Although President Bernie Machen said it was "time for action," outside of Tigert Hall on Wednesday, his decision not to give UF's official support for the DREAM Act - The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act - is slightly contradictory.
Let me let the hardcore political party members in on a little secret: The average student does not care about The New York Times.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
As a McCain supporter and a conservative, I've always wished there was a more conservative newspaper voice on campus.
At last, UF and Aramark have responded to student outcry over high food prices on campus.
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.
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?
In response to the letter in Monday's Alligator that called student ticket scalpers a disgrace to Gator Nation: what a load of crap.
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?
A question for first-years here at UF: How are you holding up?
Major food corporations are hoping that the average American will cling to catch phrases rather than read food nutrition labels.
With the first round of exams approaching, UF may find itself with a pile of unexpected consequences.
The intelligence community hasn't exactly felt the love in the past few years.
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.
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