BCS gear shouldn’t cost us limbs we can’t spare
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2009When you're a Gator, you can almost always bet on Christmas coming twice a year.
When you're a Gator, you can almost always bet on Christmas coming twice a year.
The Gators took home the championship, Superman will return to Gainesville and the Alligator Editorial Board rocked "I heart Bernie" T-shirts at work Sunday night.
What do you call 2,000 Americans at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean? A good start.
Driving down University Avenue about a week ago, I saw three typical Gainesville hippies waving a banner comparing Gaza to the Warsaw ghetto of Nazi-occupied Poland.
As a University of Georgia graduate and devoted Bulldog fan, you may find it hard to believe that I was actually rooting for Florida to win the BCS football national championship.
It has recently come to my attention that there are some in the media who do not believe Florida should be crowned the BCS National Champion.
Apparently, Spenser Solis doesn't value every human life with his attempt to justify the collective, disproportional punishment of Gaza as part of Israel's defense when Israel, along with the United States, is one of the few countries to still maintain with a straight face that blatantly offensive attacks are indeed defensive.
How would you like it if all the money you could have saved on your car insurance was a bundle of cash that constantly watched you with an ever-so-slight smile, your own personal green bundle of buyer's regret?
As the battle between Israeli and Hamas fighters in Gaza stretches into its second week, not enough Americans are speaking up against the outrageous destruction of innocent lives.
It's that time of year again. Quickly becoming as commonplace as luminaries like Homecoming and spring break in Cancun, it's the unofficial kickoff to the spring semester - UF finding itself in the BCS National Championship Game.
Tim Tebow, take a seat - the Editorial Board has a new hero.
The first week of class is a wonderful, joyous week - it's financial aid disbursement time. So when 73 percent of you collect your Bright Futures checks, think about the implications of that money.
You've got to love fads. The concept is solid gold.
What would you do if you lived under the constant threat of rocket attack? Since Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005, the people of southern Israel have been held hostage by Hamas. The truth is that there never really was a ceasefire to begin with. Since Israel left Gaza, Hamas, which is recognized as a terrorist group by both the U.S. and the EU, has fired more than 6,000 rockets into civilian areas of Israel.
In reading yesterday's article regarding the UF student reaction to the conflict in Gaza, I felt that Naomi Fireman's comments were extremely insensitive to the plight that the Palestinian people now face.
The entire Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a very divisive topic in contemporary American society.Religious preference, ethnicity, political affiliation and social status often define and pervade the deep rifts that characterize this 60-year-old dispute.
Thanks for reminding us why we all hate you, Bernie, by not only reminding us how pathetically few tickets students get compared to alumni, but also by giving us your standard holier-than-thou insistence that we go to class while you nurse your hangover in Miami.
Roland W. Burris wants you to know that he's not here looking for drama.
Sorry, guys.
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.