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Monday, May 11, 2026

Opinion: Columns

Florida Alligator
Opinion

Kanye promotes meritocratic system

Kanye West and his enduring propensity to go off-script at inopportune television moments seems to have forced the entire mainstream media into a state of apoplexy.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Revenge will come after halftime

It's hard enough to get Urban Meyer or any other member of the Florida football team to say anyting about Lane Kiffin or his remarks let alone get them to say what they plan on doing as retaliation for Kiffin's offseason comments.


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Opinion

Golden rule applies to relationships

I had a friend who was really into returning lost things to their owners. One of my more resonant memories of this is the time she found a teddy bear on the sidewalk.


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Sports

Picks Column: Troy

The alligatorSports Brand Picks Column altered its style last week with a debate over the week's most divided game instead of a silly interview, and we have taken the lack of response from our readers as a sign of approval.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Picks Column: Troy

The alligatorSports Brand Picks Column altered its style last week with a debate over the week's most divided game instead of a silly interview, and we have taken the lack of response from our readers as a sign of approval.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Health care debate ignores zombies

In a few years, Sarah Palin will be a hot forty-something with her own little media empire. The thing we may remember most about Sarah Smile, though, could be the way she hijacked the multifaceted debate about end-of-life care and turned the whole thing into a screaming match about government "death panels."


Florida Alligator
Sports

Jumpball: College fans just dedicated to team

As usual, Kyle Maistri chooses to focus on the negatives and neglects the overwhelming positives about you, the college football fan. He fails to understand your unwavering passion and misconstrues your enthusiastic nature for something that it's not. Forgive him. He doesn't know any better. Unlike you and me, he doesn't embrace the joy of spending Saturday with 90,000 good friends.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Middle East trip reveals need for peace

Instead of working odd jobs, getting an internship or taking classes this summer like a normal college student, I decided to go to the Middle East. I spent the majority of my time in the West Bank, even though the U.S. Department of State advised to stay clear of the Palestinian territories. What I saw has completely changed my views and understanding of American foreign policy in the Middle East.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

UF should keep cheap food options

It is understandable that, in the heat of national debates over health care, CIA interrogations and the way forward from a crimson summer in Afghanistan, we have not talked enough about the recent facelift of the Reitz Union food court.


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