Gaylord Focker, the leader of the Frat Pack and the guy from “Zoolander” who is really, really ridiculously good looking. These are all names that one uses to allude to comedic poster boy Ben Stiller.
Matthew Christ: To which political party do you belong? I couldn’t tell after reading yesterday’s column. Maybe if you had spent a few words glorifying one of the two parties, I could have figured it out. Perhaps some shameless, ruthless bashing of all things related to your political opposition would have helped. I turn to the opinions section of the Alligator to see stubborn opining, not acceptance and compromise.
Peer pressure can lead people to start smoking, but UF is hoping it can help people stop smoking on campus.
You are cordially invited to a Mad Hatter’s ball. Don’t be late for this very important date.
OK, so Andy Samberg is funny. Unfortunately, not as funny as many expected. With a lot of the crowd leaving before he finished making his last weird face or avoiding his last question in a strange voice, it seemed the event didn’t quite live up to SNL dreams. The Q-and-A setup might have been rather interesting — I am personally addicted to “Inside the Actors Studio” — if Andy had actually answered a majority of the questions. His attitude, dress and request that no pictures be taken (what am I supposed to do with all that empty space in my OMGsPrING2010 album on Facebook?) made Andy appear less like the silly, fun guy who sings about jizzing in his pants. I’d personally like a $72,000 refund.
I think the idea that the Bright Futures Scholarship Program is going to hurt minorities is ridiculous. It is going to hurt everyone. I’m a white, middle-class female, and I took the ACT three times before finally reaching the goal of 100 percent. I feel like we set a low bar for minority students, when in reality they have the same potential to achieve these scores. As a future teacher, I believe everyone can learn, and it’s about time everyone adapted that principle. The purpose of Bright Futures is to help hardworking students afford college. It’s an incentive. Bright Futures is trying to refrain from giving out such an incentive by requiring higher scores, but that makes it difficult not just for a certain group but for everyone. Minority students are capable, very intelligent and can achieve similar, if not better, scores than their Caucasian peers.
Students, faculty and administration came together Wednesday night during Turlington Turmoil, an open discussion of the acts of intolerance that have occurred on campus in recent weeks.
Jordan Johnson was cited for disorderly conduct after demanding that a SNAP van take him to his off-campus home.
After smacking 15 homers and racking up a school-record 85 RBIs in his freshman year, everybody expected Preston Tucker to pick up his fair share of walks this season.
On paper, Florida looks like a lock to continue its dominant ways tonight against Cornell, but numbers may be misleading.
Florida coach Billy Donovan has been surrounded by rumors the last few years, and this offseason doesn’t appear it will be any different.
Corey Hartung came to UF not knowing what she wanted to do after she finished her collegiate gymnastics career and got her degree.
Assistant professor Norman Lewis has taught his way into the hearts of his students and colleagues.
Under normal circumstances, a trip to outer space would require years of scientific training and expensive equipment.
UF’s vending machines will still look the same, but many of the products inside them might look and taste a little different when one corporation makes big changes.
Google and the Chinese government have been trading blows the past few days after Google finally decided to stop censoring its search engine in mainland China.
Bright Futures Scholarship Program’s Web site, the scholarship was created in 1997 “to reward students for their academic achievements during high school by providing funding to attend postsecondary education in Florida.”
The event was sponsored by the Accent Speakers Bureau and Jewish Awareness Month.
In response to the health care bill passing in the House of Representatives Sunday night, I noticed a friend’s Facebook status that was something like this: “Here comes the downfall of America.” I expanded the comments to join in on the sarcastic follow-ups. “The health care bill is going to kill us all!” was my best candidate for something to add. Then I saw that they were all serious. America really was doomed in their eyes. Welcome to the end of the world, I guess.
UF Levin College of Law students gathered from noon to 2 p.m. for a “marry in” to protest the Defense of Marriage Act.
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