“Fornicator.” “Masturbator.” “Whore.” Any, or all, of these anger-filled words can be heard by UNF students walking on campus when a preacher is on the Green. But administrators are looking...

The UNF student population has been tested really hard during the last few semesters. The way the economy developed left many students facing the dilemma of their future at school and how they will make it during the upcoming holiday. Christmas is now less than a month away and is filling many people with a bitter taste of worry and uncertainty. Those who lost their homes due to the economy will spend their first Christmas at someone else’s place.

While different world religions celebrate their own holidays in various ways, there is one common ideal that can be found in them all: We should give back to others. A large number of Americans, despite their religious beliefs, celebrate Christmas as a day of giving presents to the ones you love. However, this is not what Christmas is intended to celebrate in the Christian religion, which was the norm our society was founded on and has – for the majority – maintained. Christmas is the day when Christians come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. They are told all the presents and gifts they receive mean nothing compared to the gift God gave them in Jesus.