A college student’s guide to final papers

As a college student, there’s nothing more stressful than taking final exams. An entire semester’s worth of information crammed into one test is a nightmare for any college student. But some final exams don’t consist of the typical multiple choice or short answer questions. Some professors assign final papers to take the place of traditional […]

Three steps to keep your resolutions

The New Year comes with the opportunity to start, well, new. According to various sources, including Forbes magazine and The Washington Post, anywhere between 40 percent and 50 percent of Americans will make a resolution for 2016. This isn’t hard to imagine— almost everyone has something that they want to improve on. The problem is, […]

World Aids Day: Know Your Facts

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the end result of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and it has taken the lives of millions of people around the world. World AIDS Day, on Dec. 1, was instituted to help bring worldwide awareness and to unify, show support for and commemorate people who have died from this deadly […]

Athlete of the Week: Dakota Villella

For Dakota Villella, junior education major, softball is one of the biggest parts of her life and has helped mold her into the person she is today. Villella, a Hollywood, Florida, native, attended American Heritage High School, where she played softball for four years and soccer for three. During her senior season at American Heritage, […]

On the Bench: College Bowl Games

Since their start in 1902, college bowl games have been a major source of entertainment for fans during the college football postseason. But now, college bowl games are incredibly overdone and have become nothing more than a way for college football programs to make a quick buck. Bowl games should be a chance for some of […]

Out of the Shark Zone for December 1, 2015

Canelo Alvarez becomes first Mexican to win junior middleweight, middleweight world titles New middleweight champion of the world Canelo Alvarez defeated Miguel Cotto after a unanimous decision on Nov. 21. The judges scored the match at 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111 in favor of Alvarez. Chargers retire LaDainian Tomlinson’s No. 21 During the Nov. 22 halftime […]