Sports
Column: How legitimate is UF coach Jim McElwain's claim about death threats?
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 24, 2017I’ve always been someone who tries to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Opinion
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There is no place for death threats in football
Oct. 24, 2017Coach Jim McElwain has been under fire since the beginning of this year’s football season. A 3-3 record for the Gators so far this year, including consecutive home game losses, hasn’t caused the public to look upon McElwain any more favorably. In fact, according to McElwain, he, his family and several Gator football players have been receiving death threats in response to the team’s poor performance lately.
Opinion
Regarding SG and CWC funding
Oct. 24, 2017In Spring of my sophomore year, I was overwhelmed.
Opinion
Why should we pay for people’s abortions?
Oct. 24, 2017I read an article the other day on several interesting cases that could make their way to the Supreme Court in the coming months. One in particular caught my eye: Garza v. Hargan. This case involves a 17-year-old illegal immigrant, referred to as Jane Doe in court documents, who is currently detained in Texas. She arrived in the U.S. pregnant, and has since demanded an abortion.
Opinion
We all deserve a break sometimes
Oct. 24, 2017This semester I’ve found myself running. Running, not in the “late for class” kind of way, but more so running through this semester and through these next two months to graduation. Some of you, regardless of whether you’re graduating or not, might also feel this way.
Opinion
Cuffing season is not for everyone, especially me
Oct. 24, 2017It’s like clockwork. Every year around this time, the pumpkin spice lattes come out, Hallmark movies start to play on television and the temperature in this majestic city drops into the high-sixties. And just as I start to put on my light jacket to protect me from the less-than-sweltering temperatures, my phone starts vibrating uncontrollably. I roll my eyes as I see text after text from guy after guy professing their love for me. They all want to be exclusive. Don’t get me wrong — it’s flattering. But more so, it’s exhausting.
Sports
Column: McElwain and player threats need to stop, immediately
By Jake Dreilinger | Oct. 23, 2017Things in Gainesville have been pretty tense lately.
Sports
Column: In the wake of Spencer controversy, it’s OK to take a break from sports
By IAN COHEN | Oct. 22, 2017A white man in a black V-neck stood outside the Phillips Center on Thursday. On his right shoulder, he had pinned a pro-Nazi button. He proceeded to speak about how he disliked transgender people.
Opinion
We need to keep a close eye on the EPA under President Donald Trump
Oct. 22, 2017Here’s a quick hypothetical for you. You’ve been tasked with appointing the new leader of the National Fire Prevention Association (this is not real, so just go with it). Your options range from veteran firefighters to expert industrial engineers to dedicated safety officials and everyone in between. With all of these choices in mind, would you pick an arsonist?
Opinion
Help each other and make your voices heard
Oct. 22, 2017Mental health is not merely a personal struggle. It is not something a person should be left to deal with alone. It is not something that can be swept aside. Mental health issues come from within. They stem from the mind — what makes a person who they are. In the past few decades, there have been major strides in mental health advocacy, and the negative stigma associated with mental health struggles have certainly decreased. However, we are far from finished.
Opinion
Tolerance and kindness are far from the same
Oct. 22, 2017In light of recent events on our campus and the current state of our country as a whole, it seems like everyone is aggressively preaching tolerance and dubbing it as the one true solution that will bring our nation back together. Tolerance is a great concept, don’t get us wrong, but it’s not what America needs now in terms of an all-inclusive solution. What America needs is an increase in kindness and a boost in action.
Opinion
Thank you for helping spread love
Oct. 20, 2017On Thursday, in the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Richard Spencer tried to speak.
Opinion
Shutting down Spencer’s movement
Oct. 19, 2017As I write this at nearly 11 p.m. Thursday, it’s been only a few hours since racist Richard Spencer spoke on UF’s campus and failed miserably to divide our community.
Sports
Column: UF athletic department should follow Luke Del Rio’s lead and condemn Richard Spencer
By Ethan Bauer | Oct. 19, 2017The University of Florida sat still on Thursday. Classes continued on like normal, but campus felt dead. Or at least, everywhere except its southwest corner. That’s where white nationalist Richard Spencer’s speech attracted attention and sparked confrontations between his small number of supporters and hundreds of protesters. The event was one of the biggest spectacles in recent university memory, with more than half a million dollars spent on security. But if you took a peek at most Twitter accounts associated with UF athletics, you’d have no idea it happened.
Sports
Picks column bye week: Is Florida’s season already over?
Oct. 19, 2017The halfway point in the season is upon us, and Florida is already limping to the finish with a 3-3 record. Luckily for the Gators, they have a bye week, giving their fans a chance to have at least one fall Saturday without inevitable disappointment. With a looming matchup against No. 3 Georgia, things are looking bleak for the Gators’ season. But is it time to officially declare Florida’s 2017 campaign is over? That’s for our writers to decide. Before we make our picks for this weekend’s college football games, alligatorSports editor Matt Brannon and assistant editor Dylan Dixon are going to debate whether Florida’s season is already over.
Sports
Column: Bragging after a loss? Another instance of the Gators’ laughable social media conduct
By Dylan Dixon | Oct. 18, 2017I had a column published last week about Florida’s football players and their questionable social media profiles.
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Column: 25 things that made me cringe in the Gators’ loss to Texas A&M
By Matt Brannon | Oct. 17, 2017It’s tough to go into a bye week on a loss. That’s what coach Jim McElwain said after UF dropped its second straight home game to the Aggies, 19-17, on Saturday.
Opinion
UF must lead on free speech and stand up for the First Amendment
Oct. 17, 2017I have watched, with intense interest, the preparations and conversations that have surrounded the visit by Richard Spencer to UF’s campus in Gainesville. I have been a part of the conversations regarding UF President Kent Fuchs’ decisions and a supporter of how UF has placed the safety of the campus and Gainesville community at the forefront. Fuchs and his team have carefully balanced the absolute requirement for student safety with UF’s strong commitment to the freedom of speech.
Opinion
The only way to confront the issue of social survival is through intellectuality
Oct. 17, 2017It seems established in our common knowledge that comedy is tragedy plus time. This applies to what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as what is to come of Richard Spencer’s visit to UF on Thursday. The initial cancellation of Spencer’s event is not an attack on freedom of speech,but actually championing the matter.
Opinion
Weinstein scandal shows Hollywood is full of it
Oct. 17, 2017By now, everyone has read about the accusations surrounding Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein. His list of accusers has grown significantly over the last week, as dozens of women have now come out and accused him of sexual assault or rape.
