Between the general cold, gray raininess, cramming for midterms and the contentious Student Government season, this week has been a real bitch. We’re glad it’s finally coming to an end, which means it’s time for this week’s
Good writing emerges from honesty. The written word, or at least written word worth reading, should be a reflection of the writer’s innermost anxieties, hopes and dreams.
The argument made by Andrew Silver in his editorial “Refusing vaccines for veganism is a right” is ignoring a crucial part to the premise. He states that, if an outbreak occurs, then the unvaccinated employee should be put on paid leave or work from home (or in his case, excused from classes). Silver seems to think very highly of himself, and apparently believes that UF does also. Unfortunately, it’s not all about him or his dietary ethics.
The week before sophomore year started, I decided I was finally an adult, and it was high time that I purchased my own box of condoms. Prior to that, I had always relied on the free condoms from the health center or crossed my fingers that my partner would bring some.
The Oklahoma Legislature is hard at work this year creating the greatest education system in the nation. How will they go about it, you ask? They are trying to ban Advanced Placement classes. Yes, the classes many of you took in high school just for the opportunity to attend UF may soon be banned in Oklahoma.
The fatal shooting of Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha has sparked outrage. While mainstream media is still portraying the incident as a killing over a “parking dispute,” we know that this was a hate crime against the Muslim community. In turn, many communities are condemning Islamophobia. But what does their condemnation actually mean? A vigil at UF that happened Friday evening was endorsed by many different student organizations, including the Jewish Student Union and J Street UF, two organizations that actively perpetuate Islamophobia through their acceptance and funding of Israeli apartheid. What needs to be understood is that one cannot claim to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community while simultaneously supporting Zionism and Israeli state-sponsored terrorism against the Muslim world.
If you’re reading this, it’s about Drake. Actually, it’s about Drake’s surprise mixtape he released on February 12th.
UF Student Max Klein audio recorded the debate, posted it on YouTube and gave the Alligator permission to share it.
For the first time in what seemed like forever, the Gators won a game decided by five or fewer points, defeating Vanderbilt 50-47 on Wednesday in the O’Connell Center.
In his first start of the season on Wednesday, Brett Morales did not have a blemish on his statline.
University Police arrested a UF student Wednesday after he reportedly broke a mirror on a Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol van.
Colder temperatures this week may cause problems for scooter riders.
Litter accumulated in the ocean over the past year is equivalent to if each person on the planet had dumped 700 pieces of trash into the water, according to a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Santa Fe College Senate passed resolutions, approved funding and discussed the standing of Young Americans for Liberty at Wednesday’s meeting.
Gainesville’s music legends are coming together to teach songwriting to residents.
Before Hadar Arazi was even admitted to UF, she knew she wanted to get involved in Student Government.
Nicholas Carre, 20, stepped outside his pre-biomedical engineering bubble when he became involved in student organizations.
Yik Yak has a charitable side.
On Tuesday night about 500 people packed into the University Auditorium for the Student Government and Freshman Leadership Council candidate debate.
One and a half percent. That’s the percentage of UF students who showed up to watch the Student Government debate Tuesday based on the 500-person estimate by this publication. The Freshman Leadership Council is claiming that the debate was not recorded in any manner — text, audio or video — to protect the integrity of the debate. I was told that the Alligator live-tweeted the event, which is fantastic except that Twitter is nothing but sound bites, and a paper can only print so big of an article. Where is the integrity of an event if 98.5 percent of the university cannot see it in its entirety?
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