Jared Diamond visits UF, starts off Earth Month
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Apr. 9, 2009Human society could cease to exist in as few as 30 years, author Jared Diamond said to about 1,600 Gainesville residents Thursday.
Human society could cease to exist in as few as 30 years, author Jared Diamond said to about 1,600 Gainesville residents Thursday.
Gators fans will have a new reason to crowd Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this Saturday-- to support autism awareness.
With everything it has endured this spring, there is one constant: The No. 21 UF women's tennis team wins at home. Every time.
After Tom Miller's paintings are sold, some are thrown down the stairs.
UF student Starr Bishop was a straight-shooter who loved the outdoors. She snow skied and skydived. She even spoke out in a town meeting against a proposed parking garage that would block access to the St. Johns River, which flows through Jacksonville, her hometown. It was an argument she won.
An internal investigation that began in November ended in written warnings given to three Gainesville police officers for harassing people and throwing eggs.
Florida's legislators are wrestling with an unprecedented decline in general revenues. While some talk about embracing Indian gaming as part of a solution, there's a much higher-stakes game in play - a game that risks the future of Florida by dismantling badly needed state programs, including public higher education.
UF President Bernie Machen walked outside his office Thursday and perched himself on a bench to discuss looming budget cuts and tuition increases with Students for a Democratic Society.
The passion Adam Amir fights with just won him $30,000.
I don't know. And that's not because I'm just of average intelligence. You don't know either, and there's a good chance you're smarter than I am.
To combat the strain of unemployment, young adults are making life-changing decisions and increasing their debts simultaneously, according to a national study released Wednesday.
I have very mixed feelings about SG's proposed resolution in support of the DREAM Act.
Behind every great production is a great costume designer. After all, what would Sex and the City have been without Patricia Field's stylistic talents?
Danger is sexy when you're in college. It's a short time in your life when you can get away with making bad decisions. And nothing's more of a turn-on than knowing something can go wrong at any minute.
The Regional Utilities Committee made a stink about conserving toilet water at a meeting Wednesday afternoon.
I disagree with Tommy Maple's column that addresses how the increased tax on cigarettes is wrong.
In summer of 2008, Kevin Reilly left the hatch on his 1999 Dodge Durango unlocked.