During my junior summer in Gainesville, I started feeling a thirst for something other than college life.
Despite dozens of attempts to repeal it, key provisions of the Affordable Care Act — commonly known as Obamacare — go into effect Tuesday.
Once, I was an uninformed student.
Big Tobacco wants to increase cigarette sales in Florida, and they’re looking for Gators to help them do it.
Dear Gators,
Attention TV fanatics of America: the Kardashians have been officially dethroned by a new family of reality royals. The fellas of “Duck Dynasty” made history in August when their season 4 premiere became the most-watched reality telecast of all time. They had 11.8 million viewers, topping even the popular competition show “America’s Got Talent.”
Good news, folks! We have news that will cheer you up, even in the midst of an impending government shutdown. We’ll make a bold claim and say this news is even more heartwarming and inspiring than the bunny that adopted a group of piglets.
Have you ever given a child a piece of candy and told them not to show it to their siblings?
The first month of Fall 2013 has passed, and you know what that means: Library West is more crowded than The Beatles’ farewell concert.
Hello, fellow Gators!
Much like a first-year college student, freshman Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tries too hard, talks too much and is hated by upperclassmen.
Headlines abound with the humanitarian crisis in Syria, with our very own president at the forefront of denouncing the apparent human rights violations in the region.
Last week, this plea from an 8-year-old kid from North Carolina surfaced online:
Our national obsession with all things cheese — from pizza to Easy Mac to the yellow stuff on stadium nachos that forms a skin when not eaten right away — has finally caught up with us. On Tuesday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest published a report card grading Americans on their eating habits. In the area of dairy, we scored an abysmal C-.
President Bill Clinton, once known for his love of fast food, has been making headlines for his recent dietary changes. He’s swapped the Big Macs, chicken nuggets and fried shrimp for veggie burgers, beans, and fresh fruits and vegetables. After years of battling heart problems — even undergoing quadruple bypass surgery — Clinton took his doctor’s advice to reduce his meat consumption and increase his intake of plant-based foods. He reports that the results have been tremendous: losing 24 pounds, feeling more energetic and seeing a welcome drop in cholesterol levels.
Last week, the Washington Navy Yard incident was the latest mass shooting to plague our country. Other shootings on this list include Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook Elementary School and the Aurora movie theater massacre.
After reading about GPD’s anti-jaywalking initiative in the Alligator, I took care to legally cross the street before my weekly trip to Chipotle Mexican Grill.
The Washington Navy Yard shooting is one more dash of salt in the open wound of 2013. There have been at least 17 mass shootings since the attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School in December of 2012, making it impossible to ignore the obvious need for changes in legislation surrounding gun control.
Yesterday, the creative director of the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show talked to British Vogue about the casting criteria for the show’s models. Don’t drink anything before reading on, unless you’re into spit-takes.
Last week, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut nearly $40 billion from the country’s food stamps programs over the next 10 years. It was a huge slap in the face to millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and put food on the table. Fortunately, the bill will die a quick death in the Democrat-controlled Senate.
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