Military sees jump in recruitment due to recession
By ANDREW NORRIS | Nov. 2, 2009More college students are enlisting in the military as part of a larger increase in recruitment in 2009.
More college students are enlisting in the military as part of a larger increase in recruitment in 2009.
Attention Republicans in Congress:
The Resolution Affirming Support for the State of Israel that Senate will be voting on tonight is a travesty. Every word of it represents the extremist pro-Israel position, from the first Whereas clauses that subtly try to deny any right of Palestinians to the land and which gloss over the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that took place during the founding of Israel, to quotes from president Ahmadinejad of dubious authenticity and support for sanctions against Iran (not unlike the ones that killed 500,000 Iraqi children in the 1990s), to trying to cover up the slaughter of over 1,300 innocent civilians by Israel in Gaza this December and January.
Of many issues to be presented at the Student Senate meeting tonight, one is a resolution calling for the Student Senate to denounce the Goldstone report. The Goldstone report is a UN document ratified by 25 of the 47 nations involved in the UN. It was written after a fact-finding mission by Richard Goldstone, the former chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda.
In regards to your article covering Sunday morning's violent incident involving Fest goers and local police, I find it extremely interesting that the only perspective on the incident was from the police.
A 19-year-old woman in town for The Fest was arrested on campus Saturday for spitting on a University Police Department officer.
UF received its first batch of swine flu vaccines--800 of which are for students only--Monday afternoon.
Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes is suspended for the first half of Saturday's Vanderbilt game, coach Urban Meyer announced Monday.
As cold and flu season approaches, those who want to prevent from getting sick will pay extra attention to eating well, washing their hands, sleeping for no less than eight hours per night and taking their vitamins. All of these things usually come to mind when one thinks about preparing one's immune system for this time of year, but exercising does not.
As planning begins for the renovation and possible expansion of the Reitz Union, UF administrators and the Student Government must take care not to alienate students and faculty who are facing tough times.
Urban Meyer didn’t need to call any timeouts. Even with UF fans chanting for Meyer to rub in No. 1 Florida’s 41-17 win over rival Georgia with some late timeouts, he passed. His point had already been made.
Police say they have identified a suspect in what they originally thought was an armed robbery near Norman Hall last month. UPD is reclassifying the incident as a trespass instead of a robbery.
The Gators finished a respectable fifth in scoring defense in the SEC last year, giving up 67.4 points per game, but the real problem can be seen in how well other teams shot against them.
Two architectural firms are visiting UF this week to discuss possible expansions and renovations to the Reitz Union. Students have the opportunity to meet with the team in two open forums.
JACKSONVILLE - You and I may never know the actual words.
JACKSONVILLE - Florida linebacker A.J. Jones had a nightmare start to a dream game against Georgia on Saturday.
Hoping to get a glimpse of their futures Friday night, about 50 students lined up to see psychics at the first floor of the Reitz Union. Three psychics tended to five students at a time for 10 minute sessions.
Slime took center stage at the Oaks Mall on Halloween as the UF Department of Chemistry held its fourth annual Molecular Mania event on Saturday morning.
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo opened its haunted home to more than 5,000 people for an afternoon of fairy tales and furry tails Saturday for its 15th annual Boo at the Zoo.