Category Archives: Education

“Running of the Bulls” UCF Style

Rushing a sorority is a tradition carried throughout generations of southern college women. Just last Saturday hundreds of girls ran to their new homes on UCF’s Greek Park participating in what is classically known as Bid Day. Dubbed the “running … Continue reading

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Brain-Eating Amoebas: Should Florida Be Worried?

There has been much concern as of late regarding the serious brain-eating amoeba which is commonly found in warm bodies of water. For Floridians, this harmful parasite is hitting home because of the tragic death of twelve year-old Zachary Reyna, … Continue reading

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College Textbooks: The Expensive Investment For Education

As school this year starts up, around the country college students begin their hunt for the best deals on textbooks. As students we’re often faced with many questions when looking for textbooks such as, “Will I really need this?” ” … Continue reading

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FIU Fraternity takes “Getting Real” too far

Right as the fall 2013 semester started, Florida International University, located in Miami, began to make news stories involving a scandal that occurred with one of their fraternities. Early in the week, the Pi Kappa Alpha Facebook page began revealing … Continue reading

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College Experiences Come With A Price

Walking across the stage of your high school graduation, you have two things on your mind: how far you’ve come, and what’s left to come. After their high school journey’s, about 66% of these graduates further their education at a secondary … Continue reading

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Google is Making the World a Stupid Place: It is Taking Our Natural Intelligence and Replacing it With Artificial Intelligence

In my academic career, it is difficult to distinguish what I have learned from school and what I have learned from Google. If ever I am at a dilemma, I simply get on Google and find the answers to whatever … Continue reading

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Making Friends One “LOL” at a Time

In today’s day and age, the Internet is where you can find anyone. Kids, teenagers, and adults take part in the world wide web and social networking. Facebook is the main source of friendship making and/or reconnection. Basically, now we … Continue reading

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Learning for Self-Improvement, Not for the Job

I’m not sure if I’m the only one with this thought, but it sure seems like it. Listening to the various conversations I hear around campus, I can’t help but ask myself, what is everyone here for? Not “here” in … Continue reading

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Why Women Won’t Learn Computer Science

“Until the day when baby girls like gadgets as much as baby boys, let us look to mathematics itself to see what we can do about attracting young women to computer science.” (Palma, 49) I’ll tell you why I chose … Continue reading

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Baby-Steps to Saving Social Media

I log onto Facebook and Twitter and feel like I’m reading a diary, except the problem is, with a physical diary, it requires the author to stop, grab a pen, grab a book, and then write out the thoughts word … Continue reading

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