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First look backs up preseason hype

Sep. 7, 2009

Ten minutes after the clock ran out on Florida's 62-3 win over Charleston Southern, the CSU players gathered at midfield.

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Late author reminds us to be patient

Sep. 7, 2009

Sept. 12 will be the first anniversary of the death of David Foster Wallace.

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Florida's dominant talent demands a tougher schedule

Sep. 3, 2009

The supposed best team in college football, what many call one of the best teams ever, is about to begin one of the easiest schedules in the country.

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Picks Column: Charleston Southern

Sep. 3, 2009

The alligatorSports Brand Picks Column is a long-standing tradition at our newspaper, the beginnings can be traced back through generations of student sportswriters.

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Slating brings annoyance, fliers for all

Sep. 3, 2009

If you don't have a pair of headphones, I strongly suggest that this week or next you invest in a pair.

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Fans should remember they represent UF on game days

By Jordan Johnson | Sep. 3, 2009

Fresh off their 24-14 victory over Oklahoma in the 2008 BCS National Championship game in Miami, the Gators are ready to roll again Saturday in the season opener against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers.

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Political bumper stickers are childish, show driver stupidity

By ADAM WYNN | Sep. 3, 2009

If the eyes are the window to the soul, then a bumper sticker is portal to the back of a moron's head.

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CSU builds program with big checks from warm-up games

By CALLOVI< | Sep. 2, 2009

Nobody wonders why Florida would schedule to play a team like Charleston Southern.

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Fantasy sports provide real life skills

Sep. 1, 2009

Labor Day will officially kick off the American fantasy football season in 2009, and no matter where you are this weekend you will be within earshot of a conversation about somebody's fantasy draft.

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Doubt should be component of faith

Aug. 31, 2009

I have a problem with the Bible. Specifically, I have a problem with a particular verse in the Bible. Even more specifically, a particular translation of a particular verse in the Bible.

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What is your Red Bull and cereal?

Aug. 31, 2009

Red Bull and Lee Corso: Oddly enough, these are the two things that I have come to associate with the Saturday mornings of my youth.

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Student Government responds to outcry

By Maryam Laguna | Aug. 31, 2009

It was once said that "a basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency." I can proudly say that democracy must be alive and well, because I have had one of the most engaging dialogues with the student body in the past week than I have had in a long time.

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Dems do little to combat craziness

Aug. 29, 2009

Passing health care reform is the Democratic Party's ultimate panacea, but failing to do so, and failing publicly, would be President Obama's "waterloo," as Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opined earlier this summer.

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Students should rally to permanently reinstate newspaper

By Jonathan Ossip | Aug. 29, 2009

In Friday's edition of the Alligator, Student Body Treasurer Maryam Laguna wrote that after a temporary gap in delivery, The New York Times would be restored to newspaper boxes on campus starting Monday. However, what she neglected to mention is that despite the temporary return of the Times, the paper's readership program still has been cut from the next proposed Student Government budget.

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