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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

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Florida Alligator
Opinion

Stay safe during Thanksgiving

I just wanted to tell all UF students to have a good Thanksgiving, but even more importantly, to return to UF alive next week. Please don't do anything stupid. There have already been too many young, potentially great lives lost this semester. Be safe.


Florida Alligator
Sports

BCS bowl not out of the question for Gators

While I know how excited UF fans are for a chance to see their Gators battle it out against Ron Zook and the Illini in the Capital One or Outback bowl, the Gators still can earn a spot in one of the nation's elite bowl games.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Salary could be better spent

In light of the fact that funding for many UF departments is being cut to the bone, UF professors are underpaid and overworked, state funding for higher education is being cut every year and our economy is, by many estimates, on the verge of entering a recession, isn't it good to know that we here at UF have one of the highest-paid university presidents in the country?


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Darts & Laurels

Thank God - it's finally starting to feel like a season other than summer. It's time to put the sundresses and shorts in the back of the closet and break out the sweaters and scarves. It's time to put on a pot of chili and sip some hot cocoa. It's time to trade in the Corona Light for a dark, wintry ale. It's time to stop going to class and stay under the covers instead. But most of all, it's time to read this week's frost-covered edition of…


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Online SG voting should be an option

During the fall Student Government election, UF students again resoundingly expressed the opinion that the voting system at UF needs an overhaul. When 14 percent of the electorate trudges through the rain to the polls, it is time for a change.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Don't perpetuate stereotypes, Alligator

I found myself a little surprised after reading "Overheard in Gainesville" in Thursday's Avenue section. The final quote, by a "sorostitute," would have little apparent humor apart from the girl presumably being in a sorority. Some people might find it funny, but why not throw in hilarious quotes about other people?


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Happy Trails

Two officers from the Florida State University Police Department will trek by bicycle from Tallahassee to Gainesville on Monday as part of the "Road to Responsibility Challenge" to discourage drunken driving and alcohol abuse for next week's traditionally rowdy Gators-Seminole clash, which also just happens to fall on Thanksgiving weekend.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Proposed stadium a waste of state funds

The other day, Gov. Charlie Crist rubbed his magic funding bottle and a little legislative genie popped out and granted him one wish. Unfortunately, Charlie exchanged his other two wishes for visits to a tanning salon.



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