When it’s time to say goodbye

I’ve never wanted time to stop more than I do now. I’m starting to count my lasts, soaking it all in before my college experience is over. At 28 years old, I’m a nontraditional student; this isn’t my first time in a university setting. Ten years ago, I entered the University of Florida and four […]

Books and crooks

For many students beginning a new semester, their greatest fears are supposed to be related to term papers or tough professors. Instead, many must worry about how much their textbooks will cost, and whether the total will be something that they can possible afford.

Athlete of the week: Alexandra Johansson

Even though tennis player Alexandra Johansson was born in Sweden, she considers herself Australian, because she has lived there since she was 4 years old. She did not start playing tennis until she was 9 years old. The sophomore finance major decided that she wanted to try a new sport and has stuck to it ever since. Along with playing at Menai High School in Illawong, Australia for four years, she also played in several Australian leagues.

Print media will never die

It saddens me to say that the demise of printed news is a very real concern, as publications have begun to recognize the web as a powerful tool with more flexibility than print. Words that would have been black and white and read all over are now in full color and only a mouse-click away, and can be updated and corrected within minutes of a development in a story. However, the crisis faced by papers has little to do with journalism and more to do with advertising. Online publications are free because Internet advertising costs are a fraction of their print brethren.

Storage Wars

Here we are, ladies and gentlemen: the end of the semester, the time of the school year that most students dread. All the assignments are due. Group projects or presentations need to submitted and final exams must be taken. Yes, the last three to four weeks of the school year are rough. And for some […]

Summer movie list

Besides lounging pool-side and taking in the sun, this summer is set to bring much anticipated movie releases. From superheroes fighting injustice and saving the earth, to extreme car chases, and even the final chapter to one of the highest-grossing comedies of all time, it seems that the movie theater will be the place to […]