It’s been a tough week transitioning out of Spring Break, but at least the anti-abortion group is gone, right? Here’s your never-has-TGIF-been-so-true edition of
Welcome back, spring breakers! I hope that by now your hangover has worn off and you’ve started the countdown until summer.
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In an economy increasingly built on innovation, the most important skill you can sell is your knowledge. That’s why higher education is, more than ever, the surest ticket to the middle class.
A poll released this week shows Americans trust Fox News more than any other television news network. The notion that Americans trust Fox more than any other network demonstrates one of two things: Either Americans are very dumb, or the quality of television news across all networks is very poor. Regardless, it demonstrates that the fourth estate needs serious work.
As a political science major, it is my job to understand what motivates political actors to make certain decisions. The natural inclination is to assume that political actors — like, I don’t know, let’s just say the Arizona Legislature — base their decisions on a well-informed, rational basis — or, at the very least, a basic sense of fundamental human decency.
This past Saturday, the Kentucky Wildcats put a cap on their perfect regular season by beating the visiting Florida Gators by a decisive score of 67-50. The game was pretty close until about halfway through the second half, when Kentucky’s depth and, well, talent overpowered the struggling Gators and sent them away with their first losing record in the regular season since Billy Donovan’s second season as the head man at Florida in 1997-98. The Wildcats will enter the NCAA tournament looking to be the first team to completely run the table since the 1975-76 Indiana Hoosiers.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Gators aren’t ready to go home just yet.
In advance of the 2015 GatorNationals — the third race event in the 2015 National Hot Rod Association Top Fuel series — nine-year professional drag racing veteran Terry McMillen and his crew from Amalie Motor Oil demonstrated just how much work goes it takes to prepare to drive down the quarter-mile track.
Although the weather was in the 80-degree range this afternoon, students lined up to wrap their heads in various colored Sikh turbans.
Usually when Ohio-based anti-abortion group Created Equal makes its regular stop at UF, students do their best to ignore the graphic images of aborted fetuses set up on the Plaza of the Americas and Turlington Plaza.
Florida craft beer lovers may soon be able to purchase 64-ounce growlers.
After weeks of searching, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences revealed its new dean Tuesday.
Scherwin Henry is a family man.
Chris Weaver wants voters to know that even though he hasn’t lived in Gainesville long, he is still qualified to represent them.
With strong play from its relievers and help from several early inning runs, Florida earned its second win against Fairfield Wednesday night.
Amanda Butler isn’t leaving Gainesville anytime soon.
Heading into this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championships, the No. 1/2 Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams will feature 22 athletes at the meet, including a wide array of jumpers, throwers and distance runners.
Gainesville’s Empowerment Center Oversight Advisory Board discussed Wednesday how to govern the tent city around Grace Marketplace, called Dignity Village, after the city acquires the land from the state in the next few weeks.
The UF Levin College of Law has reclaimed its position as top law school in the state.
Solutions by The State News
