Opinion
Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 1, 2011Only a few more days until the end of the semester. Finals loom but so does the holiday season.
Opinion: Editorials
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Child's play; When is the Florida DCF supposed to care?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 30, 2011A closer look into the Florida Department of Children and Families reveals a troubling history.
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Wrestling with rights; Everyone deserves right to fair trial
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 29, 2011On Tuesday, Republican Sens. John McCain, Ariz., and Rand Paul, Ky., went head to head about an amendment to a proposed defense authorization bill.
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Misunderstood; Letter writer missed point of our editorial
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 28, 2011In Monday's issue of the Alligator, we printed a letter to the editor that we believe needs to be addressed.
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Can religious beliefs coexist with science?
By Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 27, 2011If you have not seen a "Coexist" bumper sticker with the letters composed of different religious symbols, you have probably never been on or around UF's campus.
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Lying about liberty; Republicans need to do some re-evaluating
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 22, 2011Most conservative Republican candidates claim that they believe in individual liberty and freedom - at least when it's convenient.
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Price increase; Higher minimum wage increases unemployment
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 21, 2011A recent plan sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., to impose minimum wage laws on disabled workers is bad news for some with disabilities.
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Dose of reality; Pinellas County Commissioner Norm Roche deserves penalties
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 20, 2011If you happen to sit on a panel that deals with discrimination policy, you probably also don't want to be posting racial slurs online.
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 17, 2011Troublemakers around UF might have thought we weren't going to call them out anymore considering we didn't have our traditional Friday editorial last week.
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Student Government has no accountability
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 16, 2011If ever there was a moment for the Student Government to turn to Article VII of its Constitution, dealing with impeachment of executive officers, the recent election debacle would be it.
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Price tag; It's a violation of rights to mandate motto
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 15, 2011On July 30, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a resolution declaring the phrase "In God We Trust" the official motto of the U.S.
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GOP debate was poorly planned
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 14, 2011Given that we are still a couple of months away from the first votes being cast in the Republican presidential primary, many of you probably couldn't care less about the candidates because you aren't voting or aren't voting for Republicans.
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Child's play; Zero tolerance goes too far
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 13, 2011In Palm Bay, Nick Martinez recently found out by being suspended that his school, Southwest Middle, does not tolerate public displays of affection.
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Tax to promote tree industry is absurd
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 9, 2011Let's face it. People who buy artificial Christmas trees are just plain un-American.
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Feds should not be tracking us with GPS
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 8, 2011In the 1980s, law enforcement officers in Minnesota used a beeper radio transmitter to track a man suspected of purchasing chloroform to make illegal drugs. The police tracked the suspect to his cabin in Wisconsin, where he was arrested.
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Let them pray; Voluntary service outside school OK
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 7, 2011In our Oct. 24 issue, we sided with an atheist Rhode Island student who claimed that her school was violating the First Amendment's establishment clause. In the school, a mural depicting a prayer hung on the wall and was titled "School Prayer." It was also Christian in nature, clearly violating the establishment clause of the Constitution.
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Keep it classy; don't have sex in public
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 6, 2011Recently, two UF students were found guilty in a courthouse, but not by a jury.
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 3, 2011In case you live under a rock, it's Homecoming weekend here in Gainesville. Due to this important, historical event that happens once a year, classes, for the most part, have been canceled.
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Peanut gallery; GOP lacking star candidates
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 2, 2011Mitt Romney is every Republican's favorite number-two pick for president. If no one else works, the GOP will settle for Romney's lackluster, establishment candidacy.
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Stupid system; Standardized tests clearly don't help
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 1, 2011Last year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that the U.S. fell to an "average" rating in terms of economic performance.
