Opinion
Opinion
Fantasy sports provide real life skills
Sep. 1, 2009Labor Day will officially kick off the American fantasy football season in 2009, and no matter where you are this weekend you will be within earshot of a conversation about somebody's fantasy draft.
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Lawmakers overzealous in fighting H1N1
Sep. 1, 2009The government is acting like back-to-school season will somehow resemble "28 Days Later."
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Ossip used issue as political ploy
By Kevin Cronin | Sep. 1, 2009I'd like to express my concern with some of the facts represented in yesterday's Alligator regarding recent happenings in Student Government.
Opinion
Progress Party given undue credit
By Donte Hargrove | Sep. 1, 2009Tuesday's letters to the editor by Nina Martinez and Mark Jaskowski are both misleading and unjustly give credit to the Progress Party. It wasn't Progress that initiated discussions to save The New York Times on campus. Instead it was the Orange and Blue Party that repeatedly questioned the Budget Committee for the past month and brought the issue to the student body.
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Pedestrians should yield to cyclists
By Katrina Lane | Sep. 1, 2009To the oblivious masses of pedestrians:
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New DMV fees will help fund schools, prisons
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 31, 2009Motor vehicle fees are going up on Tuesday and many people feel it's inappropriate timing, given the current economic climate.
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Gainesville trails unclean, unsafe
By Scott Paterson | Aug. 31, 2009Like many students living in Gainesville, I love biking, especially mountain biking. Over the summer I went on a road trip across the country. I got to do some great mountain biking. My favorite location from the trip was a small town in Colorado called Durango. If you ever get a chance to go mountain biking there, you will get to go on some great trails. What you won't experience is a large homeless population living in tents on the bicycle trails.
Opinion
Doubt should be component of faith
Aug. 31, 2009I have a problem with the Bible. Specifically, I have a problem with a particular verse in the Bible. Even more specifically, a particular translation of a particular verse in the Bible.
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Matt Christ full of 'craziness,' too
By James Troxler | Aug. 31, 2009I am writing to respond to Monday's column by Matthew Christ. I must be one of the crazies he railed about because I'm having trouble finding any merit or truth in what was written. Let me explain.
Sports
What is your Red Bull and cereal?
Aug. 31, 2009Red Bull and Lee Corso: Oddly enough, these are the two things that I have come to associate with the Saturday mornings of my youth.
Opinion
Anti-Islam shirts send bad messages to kids
By Dave Gallo | Aug. 31, 2009I would like to express my disappointment in the argument being put forth by Mr. Harringer in his letter in Monday's Alligator. It is unfortunate that it is not easier to find consensus in condemning the wearing of hateful religious messages in schools.
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Student Government responds to outcry
By Maryam Laguna | Aug. 31, 2009It was once said that "a basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency." I can proudly say that democracy must be alive and well, because I have had one of the most engaging dialogues with the student body in the past week than I have had in a long time.
Opinion
Dems do little to combat craziness
Aug. 29, 2009Passing health care reform is the Democratic Party's ultimate panacea, but failing to do so, and failing publicly, would be President Obama's "waterloo," as Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opined earlier this summer.
Opinion
Orange and blue beer cans will not promote drinking
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 29, 2009Bernie Machen can't make up his mind about drinking.
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Religious shirts OK in schools
By ROBERT HARRINGER | Aug. 29, 2009I'm tired of people being enraged at the few Christians who actually follow what the good book commands. In the same way evangelicals say, "Don't hate the sinner, hate the sin," I say, "Don't hate the Christian."
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Students should rally to permanently reinstate newspaper
By Jonathan Ossip | Aug. 29, 2009In Friday's edition of the Alligator, Student Body Treasurer Maryam Laguna wrote that after a temporary gap in delivery, The New York Times would be restored to newspaper boxes on campus starting Monday. However, what she neglected to mention is that despite the temporary return of the Times, the paper's readership program still has been cut from the next proposed Student Government budget.
Sports
Jumpball: Gators should play it safe in season opener
Aug. 29, 2009Florida's backups could beat Charleston Southern on Saturday.
Sports
Jumpball: UF should open up offense some against Charleston Southern
Aug. 29, 2009Since moving into my new house this semester, I've started playing a lot of ping pong with four of my roommates.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 27, 2009If you're anything like us, fall is one big wake-up call (and if you're even more like us, you totally missed your 7 a.m. wake-up call on Monday).
