Twas a few nights before finals, and all through the ‘thens, tables were stacked with old pizza and pens. Students were praying to the good Lord above, that all of their professors would please show some love. It is finals season. It’s almost here. It. Is. Coming. The impending doom cast over every college campus [...]

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: April 26

By on April 26, 2012

Alex Urban

Students, nation suffer from computer science cuts

By on April 25, 2012

Recently, the University of Florida decided to cut large portions from its computer science departments in the wake of state budget cuts. Any chance I get to be critical of Florida is a chance I take. This is one such chance. With education funding taking a hit amidst Florida’s budget troubles, the university decided to [...]

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: April 25

By on April 25, 2012

Tiffany Stevens

An apology to hipster girls misidentified as lesbians

By on April 25, 2012

Apologies to attractive hipster girls whose path I may have crossed. I confess, I am a girl obsessed. I’ve seen you across the room at Little Kings, both of us downing organic brews while female folk drones in the background. Your cropped, asymmetrical hairstyles and endless supplies of flannel intrigue me. I’ve peeped to see [...]

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Natural beauty forgotten in the face of commercialism

By on April 24, 2012

On a sunny afternoon a few weeks back, I drove around my native city of Atlanta on my way to a friend’s apartment. In the past, while on the way there, I usually passed by a mid-sized grove of bright trees that provide a serene and picturesque distraction from the commercial buildings that clutter the [...]

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Guillen comments a reminder that ill-informed shouldn’t be taken seriously

By on April 24, 2012

In an interview with “Time Magazine” a few weeks ago, Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said something. He said something people didn’t like. In particular, he said something Cuban Americans didn’t like. “I love Fidel Castro,” declared Guillen, apparently in blatant opposition with Major League Baseball’s strangely resolute yet unspoken stance on foreign policy ["Miami [...]

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EDITORIAL CARTOON: April 24

By on April 24, 2012