Opinion
The dress code dilemma: Your boner isn’t my problem
May 19, 2014College introduced me to some great things: keg parties, Midnight Cookies and a lack of dress code I had previously never enjoyed.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Popular political television shows fuel conservative ideals
May 19, 2014Gone are the days of NBC’s hit political drama “The West Wing,” and President Josiah Bartlet’s fictional administration is but a distant memory. Although Bartlet was a democratic commander in chief, viewers of all political persuasions gravitated toward the fair-minded and principled president. America finally had its utopian chief executive, albeit one from a scripted primetime drama.
Opinion
Stop with Benghazi: Impeach Obama
May 14, 2014After spending years attacking President Barack Obama and the Democrats for the Affordable Care Act, Republicans watched in horror as 8 million Americans signed up for health insurance coverage through the exchanges set up by the law. The Republicans’ chief line of attack for the election came undone at the news that the number of uninsured Americans plummeted.
Sports
Column: Don't be fooled by Sterling's apology on CNN
By RICHARD JOHNSON | May 14, 2014I was 16 years old when I most vividly remember being judged for the color of my skin. I was a black kid with a crush on a white girl, and I’ll never forget the way I felt when she told me that her mother had made it clear that our relationship wasn’t OK. If the girl’s father were still alive, he absolutely wouldn’t have let it happen, she said.
Sports
Busy summer in UF athletics
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | May 12, 2014If you’ve ever watched ESPN during the summer, you know that the guys up in Bristol scrape the bottom of the content barrel to fill their one-hour SportsCenter shows every day.
Opinion
For students, action must follow idealism for future vocation
May 12, 2014Most of us will never have a great career.
Opinion
Like, just stop: good speech does matter
May 12, 2014The “L” word. It’s that four-letter word that some people hardly use, some people always use, and some people cringe when they hear it spoken out loud.
Opinion
Sweat, tears and tacos: The editor’s story
Apr. 22, 2014It’s freshman year, and I’m walking along University Avenue, worrying that I’m too sweaty to go into the Alligator’s open house. My resume is in a purple folder stuffed with clips from my high school newspaper. I don’t know what AP Style is.
Opinion
I’m confused, and it’s the newspaper’s fault
Apr. 22, 2014There have been plenty of times in the past four years I’ve woken up confused.
Opinion
Online editor asks: How did I get here, and how is everything over already?
Apr. 22, 2014Freshman-year me thought it was so cool that UF had a student-run newspaper.
Opinion
Embrace conflict, stories: Managing editor says fond farewell to the Alligator, college
Apr. 22, 2014I’ll probably never forget the Fourth of July last year: I was stuck on a pontoon boat under a bridge in a lightning storm.
Opinion
Journalist spreads xenophobic message
Apr. 22, 2014You know those relatives who have too much to drink at family gatherings and end up making jokes that aren’t actually funny and end up offending people? Well, think of CNN journalist Jeanne Moos as your drunken aunt giving a toast at your wedding — except she is completely sober, unrelated to you and addressing a national audience rather than a couple hundred friends and family. And instead of hurting the feelings of you, your spouse and a few others, she mocks an entire culture that is 800 years old.
Opinion
Zulkar Khan's final remarks: A call for honesty
Apr. 21, 2014On Wednesday, The New York Times ran a front-page story detailing how Florida State University and Tallahassee Police had left multiple rape allegations, including the one against star quarterback Jameis Winston, uninvestigated.
Opinion
Comma nightmares, caffeine and love: Copy desk chief says goodbye
Apr. 21, 2014I could write the cliche, “These last four years were perfect,” but they were far from it.
Opinion
Senior reality check: College is like walking upstairs in the dark
Apr. 21, 2014When I was getting ready to go to college four years ago, I thought I had it all figured out. With AP credits, I could have my degree in less than four years. I’d have internships every summer, tons of experience and a job offer before I crossed the stage.
Opinion
American democracy threatened by wealthy influence
Apr. 21, 2014I have written frequently in the past about how corporations and wealthy interests exert a disproportionate influence over the policies of the American federal government. Now that influence has been confirmed by an extensive, major academic study.
Opinion
Summertime wantonness: Six hookup types
Apr. 20, 2014“I just wanna get laid,” lamented one of the characters in “Wet Hot American Summer.”
Opinion
Anti-Semitism in Kansas, Ukraine proves hatred alive and well
Apr. 20, 2014As shocking as it may seem, the devastation and horror of World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. The world has changed considerably in the decades that followed, but recent events remind us just how fresh some of the wounds of that era remain. A deranged man went into a Jewish Community Center near Kansas City with the intent of killing Jews just prior to the start of Passover. He opened fire, killing three people — none happened to be Jewish — before shouting “Heil Hitler” after police had him in custody.
Opinion
Food waste damages the planet, and we’re to blame
Apr. 20, 2014Tomorrow will be too late. We need to reduce our waste now. Almost every environmental issue we face goes back to overconsumption. In the U.S. alone, 40 percent of food today goes uneaten, according to the National Resources Defense Council. That’s not only the equivalent of $165 billion of food Americans are wasting each year, but there is also the problem of environmental damage caused by its production and disposal.
Opinion
Summer is coming: Don’t be dumb
Apr. 17, 2014A lot of people did a lot of dumb things this week.
