Troublemakers around UF might have thought we weren't going to call them out anymore considering we didn't have our traditional Friday editorial last week.
But start sweating because we're back to highlight your stupidity. It may be getting close to the end of the semester, but we still have a paper to publish and people to pick on.
And for those of you ready to get the hell out of Gainesville next week to enjoy some turkey and the trimmings, you still have classes next week - whether you show up or not. That brings us to our if-you-haven't-gained-the-freshman-15-yet-you-will-next-week edition of...
Darts and Laurels
First, we toss a someone-needs-to-grow-up DART to the assholes who keep pulling the fire alarm in Norman Hall. The building was evacuated twice on Thursday, once at 11 a.m. and again at around 3:30 p.m. I guess students in the College of Education need to learn how to deal with middle-school pranks eventually.
But, for some good news, we give a maybe-the-1-percent-isn't-all-that-bad LAUREL to Firehouse Subs for donating $13,000 to Gainesville Fire Rescue. The money will be used to purchase a thermal imaging device to help locate people trapped in burning buildings.
But not every place around campus is being as friendly. That's why we throw our next like-you-weren't-making-enough-on-your-expensive-coffee DART to the two on-campus Starbucks that charged 45 cents for a cup of water. Luckily it appears they changed this policy due to complaints, but rest assured, we're watching you.
But if you're looking to buy an adult beverage at, say, 9 a.m. on a Sunday, you might be able to soon. We're giving a why-in-the-heck-was-this-a-law-in-the-first-place LAUREL to the Gainesville City Commission for voting to change the alcohol-related "blue laws" for the sale of alcohol on Sundays. Once the change is finalized, the laws for Sunday will conform to the current laws for the rest of the days of the week.
We could not end this edition without throwing a big you-bunch-of-corrupt-irresponsible-lazy-goons DART to the Student Government Senate for failing to impeach Supervisor of Elections Toni Megna. The elections were totally screwed up, and no one paid for it. Way to go. Perhaps if you spent less time trying to get your cronies to vote in Alligator online polls and more time following your own rules, this wouldn't happen.
On a related note, we give our final perhaps-this-could-serve-as-an-example-to-some-organization-on-campus LAUREL to FSU, UGA, UCF and USF for allowing online voting in their student government elections. It seems to work for them and costs half as much. But how could the Unite Party manipulate results without having full control of the election process?
Have a fun and safe weekend, and be sure to check back next week!
