Touchy TSA: Airport security showing its absurdity
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 23, 2012The Transportation Security Administration might as well be a four-letter word for people who have ever made a trip through the airport.
The Transportation Security Administration might as well be a four-letter word for people who have ever made a trip through the airport.
Despite former President John F. Kennedy's adage, the sole justification for laws is to benefit and protect the citizens they govern.
Neighbors can be as annoying as cheapskates who sneak into churches to do laundry rather than go to a laundromat.
Friday night at the Graham Center for Public Policy, talk show host Tavis Smiley and Princeton academic Cornel West passionately advocated for the poor and disenfranchised.
Former head coach of Penn State's football team Joe Paterno passed away at the age of 85.
If you haven't noticed, it's Hollywood awards show season, and the stars are coming out.
While others are living a dream, there are millions of people living a labor and sexually exploited nightmare in the United States of America.
Only a couple weeks in, the Republican presidential primaries have already given us all we've come to expect from the GOP: baseless attacks and conservative talking points.
Last Tuesday, the Unite Party engaged in some of the most disgusting, blatantly corrupt behavior I have seen in my time in Senate.
Employers around the country have become concerned about a letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that says requiring a high school diploma for certain job positions could violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
We have made it to the second week of the spring semester.
It appears as though one widely unpopular piece of legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) might be killed before the House of Representatives can bring it to a vote.
It seems characteristic of man, today more than ever, to move further away from his natural self with each notch of progress added to his belt.
In response to the editorial addressing interior design licensing, the students of UF's Department of Interior Design would like to have the opportunity to respond to the many misconceptions about the profession put forth.
On Dec. 10, 2011, Lowe's Companies, Inc. decided to pull its advertisements from TLC's "All-American Muslim."
If you're reading this, congratulations! You made it through the first week of the semester.
The time has come again for your friendly neighborhood Alligator to ask for help.
How is it that an individual such as Mitt Romney could not have had better luck as a presidential candidate and still struggle?
This letter is in response to Adrianna Paidas' article about the requirement for police clearance imposed on the poor and homeless to be allowed to use services at St. Francis House homeless shelter and dining hall. This requirement was imposed at the same time the 130 meal limit ordinance was enacted, but the police clearance requirement was not enforced until the meal limit was lifted. For two and a half years, they were forced to turn away thousands of hungry people.
I am very disappointed to read the misinformed article regarding interior design. As someone who works for Shands in the facilities development department I can attest to the importance of an educated and licensed interior designer for commercial designs. The licensing laws have nothing to do with residential design; please check the facts before publishing.