Blue Crush
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 16, 2010Mice, hamsters and other small woodland creatures, rejoice! The lame-duck House of Representatives thinks you’re the most important demographic.
Mice, hamsters and other small woodland creatures, rejoice! The lame-duck House of Representatives thinks you’re the most important demographic.
Listen closely. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of five hundred million groans as Facebook tweaks itself again, changing the functionality of its inbox to become even more social and even less private.
No longer will dateless debutantes have to rely on their lying friends for an honest opinion on how hot their dates are.
In reference to Danielle Spatz’s Monday article, I’ve been a cyclist in this town for eight years now, and every single incident in which I’ve been close to being hit or actually hit by a car has been on campus.
Just like they do with old newspapers and aluminum cans, Gainesville residents should start to recycle their logic into something more eco-friendly.
Shame. Shame all around. Shame on the team and on the coaching staff, but shame on us, too.
“Don’t Tase me, bro” finally has a sister slogan.
Dear Gator Nation,
Some political commentators argue Israel is a strategic liability to the foreign policy interests of the United States and that America would benefit from lessening or cutting ties with Israel. Although the U.S.-Israel alliance, just like any alliance, isn’t perfect, the commonalities and intensive cooperation between Israel and the U.S. make Israel an indispensable American ally.
I’d like to thank Chris Marth for the Friday letter highlighting a topic important to campus sustainability that both staff and students play a part in improving.
Just when everyone thought things couldn’t get any worse for the Democrats in Congress with the wreckage still being cleaned from precincts across the country and the Capitol nearly oozing blue blood down its steps, in walks little-known Rep. Heath Shuler to shake things up.
As if three losses and a baffling offensive scheme weren’t enough, the Gators football team managed to bump itself off the road to the Southeastern Conference championship Saturday, losing against the South Carolina Gamecocks 36 to 14.
Cigarettes are getting graphic.
I am neither an Auburn fan nor an Auburn enemy, but the hypocrisy of The Gator Nation regarding Cameron Newton is astounding. It takes The Gator Nation but a few days to try and crucify him before any facts come out.
As we all prepare to get blue in the face and just about everywhere else for the Saturday night southern showdown with Spurrier’s South Carolina, we can’t help but be thankful to the Thanksgiving gods for inching us closer to salvation every day.
Throughout campus the topic of block tuition has been present in various events and recent conversations. However, what has been lacking from these conversations is how block tuition will affect students after college.
If you’ve never experienced a feeding frenzy in the savannahs of Africa or in the shark-infested waters that surround the state of Florida, luckily our very own gem in north central Florida can provide you with a similar experience sans zebras.
The officers of UF Shakespeare in the Park would like to stress their disbeliefs at Tuesday’s article on the “lack” of Shakespeare in Gainesville.
Next week is a pivotal point in the lives of so many young people.
I congratulate Chad Kimes in his Tuesday letter for taking 15 or more credits and graduating in record pace, but my previous letter was meant to bring light to those who will suffer with this proposal.