I want to thank The Alligator for the extraordinary opportunity given to me. It is a great privilege to be allowed to write a column.
Editor's note on 10/8/10: This column has been taken down. The original column ran in Thursday's edition, but our readers pointed out a Reddit article with references too similar to Griffin's writing. We apologize for the inconvenience.
With so much focus at home, our current government is letting a lot happen abroad.
Queen Elizabeth I was an unexpected political genius dedicated to her country and her people in a manner that had been seen in few monarchs before her. Stepping into her position as one of the first female heads of state, Queen Elizabeth I brought the English people through both domestic and foreign crises in determined strides.
Everyone loves a good movie.
My fraternity, Delta Upsilon, holds justice as its founding and most important principle. It is my sincerest belief that this is the reason the fraternity has persisted since it was founded in 1834.
Allow me to begin by lobbing a grenade into the mine field.
A leader, above all else, has a responsibility to those he or she governs.
Welcome to UF. You are now a student at the flagship academic institution of the state of Florida. With a University of Florida degree, you have endless career opportunities and a promising shot at some of the nation’s top graduate programs.
We have about 80 years to live, and about one-third of that we spend unconscious. And I don’t mean because of an accumulation of hard nights at Midtown. Throw in work, education, eating, daily household and personal hygiene chores, and the roughly five years everyone spends in a line of some sort just waiting for something like a red light to turn green.
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