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SPORTS  |  FOOTBALL

Gators searching for consistency

With only four days remaining until the start of the season on Saturday against New Mexico State, Florida coach Jim McElwain is preaching to his team to be more consistent this week leading up to their matchup against the Aggies.  


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Editorial: College classrooms are no place for clowning around

In K-12 education, the trope of the class clown was an all-too-real one. Students, whether due to crippling insecurity or a genuine need to have their (misguided) voice heard, would interrupt the teacher and shove their sense of humor down the throats of the rest of the class. Everyone has done it at one point or another, but it was the egregious offenders who were dubbed the "class clown."


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Greek life is more than just its stereotypes

With the beginning of the Fall semester comes a myriad of UF activities, but perhaps the most discussed is rush. Whether it’s news coverage, Snapchat stories or traffic halting hordes of impeccably dressed girls, you simply can’t escape it. Consequently, the criticisms of Greek life seem to reach a fever pitch this time of the year.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Mediocre Advice: Balling on the court and in bed

Happy Tuesday, gang! What a week it’s been. After last week’s column, some of you may have wondered: "Why mediocre advice? Why would anybody listen to you?" Well, in a world where people still religiously eat Olive Garden, listen to Fall Out Boy, watch MTV and read Buzzfeed to find out if their boyfriend is cheating on them, it seems as though mediocrity is still in.



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