Opinion
Political bumper stickers are childish, show driver stupidity
By ADAM WYNN | Sep. 3, 2009If the eyes are the window to the soul, then a bumper sticker is portal to the back of a moron's head.
Opinion: Columns
Sports
CSU builds program with big checks from warm-up games
By CALLOVI< | Sep. 2, 2009Nobody wonders why Florida would schedule to play a team like Charleston Southern.
Opinion
Fantasy sports provide real life skills
Sep. 1, 2009Labor Day will officially kick off the American fantasy football season in 2009, and no matter where you are this weekend you will be within earshot of a conversation about somebody's fantasy draft.
Opinion
Doubt should be component of faith
Aug. 31, 2009I have a problem with the Bible. Specifically, I have a problem with a particular verse in the Bible. Even more specifically, a particular translation of a particular verse in the Bible.
Sports
What is your Red Bull and cereal?
Aug. 31, 2009Red Bull and Lee Corso: Oddly enough, these are the two things that I have come to associate with the Saturday mornings of my youth.
Opinion
Student Government responds to outcry
By Maryam Laguna | Aug. 31, 2009It was once said that "a basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency." I can proudly say that democracy must be alive and well, because I have had one of the most engaging dialogues with the student body in the past week than I have had in a long time.
Opinion
Dems do little to combat craziness
Aug. 29, 2009Passing health care reform is the Democratic Party's ultimate panacea, but failing to do so, and failing publicly, would be President Obama's "waterloo," as Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opined earlier this summer.
Opinion
Students should rally to permanently reinstate newspaper
By Jonathan Ossip | Aug. 29, 2009In Friday's edition of the Alligator, Student Body Treasurer Maryam Laguna wrote that after a temporary gap in delivery, The New York Times would be restored to newspaper boxes on campus starting Monday. However, what she neglected to mention is that despite the temporary return of the Times, the paper's readership program still has been cut from the next proposed Student Government budget.
Sports
Jumpball: Gators should play it safe in season opener
Aug. 29, 2009Florida's backups could beat Charleston Southern on Saturday.
Sports
Jumpball: UF should open up offense some against Charleston Southern
Aug. 29, 2009Since moving into my new house this semester, I've started playing a lot of ping pong with four of my roommates.
Sports
Meyer changes hazing culture
Aug. 27, 2009Next time you're on your knees in a dark frat house getting beaten with a sack of doorknobs, try calling Urban Meyer for help.
Sports
Tebow needs another milestone to be greatest of all time, but he shouldn't
Aug. 26, 2009When it comes to a player's legacy, perception is reality.
Sports
Playing through injuries just part of the game
By CALLOVI< | Aug. 25, 2009Despite what you see on Saturdays or hear in jokes, Tim Tebow is still only human.
Opinion
Internet invites people to gossip more
Aug. 25, 2009Sometimes, I think about how much the next generation will change because of the Internet, and I feel old in anticipation.
Sports
Sports show common bonds even overseas
Aug. 24, 2009They say that travel expands the mind, but in the few short weeks I spent in England, Ireland and the Netherlands this summer, I found just the opposite to be true.
Opinion
Nation's addiction to bickering, celebrity news steals air time
Aug. 24, 2009Health care reform, Michael Jackson and Lady GaGa's penis. What do all of these things have in common? Together they comprise 99.9% of the news cycle, and I never want to hear about any of them ever again. Under any circumstances. Period.
Opinion
Schools need foreign language focus
By Allison Griner | Aug. 24, 2009Having taken French classes since high school, I am always impressed with someone who has actually learned to be fluent in a foreign language.
Opinion
At 22, transition to UF just as difficult as freshman year
By Ashley Cruel | Aug. 23, 2009This past summer, while everyone was in a chilled-out, lazy summer mood, I was the girl armed with her class schedule, 50 fliers, a campus map and the bus schedule. I was the one spinning around wildly with a deer-in-headlights look on my face, trying to figure out where my next class was.
Opinion
Student Body president outlines goals for coming semester
By Jordan Johnson | Aug. 23, 2009To all you students who are new to UF, welcome to the next four years of your life. Returning Gators, try to cut the freshmen some slack and welcome back as well.
Sports
Publish the country's best sports section and get involved? Yes we can!
Aug. 23, 2009It might be a year late, but we here at alligatorSports believe in change too.
