Overwhelming expectations for Tebow are silly
Aug. 26, 2007OK, everyone, take a deep breath. This might come as a bit of a shock.
OK, everyone, take a deep breath. This might come as a bit of a shock.
If you're expecting me to write some cheesy opening about how "Holy Moses! There's a female on the sports page!" … forget it. Not gonna happen.
New year, new you, new things for the Alligator editorial board to complain about.
Every 15 seconds, a hard drive crashes. This summer, I was fortunate enough to experience it firsthand. Twice.
Recently, U.S. News and World Report ranked UF as the 17th best public university in the country. Last year, UF was ranked No. 13 by the report, and UF President Bernie Machen was spearheading an aggressive campaign to get UF into the Top 10. Machen's obsession with the rankings was almost nauseating. Now Machen says, "The reality is, our change in the academic rankings is insignificant."
Here at the Alligator, we love to yak about how old our newspaper is.
As the fall semester begins and visions of football dance in your head, you can give yourself a pat on the back for getting into the No. 17 public university in the country, according to the U.S News and World Report.
Warning - this column may contain absurd, random song lyrics. You may be under investigation for illegally downloading music on campus. And wait, you may be one of the students or personnel the Recording Industry Association of America plans to serve with a lawsuit. "I don?t want to lose your love tonight," but UF is one of 58 universities nationwide receiving these pre-litigation letters from the RIAA as a part of its "education and deterrence campaign." Mo? illegal downloading, mo? problems.