One of my favorite movie scenes is the Blues Brothers clip where Jake (John Belushi) begs to avoid the wrath of his former girlfriend.
The final days of the pamphlet-pushing party loyalists haranguing me on Turlington Plaza to vote for their candidate in the impending Student Government election are upon us. They do a marvelous job, those pamphlet pushers, because once again I'm devoting another 500 words to their collective cause.
Ah, the naiveté of being a UF freshman.
Brandon McArthur's hair is longer now, long enough to hide the painful memories underneath.
I've come to terms with my post-graduation joblessness. I haven't raised a white flag. Hope is not lost. I just understand my career won't be awaiting me, flowers in hand.
Ah, Student Government election season.
It's funny how you're never really "done" with people in college.
When Urban Meyer returns to the United States, he is not going to be happy.
On Sunday, the "iron man" of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez, won an electoral coup and passed a referendum removing term limits. He will now run the country until he is defeated in an election - which, if his thuggish manner is any indication, could be a very long time.
Every year in football, some "awesome" Big Ten team cruises through the regular season, picks up tons of hype and lands in either the national title game or some other prestigious BCS contest.
The first 100 days of a new presidency are supposedly a telling period, a unique window of time in which a president can enact big change. It's a completely arbitrary deadline, devoid of any real significance, but it has become conventional wisdom nonetheless. Why do we accept this absurd notion that only in the shell-shocked aftermath of an election can meaningful policy be shoved through our cantankerous political system?
In 2007, UF students Tommy Jardon and Sam Miorelli, both current leaders of the Orange and Blue Party, started to renew efforts to make online voting the norm for Student Government elections.
People have forgotten how to talk to each other.
ATHENS, Ga. - During a timeout with 35 seconds left in the UF-Georgia basketball game on Saturday, the public address announcer at Stegeman Coliseum had a simple request. He wanted fans to please refrain from running onto the court, if they would be so kind.
(Disclaimer: I have a lot of respect for Nick Calathes and Billy Donovan, so do not misunderstand the tone of this letter. It is designed to be a joke and very tongue-in-cheek and only intends to make you laugh - but maybe make a few points along the way.)
I've got one reason why you should care about Student Government elections, and it's worth $13 million.
Here's a joke: What's the only thing former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and notorious gangster Al Capone have in common?
Here's what Nick Calathes excels at and why NBA teams will draft him:
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