Sports
Boynton deserves praise for effort
Mar. 18, 2010Florida was one of the last teams in the NCAA Tournament, and one of the first teams out of it Thursday.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
People’s voice must be heard on immigration crisis
By JAIME GONZALEZ | Mar. 18, 2010My parents are Americans. They are citizens of this great country, which they are proud to call home. They are also immigrants.
Sports
God given too much credit in sports
Mar. 18, 2010He’s all-knowing. He’s all-loving, and He’s all powerful.
Opinion
Columnist ties basketball to politics
Mar. 17, 2010Today roughly marks the one-year anniversary of the unquestioned pinnacle of Barack Obama’s presidency – the bracket he filled out for last year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Mired in the muck of a massively unsatisfying and restive term as the leader of the free world, President Obama now must re-calibrate his approach and perhaps use the basketball acumen of his inner circle to a decided political advantage.
Sports
Tucker immune to pressure
Mar. 16, 2010Everybody wants to be The Man. But not everybody can handle being The Man.
Opinion
Alligator weighs group’s demands
By Jared Misner | Mar. 16, 2010Following the controversial shooting of Ghanian graduate assistant Kofi Adu-Brempong by University Police, Students for a Democratic Society presented a list of demands to Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. Listed below are these demands followed by the Editorial Board’s recommendations.
Opinion
Jaywalkers should be smart about it
By Will Penman | Mar. 16, 2010I wish we were all really good jaywalkers. There may be some hardasses who think jaywalking is wrong because it’s against the law.
Sports
Stamper should be drafted
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 15, 2010All Ryan Stamper did his senior year was lead the fourth-best defense in the nation in tackles with 78.
Opinion
TheLadders commercial is regressive
Mar. 15, 2010I fully admit to being a cynic about advertising, but there’s one TV commercial that throws me beyond mere cynicism and into just sputtering, angry confusion.
Opinion
Candidate Craig Lowe urges vote
By Craig Lowe | Mar. 15, 2010My name is Craig Lowe and I am running to use my proven leadership and experience as mayor.
Opinion
Student shooting raises concerns
By Jeremiah Tattersall | Mar. 15, 2010We, as a community, are saddened by the recent events in which a geography Ph.D. student, Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot by a University Police Department officer. It appears this situation did not warrant the use of deadly force and that UPD allowed the situation to escalate out of control. Our questions seem to be falling on deaf ears.
Opinion
Alligator Columnist plans to build dinosaur park
By Ryan Spencer | Mar. 14, 2010Abandoning the typical weeklong alcohol/Gatorade cycle set against a backdrop of sandy shorelines (or, less frequently, powder-laden slopes), I sipped not on ‘tron, but water, and did so in the confines of my own backyard. Had I adopted a new sense of responsibility for my health? Was it a case of middle school-reminiscent yardwork mandated by my parents, or was it perhaps HGTV-triggered gardening mania? Don’t be ridiculous — I’ve got two words for you: dinosaur cage.
Opinion
Alligator readers quick to attack writers
By PAUL MURTY | Mar. 4, 2010You’ve got to love Monday morning. Most spend it with a bitter sense of injustice at having to wake up after a relaxing weekend. I partake in that activity with the added sense of injustice at having to go to Orgo 2. This particluar Monday, however, I was greeted with a new sense of wrong.
Opinion
US should fight discrimination
By NICHOLAS SMITH | Mar. 4, 2010I know I will probably catch some criticism for writing about this, but I feel it needs to be said. Wednesday, Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced the first “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal bill. Although the bill lacked any Republican support, it was still a step in the right direction.
Sports
40-yard dash is King of Combine
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 3, 2010Everybody knows the main event at the NFL Combine is the 40-yard dash.
Opinion
Student Government should stop dodging Reitz questions, get down to facts
By Will Penman | Mar. 3, 2010If I were in Student Government, I’d shake my head this week wondering why the Reitz referendum didn’t pass. But it wasn’t clear who the referendum represented.
Opinion
Undead McCain pushes vitamin bill
Mar. 3, 2010With most of the national political spotlight soaked up by a lurching, half-hearted détente concerning health care, Sen. John McCain sneaked a bill onto the Senate floor last month that could drastically reshape the entire supplement and vitamin industries. Washington insiders, speaking anonymously and way off the record, believe that this never would have happened if McCain were still alive.
Sports
UF could see familiar end with NIT appearance
Mar. 2, 2010You know this feeling, but that doesn’t make it any easier to swallow.
Opinion
Americans should give gay couples a chance at marriage
By Jared Misner | Mar. 2, 2010Two capital cities will make history this week as they join the exclusive club of five states and seven countries that allow same-sex marriages.
