Rafael A. Yaniz

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Machen’s admiration for Israel is appreciated

By Rafael A. Yaniz | Mar. 3, 2011

I would like to publicly thank UF President Bernie Machen for moderating the Jewish Awareness Month and Accent show featuring Alan Dershowitz event this past Wednesday evening. UF is lucky to have someone like Machen at the helm of our institution who shared, “If you have not been to Israel, you have not seen the world.”

OPINION | COLUMNS

Student Alliance party represents necessary change in politics

By Rafael A. Yaniz | Feb. 16, 2010

“It’s time.” That simple phrase means more than just a great video produced by the Student Alliance party. It represents a fundamental change from politics as usual in Student Government. When 80 percent of students do not vote in SG elections, it’s not hard to wonder why they feel SG is out of touch at best and disingenuous at worst when it comes to hearing student voices.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Alligator shows socialist slant

By Rafael A. Yaniz | Oct. 13, 2009

By reading today's Alligator, it seems that the paper should be renamed Granma UF or The Socialist Newsletter of Gator Comrades. The International Socialist Organization was prominently quoted in one article without a counter position from a group that may not support their issue. Another article positively framed an event about a health clinic set up by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez without mentioning that he has stolen land without payment, a la Cuba's Fidel Castro, has nationalized private businesses and has shut down more than 50 private radio stations, television stations and newspapers critical of his totalitarian tactics. And the kicker was the opinion column calling Che Guevara a "hero" with laughable propaganda that failed to mention Guevara's death squads of innocent Cubans. The Alligator's motto "We Inform. You Decide." should be changed to "We Indoctrinate. You Obey."

Machen’s admiration for Israel is appreciated

Student Alliance party represents necessary change in politics

Alligator shows socialist slant

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