Opinion
Opinion
Column overlooks Chavez’s positives
By Joe Richard | Feb. 18, 2009As a close observer of the massive social transformation currently taking place in Venezuela right now, I take issue with Eric Chianese's column Wednesday. Media pundits love to paint Hugo Chavez as a dictator, but look at the facts.
Opinion
Transcript fees not fair
By Matthew Schwarz | Feb. 17, 2009The ways in which our university manages its budget have never made sense to me, but as an undergraduate student striving to continue my education through graduate studies and independent research, I find one policy even more misguided than most - transcript fees.
Opinion
Obama’s fiscal policies flawed
By BEN CAMENKER | Feb. 17, 2009Jake Miller stated in his Tuesday column that "we should view political capital as something more elusive and less ephemeral than the spoils of victory." It is unfortunate that the Democrats do not agree with him.
Sports
Meyer should kick Johnson off football team
Feb. 17, 2009When Urban Meyer returns to the United States, he is not going to be happy.
Opinion
From Fat to Wii Fit
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 17, 2009For one fat flamethrower, sheer disgust over his video-game likeness led to a life-altering weight loss.
Opinion
Returned wallet proves honesty
By Nate Juster | Feb. 17, 2009Yesterday, I left my wallet on a bus accidentally. An as of yet anonymous UF student found it and turned it over to the driver. I caught the bus next time around and got it back from the driver with nothing missing. I would like to commend both the student and the driver for their honesty.
Opinion
Venezuela’s Chavez blusters to top
By ERIC CHIANESE | Feb. 17, 2009On Sunday, the "iron man" of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez, won an electoral coup and passed a referendum removing term limits. He will now run the country until he is defeated in an election - which, if his thuggish manner is any indication, could be a very long time.
Opinion
Executive salary cap not fraud solution
By Anthony Ramos | Feb. 17, 2009Mr. Maple, in your Tuesday column, you failed to present evidence other than a $500,000 salary cap on executive compensation to substantiate your assertion that President Barack Obama will end our modern era of corporate malfeasance.
Opinion
Sketchy change to terms of service sparks debate
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 17, 2009A series of discreet changes to Facebook's terms of use policy has users concerned about the future of their privacy.
Sports
UF may not make Tournament despite soft SEC
Feb. 16, 2009Every year in football, some "awesome" Big Ten team cruises through the regular season, picks up tons of hype and lands in either the national title game or some other prestigious BCS contest.
Opinion
Thanks but no thanks
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 16, 2009Another week and, sigh, another case of a ridiculous crime being committed on the mean streets of Gainesville.
Opinion
Obama needs to convert platform to policy
Feb. 16, 2009The first 100 days of a new presidency are supposedly a telling period, a unique window of time in which a president can enact big change. It's a completely arbitrary deadline, devoid of any real significance, but it has become conventional wisdom nonetheless. Why do we accept this absurd notion that only in the shell-shocked aftermath of an election can meaningful policy be shoved through our cantankerous political system?
Opinion
Drugging concerns belittled
By Leah Greenblum | Feb. 16, 2009Monday's article titled, "Women drugged in bar" belittles the issue of how completely disgusting it is to drug anyone in an effort to make them unaware of their actions and have no memory of what has happened to them.
Opinion
High school athletes no longer face drug screens
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 16, 2009As economic woes ravage Florida, cutbacks in the state's public school system abound.
Opinion
SG online voting has dirty little secret
Feb. 15, 2009In 2007, UF students Tommy Jardon and Sam Miorelli, both current leaders of the Orange and Blue Party, started to renew efforts to make online voting the norm for Student Government elections.
Opinion
Gainesville officer nets more than 100 DUIs
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 15, 2009For many UF students, the words "police officer" conjures imagery of underage alcohol violations and tickets for jaywalking.
Opinion
Hygiene not cause of virus
By Sharon Stone | Feb. 15, 2009An article appeared in your publication recently detailing the outbreak of the norovirus in our house that I felt warranted a response.
Opinion
It’s OK to bullshit with strangers
By ADAM WYNN | Feb. 15, 2009People have forgotten how to talk to each other.
