Opinion
Opinion
Obama foreign policy nothing new
By Kevin Hachey | Jan. 25, 2009Over the weekend, President Barack Obama authorized missile strikes into Pakistan that killed 21 people, mostly civilians.
Opinion
Facebook frenzy: The new opiate of the collegiate masses
By Natalie Hein | Jan. 25, 2009My parents' generation did acid. My generation does Facebook.
Opinion
FOX News ascends from media gutter
Jan. 25, 2009Within a time frame of three days last week, President Barack Obama symbolically undid many of '43's more controversial policies.
Opinion
Dessert demigod descends upon G–ville
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 25, 2009The Editorial Board knows a little something about junk food.
Sports
What's the greatest sports video game ever?
Jan. 22, 2009It's a slow time of year for the major UF sports.
Opinion
Mobile Campus needs revision
By Erin Forst | Jan. 22, 2009In a letter to the editor last January, I expressed concern over UF's decision to use Mobile Campus to provide emergency text messages.
Opinion
Alligator staffers sacrifice social lives
By Nicole Safker | Jan. 22, 2009My day starts at 11 a.m. when I roll out of bed. Some days I'll head to the gym, others I won't. I occasionally go to class. But the one constant in my life - aside from Leo's rolls - is the Alligator.
Opinion
Column manipulates message
By David N. Tostenson | Jan. 22, 2009I have no idea what dictionary Johnathan Lott is using to look up words, but his attempts to read "socialist" policies into Obama's inauguration speech were comical.
Opinion
Society needs to take a step back from technology overload
By ADAM WYNN | Jan. 22, 2009I first realized I was a technology-lover when I witnessed the power of Google. No more encyclopedias, books or effort for me, I thought. This six-letter word is going to make the rest of high school a piece of cake.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 22, 2009With the spring semester already in full swing, Monday's holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. couldn't have come at a better time.
Opinion
Senate debate should be civil
By Matt Michel | Jan. 22, 2009The spring election is almost upon us, and with it comes the usual flurry of campaigning and advertising for all political parties involved.
Opinion
Obama keeps promise to close terrorist prison
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 21, 2009After a whirlwind evening rubbing elbows with the likes of Beyonce and Shakira, the Editorial Board wouldn't have faulted President Barack Obama for taking a breather on Wednesday.
Sports
Butler turning program around
Jan. 21, 2009Amanda Butler walked into the postgame media area with orange-and-blue Gators flip-flops flip-flopping with her.
Opinion
Despite Roe v. Wade, restrictions on abortions still exist
By Bethany Koch | Jan. 21, 2009Today marks the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade - the Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationally.
Opinion
Obama shouldn’t discount free market
By JOHNATHAN LOTT | Jan. 21, 2009Remember when the biggest televised event of the year was the Super Bowl? How about the World Series? Or even the premiere of Survivor?
Opinion
“Michelle O”?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 21, 2009There's no denying the Editorial Board's indelible adulation for our very own Superman, but we are just down right giddy about the new first lady.
Opinion
Celebs, musicians, CEOs only a tweet away
By Michelle Hipps | Jan. 20, 2009One of my hobbies is blogging. Yep, I'm one of those people.
Opinion
Lock up your cheap brew and empty kegs
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 20, 2009A string of bizarre alcohol-related incidents in Gainesville gives new meaning to "turning to the bottle" during harsh times.
Opinion
Americans wait for Obama to deliver
By NAUDIA JAWAD | Jan. 20, 2009Swarming the National Mall en masse before sunrise, witnesses to history were not deterred by blistering winds and freezing temperatures.
