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Back off: Early voting is not life or death
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 26, 2008The political pestering never seems to end.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 23, 2008It's that time of year again. Anyone who has been in Gainesville for UF's Homecoming weekend knows all about the gridlock, the game and that, apparently, alligators can growl - something we didn't know until the fall of 2005.
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Obama–Rama: Could the fan frenzy turn into votes?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 22, 2008The Obama train plowed through Gainesville Wednesday afternoon, leaving in its wake thousands of sweaty, inspired fans yearning for change.
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Despicable
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 22, 2008Enduring an economic crisis does not justify devolving into a reprehensible, socially irrelevant miscreant, which is exactly the transformation people undergo when they decide to make ends meet by scamming and robbing the elderly.
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Silver Lining
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 21, 2008We know there are tons of people who still haven't come around the socially uptight corner to accept the idea that "South Park" is a well-written show that doesn't depend solely on fart jokes and filthy language. That's fine. You'll see the light soon enough.
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Alection: Beer company uses creative polling method
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 21, 2008A northern California brewery has taken it upon itself to establish the most directly proportionate presidential election model so far this election year. Actually, the brewery has only succeeded in running the election hype into the ground.
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YouTube goes beyond time–wasters
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 20, 2008In the past five years of the Internet's existence, has their been a more welcome addition than good ol' YouTube?
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What’s in a name?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 20, 2008There must be something in the water on the Atlantic side of the U.S. because people over here are making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Pallin' Around
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 19, 2008The theme of the 2008 presidential campaign, as with many others, has been a continued focus on topics extraneous to the core of our country's problems.
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Doggone Dumb
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 19, 2008Boy were we disappointed when we got to the HOWL-o-ween Dog Costume Contest at UF's Equine Auditorium.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 16, 2008Let's start on a good note this week. We'd like to offer a they-go-together-like-lamb-and-tuna-fish LAUREL to the UF Student Senate for their smooth and respectful transition.
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District 6 election echoes presidential race
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 15, 2008The great thing about politics is that if you allow yourself to take a step back from the headlines for a second, you can feel how absurd the entire system can be.
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Scantastic
Oct. 14, 2008During last week's Student Government elections, student voters overwhelmingly rejected the referendum to install hand scanners at Southwest Recreation Center. OK, they did more than reject the referendum. An 84 percent supermajority verbally scolded the hand scanners in front of their parents and bitchslapped the taste out of the scanners' mouths, all while peeing on the scanners' rug.
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Big Shots: UF coaches lend star power to fundraiser
Oct. 14, 2008Celebrities in advertising are as common as Gainesville pool parties during the summer.
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Major Indecision
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 13, 2008It looks like we're finally going to get our chance to figure out what we're going to be doing with the rest of our lives. Courtesy of Student Government and the Career Resource Center, we will be treated to the first ever UF Majors Fair.
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Sober is Sexy: Google doesn’t let friends e–mail drunk
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 13, 2008By a show of hands: Did anyone consume on Saturday before the LSU game? You know what we mean (Sorry Big Machen).
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Net Losses: Safety net taints image of Golden Gate Bridge
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2008For all its scenic beauty, the Golden Gate Bridge still needs a makeover - and a grim one, at that.
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50–50
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 12, 2008The Editorial Board has seen its share of divorces. No, not personally, but we've lived through our parents' separations or seen dozens of our friends trudge through it.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 9, 2008For starters, we'd like to give UF's Human Decency Now organization a thank-you-for-rationally-addressing-a-potentially-volatile-situation LAUREL.
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Good job turning out to the polls, Gators
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 8, 2008The Editorial Board could not believe its collective eyes.
