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Sex Ed
By Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 7, 2010The Editorial Board would like to offer a bit of advice for all of you aspiring politicians out there: Don’t make a sex tape, OK?
Opinion: Editorials
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Do Ask, Do Tell: America should end military discrimination
By Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 7, 2010On Sunday, military newspapers released the results of a survey that revealed a sharp decrease in the number of active-duty troops who oppose people who are openly gay and serving.
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GOP Barbie Larimer’s views cheapen Republican women
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 3, 2010When the Editorial Board read that Republican National Committee co-chair Jan Larimer thought women need “more hand-holding” than men throughout the election process, we envisioned a patronizing man who happened to have a Scandinavian first name. We were wrong.
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Pretty People: Florida residents hotter than North Dakota’s
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 2, 2010Look around, boys and girls, you’re surrounded by hotties.
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"Bump It" Web show
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 2, 2010Following in the footsteps of the rockumentary “Spinal Tap” and the mockumentary “Best In Show,” the new Web show “Bump+” gives a faux documentary treatment to a reality show about people choosing whether to have an abortion.
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Come on, Phil
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 1, 2010The Editorial Board is going to try something new today.
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Sore Losers: Taylor Swift deserved her award
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 1, 2010Leave poor Taylor Swift alone.
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Janu-weary: Last month was a sore spot for equality
By Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 31, 2010January was a sad month for equality. Hatred and callousness have shown themselves all over the world. In case you’ve forgotten the examples of that, let the Editorial Board give you a recap of the highlights of Dismal January.
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Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 28, 2010The Editorial Board has never been so happy to say TGIF. And we are in dire need of the weekend to rest and recuperate because it’s almost that time again, kids. It’s the most dreaded time of the semester. Yep, you guessed it — Student Government elections.
Opinion
Hair Don’t
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 27, 2010Someone really needs to tell a couple of schools the dos and don’ts of the education process.
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The Plastics: America should ease up on plastic surgery
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 27, 2010In light of “The Hills” star Heidi Pratt’s recent transformation from cute to creepy, The Editorial Board has one message: Slowly step away from the scalpel.
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Reitz Now: Students should attend town hall forum, vote
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 26, 2010Remember when Student Government first announced it wanted to charge students a fee to expand and improve the Reitz Union?
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Petty PETA
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 26, 2010There’s no shortage of vegetarians at the Alligator. Several of our staff members forgo turkey in favor of Tofurkey, and one of us hasn’t had dairy in years. But a recent blog from PETA has the Editorial Board raising its eyebrows.
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Presidential Preview
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 25, 2010Wednesday night President Obama will be broadcast into American living rooms to tell us about the shape our country is in. But you don’t have to wait until tomorrow to hear his talking points. We are here to cut the crap and get to the truth. The State of the Union is perilous.
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Reality Check: BET shouldn’t reward Michael Vick
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 25, 2010A week from today, “The Michael Vick Project” will air on Black Entertainment Television, and the Editorial Board would like to make it clear that we won’t be watching - and we hope the Student Body won’t either.
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Obama needs to fight back after loss
Jan. 24, 2010Well, it’s official — the presidency of Barack Obama is over.
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Haiti cartoon wasn’t meant to offend
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 24, 2010A picture is worth a thousand words.
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Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 21, 2010We’re not sure about you, but the Editorial Board is certainly glad to see it’s almost the weekend. We’re already annoyed, pissed off and just plain exhausted. So why don’t we skip the formalities and go right to Darts & Laurels
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Democrats shouldn’t give up after loss
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 20, 2010One of the bluest states in the country spat on Ted Kennedy’s grave Tuesday when Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown, and the Editorial Board can’t help but feel that Massachusetts voters delivered a sucker punch to the U.S. as a whole.
