On The Map
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2009Although the use of public transportation in Florida is relatively unimpressive overall, Alachua County manages to stay ahead of the curve.
Although the use of public transportation in Florida is relatively unimpressive overall, Alachua County manages to stay ahead of the curve.
PostSecret, the popular community art project created by Frank Warren, is the opposite of advertising. And that's a damn good thing.
As I walked through Turlington Plaza to drop off a midterm Friday afternoon, I noticed a few posters with Ernesto "Che" Guevara's infamous picture on them. Progressing through Turlington, I saw protesters holding signs condemning Che Guevara, calling him a terrorist instead of a hero.
In a recent advertisement for its Blue Label line of jeans, Ralph Lauren created an advertisement that featured model Filippa Hamilton in a pair of the brand's $500 Tartan Patchwork jeans.
In the wake of President Barack Obama surprising the planet by winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, I would like to throw his name into the conversation for another prestigious award: the Heisman.
I congratulate UF on defeating Louisiana State University Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. I was in the stadium.
The day before tens of thousands of gay rights supporters marched on Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama spoke at the annual Human Rights Campaign black-tie dinner, vowing to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Fred Armisen offered the most precise answer this Saturday as to why President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in a surprise Oslo announcement on Friday: "Because I'm not George Bush."
We are desperate for your opinion.
As you read this, I am hard at work imbibing the contents of my giant, green Bubba Keg on a bus to Baton Rogue.
It's been a pretty stressful week at the Alligator. Not only do we all have exams coming up, we've also been doing the jobs of several people. It's been so rough that we might even take our three-day weekend early. On that note, we present to you a doing-homework-at-home-has-never-sounded-so-appealing edition of…
I'm a Gator, and I read the Alligator every day. Tommy Maple's Thursday column is one of the worst I have read and one of the most obvious examples of an author not doing his research.
I am shocked and extremely insulted from Tommy Maple's article about my birthplace and the city in which most of my family resides. I am not going to comment about the dog fighting subject because I love dogs and know their value to our society.
The U.S. Supreme Court is debating the constitutionality of a cross erected in the Mojave National Preserve as a memorial honoring fallen soldiers.
In a strange twist of fate, a single city has clumsily tripped into the epicenter of the debate over animal cruelty in America. This city has taken a bold stand in favor of dog fighting on legal and social levels, voluntarily placing itself in the line of fire against existing federal law and overwhelming public opinion.
A Fort Lauderdale nurse resigned after she was caught reusing IV tubing and saline bags while giving cardiac stress tests to patients over the past five years.
As I read the editorial about Burger King's imminent extreme makeover, I became considerably miffed. When I go into B, the last words I want to cross my mind are "upscale, hip, and edgy."
I awoke bloody and in sharp pain at 2:25 a.m. on Sept. 4. I couldn't tell you what city I lived in, what my name was or what happened.
A Miami man apparently wanted his Taco Bell "fourthmeal" so badly that he thought it was worth a few bullets.
The reason students don't participate in Student Government is that it fails to make a step toward a greater society. Apathy isn't the issue, relevance is.