Leah Palmer Gainesville has long been a city known for entrepreneurship and inventiveness. This fall, the city will honor past inventors and inspire future entrepreneurs with the opening of the Cade Museum. Planned and constructed by the Cade Museum Foundation, this museum was inspired by J. Robert Cade, the mind behind Gatorade. In addition to… Read More The Cade Museum: art and science in action
Madison Hindo “If technology is a drug, then what are the side effects? This area – between delight and discomfort – is where Black Mirror is set. The ‘black mirror’ of the title is the one you’ll find on every wall, on every desk, in the palm of every hand: the cold, shiny screen of a… Read More Prism Pick: Black Mirror
For the grandchild of Middle Eastern immigrants, Trump’s travel ban is an all-too familiar dose of xenophobia. … Read More COLUMN: Travel ban reflects America’s ignorance towards Middle Eastern countries
Madison Hindo Born in June 2014, Gracie entered this world in silence. She spent the first month of her life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where she was diagnosed and treated for necrotizing enterocolitis, a digestive infection that doctors thought she might never recover from. Despite making a full recovery and being released from… Read More Honors Dance Marathon team prepares for March 25 event
Leah Palmer Hollywood has long given moviegoers a respite from daily life. In today’s age of carefully crafted realism and cynicism in film, it’s often easy to long for the proverbial “old Hollywood,” with its lush storytelling and sparkling visuals, lamenting that “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore.” Well turns out, they do. “La… Read More REVIEW: “La La Land” gives dynamic performances with Old Hollywood style
Leah Palmer The seventh annual honors banquet will be held on April 4. Held at the Museum of Natural History from 6 to 8 p.m., this event will be open to all honors students and faculty. The banquet, honors adviser Dr. Melissa Johnson said, is a way for students to “celebrate the end of the… Read More Museum of Natural History to house honors banquet on April 4
Vedrana Damjanovic They dream big. They achieve bigger. They leave their homes and comfort zones, mostly at the age of 16, to pursue a better education and develop their skills. Known for the inexhaustible sources of passion and drive, they strive for life-changing goals. Five words: Davis United World College Scholars. A proud and growing… Read More Making the World a Better Place: Davis United World College Scholars at UF
LEAH PALMER I wasn’t planning on writing any essays this summer. I wasn’t planning on winning a Jane Austen essay contest. And I definitely wasn’t planning to attend a nation-wide Jane Austen conference with a bunch of middle-aged women. Even though I didn’t plan on any of these things, they happened! And Jane Austen is… Read More AustenCon 2K16
BROOKE HENDERSON An egg. A doll. A diagram. Sex education comes in many different forms, but no program with an abstinence-only curriculum has impacted sexual health in the United States positively. Government regulation Title V expresses the goals of abstinence-only programs. Funding would only be given to programs that promote the benefits of abstaining from… Read More Changing sex education after elimination of abstinence programs
LIVIA LEDBETTER Fresh from the 2016 presidential election, many have ogled in amazement, fear and some combination of the two at Donald Trump’s victory. His claim to the presidency has come as quite a shock to many. However, while unexpected, it was a feasible reality. In contrast, take for example fictional President Tom Kirkman’s rise… Read More Designated Survivor
