In years gone by, Gator fans screamed "Gator Bait" in unison when the opposing team came out onto the field. It was a special and unique greeting for the invaders of Florida Field.
I am frequently disappointed by the unreasonably negative and sarcastic tone of some Alligator editorials, and Monday's whiny screed against early voting activists is the latest and most perplexing example.
We cried foul when the now-infamous Student Government Gmail scandal dropped on SG election day, and then we screamed for change. Our only demands were transparency and fairness.
We love being Gators because the enthusiasm on campus knows no bounds. Seriously, UF students get hyped up for anything and everything and then work their tails off to make everything bigger and better than originally expected.
Jon Sheffield, 4LS
My friend and I took our kids to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios last Sunday and had an absolutely horrendous time.
I just wanted to say how disappointed I was as I left Gator Growl feeling brainwashed.
In what pundits are calling a year with "strong Democratic tailwinds" (think economic woes, unpopular president, etc.), Sen. John McCain has managed to hold the presidential contest between him and Sen. Barack Obama very close. According to Real Clear Politics, an organization that averages a week's worth of poll results from multiple sources, McCain was in a dead heat with Obama in national and battleground state polls.
The political pestering never seems to end.
It seems almost quaint, in retrospect.
I was bothered enough to feel compelled to write about Stephanie Dunn's Thursday article "Halloween treats adults to more than candy" in this week's edition of Sex on the Avenue.
I'm not sure I can take it anymore, so it's time to play the role of scolding parent.
What a damn shame.
It's that time of year again. Anyone who has been in Gainesville for UF's Homecoming weekend knows all about the gridlock, the game and that, apparently, alligators can growl - something we didn't know until the fall of 2005.
In response to Tuesday's letter, I would like to say that you, Schroeder, should be ashamed of yourself.
The Obama train plowed through Gainesville Wednesday afternoon, leaving in its wake thousands of sweaty, inspired fans yearning for change.
I thought the Alligator was a reputable newspaper until I read what was allowed to be published by Stephanie Schroeder.
Enduring an economic crisis does not justify devolving into a reprehensible, socially irrelevant miscreant, which is exactly the transformation people undergo when they decide to make ends meet by scamming and robbing the elderly.
In reading Michael Belle's article about how he is both a Christian and a Democrat, I thought he proposed his ideas well but had flawed logic in some of his thinking.
The growing chants of "start the buses" resonate every time you pick up The New York Times, tune in to MSNBC or check out the latest poll numbers. Much like Clemson's football season, the McCain-Palin campaign is for all intents and purposes a lost cause.
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