Obama–Rama: Could the fan frenzy turn into votes?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 22, 2008The Obama train plowed through Gainesville Wednesday afternoon, leaving in its wake thousands of sweaty, inspired fans yearning for change.
The Obama train plowed through Gainesville Wednesday afternoon, leaving in its wake thousands of sweaty, inspired fans yearning for change.
A northern California brewery has taken it upon itself to establish the most directly proportionate presidential election model so far this election year. Actually, the brewery has only succeeded in running the election hype into the ground.
We know there are tons of people who still haven't come around the socially uptight corner to accept the idea that "South Park" is a well-written show that doesn't depend solely on fart jokes and filthy language. That's fine. You'll see the light soon enough.
In the past five years of the Internet's existence, has their been a more welcome addition than good ol' YouTube?
There must be something in the water on the Atlantic side of the U.S. because people over here are making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Boy were we disappointed when we got to the HOWL-o-ween Dog Costume Contest at UF's Equine Auditorium.
The theme of the 2008 presidential campaign, as with many others, has been a continued focus on topics extraneous to the core of our country's problems.
Let's start on a good note this week. We'd like to offer a they-go-together-like-lamb-and-tuna-fish LAUREL to the UF Student Senate for their smooth and respectful transition.
The great thing about politics is that if you allow yourself to take a step back from the headlines for a second, you can feel how absurd the entire system can be.
Celebrities in advertising are as common as Gainesville pool parties during the summer.
During last week's Student Government elections, student voters overwhelmingly rejected the referendum to install hand scanners at Southwest Recreation Center. OK, they did more than reject the referendum. An 84 percent supermajority verbally scolded the hand scanners in front of their parents and bitchslapped the taste out of the scanners' mouths, all while peeing on the scanners' rug.
It looks like we're finally going to get our chance to figure out what we're going to be doing with the rest of our lives. Courtesy of Student Government and the Career Resource Center, we will be treated to the first ever UF Majors Fair.
By a show of hands: Did anyone consume on Saturday before the LSU game? You know what we mean (Sorry Big Machen).
The Editorial Board has seen its share of divorces. No, not personally, but we've lived through our parents' separations or seen dozens of our friends trudge through it.
For all its scenic beauty, the Golden Gate Bridge still needs a makeover - and a grim one, at that.
For starters, we'd like to give UF's Human Decency Now organization a thank-you-for-rationally-addressing-a-potentially-volatile-situation LAUREL.
The Editorial Board could not believe its collective eyes.
The Editorial Board is simply amazed by the amount of absurdities that arose from the first day of the Student Government election.
Despite the flood of fliers, stickers and screen-printed, UF-colored T-shirts, the Alligator Editorial Board has respectfully declined its option to endorse any Student Government party for the fall election.
Students for a Democratic Society is at it again, and this time its target is hand scanners at the gym.