Sports
Media relations should have handled the Dunlap situation differently
Dec. 1, 2009Pay attention, public relations majors.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Church sets bad example
By Robert Hewitt | Dec. 1, 2009Being accosted by crazies of all types, usually benign, is normal in a college town like Gainesville. However, when it’s virulent hatred that evokes remembrance of Nazis persecuting Jews and other minorities, silence is not always the best response.
Opinion
Lessons come from experience, not advice
Dec. 1, 2009Over Thanksgiving, I got to spend a week with my 19-year-old sister, who’s a sophomore at a state school in the Midwest.
Opinion
Say what you would regret leaving unsaid
Nov. 30, 2009I like this question, even if it’s a little morbid: If you knew you were going to die this evening, and you couldn’t talk to anyone between now and then, what would you most regret not telling someone?
Opinion
Republican Party needs to realize all politics are local
By Nick Miner | Nov. 30, 2009The Republican Party has recently drafted a Purity Resolution. If passed, any candidate seeking support from the Republican National Committee would be required to support at least eight of the 10 resolutions named by the committee.
Sports
Field goal sinks rivalry to new low
Nov. 29, 2009Florida State kicker Dustin Hopkins trotted onto Florida Field to attempt a 20-yard field goal with the Seminoles down 30-0 at the end of the third quarter and gave the 90,000-plus onlookers a startling wakeup call.
Opinion
Old Florida needs to let go of old ways
Nov. 29, 2009The Gulf of Mexico may look calm from the porch I’ve perched myself on for the Thanksgiving holiday, but a contentious political storm is slowly brewing over efforts afoot in the Florida Legislature to repeal a ban on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Opinion
UF needs textbook rental program
By Kristin Klein | Nov. 29, 2009The typical undergraduate student at UF spends nearly $1,000 every two semesters on textbooks. This is not earth-shattering news if you are a student. It is no surprise that textbooks are expensive, and these prices continue to soar. In fact, the Government Accountability Office estimates that over the past two decades, college textbook prices have grown at twice the rate of inflation. With recent legislation to raise tuition and narrow the scope of Bright Futures in Florida, university students and families have an even greater burden to bear. It’s evident that the last thing students need is exorbitantly priced textbooks. To help lower the cost of textbook prices, I suggest we implement a textbook rental program.
Sports
The Swamp will hold one of its biggest games yet
Nov. 27, 2009The Swamp is about to host one of the biggest games in its 70-year history.
Sports
Picks Column: FSU
Nov. 24, 2009After last week’s great matchups, I can only hope rivalry week will give us some thrilling games like Florida’s last-second 62-3 victory over FIU, Alabama’s narrow 45-0 escape of Chattanooga or Texas’ 51-20 tough win over Kansas. This week’s slate has games with great history such as Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Florida State, Clemson-South Carolina and UCLA-USC.
Sports
Donovan has prepared his players well for NBA
Nov. 24, 2009I’ve been called a lot of things by friends and readers, but homer has never been one of them.
Opinion
Kids should not be billboards
By Kevin Olivier | Nov. 24, 2009I find it hard to believe that anyone can fight for the continuation of this fearmongering by the religious extremists going on in this city. They claim it’s “freedom of speech,” but I call it mental terrorism.
Opinion
Give sincere thanks for Thanksgiving
Nov. 24, 2009Look, I know that it’s traditionally that time of year when I should spout off about the things I’m grateful for in my life. I get annoyed when people act like you have to be thankful for every mundane thing just because it’s the fourth Thursday in November.
Opinion
Holidays create ‘Garden State moments’
Nov. 23, 2009For many first years, the Thanksgiving holiday is the first real opportunity in the semester to go back home. And thus, it’s often the first real opportunity to have what I call a “Garden State moment.”
Sports
FIU game gives glimpse of future
By CALLOVI< | Nov. 22, 2009Tim Tebow only has three games left as a Gator, raising plenty of questions about what the offense will look like when he’s gone.
Opinion
US keeps moral high ground with trials
By Nick Miner | Nov. 22, 2009Last week, the Alligator published contradictory views on whether trying Khalid Sheikh Muhammad in New York is the right move. Unfortunately, both pieces missed some of the most pertinent questions. Before addressing these, it must be said that I feel trying Muhammad in New York is the right decision. Don’t get me wrong, he in no way deserves the protections we are providing him.
Sports
FIU gives Florida a chance to rest, fix passing game
By CALLOVI< | Nov. 19, 2009As much as Urban Meyer tries to play up FIU, it is still just FIU.
Sports
Picks Column: FIU
Nov. 19, 2009We know, we know, this is one of the worst college football weeks of the year. Don’t blame us for not having anything to distract you from schoolwork. We here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column have done our best to predict this week’s game, but believe us, bad games aren’t any easier to project.
Opinion
Cuban embargo should remain in place
By Dayme Sanchez | Nov. 19, 2009It seems that there are many people out there ill-informed about the Cuban embargo. The first false assumption people make is that the U.S. initiated the embargo because Cuba became a communist country. The truth is that the U.S. enacted the embargo because when the Castro regime took power in 1959, it expropriated all of the properties of the U.S., including that of American citizens and corporations. Castro enriched his regime with the millions of dollars he stole from the U.S. and has never paid the money back.
