Opinion
Student Government involvement doesn't stop at polls
Oct. 6, 2009I hate to break it to everyone who got worked up over the Student Government elections last week, but nothing new happened.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Coming Out Day should be made easy
Oct. 5, 2009Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day, an internationally observed day offering support for members of the LGBT community who want to publicly disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity to their friends and family.
Sports
Horror nights, crazed football fans not for weak stomachs
Oct. 5, 2009If you're like me and things like, say, roller coasters and horror movies terrify you to the point of near panic, I would advise against a trip to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights.
Sports
Picks Column: Bye Week
Oct. 1, 2009In the past, UF bye weeks have also meant a week off from the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column.
Sports
Several sports fighting for spot in America's heart
Oct. 1, 2009On Thursday, my esteemed colleague Phil Kegler examined the lack of a fourth-best team in college football.
Opinion
Floridians should unite against drilling
Sep. 30, 2009Florida politics has always been a giant petri dish of sleaze, and the Florida Legislature is always a spectacular orgy of corruption. However, the one topic that has always been off-limits was oil drilling around Florida. Overwhelming public support for a drilling ban - and the overarching concern for what is left of the natural environment - has stood out every year.
Opinion
Uncertain times create opportunities
Sep. 29, 2009At my internship this summer, one of my editors told me that when she graduated from college in the 1970s, people never asked her what she wanted to do with her life.
Sports
College football still searching for fourth-best team
Sep. 29, 2009Will the real No. 4 team please stand up?
Opinion
Prejudice affects everyone
By Donnie Fields | Sep. 29, 2009The members of the UF Pride Student Union have read the Rev. Terry Jones' column yesterday, but few of us were terribly shocked.
Opinion
Minority parties' efforts show true courage, virtue
By MATTHEW CLARK | Sep. 29, 2009Two days ago, during the clusterfuck of Student Government elections, I had two dissimilar but equally disturbing events occur that I thought explained how voting results were so systematically banal, year after year.
Opinion
Dove World Outreach Center radicalizes Christian faith
By Alexandra Salamanca | Sep. 28, 2009"Big Brother is watching."
Sports
Gators will need to refocus, find alternate playmakers if Tebow sits
By CALLOVI< | Sep. 27, 2009Lexington, Ky. - Tim Tebow could not get up for close to three minutes after getting hit by Taylor Wyndham and hitting the back of his head on Marcus Gilbert's knee.
Opinion
Obama to decide fate of Afghan War
Sep. 27, 2009Former Secretary of State and retired four-star Gen. Colin Powell met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office in mid-September to discuss the looming question of what to do about Afghanistan. While no one can be certain of what the two discussed, questions from the so-called Powell Doctrine probably floated around the room.
Opinion
Pastor plans protest at parade
By Terry Jones | Sep. 27, 2009We believe that it's time for Christians to stop hiding behind a message sugar-coated with love, peace and prosperity.
Sports
Moody has shown he deserves more opportunites
Sep. 24, 2009Next time (if) Emmanuel Moody gets a carry in The Swamp, change up that "Moooo" cheer a little and just say "More."
Sports
Picks Column: Kentucky
Sep. 24, 2009Miami is flying high due to the play of quarterback Jacory Harris, but the Hurricanes face their toughest test yet when they take on Virginia Tech this weekend. We left it up to Mike DiFerdinando and Kyle Maistri to debate who will win in the newest edition of the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column.
