When Commissioner Rick Bryant steps down May 12 after five years on the Gainesville City Commission, he hopes someone else will step up on behalf of small businesses.
The separation of church and state does not apply to religions that advocate sexual abuse and violence toward underage women. The Child Protective Services (CPS) made the correct decision to remove 416 minors from a polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas, earlier this month. Any arguments that attempt to defend the people at the compound, including anyone who advocates returning the children to their parents based on religious rights implied in the First Amendment, misunderstands the role the government has to protect its citizens from physical harm.
Obama is selling himself as the president to settle the peace, not continue the war. Yet some of the senator's recent comments suggest he has far less of an interest in peace than in popularity. In an Associated Press interview from July 2007, Obama suggested that even the likelihood of genocide was insufficient grounds for retaining an American presence in Iraq. "If that's the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now - where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife - which we haven't done." Obama is implying America should bear as much responsibility for the security of citizens in a country we do not occupy as one we do. That is, none at all.
"It takes about 198 points to win…And .025 to lose. Will you fight to get the extra .025?"
On Tuesday, UF President Bernie Machen accepted the recommendations from a committee created after University Police officers Tasered a UF student at a campus speech.
More than 800 students responded to a survey that asked if they would be willing to pay 50 cents per credit hour to finance sources of renewable energy on campus. Results are in, and more than 80 percent said "Yes."
As the UF community braces for the announcement of long-anticipated budget cuts, officials have confirmed that despite UF's efforts, some faculty and staff won't have jobs at the university next year.
UF student senators voted against a bill that would create a socially responsible investment advisory board at UF on Tuesday's Student Senate meeting.
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Dr. Meador said it's OK for epileptics to drink, as long as they do so carefully and in moderation. Yelverton most likely wouldn't be drinking otherwise.
Ten years ago Thursday, Dorian Handros was sprawled on his back in a ditch on the outskirts of Gainesville, submerged in muddy water with his Honda sport motorcycle blanketing his body.
Curiosity led Mary Katherine Smith to the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to spin that famous wheel.
For the first time all season, junior Stacey Nelson did not throw a single pitch in either game of a doubleheader.
It's been a long time since Brandon McArthur got to sit down and watch Wednesday Night Baseball.
When Stephanie Yelverton woke up after the first one, she couldn't remember her own name. The seizure had scrambled her mind so thoroughly that she didn't recognize the face of her worried mother waving to her as the doors of the ambulance closed her inside.
Note: This article has been edited to reflect an error regarding former UF law professor John Shannon
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