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Friday, February 20, 2026

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Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Student should be praised for listening

Thanks for the story in Friday's Alligator about Michael Berry, who listens. I once worked for a Mental Health Association in a large city, where we regularly gave a mini-course for bartenders and hair stylists because we understood they frequently become an inviting stop for the transiently troubled. Mr. Berry has taken it to the next level, and, unlike "Lucy" of comic-strip fame, his encounter just is what it is. That's nice.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Not all presidential polls objective

In Friday's Alligator, Danny Beaulieu's letter complains of constant coverage of Ron Paul over other candidates, saying that Barack Obama leads Paul in a Facebook poll. Is the Facebook poll scientific? Could the poll have been influenced by the way candidates are campaigning?


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Fever Pitch

Fall baseball practice is usually a time of change and transition, adjusting to incoming freshman and transfer players.


NEWS

Walkin' Around The Christmas Tree

(Marianne Lijewski / Alligator) Jerne Shapiro holds her son Jace, who is 4 months old, while he plays with an ornament at the annual Christmas-tree lighting at the Thomas Center on Saturday night. Shapiro and her husband, Matt, wanted to show their son the lights.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The end is (maybe) near - are you ready?

Recently, I was sprawled out on my couch, flipping channels and minding my own business, when I came across a program on The History Channel that freaked me out of my sloth-like daze. The television program I am referring to was, of course, about the apocalypse.


Florida Alligator
NEWS

Machen shares memories of Cade

During his report to UF's Board of Trustees on Friday morning, UF President Bernie Machen shared his memories of Dr. Robert Cade, one of the inventors of Gatorade who died Tuesday morning.



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