Column: We don't need He-Men; we need serious politicians
(01/10/16 11:39pm)
Donald Trump is not the disease — he is the symptom.
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Guest Column: Undergrads face grad bargaining issues
(12/08/15 12:52am)
In the Alligator’s coverage of UF graduate assistants’ struggle for fair pay, UF Provost Joseph Glover is quoted as saying, "(Graduate Assistants United’s) position is they want a lot of weight for people on the lower end," referring to GAU’s proposal to redistribute student fees. In this model, GAs with the lowest income would pay proportionally less in fees, and GAs with more income would pay proportionally more in fees. According to Glover, this "would be unfair to the people who are working hard, who are at the higher end of the pay scale." Presumably, this means Glover is working extremely hard, since he’s paid over $300,000 a year and doesn’t have to pay fees to work at UF. Plus, there’s his $50,000 raise in 2010. Compare this to the 2-percent raise for GAs currently offered by negotiator Bill Connellan. (In case Connellan doesn’t know, a 2-percent increase in poverty is still poverty.)
Picks column: Florida Atlantic
(11/19/15 11:56pm)
Site: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Cap. 88,548)
UF Student Government honors student veterans
(11/10/15 12:22am)
Danny Makowsky never used his gas mask for anything but U.S. Air Force drills.
City Commission Roundup 11/06/2015
(11/07/15 1:05am)
Gainesville City Commissioners welcomed medical marijuana dispensaries, heard the resignation of the city manager and approved the creation of a utility advisory board during Thursday’s City Commission meeting.
Ann Coulter should not speak at UF
(11/05/15 12:11am)
On Monday, a fellow opinion columnist wrote about how he felt Ann Coulter should be a guest speaker on campus. While I would concede there is a need for more conservative speakers, I could not disagree more. Coulter is the last conservative speaker we need.
Mediocre Advice: James Franco's IMDB and RA advice
(11/04/15 11:46pm)
Columnists’ note: Hey, T.I., I know you’re coming tomorrow for Gator Growl, and you insist on "no mediocre" and that you "don’t want no mediocre."
Research Roundup: 11/03/2015
(11/02/15 11:33pm)
Two new species of fungi discovered in Gainesville
Controversial Ann Coulter must speak at UF
(11/01/15 10:43pm)
I want to make my intentions perfectly clear: I want Ann Coulter, the conservative firebrand and provocateur, to speak at UF. In fact, the event should be required for everyone to attend. If a student values his or her education, listening to Coulter speak is a must.
Gators claim 14th regular season SEC Title
(10/30/15 12:44am)
A team that had nothing to lose but almost everything to gain was awaiting the Florida soccer team Thursday night in Athens, Georgia.
Editorial: As far as ethics and morals go, we need to reflect
(10/28/15 12:39am)
Following national outcry, the FBI and the Department of Justice announced Tuesday that they have opened up an investigation into the violent arrest of a black high-school student by a white sheriff’s deputy in Columbia, South Carolina. Officer Ben Fields arrested the student after forcefully yanking her out of her desk by wrapping his arm around her neck. Having flipped the student and her desk, Fields then dragged her to the front of the classroom. This came after she refused to leave her seat and had already ignored requests from her teacher and other school administrators to do so. A second student, Niya Kenny, 18, was arrested soon after for taping the encounter. Her arrest was justified under the premise that she was “disturbing school.”
Police arrest man for mobile meth laboratory
(10/23/15 1:46am)
Gainesville Police arrested an Ocklawaha man Wednesday afternoon after police said he drove with more than 70 grams of methamphetamine oil in a mobile laboratory.
Civil rights leader talks Voting Rights Act to UF students
(10/19/15 1:03am)
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) encouraged UF students and Gainesville residents Friday to get into trouble, but the good kind of trouble.
Editorial: A living legend came to UF, but where were the students?
(10/19/15 12:52am)
Last Friday, civil rights activist and living legend Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) spoke at the University Auditorium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965, as well as raise awareness about its uncertain future. The act, which was passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson following several unprovoked attacks and deaths of civil rights activists, abolished literacy tests and similar tactics aimed at keeping black Americans from voting. The act’s very existence can be traced to the efforts of Lewis and his colleagues, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and A. Philip Randolph; to have Lewis in UF’s halls is to have a giant in our midst.
Voting
(10/19/15 12:34am)
Civil rights activist and U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-Ga) speaks in the University Auditorium to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Oct. 16, 2015. "Voting is the most sacred tool of nonviolence, and it must be used," he said.
Alachua County man charged with cocaine possession, police think he ate some
(09/30/15 12:35am)
Gainesville Police arrested a local man early Tuesday morning after he reportedly tried to hide cocaine and escape arrest.
Gainesville gas prices decrease as part of national trend
(09/22/15 12:37am)
Drivers looking to fill their gas tanks in Gainesville will being seeing lower prices for the foreseeable future.
Scouting Florida vs. Kentucky, featuring The Kentucky Kernel
(09/18/15 12:28am)
With the Gators set to play Kentucky on Saturday night at 7, alligatorSports reached out to The Kentucky Kernel’s Josh Huff about his expectations for the game, and his thoughts about Florida’s 28-game winning streak against the Wildcats.
Editorial: Arrest of student part of a worrying trend
(09/17/15 1:08am)
Wednesday, global news outlets and social media feeds were inundated with the plight of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old boy from Irving, Texas. Mohamed, a Muslim, was arrested, handcuffed and removed from MacArthur High School by police officers after he brought in a clock he made to show his engineering teacher. Another teacher, who asked to see what Mohamed had in his backpack after hearing the clock beep in class, interpreted the wire-laden device to be a threat. The teacher reported Mohamed to school officials, after which the arrest occurred.
Guest Column: Want to graduate with an excellent credit score? Get a student credit card
(09/16/15 12:18am)
There is already enough going on among school, friends, family and daily activities that you don’t want to worry about finances and how you are going to handle them after you graduate. You are in college, for one thing, to earn a degree so that you can get the job you want — a job that will earn you a paycheck that you will try to make the most out of. But, if you graduate with little to no credit history or a bad credit score, then you could find your paycheck might not go as far as you want it to.
