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Anger is not enough to change the world
By Alex Guilmartin | Oct. 12, 2011It appears that Occupy Gainesville is ready and raring to go.
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Political system should protect citizens from greed
By Travis Pettengill | Oct. 12, 2011I am writing this in response to Travis Hornsby's column, "Why I am no longer liberal-minded." With no disrespect to Hornsby (I agree with everything he said, in fact), he is not saying anything about the big picture. And I have to hand it to him for working for Kerry, the least likable and least articulate Democratic candidate in living memory.
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Columnist needs to understand the poor, unprivileged
By Diana Moreno | Oct. 11, 2011This is a response to Travis Hornsby's column from Monday called "Why I am no longer liberal-minded." I would much rather spend my post-work hours doing something relaxing rather than writing a guest column, but I must do something about the rage headache your column has caused me.
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Fox's stubbornness, corporate greed almost killed ‘The Simpsons'
By Kaylanie Alvarez | Oct. 11, 2011As Homer Simpson would say, "Woo Hoo!"
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Why I am no longer liberal-minded
By Travis Hornsby | Oct. 9, 2011In a recent response column to my piece on Social Security, the writer suggested that I came from a wealthy background and loved to walk all over the poor to get ahead.
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Society should consider motivation for terrorism
By Zulkar Khan | Oct. 9, 2011It has almost become axiomatic that terrorism does not stem from religious doctrine. Rather, the violence espoused by Muslim militants or preachers such as Anwar al-Awlaki remains rooted in political frustration.
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Alabama immigration law not a solution
By Akansha Mishra | Oct. 6, 2011The simple truth is that the repercussions of illegal immigration can be detrimental to our country. When dealing with this issue, we must keep our national self-interests in mind.
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Al-Awlaki's death necessary
By Rahul Bhandari | Oct. 6, 2011There is a very interesting thought experiment, widely referred to as the "Trolley Problem," which poses the question of whether to save a group of five people by diverting a trolley away from them toward a man laying in a hammock who would be killed instead.
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Columnist loses an old debate
By Ford Dwyer | Oct. 5, 2011Travis Hornsby got a few things wrong about Social Security in his Monday column.
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Columnist’s Social Security argument used for fear-mongering
By Matt Schneider | Oct. 4, 2011After reading his opinion piece on Social Security Monday, I was baffled when I saw that Travis Hornsby was a senior majoring in statistics and economics.
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Thirty years later, becoming vegetarian ‘best decision’ of life
By Greg Allard | Oct. 4, 2011This is in response to Sami Main's editorial "Vegetarian Options Should Not Be Feared." While applauding Sami's address to an often overlooked issue, I'd like to take it a step further and say that vegetarian options should be revered.
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Obama blew it with Solyndra business
By Nicholas Butler | Oct. 4, 2011Republicans: Your prayers for victory in 2012 just might have been answered.
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Vegetarian options should not be feared
By Sami Main | Oct. 3, 2011Why are people scared by vegetarian food choices?
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Consumers should promote Fair Trade with chocolate purchases
By IRENE VAILIKIT | Oct. 3, 2011Trick or Treat?
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Social Security depletes government funds
By Travis Hornsby | Oct. 2, 2011A few weeks ago, presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and was labeled as a far-right extremist. While his choice of words was indelicate, Social Security is a deeply flawed system that will not exist in its current form for anyone in college right now.
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Corrupt government a bigger threat than big government
By Greg Allard | Oct. 2, 2011The term "big government" has been loosely bandied about for several decades. Certainly it has been used to point out the over-spending by elected officials and their entities, something that now not only disturbs many of those in the higher tax bracket but also many people hurting in today's staggering economy.
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Universities should be able to consider race during admissions process
By Lewis Kirvan | Oct. 2, 2011Since the ‘90s, it's been a common right-wing practice to have a bake sale intended to demonstrate the inherent unfairness of using race as a factor in college admissions. White men get charged $2 for the brownies or muffins the Republicans baked to prove their point, while other races get charged a sliding scale based on the Republican protesters' perception of the severity of racial bias against different groups.
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Cyberbullying should be treated as a crime
By Akansha Mishra | Sep. 29, 2011It has been nearly a year since Tyler Clementi, former Rutgers student, committed suicide after his roommate streamed an intimate video of Clementi and another man. I remember when I first read about the tragedy in the news. I didn't understand - how did this happen? What caused Clementi so much pain that he had to end his life?
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Companies 'greenwash' consumers
By Stephen Harris | Sep. 29, 2011A recent phenomenon in the marketplace has become a big deal in the past couple of years. The trend I am referring to is the flood of "green" products on store shelves.
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Bachmann should be taken with grain of salt
By Alex Guilmartin | Sep. 28, 2011She's radical. She's outspoken. She's amusing. She's insane. She's even moderately attractive. She is, quite simply, absolutely entertaining.
