A survey by UF’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research this week found that Florida consumers became more pessimistic in August. The preliminary consumer confidence index for Florida decreased to 95 – a one-point drop from last month and a drastic fall from 112 last August, according to the Florida Consumer Attitude Survey. The bureau employs UF students to conduct monthly telephone surveys to random phone numbers [...]
Collegiate environmental groups make a difference Recycling? Check. Clean ups? Check. Fun? Check! Across the state, collegiate groups are taking environmental matters into their own hands by hosting earth-changing events, clean ups, and demonstrations. Here are a few organizations that Mother Nature would be proud of. Eckerd College What: From doing regular clean-up events to challenging the first shopping day of [...]
A Bosnian refugee finds life in giving to others Bojan Aleksic’s life back in Bosnia was something out of a war movie, complete with a soundtrack of bombs and screams. Aleksic survived the civil war that ripped through his homeland and came to the United States in 1999 searching for a better life. Coming to the United States opened new [...]
Three Latino Greeks on Becoming Members Post-Grad While studying at Iowa State University, doctorate student Juan Guardia craved a connection to the Latino community. The Cuban-American felt the options available to do so were few and far between. Until he discovered a network the piqued his interest: Latino Greek fraternities. As a post-graduate, Dr. Guardia, now [...]
In the faceless world of e-mail and faxes, creating opportunities for handshakes and face-to-face interaction can refresh and energize your business, clients and employees. Trade shows, board meetings, incentive trips, conferences and conventions offer great ways to reconnect. "We live in the age of immediacy, and the Internet is an extremely powerful tool for sharing information," [...]
Authors include Jose Inez Taylor, a farm worker, strike organizer, construction worker, Chicano activist, and writer among other titles, who live in Antonito, Colorado. Taylor wrote the fiction portion of this book based on experiences of his own life. James M. Taggard analyzes the narrative and interviews Taylor about his life and how it relates to [...]
Neither whiplash or a twisted leg could keep a group of Lake City volunteers from traveling to the Central American country of Honduras to help others. Six Lake City residents recently returned from a visit to the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, on a medical mission of White Fields/Omega. Debbie Chauncey, registered nurse; Janelle Wardwell, occupational and physical therapy assistant; [...]
Lake City would be very different today if it was still the home of the University of Florida. The massive institution’s student population of more than 47,000 is almost five times that of Lake City’s population. With more people, there would undoubtedly be more traffic, more businesses and more money. The orange and blue saga of [...]
Valdez, Luis. Zoot suit: a bilingual edition. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2004. 224p ISBN 1-55885-439-8 paper $13.95 The author of this play is Luis Valdez, the founder of modern Chicano theater and film in the United States. He became a member of the United Farm Workers before founding El Teatro Campesino. He produce The Shrunken [...]
When 13-year-old Jason Harrison decided he wanted to help the local homeless, he put himself in their shoes. "With the number of hurricanes we had last year and the current pace of tropical storms this year, I felt that there was a need to help the people that were made homeless as a result," he said. Harrison imagined [...]