Opinion
A Letter to the City Commission
By John Davies | Mar. 17, 2010The City Commission works for us, the taxpayers, just like the police are supposed to.
Opinion
Opinion
Alligator coverage on Adu-Brempong case is shameful
By Rob Robins | Mar. 17, 2010The Alligator’s coverage of the shooting of UF graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong has been shameful. The story was first reported not as a front-page headline, as warranted, but buried deep within the paper. What pressing development grabbed the front page headline that day?
Opinion
Alligator missed important point in Adu-Brempong case
By Nick Mildebrath | Mar. 17, 2010Much of the Alligator coverage in the past two weeks has dealt with the actions of the University Police during the tragic shooting of graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong. But another, equally great tragedy is the scant coverage of the extremely poor response to a man suffering from poor mental health.
Opinion
Columnist ties basketball to politics
Mar. 17, 2010Today roughly marks the one-year anniversary of the unquestioned pinnacle of Barack Obama’s presidency – the bracket he filled out for last year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Mired in the muck of a massively unsatisfying and restive term as the leader of the free world, President Obama now must re-calibrate his approach and perhaps use the basketball acumen of his inner circle to a decided political advantage.
Opinion
St. Hacktrick’s Day
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2010In a society that goes out of its way to celebrate the mediocre — Applebee’s restaurants, allowing the Detroit Lions to be televised on Thanksgiving Day, ‘80s music — we really outdo ourselves on March 17.
Opinion
Hawhyii: Birther bill may do more harm than good
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2010More than a year after Barack Obama was elected president, his home state is finally trying to grow a pair.
Sports
Tucker immune to pressure
Mar. 16, 2010Everybody wants to be The Man. But not everybody can handle being The Man.
Opinion
Alligator weighs group’s demands
By Jared Misner | Mar. 16, 2010Following the controversial shooting of Ghanian graduate assistant Kofi Adu-Brempong by University Police, Students for a Democratic Society presented a list of demands to Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin. Listed below are these demands followed by the Editorial Board’s recommendations.
Opinion
Mississippi Cruelboard
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2010Congrats, Mississippi. Your residents just helped solidify the backwards image many Americans have of you.
Opinion
Bad Barbie: New toy sends wrong message to children
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2010She’s at it again. Our favorite anatomically incorrect career hopper is adding another hobby to her already formidable list — promoting the purchase of animals.
Opinion
Jaywalkers should be smart about it
By Will Penman | Mar. 16, 2010I wish we were all really good jaywalkers. There may be some hardasses who think jaywalking is wrong because it’s against the law.
Opinion
Audio tapes should inspire students to vote
By Jonathan Ossip | Mar. 16, 2010On March 4, the Alligator Editorial Board commented on what they called the Unite Party’s “naughty audio.” However, the editorial and the administration’s silence on this issue reveal the true problem in Student Government: apathy.
Sports
Stamper should be drafted
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 15, 2010All Ryan Stamper did his senior year was lead the fourth-best defense in the nation in tackles with 78.
Opinion
TheLadders commercial is regressive
Mar. 15, 2010I fully admit to being a cynic about advertising, but there’s one TV commercial that throws me beyond mere cynicism and into just sputtering, angry confusion.
Opinion
No Excuses: Students should vote in today’s city election
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 15, 2010The upcoming federal election cycle sure looks exciting from here. Democrats are fighting for their political lives, Republicans trying to make gains in both houses of Congress and Tea Partiers clamoring for revolution.
Opinion
Give Us Google
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 15, 2010Students get a bad rep around Gainesville sometimes for throwing a metaphorical four-year party, trashing the place because we don’t have to live with the resulting mess. You’ll hear this when any vote on taxes does or doesn’t pass, when discussing student driving habits or when we throw the parties that land us among the top 5 party schools.
Opinion
Alligator endorsement misrepresented Mayoral candidate
By Monica Leadon Cooper | Mar. 15, 2010I was misrepresented in the Alligator on Monday concerning my knowledge of the city’s strong anti-discrimination protections.
Opinion
Reader urges UF students to vote for Wells in Gainesville’s elections
By Ben Cavataro | Mar. 15, 2010In today’s elections for City Commission’s District 4, students should choose Randy Wells. Wells has a proven track record of getting results and bringing people together.
Opinion
Candidate Craig Lowe urges vote
By Craig Lowe | Mar. 15, 2010My name is Craig Lowe and I am running to use my proven leadership and experience as mayor.
Opinion
Student shooting raises concerns
By Jeremiah Tattersall | Mar. 15, 2010We, as a community, are saddened by the recent events in which a geography Ph.D. student, Kofi Adu-Brempong was shot by a University Police Department officer. It appears this situation did not warrant the use of deadly force and that UPD allowed the situation to escalate out of control. Our questions seem to be falling on deaf ears.
