We are now almost a month into 2008, but I can't shake the feeling that we're stuck in 1984. Big Brother is watching us, listening to us and invading our personal privacy at an unprecedented and alarming rate-all in the name of national security.
I was glad to see the article in Monday's Alligator on UF's billion-dollar endowment. Since the '80s, students have had to deal with increasing debt as tuition rates continue to rise faster than inflation. With this rise in tuition comes the inflated salaries of school administrators and university endowments reaching into the billions.
At a time when no clear front-runner has emerged in the Democratic race for president, Hillary Clinton won her party's primary in Florida on Tuesday.
An amendment to bring online voting to UF's Student Government elections will appear on the spring ballot in February pending a petition's approval.
UF freshman defensive tackle Torrey Davis was cited Jan. 19 for underage drinking and is set to appear in court Feb. 7.
A 2,900-pound dead baby whale was transported by trailer to the UF pathology unit in the College of Veterinary Medicine for an autopsy on Saturday morning.
Another signing day is approaching, and it looks like UF will pull in a highly touted recruiting class yet again.
Sen. Jeremy Ring's proposal for the modification of Bright Futures falls far short of anything bright. A student majoring in biology with an SAT score barely above the national average and a mediocre GPA would be awarded more money than a philosophy major who scored a 1500 on the SATs and had straight A's. Not only is that absurd, but just imagine the implications of that sort of scholarship.
Gainesville joined 98 cities and counties around the country early Tuesday when city commissioners voted to add "gender identity" to Gainesville's anti-discrimination policy.
The UF men's tennis team fell by the slimmest of margins Tuesday at archrival No. 36 Miami.
A UF department has proposed increasing motorcycle and scooter decal prices by more than 230 percent starting in the fall.
Gainesville voters decided Tuesday that candidates Jack Donovan and Thomas Hawkins Jr. would hold seats on the City Commission for the next three years.
Eight Gainesville candidates running for three city commission seats spent Tuesday making phone calls, answering e-mails and waving signs on street corners, all with one thing in mind - a last-minute vote.
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Sunday's win at South Carolina may turn out to be a turning point in the season, and it turns out the team got a hint of that from its coaching staff before the game.
Billy Donovan has spent most of this season trying to convince us not to buy into any hype surrounding his team.
Today is Election Day, and that means it is time to get out and vote!
When Gators forward Dan Werner strolled into the training room to get taped before Sunday's game against Vanderbilt, he was shocked to see his former road-game roommate, Lee Humphrey, standing there - without his hair.
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