Do 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.
As college students, we are the members of what many call the "Internet generation."
We're told we attend UF to "get an education."
Those of us who passed through the Plaza of the Americas last week observed one of the many peculiarities of college life.
I'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.
Last Thursday, Rudy Giuliani's talk about leadership was led astray when a man had some questions about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"Miss Representation" is a refreshing, must-see documentary that differs from the normal, macho Hollywood blockbuster films.
We readily scorn humanitarian crises in hindsight, but we have a selfish habit of ignoring those that persist in the present.
At 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.
Not too long ago, I embodied a characteristic that I now cannot stand: I believed the poor deserved to be poor.
While reading last Friday's paper, the first section I read of Darts & Laurels criticized Newt Gingrich for wanting to colonize the moon.
It is now abundantly obvious that the Republican primary has become a two-man race.
It is now abundantly obvious that the Republican primary has become a two-man race.
For 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?
Despite former President John F. Kennedy's adage, the sole justification for laws is to benefit and protect the citizens they govern.
Friday night at the Graham Center for Public Policy, talk show host Tavis Smiley and Princeton academic Cornel West passionately advocated for the poor and disenfranchised.
Neighbors can be as annoying as cheapskates who sneak into churches to do laundry rather than go to a laundromat.
Only a couple weeks in, the Republican presidential primaries have already given us all we've come to expect from the GOP: baseless attacks and conservative talking points.
We have made it to the second week of the spring semester.
It seems characteristic of man, today more than ever, to move further away from his natural self with each notch of progress added to his belt.
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