Students at Florida State University and University of Florida may soon see some drastic tuition increases. A recent bill passed by the Florida legislature would allow the two public universities to raise their tuition beyond ...

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On Feb. 18, 2012, the NYPD found itself at the center of a controversy with Muslim college students when the Associated Press reported that NYC police had been monitoring Muslim student groups both within the ...

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Like many students, I recently took the GRE (Graduate Record Examinations): the standardized test widely required for graduate school admission. Of course, in my preparation, I had heard that the test is especially grueling, clocking ...

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I remember hanging out in the Minaret office right after Week One of this years’ NFL season. One of our sports editors asked, “What’s the biggest sports news of the week?” “Jets win!” I said, ...

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Along with prompting faculty concerns, plans for the university’s rapid growth are also increasingly being considered from the student perspective. “Regardless of what the issue is, I get told [by faculty], ‘Well, this is not ...

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More than 700 classified documents made available to The New York Times, and shared with NPR and UK’s The Guardian, chronicle the inner workings of the Guantánamo Bay prison since its creation in 2002 following ...

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President Obama will reportedly call for a new deficit reduction plan that outlines a long-term strategy for raising federal revenues and reducing the budget deficit.The plan will include reforming Medicare and Medicaid. The announcement comes ...

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Obama announced his Presidential re-election bid on Monday. The campaign launched with an email to supporters, mirroring the grassroots spirit of his 2008 campaign. “We’ve always known that lasting change wouldn’t come quickly or easily,” ...

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When we picked up visiting poet Kate Greenstreet from the downtown Sheraton, I didn’t know what to expect. I’d read some of her work, though not nearly enough (as I’d soon find out). Laura Theobald, ...

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Despite sweeping Republican gains in the 2010 midterms, the path to the White House in 2012 appears to be a difficult proposition. Unseating an incumbent president has been historically difficult, especially during war time and ...

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Bob Buckhorn will become Tampa’s next mayor, having defeated challenger Rose Ferlita by a wide margin. “Let’s build this city,” Buckhorn told supporters following the win. “Let’s make us proud. This is our time. This ...

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Protests erupted in Wisconsin over the weekend due to the passage of a new bill that limits collective bargaining rights for the state’s public workers. Thousands of protesters flooded Madison in support of unions and ...

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Austrian Ambassador to the United States Dr. Christian Prosl visited the Vaughn Center on Tuesday afternoon. Speaking at the Crescent Club on the ninth floor, Dr. Prosl discussed the effect of WikiLeaks on world diplomacy. ...

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Florida became the second state to strike down health care reform. Judge Roger Vinson, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional on Monday. The ruling follows a similar case from December ...

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