Mad as a Hatter
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 19, 2010If the Tea Party gets any more laughs, or gets any crazier, we’re going to have to start wondering if it’s Kool-Aid in their cups rather than chai.
If the Tea Party gets any more laughs, or gets any crazier, we’re going to have to start wondering if it’s Kool-Aid in their cups rather than chai.
It’s been a long and crazy road to these midterm elections with lots of rhetoric and lots of ridiculous commercials. However, now it’s time to have a moment of seriousness before we go to the polls in less than two weeks.
Put that hoe down! Step away from the wandering stallion. And leave. Just leave that sad brown duckling in the pond.
As students, we should each take the opportunity to learn a lesson of acceptance and civility from the recent tragedy at Rutgers University.
This football season has been creating excellent opportunities to examine the role of women in male locker rooms, but the way the NFL backpedaled from a series of teachable moments is both superficial and predictable.
It’s not often we say this, but Nelly might be on par with Nostradamus.
Imagine one of your best friends was tested for HIV, and the test comes back positive.
For a nation so grossly aroused by confrontation, the U.S. does a fine job sweeping semi--important secrets under the rug.
An eye for an eye.
A unique schism has developed in the world of the post-modern relationship, a schism that has brought a veritable role reversal to the previously established and socially-accepted positions of the genders.
If you’re energized and dedicated enough to get out of bed on your day off and realize UF recognizes the day before Homecoming as a holiday but not the day before Thanksgiving, good for you!
Have you ever woken up after a night of drinking with mysterious scratches everywhere? No? Yeah, me either….
Let’s have a big round of applause for mediocrity, UF’s new area of excellence. After watching Saturday’s game, I was struck with a dilemma: Where will I now derive my pride in my choice of higher learning?
Fearing for their livelihoods in November’s election, the Dems are rolling out the big guns.
Fearing for their livelihoods in November’s election, the Dems are rolling out the big guns.
“Life isn’t fair!” says the 15-year-old girl whose parents just told her she couldn’t go to a birthday party because of a bad grade. “Life isn’t fair!” says the college student who can’t go out with his friends because of a 10-page paper due the next day that he hasn’t started. “Life isn’t fair!” says the wife at home who has to take care of her two kids and work on a proposal for her job. Well I’ll tell you whose life isn’t fair: the life of an individual suffering from HIV/AIDS — especially one in a low-income state.
Over the past couple of weeks I have gotten to know Bryan Griffin as a person and a friend. I know he would never intentionally plagiarize. He’s passionate person about his beliefs. I’m sure this was nothing more than him admiring an article and trying to get the message to others. All it would’ve taken was a citation I’m sure was subordinately overlooked due to the pressure of balancing activities and schoolwork with the column.
You’ll be waiting a little longer for your already-making-you-late-for-class-with-a-line-stretching-to-Quiznos $6.87 skinny, double-shot, extra-hot, no-foam, in-a-reusable-cup-please, sugar-free-syrup, soy Mochachinofrappelatte.
In a marketing move some are calling greasy, unhealthy and hideous, not much unlike the criticisms of its artery-clogging sandwich laden with 32 grams of fat, KFC is paying (supposedly) good-looking girls at a handful of colleges across the nation to promote its death-defying sandwich with the words “Double Down” on the buns of specially-designed sweatpants.
My father is a man of few words.