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Islamic Center Built Near Ground Zero Would Exemplify American Ideals

By Carolina Olaya

As debate continues between those favoring and those opposing what has been unflatteringly termed “the ground zero mosque,” I find myself supporting its construction. A good deal of my opinion comes from my being a minority in this country. An ...

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Rap: Have the Lyrical Boundaries Been Breached?

By John Jacobs

If you haven’t heard the huge news in the rap world recently (and you probably haven’t), rapper Lil Boosie is currently in jail during an ongoing investigation for first degree murder charges linked to a total of five murders. He ...

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Facebook And Its Role In Creating Synthetic Relationships

By Camilla Chebet

Facebook is consistently becoming an essential part of many people’s lives. It has grown into a link to people, groups, networks, places, everything. Many notable and respectable companies have a Facebook site now; even universities have joined the social network ...

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Freshmen Eager to Begin College Lifestyle

By Hannah Webster

My friends and I entered club Prana in Ybor wearing too much make-up and not enough clothes. The atmosphere reminded me in awful ways of middle school dances—boys slouched on the bar, adventurous girls trying to get the party started ...

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Resident Assistant Conquers New Year Insecurities

By Narisa Imprasert

Insecurities come easy around August. I start to roll left and right minutes before the alarm signals that it’s time to wake up and continuously whack the snooze button three times for good luck. But there is something about the ...

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Rethinking Derogatory Terms: No More “No Homo”

By UWIRE

By KRISTIN BEAL The Gateway, U. Nebraska-Omaha UWire – “Dude, I love you guys. No homo.” As I was walking across campus the other day, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between a few guys. They were talking, laughing ...

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Eat Pray Love: Giving Women Permission to be Selfish

By Elizabeth Pichette

A divorced writer named Elizabeth Gillbert decides to take a year for herself and live in Italy, India and Indonesia for four months. This is the book that was in my slightly shaking hands as I made my way through ...

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Summer Metamorphosis: Reconciling the New and the Old

By Philippa Hatendi

Coming back from summer is always an odd experience, because you always return a little different. Origin doesn’t really effect this, I am sure both American students and foreign students can identify with the feeling of metamorphosis experienced during summer ...

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College Students Lack Sleep, Results in Potential Nightmare

By UWIRE

By SHANNON FRAZER Kentucky Kernel, U. of Kentucky Despite the rise of powerful businesswomen and working moms, traditional gender stereotypes continue to flourish, especially amongst men, according to a recent study by a Cornell grad student. The study –– supported ...

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Embrace Change and Experience UT Life

By Derrick Austin

So much of UT’s campus has been transformed since my first semester in the fall of 2007: the mailroom was across the hall from Fletcher Lounge, there wasn’t a flagpole in Plant Park, and there were parking lots and cubicles ...

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Student Finds Herself in a Battle Against Tampa and Survives

By Narisa Imprasert

The city is at war. One-way streets become battle grounds for the inexperienced. The cobblestone roads, pretty houses and student-spoiled dorms are nice enough to stop anyone in their tracks, but the truth of the matter is that this city ...

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Sports and Entertainment: Tampa’s Great Divide

By John Jacobs

Tampa is a city full of entertainment. Unfortunately, sports fans, it’s not rare for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ games to be blacked out due to a lack of ticket sales (and talent). In the off-chance that a game is televised, ...

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