I would like to send out a newsflash to Dean Early, as he is the embodiment of rotten Christianity. As a Christian, he should know that we are not called to be respected. We are not to be honored or given the same leeway as other religions.
In Monday's edition of the Alligator, UF spokesman Steven Orlando was reported as saying, "Although budget cuts forced UF to reduce undergraduate enrollment, graduate schools are not affected."
We've all been there in high school - dissection day in biology.
After spending months reading about the bitter partisan fighting that has come to characterize the Student Senate, I was pleased to read that the Progress Party has reached out to both sides of the aisle.
"Bipartisanship" was the buzzword of choice during this past Senate term.
In response to Nicole Safker's question: You're doing just fine.
Over the weekend, President Barack Obama authorized missile strikes into Pakistan that killed 21 people, mostly civilians.
Durty Nelly's Irish Pub
The spring election is almost upon us, and with it comes the usual flurry of campaigning and advertising for all political parties involved.
I have no idea what dictionary Johnathan Lott is using to look up words, but his attempts to read "socialist" policies into Obama's inauguration speech were comical.
In a letter to the editor last January, I expressed concern over UF's decision to use Mobile Campus to provide emergency text messages.
This past weekend I decided for a bit of variety I'd visit a much-hyped restaurant in Gainesville called The Top. I'd heard good and bad things about the place, but I wanted to decide for myself. It was a very cold Friday night, and I was told the wait would be an hour. OK, I thought, this better be worth it.
I may only be one of the simple folk, but I fail to see how the underage prohibition ordinance being considered by the Gainesville City Commission presents substantial savings, if any at all.
Jordan Johnson claims that his Unite Party "offers students something different." Let's not be fooled - the Unite Party is the Gator Party with a stinky new coat of paint.
My letter is in response to Naudia Jawad's blatantly terror-sympathetic column entitled "Is there life for detainees after Gitmo?" in Wednesday's Alligator.
The proposition concerning the limit of underage students in bars is a good thing in my opinion.
In response to Yoav Mor's Monday letter to the editor titled "Gainesville lacks informed intellectuals," I was one of those ill-informed "hippies" he was referring to â€" though human rights activist is a far more accurate term. As a matter of fact, those ill-informed hippies he was referring to are graduating this semester with their bachelor's degrees in Middle Eastern Studies.
Peter Nazzal missed a fundamental point in his Tuesday letter to the editor titled "Palestinian supporters not ignorant, should speak up," by failing to acknowledge that by ousting Hamas from power in Gaza, Israel is helping the Palestinian people.
The BCS is a flawed system that has ruined the mystique of the bowls that existed before 1998.
After reading a recent editorial on how Gainesville residents are ignorant about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I noticed that the the ignorance was directed toward those that support Palestinians.
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