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 generation smoked cigarettes and legally drank at age 18, somehow it was okay because “it was a different time back then.” I don’t know…
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 sound trivial. You’ll say, “It’s only a few hours… I’m just going to sleep off my post-finals coma.” However,…
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 – and therefore the Opinion Section will now be referred to as the Fact Section. Donald Trump, the man who…
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 though many listening on the radio thought Richard Nixon had won. The latter, who opted not to shave that morning, looked more…
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, one of the best reflections of an eventful year, Halloween, is approaching. Each October, Americans dress up as their favorite, topical icons from the previous…
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 period of time. Every day, we played football, drove around town, and made eye contact…
(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 trudge from Hard Rock Stadium with a bloody nose and a black eye. My first thought was, “Oh wow, I guess…
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 on “The Tonight Show,” waves of critics have lashed out against how easy he went on the Great Bambino of Bankruptcy. In fact,…
(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 series “Stranger Things,” which just got renewed for a second season, appears to have opened a gate to something very different and yet…
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 time I spent calling, checking and applying to the Office of Financial Assistance (OFAS) – also known by its…
You know, at the end of each year in college, I say, “This one went by the fastest” – but the school year of 2015-16 definitely did. Maybe that’s because I rode through it on a hoverboard. It’s weird that it whizzed by this fast considering that many of the promised new construction projects were…
While scanning through a collection of daily headlines, also known as Facebook, I came across this status from one of my friends. “Really sad that selfishness is an attitude actively promoted by this university,” wrote Alexis Alvarez, 21. “Disappointed in our Student Government for endorsing this.” Photos of the source were included: a palm card…