Opinions - The Independent Florida Alligator

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UF should consider minorities as new hires

By Bradford Hall | Sep. 22, 2009

UF has continued to make known its desire to become one of the top 10 national institutions of higher learning. I commend the university for desiring to achieve this level of distinction. However, UF's administration seems to have eradicated the university's low number of minority faculty members. In 2008, less than 10 percent of our faculty body was black or Hispanic. While seeking to employ faculty members at the top of their fields at this institution, racial diversity must become a component.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Length of friendships should be finite

Sep. 22, 2009

I don't want to be your BFF.

OPINION | COLUMNS

UF Libertarians left out of health care forum

By Daniel Rood | Sep. 22, 2009

If any of you went to the Health Care Forum on Monday night hosted by Student Government's Chomp the Vote, you would have noticed that the student organizations participating in the discussion included only the College Democrats and the College Republicans.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Pigskin Problem

By The Alligator Board | Sep. 22, 2009

While UF students with flu-like symptoms are being encouraged to quarantine themselves in their homes, three Gators with the flu took the field on Saturday.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Menthol cigarettes in same category as cloves

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 22, 2009

If the Food and Drug Administration wanted to prevent people from picking up smoking, menthol cigarettes would be included in the ban on flavored tobacco.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Aramark encourages unfair labor practices

By Dave Schneider | Sep. 22, 2009

The issue of campus food reform is starting to gain some serious momentum. A few letters to the editor, some annoyed complaints to restaurants and raw discontent with the high prices of campus dining options was enough to convince Pollo Tropical that they were charging too much for their food.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Food service provider requires oversight

By Mark Jaskowski | Sep. 22, 2009

As a student at UF, I am distressed to see that Aramark, the company contracted to provide food services, has seen fit to raise the prices charged by franchises in the Reitz Union and elsewhere on campus above those charged at off-campus franchise locations, especially while students are increasingly feeling financially crunched. Where is the oversight?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wall Street Journal should be available

By Nick Alsaka | Sep. 21, 2009

As a McCain supporter and a conservative, I've always wished there was a more conservative newspaper voice on campus.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Aramark concedes to students, lowers campus dining prices

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 21, 2009

At last, UF and Aramark have responded to student outcry over high food prices on campus.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Student government official right to resign

By Kenneth Kerns | Sep. 21, 2009

I was surprised to hear of the story last week about William Sedgwick, a UF Student Government official who was arrested on a DUI charge and resigned.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Community needs classical station

By Barbara Wickwire | Sep. 21, 2009

I can't tell you how much I miss classical music from UF radio. You have cut it, perhaps, to give students a chance to report news. But what is the community supposed to do? Do you have no obligation to us?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Scalpers show business sense

By Jon Levy | Sep. 21, 2009

In response to the letter in Monday's Alligator that called student ticket scalpers a disgrace to Gator Nation: what a load of crap.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wasted student government money could fund free paper

By Nick Mildebrath | Sep. 21, 2009

In a year when budget cuts incited outrage over the proposed elimination of The New York Times, isn't it better to cut costs that don't directly benefit students?

OPINION | COLUMNS

Freshmen: It's OK to not like college

Sep. 21, 2009

A question for first-years here at UF: How are you holding up?

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Food industry giants use labels to fool consumers

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 21, 2009

Major food corporations are hoping that the average American will cling to catch phrases rather than read food nutrition labels.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Online lectures could have unintended results

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 20, 2009

With the first round of exams approaching, UF may find itself with a pile of unexpected consequences.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Probe should focus on policymakers

Sep. 20, 2009

The intelligence community hasn't exactly felt the love in the past few years.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Jesus neither liberal nor conservative

By Warren Rhea | Sep. 17, 2009

In response to Paul Murty: Like most fair-minded people, Jesus was both a liberal on some issues and a conservative on others. He felt a great drive to understand and help the poor. He also spoke of his admiration and respect for soldiers in service of their country. He tells us to "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and render unto God what is God's." Here we can see a broad range of reasonable views emphasized to different degrees by both liberals and conservatives.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ACORN rotten with corruption

By David Drescher | Sep. 17, 2009

I find it rather shocking that the Editorial Board of the Alligator so casually brushed off the actions of ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - in their Thursday column and were so quick to vilify the filmmakers who brought the situation to light. The Editorial Board described ACORN's actions as "explaining how to run a brothel of underage 'women of the night' while evading the federal government."

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Gardasil necessary in an unideal world

By Rebecca Theobald | Sep. 17, 2009

I felt a responsibility to address the misguided information given by Caitlin O'Conner on human papillomavirus and Gardasil.