Sports
Class of ‘11 comes full circle
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 28, 2011Two years ago, this Senior Night would have marked the end of a dark time for Florida basketball.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Chain looks to fix what isn’t broken
By Laura Ellermeyer | Feb. 28, 2011Starting in March, Starbucks customers will experience a slight alteration to their experience in the form of an updated logo. Starbucks recently unveiled the design, which while not very different omits the text from the famous emblem.
Opinion
Planned Parenthood’s funds need trim
By Zack Smith | Feb. 27, 2011That name inevitably evokes a knee-jerk reaction from all who hear it. For some, it is an organization providing needed health services to men and women, while to others it is a force perpetuating one of the greatest moral crises of our time.
Opinion
Do you really know what’s going on?
By Bob Minchin | Feb. 24, 2011We have been bombarded lately with media reports about a wide range of spectacular events. Middle East unrest, budget crises, government shutdown warnings, pirate slayings and government officials on the run in the Midwest have captured the attention of all who keep even cursory tabs on the news.
Sports
UF can’t take foot off pedal yet
Feb. 23, 2011For the first time in years, the Gators men’s basketball team can switch to cruise control.
Sports
Excess, debauchery and hypocrisy: A long weekend in Myrtle Beach
By BILL O'CONNOR< | Feb. 23, 2011My divorce lawyer’s on the phone.
Sports
Gator athletes deserve compensation for game likenesses
By Brett Wager | Feb. 23, 2011Over the past few decades, the market for video games in the United States has grown exponentially and has become a wildly successful and lucrative business within the entertainment industry. Sport video games have become a particularly flourishing genre of the industry and comprise approximately 15.3 percent of total game sales.
Opinion
Collective bargaining under pressure
By Chad Mohammed | Feb. 23, 2011The year 2011 certainly has been the year of the protestor, from Cairo to Yemen to — Wisconsin? In the past three weeks, Madison, Wis. has been the epicenter of a larger political schism in the works since November. As newly elected governors reveal their budgets, many Wisconsin Democrats and workers feel that the governors’ budgets focus more on excising the ability of unions to collectively bargain, a right that ironically originated in their own state.
Sports
Deep UF staff impresses early
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Feb. 22, 2011The NCAA rule changes are receiving a lot of attention for curbing run totals, lowering home run counts and batting averages this season.
Opinion
Feeling emotion from statistics is difficult
By Wesley Campbell | Feb. 22, 2011We have a strange way of looking at tragedy and what’s important. It is our nature to be unconcerned about issues that do not directly affect us. I don’t know which is worse – the people who display complete ignorance of how their actions today will change the future, clinging to antiquated views through a misguided notion that to “stick to your guns” is a virtue despite new evidence, or whiny, liberal types who only care about issues as long as the problem doesn’t reach their doorsteps.
Opinion
Social network gains staying power
By Laura Ellermeyer | Feb. 21, 2011In high school, our designated picture taker was Katie. Pictures were a must, and somebody had to take on the burden of snapping all the photos we’d instantly upload to Facebook and comment on for weeks. Katie never complained; in fact, she enjoyed it to a point it could get annoying.
Opinion
Quiet de-funding presidential elections
By Zack Smith | Feb. 20, 2011With Big Bird facing extinction, the federal government on the verge of a shutdown and protests rocking the Middle East as well as our own state capitols, a hallmark of our electoral system for the past quarter of a century was quietly slated for the death chamber.
Sports
Gators’ improved depth across the board reason enough for preseason No. 1 ranking
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Feb. 17, 2011Just one day before the season, Brian Johnson didn’t know if he was pitching this weekend — at least he acted like he didn’t.
Opinion
Comparison shows ineffective spending
By Bob Minchin | Feb. 17, 2011“Do it my way, or the government will be shut down!”
Sports
So it begins...
By BILL O'CONNOR | Feb. 16, 2011Money is like chalk to a gambler. It’s how we keep score.
Opinion
Gov. Rick Scott cares only for himself
By Chad Mohammed | Feb. 16, 2011Last week, Gov. Rick Scott presented his budget for the 2012 fiscal year, proclaiming, “This was the budget you asked for.” The proposed budget is $5 billion leaner than budgets of years past, as Scott promised. However, the governor cut from areas most critical to the state’s well-being.
Sports
Brissett’s commitment baffling
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Feb. 15, 2011After all the dust has cleared from the countrywide holiday that is National Signing Day, one thing still confuses me.
Opinion
Why does nobody like the word “like”?
By Wesley Campbell | Feb. 15, 2011There is a word that gets hated on a lot. It’s like, hearing it gets some people upset. They don’t like it, and they don’t like its use.
Sports
Florida’s run of 20-win seasons too meaningful to overlook
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 14, 2011When Billy Donovan first came to Florida in 1996, athletics director Jeremy Foley asked the 30-year-old coach how many 20-win seasons the Gators had in school history.
Opinion
Fellow motorists deserve drivers’ full attention on the road
By Chris Wood | Feb. 14, 2011As I rode my motorcycle home from class today, the cars in the lane next to me and I approached a red light.
