We welcome you to your new home, Paul D'Anieri. When others dropped out of the dean search after an administration shake-up and pressing budget problems, you decided to remain in the running to be at the helm of the biggest college on the UF campus. Congratulations on your selection. We're glad that you're here.
A little detail bugged me in Mondays Grad Tab 2008 article. It says …the Gators football team, led by quarterback Tim Tebow, snagged a championship of its own on Jan. 8, 2007. Im not trying to take anything away from Tim Tebow he is a tremendous athlete, a great person and he was a major contributor to our championship. He is now our leader and I look forward to the 2008 season.
Imagine that a resident assistant walking through a dorm at night hears a noise that sounds suspicious, so he or she knocks on the door. He eventually gains access to the room and realizes that he has interrupted a sex act between two male students. He reports the incident to the administration. The president oversees an investigation into the sexual identity of the two students. The investigation infuriates other homosexual students, so several of them walk into the president's office and claim to be homosexuals. After learning that all the students are in fact homosexuals, the university expels all of them.
I am writing in response to Friday's editorial giving the Florida House of Representatives a "dart" for passing a bill requiring that an ultrasound be taken and the option of viewing that ultrasound be given to a woman before an abortion.
I truly don't understand what the uproar from the student body is all about in regard to the lawsuit against Einstein's Notes.
"You know how proud you were when your wife had that baby girl?" Frank asked.
If it is indeed true, the story of the College of Medicine's dean allegedly admitting a student based not on his academic merit but on his connections is dangerous and offensive to College of Medicine students and faculty.
A bill that passed through the Senate Transportation Committee last week would prohibit drivers under the age of 18 in Florida from using a cell phone while driving.
The scariest part of Dominic Palvisak's Monday letter on the abortion bill came at the end when he disclosed he was a second-year law student. I can understand how the emotion surrounding the abortion issue can lead many to support laws requiring women to seek ultrasounds before obtaining abortions, but this person is studying to be a lawyer.
It used to be that the controversial college admissions policies that got the most attention had to do with skin or scores.
It looks like the Fed's money presses have some long nights ahead as taxpayers could begin receiving their government stimulus package checks as early as June, according to an Associated Press report. But President Bush and his economic team have made it very clear that everyone's piggy banks should be left on their shelves.
In Friday's edition of the Alligator, the Editorial Board attacked the Florida House of Representatives for passing a bill requiring all women seeking abortions to receive an ultrasound. The Darts & Laurels section called it "another conservative obstruction intended to prevent women from getting abortions."
The current cadre of Orange and Blue Party senators came into office with majestic claims of progress, newfound unity and a list of action items longer than most term papers. They were going to fix WebMail; they were going to fix the budget; they were going to get online voting (for real this time); and they were going to fight the administration on, well, everything.
Thursday's letters from Gator Party officials were nothing more than political ploys designed to quell the recent publicity the Orange and Blue Party has been getting in regard to the scandals of Student Government.
Lighten up! Jay Leno was not insulting the entire LGBTQ community by asking Ryan Phillippe to give the camera his "gayest look." First of all, that doesn't make any sense, and second of all, it was not a derogatory comment. I don't even know what a "gay look" is, nor do I have a "gay look," a "Jewish look" or any other look for the things that I am. The fact that Phillippe played a gay character on an American soap opera was a huge event, and I'm glad Leno brought it up. It seemed like Leno was making Phillippe very uncomfortable more than anything else, and I do commend Phillippe for not going along with it.
Although I am hesitant to render an opinion on such a silly matter, there seems to be an obvious answer to "Nageshgate." Though Student Government often seems a lot like play government, it is a part of the overall civic process. So the question in determining where Nagesh truly is in the civic sphere should be answered by his voter registration card. If he is part of the civic network at one location in terms of every other level of government, it should carry over to his participation in Student Government. Has someone asked to see Mr. Nagesh's voter registration card or checked with the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office?
Glory Hallelujah! It's finally the last month of school. This is really great news for anyone with exciting summer plans or a profitable job awaiting them in the real world. For me, it's good news for a number of reasons. One of them being my health. I have a severe and highly contagious problem that I'm sure won't go away until May 4.
It's sad to think that only a year ago this week, we were all still on a national-championship-winning high thanks to the UF men's basketball team. Despite the depressingly absent University Avenue celebration this year - and the corresponding embarrassing loss Tuesday to the University of Massachusetts that had us drinking for an entirely different reason - we soldiered on. So for a quick pick-me-up before you start the weekend, join us for this week's edition of…
For the last few days I've been called an unethical grandstander because I called for the resignation of a senator who ignored both common sense and the law when overseeing the appointment of a replacement senator.
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