Opinion
Being eco-friendly isn’t always easy
Oct. 27, 2009Maybe it's selfish, but I like to believe that humanity has evolved to the point that allows me to have a few modern mechanical luxuries.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Exclusive Greek-only event furthers negative stereotypes
By ASHLEY ROSS | Oct. 27, 2009When we were in middle school, stuck in an awkward stage wearing bowl cuts and braces, not getting an invite to the coolest party in town could've crushed some of us. Now, however, we're all grown up, and exclusive guest lists don't move us to tears.
Opinion
People in relationships shouldn’t settle
Oct. 26, 2009I think that, in some cases, one of the most ethical, selfless things you can do in a relationship is end it. And I think one of those cases is when you realize that, by staying with your significant other, you'd be settling for them.
Opinion
Students should demand better wages for Immokalee workers
By Dave Schneider | Oct. 25, 2009Students are often insulated from a lot of issues outside of Gainesville. Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., you have an opportunity to affect the lives of a tremendous number of farm workers.
Opinion
Obama should get his hands dirty
Oct. 25, 2009If Dick Cheney didn't earn the title "Darth" that New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd bestowed upon him when in office, he's certainly earned it throughout his personal life. His raspy, shallow voice that pines to whisper, "Luke, I am you father" is quick to criticize the current administration.
Sports
Gators defense excels without Spikes
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 25, 2009STARKVILLE, Miss. - Brandon Spikes is the best player on Florida's defense, but he isn't the reason the unit is great.
Opinion
Government needed for health reform
By PAUL MURTY | Oct. 22, 2009While I believe that Neal Wheeler has the kernel of a good idea in his letter to the editor, he becomes increasingly more ignorant as the piece goes on. His idea that the government can't be counted on to fix everyone's problems is very true. The government can't, in fact, fix everything. Perhaps the government has tried too hard in the past to fix all the problems in American society, but this doesn't extend to health care.
Sports
Florida had its Ole Miss game; now it needs an Arkansas
Oct. 22, 2009It's time to turn back the clocks again.
Opinion
UF should have sent text about threat
Oct. 22, 2009This past week revealed a disturbing trend at UF, something that the entire Student Body should be concerned about. Apparently it is becoming common practice around campus for students and bystanders to leave suspicious-looking backpacks lying around public areas and for the Gainesville Police Department bomb squad to respond accordingly.
Sports
Picks Column: Mississippi State
Oct. 22, 2009Kyle Maistri is still fuming about the money he (would have) lost (if we condoned gambling here in the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column but we don't, so he isn't) because of Washington last week. And there are few things that Mike DiFerdinando loves more than Jake Locker and UW football.
Sports
Gators running game needs fixing, but coach is in denial
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 21, 2009Florida's running game seems to be living by the motto, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Opinion
Fighting could resolve health care issues
Oct. 21, 2009Amid a thorny nest of substantive issues and thoughtful debate about human agency, America proved last week that our real gift to the world is a bountiful supply of vaguely Asian, dysfunctional families ready to claw their way onto television. Our nation owes you a great deal of gratitude, Heene and Gosselin clans, for too many seem to have forgotten that our country was built on a burning desire to have one's own reality television show.
Opinion
Public option not only solution
By Warren Rhea | Oct. 21, 2009Joseph Trimboli makes some good points in his letter to the editor, "People entitled to health care," until he says anyone who opposes the public option is either being paid off by the insurance companies or enjoys killing their fellow Americans.
Sports
Rating the SEC at halfway mark
Oct. 20, 2009If there's one thing I've learned, it's that 90's rock music holds the answers to virtually all of life's most important questions.
Opinion
Loss of control can create obsession
Oct. 20, 2009Four years ago this week, my mom sent me a Halloween care package. It included Halloween decorations, a haunted house soundtrack for our dorm party and a tin of cookies.
Sports
Addazio should be blamed for game plan, not execution
Oct. 19, 2009Somewhere between christening Mike DiFerdinando - our often overly optimistic friend and colleague - "Butters," and trying to fit our group dynamics into that of the wildly popular TV show South Park, it occurred to me.
Opinion
Case against marriage equality faulty
Oct. 19, 2009Maine voters will go to the polls on Nov. 3 to vote on Maine's Question 1, a referendum that, if passed, will reject a state law that legalized gay marriage earlier this year. And through this prism, the refusal of Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana Justice of the Peace in Tangipahoa Parish, to sign an interracial couple's marriage license earlier this month becomes a lot more interesting, and not in a good way.
Opinion
Health care not a right, shouldn’t be mandatory
By Daniel Morris | Oct. 19, 2009This is in reply to Matthew Christ's column, "Political gain halts health care reform."
Sports
Arkansas game reminiscent of Ole Miss
Oct. 18, 2009Just like last year, the Gators struggled with an underdog from the Southeastern Conference West at home.
