Opinion
Social media useful in moderation
By Luke Bailey | Feb. 7, 2012As college students, we are the members of what many call the "Internet generation."
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Problems with US education lie in attitude and philosophy, not funding
Feb. 7, 2012Do well in high school to attend college. Pass your courses in college. Get a good job. Contribute to America's economy. This is the story of the successful American life.
Sports
Pressuring Kentucky's Teague key for Florida
By GREG LUCA | Feb. 6, 2012Florida’s best chance of upsetting Kentucky lies not with Kenny Boynton, Brad Beal or even Patric Young, but with one of the Wildcats.
Sports
Weak close on signing day doesn’t mean much
By TOM GREEN | Feb. 2, 2012Coffee is for closers.
Opinion
Lessons outside classroom matter most
By Garrett Bruno | Feb. 1, 2012We're told we attend UF to "get an education."
Sports
Pointless ratings, stars system turns recruiting into crapshoot
By GREG LUCA | Feb. 1, 2012Will Muschamp is back from the gas station.
Opinion
Lessons outside classroom matter most
By Garrett Bruno | Jan. 31, 2012I've recently come to the conclusion that the building blocks of success have little to do with your GPA. Rather, most of my "education" comes from outside the classroom.
Opinion
Giuliani should welcome 9/11 questions
Jan. 31, 2012Last Thursday, Rudy Giuliani's talk about leadership was led astray when a man had some questions about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Opinion
Rituals still have value in age of reason
By Luke Bailey | Jan. 31, 2012Those of us who passed through the Plaza of the Americas last week observed one of the many peculiarities of college life.
Sports
Cutting out turnovers critical to Florida's recent success
By GREG LUCA | Jan. 30, 2012With about eight minutes left and Florida nursing a four-point lead, Erving Walker drives the lane.
Opinion
Americans need to acknowledge humanitarian crises
By Dyllan Furness | Jan. 30, 2012We readily scorn humanitarian crises in hindsight, but we have a selfish habit of ignoring those that persist in the present.
Opinion
Women get bombarded with sadistic messages
By Colleen Wright | Jan. 30, 2012"Miss Representation" is a refreshing, must-see documentary that differs from the normal, macho Hollywood blockbuster films.
Opinion
The poor need to be empowered, not victimized
By Travis Hornsby | Jan. 29, 2012At the risk of sounding like I don't care about poor people (when in fact those who would redistribute income would do more long-term damage than any other policy), the pictures currently painted in the media and by speakers at university campuses are inaccurate.
Opinion
Poor do not necessarily ‘deserve' poverty
By Chip Skambis | Jan. 29, 2012Not too long ago, I embodied a characteristic that I now cannot stand: I believed the poor deserved to be poor.
Opinion
Gingrich right for having ambition to explore space
By Jordan Claar | Jan. 29, 2012While reading last Friday's paper, the first section I read of Darts & Laurels criticized Newt Gingrich for wanting to colonize the moon.
Opinion
Students should pick Gingrich in primary
By Garrett Bruno | Jan. 25, 2012It is now abundantly obvious that the Republican primary has become a two-man race.
Opinion
Students should pick Gingrich in primary
By Garrett Bruno | Jan. 25, 2012It is now abundantly obvious that the Republican primary has become a two-man race.
Sports
Gators recruiting needs, not states
By TOM GREEN | Jan. 25, 2012Whenever Florida coach Will Muschamp speaks, I listen. Then I take it with a grain of salt.
Sports
The Rally: Which spring sport is most likely to bring home a title?
By TOM GREEN | Jan. 24, 2012Tom: Let’s get this out of the way off the bat: Florida is a football school. The school’s small sports are always threats to make a run at a national title, though.
Opinion
Shire from Lord of the Rings an ideal economic model
By Luke Bailey | Jan. 24, 2012For those who have read or watched the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it can be easy to desire the sort of world J.R.R. Tolkien portrayed. The Shire, an idealistic agrarian community on the western edge of Middle Earth, appears to be a world of social and economic bliss. There, hobbits peacefully engage in their day-to-day business: growing crops, selling simple goods and ending a hard day's work with a pint of ale at The Green Dragon. It is enough to make one nostalgic for a world that never truly existed, and it prompts the question: Is this sort of realm possible?
