Congratulations to the 112th United States Congress and the new governor of the great state of Florida.
Now that the bloodletting has stopped and we collectively nurse our wounds after a messy and angry election cycle, the mantle of governance weighs heavy on newly minted insurgent members of Congress.
I admit — I wept when Jon Stewart announced “The Rally to Restore Sanity.” Since entering college, this girl, who once thought there were no such things as “stupid people,” had grown into the kind of person burdened with very real nausea at a glimpse of Fox News. Or any news program, for that matter. Any message board, too. Any public political dialogue that descended into arrogance and insanity — and so many do. The reaction frustrated me, and when Stewart called for a rally to encourage reasonableness and respect in public discourse, I felt my anxieties might be soothed.
When you go to the voting precinct this week, you might notice a group of six amendments waiting for you. Just don’t let the numbering confuse you. Two of the amendments were removed, and someone decided not to change the numbering.
My first job out of college was an internship.
I’ve always told myself I would never be the type of parent who would force his dog into a ridiculous Halloween costume.
Pamela Raymond is a former nurse who lives in the quaint city of Morristown, Vt. And according to the state, Raymond is a murderer.
My entertainment never takes priority over my reading.
It’s a shame after nearly four years here, I’ve yet to see anything unexpected come out of the editorial page of this newspaper. Tuesday’s not-quite-glowing endorsement of Alex Sink drew yet another yawn.
Florida’s capital might be technically set among the foul-smelling hills and dales of Tallahassee, but Miami is the real epicenter for the patented brand of flagrant weirdness that marks our state as a global destination for charlatans and miscreants of every stripe.
As the Nov. 2 elections draw near, tension across campus practically hangs in the air like UF’s humidity. For the United States, this upcoming election is more than just big — it’s life-changing.
If you’re a full-time UF student, chances are you’ll be paying for a class you’re not taking next semester. It may sound counterintuitive, but a new proposal in front of the State University System’s Board of Governors, the governing authority overseeing public higher education in Florida, would allow the UF administration to charge full-time students a flat fee for tuition regardless of the number of credit hours they take. So, for example, if you’re like the many UF students who take 12 credit hours each semester, you’ll be charged for 15 credit hours. On the flipside, if you take 15 or 18 credit hours a semester, you won’t notice a change in your tuition bill and could even save money.
When most people know they’re running a little short on money, they tend to be more careful with it – buy less expensive things and cut out anything they don’t absolutely need. So why does this simple idea seem so difficult for our government to grasp?
My intention behind saying we are still an “old Southern school” was not to refer to the political milieu within or surrounding the Gainesville area.
The word “inspiration” is usually thrown into the ring when discussing influential politicians, successful singers and recognized authors. These choice individuals typically inspire others to follow in their footsteps and make a path similar to their own. Well, obviously, when I think of inspiration only one person comes to mind: Antoine Dodson.
UF student Nirav N. Patel was quoted Wednesday as saying “I feel like we’re still segregated here. It sucks being in an old southern school.”
If you’ve done as much study of the Founding Fathers as I have, one fact starts to stick out time and again: none was the product of public education. That’s right, the greatest men of American history were all schooled either in the rooms of a private institution or by the best teacher in the world: real life.
Feb. 3, 1959. July 12, 1979. And now, Oct. 15, 2010. What do all three of these dates have in common? They’re all considered days when the music died.
As students, we should each take the opportunity to learn a lesson of acceptance and civility from the recent tragedy at Rutgers University.
This football season has been creating excellent opportunities to examine the role of women in male locker rooms, but the way the NFL backpedaled from a series of teachable moments is both superficial and predictable.
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