Opinion
Gleeful Usurpers
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 16, 2011Two decades of musical breakthroughs have been overshadowed by kids shrieking annoying mashups.
Opinion
Opinion
Affirmative Action bake sale ignores history
By Diana Moreno | Feb. 16, 2011The UF College Republicans, the same people who brought you the People Eating Tasty Animals barbecue in 2009 “to raise awareness of the extreme stances of the animal rights organization PETA,” have taken their political activism to the next level with their Affirmative Action bake sale. By charging different prices based on race and gender, they plan to, as their Facebook event page puts it, “denounce the bias of Affirmative Action.”
Opinion
Reusing items a good alternative to recycling
By Ashley Pennington | Feb. 16, 2011Laura Ellermeyer’s editorial in Tuesday’s paper highlights an important topic: the cost of waste. Perhaps a more appropriate title and discussion could have been “Reduce and Reuse First; Recycling Still Uses Resources.” It is true there are costs associated with recycling — fiscal and environmental. That is why the best action one can take is trying to consume less. This helps reduce the amount of resources used to mine and create the products in the first place, as well as avoids the added resource use associated with the process of recycling.
Opinion
Gov. Rick Scott cares only for himself
By Chad Mohammed | Feb. 16, 2011Last week, Gov. Rick Scott presented his budget for the 2012 fiscal year, proclaiming, “This was the budget you asked for.” The proposed budget is $5 billion leaner than budgets of years past, as Scott promised. However, the governor cut from areas most critical to the state’s well-being.
Sports
Brissett’s commitment baffling
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Feb. 15, 2011After all the dust has cleared from the countrywide holiday that is National Signing Day, one thing still confuses me.
Opinion
Falling on Deaf Ears
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 15, 2011Comic book villains aren’t the only ones who can be two-faced. Actually, politicians could teach them a thing or two.
Opinion
Walk of Blame: Amblers don’t mean you any harm
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 15, 2011Apparently, people rage while they walk. And we don’t mean in a fun way.
Opinion
Why does nobody like the word “like”?
By Wesley Campbell | Feb. 15, 2011There is a word that gets hated on a lot. It’s like, hearing it gets some people upset. They don’t like it, and they don’t like its use.
Sports
Florida’s run of 20-win seasons too meaningful to overlook
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 14, 2011When Billy Donovan first came to Florida in 1996, athletics director Jeremy Foley asked the 30-year-old coach how many 20-win seasons the Gators had in school history.
Opinion
Fellow motorists deserve drivers’ full attention on the road
By Chris Wood | Feb. 14, 2011As I rode my motorcycle home from class today, the cars in the lane next to me and I approached a red light.
Opinion
Pick Our Poison: Federal budget debate involves financial aid
Feb. 14, 2011As our leaders in Washington know, something’s got to give when it comes to higher education. Both sides of the aisle have marched their preferred program up the steps to the guillotine, and we’re waiting to see which one gets a nice shave.
Opinion
Recycling proves wasteful in long term
By Laura Ellermeyer | Feb. 14, 2011As usual, I will play devil’s advocate. This week’s topic: recycling.
Sports
Resilient Gators learn to overcome heartbreak
Feb. 13, 2011If basketball is a metaphor for life, Billy Donovan delivered one of the most melodramatic lines about love I’ve ever heard.
Opinion
Seeking a Spectacle
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 13, 2011The game’s over, and our team won.
Opinion
Penney Pincher: Search engine abuse skews results
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 13, 2011Think for a moment about how much trust we put into Internet search engines like Google. They are our springboards to the otherwise nearly impenetrable expanse of information available online.
Opinion
Boycott hurts conservative movement
By Zack Smith | Feb. 13, 2011It may be “the economy, stupid,” but this weekend, the first shots were fired in the looming civil war among members of the GOP.
Opinion
Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 10, 2011Love is in the air — or is it those droplets of water that can’t decide if they’re rain or fog? Either way, Valentine’s Day is Monday.
Opinion
Governor trying to streamline, not derail Florida education
By Sam Kowalczyk | Feb. 10, 2011Morgan Watkins’ subtle and professor Matheny’s not-so-subtle denouncements of Gov. Scott’s proposed cuts to education on the front page of Wednesday’s Alligator are, in a word, wrong.
Sports
Pro basketball referees: ‘as pure as the driven slush’?
By BILL O'CONNOR< | Feb. 9, 2011Three years ago, NBA referee Tim Donaghy was busted for betting.
Opinion
On the Table: Budget tests Scott’s bargaining skills
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 9, 2011Looks like it’s time for our favorite dead-eyed, Voldemort-impersonating governor to backtrack.
