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First, they came for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department. But we must speak out, even if we are not computer scientists.
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First, they came for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department. But we must speak out, even if we are not computer scientists.
The scene with the most impact in “The Shawshank Redemption,” for me, is the one in which Brooks ties a rope to the ceiling, scribbles “Brooks was here” on the wall, and kicks the chair from under himself.
This month, Mitt Romney continued the disturbing and growing trend of attacking higher education when he said that President Barack Obama “spent too much time at Harvard.”
Sometimes those who are assumed to be the most truthful — clergymen and other religious figures — end up being the most disingenuous.
With the arrival of the first black president in the Oval Office in 2008, it seemed that the U.S. had made a giant leap in resolving race relations.
Repeat after me: “We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.”
According to some political pundits, there’s a war going on in the United States. This war doesn’t involve bombs. It involves legislation, and the war isn’t on a foreign nation — it’s on women’s health care rights.
While every UF Student Government election I’ve witnessed has been tinged with disgrace and folly, the last election was more embarrassing than I was prepared for, and its inordinate controversy deserves comment.
We're all familiar with people who claim to hate reading, yet spend hours perusing Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr posts.
With tension between Israel and Iran so heated that armed conflict seems inevitable, the U.S. military must decide on a plan of action should combat arise, and it must decide soon.
Do well in high school to attend college.
Last Thursday, Rudy Giuliani's talk about leadership was led astray when a man had some questions about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
As you emerge from a lecture in Turlington Hall, you are met by a religious fanatic spewing hate — a spectacle that is fundamentally opposite to the intellectualism and philosophy of academia. The crowd is budding and you're left with two options: stop and gawk at a miserable person attempting to spread ignorance and intolerance, or continue walking. The former option is tempting in the same way visiting a circus might be; satisfying a primal interest to view a spectacle. But every second you spend watching the pontificator is just another second encouraging his or her behavior.
Only a couple weeks in, the Republican presidential primaries have already given us all we've come to expect from the GOP: baseless attacks and conservative talking points. After the New Hampshire primary, the leading Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, called Obama's incumbency a "failed presidency" and claimed Obama is trying to "put free enterprise on trial."
Before and during college, students are bombarded with advice from all directions by all people, some of it obvious, some intriguing but not fully clear and some brushed off like an insignificant fly. But there is one consistent piece of advice that is practiced at some point in every meaningful life. I've heard it from graduates of state schools and Ivy Leagues alike: Be open to new people and to different experiences.
Do you remember just a couple of months or years ago when you were preparing for this new, magical period of your wonderful life?
The news these past couple of days has been an embarrassment to American politics.
If you live in the United States, then you've become accustomed to the logic-be-damned attempts to malign politicians and public policy through the use of fear and hate.
On Monday, we recognized a day of legendary bravery in an onerous battle for life, liberty and happiness. We put aside our political persuasions and forgot our delusions of enmity. For a brief moment, we all had long hair, figuratively sang "Imagine" by John Lennon and did indeed "live as one."
It's 6 p.m., and I'm on my way to the gym on a typical weeknight (I had tanned and done laundry earlier). I know there is nothing too peculiar about this, but there is one minor detail I should mention: My car had been on its reserve gasoline for a bit. By "a bit," I mean two days. Forgive me, but I hadn't time to stop for gas. Such is the life of a college student. And - I swear to you - the fuel gauge wasn't that low.