Opinion
Sports
Picks Column: Kentucky
Sep. 24, 2009Miami is flying high due to the play of quarterback Jacory Harris, but the Hurricanes face their toughest test yet when they take on Virginia Tech this weekend. We left it up to Mike DiFerdinando and Kyle Maistri to debate who will win in the newest edition of the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column.
Opinion
PSA no more risqué than video game, beer ads
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 23, 2009Rethink Breast Cancer is rethinking its newest advertising campaign after critics say it focuses too much on sex and too little on the dangers of the disease.
Opinion
Senators failed to support human rights
By Fernando Figueroa | Sep. 23, 2009As a Hispanic student, I am very disappointed that Student Government senators couldn't find it in them to pass a simple resolution supporting human rights and dignity for farm workers in Immokalee, Fla., especially since most of the workers affected are also minorities.
Opinion
Video disses pimps, proves gullibility
Sep. 23, 2009I have enjoyed the hectic media buzz surrounding the widespread condemnation of ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - workers over the last few weeks. The travesty against pimping that transpired in these videos should forever place shame on the houses of every pimp in the country, if not the world.
Opinion
Students do care about The New York Times
By Jake Pease | Sep. 23, 2009Fransisco Sotomayor: Students like me care about The New York Times.
Opinion
SG turned a blind eye to workers' rights
By Ryan Bird | Sep. 23, 2009When the UF administration signed a no-bid contract with Aramark last year, many students at UF were disconcerted with the lack of research into the options available for food services on campus.
Opinion
Machen should give full support to DREAM Act
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 23, 2009Although 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.
Opinion
Newspapers not worth the cost
By Francisco Sotomayor | Sep. 22, 2009Let me let the hardcore political party members in on a little secret: The average student does not care about The New York Times.
Opinion
UF should consider minorities as new hires
By Bradford Hall | Sep. 22, 2009UF 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
UF Libertarians left out of health care forum
By Daniel Rood | Sep. 22, 2009If 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.
Sports
Don't Worry, Florida will fix flaws
By CALLOVI< | Sep. 22, 2009There is no need for Gators fans to panic.
Opinion
Pigskin Problem
By The Alligator Board | Sep. 22, 2009While 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
Menthol cigarettes in same category as cloves
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 22, 2009If 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
Aramark encourages unfair labor practices
By Dave Schneider | Sep. 22, 2009The 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
Food service provider requires oversight
By Mark Jaskowski | Sep. 22, 2009As 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
Wall Street Journal should be available
By Nick Alsaka | Sep. 21, 2009As a McCain supporter and a conservative, I've always wished there was a more conservative newspaper voice on campus.
Opinion
Aramark concedes to students, lowers campus dining prices
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 21, 2009At last, UF and Aramark have responded to student outcry over high food prices on campus.
