BCS gear shouldn’t cost us limbs we can’t spare
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2009When you're a Gator, you can almost always bet on Christmas coming twice a year.
When you're a Gator, you can almost always bet on Christmas coming twice a year.
The Editorial Board knows we aren't perfect - look around hard enough and you're bound to come across some minute error somewhere within our pages. But, unlike the outgoing president, when we admit our faults we would like to think we own up to them. Eight long years and you're halfway there, George.
The Gators took home the championship, Superman will return to Gainesville and the Alligator Editorial Board rocked "I heart Bernie" T-shirts at work Sunday night.
It's that time of year again. Quickly becoming as commonplace as luminaries like Homecoming and spring break in Cancun, it's the unofficial kickoff to the spring semester - UF finding itself in the BCS National Championship Game.
Tim Tebow, take a seat - the Editorial Board has a new hero.
Roland W. Burris wants you to know that he's not here looking for drama.
Sorry, guys.
The Editorial Board understands that college students will be, well, college students come Thursday evening.
Apparently reaching the pinnacle of the college football world doesn't mean much to UF President Bernie Machen, who seems to think championships are as commonplace as players like Oklahoma's outspoken Dominique Franks.
We cannot wait for the days when we're successful UF alumni capable of showering our beloved alma mater with donated cash - a "Thank you" for good times, bad times and in-between times we thought we would forget.
How many scams have to make their way through Gainesville before its residents realize they shouldn't just look before they take an unforeseen financial leap?
In the spirit of the holidays, President Bernie Machen has chosen to donate $285,000 - the amount of his annual bonus - to a scholarship program.
Following the lead of a couple other big universities, UF will soon be getting its own signature scents.
Here at the Editorial Board, we like money, and we aren't afraid to admit it.
The ticketing system employed by the University Athletic Association has more than lived up to its irritating reputation this semester.
First, we would like to send a we-know-we-gave-you-a-hard-time-but-extended-hours-aren't-the-worst-idea-ever LAUREL to UF for the later closing times assigned to the libraries during the week of finals.
Congratulations college students of Florida (the state, not the university of), your state's educational report card isn't refridgerator-worthy.
Here at the Editorial Board, we have noticed that the repeated appearance of a few key factors in the Alligator has actually presented us with a defined cycle.
In a true act of holiday heroism, a Sacramento, Calif., man valiantly defended holiday guests from a knife-wielding, drunk neighbor using only a giant candy cane.
Last week's violent attacks in Mumbai, India, echoed back to the UF campus, and the UF Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center held a public memorial and vigil service to mourn the victims of the attacks.