By Caitlin Luedke
When administrators raise tuition, students are bound to raise hell. But did Rick Scott’s war on education leave UF with no other choice?
By Esteban O Sullivan
The SpringBoard dinner will take place on April 9 at the Matheson Museum, 513 E. University Ave. For more information, call the Civic Media Center at (352) 373-0100.
By Lydia Fiser
I don’t have much to say about this other than watch it. Staceyann Chin is truthful and raw and reminds me why free speech is so essential. I know that about three minutes into this, almost every man will shun away, click out of the blog post, close his laptop, and run. Don’t. Keep watching. [...]
By Lydia Fiser
Come out to Weimer 3032 (the journalism building on UF’s campus) at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Fine Print paired up with Society of Professional Journalists and the College of Journalism and Communications to bring together a group of journalists who all covered the earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath. Here are the panelists: Rich Hirsch [...]
By Chelsea Hetelson
The three-day Harvest of Hope Foundation Music and Arts Fest is back for its second year, March 12-14, at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds in St. Augustine. The Harvest of Hope Foundation, a “non-profit organization that provides financial, educational, and service-oriented aid to migrant farm workers all over the country,” according to its web site, [...]
By Julie Ludwig
The QAC is a politically motivated activist group at UF fighting for full civil and social equality for the LGBTQ community. We believe that discrimination based on sexuality or gender identity is not only unjust, but harmfully oppressive, yet the homosexual community remains one of the most marginalized communities in America today.
By Joe Richard
Why is Haiti the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? Why does the immense majority of Haitians live on less than $2 a day? Why does the capital of Port-au-Prince (which is built on a fault line) have no building codes to regulate proper building construction like similar cities? Why is the Obama administration sending thousands of troops to Haiti, instead of serious economic and humanitarian aid? Why are U.S. warships surrounding the waters off the coast and refusing to allow anyone to leave the island?
The answers to all of these questions can be found in the long history of U.S. interventions in the first modern country to abolish slavery and establish a black republic.
By Nadine Navarro
In January, UF’s Office of the Provost awarded the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, SPOHP, with a $150,000 grant for a three-year research project that involves conducting and transcribing interviews in Alachua County and surrounding areas with black Americans who came of age during legal segregation. Most of the interviews will be conducted by UF students and put into a database accessible to students all over the world.
By Jessica Newman
My colleague, Travis Pillow, recently posted a response to a letter written to the Alligator by Josh Niederreiter, which referred to the Unite Party already having its executive slate filled before it started taking interviews for the position. Travis’ response: “He’s referring, of course, to a system of succession that predates the Unite Party, in which [...]
By Matthew Clark
Slouching Towards Washington “The elevation of the family to ideological preeminence guarantees that a capitalist society will reproduce not just children, but heterosexism and homophobia.” – John D’Emilio, Capitalism and Gay Identity For the last several months, this sentence has haunted me and kept me awake at night. Every time I hear the word “gay” [...]