Opinion
Florida needs to raise the smoking age to 21
By Jason Zappulla | June 18, 2019Tobacco should be regulated as the health risks it is.
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Forgiveness does not preclude reparations
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 18, 2019On Monday, Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland shooting survivor, said Harvard rescinded his admission after screenshots showed him using racial slurs in late 2017 and early 2018. Earlier this year, the 18-year old high school outreach director for Turning Point USA (a conservative non-profit student organization) was admitted to the university class of 2023.
Opinion
Plagiarism in Student Government, part 4
By Zachariah Chou | June 13, 2019"This week, I would like to talk about an anti-Semitism resolution that almost passed in Senate and all the behind the scenes shenanigans that highlight the disfunction of majority party senators."
Opinion
"They want us dead."
By Lindsey Breneman | June 13, 2019"I don’t want to be writing about these repugnant men....But these people are dangerous."
Opinion
Darts & Laurels: June 13, 2019
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 13, 2019It’s the weekend, or at least your definition of it, as you only have class three days a week.
Opinion
Homophobic attacks show why we need Pride Month
By Jason Zappulla | June 11, 2019Let’s not give into hate or distraction.
Opinion
We get it, you drink
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 11, 2019With Summer B fast approaching and football season not so far behind, we expect more sloppy Snapchat stories to cloud our feed. But now may be the time to check on drinking tendencies before the mayhem starts all over again.
Sports
Is the young coach the future?
By River Wells | June 10, 2019I flew into Los Angeles on Wednesday and I’ve been here for around six days now. It’s my first time here and I’ve hit all the typical tourist stops, but one of the coolest things I’ve seen on my trip came when I hadn’t even stepped off the plane: While descending to land at LAX, I got a perfect overhead view of the currently-under-construction Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, the future home of the Los Angeles Rams and the Los Angeles Chargers.
Opinion
Is our obsession with true crime ethical?
By Cassidy Hopson | June 5, 2019For months, I remember coming home from elementary school and excitedly turning on the television each night to hear the same opening words, “Bombshell in the courtroom.”
Opinion
Darts & Laurels: June 6, 2019
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 5, 2019Your one class of the day is finally done. Of course, the sky is dumping water down like the ground is on fire.
Opinion
Plagiarism in Student Government, part 3
By Zachariah Chou | June 5, 2019There sure seems to be a lot of plagiarism in Student Government, eh? It’s almost as if there’s this whole entire environment filled with people who don’t care about the rules.
Opinion
Dear Tyler Kendrick, I sure hope you feel bad
By Zachariah Chou | June 5, 2019While I was re-learning grammar for the like the third time, the course I was taking made a point to distinguish between “feeling bad” and “feeling badly.”
Sports
It’s time to extend the netting in MLB stadiums
By Sam's Strike Zone | June 3, 2019I generally consider myself a baseball purist.
Opinion
Art and the artist: should there be a separation?
By Amanda Martinez | June 3, 2019Do we love our morals more than Kanye loves Kanye?
Opinion
Aliens need more attention
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 3, 2019What happened to people’s fascination with the unknown?
Opinion
Why solo traveling is worth it
By Liana Murphy | May 30, 2019Now that summer is fast approaching, some of you may be looking for ways to spend these sunny days.
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Darts and Laurels: May 30, 2019
By Alligator Editorial Board | May 30, 2019You finally scraped together enough money to buy a flight out of Orlando.
Opinion
How the reusable straw movement fails the environment
May 30, 2019Last year was the year Twitter banded together to ditch plastic straws.
Opinion
To All the Boys I’ve Ghosted Before
By Amanda Martinez | May 27, 2019Saying everything while saying nothing at all.
Opinion
The Unspoken Rules defining Instagram
By Alligator Editorial Board | May 27, 2019There’s no written rulebook to social media. But human’s knack for teetering between conformity and individuality has resulted in a set of unspoken social media guidelines the college-aged population seems to follow.
