U.S. should boycott 2014 Winter Olympics over Russia's anti-LGBT views
(08/29/13 11:31pm)
Contrary to popular belief, the Olympic sporting events are quite political.
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Darts & Laurels 8/30/13
(08/29/13 11:26pm)
The first full week of classes is ending, and football season is beginning. Is everyone else looking forward to a sweltering 12:21 p.m. kickoff Saturday? On the serious, Gators, remember to stay hydrated — no one likes that sloppy friend stumbling around with heat exhaustion.
America, keep your nose out of Syria's business and avoid another pre-emptive war
(08/29/13 12:00am)
While everyone else was distracted by Miley doing the dirty at the VMAs, Syrian civilians suffered a totally different kind of dirty — chemical weapons.
UF student returns from White House summer internship with Michelle Obama
(08/28/13 1:23am)
A fist-bump from President Barack Obama. A hug from First Lady Michelle Obama. A lick from the White House dog, Bo. Christina Ford recounts her summer internship at the White House — an experience she nearly surrendered for fear of rejection.
After government missteps on student loans, Obama speech is step in the right direction
(08/28/13 12:28am)
One of the most significant challenges facing young people in America today is the rising cost of higher education.
Is it in the food? One columnist's attempt to understand Middle East violence
(08/28/13 12:18am)
Something must be in their food. Or maybe it’s the heat. Who knows?
Obama proposes tying public university federal aid to performance by 2015
(08/26/13 3:02am)
UF’s funding could be impacted by President Barack Obama’s new federal aid proposition.
UF should follow in FIU's footsteps on tuition equity for undocumented students
(08/22/13 10:41pm)
Over the summer, Florida International University took a big step forward on an important issue.
The sequester is about to get even worse
(08/21/13 11:46pm)
Brace yourselves — another wave of sequestration is coming. And no, it has nothing to do with horses.
Definitely not a Cabbage Patch Kid: Fetus dolls target children
(08/09/13 3:22pm)
I’ll be honest with you- I’m a liberal. I’m registered as a democrat. I voted for President Obama in the election. But I can always see the perspective that differs from my own (typically the conservative view point) because usually, it’s perfectly logical... I just don’t personally agree with it. And the pro-choice/pro-life argument is no different. I’m pro-choice, but I have always understood the pro-life side.
Darts & Laurels 8/8/13
(08/07/13 11:15pm)
Summer’s finally winding down, and you made it. Without further ado, let’s begin our end-of-the-summer edition of...
What’s in a Title: The Importance of the “D” in Democrat
(08/05/13 11:05pm)
There’s a tired argument that has been used time and time again by Republicans. “If Bush were president and doing the same things Obama’s doing, he’d never get a break.”
White privilege theory is, well, racist
(07/22/13 11:47pm)
Race-baiting and arguments that appeal to emotion have been a fixture of left- and right-wing media outlets for a very long time, but never has race-baiting been more apparent than during the coverage of the State of Florida v. Zimmerman trial. The laundry list of emotional arguments include dubbing Zimmerman a white Hispanic, President Barack Obama’s statements regarding similarities between himself and Trayvon Martin and the onset of blogs, such as Public Shaming. Proponents of these racist sentiments have also attempted to change the meaning of racism, making racism applicable only to an affluent race of people oppressing non-affluent races — as if class structure were static and based on race rather than one’s level of affluence.
‘NOT GUILTY’: Gainesville reacts to Zimmerman verdict
(07/16/13 12:45am)
It only took two words to put the nation in a frenzy: not guilty.
Celebrity relationships to look up to (for a change)
(07/12/13 6:30pm)
I’ve always said Hollywood’s finest are known for two things: scandals and short marriages. Kim Kardashian is a prime example. She rose to fame for a less than appealing reason (for those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, just Google “Kim K and Ray J”) and the next time she really found herself in the paparazzi’s bright light, other than her recent rise to motherhood, Kardashian was announcing the end of her 72-day marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries.
Gay couples rejoice after part of DOMA overturned
(07/02/13 1:47am)
DOMA is dead, and some locals are celebrating.
United States v. Windsor (DOMA)
(07/02/13 1:21am)
Edith Windsor is a widower who had to pay $363,000 in federal estate taxes after her wife died because the law prohibited gay couples from the same federal benefits and exemptions as straight ones. That law, the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, was enacted in September 1996 by then-President Bill Clinton. Among other parts, Section 3 put into writing and enforced federal — not state — non-recognition of same-sex marriages for federal benefit purposes but had no direct effect on individual states’ laws. President Barack Obama announced in February 2011, after Windsor was filed, he had directed the Department of Justice to stop enforcing Section 3 of DOMA.
NSA Nonsense: We need to stand for our rights
(07/02/13 12:14am)
It was recently revealed that the U.S. has been engaged in the widespread monitoring of European Union diplomats. Edward Snowden’s leaks reveal that the National Security Agency bugged EU diplomatic offices in Washington and New York, hacked into its computer networks and monitored phone lines at its headquarters in Brussels.
Darts & Laurels 6/20/13
(06/19/13 11:54pm)
It’s the last week of Summer A. To those seniors who will be done with classes for good, congratulations! For everyone else, get ready for Summer B and lots of freshmen. This town is going to be overrun with Preview attendees and incoming students in the next few weeks. But fear not. We will be your rock during this time of transfer by faithfully delivering...
The Tea Party movement is a farce
(06/18/13 12:13am)
It is beyond comprehension why anyone would consider the Tea Party movement to be any different than Occupy Wall Street. Both movements were spurred by a sense that something was wrong, but neither seemed to know quite exactly what it was. Both movements were up in arms about the Wall Street bailout, but one group blamed Washington while the other blamed Wall Street. Though I feel both movements are equally laughable, at least the Occupiers are consistent in their ideology as opposed to the Tea Partiers, who exemplify a strangely mix-matched, ideologically inconsistent, statist agenda.
