Human wrongs: UN report misrepresents America’s struggle for human rights
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 7, 2010We’ve come an awfully long way since Geneva.
We’ve come an awfully long way since Geneva.
I participated in the Interfraternity Council’s fall 2010 recruitment this past week. Now, as much as I’d love to say I entered into the process like Hunter S. Thompson did in “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72,” — a journalist looking for the scoop on a mystical and oft-misinterpreted process — that wasn’t the case. I was genuinely interested in finding a fraternity that would suit my needs.
University Police Department Chief Linda Stump announced Tuesday she’s still awaiting an independent report from the consulting agency responsible for reviewing the UPD’s response and subsequent March 2 shooting of a UF graduate student while on campus. The editorial board has many concerns about the outcome.
We’ve come an awfully long way since Geneva.
As if Gainesville didn’t have enough news to write about with its international coverage of the gem of Christianity’s planned burning of the Muslim holy book, our football team pops out to play.
We wouldn’t call it a forfeit, but it’s the first word that comes to mind.
This is the time of the year when pool parties become priorities and Club West slowly starts to return to its normal quiet madness.
You can't say the man doesn't have goals.
Sometimes it's funny to remember that states like South Dakota still exist when they're brought into the news.
As Tennessee officials wait to declare Tuesday’s fire at a future Islamic center a case of arson, the nation, and particularly our very own Gainesville, face a bigger dilemma.
Big Brother is watching you.
Time sure does fly when you're battered by hurricanes, fleeing your home to live in a sports arena, relying on FEMA for pretty much everything and worrying about, well, surviving.
Bring out the rosaries and communion juice, ladies (and gents), Tebow's back on top.
There are only a few, very rare events in this world that bring the Editorial Board so much joy at once.
We hope you survived your first week of syllabus scanning, Sakai navigating and book buying relatively unscathed.
The Queen Bee is free.
We’re sure you’ve heard about Wednesday’s front-page nightmare of a typo — and if you haven’t, we aren’t going to repeat it.
Happen to catch the Miss Universe Pageant Monday evening? Even know it was on TV? Yeah, we didn't either.
After an American soldier was killed in Iraq on Sunday following the U.S. miltary's removal of combat units from the country, we, and certainly the rest of the country, are left with a sour taste in our mouths and a yearning for what "removal of combat troops" really means - if anything.