Opinion
Firing Comey: A move that was long overdue
May 10, 2017President Trump fired FBI Director Comey, a move that was long overdue
Opinion
Opinion
To try for a country in trouble
May 10, 2017The phrase my mother consistently used to persuade me to clean my plate at dinner gradually became more personal as I got older and as our country started entering hysteria. That phrase was, “There are starving children out there.” These children are not those we are appropriated to believe come from charity commercials. These children take the form of my family and other oppressed people in Venezuela.
Opinion
We need to make room for tolerance in politics
May 10, 2017Here are several topics we are constantly warned to steer clear of when meeting new people. As a general rule of thumb, it is never a smart idea to bring up the subjects of religion, money and — of course — politics. History has shown us time and time again that these are some of the most controversial matters in the world. This past year especially, politics became the crux of major issues on a national scale as well as a personal one.
Sports
Column: Red Sox-Orioles mutual hatred good for baseball
By Jake Dreilinger | May 9, 2017When the Baltimore Orioles played the Boston Red Sox in a four-game series starting May 1, one of baseball’s budding rivalries was put on full display.
Opinion
Graduation should be a time of celebration, not self-deprecation
May 8, 2017It’s that time of the year again: graduation season. Our social-media timelines are flooded with photos of painted square caps and statuses from friends raving about what an incredible journey the last four years have been.
Opinion
Understand the impact your words can have
May 8, 2017If you’ve scrolled through social media recently, you’ve probably seen references to a new television show. It’s called “13 Reasons Why.” Now, before you aggressively leap to a positive or negative reaction to those three words, hear me out. I’m not going to spoil anything other than the general premise, so if you haven’t watched the series, don’t worry about me ruining it for you.
Opinion
Don’t be afraid to waste time
May 8, 2017I have heard many times that “time” is one of those things you cannot get back. I also find myself occasionally repeating this same message when giving advice. It makes sense that time won’t be given back to you, and you should cherish it, but I feel people abuse the saying — even for the smallest of things.
Sports
Goodbye Column: It’s time for us to rethink the way we view sports
By One Night Dan Daniel Smithson | Apr. 20, 2017When I found out I was going to be covering track and field for the Alligator, two things happened immediately.
Sports
Goodbye Column: Basketball reporter says so long
By Here comes the Boone Ray Boone | Apr. 20, 2017Here comes the Boone
Sports
Goodbye Column: Make the most of your college experience
By Patrick Pinak | Apr. 19, 2017I still remember my first semester at UF in 2012.
Opinion
Good Writers and Good People
Apr. 19, 2017The hallways of The Carolina Inn on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are filled with photographs and paintings of people who made a difference in the university’s 228-year history. After staying in the inn for three nights last month, I felt like I had a sense of how UNC was influenced by the two centuries of faculty, staff and alumni whose likenesses lined the halls.
Opinion
Before I go: a message from your editor-in-chief
Apr. 18, 2017My faded black Jimi Hendrix T-shirt was drenched in sweat as I walked across UF’s campus on a blistering August day.
Opinion
We’re all just looking for the damn light switch
Apr. 18, 2017With graduation nearing, you might be feeling a bit stressed.
Opinion
We have the right to speak and the duty to listen
Apr. 18, 2017As the limbo of Summer semester comes round, I’m going to follow my predecessor in removing the opinions editor mask and speaking directly as myself. The opinions and experiences expressed here will be my own, and not those of the Alligator editorial board. I want to take the chance, as the end of the semester approaches and friends graduate, travel abroad, tackle internships and sit on their couches all summer, to reflect on the past semester.
Opinion
Signposts on the path to utopia
Apr. 18, 2017I love science fiction. My favorite works come from the ‘60s and ‘70s, when novels like “Childhood’s End” and “Stranger in a Strange Land” crystallized the genre, pioneered by writers like Isaac Asimov, of utopian speculative fiction. Don’t get me wrong, “Alien” and “Blade Runner” hold a special place in my heart, but there was an optimism in “Star Trek” that seems to have been fading since writers like William Gibson and Philip K. Dick popularized stories of a grim, dystopian future.
Opinion
My contradictory life: Balancing nutrition, health with death-defying stunts
Apr. 17, 2017Due to the increasing pervasiveness and equal awareness of obesity as a health problem, especially in the U.S., it has become a truism today to inform the public about caring for themselves and their bodies. I’m quite aware of this beneficial trend in fitness, and I’m a firm believer in the idea that “your body’s a temple, and you should worship it.” However, in a quasi-paradoxical fashion, I also believe you should go out into the great unknown and destroy yourself if you must.
Opinion
Condemning hate isn’t enough
Apr. 17, 2017We’re not going to wait until the end of this editorial to cut to the chase, so here it is: UF needs to do more than just condemn hate after the fact.
Opinion
A thank you letter from one nostalgic graduate
Apr. 17, 2017Nearly two years ago, I received a text from the newly appointed Alligator opinions editor while on a Greyhound bus full of potential sorority girls barreling down Museum Road toward Pi Beta Phi. It read, “Hey. Do you want to have a column in the Alligator?” Immediately, I thought to myself, “Hell no.” Yet for some unbeknownst reason, I texted back, “Sure, when do I start?”
Opinion
Foreign relations aren’t black and white
Apr. 16, 2017On Saturday, North Korea launched a missile. The attempt failed, exploding moments after launch, but nevertheless the missile firing shows that North Korea’s military technology is advancing, whether we like it or not. Even if they do not yet have the technical prowess, they are pouring an incredible amount of resources and funding into this program.
Opinion
Here are ways to actually help Syrian refugees
Apr. 16, 2017I have seen many of the photographs. I have read the news. I have cringed as I read through tweets about the crisis in Syria, where more than 80 people, including children, died in a chemical gas attack on April 4, and then hated myself for cringing when I should be translating that sorrow and disgust into action. So today, I provide you — by way of researching this myself — ways we can support Syrian refugees.
