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OPINION: #NeverAgain and #BLM should team up

Charlie Needles Apr 6, 2018

The Black Lives Matter and The March for Our Lives movements could gain a lot of social growth puns by teaming up. The two different movements both protest the disregard for the safety of human...

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Spring is the best time of the year for sports

Spring is the best time of the year for sports

DeAndre Pearson Apr 3, 2018

With spring in full swing, this is the time of the year that many major sports will be officially starting or hitting their climax. Football fans don’t feel excluded the NFL season always ends in...

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OPINION: The White House has failed transgender citizens

Charlie Needles Apr 2, 2018

I stand with trans people of America in anger and refusal to accept the injustice of the new ban on transgender military personnel. The White House announced new orders to formally ban transgender...

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OPINION: Facebook messed up

OPINION: Facebook messed up

Charlie Needles Mar 30, 2018

When Facebook fails to keep their collected data private social media users worldwide are rightfully aggravated. Data being leaked to anyone without their permission is not dangerous. But what’s...

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OPINION: Leave Daylight Savings Alone

OPINION: Leave Daylight Savings Alone

Charlie Needles Mar 14, 2018

Every year, we lose an hour to daylight savings just to add an hour of light to the end of our day. The Sunshine Protection Act sitting on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk would relieve the burden of changing...

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OPINION: Is ridesharing really that risky?

OPINION: Is ridesharing really that risky?

Charlie Needles Mar 12, 2018

The risk of being abused or hurt by your rideshare are very slim. Over-coverage and fear of the possibility escalate the presumed threat in ridesharing, which are for the most part quite safe. In...

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Students flocked to the World Fest Village at the Student Union. Photo by Ronnie Rodgers

OPINION: Getting involved

Charlie Needles Mar 8, 2018

If you’re immersed in student culture, then the chances that you’ll stay enrolled are higher than students who stay at home and don’t come to campus except for classes. Student government...

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Opinion: Why you should watch an Oscar nominated movie

Opinion: Why you should watch an Oscar nominated movie

Charlie Needles Mar 5, 2018

There is a collective groan in school when you’re told to take notes during a movie. No one likes to be so focused or high strung when there is a film playing. You want to enjoy it. But just like...

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UNF students protesting at white nationalist student's discipline hearing. Photo by Lili Weinstein.

OPINION: The power of student protest

Charlie Needles Mar 1, 2018

High school students from all over Florida are staging walkouts to have their voices heard across the nation. Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were under attack by a 19-year-old shooter...

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Letter to the Editor: The True Meaning of Sex

Kenneth Laybourn Feb 27, 2018

Sex Week is just around the corner here at UNF. We, students and faculty, have the opportunity to reflect on our views of sex. Questions like, “What is sex to me? Or where do I stand within the different...

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OPINION: Shootings will not stop until both sides of the gun debate come to the table

OPINION: Shootings will not stop until both sides of the gun debate come to the table

Charlie Needles Feb 23, 2018

The flames of angry 2nd Amendment defenders and rallying cries for change from victims, survivors, their families, and the concerned are crowding the political atmosphere due to the recent shooting...

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OPINION: Super Bowl Dodge Ad Controversy

OPINION: Super Bowl Dodge Ad Controversy

Charlie Needles Feb 6, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbY1tGARUA[/embedyt] During the Super Bowl, Dodge Ram aired an ad that featured a quote from Martin Luther King’s “The Drum Major Instinct” sermon. People...

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