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Unconditional love not a realistic goal
Feb. 15, 2010Unconditional love is a strange thing to think about.
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Abortion rights must be protected
By Megan Frazier | Feb. 14, 2010Access to a safe, legal, accessible abortion is a right that is protected in the United States today. Women in this country have the liberty to make the best personal decision for themselves and their families in the event of an unintended pregnancy.
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Unite Party attacks are unfounded
By Jonathan Ossip | Feb. 14, 2010In Friday’s Alligator, the Unite Party attacked the Student Alliance party for something they did not do. Let me be perfectly clear: The Student Alliance party did not participate in last week’s fliering with anti-Unite Party messages, and we don’t condone such activities.
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Student Alliance party not acting for students
By Michael Stromquist | Feb. 14, 2010As I sat in on the annual Student Government debate Thursday, I was all smiles as I took the opportunity to shake hands with old friends on both sides of the aisle and even some former colleagues from Freshman Leadership Council who were hosting the event. Like most UF students, I’ve been happy to avoid the politics and take the best of what SG has to offer: great memories, a chance to serve my community and a great love for my university and my fellow students.
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Danger nothing new in Winter Olympics
By Ryan Spencer | Feb. 14, 2010There was a considerable amount of finger pointing last week after Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died during a practice run for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I saw the video of the crash in which Kumaritashvili flew from his luge after exiting a turn over the 4-foot edge of the track, bounced off a rail and finally smashed head first into a support column – from a speed over 80 mph. He died before arriving at the hospital.
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Student Body should not suffer for Unite Party’s mistakes
Feb. 10, 2010In November, about 75 graduate students showed up to a Student Senate meeting to voice their concerns about a resolution that would tax students for funds to renovate the Reitz Union.
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UF College Republicans does not support animal cruelty
By Bryan Griffin | Feb. 10, 2010In response to Bruce Friedrich’s column printed Wednesday, I must take a moment to point out the grave inaccuracies in both his perceptions and argument against the College Republicans’ People Eating Tasty Animals event. First, Bruce pointed out that I was not at his forum/speech held at UF in October. While this is true, it does not negate the fact that he did not show up at my event, either. Bruce was quick to make harsh and thoroughly misguided judgments as to the intent of the event and my beliefs on the issue of animal rights.
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Iran covering up ‘Lost’ set duplicate
Feb. 10, 2010The announcement by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of an Iranian surprise that will “punch” the rest of the world and leave them “stunned” was met with an exaggerated yawn this week from a Western media enervated by vague threats from heavily bearded men.
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Student Government opposes union fee for grad students
By Jordan Johnson | Feb. 9, 2010During my time as Student Body President, I have constantly tried to work with any student that has an opinion about how Student Government can improve the lives of students at UF.
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Animal rights debate to inform students
By Bruce Friedrich | Feb. 9, 2010As vice president of policy and governmental affairs for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), I have debated animal protection issues around the world.
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Singles should seize V-Day opportunity
Feb. 8, 2010I think Valentine’s Day is really a holiday for singles.
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Gator Growl wants Student Body’s opinion for 2010 show
By Bryan Griffin | Feb. 8, 2010Some people may think it is awfully early in the year to begin talking about the next Gator Growl, but people have been planning the 2010 Growl since late December.
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Technological advances like Facebook more than just fun
By Will Penman | Feb. 7, 2010There’s this new thing out that’s pretty fantastic.
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Palin taking ‘retard’ comment too far
By Ryan Spencer | Feb. 7, 2010Well, it finally happened. I suppose it was only a matter of time before one of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s well-rumored, profanity-laced harangues would surface while he was in office. Indeed, it was only a snippet of his Chicago-sharpened talent, but it was worth the wait.
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US Senate should put end to gender pay discrimination
By LINDA MERIC | Feb. 4, 2010A year ago, dozens of women’s and civil rights activists gathered at the White House to watch President Barack Obama sign his first piece of legislation into law: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act.
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Modern Tea Party is deeply flawed
By PAUL MURTY | Feb. 4, 2010I don’t understand the Tea Party. I’ll admit that I’ve spent the past day trying to research what they want on the Internet, and the only thing I can come up with is they just don’t want to pay taxes. I can understand the frustration. I hate when I go to Publix to buy a newspaper and I have to pay an extra 6 or 7 cents in sales tax. But that’s mostly because I just don’t feel like getting that much change.
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Tebow ad is stealing Super Bowl limelight
Feb. 3, 2010Starring in a controversial anti-abortion commercial bankrolled by a fundamentalist Christian group, Tim Tebow headlines the first-ever “issue ad” aired on Super Bowl Sunday and has effectively hijacked the pre-Super Bowl hype machine.
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Study abroad offers valuable experience
By Joshua Lee | Feb. 2, 2010Last Wednesday, I stopped by the UF Study Abroad fair outside of the Reitz Union to discover what options are open to me for getting out of Gainesville and my pitiful dorm room.
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Ending relationships has its positives
Feb. 1, 2010Breakups aren’t fun. In fact, as far as things in relationships go, they pretty much suck.
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America’s drinking problem serves as way to escape reality
By Eric Tegethoff | Feb. 1, 2010Every foreign tourist who comes to America must think we are walking advertisements for the latest low-calorie Budweiser. America has a drinking problem and a culture that once scoffed at the idea of moderation.
