Starting next school year, incoming high school freshmen in Florida will have to pass both Algebra 1 and Geometry in order to earn their diplomas.
Gainesville residents who walk with canes are advised not to lift them above their waist in the presence of law officers. Doing so may result in you being legally shot, or so argues Bill Cervone in his statement regarding Kofi Adu-Brempong.
Kevin O’Sullivan is the R. Kelly of college baseball coaches.
A couple of weeks ago, at the tender age of 19, I finally got my Florida driver's license. After a three-year saga of excuses and missed opportunities, I finally sucked it up and studied hard enough to pass - despite running over a cone and failing my first attempt. While pretty much all college students and young drivers can relate to the experience, I feel like I have a unique view of the whole process.
Imagine a world where all you had to do to get away with shooting a disabled man in the face was say you felt endangered and the law would be on your side.
As a 20-year veteran of the adult entertainment industry, I can tell you this isn't about controlling access to adult material. This is about money, plain and simple.
Last spring, an extraordinary event occurred in Student Government: Members of the Progress and Orange and Blue parties put aside their differences and created a brand-new party that represents all students, not just the lucky few. This new party, the Student Alliance party, immediately got to work by opposing the new Reitz Union student fee. We felt that in times of great economic hardship, the Unite Party was wrong to pass the buck on to the Student Body.
Integrity is one of the key reasons we all love sports.
As a three-time UF graduate, I have 10 summer semesters under my belt. Next to fall, it is my favorite time in Gainesville because it has many benefits over the regular season.
Thomas Jefferson once said, “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”
Last night, Democrats celebrated their victory in a special election for an empty seat in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. We just wonder if having another Democrat on Capitol Hill was worth the $800,000 the party spent on advertising.
The war between the states, or between one state and a growing list of cities, is starting to get heated.
Comics—and comic-based shows and movies—represent a modern mythology that is otherwise missing from our American culture. Humans have always enjoyed telling epic tales of heroes who are capable of much more than mortal men. These stories have been around for centuries and will persist.
In recent weeks, we have seen natural disasters and incidents that have irreparably stained many parts of our nation.
If you have ever had a desire to see the Florida Keys the way Ernest Hemingway did, you might want to take that trip before they become little more than polluted islands in the oil stream that’s pouring out of the Gulf of Mexico.
When fall rolls around, one hit show will be noticeably absent from NBC’s prime-time lineup: “Heroes.”
Sens. Andy Gardiner and Mike Haridopolos introduced two amendments to a bill in the Florida House of Representatives that would restrict women’s access to abortion. The bill and the two amendments passed in the House and Senate last week. Florida now waits for Gov. Charlie Crist to either sign or veto the bill, which has not yet come to his desk. Once it does, he has 15 days to decide.
For some reason we were all surprised.
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