Put away your candy hearts and flowers and pull out your floggers and whips — “Fifty Shades of Grey” is here.
For a country that urges young people to get educated in order to get ahead, we’re quickly becoming a nation of idiots. Perhaps the Mike Judge film “Idiocracy” accurately predicted a future America in which everyone is a dunce, where any idiot who time travels to the future is automatically the smartest man in the country. Whatever the cause, our collective idiocy could undo all that our country has accomplished, and that should terrify everyone out of their pants. Sure, we can pride ourselves on American exceptionalism or believe that a 230-year-old constitution will save the day, but something is amiss in the U.S., and we need an urgent course correction.
As a culture, Americans have long been fixated on the idea of being “the best.” As any cultural anthropologist could tell you, this phenomenon is the natural by-product of being “the best” country the world has ever seen. Naturally, our esteemed privilege has often led us to debate who or what is “the best” in their respective fields. “The best” president. “The best” college football team. “The best” Kardashian. “The best” flavor of Doritos to go with your Mountain Dew. “The best” instance of Rob Schneider yelling “You can do it!” in an Adam Sandler film. It is these debates, rational and nuanced as they are, that have helped to keep American civil discourse the respected, revered institution that it is.
A Gainesville man lost control of his car and smashed into a table outside of Gator Corner Dining Center on Thursday afternoon, leaving a 1,200-pound concrete picnic table in rubble.
Gainesville Police announced Thursday that two UF students were involved in Wednesday’s scooter crash on Southwest 19th Avenue.
UF professor Brady Tripp was taken to UF Health Shands Hospital on Thursday morning after an SUV hit his motorcycle.
Marvel’s new Agent Carter mini series is like tossing a bone to a starving dog. For years and years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been begging for a female-led anything.
There are three finalists in the search for a new dean for UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
As voter registration for the upcoming city election comes to a close Monday, some are questioning the efficiency of Florida’s system.
Rebecca Birkholz wishes she had her mother’s maiden name of O’Keefe to further her connection to her Irish roots.
A local group is helping to bring a centuries-old art movement to the younger generation.
Students can now work out like a Gator.
Maya Beiser has played the cello with the world’s top symphonies. She’s performed in Carnegie Hall and a sold-out show in Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival.
Gainesville Regional Utilities is giving back.
Two women were hospitalized at UF Health Shands Hospital on Wednesday after their scooter collided with a car at the intersection of Southwest 19th Avenue and Southwest 34th Street.
Lauren Haeger and the Gators were too much the Dolphins to handle, as No. 1 UF routed Jacksonville 16-1 on Wednesday night at the Debbie and Fred Pruitt Softball Complex in Jacksonville.
Experts, musicians and survivors joined to discuss experiences with suicide and ways to prevent it Wednesday night.
The Gators are bringing out the brooms.
Florida was calling it a bounce-back game, a game to fix the problems it encountered on opening day against North Carolina, the No. 2 ranked team in the nation.
Despite facing a slew of legal trouble in recent years, Grooveshark is still kicking from its downtown Gainesville location.
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