While we have not seen the impact of Gator Watch, as someone who has worked the safety zone, I have seen the benefits this program provides for students.
I would like to say two things to Daniel Seco: First, please do not wave your "strong Catholic" banner while promoting things that are unequivocally contrary to the Church's teaching. You can't have it both ways.
By now, we think it's safe to assume Gainesville touts a fairly left-wing point of view. The area's liberal tendency is especially obvious on UF's campus, where protests are as common as man-crushes on Percy Harvin.
If you've ever seen the 2003 film "Something's Gotta Give" featuring aging stars Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, then you know firsthand the horrors and possible pitfalls of over-the-hill intimacy. In one of the movie's opening scenes, Nicholson's character has a heart attack as he is putting the moves on a disturbingly younger woman.
In politics, as in life, you can usually identify losers by their tendency to blame the messenger.
The UF population, having engaged in debate concerning carrying concealed weapons on campus, would do well to reread Wednesday's article "Police name suspect."
What better way to kick off a weekend featuring a game against South Carolina than to tackle a program being instated because of the caliber of our opponent? First, we're going to give a we-care-that-you-care LAUREL to UF First Lady Chris Machen and her safety program Gator Watch. If you haven't heard about it already, this program starts this weekend and is meant to prevent UF students from getting caught up in drunken trouble. No, the administration isn't pegging us all as drunkards; they just want to make sure that we go about our game day business free of trips to the Shands at UF emergency room.
Buddy McKendree's letter that was published Thursday gave me a good laugh. Insinuating that his beloved Sarah Palin was harshly handled by the media is a claim too bold and comedic not to respond. The media treated Palin for what she was - annoying, brain dead and full of fluff.
Another year, another group of immature students squirting milk out their noses while laughing at the terrible joke that is "Beat the Cocks."
Obama isn't funny. There, I said it.
America's drunken love affair with the notion of change has led the nation to completely overlook the shortcomings that continue to ravage our country.
As the U.S. creeps closer to the beginning of President-elect Barack Obama's first days in office, the optimism toward the Illinois senator remains constant.
While I think it's great that Student Body President Kevin Reilly and Student Senate President Jordan Johnson say they want to end the corruption in Student Government, ethics seminars and rewriting the "weak" SG Code of Ethics will not accomplish their goals.
If you thought UF's problems with technology began and ended with the unreliable ISIS system and the always-crashing UF WebMail, you thought wrong.
During UF coach Urban Meyer's press conferences this season, I have waited and listened for the same question.
The quality of journalistic reporting performed during this election season was downright awful.
The U.S. was founded in a revolutionary spirit. This American brand of patriotism insists that our citizens constrain the power of our leaders, in spite of impulsive emotions and desires. Throughout their political experience, Americans are encouraged to openly challenge their leaders.
With a historic election having just ended and Thanksgiving just a few weeks away, it's easy to forget about that other holiday.
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