Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Bank's crooked system designed to ‘steal' money from customers
By Max Scholder | Oct. 25, 2011You always hear about big business screwing the little guy. You hear about corporations preying on the poor and uninformed. The majority of us agree that this happens and are seldom shocked to see it come up again and again in the news.
Opinion
Occupy protesters teach a lesson in values
By Sami Main | Oct. 24, 2011These days, being a journalist can be hard.
Opinion
Education needs comprehensive overhaul
By Travis Hornsby | Oct. 23, 2011While discussing affirmative action in class recently, a fellow student said the reason we need policies that give minorities preference in admissions to the best institutions of higher learning is because of educational inequality in primary and secondary schools.
Opinion
Access to genome will advance medicine
By Akansha Mishra | Oct. 20, 2011The Human Genome Project is a mind-blowing development that has engaged scientists for the past 20 years. It can identify thousands of genes in human DNA and determine the sequences of 3 billion chemical base pairs.
Opinion
US policy has only worsened poverty
By J.D. Knee | Oct. 20, 2011Even though poverty has always existed, the seeds of the current division between the haves and the have-nots began about 60 years ago. Ever since the government's original attempt to solve the problem of poverty with programs, court decisions and amendments, the fixes only made things worse.
Opinion
Getting tested regularly for HIV is responsible, empowering
By Lori Blanton | Oct. 19, 2011This year marks the 30-year anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS in the United States. Fortunately, we have made leaps and bounds in terms of awareness, prevention and treatment for those living with this disease.
Opinion
Quitting can sometimes be a good thing
By Nicholas Butler | Oct. 18, 2011From as early as we can remember, we are told, "Quitters never win. Winners never quit."
Opinion
Ranked voting system would give more power to the voters
By Greg Allard | Oct. 18, 2011The protests of the "99 percent" occupying Wall Street and the rest of the country are inspiring because they showcase the frustrations of the American people - how they have been screwed over by the upward vortex of wealth-sucking via manufacturing and customer-service jobs going overseas, and the growing disparity between the income of your average CEO and your average worker (now 475-1 in America).
Opinion
Testing prevents spread of HIV
By Daniela Abratt | Oct. 17, 2011Of the more than one million people living with HIV in the U.S., one in five does not know they have it.
Opinion
Why the impoverished stay impoverished
By Travis Hornsby | Oct. 16, 2011Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to rising income inequality in the U.S., especially among the top 1 percent of income earners. The reason for this fact is clear: Globalization and mass media have increased the returns to productivity, and the market has rewarded these people accordingly.
Opinion
America must take pragmatic approach with China in future
By Guillermo R. Pradieu | Oct. 16, 2011Americans rarely ever pay heed to international celebrations that honor the establishment of a foreign nation. On Oct. 9, the People's Republic of China celebrated the centennial of the 1911 Chinese Revolution. Aside the cacophony of other pressing matters, this event signifies three important issues all Americans should be concerned with: (1) the upcoming Fifth Generation of leadership, (2) potential foreign and economic issues and (3) the future of China.
Opinion
Protesters need to understand system in order to make changes
By Matt Colbert | Oct. 16, 2011Alex Guilmartin made a good point in his Thursday column, lamenting the fact that the loud protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement are full of sound and fury yet signify nothing.
Opinion
Steve Jobs embraced life's hardships
By Akansha Mishra | Oct. 13, 2011Recently, the world mourned the loss of a revolutionary figure: Steve Jobs. Jobs reconciled philosophy, courage and technology to significantly alter the way that we look at the world.
Opinion
Anger is not enough to change the world
By Alex Guilmartin | Oct. 12, 2011It appears that Occupy Gainesville is ready and raring to go.
Opinion
Political system should protect citizens from greed
By Travis Pettengill | Oct. 12, 2011I am writing this in response to Travis Hornsby's column, "Why I am no longer liberal-minded." With no disrespect to Hornsby (I agree with everything he said, in fact), he is not saying anything about the big picture. And I have to hand it to him for working for Kerry, the least likable and least articulate Democratic candidate in living memory.
Sports
The Rally: Can UF open up the offense?
Oct. 11, 2011Tyler: Florida’s offense will be more complex this week. It certainly won’t be getting any simpler.
Sports
The Mailbag: Brantley vs. Tebow, jump passes and redshirt possibilities
Oct. 11, 2011Welcome back to another edition of The Mailbag. Florida’s football team may be struggling, but we’re still on top of our game and ready to answer another batch of questions, so let’s see what you’ve got.
Opinion
Columnist needs to understand the poor, unprivileged
By Diana Moreno | Oct. 11, 2011This is a response to Travis Hornsby's column from Monday called "Why I am no longer liberal-minded." I would much rather spend my post-work hours doing something relaxing rather than writing a guest column, but I must do something about the rage headache your column has caused me.
Opinion
Fox's stubbornness, corporate greed almost killed ‘The Simpsons'
By Kaylanie Alvarez | Oct. 11, 2011As Homer Simpson would say, "Woo Hoo!"
