Sports
Columnist thankful for lessons learned through mistakes
By JOE MORGAN< | Dec. 3, 2013Former alligatorSports Editor Matt Watts looked at my computer screen and laughed.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Guest column: Proposed Student Senate bill is an attack on Palestinian students
Dec. 2, 2013Today, the Student Senate at UF will attempt to pass an anti-BDS bill titled “Resolution Condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement.”
Opinion
Twerk it: In defense of Miley
Dec. 2, 2013The general public’s reaction to the New Miley has been like finding a tarantula in the bathtub while somehow also witnessing a horrific train wreck. Fear, disgust, concern and morbid curiosity have all been rolled up into a giant ball of emotion that has fueled media coverage of the star’s transformation, as well as Twitter jokes and YouTube “Wrecking Ball” parodies ad nauseum. Most people view the New Miley as a loathsome, offensive brute; yet they can’t look away.
Opinion
Bye UF, remember: Journalism isn’t dead
Dec. 2, 2013It’s 4:30 p.m., and I’m sitting alone in the newsroom.
Opinion
Guest column: Releasing pets into the wild harms local ecosystems
Dec. 1, 2013Let’s say you brought your favorite pet to college. Three exams and two papers later, you’re realizing you don’t have the time or space to care for Steve the Snake. Well, doesn’t every animal want to be free? Letting him go into the wild is the best option, right?
Opinion
Guest column: Rhino endangerment is a problem
Dec. 1, 2013Rhinos are majestic but well-armored beasts with thick skin and enormous protruding horns on their noses. Many people just see rhinos as large ferocious animals that roam the African plains and are considered among the most deadly animals in Africa.
Sports
Time for UF to move on from ugly season
By ADAM PINCUS< | Dec. 1, 2013God must hate Florida football.
Sports
Picks Column: Florida State
Nov. 25, 2013In honor of this miserable season coming to a close, we at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column would like to honor Florida’s bowl-less offseason. Well, no, that’s not entirely true. There will be plenty of bowls of chips to go around when the Gators are watching any one of 35 bowl games that they couldn’t get invited to. Make sure to remember the French onion dip!
Opinion
Parting thoughts: Here, try these on for perspective
Nov. 25, 2013Last year, I finally gave in and scheduled the eye exam I’d put off since high school. My lens prescription needed updating, and I was tired of the bright red frames my 15-year-old self thought were cool. I was ready for some new glasses. Afterward, I engaged in the usual dance of pulling frames on and off my face a ridiculous number of times to choose a complementary pair.
Opinion
History repeats itself: Senate goes nuclear
Nov. 25, 2013In a week that was dominated by the antics of the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto and the remembrance of JFK, the United States Senate did something unprecedented.
Opinion
Guest column: Is it great to be a gator at UF?
Nov. 24, 2013We have all heard the cheer, “It’s great — to be — a Florida Gator!” It is usually chanted after a football victory as the crowd exits Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. We all feel great about our team and our school. Have you ever wondered what it is like to be an actual alligator living on campus?
Opinion
Retailers and shoppers are slowly destroying Thanksgiving
Nov. 24, 2013As the nights grow longer and the temperature slowly cools, we are faced with a series of festive days. It’s a whirlwind for all Americans, especially students, who use the time to visit family, cram for finals and crank out that 15-page essay the night before it’s due.
Opinion
We must do more to stop the ‘tide of evil’
Nov. 24, 2013Against a tide of evil, it can seem overwhelming to be even a single drop of good.
Sports
Picks Column: Georgia Southern
Nov. 21, 2013We here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column are extraordinarily excited for this weekend. For the Georgia Southern-Florida game, you ask? Of course not. The second installment of the ‘Hunger Games’ series, “Catching Fire” premiered last night at midnight! If that doesn’t get your heart pumping, then we don’t know what’s wrong with you. Just watch the trailer, for crying out loud!
Opinion
Not your mother’s Plato: Philosophy matters
Nov. 21, 2013As the end of my final semester at UF approaches and one of my many ambitions comes to fruition, I find myself constantly reflecting on an eventful college experience.
Opinion
Panic switch: Recognizing, treating anxiety
Nov. 20, 2013It starts in subtle ways: a little shaking, some quickened breathing. No one else will notice, but you know the train has left the station. There’s no way to stop it.
Opinion
Nation still has healing to do after JFK death
Nov. 19, 2013Fifty years ago this Friday, two bullets tore through the body and head of the president of the United States, making Nov. 22, 1963, the most infamous day in American history since Pearl Harbor.
Opinion
Only two options: to have or to be
Nov. 19, 2013There are only two options for all of us: to have or to be.
Sports
Dark season still offers hope
By PHILLIP HEILMAN< | Nov. 18, 2013I'm not much of a fan of extended metaphors.
