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Since 1966, the Republican Party has been held together by a tripod of issues and standpoints: foreign policy, economic and fiscal conservatism and the creation of cultural resentment. Today, its case for the presidency has been whittled down to one argument.
On a national day of "emergency rallies," a small group of women gathered on the corner of South Main Street and Southwest Second Avenue to protest the $700 billion government bailout for Wall Street.
On Aug. 21, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is moving forward with a proposed regulation that, if enacted, would jeopardize women's health care by allowing providers to withhold services and critical information women need to make fully informed decisions about their health care. It also treads on democratically enacted state policies aimed at ensuring access to health care for the state's citizens.
All eyes were on Sen. Barack Obama as he took the stage of the Democratic National Convention and accepted the party's nomination for president Thursday night.
Holding a sign that read "HHS Is Sexist," Nihusa Oviedo stood silently on the corner of West University Avenue and Southwest 13th Street in hopes of snagging the attention of passing drivers.
For years, I have encouraged others my age to participate in the unfolding, unique experience of a government by the people.
Today, two UF professors will leave on a mission to extend The Gator Nation to Beijing, China, as volunteers for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Last week, the California Supreme Court handed down a historic ruling regarding one of the most divisive issues of our time: gay marriage.
"Ladies night," "two-for-one" and "all-you-can-drink" -Gainesville bars offer all kinds of specials to college partiers. But according to a new UF study, the deals could create a cocktail for catastrophe.
You've seen them at the Plaza of the Americas: Student Government-sponsored billboards, in an effort to boost self-esteem, encouraging women to love their bodies, claiming that "diets don't work" and assuring everyone that confident women who don't worry about looking like supermodels are sexier than those who do.
Hundreds of students find their way to the Plaza of the Americas every weekday to eat a $4 vegetarian meal served by the Hare Krishnas.
Alma Othman arrived at the Gainesville Regional Airport after several connecting flights. To her, Gainesville was an unknown city in an unknown country. And she had no place to live.
Combining rape prevention lessons with free tuxedo rental and manicures, the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center spent last week bringing the "Respect Your Date Contest" to local high schools.
Editor's Note: This is the second story in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
These past few months, I have noticed many of my friends recalculating their monthly budgets because of the new costs incurred by their birth control.
As National Eating Disorders Awareness Week comes to an end, UF's GatorWell Health Promotion Services continues to tell students about treatment available to them at the Student Health Care Center.
The days of the bronzed, buff beefcake as the male body ideal may be over.
Valentine's Day has arrived, and couples and single hopefuls alike face the task of figuring out what to wear on that special night.
A pair of UF college sweethearts, now engaged, hopes to kick their marriage off with a big wedding celebration and a million bucks.
A recent study on the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch backed the findings of a 2006 study that found women who use it are at a two-fold greater risk for blood clots than women taking the birth control pill, according to a Food and Drug Administration news release.
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