While I was reading the letters to the editor today, I read the article about the Unite Party members who were stealing all of the newspapers from the Graham area on Tuesday morning when the Alligator announced that several of the current senators of the Unite Party have criminal records, including Student Body President Jordan Johnson. I felt like I was suffering from a terrible case of deja vu as I recalled last fall when members of the then Gator Party stole newspapers from different campus locations when the Alligator broke the story of e-mails between top Gator Party members discussing how they were going to keep the Orange and Blue Party out of critical positions in Student Government.
As if this wasn't bad enough, one of the other letters in Thursday's edition of the Alligator included a letter written by a former Gator Party senator claiming that this paper constantly bashes the majority party.
Needless to say, this got me a little miffed. This paper can't be faulted for doing good reporting; the Alligator was merely bringing to light the facts about the students who are currently in control of our government.
More importantly, if the majority party, whether that be the Gator Party of old or the Unite Party of today, has to steal newspapers to deflect some bad press, maybe they should re-evaluate their actions.
All that said, I'm excited to sit in our new $56 million student union. Three cheers for reckless spending.
