Opinion
Seize the Day
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 17, 2011His dream still rings true, but, oddly enough, the day we take to celebrate it appears to undermine Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision.
Opinion
Opinion
Tutoring services an unwelcome crutch
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 17, 2011TutoringZone is God, right?
Opinion
A solution to fix broken Bright Futures
By JOHNATHAN LOTT | Jan. 13, 2011As drop/add came to an end and we all settled into our spring classes, we got to enjoy the time-honored tradition of seeing our tuition bill show its sinister face.
Opinion
Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 13, 2011During a week littered with stories of tragedy, we’ve had to admit the hassle of drop/add period doesn’t warrant all our usual complaining.
Sports
Bookmaking 101: Deck is stacked against you, so stop betting
By BILL O'CONNOR | Jan. 12, 2011After our show at Jeff’s Deli on Friday night, we comics decided a few squirts might induce slumber. We bolted to Mother’s Pub.
Opinion
A Decade of Searching
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2011Wikipedia is celebrating its 10th birthday Saturday, and, fellow students, what would we ever do without it?
Opinion
Happiness relative for college students
By Sean Quinn | Jan. 12, 2011In 1996, Sheryl Crow opined on the human condition: “If it makes you happy, it can’t be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?”
Opinion
Eye to the Sky: North Korean nuke issue deserves U.S. attention
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2011In the fall of 1962, when the United States and the USSR stood inches away from the brink of an international blood-letting, word reached the Kennedy administration that the hard-line Soviet government did not desire to lead the world hand-in-hand into the furnace. In a flex of diplomatic bravado, Secretary of State Dean Rusk boasted: “We’re eyeball to eyeball, and the other fellow just blinked.”
Sports
Key plays free Tyus from goat reputation twice against Vols
Jan. 11, 2011Alex Tyus was thisclose to yet another heartbreak at Thompson-Boling Arena.
Sports
Gators' hit-or-miss outside shooting not key to season
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 11, 2011Let’s get one thing out of the way right now: Florida is not a consistently good outside shooting team.
Opinion
Academia’s future not printed on paper
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 11, 2011I just dropped the book-bill bomb on my parents. Needless to say, warnings of “you better actually read these” followed. Of course I will, Mom and Dad … maybe.
Opinion
Slow Going: Haiti recovery takes more than cash
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 11, 2011A year later, some progress has been made. There’s still a long way to go, however, in rebuilding the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
Opinion
Blam! Pow!
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 11, 2011Maybe there are superheroes among us.
Opinion
Full of Fili-Bluster
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2011Picture this scene. It’s an ungodly hot September day and our Florida Gators football team take the field to deliver their traditional, early-season Charles Sumner-style canning of a non-conference powerhouse St. Cecilia’s School of the Blind and Anorexic.
Opinion
Alligator should have offered coverage of Arizona shooting
By Cain Norris | Jan. 10, 2011The Alligator seems to have lost its way as a news source.
Opinion
Costly inauguration not unique to Scott
By Nate Rushing | Jan. 10, 2011A lot of people have been slagging Gov. Rick Scott for his extravagant inauguration festivities last Tuesday.
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Sinking Ship: Immigration bill needs a rewrite
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2011“I might not even vote for it myself.”
Opinion
Reader’s proposal for forced abortions not so modest
By JOSH NEDERVELD | Jan. 10, 2011While Chad Kimes’ vision for a brave new world certainly is breathtaking, his call for “forced abortions” is not a modest proposal.
Opinion
No blame game: Shooting shouldn’t be made political
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 9, 2011As a rule of thumb, people don’t have their political affiliations carved on their tombstones. Parties don’t matter in the face of tragedy and grief, but the memories of the deceased and the pain of the survivors do.
Opinion
Work pays off for Meat-Free Monday supporters
By Jared Misner | Jan. 9, 2011I have a lot of favorite quotations I’ve read through the years. Some are great for inspiration, others provide a laugh and others just make me think. But there’s one in particular that always, for me at least, seems to rise above the rest in the abundance of potential Facebook-favorite quotations. Margaret Mead, famed anthropologist and author, once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Well, Gators, the late Ms. Mead would be proud of all of us. For we have, indeed, changed civilization.
