Sports
Future bright for young Gators
Oct. 7, 2007UF proved two things with its 28-24 loss to LSU on Saturday.
Opinion
Opinion
Dropped charges set poor example
By David Wilsey | Oct. 7, 2007Everyone is to be excused for believing that the Gators football program existed within the broader UF community. The Tony Joiner incident has demonstrated the reverse: The UF community falls within jurisdiction of the Gators football program. What is good for the program trumps what is good for the greater community.
Opinion
Crist changes mind on tuition hike
By the Editorial Board | Oct. 7, 2007Well, well, well. It seems Gov. Charlie Crist has finally come around to our side. Not willingly, of course. That would be crazy talk.
Opinion
Gators team will be great by next year
By Nicholas Bretagna II | Oct. 7, 2007I just want to say that while, like anyone else, I was disappointed by the loss to Louisiana State University, I want to commend each and every one of the players for an impressive show - I think many people forget that these kids are mostly 18, 19 and 20 years old, and many of them made only their sixth collegiate start (all too many their sixth collegiate game) and, despite that, for 50 minutes, they dominated the No. 1 team in the nation in a very hostile venue.
Opinion
Fall election turnout one of the highest
By Frank Bracco | Oct. 4, 2007The Alligator really downplayed this fall's SG election turnout. Considering the horrible weather, lack of real competition and limited campaigning, it was impressive to see this election garner one of the highest turnouts in fall campaign history. In fact, this year's turnout set a record for normal fall election turnout.
Opinion
Task force not representative of students
By Mark McShera | Oct. 4, 2007Well folks, it looks like Student Body President Ryan Moseley's Student Government administration is on track to let us down again. I am writing about the task force which will review UF's event management and the University Police Department's practices.
Sports
Eight simple rules for taming top-ranked Tigers
Oct. 4, 2007If you go by point spreads, the Gators don?t have much of a chance.
Opinion
Technology hinders new revolutions
By COLLEEN SHEA | Oct. 4, 2007Bubbling beneath the everyday lives of a growing number of college students is the urge to reignite the tie-dye colored flames of another hippie revolution.
Opinion
Election campaigning needs tweaking
By Kayla Muller | Oct. 4, 2007Hooray! SG elections are finally over. I no longer have to dodge perky Gator Party representatives as they try to attack me on Turlington Plaza. In high school, I was heavily involved with student government, but I never attacked unwilling participants as they walked to class.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By the Editorial Board | Oct. 4, 2007It's a wild, wild world. This week has proven that to us. Student Government elections always seem a little animalistic - shark-like senate candidates preying on unsuspecting students, poll workers who seemed as slow as snails, plenty of revelers at the Orange & Brew who had a whale of a time. After all, we're animals, too. So hear us roar in this week's menagerie of…
Opinion
Procrastination shows lack of discipline
By Christopher O'Leary | Oct. 4, 2007I'd like to respond to Wednesday's U-Wire column, "More useful classes, please."
Sports
Auburn loss could turn out to be beneficial
Oct. 3, 2007UF couldn't have picked a better week to lose.
Opinion
Meyer and Kevorkian events are separate
By Justin Roth | Oct. 3, 2007Andrew Meyer strikes again! However, this time we didn't see it coming. Only his actions could effectively assist in the suicide of another campus speech. I can only assume that in light of recent events, UF President Bernie Machen believes postponement of a "controversial" speaker will somehow ease tension and tame the chaos he has created.
Opinion
End of Student Government election brings calm
Oct. 3, 2007Because I could not stop for voting, it kindly stopped for me. Oh, Emily Dickinson's famous words will forever linger in my mind. Actually, I think it was traffic. Traffic kindly stopped for her, right?
Opinion
O'Dome needs better acoustics
By Ryan Winkler | Oct. 3, 2007First let me say, as an avid Lil Weezy fan, I enjoyed Monday night's concert at the O'Connell Center. However, I was a little disappointed with the show, mainly the sound quality.
Opinion
Language barriers can hinder learning
By Phillip Madrid | Oct. 3, 2007I hate it when I can't understand what some foreign teaching assistants and professors say.
Opinion
New student senators have their work cut out
By the Editorial Board | Oct. 3, 2007Was there ever any doubt?
Opinion
UF should not have postponed speech
By Scott Erker | Oct. 3, 2007UF's decision to postpone Kevorkian's talk is so reactionary. What message is this sending? Maybe we are being punished, and the powers-that-be do not have the confidence that we can listen to some old geezer speak about death without asking some pointed questions.
Opinion
Experience not necessary to critique
By Danny Sanchez | Oct. 2, 2007I'm sure Kyle Cox hasn't done a lot of things in his life as I haven't either. But to say that you cannot criticize someone because of never doing those things is ridiculous.
