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gators take on nola
AN HONEST REVIEW: IS ROADTRIP WORTH IT? By: Abigale Dressback Credit: Abigale Dressback Every year when UF plays either LSU or Tennessee, students are able to sign up with a frat and go on a road trip to either New Orleans or Nashville. A month ago, while the Gator football team traveled to Louisiana, so did a good amount of UF’s student population. The difference is our football team went to Baton Rouge to play a ranked LSU team and everyone else went to the iconic Bourbon S
abbidress13
Oct 22, 20254 min read
The 2016 Nostalgia Effect
Why Gen Z Can’t Stop Yearning for the Year That Raised Us By: Tessa May Credit: Vox Lately, we’ve all caught ourselves scrolling through TikToks set to old Chainsmokers songs or rewatching Vine compilations that cured depression. Somewhere between the rainbow Instagram filter, the “Closer” era, and Snapchat dog ears, we realized 2016 wasn’t just another year, it was THE year. The one that raised us, shaped our adolescence, and offered us an online world that seemed happier,
tessmmay
Oct 20, 20253 min read
CRASH OUT QUEEN
Why do we hold in emotions, and how does the generational divide impact individuality By: Jack Leary Credit: Maria Jansson “Crashing out” is a term that has circulated for several months now and essentially means having an emotional outburst about something and acting upon these emotional impulses without thinking of potential consequences, even if they are self-sabotaging. This ‘something’ looks different for everyone, such as getting ghosted out of nowhere, or completely fa
Jack Leary
Oct 19, 20253 min read
Choose Your Character
In a world with competing a esthetics, how do we find ourselves? By: Kaitlyn Tarakji Credits: Pinterest It’s 8:30 in the morning and there’s twenty minutes to spare before your first class, so, naturally, an aimless TikTok scroll is in order. You’re sliding past the GRWM’s and the mukbangs when suddenly flashes of perfectly coordinated pinks flood your vision. After studying the shots of strategically placed yoga mats, cold foam-topped matcha and matching sets, you t
kaitlyntarakji6
Oct 19, 20253 min read
Taylor Swift Enters Her Happy Era
Swift embraces joy in latest album while critics question whether the performance overshadows the depth By: Sadie Johnson Credit: NPR The Life of a Showgirl has flooded headlines since its release. She’s already broken streaming and sales records (again). Gone is the grayscale heartbreak of The Tortured Poets Department; The Life of a Showgirl is champagne fizz and manicured joy. Taylor sounds like someone who’s seen the worst parts of love, but decided to fall again anyway.
Sadie Johnson
Oct 14, 20252 min read
Pretty Sure I’m Faking It
A reflection on the inescapable imposter syndrome experienced by college students By: Danielle Farrell Credit: Franziska Barczyk Have you...
Danielle Farrell
Oct 8, 20253 min read
BIRTH CONTROL: THE ULTIMATE ANTIHERO
Influencers say birth control is bad, so it must be true … right? By: Vanessa Norris Credit: Women's Health Week Over the past few...
Vanessa Norris
Oct 8, 20254 min read
Owen Cooper and the Power of the Arts
How Owen Cooper’s Historic Win Inspires Other Young Actors By: Fiona Smith Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/A Just a few years ago, Owen...
Fiona Smith
Oct 6, 20253 min read
A CASE OF THE STRIPES
The current rise of nautical attire and “sailor stripes” in the worlds of high and ready-to-wear fashion By: Jack Leary Credit: Harper's Bazaar Every new year offers new friends, new feelings, and new possibilities for your future. With all these changes, planning outfits for events and functions is essential. What will you wear to the club? What about that important presentation you’ve been practicing? The fashion world expects these questions, and becomes fixated on what th
Jack Leary
Oct 1, 20253 min read
University of Florida stole my identity
I don’t have enough evidence to take legal action, but there must be something I can do to reclaim myself By: Carolina Castro Credit:...
carolinacastro81
Sep 23, 20253 min read
Islanders or inmates
Love Island Through the Lens of the Stanford Prison Experiment By: Savannah Darby Credit: NBC Peacock Summer is coming to an end, and so is the viral reality TV show we all love to hate: Love Island USA . If you’ve never watched Love Island , where the hell have you been? It actually started in the UK back in 2015 as a pretty low-key reality dating show, that is, until the US version exploded in popularity after last year's viral season. The rules are pretty basic, or so it
savannahdarby6
Sep 19, 20254 min read
The Club is Dead
The fear of being seen, and the death of being human by: Eriel Pichardo Credit: Project X (Amazon Prime) Lately, there’s been this...
Eriel Pichardo
Sep 18, 20253 min read
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