Where the buffalo roam
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 1, 2010If a certain proposal being discussed goes into effect, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park will be preserving a whole lot less.
If a certain proposal being discussed goes into effect, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park will be preserving a whole lot less.
If the Tea Party has its way, Tallahassee, Dover, Salt Lake City and company will reign supreme over Washington, D.C.
I have a confession to make, and it’s not going to be easy. I’ve carried this burden for many years, and I’m not quite sure how to just bare it for all to see. I’m told confession is cathartic, so here goes: I don’t like Christmas music.
Editor’s note: This letter, sent to staff writer Jon Silman, is being printed with the permission of its author.
The idea of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is ridiculous.
There are a lot of important things going on in the world right now. WikiLeaks reared its ugly head back into the national spotlight with the release of diplomatic cables and a lot of juicy gossip.
I have accepted I will disagree with the editorial staff of the Alligator on almost any given political issue, but Monday’s offensive editorial needs to be addressed.
While the Kyoto Protocol has been signed and ratified by virtually every world power, the exceptions being the United States and Australia, the international policy itself offers no real solutions to climate change.
Lindsey Graham should probably quiet down now.
Soon-to-be Speaker of The House John Boehner will soon add another title to his name: Fashion Police.
Beginning Monday, 15,000 world delegates, journalists and others swarmed to the sunny and spicy Cancun, Mexico, to discuss how in the world we should deal with the pending global climate crisis.
WikiLeaks spewed out a bunch of classified American diplomatic documents this week, and it was disheartening to learn that what passes for statecraft these days could easily be mistaken for a worldly version of Us Weekly.
Sen. John McCain, the top Republican in the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said Sunday it’s time to start chatting about a “regime change” in North Korea.
Beginning Sunday, the website WikiLeaks, an organization designed to release covert government documents, began to release batches of top-secret papers.
In the words of the lyrics sung by Kenny Rogers, “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.”
I see them out sometimes, and sometimes in class the next day. Bodies dry, withered and hated. Revelry at late night hours in 40-watt splendor. Sloppy and slippery moral codes bound to the most basic human needs.
When I was accepted to UF (after being rejected four times), I yelled. That's how excited I was.
Good news for drivers looking to stick it to the gas-guzzling Man: The Environmental Protection Agency labeled the soon-to-be-released Nissan Leaf as the best midsize vehicle for fuel efficiency and best car for the environment as the Leaf clocks in at about 99 miles per gallon.
Since I began writing this column at the beginning of the year, I’ve had a few regrets.
We airbrush models and magazine centerfolds without much thought. Beauty, we’re told, is only skin-deep, and our models need to represent the image of perfection.