The annual Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity philanthropy event, the Watermelon Bust, is a disgrace to those who are involved in service activities in their community, and it's disgusting to see it mentioned in this paper.
Unlike Michelle Isgut, I am not a Gator Party senator, but I am an environmentalist and, until last year, I was an undergraduate at UF. Her shots at the Orange and Blue Party for its environmental agenda are unfair.
Michelle Isgut claimed the Gator Party is the party of sustainability. Is this the same party that purchased 16 recycling bins at the mind-boggling price of $1,000 each? Is this the same party that rejected a referendum that was supported by 80 percent of the student body to establish an independent advisory committee for socially responsible investing?
Yankee Stadium in its current state is not the same place where Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle played. The stadium was remodeled in 1974.
As a Senate candidate for the Gator Party, I am proud to claim that we are the party that supports sustainability.
"The Independent Florida Alligator. We Inform. You Decide." These eight words grace the top of every issue, but what are they worth?
Now, I know everyone is angry about the Mississippi loss, so I'm not going to discuss my anger about that. We made terrible mistakes in such blinding succession in the third quarter that we didn't deserve to win that game.
The SAT has a place in the college application process. It's not an arbitrary evaluation of a student's math and verbal abilities. It acts as a de facto intelligence test for applicants.
Dear politically minded people:
As we ready ourselves for another week of library camp-outs and all-night study sessions, it seems a little too easy for us to be negative. What's the point? We're busy, but so is everyone else, so we have no right to complain.
Regarding Anish Mitra's diatribe on "The Daily Show," I find it tragic that Mitra feels "the show's structure makes it painfully evident" that its future will be in jeopardy once Bush is out of office.
Since 1966, the Republican Party has been held together by a tripod of issues and standpoints: foreign policy, economic and fiscal conservatism and the creation of cultural resentment. Today, its case for the presidency has been whittled down to one argument.
To lead off, we'd like to shoot a get-your-hand-outta-my-face-and-just-mind-your-business DART at college admissions officers for using students' Facebook profiles to help decide whether a particular student is right for a school.
"Kevin is an American. He is in Moscow now. Repeat after me."
We thought our economy's fundamentals were strong.
It is baseless to say that America's founding fathers were, to quote Wes Hunt, "vehemently anti-Christian," and to characterize the preachers of the Second Great Awakening as swindlers.
Two years ago, the City Commission rezoned Buck Bay Mobile Home Park in northwest Gainesville. Buck Bay residents were then told by the new owner that they had to relocate their families to make way for a new single-family housing development.
Suneel Patel, 4EG
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