Editorial & Opinion Articles
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Vampire Ball Draws In More Than Blood
By Lydia McAllister The Vampire Ball was held at the Court of Deluna event space in downtown Pensacola on Saturday Oct. 4. The spacious location and extravagant decorations encouraged the attendees to embrace the fantastic experience of a vampiric ball. The venue had an entrance gate that accepted in the macabre guests and invited them…
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BOGO Shrimp
By Crust A. Cean PENSACOLA, FL – Over the past few weeks, there have been ongoing recalls of imported shrimp across the United States due to the detection of immense radiation. Due to high demands for shrimp, various stores have chosen to reduce prices accordingly. “I knew I had to stop in when I saw…
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Florida Department of Transportation Called for Removal of Street Art
On September 5th, a crew was sent over with paint rollers to remove North A Street’s “Black Lives Matter” mural. In 15 minutes, the mural was gone. The mural, painted in 2020, was one of several street art pieces throughout Florida that were removed at the request of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). Some…
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Suicide Awareness Month: Are You Taking Care of Yourself?
By Arren Joseph-White September is Suicide Awareness Month. It’s an important topic, yet one many choose to dance around; the heaviness makes it feel impossible to bring up. In a busy world, mental health and well-being can be hard to keep up with. As college students, it’s even more difficult. From deadlines and due dates…
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Staff Picks: Sweet Treats
A dessert every once in a while is a great thing to cheer you up. It can be a reward, a surprise, or anything in between bringing joy to yourself or someone else you care about. Each person has their own taste and interest. That’s what makes the world of sweet treats so interesting; there…
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More Pensacola Expansion: Two New Hotels to Be Built Downtown
As Pensacola has experienced explosive growth in tourism in recent years, the city has been forced to respond to this need. The new Three-Mile Bridge, for instance, was one way the city responded to this uptick in visitors. This rise in tourism has resulted in larger companies’ further interest in developing businesses and infrastructure in…
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The De-Extinction of Dire Wolves: Colossal Success or Dire Mistake?
On April 7, a biotechnology company named Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences came forth with an extremely bold claim against the laws of nature itself: that using their revolutionary “de-extinction” technology, they can “mak[e] extinction a thing of the past.” As a proof of concept, Colossal revealed that they had made 20 edits to a gray…
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“Adolescence” and the Unspeakable
It’s difficult to look at a travesty happening before your eyes. We talk frequently about how easily we can look up and get obsessed with extreme acts of violence even before the rise of the internet, but that’s not what’s being talked about. The real travesty is to look not just at the impact of…
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Study Habits and Practices
Developing study habits can be hard for students. In fact, it can feel impossible. Luckily, we live in an age where people have come up with solutions and are willing to provide their wisdom. The Learning Center at the University of North Carolina [at Chapel Hill] has a list of study habits and practices to…
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What Does Pensacola’s Jazz Festival Have to Do with Ron Desantis?
The arts are important to Pensacola, that’s for sure. Things like Gallery Night, the Arts Festival, and our Jazz Festival all represent the culmination of our town’s collective interest and passion for all things creative. Specifically, the Jazz Festival is the community event where well-known and local jazz talents would show off and entertain the…