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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Leak deserves credit for championship

By Dana Preble | Apr. 8, 2008

A little detail bugged me in Mondays Grad Tab 2008 article. It says …the Gators football team, led by quarterback Tim Tebow, snagged a championship of its own on Jan. 8, 2007. Im not trying to take anything away from Tim Tebow he is a tremendous athlete, a great person and he was a major contributor to our championship. He is now our leader and I look forward to the 2008 season.

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

New CLAS dean faces challenges ahead

By the Editorial Board | Apr. 8, 2008

We welcome you to your new home, Paul D'Anieri. When others dropped out of the dean search after an administration shake-up and pressing budget problems, you decided to remain in the running to be at the helm of the biggest college on the UF campus. Congratulations on your selection. We're glad that you're here.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Media falsely name McCain 'maverick'

By JOSHUA FREDERICKSON | Apr. 8, 2008

Members of the mainstream media in this country have been engaged in a nauseating love affair with Sen. John McCain ever since his failed presidential campaign in 2000. During that campaign, the Arizona senator swept the press off of their collective feet with his brash "straight talk," his disarming charm and his self-deprecating sense of humor. Many so-called "journalists" labeled him a "maverick" because he occasionally refused to toe the line of his intellectually and morally bankrupt party. However, this, in and of itself, does not a maverick make. Simply repeating something over and over again does not mean that it's true.

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Iraq veterans speak out against war

By DREW HARWELL | Apr. 8, 2008

Just a few years back, Clifton Hicks was an M1 Abrams tank operator almost 7,000 miles away in Iraq. As an active Army squad member, he'd seen buildings packed with families crumbled and burned. Watched women and children bleed and die. Killed insurgents and civilians alike.

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NEWS

Urban Meyer goes on ESPN Radio

Apr. 8, 2008

UF football coach Urban Meyer appeared on the Mike Tirico show on ESPN Radio today with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit (yes, I know it's called the Mike Tirico show, but Tirico's out at Augusta covering the Masters for ESPN).

Florida Alligator
NEWS

Speights to enter NBA Draft

Apr. 7, 2008

UF center Marreese Speights will enter the NBA Draft, coach Billy Donovan said in a statement Tuesday. Speights, a sophomore, will not hire an agent which means he can come back to school if he does not believe he'll be picked high enough or is not comfortable with his situation. Speights was second on the team in scoring and first in rebounding. With several big-man recruits coming in, the Gators would've had decent depth at their bigs, but without Speights that has become much more difficult now.

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Ends do not justify means in new bill

By Andre Samuels | Apr. 7, 2008

The scariest part of Dominic Palvisak's Monday letter on the abortion bill came at the end when he disclosed he was a second-year law student. I can understand how the emotion surrounding the abortion issue can lead many to support laws requiring women to seek ultrasounds before obtaining abortions, but this person is studying to be a lawyer.

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