Opinion
SG tries to stall online voting amendment
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 15, 2008Each Student Government election cycle, it comes up in heated debates.
Opinion
Opinion
Text message notice raises concerns
By Erin Forst | Jan. 15, 2008The announcement of the new emergency text message system stated that "because cell phone numbers provided will be used only in the event of an emergency, they will be kept private and are exempt from Florida's public records laws."
Opinion
Bush and Iran: Déjà vu all over again
By JOSHUA FREDERICKSON | Jan. 15, 2008As we venture into 2008, the déjà vu is becoming a bit ridiculous. Or perhaps what is really ridiculous is the reality that many citizens seem blissfully oblivious or inexplicably unconcerned about how the events of recent memory have paralleled almost perfectly with some from the past.
Opinion
Kevorkian policy kills spontaneous questions
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 14, 2008Since it was postponed last October, Dr. Jack Kevorkian's highly anticipated visit to the UF campus tonight is naturally expected to be controversial.
Opinion
Hero or killer, Kevorkian visit brings up important issue
By BILL COLBY | Jan. 14, 2008On Monday morning, June 4, 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian waited alone in his rusted Volkswagen van, parked at a remote campsite an hour outside Detroit. In the back, he'd rigged a makeshift bed next to a contraption that looked like a junior high shop project gone bad - three bottles dangling from hooks screwed into a piece of wood. Around 10 a.m., Kevorkian's two sisters arrived at the campsite with a 54-year-old woman from Portland, Ore., named Janet Adkins. Adkins, in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, had flown to Detroit the day before for her "appointment."
Opinion
Underage drinking not a part of college experience
By Alex Bernstein | Jan. 14, 2008In response to Kevin Micocci's Monday column, it's satisfying to know that someone is willing to speak out for the girls that are being unjustly arrested for drinking underage. Sadly, the police department here in Gainesville is running amok, disbursing officers all over the town to reprimand these innocent and undeserving girls.
Opinion
Harmless college fun will cost you later
By GERALD LILES | Jan. 14, 2008If you still have not received your copy of the latest issue of "Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research" in the mail, allow me to give you an exciting sneak peek at what academics are doing to stem the advancing tide of beer in the United States. Get ready.
Opinion
Kevorkian's message opposite of university mission
By Anders Bergmann | Jan. 14, 2008I was appalled when I woke up on Monday and read the letters by Ondi Crino and Martha Duffy.
Opinion
Athletics fund themselves
By Nicholas Williams | Jan. 13, 2008I disagree with Mr. Simmons' argument that UF's student-athletes deserve special treatment because of the money they generate.
Opinion
Summer notice needed soon
By Elise Carlson | Jan. 13, 2008Whatever UF decides about summer school, it had better make up its mind soon.
Opinion
Protesters challenged to listen
By Ondi Crino | Jan. 13, 2008In response to Friday's article, I would like to bring attention to Katherine Schinn's misrepresentations of Dr. Kevorkian's patients.
Opinion
UF should cancel speech now
By John Ritchie | Jan. 13, 2008If pro-assisted suicide and euthanasia advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian's appearance is not canceled, the moral integrity of higher education in America will receive a serious blow. With the forced starvation of Terri Schiavo still fresh in our nation's memory, I am appalled that a convicted felon like Dr. Kevorkian is being given the microphone at the University of Florida. The immoral behavior he promotes is unfit for civilized society. Obviously, freedom of speech has limits. Would Accent also be willing to sponsor Hitler, Stalin or Mao? I sure hope not.
Opinion
Cutting summer classes should be last resort
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 13, 2008The declining housing market and less-than-booming economy continue to make an impact on Florida's budget.
Opinion
Kevorkian has right to speak
By Martha Duffy | Jan. 13, 2008Dr. Kevorkian is coming and apparently many anti-Kevorkians have been furiously typing to try to get our president to stop him from speaking.
Opinion
Underage drinking not Gainesville's real alcohol problem
By KEVIN MICOCCI | Jan. 13, 2008You can always tell when a semester really kicks into gear. Yes, it's that time again - the biannual underage drinking crackdown.
Opinion
Drug companies offer funny ads, cash
By VINCENT MASSARO | Jan. 13, 2008A study from a Canadian university earlier this month estimated the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on promotions as it does on research and development, contrary to the industry's claim.
Sports
Win for Jaguars means more than just advancing in the playoffs
Jan. 10, 2008The big picture isn't always the big picture.
Opinion
Column about Pakistan 'ludicrous'
By Imran Ahson | Jan. 10, 2008As a grad student, I've read and loved nearly seven years of factual Alligator print, but Ms. Pandey's article was yellow journalism at it's finest.
Opinion
Voters should look past campaign hype
By Kevin Savage | Jan. 10, 2008Joseph Trimboli's letter in favor of Hillary Clinton published Thursday is nothing more than a quote of Clinton's talking points.
Opinion
Alligator welcomes budding journalists
Jan. 10, 2008So you've resigned yourself to this? Reporting? Really?
