In this cruel economy, the news industry has suffered great losses over the past few years. October in particular has been a tough month for the newspapers in Florida.
The following is a tax-neutral and nonpartisan way to continue funding Medicare and Social Security at the current level. I have suggested this to all members of the Congressional "Super Committee," our senators and two local congressmen.
Usually I laugh at the ignorance of your columnists, but the Alligator Editorial Board's dismissal of the STARS campaign is a new low.
Halloween is the best holiday ever. No family, no annoying caroling and no fruitcake. Plus, you get to dress up as your favorite superhero, villain or monster and, for the ladies, any sexy "insert profession here."
Now more than ever, Americans have been questioning the importation of foreign labor. With the illegal immigration issue heating up, conversations of ethics, morals and rationale have mixed together to form a complex debate.
On Tuesday, an anti-choice group came to campus. Members were offering DVDs with a cryptic "180" logo on their cases, the contents of which were not in any way mysterious or new. The film presented itself as a documentary, interviewing people on the street about their views on abortion.
In the U.S., the line between where your property rights end and the so-called "public interest" begin have always been a point of contention.
"We've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen. But then, America's never seen a candidate like Herman Cain."
On Tuesday, the state released the names of the jurors who acquitted Casey Anthony of first-degree murder charges.
You always hear about big business screwing the little guy. You hear about corporations preying on the poor and uninformed. The majority of us agree that this happens and are seldom shocked to see it come up again and again in the news.
This weekend, Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville was host to the Pride Festival.
These days, being a journalist can be hard.
The issue of religion in public schools is messy at best.
While discussing affirmative action in class recently, a fellow student said the reason we need policies that give minorities preference in admissions to the best institutions of higher learning is because of educational inequality in primary and secondary schools.
Well, it's almost the weekend here in Gainesville, but there's no football game at home or away. So what is there to do?
The Human Genome Project is a mind-blowing development that has engaged scientists for the past 20 years. It can identify thousands of genes in human DNA and determine the sequences of 3 billion chemical base pairs.
Even though poverty has always existed, the seeds of the current division between the haves and the have-nots began about 60 years ago. Ever since the government's original attempt to solve the problem of poverty with programs, court decisions and amendments, the fixes only made things worse.
On an unofficial Occupy Wall Street website, occupywallst.org, there is a "Proposed List of Demands."
As a member of smaller student organization on campus, the Ambassadors of Civility and Ethics, the need for meeting space is always present. Rooms on campus are booked quickly and often my organization is forced to plan programs and events at makeshift locations.
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