Sports
Offensive explosion makes softball watch-worthy
Mar. 31, 2010It’s fair to say that college softball is often thought of as college baseball’s little sister.
Opinion
Opinion
Protestors should move on
By Matt Powers | Mar. 31, 2010Amidst all the discussion about health care reform, infamous Bush-bashing organization Answer (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) held its annual war protest recently in Washington, D.C., to mark the seventh anniversary of the United States’ congress-approved invasion of Iraq.
Opinion
Letter about columnist was off base
By Burton Hohman | Mar. 31, 2010In response to Ryan Weiss’ letter to the editor yesterday, I would say that a student-run newspaper is the perfect place for a column like CJ Pruner’s. I thought his column was great, and it gave me a good laugh before class. I don’t think anyone expects you to take these columns too seriously — have you ever read Tommy Maple’s columns?
Opinion
Ladies night a win-win situation
By Scott Ramirez | Mar. 31, 2010Who is complaining about ladies night?
Opinion
Ladies night is discriminatory
By Kerri Boyd | Mar. 31, 2010Recently, the city of Gainesville’s Office of Equal Opportunity has brought to light many local establishments that are in violation of the city’s discrimination ordinance. These businesses frequently sponsor promotional activities designed to specifically attract females, giving preference to one gender over the other.
Opinion
Getting Specific
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 31, 2010The fourth film in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise certainly caused a cheer from half of us and a groan from the other half, but it’s very likely that we will all see it.
Opinion
Columnist starts anti-Google cult
Mar. 31, 2010As Google and China continue their convoluted Mexican standoff across the South China Sea and our country slogs through divisive political struggles and rampant joblessness, I decided to do something proactive and start a cult.
Opinion
Haterade: Westboro Baptist Church not welcome in Gainesville
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 31, 2010For a city that prides itself in being environmentally friendly, Gainesville is about to get a heap of garbage dumped on it — hate-spewing, bigoted, “Christ-loving” garbage.
Sports
A lot to learn from Meyer v. Fowler
Mar. 30, 2010A week ago, UF football coach Urban Meyer went on a rampage and nearly crippled a reporter.
Opinion
Current wars challenge our generation
By Joshua Lee | Mar. 30, 2010No matter your politics, as a citizen of the world and a product of history, you must recognize that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are pivotal moments in our age that will have repercussions for decades to come.
Opinion
Graduate students should be able to include recent Haiti footage
By Gene Page | Mar. 30, 2010As a 1989 graduate of UF from the College of Journalism and Communications, I think it is absurd that the two documentary graduate students, Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin, can’t include their recent footage from Haiti in their film due to UF’s ban on post-earthquake travel there.
Opinion
University should be embarrassed over controversy around student film
By Peter Salomone | Mar. 30, 2010I am a student in the Documentary Institute. Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin are my classmates. I want to echo my professor Churchill Roberts’ words that the university should be embarrassed over the controversy that has risen around Bougher and Safiullin’s thesis film.
Opinion
Columnist is cynical moron
By Ryan Weiss | Mar. 30, 2010CJ Pruner’s column on Monday regarding Jordan Johnson’s political legacy had a few minor errors that I want him to acknowledge. One, while it is implied that the article is written by CJ Pruner, I cannot help but feel that others deserve credit for its content, namely, Michael Moore movies and malt liquor. Additionally, the article concludes by saying that he is a “journalism junior.” I would like to recommend a more appropriate description, perhaps “cynical moron.”
Opinion
University’s decision to censor should raise red flags
By Christina Locke | Mar. 30, 2010The University’s decision to censor the documentary film thesis of journalism students Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin should raise red flags for all students. Bougher and Safiullin, whose thesis centers on a Haitian aid organization, happened to be in Haiti when the earthquake struck. They may have lived to tell their story, but the University doesn’t want them to.
Opinion
Idol Hands editorial insulting
By Anthony Piferrer | Mar. 30, 2010It has been said that “anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the Left.” The Monday editorial “Idol Hands” is vivid proof this is true.
Opinion
All Fired Up
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2010We’re always surprised at the new levels of hypocrisy some people reach, and the recently proposed Florida House of Representatives Bill 315 is no exception.
Opinion
We Want You: Alligator wants the Student Body’s input
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2010If you could ask Secretary of Education Arne Duncan anything you wanted, what would it be? Would it be about the value of your degree when you graduate?
Sports
Position battles heating up
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 29, 2010With the departure of so many starters from last year’s team, spring practice presents a great opportunity for players to gain ground on the battle for a first-team spot in the fall.
Opinion
Sacrifices, transformation are needed for change
By CHRIS MOODY | Mar. 29, 2010This is to correct something a letter said Friday: Americans do not elect leaders to alter their country. Now just to quickly get to my point, a leader is meant to usher in what is best for a group of people.
Opinion
City needs to focus on gender equality in workplace, not in bars
By Emily Jones | Mar. 29, 2010The city’s actions prohibiting bars and restaurants from serving ladies’ nights specials are anything but an anti-discrimination attempt. If the city wants to stop promoting stereotypes and societal divisions, maybe it should focus its efforts on making sure that men and women are treated equally in the workplace, especially in matters of equal pay for equal work.
