Articles By: Gabrielle Clark

Gabrielle’s Outlook: Toyota’s Turmoil

I’ve been closely following the Toyota problems since the moment it hit. I’m from a family of Toyota owners, and naturally, if our cars were to be recalled, it would be most unfortunate. What started as a problem with a few gas pedals quickly ballooned into a worldwide recall of almost 9 million...

February 25th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Safety | Read More

Time to Euthanize the Tiger

I realize that the statement I am about to say contains a good bit of hypocrisy, but I think it’s about time that we collectively drop the whole Tiger Woods fiasco. After what seems like an eternity of relentless media coverage, it’s time to put down the Tiger, and I don’t mean in the way media...

February 22nd, 2010 | Culture, Gabrielle's Outlook | Read More

Music Monday: 2009’s Music

Now that we’re officially done with 2009, we can look back at the year in music without sounding pretentious! This week on Music Mondays: the most overplayed and/or worst songs of 2009. 2009 was a big year for new music (and I use that term lightly) with catchy new hits seeming to come out every other...

January 18th, 2010 | Gabrielle's Outlook, Music | Read More

Frozen Florida

The blustery cold weather that has been plaguing the rest of America finally made its way to Florida, giving us a taste of a very watered down Floridian equivalent of a winter wonderland, with plenty of wind chills, frozen grass, and frosty cars to go around. Maybe Mother Nature is seeking revenge on...

January 9th, 2010 | Gabrielle's Outlook, Weather | Read More

2009: A Year in Review (National)

December 31 of 2009 marks the end of the decade without a name: we had the Seventies, the Eighties, the Nineties…and then the…Zeroes? It’s been called the Aughties like back in the 1900s, but that term fell out of the vernacular a century too early. It has been called the Naughts and the Naughties...

January 1st, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Gabrielle's Outlook | Read More

Finals Freak Out: Library Etiquette

With finals fast approaching, there will be thousands of frustrated Knights no doubt flocking to the library to have some quality studying time with their best friend the PowerPoint Slideshow. However, due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, the experience is frequently an unpleasant one due...

December 1st, 2009 | Academics, Gabrielle's Outlook | Read More

‘New Moon’ More Boring Than Watching Paint Dry

The Cinematography Having read the book, I expected to be in the theater for two whole hours routinely checking my Facebook and constructing To-Do lists on my phone. I mean, the book was slow, so of course, the movie proved no different. The acting was even stiffer than the last movie, making the Cullens...

November 26th, 2009 | Movies & TV, News | Read More

Music Monday: Meet Mr. Scruff

If you’ve watched a car commercial in the past decade I guarantee that you’ve heard something of Mr. Scruff’s. Andy Carthy is a British DJ and musician who chose his stage name from the state of his facial hair. He has gained most of his renown for being featured in car commercials and various...

November 24th, 2009 | Gabrielle's Outlook, Music | Read More

Kevin Hart Proves Hilarious

Funnyman Kevin Hart and his opening act, Na’im Lynn, graced The Venue on November 19 with their presence and hilarity. They were met with a packed house and gave viewers lots of laughs. Na’im Lynn was quite funny, taking advantage of performing in front of a college crowd by presenting jokes a UCF...

November 21st, 2009 | Campus Reviews, Comedy | Read More

Music Monday: Lodger

Lodger is an indie rock band hailing from Finland that started in 2002. They are probably most known for their animated music videos featuring the exploits of their distinguishable stick men characters. I found out about them through one of these music videos, specifically the one for “Doorsteps”,...

November 16th, 2009 | Gabrielle's Outlook, Music | Read More