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Resurgence of Bob Ross symbolizes millennial desire for authenticity

Baby boomers love nothing more than to try to understand our generation, consistently degrading our affiliation with “the Facebook” and “the Twitter.” Which I love because, when you mention that their...

Make most of your plane ride home, choose window seat

When you’re flying home this break, you are going to have to make a crucial decision: the window seat or the aisle seat. And, obviously, the window seat is the answer. Now, to some, this may so...

In Trump’s America, opinions are now facts

Welcome to the first edition of the Maturity Column: Fact Section. With the election of Donald J. Trump to the Oval Office, we have now set a new president precedent that opinions are actually facts ...

Personality-driven politics makes Trump falsely appealing

President John F. Kennedy was hot. He was rich, educated and maintained a strong demeanor. That’s why, in the 1960 election, he was famously thought to have won the first televised debate, even tho...

Choose Halloween costumes for humor and appreciation, not shock-value

Izia Lindsay // Contributing Cartoonist For some reason, 2016 just keeps dragging on, as our morals fall apart and our favorite people keep dying. Essentially, 2016 is “Grey’s Anatomy.” However,...

Don’t wish for hurricanes, but feel free to make the most of them

The weird thing is: Hurricane Sandy was one of the best weeks of my life. Up in New Jersey, it was my senior year of high school, and my friends and I were all off from school for an extended perio...

Leave fighting words at home before FSU game

(Note: If you are offended by this column, then you don’t understand the fun of UM-FSU week.) A few weeks ago, at the Miami-Florida Atlantic football game, I watched one of our students slowly trud...

Fallout over Fallon’s interview with Trump indicates lack of politica...

When you pair the most hated man in America with the most beloved guy on television, something interesting is bound to happen. Ever since Jimmy Fallon ruffled Republican nominee Donald Trump’s hair...

‘Stranger Things’ nostalgia due to new media access

(Note: This column does not contain spoilers, since my editor, who hasn’t seen the show yet, removed them all...and is never speaking to me again.) Much like its characters, the Netflix original seri...

Summer 16 spent on hold with Office of Financial Assistance

For me, this past summer was defined by two things: my internship in New York and telling people about my internship in New York. However, the bronze medal would be awarded to the harrowing amount of...

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