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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Opinion: Columns

Florida Alligator
Opinion

Proposed cuts hurt UF employees, too

A CEO announces 10,000 jobs are being cut to make up for a revenue shortfall. He then goes home to his ,2.5 million mansion where his private chef prepares him a meal that would cost hundreds of dollars in a restaurant. Life is rough at the top.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Faculty leadership training worth cost

UF is already more than ,30 million in debt. Gov. Charlie Crist might cut some State University System funding. The Tuition Differential Program might not provide enough funding for both measures.


Florida Alligator
Sports

UF will survive without wideout

UF faces one of its biggest rivals Saturday, and it will have to do so without one of its starting wide receivers - Andre Caldwell, who hurt his knee against Troy.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

One location enough for pizza place

Satchel?s Pizza is too damn far away. It?s so distant I?ve run up a string of excuses why I haven?t been lately: "My car won?t start." "My scooter died last week." "My bike tire?s flat." "My shoes have holes." I shouldn?t have to make such claims, but it?s impossible to drive sixteen miles round-trip as often as I?d like. As sacrilegious as it may be, many people think Satchel?s needs a new location.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Even clueless can survive football games

What I am about to say has never been said before. I do not believe that anyone, in the history of UF, has expressed the following words, for fear of being a social outcast forever and possibly banished from The Gator Nation altogether.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Electricity savings easier than you think

If electrical utilities lower their costs by reducing expenses or adopting "green" technology, students have reason to rejoice. Less money for utilities means more for other things, right? Wrong.



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