Opinion
Godspeed and good riddance
By Gabriel Lopez-Bernal | Sep. 27, 2007Campus preacher leaving for South Korea?
Opinion
Opinion
Show some compassion for bus drivers
By JohnRussel Bove | Sep. 27, 2007I am writing in response to Thursday's column "RTS drivers should be more punctual." Perhaps Stephanie Rosenberg should sit on a bus for 12 hours straight and see how she feels when, while trying to eat lunch, she has students like herself start whining because the driver is doing something during "their time." Some Regional Transit System drivers spend more than 12 hours on a bus every day, and the least we students can do is have an ounce of compassion. They need to use the bathrooms, they need to stretch and, Heaven forbid, they need to eat.
Opinion
Everything causes cancer - we get it
By COLLEEN SHEA | Sep. 27, 2007Being a columnist, I feel it is my duty to provide you - the handful of people other than my parents who actually read this - with the most important news stories of the day. Hold on to your seats because today's topic is: Deadly Air Fresheners.
Opinion
RTS works hard to improve services
By Raymond Cho | Sep. 27, 2007I'm sure everyone can recall instances when riding an RTS bus was less than pleasant and would certainly want for the buses to arrive promptly, according to schedule, in addition to also having room to comfortably fit on the bus. Now imagine that multiplied by almost 8 million.
Opinion
Without a preacher, students are condemned
By Ryan Heuser | Sep. 27, 2007I write Joey Johnsen this letter as Paul wrote the Romans, with "great heaviness and . . . sorrow in my heart." I know I speak for the entire UF community when I write that we will daily feel Johnsen's absence. What will we do without him? I am certain we shall go to hell.
Opinion
Gator Party is human, too
By Patrick Duffey | Sep. 27, 2007I'm responding to Thursday's letter "No progress with Gator." Ben Cavataro is right: The Gator Party isn't perfect. Like many other organizations around campus it has made a fatal blunder: It let in human beings. People try their best and fail. They exert themselves and come up short. They do the best they can and it still isn't enough. But that's life.
Sports
Upcoming games key to Tebow's Heisman hopes
Sep. 27, 2007Tim Tebow "can believe it's not butter," and everyone else is starting to believe it, too.
Opinion
Materialism fosters apathy
By Dustin Rivas | Sep. 26, 2007Yesterday during the SG-sponsored Student Speak-Out on the Plaza of Americas, I watched as the organizers struggled to get the numerous onlookers to voice their opinions. Some asked why this was a problem. And as I watched many students walk by with their new technologies and material assets, it became clear - materialism took precedence.
Sports
Media bias has led to overhyped, overrated Big-10
Sep. 26, 2007If the last couple years of college football have taught me anything, it's that the BCS is not the most annoying thing about college football.
Opinion
No progress with Gator
By Ben Cavataro | Sep. 26, 2007I was appalled to read Yooni Yi and the Gator Party's position that a one-party system in Student Government "isn't problematic."
Opinion
RTS drivers should be more punctual
Sep. 26, 2007It's big, fat and slow. It's never there for you when you need it. It shows up at the most awkward of times. It's very gassy. It's not your ex-significant other. "It" is the Regional Transit System.
Opinion
Campus preacher bids farewell to Gainesville
By the Editorial Board | Sep. 26, 2007One call from God brought him here, and another will take him away.
Opinion
Jean shorts spark 'intellectual nerve'
By Benjamin Branoff | Sep. 26, 2007There are very few subjects in our collegiate media circuit about which I've contemplated voicing my opinion. Certainly one would think police brutality, UF Playboy models or racial controversy would garner my voice. Sadly, for me, they did not.
Opinion
Legislators over Board
By the Editorial Board | Sep. 26, 2007Back in July, the Board of Governors decided to raise tuition at Florida universities by 5 percent - without the Legislature's approval.
Opinion
Smart students don't wear 'jorts'
By EMILY FRYE | Sep. 25, 2007As an avid jean-shorts hater, I can not thank you enough for Kyle Cox's column, "Jean shorts hurt Gators' credibility," in Tuesday's paper. Having friends who attend the University of Georgia and as a regular attendee of the Florida-Georgia game in Jacksonville, I am so sick of being ridiculed for going to a school known for wearing jorts.
Opinion
SG voter apathy hints at U.S. election
Sep. 25, 2007The Gator Party's domination of Student Senate seats made me wonder about the 2008 election.
Opinion
UF soldier makes students proud
By MATTHEW RAPSON | Sep. 25, 2007I just wished to express my gratitude and appreciation to Kori Frederick and the Alligator for the wonderful piece on Adam Stout. Whatever your feelings about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, this piece brought the reality of warfare home. As most of us lit Christmas trees on fire and climbed poles on West University Avenue, this student was protecting our liberties and serving his country. Such dedication is admirable, and I'm proud knowing that we have such moral fortitude alive within our university. So thank you for a wonderful piece, and thank you, Adam, for all your sacrifice. I look forward to reading more such stories in the future.
Opinion
Brains more impressive than breasts
By Chris Cano | Sep. 24, 2007So the Gator gals can flaunt their chests. Big deal. Not worthy of a full page story, in my opinion. Show me a woman with a brain who's changing the world with her ideas, and then I'll be impressed.
Opinion
Jean shorts hurt Gators' credibility
By KYLE COX | Sep. 24, 2007There was a great disturbance this weekend. Every Gator felt it, and it showed during the football game on Saturday. The team struggled more than the three previous weeks combined. Urban Meyer will look to the footage, but the real problem is much easier to pinpoint.
