Florida Atlantic University’s first step to toning down its student newspaper, University Press, was to fire long-time adviser and former editor-in-chief of the Alligator Michael Koretzky on May 18.
Whenever we go to Midtown we have to wade through a seemingly endless amount of 18- to 20-year-olds. They edge in front of us at the bar only to stare blankly at the bartender before ordering a “roman coke” or whatever it is that grown-ups drink. They look so innocent trying to tape together a discarded wristband they found behind a Dumpster, and it’s hilarious every time we see a 19-year-old girl drunkenly crying behind Balls.
For too long, environmental conservation has been a cause championed by liberals. Even though most members from both sides of the political spectrum, myself included, recognize the importance of environmental preservation and want to work to protect our planet, only liberals seem to lay claim to the issue.
Another $4.64 in fees is going to be tacked onto the cost of a credit hour at UF, and it’s a hard pill to swallow since part of it ensures that graduate students get access to free health care at the cost of undergraduates.
The Gainesville branch of the International Socialist Organization is calling on Gainesville residents, religious groups and student organizations to come out this Monday to publicly denounce the illegal Israeli assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters Monday.
This headline, "Bus customer demands refund for missed flight," makes it sound like the bus didn't get him there on time, in which case he would be right to demand a refund.
David Nigliazzo was not the only controversial nominee.
Students only have one more month to smoke on campus before it is officially banned. Let the countdown begin.
I cut off 8 inches or so and donated all my hair to the group in the plaza Thursday.
Bill Cervone's statement clearly indicates that he believes police officers can, in the name of self-defense, shoot any person in their presence armed with a possibly deadly weapon - such as a cane, which is hardly different from a table leg - and wielding it in a dangerous manner.
Things just got a little more difficult for the under-insured and uninsured.
Like most college students, I am quite tied to my Facebook account and have put much of my life on the ever-growing social network. When I first heard about Facebook four years ago, I promised myself I would never sign my deal with the devil and get an account. Four years later and here I am, one of those people who logs on at least twice a day to update myself on things that the website says I care about.
If the zoning code hasn't changed, then the owners of the Fat Tuscan have no argument.
It is love at first sight. It is a Thursday afternoon, and you are exhausted, waiting on the bus and eager to get home.
The weather is going to be great, but you may want to think twice before cracking open a beer and having a pool party this weekend.
I love a good Internet political meme. Most political junkies have their inner circles of friends on an email list-serve that they use to distribute particularly funny or applicable memes. It can be a very enjoyable hobby.
After seeing the column ‘Sexual health care on the cheap’ in the May 13th edition of the Alligator, we’d like to remind readers that the UF Student Health Care Center also offers a full range of sexual health care services available to students.
As a corporation, British Petroleum is deeply saddened by the recent leaks in our interwebs tube that have pumped out an ever-increasing number of highly sensitive and damaging internal documents into the vital Gulf of Public Opinion. We have prepared the following memo as a “top kill procedure” on the destructive flow of information by piping loads of crap into real leaks of BP’s corporate philosophy:
Starting next school year, incoming high school freshmen in Florida will have to pass both Algebra 1 and Geometry in order to earn their diplomas.
Gainesville residents who walk with canes are advised not to lift them above their waist in the presence of law officers. Doing so may result in you being legally shot, or so argues Bill Cervone in his statement regarding Kofi Adu-Brempong.
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