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Opinion

Voter purges are an affront to democracy

The 2012 presidential election is coming up soon and both sides are gearing up for an all-out battle. President Obama and the Democrats have been working overtime to win over groups like the LGBTQ and immigrant communities, while the Republicans have been tirelessly working toward systematic voting purges.


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News

Hit-and-run victim dies

UF junior Rebecca Harris died Wednesday night from injuries she sustained when she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle on June 23.


South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw throws against Florida in a 17-12 win Nov. 12. Shaw threw 14 touchdown passes and ran for eight last season.
Sports

Clowns, guns and ‘John Carter’: Who will win the SEC East?

Corey: With opening night of the Olympics 15 days away, baseball has begun its media dominance. Naturally, my time has been spent watching countless hours of NCIS reruns. But we here at alligatorSports have a solution: football talk. Yes, it’s time to start dreaming of the gridiron. So, to kick it off, we debate who will win the Southeastern Conference’s East Division this season. And despite kicking them to the curb on NCAA 13 the other day, I’m taking South Carolina — luckily ECU is a non-conference game. The Gamecocks are coming off of an 11-2 record, and with the Ol’ Ball Coach in charge, this is their year. Marcus Lattimore comes back healthy from an ACL tear, quarterback Connor Shaw will have only improved from last season and both starting safeties return to a secondary that was second in passing defense in the nation last year. Let the Cock growl.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Darts & Laurels

Is anyone else counting down the release of “The Dark Knight Rises”? If you aren’t excited about what will likely be the most epic movie of the year, we hope you enjoy our oh-well-that’s-cool-I-guess-hope-you-enjoy-Adam-Sandler’s-”That’s My Boy” edition of...


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Obama still to blame for state of economy

After reading the response column by UF alumnus William Deich maintaining that President Obama was not responsible for the state of the economy, I wanted to make a few things clear.



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