Opinions - The Independent Florida Alligator

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Orange and Blue is green

By Stephen Holmgren | Sep. 29, 2008

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?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fans harbor tradition, not stadium

By Evan Goldfarb | Sep. 29, 2008

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.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Gator Party champions green efforts

By Michelle Isgut | Sep. 28, 2008

As a Senate candidate for the Gator Party, I am proud to claim that we are the party that supports sustainability.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Alligator shows political bias

By Bob Olivo | Sep. 28, 2008

"The Independent Florida Alligator. We Inform. You Decide." These eight words grace the top of every issue, but what are they worth?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No–fumble rule should apply to all players

By Jamie Wilson | Sep. 28, 2008

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.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SAT still relevant admissions factor

By Mitch Ponitz | Sep. 28, 2008

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.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Political volunteers pester the masses

By Casey Peterson | Sep. 28, 2008

Dear politically minded people:

OPINION | EDITORIALS

New Hours: Four–day work week should benefit all

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 28, 2008

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.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bush’s exit won’t hurt ‘Daily Show’

By Aaron Ehrlich | Sep. 28, 2008

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.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Politics as usual makes ‘08 look like ‘68

By ANTHONY PAGLINO | Sep. 25, 2008

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.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 25, 2008

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.

OPINION | COLUMNS

U.S. should promote learning languages

By Julie Steinberg | Sep. 24, 2008

"Kevin is an American. He is in Moscow now. Repeat after me."

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Debates more about politics than economy

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 24, 2008

We thought our economy's fundamentals were strong.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Christianity influenced founding fathers

By RACHEL KOPEC | Sep. 24, 2008

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.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Tradition dies with Yankee Stadium

Sep. 24, 2008

Dear Hank,

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Blame Game: Mobile home fiasco causes finger–pointing

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 23, 2008

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.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Minus grades letter melodramatic

Sep. 23, 2008

Angeline Kahn, 3EG

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No reason to open up playbook so early

Sep. 23, 2008

Suneel Patel, 4EG

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Minus grades make a difference

By Alyson McCarthy | Sep. 22, 2008

In response to Monday's editorial, "Plus Side: Minus grades not the end of the world," I would like to formally give the editorial board a giant middle finger.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Founding fathers not devout Christians

Sep. 22, 2008

With Sen. John McCain's addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket, we will undoubtedly suffer yet another campaign of constant claims about this nation's Christian foundation.