The Voyager

The University of West Florida is in a state of constant change. As a student and alum since 2006, I can honestly say that this institution is remarkably different from my freshman orientation in August 2006. New buildings have been constructed to accommodate the academic and personal needs of students. New faculty members and professional [...]

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There’s been a lot of talk about North Korea as of late.  The subject of the discussion revolves around Kim Jong-un, the current supreme leader of North Korea, and the threat of the Pyongyang brain trust throwing nuclear warheads around our planet like they’re darts. Now, before I get ahead of myself, allow me to [...]

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Like many students attending the University of West Florida, I grew up in the southeastern region of the United States, or what many local admirers and foreign admonishers simply refer as “the South.” Specifically, I was born in Texas, raised in Tennessee and fully formed in the panhandle of Florida. All of these locations possess [...]

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I do not normally opine on topics outside of the significant realm of importance. However, this week, I will be taking a break from discussing issues such as the nuclear turmoil in North Korea and the cultural debate regarding same-sex marriage to address an issue that has been ignored for far too long. Bellybuttons. They [...]

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On March 5, 2013, history repeated itself with the  posthumous release of the Jimi Hendrix  album “People, Hell and Angels.” It is the twelfth studio album released after Hendrix’s death on Sept. 18, 1970. The album entered the Billboard charts at No. 2, not that such a thing matters for a rock ‘n’ roll icon [...]

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For those insulated from social media these past few weeks, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently accomplished something extraordinary: by passing the 12-hour mark in a remarkable filibuster of the Brennan CIA nomination, he forced the nation to take a second look at an uncomfortable reality, one that has been emerging over the past several years [...]

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Union University, a private institution in the state of Tennessee and its “sex is bad, mmmkay?” methodology towards providing sex education to its students.  The University of Tennessee-Knoxville differs because it is a public institution, and I would think a public institution such as UTK would be [...]

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If you hate the feeling of déjà vu, you probably shouldn’t make your way into a movie theater anytime soon. On what sometimes feels like a weekly basis, a film is released in an attempt to recapture the imaginations and expendable currency of moviegoers the world over. Last week, I saw the Sam Raimi’s new [...]

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The day-to-day inner-workings of being a member of the staff here at The Voyager have not been exhaustively documented in print prior to this issue. Readers may be of the opinion that writers write words, editors edit words and the printers print the words onto the dry, gray paper you now hold in your hands. [...]

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If you read this paper on a regular basis, you must understand by now that I have been a student at the University of West Florida for a fairly long time: seven years, to be exact. In these seven years, I have pretty much witnessed every nook and cranny this campus has to offer.  I’ve [...]

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