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Make the right call

December 4, 2014

You and some friends decide to drink together in your dorm room on a Saturday night. You’re not 21, but you’re not driving so you’re not too concerned. Things get out of hand and one of your friends...

Land of the free

Land of the free

October 30, 2014

Voting in the 18-24 year old age bracket is staggeringly low and we don’t seem to care. The U.S. Census reported that 38 percent of this age bracket voted in the 2012 election while more than half of...

Wrong side of history

October 22, 2014

“Keep the ban on gay marriage.” The other night I shared a post on Facebook about Florida potentially abolishing the ban on gay marriage and I was hit with this response. In the following few moments...

Stop Yakin’, Just say no to the anonymous app

October 15, 2014

Yik Yak is apparently the newest thing on our college campus and needs to be gone just as quickly as your dream of getting straight A’s. Do you remember FormSpring? That awful anonymous-0question website...

Hockey funding at risk

October 15, 2014

Student Government put the club hockey team on ice at Tuesday night’s senate meeting. The bill was indefinitely tabled, leaving the team without SG funding. The bill encompassed ice time at Germain Arena...

It’s On Us campaign comes to FGCU frats

October 8, 2014

Florida Gulf Coast University fraternities unleashed their own version of the It’s On Us campaign aiming to end sexual assault on college campuses. The It’s On Us campaign was launched nationally by...

The ISIS crisis

October 3, 2014

It seems as though issues with Middle Eastern affairs have quickly become the most prevelant controversy in the media today. For the most part, people have become lapsed from foreign affairs, but this...

Rise in virtual classes: Keep it in the classroom

October 3, 2014

In a world where 6-year-olds have iPhones and we spend more time posting pictures on Instagram than having legitimate conversations, one would hope that the hallowed halls of learning would still be sacred...

Stop feminism

October 3, 2014

We really need to get rid of the F word, and no, I’m not referring to the one that rhymes with duck. It’s time to eradicate the term “feminism.” The Oxford English dictionary has defined feminism...

Dance Marathon mob flashes Student Plaza

Dance Marathon mob flashes Student Plaza

October 2, 2014

National Dance Day was celebrated Thursday, Sept. 25 around the nation. Florida Gulf Coast University students chose to recognize Dance Marathon by having a flash mob in the Student Plaza at 12:20 p.m. The...

Park your problems somewhere else

Park your problems somewhere else

September 24, 2014

It seems as though one of the biggest problems plaguing our student body is not academics or social life but a much larger issue  parking. Everyday I see people complaining on Twitter that they circled...

It takes a village:  New housing for 2016

It takes a village: New housing for 2016

September 24, 2014

Miromar Development Corporation has that it will begin building housing for Florida Gulf Coast University students. University Village will be located just south of campus on the east side of Ben Hill...

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