Sports
This is just the start for UF softball
May 28, 2008The funny thing is, you probably won't think the Gators making the Women's College World Series is a big deal a couple years from now.
Opinion
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
May 28, 2008The boys and girls of summer are hitting their (home run) strides, and we at the Department of Darts and Laurels couldn't be more pumped. The Gators softball team has earned its first-ever Women's College World Series birth, the upstart Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays are the surprising leaders of their respective divisions in the big leagues, and we're keeping our fingers crossed for the Gators baseball team as it looks to put a hurting on FSU in the Tallahassee Regional this weekend for the chance to steal their way into the College World Series.
Opinion
Call It Quits: Clinton’s RFK comments show need to exit race
May 26, 2008Many observers of this year's historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination have been wondering out loud why Sen. Hillary Clinton hasn't dropped out of the race yet. Sen. Barack Obama has won more states and more pledged delegates, and now he has secured the endorsement of more superdelegates than Clinton.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
May 21, 2008Is it just us, or are these nascent summer days disappearing more quickly than Hillary Clinton's chances of being the Democratic nominee for president?
Sports
Tebow only second best at UF?
May 21, 2008What would you say if I told you Tim Tebow is only the second most dominant athlete at UF?
Opinion
Marital Bliss: California ruling sets example worth following
May 19, 2008Last week, the California Supreme Court handed down a historic ruling regarding one of the most divisive issues of our time: gay marriage.
Sports
Walton the right man for the job
By By BRIAN STEELE | May 14, 2008You know those times when you clean your room and you proudly pronounce to your parents that you're done?
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
May 14, 2008Yes, ladies and gentlemen, summer has finally arrived. The Legislature has concluded one of the most painful and pointless sessions in recent memory, Major League Baseball is in full swing, the Sunshine State's signature sweltering temperatures are starting to return, and for many of us here in the Gator Nation, it's back-to-school as a new semester presents us with new opportunities to engage in one of our favorite pastimes: procrastination. As we venture into summer '08, however, we at the Department of Darts and Laurels won't waste any time presenting to you, our loyal readers, a hot and fresh, first-of-the-summer-edition of…
Opinion
Alligator offers summer opportunities
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | May 12, 2008With the first day of class behind me, it has finally sunk in: Summer is here.
Opinion
Short Changed: Legislature fails to address pressing issues
May 12, 2008As the spring term was winding down here at UF and at other institutions of higher learning around the state, so too was the 2008 legislative session in Tallahassee. Last week, the Florida Legislature closed shop after three months of supposedly working toward solutions to the many serious problems facing our state.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By the Editorial Board | Apr. 22, 2008Well, it's finally here. Our calendars may say it's Wednesday, but right about now it sure feels like a Friday. This being the last issue of the spring semester and the last day of classes - though everyone seems to be too busy headed to the library for "exams" and "term papers" - we've decided to lighten it up a bit. C'mon, you know you're not really going to use both of those reading days, anyway. So grab a lounge chair by the pool, pop open a cold one and start thinking about summer. It's with bittersweet nostalgia that we here at the Darts & Laurels department compose our semester-ending edition of Darts & Laurels.
Opinion
So long, Alligator; thanks for everything
Apr. 22, 2008The Alligator's sports editor, Mike McCall, and I were talking about our long-term career goals recently, and we have come to simple terms about what would validate our lives' work.
Opinion
Barbaric, antiquated capital punishment must be abandoned
Apr. 22, 2008Few issues represent so profound a moral conundrum and elicit so visceral an emotional response as capital punishment.
Sports
Always look on the bright side
Apr. 22, 2008I have always believed that things happen for a reason.
