Opinions - The Independent Florida Alligator

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ticket office failed to please fans

By Dean Millard | Jan. 5, 2009

I have been a football season ticket holder since 1997. In 2003, I not only kept up my Gator Booster status but I also upgraded to Champions Club at a time when the program was struggling to sell these seats due to a decline in the team's performance. In 2006, I had no trouble getting either SEC Championship or BCS Championship game tickets.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Chomp out fires

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 5, 2009

The Editorial Board understands that college students will be, well, college students come Thursday evening.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

No Mercy: Post–BCS hangovers don’t matter to Machen

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 5, 2009

Apparently reaching the pinnacle of the college football world doesn't mean much to UF President Bernie Machen, who seems to think championships are as commonplace as players like Oklahoma's outspoken Dominique Franks.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Article understated ticketing issues

By Michelle Kimmel | Dec. 9, 2008

I was disappointed with Monday's article on the student ticket disaster Saturday in Atlanta.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dictor dedicated to improving SG

By David Lopez | Dec. 9, 2008

As the public relations director for the Political Science Honor Society, I have had the pleasure of serving with Mr. Dictor over the last year on the executive board.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Students still care about veterans

By Kelly Packard | Dec. 9, 2008

I was disappointed with Phil Newman's comment in Monday's article about the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dictor always working for students

By Dave Schneider | Dec. 9, 2008

Sen. Fager's letter on Sen. Ben Dictor was as poorly conceived as it was inaccurate.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wes Hunt just being a columnist

By Andres Corzo Lucioni | Dec. 9, 2008

Here's some news for Wes Hunt: The problems you note don't apply only to UF students.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Present not only time to experience life

Dec. 9, 2008

I have a Wrestlemania theory about life.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Parking as important as graduate schools

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 9, 2008

We cannot wait for the days when we're successful UF alumni capable of showering our beloved alma mater with donated cash - a "Thank you" for good times, bad times and in-between times we thought we would forget.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Sketchy Business

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 9, 2008

How many scams have to make their way through Gainesville before its residents realize they shouldn't just look before they take an unforeseen financial leap?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Negativity hurts paper’s reputation

By Carolyn Terranova | Dec. 9, 2008

Allow me to speak up before things get out of hand.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pretentious, dumb students always haters

By Juliana Sams | Dec. 8, 2008

Dear Wes Hunt,

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Give a Little Bit: Machen’s choice reflects holiday spirit

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 8, 2008

In the spirit of the holidays, President Bernie Machen has chosen to donate $285,000 - the amount of his annual bonus - to a scholarship program.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

The Nose Knows

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 8, 2008

Following the lead of a couple other big universities, UF will soon be getting its own signature scents.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dictor interested in politics, not results

By Jonathan M. Fager | Dec. 8, 2008

I congratulate Student Sen. Ben Dictor on making a bold move in his political career.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wes Hunt’s column misses point

By Nate Juster | Dec. 8, 2008

Mr. Hunt, your column showed a gross misunderstanding of the issues facing the UF Student Body.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Blackwater contractors worst case of Bush cronyism

Dec. 8, 2008

Ever since the U.S. - err, George and Dick - strong-armed its way into the Middle East under the guise of the tragically flawed Bush Doctrine, Blackwater has reaped the vast financial benefits of government contracts.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Whiny column waste of time, space

By Ryan Earls | Dec. 8, 2008

I found Wes Hunt's grumbling article a waste of time and a waste of ink.

OPINION | COLUMNS

More to Gainesville than UF, students

Dec. 8, 2008

"Cause we're two truck stops off the interstate, promised land with a twist of fame, we're a town for all the lost and found, so sleep tight in this smoky room, still buzzed from this afternoon, and I may be going broke but I'm never broken down."