Opinion
Media obsessed with college athletes
Oct. 8, 2009As you read this, I am hard at work imbibing the contents of my giant, green Bubba Keg on a bus to Baton Rogue.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Philly no friend of man's best friend
Oct. 7, 2009In a strange twist of fate, a single city has clumsily tripped into the epicenter of the debate over animal cruelty in America. This city has taken a bold stand in favor of dog fighting on legal and social levels, voluntarily placing itself in the line of fire against existing federal law and overwhelming public opinion.
Opinion
Drivers must become more aware of cyclists
By John Thaddeus Phoebus | Oct. 7, 2009I awoke bloody and in sharp pain at 2:25 a.m. on Sept. 4. I couldn't tell you what city I lived in, what my name was or what happened.
Opinion
Student Government lacks student relevance
By Mike Belle | Oct. 6, 2009The reason students don't participate in Student Government is that it fails to make a step toward a greater society. Apathy isn't the issue, relevance is.
Sports
Preseason polls give false sense of upsets in college football
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 6, 2009Apparently, this is the year of the upset in college football.
Sports
Prepare for top-notch game Saturday
Oct. 6, 2009The showdown of the titans is finally approaching.
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
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."
