Obama shouldn’t discount free market
By JOHNATHAN LOTT | Jan. 21, 2009Remember when the biggest televised event of the year was the Super Bowl? How about the World Series? Or even the premiere of Survivor?
Remember when the biggest televised event of the year was the Super Bowl? How about the World Series? Or even the premiere of Survivor?
Today marks the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade - the Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationally.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Down 69-68 with 2 seconds left on the clock, South Carolina's Zam Fredrick took a length-of-the-court home-run pass from Mike Holmes and broke UF's heart.
Amanda Butler walked into the postgame media area with orange-and-blue Gators flip-flops flip-flopping with her.
The Santa Fe College women's basketball team kept the fans on the edge of their seats in its Mid-Florida Conference game against Central Florida Community College on Wednesday.
Prospective college freshmen won't have to rush to turn in their applications well before deadlines - in Florida at least.
A UF student plummeted three stories from a parking garage on campus early Wednesday morning.
After a whirlwind evening rubbing elbows with the likes of Beyonce and Shakira, the Editorial Board wouldn't have faulted President Barack Obama for taking a breather on Wednesday.
The lights dimmed and the audience leaned in as the improv group Offsides asked for a fun fact to start off their short-form comedy.
In the '80s, Nava Ottenberg opened a vintage clothing store in Gainesville called Persona.
Gainesville residents stood with students on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian demonstrations as the groups sparred last week over the controversial Israeli offensive against Gaza that ended Monday.
UF sophomore Spencer Duhm fulfilled one of his lifelong dreams this past fall.
This past weekend I decided for a bit of variety I'd visit a much-hyped restaurant in Gainesville called The Top. I'd heard good and bad things about the place, but I wanted to decide for myself. It was a very cold Friday night, and I was told the wait would be an hour. OK, I thought, this better be worth it.
A Gainesville man was arrested after he was accused of stealing empty kegs and selling them to a convenience store for cash.
Once again, the UF basketball team is listed in the AP Top 25 poll this week. Neat.
Last season, UF was crushed by the weight of its own success.
Students in search of work are feeling the effects of an ailing economy as the number of jobs on- and off-campus is dwindling.
Mike Rowe is in a bat cave, gas mask strapped to his face, and he's surrounded by 40 million Mexican free-tailed bats during breeding season.
While attending balls and luncheons highlighted just part of a full schedule for the new administration, carrying moving boxes did not.
A historic occasion is sure to attract onlookers, but the word "crowd" does not begin to describe the masses that gathered at the National Mall on Tuesday to witness Barack Obama's inauguration.