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The economy is in the tank. Unemployment is stagnant. The budget crisis has brought us to the brink of a government shutdown. Libya is burning, and Egypt is still in turmoil.
The space shuttle Discovery took its final voyage Thursday to the International Space Station.
You hit below the belt, Rush. Well, actually right at the waistline.
With Big Bird facing extinction, the federal government on the verge of a shutdown and protests rocking the Middle East as well as our own state capitols, a hallmark of our electoral system for the past quarter of a century was quietly slated for the death chamber.
“Do it my way, or the government will be shut down!”
There is still room for improvement in areas many fought to make progress in during the Civil Rights Movement, according to civil rights activists who spoke Wednesday night at Pugh Hall.
It may not have gotten a shout-out from President Obama, but UF’s supercomputer, the Novo-G, can do some things better than China’s celebrated supercomputer.
As our leaders in Washington know, something’s got to give when it comes to higher education. Both sides of the aisle have marched their preferred program up the steps to the guillotine, and we’re waiting to see which one gets a nice shave.
President Obama unveiled a $3.7 trillion budget proposal Sunday at a science, technology, engineering and mathematics-focused middle school.
What began in Tunisia as a modest protest against the lack of socioeconomic mobility has spread quickly throughout the entire Arab world, from Morocco in the West to Yemen in the East. However, the seeds of dissent flourished most in the 80 million-strong country of Egypt.
For Rod Smith, last November was not a pretty month.
Conservative thinkers could see this coming before President Obama was even elected.
Whether we admit it or not, stability drives most of our decisions. It’s why we prize houses, steady jobs and reliable transportation. We might say we tire of routine, but without it, civilization as we know it would not exist.
You may not realize it, but Student Government slating starts today. That’s right, our semiannual circus is back in town, ready to pitch its tents and set up the same old platforms.
So, who watched the State of the Union show this week? Did anyone really think that Snooki would actually lay off the booze?
Hours before President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, the National Assessment of Educational Progress published an assessment of science proficiency among the country’s fourth-, eighth- and twelfth-graders. The results were disconcerting: Only 34 percent of the fourth-graders, 30 percent of the eighth-graders and 21 percent of the 12th-graders studied qualified as proficient. This might be the “Sputnik moment” the president described in his speech that night.
We anticipated most of the talking points and even the tone of the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Two things have caught us off guard, however.
Walmart is taking measures to make a healthier lifestyle more available to its customers.
I commend Sarah Poser for a balanced article on the allowing guns on campus in the Monday issue of the Alligator. However, Brian Malte’s quote, “The more outrage there is, the more the gun lobby starts to retreat.” The gun lobby is composed of the NRA and Second Amendment supporters. And, “Without a lot of protest, there is a chance the gun lobby could shove it through,” Malte said.
Four men wait in the front room for their names to be called. One leans against a wall, another sits in a chair. The woman in front shuffles paper, then calls one of the men forward.
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