On Sunday, The Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, a international cooperative body aimed at addressing global financial issues, met in Basel, Switzerland, to discuss banking reform. The meeting ended with the creation of Basel III, a deal requiring banks to keep higher capital reserves, which […]
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SAFE Team acted wrongly
Since its inception in 2003, SAFE Team has played an important role for students living on campus. Offering free golf cart rides for students from 6 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. every night, SAFE Team does more than just serve as a convenient way to commute across campus after walking all […]
All Americans have the right to protest
Dove World Outreach Center, a New Testament Christian Church located in Gainesville, boasts only 50 members. However, its plan to burn Qurans on the nine-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has ignited controversy across the U.S. and the world. The State Department has called the act “un-American,” clearly […]
Students safety tied topersonal responsibility
Last month, a civil jury ruled that Kimberly Delancey of New Port Richey was more than 50 percent responsible for her own death at the hands of a neighbor she hardly knew but invited into her home for drinks the night of her death. The jury in the criminal case […]
Court correct to toss Amendment 7
Last week, the Florida Supreme Court rightfully struck down Amendment 7, which would have affected redistricting and been on the ballot this November. At first blush, the text of the proposed amendment seems reasonable and pertinent. It took the highly trained justices of the Supreme Court to wade through its […]
Opposing Japans dolphin hunt shows hypocrisy
On average, the small fishing village of Taiji, Japan, contributes about 1,500 of the 20,000 dolphins that Tokyo allows killed during its annual dolphin hunt. Opposition to this year’s hunt is fierce after the 2009 release of the Academy Award-winning movie “The Cove,” which depicts the round up and violent […]
Overcominghomesickness takes patience
A large portion of the incoming student population may experience homesickness as the excitement of going to college and living on their own starts to wear off and they settle into a new routine of going to class and studying. There are resources available to help students get through this […]
