News
Iranian ‘threat’ to Israel is misrepresented
By Dave Schneider | Mar. 14, 2012On Feb. 23, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held a press conference on Iran’s nuclear program.
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Students should give their support to RTS bus drivers
By Dave Schneider | Feb. 8, 2012RTS buses are the veins and arteries of Gainesville.
Opinion
Obama is no better than Che Guevara
By Dave Schneider | Nov. 1, 2011In yesterday's paper, the Alligator re-published a column by Dartmouth College student Alesy Iturrey condemning Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the widespread use of his image.
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UF trustees, Alligator made the wrong call on tuition hike
By Dave Schneider | June 15, 2011Our tuition is about to increase - again. Our university is facing a budget crisis - again. And the Board of Trustees has approved yet another policy that will make UF less accessible to working students.
News
Middle class, students should fight against state budget cuts
By Dave Schneider | Mar. 24, 2011We’re living in a dark time.
News
Student activism responsible for stalling tuition overhaul
By Dave Schneider | Jan. 19, 2011There’s a reason we don’t celebrate Lyndon Johnson Day. This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I spent a lot of time thinking about the civil rights movement.
Opinion
Ignoring intolerance solves nothing
By Dave Schneider | Aug. 30, 2010The Dove World Outreach Center's hateful plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 prompts a lot of responses from people.
Opinion
Students should take stand
By Dave Schneider | Apr. 5, 2010I was standing on Turlington Plaza Monday with some members of the Coalition for Justice Against Police Brutality, telling students walking by about the shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong by the University Police Department. As we were handing out fliers for today’s protest, a girl stopped me and asked me about the incident. To no fault of her own, she said she hadn’t heard anything about it and wanted to know how UPD could possibly shoot an international student on campus.
Opinion
Students should demand better wages for Immokalee workers
By Dave Schneider | Oct. 25, 2009Students are often insulated from a lot of issues outside of Gainesville. Tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., you have an opportunity to affect the lives of a tremendous number of farm workers.
Opinion
Aramark encourages unfair labor practices
By Dave Schneider | Sep. 22, 2009The issue of campus food reform is starting to gain some serious momentum. A few letters to the editor, some annoyed complaints to restaurants and raw discontent with the high prices of campus dining options was enough to convince Pollo Tropical that they were charging too much for their food.
