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As I age into my early 20s, I realize now that overused cliches are not as useless as their unoriginality might suggest. Take this one: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
With former Republican and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announcing his gubernatorial candidacy on Monday, all eyes will eventually rest on our state in 2014. He will most likely be the Democratic challenger to face off against current Gov. Rick Scott. The main question that will be asked is, “Can the turncoat win back his office?”
Fest, an annual punk music festival, has gotten so big that this year it officially started with a Pre-Fest in Ybor City on Tuesday.
Early Thursday morning, President Barack Obama signed a bill that reopened the federal government and avoided a default on our nation’s debts. Yet again, a manufactured crisis was solved, and our elected officials can rest easy.
Haters will always hate. These days, bashing politicians and journalists has become en vogue. Critics forget that our representatives uphold the world’s greatest democracy by toiling night and day to represent a helpless minority: corporate executives. Having a media subservient to the powerful is also vital to our prosperity.
How amazing, the Swamp Party won the overwhelming majority of senate seats in this Fall’s SG elections.
Four Student Government elections violation complaints filed this week were withdrawn Thursday.
On Sept. 5, 2012, then-Senate-candidate Elizabeth Warren, during a speech at the Democratic National Convention, told attentive audience members and people watching at home an inconvenient truth. She said the people of the American middle class feel like “the game is rigged against them,” and the truth was that they were right: “The system is rigged.”
Much like a first-year college student, freshman Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tries too hard, talks too much and is hated by upperclassmen.
United Way, with the help of Delta Upsilon (ΔΥ), is bringing Gainesville a free block party Friday night.
Though some public universities have allowed religion-based dorms to be constructed on their campuses, students shouldn’t expect to see them at UF anytime soon.
It was Sept. 11, 2001, and Kevin Weschler was excited.
A record-low number of students qualified on the first day for Student Government’s Fall 2013 elections.
Downtown businesses are getting ready to get their Gator on at United Way’s themed tailgate event series.
Chris Christie has recently made headlines by demonstrating just how much hot air his bloated balloon of a body can release at once. After a proposal to restrict how the National Security Agency can collect phone records was narrowly defeated last week, Christie went off on a tangent attempting to smear any influence libertarianism has had on both of the two major parties. “I just want us to be really cautious, because this strain of libertarianism that’s going through both parties right now and making big headlines, I think, is a very dangerous thought,” Christie said.
Let’s be honest here, you loved National Treasure. Even with every joke made about Nicholas Cage’s receding hairline and bug-eyed acting skills, you’ve got to admit that one part of the movie was actually really interesting. It involved the depth of national history imbedded between every scene of Mr. Cage’s brooding stares. Lately, films like Lincoln, shows such as Downton Abbey, and bestsellers Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln all have been unified by the fact that we are all fascinated by what came before us. We have all dozed off in history class before, but don’t make the mistake of skipping these books out of fear of boredom.
When I came to college, it had been years since I was part of a team or group that really had an identity.
Chinese philosopher Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Well I believe if you choose a major you love, you will never have to study a day in your life.
Warning: Spoilers below
Last week, Stephen Hawking gave humanity a startling prediction.
Solutions by The State News
