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Student Alliance party thanks student voters for passing resolution

By GRAHAM CLARK | Mar. 21, 2010

I want to publicly thank several student senators who reached across party lines Tuesday night to help pass the Student Alliance’s resolution calling for a grand jury investigation into the shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong. The Unite Party’s leadership repeatedly tried to make amendments to the bill that would have watered it down to the point of meaninglessness, even over objections from numerous members of the public who came out to support the resolution.

Opinion

Investigation not sufficient

By The Coalition Against Police Brutality | Mar. 21, 2010

The Coalition Against Police Brutality does not share the Editorial Board’s faith in Margolis, Healy & Associates.

Opinion

Breaking Ground - Health care bill passage marks important step

By Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 21, 2010

We made history last night.

Sports

Boynton deserves praise for effort

Mar. 18, 2010

Florida was one of the last teams in the NCAA Tournament, and one of the first teams out of it Thursday.

Opinion

People’s voice must be heard on immigration crisis

By JAIME GONZALEZ | Mar. 18, 2010

My parents are Americans. They are citizens of this great country, which they are proud to call home. They are also immigrants.

Opinion

No one is qualified to judge shooting incident except for investigators

By MATTHEW LAMBIE | Mar. 18, 2010

The line from Wednesday’s editorial on the Kofi Adu-Brempong shooting that reads, “We also question why he was shot in the jaw rather than a safer location,” is beyond ignorant.

Opinion

Darts and Laurels

By Alligator Editorial Staff | Mar. 18, 2010

Hang in there, Gators, the weekend is almost here. And after hearing several of you vomiting in our parking lot after a “successful” St. Patrick’s Day, we’re sure you’re ready for it.

Sports

God given too much credit in sports

Mar. 18, 2010

He’s all-knowing. He’s all-loving, and He’s all powerful.

Opinion

A Letter to the City Commission

By John Davies | Mar. 17, 2010

The City Commission works for us, the taxpayers, just like the police are supposed to.

Opinion

Alligator coverage on Adu-Brempong case is shameful

By Rob Robins | Mar. 17, 2010

The Alligator’s coverage of the shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong has been shameful. The story was first reported not as a front-page headline, as warranted, but buried deep within the paper. What pressing development grabbed the front page headline that day?

Opinion

Alligator missed important point in Adu-Brempong case

By Nick Mildebrath | Mar. 17, 2010

Much of the Alligator coverage in the past two weeks has dealt with the actions of the University Police during the tragic shooting of graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong. But another, equally great tragedy is the scant coverage of the extremely poor response to a man suffering from poor mental health.

Opinion

Columnist ties basketball to politics

Mar. 17, 2010

Today roughly marks the one-year anniversary of the unquestioned pinnacle of Barack Obama’s presidency – the bracket he filled out for last year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Mired in the muck of a massively unsatisfying and restive term as the leader of the free world, President Obama now must re-calibrate his approach and perhaps use the basketball acumen of his inner circle to a decided political advantage.

Opinion

St. Hacktrick’s Day

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2010

In a society that goes out of its way to celebrate the mediocre — Applebee’s restaurants, allowing the Detroit Lions to be televised on Thanksgiving Day, ‘80s music — we really outdo ourselves on March 17.

Opinion

Hawhyii: Birther bill may do more harm than good

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2010

More than a year after Barack Obama was elected president, his home state is finally trying to grow a pair.

Sports

Tucker immune to pressure

Mar. 16, 2010

Everybody wants to be The Man. But not everybody can handle being The Man.

Opinion

Alligator weighs group’s demands

By Jared Misner | Mar. 16, 2010

Following the controversial shooting of Ghanian graduate assistant Kofi Adu-Brempong by University Police, Students for a Democratic Society presented a list of demands to Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. Listed below are these demands followed by the Editorial Board’s recommendations.

Opinion

Mississippi Cruelboard

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2010

Congrats, Mississippi. Your residents just helped solidify the backwards image many Americans have of you.

Opinion

Bad Barbie: New toy sends wrong message to children

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2010

She’s at it again. Our favorite anatomically incorrect career hopper is adding another hobby to her already formidable list — promoting the purchase of animals.

Opinion

Jaywalkers should be smart about it

By Will Penman | Mar. 16, 2010

I wish we were all really good jaywalkers. There may be some hardasses who think jaywalking is wrong because it’s against the law.

Opinion

Audio tapes should inspire students to vote

By Jonathan Ossip | Mar. 16, 2010

On March 4, the Alligator Editorial Board commented on what they called the Unite Party’s “naughty audio.” However, the editorial and the administration’s silence on this issue reveal the true problem in Student Government: apathy.