‘Under God’ under pressure
On Wednesday the Supreme Court started proceedings concerning the constitutionality of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. In Elk Grove Unified School...
A superior destination
No one would ever confuse Wisconsin for the Bahamas. In 2002, an estimated four million tourists visited the Bahamas. Thoughts of Wisconsin, by contrast, are...
Rice should have nothing to hide from 9/11 Commission
A large cast of high-ranking officials took the stand last week to testify in public for the 9/11 Commission. Yet, the one person that probably...
Conservatives, liberals — po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe
President George W. Bush’s “you’re either with us, or against us” approach to combating global terrorism has apparently taken a firm root in American domestic...
UF study gives advice on finding dementia patients
Associated Press TAMPA — When an Alzheimer’s patient disappeared last November in Jacksonville during his daily bicycle ride, sheriff’s deputies initially approached the search like...
Purge in 1950s not only Red
When Sen. Joseph McCarthy started the House of Un-American Activities Committee, outing communists was not the panel’s only objective.In The Lavender Scare, David K. Johnson...
Candidates looking to attract more student voters
The numbers last year were bad: 1,848 votes in a student body presidential election that boasted four tickets. But then they got better, as that...
Reporter captured by Taliban visits USF
After spending 10 days in the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan, a British journalist realized her true calling of Islam and the pursuit of...
Bulls drop a pair
When Devin Ivany came up in the bottom of the sixth inning Sunday, he had an 11-game hitting streak on the line. The USF baseball...
Defense dominates scrimmage
The USF football team entered spring drills looking to find some possible replacements for some key figures that anchored last year’s defense. The unit responded...