Opinion
We must do more to stop the ‘tide of evil’
Nov. 24, 2013Against a tide of evil, it can seem overwhelming to be even a single drop of good.
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Face value: In defense of selfies
Nov. 24, 2013Last week, language lovers lamented the Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year pick for 2013 — “selfie.”
Sports
Picks Column: Georgia Southern
Nov. 21, 2013We here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column are extraordinarily excited for this weekend. For the Georgia Southern-Florida game, you ask? Of course not. The second installment of the ‘Hunger Games’ series, “Catching Fire” premiered last night at midnight! If that doesn’t get your heart pumping, then we don’t know what’s wrong with you. Just watch the trailer, for crying out loud!
Opinion
Not your mother’s Plato: Philosophy matters
Nov. 21, 2013As the end of my final semester at UF approaches and one of my many ambitions comes to fruition, I find myself constantly reflecting on an eventful college experience.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels 11/22/13
Nov. 21, 2013The last full week of the semester is coming to a close, and you should pat yourself on the back: You made it! Without further ado, here it is, folks: Your last-one-of-the-semester edition of Darts & Laurels.
Opinion
Panic switch: Recognizing, treating anxiety
Nov. 20, 2013It starts in subtle ways: a little shaking, some quickened breathing. No one else will notice, but you know the train has left the station. There’s no way to stop it.
Opinion
Students: Do what you love, not what’s expected
Nov. 20, 2013Remember in the beginning of “Space Jam” when Michael Jordan left basketball to follow his father’s steps and play baseball?
Opinion
Bullying is a pervasive problem in our society
By Alyssa Milonas | Nov. 19, 2013About 160,000 students, afraid of being attacked or harassed, skip school every day. Bullying begins in elementary school, peaks in middle school and lessens in high school, but it does not stop there. It has recently moved from inside school hallways onto the football field. Though evidence is still coming to light, it’s clear that a Miami Dolphin lineman, Richie Incognito, acted inappropriately toward a vulnerable teammate, Jonathan Martin. The fact that the resulting investigation has made hundreds of headlines is no surprise: Bullying is a significant problem. The fact that many children admire NFL players makes it critical for locker room behavior to be honorable.
Opinion
Nation still has healing to do after JFK death
Nov. 19, 2013Fifty years ago this Friday, two bullets tore through the body and head of the president of the United States, making Nov. 22, 1963, the most infamous day in American history since Pearl Harbor.
Opinion
Only two options: to have or to be
Nov. 19, 2013There are only two options for all of us: to have or to be.
Opinion
Stars at night are big and racist: UT cancels game
Nov. 19, 2013This week, the University of Texas at Austin chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas made headlines when news outlets picked up on a game the organization had created called Catch an Illegal Immigrant.
Sports
Dark season still offers hope
By PHILLIP HEILMAN< | Nov. 18, 2013I'm not much of a fan of extended metaphors.
Opinion
Democrats gut Obamacare
Nov. 18, 2013Apparently there is a bit of irony in the November air in Washington. More Americans have lost their health insurance because of Obamacare than Americans who have signed up for it. The president botched the health insurance exchange website, and the strong unity of Congressional Democrats who pushed the Affordable Care Act through Congress and onto the American people is starting to chip away.
Opinion
Are gender roles still an issue today?
Nov. 18, 2013In case anyone missed the memo, we’re about to enter 2014. If you did miss the memo, then you’re not alone, because Justin Lookadoo, an unfortunately prominent speaker in public schools across the South, seems to believe this is still the 19th century. High schools invite Lookadoo to advise their students about dating as teenagers, but what they receive is a handbook on gender stereotyping.
Opinion
Assassination, sushi and socks: Buying with Bitcoins
Nov. 18, 2013Bitcoin, the purported digital currency of the future, made headlines yesterday. In addition to having leapt in value — one bitcoin is now worth more than $550 and growing — U.S. agencies met with a Senate committee in order to sell the idea that bitcoins are “legitimate financial instruments,” according to Bloomberg.
Sports
Pease shows promise in changed offensive approach
By JOE MORGAN< | Nov. 17, 2013COLUMBIA, S.C. — Brent Pease looked like a new man on Saturday night.
Opinion
Too many people don’t value what they already have
Nov. 17, 2013Early last week, baseball fans and Atlanta residents were shocked to learn that after just two decades of calling Turner Field home, the Atlanta Braves are moving to suburban Cobb County in 2017.
Opinion
Game Over: Obamacare woes aren’t just a fumble
Nov. 17, 2013For the first time since 2007, non-economic issues are dominating the top two spots in the Gallup poll’s rankings of America’s most important problems. Dissatisfaction with the government in general remains at No. 1 this month, while Americans’ concerns over high health care costs and poor health care jumped from No. 4 last month to No. 2 this month. It comes as no surprise since the Affordable Care Act has been plagued from the start by convolution, lack of transparency, poor planning and lack of accountability on the president’s part — until this past week.
Sports
Picks Column: South Carolina
Nov. 14, 2013Sitting at 4-5 with a likely loss ahead of them in Columbia, S.C., the Gators could easily be batting .400 by weekend’s end. With that possibility in mind, as well as our nation’s recent observance of Veterans Day — thank you for your service — we here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column would like to talk about Ted Williams — Teddy Ballgame — the last man to bat better than .400 in Major League Baseball.
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The Rally: Who will win the UGA-AU game?
By PHILLIP HEILMAN< | Nov. 14, 2013Each week, two alligatorSports columnists will debate the biggest looming matchup in college football. Today, Phillip Heilman and Adam Pincus preview No. 25 Georgia’s road matchup against No. 7 Auburn on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. on CBS.
