Story by Sofia Anrecio, Photo by Tiffany Liu We may have missed Earth Day, but Earth Day didn’t miss us. We are washing hands, wearing masks, and social distancing: doing our part to flatten the curve. All the while, our vacancy from the outside world has granted nature its sweetest respite in eons. In a… Continue reading COVID-19 and Climate Change
Story and Photos by Ava Diercksen If there was one word that could define the state of the world right now, it would be “canceled”. As global health concerns have intensified, every citizen of the world has felt a change in their life one way or another. It can almost start to feel as though… Continue reading Stop and Smell the Roses
Story By Derek Pena With the arrival of a new decade, people all across the globe celebrate with their closest friends and family, and make promises to improve on certain aspects of their life. Seemingly everyone is ecstatic for this chance at rebirth and improvement! Well, everyone except me. When I was a child, I… Continue reading Still on Track? A Personal Essay on New Year’s Resolutions
Story by Grace Dooley Ah, college. Most of us here were brought up on rose-colored text-book style images of college life. It’s always Fall, it never rains, and people actually study under trees. The buildings are all pointed upwards at their arches and huddled beneath a thick layer of ivy– the only time that negligent… Continue reading An Ode to College Expectations
Poetry by Noah Towbin Concrete poetry is an art-form meant to connect the imagery of writing poetry with the physical imagery of art.
BY OLIVIA STEIN America. The land of freedom and now, the incubator of an epidemic. With 704 cases (and counting) of measles in the United States this year alone, epidemiologists and citizens alike are in a mass panic. Controversy abounds as legislators and activists debate over vaccination policies. Epithets, obscenities, and good old-fashioned righteous conviction… Continue reading Shots Fired: Ethical Philosophy, Epidemiology, and the Anti-Vaccination Movement
INTERVIEW BY SEBASTIAN LLERENA Dr. Christopher Pryor, lecturer in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, offers his insight on the process of becoming a college entrepreneur, hoping that it will ignite business aspirations hidden deep within the Honors community. Q: What got you interested in a higher comprehension of entrepreneurship and teaching it? A: I… Continue reading What it takes to be an entrepreneur, according to a UF professor
By: Madison Hindo A University of Florida junior and two UF alumni have teamed up to create Project GATOR, and their goal is to develop new techniques to combat the environmental issue of abandoned crab traps in the ocean. Project GATOR stands for Ghost/Abandoned Trap Observation and Recovery, and it was created by Gloria Li,… Continue reading UF student and alumni developing solution to recover abandoned crab traps
By: Sophia Semensky The rise of Amazon and online shopping has brought many benefits to consumers: fast and easy delivery, access to a wide range of products, and oftentimes, lower prices. However, this trend has also led to the proliferation of cheap, low-quality goods and unsustainable options to crowd out the explosion of durable and… Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Alda
For the grandchild of Middle Eastern immigrants, Trump's travel ban is an all-too familiar dose of xenophobia.
