This past summer, I thoroughly enjoyed my study abroad experience to Merida, Mexico, the capital of the state of Yucatan.
Bars will face stiffer penalties for underage drinking violations starting today, as a contested Gainesville ordinance takes effect.
Today marks the first day of the new cigarette tax, and as I prepare myself for the inevitable trips to Georgia to buy cartons, I wonder how the government ever managed to pass such a discriminatory tax. Ignoring the obvious problems with covertly making an activity illegal through taxation (Stamp Act, anyone?), I'm going to focus on the tangible consequences of this tax.
Desire. Phenomenal. Believe. Heart.
America celebrates the gullible today with April Fools' Day, and some students hope the holiday, that brings with it a tradition of pranks and practical jokes, will play in their favor.
Fifty-six businesses and residences have signed up for Gainesville's solar feed-in tariff, with UF possibly adding one building to the list.
CORAL GABLES - Kenny Boynton casually leaned against the wall as reporters and microphones surrounded him. An outside observer might have thought he was a politician if not for the red gym shorts sagging past the top of his calves.
JACKSONVILLE - The tying run was on second with one out and Daniel Pigott at the plate with a chance to win the game.
With President Barack Obama's chances for re-election slipping like Leo from Kate's arms in "Titanic," the Editorial Board decided to examine potential candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
Typical college students deal with health issues ranging from the oh-so common Sunday morning hangover to herpes of the mouth, courtesy of excessive beer pong playing with sketchy roommates.
People jogging around Lake Alice have more to worry about than a sunburn now that the weather is warming up.
Two faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will be laid off June 30 to make way for the reinstatement of two assistant professors last week, according to Paul D'Anieri, dean of the college.
I am a fourth-year senior in the Department of Geological Sciences, a department that despite its prolific publication record and contributions to scholarship is now facing the ax. If the state revenues are as dire as predicted, the college will require that we cut all the lab managers, nontenured faculty and an office worker (we only have three). In simple terms, this means that for every $9 cut from the budget, one dollar comes directly from geology.
For the first time in Florida Blue Key's 86-year history, Gov. Charlie Crist opened up the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee for Florida Blue KeyÕs Legislative Day 2009.
Did you know that someone, after breaking up with her bow, (not "beau;" you'll see where this is going) actually got married to the Eiffel Tower?
Like a modern Atlas, Lansana Camara holds up the world for 25 severely disabled orphans in Conakry, Guinea.
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