As returning Gators know — and freshmen are soon to discover — UF is probably a much more open and safe environment for the LGBT community than the environment they experienced in high school.
As a much-anticipated college football season kicks off at The Swamp this weekend, it may be appropriate to look almost 1,000 miles north to Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.
I would like to address a gender inequality that has vexed me greatly the past two weeks. Both Tropical Storm Isaac and the general rainy nature of Florida have characterized the beginning of classes by a stoic low-energy conflict with nature.
I really hate getting sucker-punched. I am constantly being enticed by all sorts of titillating bait, only to get gut-checked by an entirely different reality.
There are so many threats against women in America today.
Welcome back! In honor of the fresh and new theme of back-to-school season, I say we bury the idea of the acronym “YOLO” (you only live once), and choose to embody another expression by famed rapper Drake.
Each semester, the Alligator seeks new columnists to fill up its opinions pages. In our application, we usually ask applicants to include a brief explanation of their political and ideological viewpoints.
A long time ago, when I was a weaker man, a “friend” of mine hosted a party and had the gall to charge everyone who went a cover. Not a suggested donation to cover party expenses; straight-up cover.
The Israeli government is in an uproar about United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visiting Iran for a summit hosted by the Non-Aligned Movement, a group of 120 countries that formed during the Cold War. Many countries are those the United States has sought to marginalize.
So now it’s time for the sorry-for-the-abrupt-transition-but-we-don’t-want-to-rush edition of...
Can you remember the last time you heard about Missouri? It’s just one of those lonely, forgotten fly-over states — until last week.
I was on campus yesterday and picked up a copy of the Alligator, which had a story on the cover titled “NASA sends rover to Mars, awes students.” This is good because students don’t know or care much about space flight.
There is a storm brewing in America that will rock the world if it gets any worse. Americans are at the breaking point with a bad economy, corrupt banks and bought-out government officials.
Well, it’s the end of the Summer semester, and it’s definitely been an interesting one. Although we’re going to try to end the semester on a lighter note, we do need to start off with some more somber reminders in this our-thoughts-go-out-to-the-victims-of-the-shooting-at-the-Sikh-temple-in-Wisconsin edition of...
This Chick-fil-A debate has been around longer than the past month; the company’s policies are no secret.
It’s been a little more than 40 years since the unofficial end of the Civil Rights movement. Today, many believe that the victories won between 1954 and 1968 have stood the test of time and that a society of equality has flourished and taken ground.
They are all featured in this week’s does-watching-the-Olympians-do-triple-back-flips-row-boats-for-200-meters-swim-faster-than-you-can-run-and-dive-from-high-in-the-air-make-you-feel-bad edition of...
Now that headlines are filling up with support for equal rights, hate for fried chicken and blogs with “gays should be loved, too” cries, there’s a matter surrounding homosexuality I’d like to address.
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