Religion and science butted heads at UF on Tuesday night as two scholars argued whether religion, particularly Christianity, deserves the blame for many of society’s problems.
Whether it’s difficult exams, piles of homework or social drama, college can be stressful.
For some of you moving on, up, out, wherever, this may be the last time you ever read this paper. If you’ve read my column every Wednesday, then I am stunned and flattered. Most of you probably glance for something interesting between classes and that’s that.
Kal Penn will be at UF today to host President Obama’s Facebook Town Hall Watch Party at 4:30 p.m. in Pugh Hall’s Ocora Room.
From bowling to zumba, there will be many ways to de-stress during finals.
Today marks the end of a long 105 days of studies, lectures and deadlines, and students looking to party have plenty of options to get down.
Stereotypes are not what they seem. They are ideas. They are not people. Nobody — no matter how predictable one thinks their behavior — is a stereotype. We are all dynamic individuals with backgrounds and attributes completely unique to ourselves. The problem with stereotypes is the generalization of the specific quality to all members of the group — not the quality itself.
Ashton Charles sat front row in 2008 for the “Don’t Tase Me Bro” incident.
Drag is a part of gay culture.
Grace Tidwell’s experience on two wheels didn’t expand beyond pedaling her “cheap” bike to get to class.
While an opinion is something to always be respected, it is hard to do so when the motives behind it somehow insult the efforts of a community as a whole.
E.T. York, the founder of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and lifelong supporter of agriculture education, died Friday. He was 88.
UF students may be happy to hear that their tuition won’t greatly increase this fall, but it may mean cuts to academic programs and employee benefits.
Eight-year-old Kendal Binkley loves horses and wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. On Saturday, she got a glance of what a day in the life of a vet looks like.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio visited his alma mater Saturday, joining UF students and alumni for the Florida Blue Key banquet and induction ceremony.
People mock what they don’t understand. Last fall, our country witnessed a string of suicides by gay teens as a result of bullying. These teens weren’t mocked for who they were — they were mocked because of who people assumed they were because of the labeling and gay stereotypes that have been forced upon us by specific members of our community.
April 18, 1971: About 400 students gather on the Plaza of the Americas to symbolically bury the living UF President Stephen C. O’Connell.
Although most of the Editorial Board is graduating in a few days, we’re happy to hear Bernie Machen’s proposed 30 percent tuition increase is now merely a dream, unlikely to come true.
UF administration and staff from Transportation and Parking Services spoke with some concerned students in a meeting in February 2008 and decided to raise the price over the span of a few years.
As Bruce Baber walks four dogs down University Avenue, he listens to “This American Life” and tries not to think about his own.
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