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Shortest End of the Stick

Trent Gautney, Opinions Reporter Oct 28, 2019

Everyone knows all too well what it’s like to overhear or see someone acting in an improper way towards an employee at a restaurant.  The scene may go something like this: You (and maybe a partner...

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Opinion: Floridian Species Seasonal Spectacle

Normandi Tapia Oct 22, 2019

The Floridian species is a spectacle… Florida Man for example.  You could call these men a club of sorts. This elite and exclusive club is made up of Florida men that attract a ridiculous amount...

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Opinions: Campus preachers have rights too

Matthew Caballero, Opinions Reporter Oct 16, 2019

As the byproduct of a Cuban family, I am keenly aware of the importance of a liberal approach to free speech.  One of the great traditions of the liberal movement in America is a voracious defense of...

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Opinions: Stripping away the politics

Trent Gautney, Opinions writer Oct 14, 2019

A little over a year has passed since the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice to the United States Supreme Court.  On October 6, 2018, Justice Kavanaugh was confirmed to the highest...

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336-hour bar

Austin Belet, Opinions editor Sep 26, 2019

There is one 14-day period that is perhaps one of the strangest habits in American work culture that I have experienced in my life: the time between submitting a two week notice and properly leaving a...

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Education is not a privilege

Austin W Belet, Opinions Editor Sep 25, 2019

  Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, and David Sloane have all been under public scrutiny for their roles in the millionaire college admission scandals. The image of millionaires getting jailed for...

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Opinions: Out of pocket or Out of luck

Austin W Belet, Opinions Editor Sep 11, 2019

College has become necessary in our society to be able to work in fields we want to work in. Want to be a chemist? Get a degree. Want to be a journalist? Get a degree. Want to work in politics? A degree...

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Opinions: Stay Safe, Ospreys

Austin Belet, Opinions Editor Sep 2, 2019

For those of us who have resided in the state of Florida since we were kids, hurricanes often spelled out days of adventure, braving the wind and the rain of an ecological terror passing or passing through...

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*Spoiler-free* “Euphoria” review

Breanna Cataldo, Features Editor Aug 26, 2019

With Zendaya Coleman going from dancing on Disney's "Shake It Up" to dancing at drunken high school parties in "Euphoria," there's no doubt that the show received quite some hype. This show had the...

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A gross display of inhumanity

Austin Belet, Opinions Editor Aug 23, 2019

“It’s going to happen again.” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said these words in a recent presentation in defense of the Guardian Program that the state had implemented in 2018.  The...

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Opinions: 2 scrolls, at a glance

Austin Belet, Opinions Editor Aug 12, 2019

Content Warning: This article contains content that may provoke certain groups of people.  Within a week, our country has experienced three mass shootings that have captivated public attention. 36...

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Opinions: It’s time we cancel out this cancel culture

Devan Shepard Aug 6, 2019

A few days ago, TV host and 90's heartthrob Mario Lopez stepped into uncharted territory while he was a guest on a YouTube show done by controversial Trump supporter Candace Owens. Lopez was giving his...

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