Editor-in-chief says goodbye
By Paul Runnestrand | Apr. 19, 2011There are a lot of things I want to do in my lifetime. None of them involve a newspaper.
There are a lot of things I want to do in my lifetime. None of them involve a newspaper.
February 3, 1964: Three UF faculty members are among 10 people killed when a twin-engine aircraft crashes immediately following takeoff at Gainesville Municipal Airport. South Central Airlines Flight 510, departing for Jacksonville, loses power in its left engine and falls about 75 feet to the runway. William G. Cowperthwaite, James W. Willingham and David V. Legate are on board.
A proposed gubernatorial debate at UF, scheduled for Oct. 4, has been canceled due to scheduling conflicts.
If you listen to geologists, they will tell you the reason the massive earthquake occurred in Haiti last week had to do with seismic activity, fault lines and tectonic plates. At first glance, it’s a believable explanation. But the Rev. Pat Robertson proposes another answer that deserves consideration. Not consideration of its validity but rather consideration as to why in the world he would say such a thing.