Opinion

OPINION: Public universities must remain affordable

By Timothy Dillehay | May 22

Public universities, as the name suggests, are meant to serve the public.

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Opinion

Youth civic engagement is more than service; it's crime prevention

By Justice Nah | May 18

Teen Court programs are designed to hold youth accountable while offering an alternative to the traditional, fully adult-led juvenile justice system.

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El Caimán

'Shaine in Spain': You can't be everywhere at once

By Shaine Davison | May 18

As my time studying abroad wraps up, I can’t help but think about the places I’ve been — and the places I still want to see.

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Opinion

OPINION: The FCDI is not failing Florida's students. It's reaching the ones no one else could

By Randy Dexter | May 14

On May 8, Sasha Morel published an editorial in The Alligator arguing the Florida Civics and Debate Initiative isolates Florida's best debaters and does more harm than good.

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Opinion

OPINION: Donald Trump inherited a generation of fake stoics, and he loves it

By Sasha Morel | May 9

Stoicism is a strange philosophy. At its core, there's a belief that only the directly controllable aspects of life should have an impact on your psyche. 

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Opinion

‘Shaine in Spain’: It’s not about the what, but the who

By Shaine Davison | May 9

Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent weekends in Porto and Lisbon, Portugal, and Prague, Czechia. 

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Opinion

OPINION: Florida's debate problem: How FCDI is failing students

By Sasha Morel | May 8

The Florida Forensics League state tournament is generally considered the premier speech and debate championship for Sunshine State residents. This year, though, my students told me it felt like a glorified local meet. 

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Opinion

Good journalism always about sticking your neck out

By Zoey Thomas | Apr. 20

So why do students fill The Alligator’s newsroom every Sunday for our staff meetings, spilling out into the hallway and onto the floor? It’s a common belief that the stories we share matter.

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Opinion

OPINION: The lecture is dead

By Timothy Dillehay | Apr. 18

But today, most lectures feel like obligations. For professors, they are a box to check between research deadlines and publication quotas. For students, they are something to loathe, groan through and — on those days you just can’t bear the bore — skip.

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Opinion

OPINION: AI data centers threaten the real Florida

By Alannah Peters | Apr. 13

In a state where natural systems are already under pressure, AI data centers are a development Florida should approach with caution or avoid altogether.

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Opinion

‘Shaine in Spain’: AI in Madrid

By Shaine Davison | Apr. 13

In my most recent semester at UF, a lot of my class syllabuses stated the use of AI was permitted when appropriate and when properly disclosed. In Madrid, all of my syllabuses strictly prohibit the use of AI in any form.

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Opinion

OPINION: Politicians are using AI to make you question reality

By Sasha Morel | Apr. 13

AI has suspended us in a state of vertigo as we wonder if the world we know is real or fake, or if the conceptions of reality we hold will collapse underneath our feet. The question has now become whether we ought to embrace this vertigo as our new reality, or if we should fight against the expansion of AI content.

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Opinion

‘The Match Point’: Bring back the bad line calls

By India Houghton | Apr. 13

Electronic line-calling and automated umpire systems are quietly stripping away a part of sports we love: the messy stuff. Who’s the overzealous fan supposed to yell at now?

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Opinion

OPINION: Adrien Brody should not have won his Oscar

By Timothy Dillehay | Apr. 13

The use of AI in Brody’s experience, and the fact a performance benefiting from AI earned the premier award in the acting world, sets a dangerous precedent for the future of acting.