Machen remains state's highest paid public president
By THOMAS STEWART | Nov. 17, 2008UF's President Bernie Machen remains Florida's highest paid public university president, but his national standing has slipped.
UF's President Bernie Machen remains Florida's highest paid public university president, but his national standing has slipped.
Kelly Addington can only recall bits and pieces of the Saturday night she was raped. It was 1998, and Addington was a senior in college.
After awarding its 27 electoral votes to the incompetent George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, Florida has finally shown signs of maturing. In 2008, our stubborn state budged, proving itself open-minded enough to support a progressive black man who is the antithesis of "W."
Theoretically, democracy involves compromise. Without it, democracy would shrivel under the weight of narrow-minded decisions cast by a single party super-majority.
With some gun owners concerned that gun laws will become stricter with Barack Obama in the White House, local gun stores may be profiting off the election results.
Beware of free smoothies and pitas.
County staff will have to deal with concerns about security, funding and maintenance before following through with plans for a bicycle trail that would connect UF with Haile Plantation.
Ticketmaster may very well be the worst misnomer this side of "Big Ten football." They've mastered nothing.
Before the smoke from the 2008 presidential election has even begun to clear, whispers about potential candidates in 2012 have already surfaced.
A student talking on a cell phone on the roof of Sisler Hall brought about a dozen University Police officers to the scene Monday afternoon in response to a possible suicide attempt.
Michael Uslan really likes comics - so much so that he based his career on the Caped Crusader.
According to police, holiday burglaries have come early this year.
I don't get it. I can't count how many times I repeated this to my sports-obssessed ex-boyfriend during the year we dated. People go nuts for tailgating, body paint and Super Bowl parties. This behavior makes them look like ridiculous, idiotic monkeys running around in jerseys.
A freeze watch for Gainesville will be in effect from tonight until Wednesday morning as temperatures are expected to drop to a record-breaking 27 degrees.
I'll say it right now: Ticketmaster blows.
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Jose A. Gonzalez Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, agreed on a litany of legal issues at an on-campus discussion Monday.
UF Students in Free Enterprise is helping feed local families again this Thanksgiving with its second annual Chomp Out Hunger canned food drive competition.
UF coach Tim Walton confirmed junior All-American Francesca Enea re-injured her right knee during fall training in a press conference Monday.
When put to the challenge of having to respond to adversity Monday night against Jacksonville, the UF women's basketball team did in a big way.