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Social progress shown through Golden Globes

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an awesome holiday season. It’s great to be back and great to be writing again, although 2015 somehow already feels stressful. The first week of classes was a blur of expensive textbooks and schedule shuffling, but an event this past weekend helped to start my new year off with a bang: the 2015 Golden Globes.

The state of the union and security breaches

It’s the week leading up to President Barack Obama’s next-to-last State of the Union Address, so he’ll be revealing his policies for the coming year. It also means there will be a lot of rather sassy reactions to his stated plans, so get ready for a week full of some salty political news. See, for example, the president’s announcement this weekend of the plan to make community college tuition free, and the gleeful takedowns that followed.

Even offensive speech must be defended

By now, you’ve probably heard of the devastating terror attacks that shocked and horrified the nation of France. The terror began last Wednesday when masked gunmen murdered 12 people at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a publication known for deliberately mocking various religions and politicians. Two days later, the violence continued as the attackers killed a French policewoman then held 16 hostages in a kosher supermarket, killing four.

Jeremy Mincey shines, but Cowboys lose in playoffs

Jeremy Mincey’s efforts were not enough.

Notebook: Florida getting healthy, Walker needs to run

An hour before Florida’s Southeastern Conference opener, Florida announced two of the most surprising suspensions of Billy Donovan’s 19-year tenure.

Small Florida town honors life of beloved son, football player

WILLISTON -- Stuart Bishop loved his truck.

Police: two masked gunmen rob local home

Gainesville Police arrested a local man Saturday afternoon for reportedly robbing a home in Porters Community along with two other people who have not yet been caught.

Santa Fe reacts to Obama’s community college plan

A plan from President Barack Obama to make the first two years of community college free has some Santa Fe academics and students at odds.

Professor’s fossil research reveals climate-change data

When Andrea Dutton and her team first landed in the Seychelles islands in 2009, they were greeted by warm ocean breezes, high-end resorts and giant tortoises.

Horticulture chairman fights bad food science, Food Babe

UF’s Horticultural Sciences Department chairman holds a unique position in the Internet anti-GMO community. Kevin Folta is the leading discreditor of the spokesperson for the online movement, nutrition activist Vani Hari — better known as The Food Babe — who’s famous for her campaign against Subway to remove an ingredient in its bread that is also found in yoga mats. 

New CrossFit gyms open around town, focus on safety

What started out as an exercise gig in a one-car garage has evolved into a 5,000-square-foot gym.

Petco removes all Chinese pet treats from store shelves

UCG offers marriage-blessing ceremony for same-sex couples

In the peaked wooden chapel of The United Church of Gainesville, ministers blessed the now-legal unions of same-sex couples.

Gun deaths could surpass vehicle deaths in 2015

Motor vehicles are currently the leading cause of deaths for people aged 15 to 24, but may not be for long.

Community college plan step in right direction

Good morning, Gators, and welcome back from what we hope was a good weekend. Between the first days of a new semester and the awful things that happened around the world this week, we all needed a break. Now that we’re all back in the groove, let’s start the new week with a controversial yet much less dismal piece of national news: President Barack Obama’s proposal regarding tuition in community colleges.

NAACP bombing receives disappointing coverage

You know all about the bombing that occurred outside of the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP last Tuesday, right? No? Well, the FBI is investigating the act of potential domestic terrorism after a homemade pipe bomb exploded but failed to ignite a 5-gallon gas container to which it was rigged.

US media has clear selection bias

As an avid consumer of news, I am noticing that the American media is not exactly as objective in their coverage as they should be. Actually, that is an understatement; The mainstream news media seems geared toward a viewpoint that engages in speculation rather than the day’s news.

Obama’s proposed ‘free’ community college has its faults

Last week, President Barack Obama unveiled a proposal to make the first two years of community college tuition free for students who uphold certain standards.

Sloan hits perfect score on vault, injures ankle in season-opening win

The UF gymnastics team won its season opener, but it may have lost something — or rather someone — more important.

Gators showing progress in early Southeastern Conference wins

Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan credits the strength of Florida’s pre-conference schedule with teaching his team the hard lesson he couldn’t quite communicate to his players.