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Monday, May 11, 2026

Opinion: Columns

Florida Alligator
Opinion

Plans for homeless not panning out

Nearly two months after Gainesville banished panhandling, I'm giving a D-minus to Gainesville's "Give a Better Way!" program for refurbishing old parking meters into collection stations.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Hurricane Katrina cannot be forgotten

Today was a bad day. I failed another assignment. I missed the bus and got caught in the rain. I argued with my family. I stubbed my toe. The Reitz Union Food Court was out of spicy sushi rolls.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Football player was treated unfairly

Garrett Tyler and Jack Berry appear to have nothing to do with Tony Joiner. But there are moral lessons to be learned from Gators athletes leaving their sport and a football player's run-in with the law.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

How to conquer five biggest stress-causers

"Ketchup" season has begun. You've already had your first exam, and it was probably a bad idea to go drinking the night before. Unfortunately, the rest of your fall semester will be spent catching up from the work you skipped.


Florida Alligator
Sports

A few minutes with Gary Barnett

If there's one good thing about having to wait out a post-game traffic jam at Tiger Stadium, it's watching the who's who that must wait with you.



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