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It’s the end of the semester, and it’s been a crazy one. We’ve had elections at the university, local and national level. Rarely did we experience a slow news week on campus or around Gainesville. Calling it an eventful year so far would be an understatement.
The anticipation builds as everyone’s favorite time of year inches closer.
President Obama is right to claim that the Republican Party has been “radical” and “extremist” in its approach to deficit reduction. I welcome his refreshingly blunt rhetoric.
Most of us enter college with the intention to change society for the better. College students are natural catalysts for change — we organize protests, debate in our classrooms and then return home to antagonize our more traditional parents.
This month, Mitt Romney continued the disturbing and growing trend of attacking higher education when he said that President Barack Obama “spent too much time at Harvard.”
Rick Santorum withdrew from the race for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday afternoon.
I have great news for everyone who is graduating and can’t find a job. North Dakota is on a hiring spree and needs people fast.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more colloquially known as Obamacare. Now President Obama is using his office to inappropriately sway the court’s eventual ruling.
Tim Mason is already a justice, and now he will be president.
What Americans have experienced in the course of the last three years has been a cacophony of Arab political upheavals, U.S. economic uncertainty, a flurry of legislative achievements and a divided nation.
I know many of you are disappointed you did not win the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot over the weekend. Dreams of never working again, living the high life and naming UF after yourself are gone forever.
With all the focus that’s been placed on reproductive rights in this year’s presidential race, it seems fitting that the Girl Scouts of America have dubbed 2012 the “Year of the Girl.”
With the arrival of the first black president in the Oval Office in 2008, it seemed that the U.S. had made a giant leap in resolving race relations.
A clear agenda on foreign policy is something all our political parties lack. The Republican neoconservatives, from former President George W. Bush to Newt Gingrich, have seen their hawkish ambitions dwindle as the American people have grown weary of constant foreign intervention. Libertarians, such as Ron Paul, preach pseudo-isolation, yet in a climate where nuclear weapons are prevalent, such an approach appears dangerous and nearsighted. President Barack Obama and the remainder of the political left are walking a tightrope between these two extremes — aware of the dangers across the seam, yet unwilling to face them head-on.
Brought to you by the same state that found Casey Anthony not-guilty of murder, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Trayvon Martin case.
Despite the pleas coming from both the left and right calling for further government intervention in the energy industry, green and alternative energy sources are still unable to compete with coal and natural gas. Alternative energy sources have proven to be unsustainable, costly and detrimental to the economy, especially for working-class families.
Today, the Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments for the most significant case since the likes of Gideon v. Wainwright, Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona in the battle over Obama’s health care reform.
OMAHA, Neb. — After Florida finished its demolition of Virginia, the identity of the Gators next opponent seemed to be a foregone conclusion.
Ladies and gentleman, put on your green, get out your shamrocks, hide your gold from those greedy leprechauns, eat some corned beef ‘n’ cabbage and have a pint of Guinn— uh, green Kool-Aid, because tomorrow’s St. Patty’s Day!
On Feb. 23, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held a press conference on Iran’s nuclear program. He once again denied allegations by the U.S. and Israel that his country was developing nuclear weapons and declared “holding these arms is a sin as well as useless, harmful and dangerous.”
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