Opinion
No Tiene Taco Bell
Oct. 6, 2009A Miami man apparently wanted his Taco Bell "fourthmeal" so badly that he thought it was worth a few bullets.
Opinion: Editorials
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Burger King's makeover too fancy for fast food
Oct. 6, 2009In an attempt to reign as fast food's king of the grill, Burger King Corp. officials have announced plans to overhaul its 12,000 restaurant locations.
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New character in Winne-the Pooh sequel will not trample classic series
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 5, 2009Deep in the forest of the Hundred Acre Wood, things are about to get a little sweeter. It seems as though Pooh has a new honey.
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Greedy Gators: Students shouldn't take advantage of fans
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 5, 2009"No desire to go to Jacksonville on Halloween weekend." "I like money." "Can't make the game and know you really want to go!"
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 1, 2009In case you've been sequestered in your house with a case of the swine flu (or "bacon fever" as we like to call it), it's gotten noticeably cooler outside, not to mention noticeably quieter.
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Tufts University policy prolongs adolescence
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 30, 2009Tufts University in Boston recently announced a new policy in which students are not allowed to have sex in their rooms while their roommates are present.
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Dose of Reality
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 30, 2009It's pretty lucky that "Kate" still rhymes with "Eight."
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Disney gives back to communities with free tickets to volunteers
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 29, 2009If you spend a day helping others this year, Disney will let you into the happiest place on earth for free.
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New American Girl doll insensitive, misleading
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 29, 2009Barbies have always offended feminists, Polly Pocket probably offended small people and Beast Wars most likely offended the intelligence of entomologists, but no doll could possibly offend as many people as the latest addition to the American Girl line.
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Addition of new pizza restaurant illogical
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 28, 2009Just when we thought the halls of the Reitz Union couldn't fit anymore cholesterol, Papa John's was announced to be the latest addition to the fast food mecca last week.
Opinion
School Year Stretch
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 28, 2009Thankfully we've already graduated high school.
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Board supports Progress Party, ban on stickers
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 27, 2009As the sun set over a paper-littered Turlington Plaza last night, the Editorial Board was faced with a decision.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 24, 2009The Department of Darts & Laurels is starting to feel a bit fatigued. We're realizing we haven't attended enough class to actually pass our first exams, we've officially lost all of our school supplies and our back-to-school haircuts have morphed from shaggy-chic to somewhere in between mullet, puffball or worse. Basically, we miss our moms. If our hectic schedules allowed us to jet home for the weekend, we'd run into the arms of the women who would point us to scrapbooks of our previous academic achievements, take us to Target and buy us some Dixon Ticonderogas and remind us that we're not feral, despite our disheveled appearances.
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PSA no more risqué than video game, beer ads
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 23, 2009Rethink Breast Cancer is rethinking its newest advertising campaign after critics say it focuses too much on sex and too little on the dangers of the disease.
Opinion
Machen should give full support to DREAM Act
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 23, 2009Although President Bernie Machen said it was "time for action," outside of Tigert Hall on Wednesday, his decision not to give UF's official support for the DREAM Act - The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act - is slightly contradictory.
Opinion
Pigskin Problem
By The Alligator Board | Sep. 22, 2009While UF students with flu-like symptoms are being encouraged to quarantine themselves in their homes, three Gators with the flu took the field on Saturday.
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Menthol cigarettes in same category as cloves
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 22, 2009If the Food and Drug Administration wanted to prevent people from picking up smoking, menthol cigarettes would be included in the ban on flavored tobacco.
Opinion
Aramark concedes to students, lowers campus dining prices
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 21, 2009At last, UF and Aramark have responded to student outcry over high food prices on campus.
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Food industry giants use labels to fool consumers
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 21, 2009Major food corporations are hoping that the average American will cling to catch phrases rather than read food nutrition labels.
