Opinion articles from the current online edition of USF Encounter. en-us http://www.usfencounter.com Sat, 01 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:17:44 GMT 20 http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/Graduating.Late.Didnt.Learn.Anything.In.Class-3915802.shtml More and more university students across the country are taking an extra semester or even an entire fifth year in order to graduate on time with their bachelor's degrees. Before transferring to USF this semester, I attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, which was not-so-affectionately referred to as U-Never-Can-Graduate by many students due to complicated graduation requirements. Sat, 01 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT c8c6914f-b5bb-4657-b3f3-d81147313656 Opinion 5/01/10 Robert Gilbert http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/Its-Easy.Being.Green.Graduation.Extravaganza-3915797.shtml Graduation is swiftly approaching and hopefully those of you that will be graduating on May 8th have put some thought into your environmentally friendly options. Many of us (including myself) will be celebrating our great accomplishment, as well as that of our friends, then setting out to find jobs in the real world. Sat, 01 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT eef28adb-2421-44d3-8a16-f55e33199762 Opinion 5/01/10 Candice Quinerly Photo/Opinion Editor http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/Letter.To.The.Editor-3915806.shtml Recently the University of St. Francis's played host to Blake Mycoskie of TOMS shoes. Somehow this meant that every hallway, door, window, and room needed to be plastered with TOMS promotional placards. I think it may be somewhat admirable that Mycoskie is running an organization that not only sells shoes, but donates shoes to less fortunate children. Sat, 01 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT 638514f2-67f7-4006-b38a-eb9a19fb2e8a Opinion 5/01/10 Is Tom's Shoes So Great? Sarah Tuck http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1362/thumbs/t_4kd5k9bw.jpeg http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/Battle.Of.The.Sexes.Confidence.Is.Part.Of.The.Game-3915795.shtml Confidence can be defined as assurance, freedom from doubt, and/or belief in yourself and your abilities. Both men and women are attracted to someone who is secure. However, males and females express confidence in different ways. Men may show self assurance by cracking jokes loudly to their friends when girls are in the near vicinity. Sat, 01 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT 41bed7b8-0030-492a-b3f8-25359f6650e8 Opinion 5/01/10 Caitlin Dolan Sports Editor http://www.usfencounter.com/news/2010/05/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial