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Monday, December 02, 2024

Opinion

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bikes vs. cars

According the Florida Bicycle Law Enforcement Guide, bikes are vehicles, and bikers are drivers. “A cyclist has all the rights to the roadway applicable to any driver, except as to the special regulations regarding bicycles.”


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Comparison to Nazis is baseless and offensive

By this point in Barack Obama’s presidency, both he and his administration have been called almost every offensive name imaginable. However, the continued trend of comparing Obama, his administration and the federal government to the Nazis among the right wing is so foul, disgusting and baseless that it’s time someone shouted from the mountaintops.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Gators: Be aware of springs resources

North Florida is home to the largest assemblage of artesian springs in the U.S. From Wakulla Springs near Florida State University, Ichetucknee Springs near UF, Wekiwa and Rock springs near the University of Central Florida and Weeki Wachee Springs near the University of South Florida, Florida’s adventurous college students know the springs are perhaps the best-kept secret to surviving the three-season heat and humidity typical of Florida and for finding a refreshing alternative to crowded beaches.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels 3/21/14

Is it just us, or is the thought of sitting in a windowless classroom or cramped lecture hall unbearable lately? Now that we’re in that fleeting time of year when the weather is perfectly sunny during the day and deliciously crisp at night, it’s especially hard to sit through classes when we’d much rather be lounging poolside or relaxing on the North Lawn.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Light It Up: LED fountain idea perfect for Reitz

Students have seen some pretty questionable art come and go on UF’s campus in recent years — most notably the monstrous, ugly Plaza of the Americas couple-dancing sculpture/glorified Krishna-lunch bench. We get that art serves several purposes, but come on, those creepy life-like statues of people around campus that were recently removed served no other purpose than to scare freshman walking home from Gator Corner Dining Center late at night.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

It’s time to change how we evaluate students

Schools across the state have transitioned the focus of their curricula to FCAT topics. I do not fault schools, given the ramifications of test scores on public perception and teachers’ evaluations; see Senate Bill 736. I do, however, question the quality of the assessments.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Florida’s child-welfare problem revealed

On Sunday, the Miami Herald released a chilling investigative report about the failure of Florida’s Department of Children and Families in recent years to protect the children of drug users. The project is the result of a yearlong investigation by two Miami Herald reporters, Audra D.S. Burch and Carol Marbin Miller.


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