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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UF should admit fewer students

By RON MURAM | Sep. 11, 2007

I am responding to Anuradha Pandey's column in Tuesday's Alligator. She has the perfect idea of what this school should do: If we want lower faculty-student ratios and shorter lines for academic advising, we should admit fewer students. Why is it UF's responsibility to accept everyone who is qualified and jam-pack our classes so no one gets a quality education?

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No new Satchel's anytime soon

By SATCHEL RAYE | Sep. 11, 2007

Satchel here, and I just wanted to thank Kyle Cox for his fine opinion piece in Tuesday's Alligator about my restaurant. You know, the most-asked question I get is "When are you going to open another location?" I don't know if I ever will. I have two small kids and a really nice life going on. I even have hobbies like gardening and painting. Opening another restaurant would simply mean driving back and forth a lot, trying to make sure both were outstanding.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Soda Quota

By EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep. 11, 2007

If you're addicted to caffeine - like so many college students are - you've probably noticed that soft drinks cost more on campus than they did last year. But did you notice that water, fruit drinks, Gatorade and Starbucks beverages' prices stayed the same?

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

One location enough for pizza place

Sep. 10, 2007

Satchel?s Pizza is too damn far away. It?s so distant I?ve run up a string of excuses why I haven?t been lately: "My car won?t start." "My scooter died last week." "My bike tire?s flat." "My shoes have holes." I shouldn?t have to make such claims, but it?s impossible to drive sixteen miles round-trip as often as I?d like. As sacrilegious as it may be, many people think Satchel?s needs a new location.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Name Game

By Editorial Staff | Sep. 9, 2007

The battle rages on, and the end is nowhere in sight. As Student Government parties continue fighting over just their names, they delay qualifying for would-be senatorial candidates. This does not bode well for a smooth election season.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UF investments not grounds for protest

By MATTHEW YOUNG | Sep. 9, 2007

Wherever UF's investment money may be going, it can't be construed to be funding the war in any manner. Money shuffled around on stock exchanges or bond markets never sees the company in question unless the stock or bond is being purchased directly from the company - a tiny, tiny fraction of trading volume and almost certainly not the case.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Universities not investment portfolios

By RICHARD GUTIERREZ | Sep. 9, 2007

After some consideration, I must admit I agree with the critics of Students for a Democratic Society's Wednesday protest. We should have done our homework and opened up a thesaurus to see "university" and "corporation" listed side by side as synonyms. I guess we missed a step and forgot that universities are no longer educational institutions, but money-making machines.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tickets should go to biggest fans

By SCOTT JONES | Sep. 9, 2007

I'm writing in response to Colleen Shea's article in the Friday Alligator. I'm a huge football fan, but I'm not writing to bash her at all. In fact, I thought Ms. Shea's article was very creative and a fun read. What I want to comment on is the fact that her article brings up another valid point: I'm one of the many seniors here at UF who did not receive student tickets this year.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Fans: Be louder for opposing offense

By JOHN SEIBOLD | Sep. 9, 2007

I am writing to say I am tired of the fans not getting loud at games until the opposing offense is lined up. By that time, all calls have been made, and we're not very disruptive to their game plan. The good teams, such as Tennessee, will be going with silent counts, hand signals, etc. The crowd needs to be loud when the offense is in the huddle, so it's hard for the opposing team to hear the play and snap count.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Swamp assigns seats for reason

By Dana Preble | Sep. 6, 2007

As a lifelong Gators fan and UF student, I did not have much fun at last week's football game versus Western Kentucky University. My girlfriend and I had good seats - about 25 rows up - and we were close to the action with a good view. When it was time for kickoff, everyone stood up, and a fun time was to be had by all, right?

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Protest achieved its goals

By SKEET SURRENCY | Sep. 6, 2007

An editorial headline told us that Wednesday's demonstration for transparency was pointless and that it "didn't accomplish much." As a member of Students for a Democratic Society and an organizer of the protest, I'd like to point out that we actually accomplished every one of our objectives for the day.

Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts all around

By Editorial Staff | Sep. 6, 2007

We're mad. We have too much homework and too little sleep. Too few beers and too little money. Not enough clothing and not enough laundry money. We're pissed, and we're not afraid to say it. This week, the Department of Darts & Laurels might as well be a crotchety old man - you know, that bald 80-year-old covered in liver spots who yells at those damn kids to get off his lawn. So stay out of our way today as we vent our frustrations in this week's furious-and-fuming edition of…

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