In the dimly lit, multicolored side room of Leonardo’s 706, City Commission candidate Ozzy Angulo prepared for his campaign’s kickoff.
You may spot them riding down Southwest 13th Street on their way to Krispy Kreme, or perhaps going through the drive-thru at McDonald’s — balanced, poised and beaming with enthusiasm and talent.
In keeping with its partnership, Grooveshark will assist the Pledge 5 Foundation in their upcoming poker charity drive to benefit St. Francis House.
AT&T used to be my cell phone service provider — the key phrase there being “used to.” Dropped calls, poor phones and customer service staffed by incompetent gorillas are just some of the infamous issues the service provider is known for. Yet, people still cling to the carrier like submissive gimps — all thanks to the iPhone. If given the choice, a significant portion of AT&T’s customers would jump ship should the iPhone be released on a better service, say, for example, Verizon Wireless.
Local brewery owner Luke Kemper has a lot bottled up — one thing being patience. That’s what it’s taken the owner of Swamp Head Brewery, 3140 SW 42nd Way, to start growing his 1-year-old business.
Anyone on a budget can appreciate a good deal.
For Gainesville rock quartet The Boswellians, the show must go on — even when it gets canceled.
The holiday season has descended into its dark, twilight hours. The hot-ticket items have gone back to sleep in storage, and bottom-bin sales fill stores with the unwanted dregs of the free market. Last year in the technology industry, no items reigned more supreme than the Microsoft Kinect.
For the latest frills, flair and everything fashion, check out what our lens caught this week.
Over the past couple of years, hot button issues such as immigration and health care reform coupled with a harsh economic climate led to a caustic political environment unseen since the Vietnam War. This dialogue finally received scrutiny due to the tragedy in Tucson, even though the incident seems to be an isolated event rather than a result of deep political rhetoric. It is still worth asking: Will anything change or will it be business as usual for this Congress?
As the day draws closer to the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, a lot of words will be thrown around. Some, such as “crazy,” “insensitive” and “irrational,” will cast broad strokes on vast groups of people. Others, such as “religious fanatic,” “Nazi,” and “baby-killer” will raise both eyebrows and ugly sentiment.
Four-time All-American jumper Will Claye has enjoyed soaring through the air since elementary school. And today, what really gives the UF athlete and 2009 NCAA outdoor men’s triple jump champion momentum is a super-energetic collection of gospel and rap music.
There’s a reason we don’t celebrate Lyndon Johnson Day. This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I spent a lot of time thinking about the civil rights movement.
Ben Meyers’ wildly unfounded castigation of block tuition as an impediment to students’ ability to obtain a “complete education” is a dreadfully poor and specious evaluation. Meyers rants about how we want our UF graduates to be diverse, well-rounded and engaged citizens of the world, suggesting that this can somehow only be accomplished by means of a course load of 12 or fewer credits a semester. This offensive insinuation that one extra class a semester would indisputably cripple the average student embarrassingly underestimates the tenacity, ambition and work ethic of the Gator Nation. Simply taking a course load that will allow students to actually graduate on time should not be characterized by our SG officials as a “burdensome” challenge. Block tuition rewards the overachievers, incentivizes the slow movers and continues to allow the flexibility for students to learn at their own pace on their own dime.
The Inter-Residence Hall Association will be sponsoring the ninth annual Writing on the Wall Project to help break through social, ethnic and religious boundaries within our society.
An ecosystem of the dead rests hidden behind tendril-covered walls, guarded by a skeleton shark.
I was really glad to see the Ben Meyers column in Wednesday’s paper. I believe it helped remind the student body that despite the Board of Trustees delaying block tuition, it still has an imminent deadline. Logically, this topic should have generated a larger reaction than it has in the past few months. However, when I talk to my friends and fellow students about block tuition, what I find is that they just don’t know all the details regarding it. At the same time, I can’t blame them, as the administration has been equally vague in disclosing various aspects concerning the issue.
To make a change, you sometimes have to dig deep into your own pockets.
After four years, the Alachua County Tax Collector’s office finally reached its magic number: 10,000.
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