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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Gator Party is human, too

I'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  |  FOOTBALL

Man in the Middle

Every time Brandon Spikes makes a play on Saturday against Auburn, his family will move one step closer to becoming whole again.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Everything causes cancer - we get it

Being 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.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Show some compassion for bus drivers

I 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.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

Now that Tasergate is winding down, we've been turning up the tunes and dancing around the newsroom. The clubs downtown ain't got nothin' on the movers and shakers in the Department of Darts & Laurels. Actually, the only reason we had time to write this is because our Spice Girls' CD is skipping, so we're giving the old boom box a break. While we listen to nothing but commercials on the radio, we'll bring you this week's toe-tappin' edition of…


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Dance Marathon event decreases time to 26.2 hours

Due to a reporting error, an article in Thursday's Alligator incorrectly stated Dance Marathon at UF raised more than ,2.3 million last year. The event raised more than ,370,000. The article also stated Dance Marathon will be April 5. The event is April 5 and April 6.



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