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Opinion

Privacy is dead: Facebook violates our civil liberties

As various public health, youth and consumer groups work this week to request the Federal Trade Commission block Facebook from passing a bunch of sketchy changes to its privacy policy, we’re reminded of the old German legend of Faust.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Special thanks to UF’s Indian Students Association

I am a 2005 graduate of UF and a proud Gator. As a former member of the Student Senate, a former officer of the Indian Students Association, an honors ambassador and a member of Savant UF, I recall organizing and participating in many activities on and off campus to raise awareness of issues we believed needed attention.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

The death of college dating by hookup culture

The college-dating scene seems to be a culture of not-quite-caring — an awkward landscape pocked with holes and valleys that trip us up on the way to understanding our relationships. Try drafting one text to the dime from last weekend. The metaphor will crystallize pretty quickly when you find yourself eight drafts deep and still unsure of what to say.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Penn State trip enlightening

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The faint smell of cow manure travels to the hallowed grounds from a campus farm just across the way. Rolling hills with lush trees resemble the opening scene from “Jurassic Park” as the camera pans away to reveal a vast expanse of green.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Open call to ACCENT: Bring Noam Chomsky

Thanks to its long connection to famed linguist and author Noam Chomsky, a renowned speaker to worldwide audiences, the Civic Media Center was able to give UF’s ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau a chance to present professor Chomsky on the UF campus this Fall. In 2003, with ACCENT co-sponsorship, Chomsky spoke at the O’Connell Center to 6,000 people.


Quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) eludes Josh Evans during UF’s 20-17 win at Texas A&M on Sept. 8.
Sports

Picks Column: Bye Week

This week’s edition of the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column finds our crew soul-searching, desperate for meaning in our lives.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Guest column: Business program in Gainesville is disappointing

Imagine a program that promised the opportunity to change your life: the opportunity to work side by side with some of Gainesville’s most successful business leaders in creating a mock company. Imagine — after applying to more places than you can count, going on interview after interview and struggling to find a job much less a living wage — that someone offered you the chance to change your career path. Then, imagine the bad news: that for no logical or rational reason, 25 percent of you would be randomly and summarily rejected.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Darts & Laurels 9/13/13

This week, we remembered the events that transpired on Sept. 11 those 12 years ago. Our hearts and prayers remain with the families and friends of those whose lives were tragically cut short.



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