Gainesville residents offer Obama advice
By KATIE EMMETS | Jan. 19, 2009Whether discussing the environment or economics, Gainesville residents have no shortage of advice for incoming President Barack Obama.
Whether discussing the environment or economics, Gainesville residents have no shortage of advice for incoming President Barack Obama.
Now that UF has decided on a budget cut target for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the question becomes: What can be cut?
When President Barack Obama is sworn into office at noon today for the 56th Presidential Inauguration, some UF students will be among the millions there.
Perhaps the Writing on the Wall Project did bring about change this past year.
Congressman Cliff Stearns selected Santa Fe College to host the Inaugural Celebration for President Barack Obama today at the college's Northwest Campus.
As a team, UF didn't blow the competition away, but Mariam Kevkhishvili single-handedly did while securing her place in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Less than a week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Barack Obama will take an oath for the highest office in the land. He will do so surrounded by family and friends, members of our government and anywhere from 3 million to 5 million onlookers - all bystanders to one of history's momentous junctures.
I may only be one of the simple folk, but I fail to see how the underage prohibition ordinance being considered by the Gainesville City Commission presents substantial savings, if any at all.
UF had a lot to prove Sunday against Georgia, and the team sure played like it.
Nick Calathes caught the ball at the top of the key, took one step behind the 3-point line and buried the Razorbacks.
This weekend's preseason tournament provided experience for a young UF men's tennis team.
A UF anthropology professor was arrested Saturday night after he admitted to trying to trade cocaine for sexual favors from another man.
The UF swimming and diving teams make a habit out of defeating Florida Atlantic.
Rev. Milford Griner, 51, remembers where he was April 4, 1968.
A man was arrested Sunday after an armed confrontation with his ex-girlfriend and two boys wielding baseball bats, according to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report.
The UF gymnasts didn't know they were losing after a less-than-stellar performance on balance beam.
Following the plagiarism controversy that surrounded him last spring, English professor James Twitchell retired last month, ending a 35-year career at UF.
With President Barack Obama set to make history this afternoon, the Editorial Board can't help but offer a word of caution as excitement over his presidency reaches epic proportions.
For many, Monday marked a celebration of a past and a future built on the words "I have a dream."