Sports
Nothing worse than Irish curse
By BILL O'CONNOR | Jan. 27, 2011Twenty years ago, I darted down a Dublin hospital corridor.
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Obama selling image through address
By Bob Minchin | Jan. 27, 2011So, who watched the State of the Union show this week? Did anyone really think that Snooki would actually lay off the booze?
Opinion
Corporate model a detriment to academia
By Joseph Dillon Ford | Jan. 27, 2011I read with dismay the article “Students band together to save professor’s job” in your Jan. 25 issue. I do not know lecturer David Small, who, after 11 years, is being unaccountably dismissed from his post in UF’s department of computer and information science and engineering. Evidence suggests he is an excellent educator who is much appreciated by his students.
Opinion
Conspiracy theorists ruin discussion at Accent event
By Justin Eastridge | Jan. 27, 2011The 9/11 truthers at the Valerie Plame event should be ashamed of how they conducted themselves.
Sports
No ‘I’ in team, but one in ultimate
Jan. 26, 2011When the UF ultimate team gathered to practice Wednesday evening, the most obvious element of its game was missing.
Opinion
FDA should let gay men donate blood
By Jared Misner | Jan. 26, 2011I can’t help but wonder how Monday’s poll results asking how many of us have donated blood will inevitably be skewed by the number of potential respondents who felt too ashamed to answer one way or another.
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Every American wants to “win the future”
By Chad Mohammed | Jan. 26, 2011Hours before President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, the National Assessment of Educational Progress published an assessment of science proficiency among the country’s fourth-, eighth- and twelfth-graders. The results were disconcerting: Only 34 percent of the fourth-graders, 30 percent of the eighth-graders and 21 percent of the 12th-graders studied qualified as proficient. This might be the “Sputnik moment” the president described in his speech that night.
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Code Red: US phases out terror alert system
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 26, 2011Don’t get us wrong, we love orange. Supposedly, we bleed it.
Opinion
What’s Your Beef?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 26, 2011Suppose you’re a hungry student speed-walking across campus, looking for something to shove down your gullet while you rush to your next class. If you’re low on dough, you might be stuck eating food from the intestinal house of horrors known as Taco Bell.
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Remakes pollute Hollywood magic
By Wesley Campbell | Jan. 25, 2011Within the next week, I will hear the phrase “the book was better.” While I usually agree if it’s a book I have read, I’ll be honest and say that unless it’s a hyped-up children’s series not involving vampires, or a trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, there are few books I’ve ever read that have film adaptations. I suppose that’s why some books get made into movies — so the stories they tell can be digested in less than two hours and I can get back to more important things, like choosing what combination of outerwear I want to lug around as the Florida weather covers every temperature and humidity level in the span of a day.
Opinion
State of Unity: Speech shows parties can reach compromise
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 25, 2011We anticipated most of the talking points and even the tone of the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Two things have caught us off guard, however.
Opinion
Gun control groups distort facts, ignore Constitution
By August Lee | Jan. 25, 2011I commend Sarah Poser for a balanced article on the allowing guns on campus in the Monday issue of the Alligator. However, Brian Malte’s quote, “The more outrage there is, the more the gun lobby starts to retreat.” The gun lobby is composed of the NRA and Second Amendment supporters. And, “Without a lot of protest, there is a chance the gun lobby could shove it through,” Malte said.
Sports
UF's reputation to be determined by postseason performance
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Jan. 24, 2011When asked about the greatness of this season’s Southeastern Conference, Billy Donovan gave a somewhat surprising, yet enlightening, answer.
Opinion
Coffee consumers pay for ambiance
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 24, 2011There are few things on which I regularly spend an exorbitant amount of money. These items include gasoline, sushi, phone accessories and Starbucks coffee. I cannot recall when or where, but some blessed person once introduced me to those deliciously handcrafted beverages, and I have been hooked — and thus shelling out the big bucks — ever since. I’m such a sucker for their overpriced products that they took pity and issued me a fancy gold card with my name on it that may as well scream, “I have spent a ridiculous amount of money here and am powerless to stop.”
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Tucson tragedy not conservatives’ fault
By Anthony Garcia | Jan. 24, 2011Matthew Christ should be ashamed of himself, but instinct tells me he is probably rather proud. In the space of three sentences in yesterday’s guest column, he managed to label the Tucson shooter as ideologically conservative and try to weasel away from the fallout.
Opinion
Up in Smoke
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 24, 2011Welcome back to Gainesville, coach.
Opinion
Progressive programs overrated by left
By John Brandli | Jan. 24, 2011In Monday’s guest column, Mr. Christ claims progressive ideas have fared well in every intellectual arena, boasting of such stallions as higher educational standards, social safety net programs and business regulations.
Sports
Gators’ inconsistency defies explanations
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 23, 2011In a moment of brutal honesty, Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan hopefully put an end to all the speculation, all the guessing games and all the “if only” thinking.
Opinion
Blend of political views necessary
By Nicolas Sayavedra | Jan. 23, 2011Bob Minchin claims “liberalism is an emotive ideology. By nature, it relies more on feelings than intellect.”
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Hail to the Tweet: Social media connects public to White House
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 23, 2011We got a little preview of the State of the Union address this weekend, but for now we’re more intrigued that the White House is embracing technology in the lead-up to the speech Tuesday night.
