Opinion
Economic, global challenges create opportunity for change
By Josh Tetrick | Mar. 18, 2009We are drowning. Not just in credit card bills and tuition payments, we are drowning in false choices.
Opinion
Sports
Performance against Dolphins displays in-it-to-win-it attitude
Mar. 18, 2009The banners were strange. They were painted black with a diamond-shaped logo that doesn't belong in the O'Connell Center. They read "National Invitation Tournament" and spoke of postseason dreams, but not the postseason dreams with shining moments and the usual Madness.
Opinion
Pope’s stance on condoms optimistic
By JONATHAN LOTT | Mar. 18, 2009You've got to hand it to the pope. He can get away with saying stuff that would result in public crucifixion for anyone else.
Opinion
Cutting Vietnamese, Korean programs would cut opportunities
By EDGAR RODRIGUEZ | Mar. 18, 2009As many of you know, after the end of this semester, UF will no longer offer the Vietnamese and Korean language programs.
Opinion
Columnist misses point of Pentecostal Church
By Shaelyn McDaniel | Mar. 18, 2009I congratulate Allie Conti for venturing outside her comfort zone, but I am disappointed as to how little her horizons were truly broadened. While her observations as to the United Pentecostal Church may be accurate (I've never been there), expanding her generalizations to cover an entire denomination based on one visit is sloppy.
Opinion
Downturn extends beyond AIG, Madoff
By NAUDIA JAWAD | Mar. 17, 2009As Americans fumble around in the dark in an attempt to make sense of the economic mess we've found ourselves in, the country is searching for culprits so we can put our minds at ease. Those currently in the spotlight are none other than Ponzi schemer extraordinaire Bernard Lawrence Madoff and "those guys" over at AIG.
Sports
Women's basketball team just getting started with winning ways
Mar. 17, 2009It was the best news the UF women's basketball players had heard in three years, and they were wishing for something better.
Opinion
Good Eats
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2009In the wake of America's economic downturn, one restaurant has bucked the current trend of slumping sales by employing a creative business model - name your own price.
Opinion
N.Y. Attorney General cracks down on AIG
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2009Word out of New York reveals an ever-growing scandal behind the doors of beleaguered insurance giant AIG.
Opinion
Pentecostal church service proves adaptive to community
By ALLIE CONTI | Mar. 17, 2009They catch you as soon as you come in.
Opinion
Funding education remains top concern for Fla. legislators
By STEVE OELRICH | Mar. 16, 2009As many of you know, the legislature recently met in a special session to make significant cuts to the state's budget for the current fiscal year. This special session was called as a direct result of the economic downturn our nation, our state and our individual communities have all been experiencing. This downturn led to subsequent cuts to many programs, and it will definitely shape the policies we implement, as well as the final budget we pass during the upcoming regular session.
Opinion
Consumers jump the gun on firearms
Mar. 16, 2009In response to these depressing days of fiscal failure and the realization of the tenuous grip most people have on their homes and their jobs, Americans of every stripe seem to be clinging to their guns and blogs.
Opinion
Proverb spreads Irish cheer
By Erin Costello | Mar. 16, 2009May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
Opinion
Column over–glorifies Stewart
By William Gower | Mar. 16, 2009Matthew Christ's column on Monday over-glorified Jon Stewart as our nation's court jester who leads a mob in finding the fallacies in claims made by financial news networks in today's economic crisis and in ordinary news networks heading into the Iraq War. I think a criticism of Stewart is warranted today.
Opinion
Paper in Peril
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009Today marks another sad day in journalism history - the closing of Seattle's oldest newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Sports
March Madness showcases what college football is missing
Mar. 16, 2009Every year, there's one week I look forward to above everything else &mdash the selection and first two rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.From Selection Sunday to the finalizing of the Sweet 16, I'm in heaven.
Opinion
Obama takes hard line against AIG spending
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009Kudos to President Barack Obama for standing up to AIG's outlandish intentions of paying out over $100 million worth of bonuses to top executives.
Opinion
Spring Break doesn’t have to end today.
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 15, 2009Welcome back for the home stretch of the spring semester - a mere five weeks remain until the endless possibilities of summer embrace you with open arms.
Opinion
Stewart puts Cramer in rightful place
Mar. 15, 2009Online news outlets apparently yanked their thesauruses out from beneath their beds last Thursday, labeling Jon Stewart's interview of CNBC's "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer with headlines such as "Stewart Eviscerates Cramer, CNBC," and "Jon Stewart Thrashes Jim Cramer."
Opinion
Comedy Central guilty of boasting bad acts
By ERIC CHIANESE | Mar. 15, 2009There have been a ton of hard-hitting items in the news lately: President Barack Obama has pushed forward stem-cell research, the chairman of the Republican National Committee announced that he's pro-choice and Jon Stewart nearly made Jim Cramer wet his pants. That's all well and good, but I want to talk about something that's really been on my mind. Sunday, Comedy Central roasted Daniel Lawrence Whitney - better known as Larry the Cable Guy - and I shed a tear for comedy.
