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Video disses pimps, proves gullibility
Sep. 23, 2009I have enjoyed the hectic media buzz surrounding the widespread condemnation of ACORN - the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - workers over the last few weeks. The travesty against pimping that transpired in these videos should forever place shame on the houses of every pimp in the country, if not the world.
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UF Libertarians left out of health care forum
By Daniel Rood | Sep. 22, 2009If any of you went to the Health Care Forum on Monday night hosted by Student Government's Chomp the Vote, you would have noticed that the student organizations participating in the discussion included only the College Democrats and the College Republicans.
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Freshmen: It's OK to not like college
Sep. 21, 2009A question for first-years here at UF: How are you holding up?
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Probe should focus on policymakers
Sep. 20, 2009The intelligence community hasn't exactly felt the love in the past few years.
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West outburst not worthy of attention
Sep. 17, 2009It began as any standard Sunday night would. I headed over to a friend's house to grab some food, sip a cold beer and watch "Entourage" with the boys.
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Kanye promotes meritocratic system
Sep. 16, 2009Kanye West and his enduring propensity to go off-script at inopportune television moments seems to have forced the entire mainstream media into a state of apoplexy.
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Arguing over facts prevents progress
Sep. 15, 2009You have a right to your own opinion," my mother likes to say. "You do not have a right to your own facts."
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Middle Eastern children show compromise on the horizon
By Travis Hornsby | Sep. 15, 2009What causes human beings to hate so much that they are willing to end the lives of others?
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Golden rule applies to relationships
Sep. 14, 2009I had a friend who was really into returning lost things to their owners. One of my more resonant memories of this is the time she found a teddy bear on the sidewalk.
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Republicans lack intellectual figures
Sep. 13, 2009The United States of America desperately needs William F. Buckley to rise up from the grave.
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Bright Futures should be need-based
By Kyle Robish | Sep. 10, 2009Quit bitching. Seriously, shut up. I am tired of hearing all of you Floridians complain about how bad the recent cuts in the Florida Bright Futures program are for you.
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Defending Israel is American
By RAFAEL YANIZ | Sep. 9, 2009I am writing in regard to Travis Hornsby's guest column, "Mideast trip reveals need for peace."
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Health care debate ignores zombies
Sep. 9, 2009In a few years, Sarah Palin will be a hot forty-something with her own little media empire. The thing we may remember most about Sarah Smile, though, could be the way she hijacked the multifaceted debate about end-of-life care and turned the whole thing into a screaming match about government "death panels."
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"Twilight" does not have literary value
Sep. 8, 2009"Twilight" has made the world a worse place.
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Middle East trip reveals need for peace
By Travis Hornsby | Sep. 8, 2009Instead of working odd jobs, getting an internship or taking classes this summer like a normal college student, I decided to go to the Middle East. I spent the majority of my time in the West Bank, even though the U.S. Department of State advised to stay clear of the Palestinian territories. What I saw has completely changed my views and understanding of American foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Late author reminds us to be patient
Sep. 7, 2009Sept. 12 will be the first anniversary of the death of David Foster Wallace.
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UF should keep cheap food options
By Zach Mayo | Sep. 7, 2009It is understandable that, in the heat of national debates over health care, CIA interrogations and the way forward from a crimson summer in Afghanistan, we have not talked enough about the recent facelift of the Reitz Union food court.
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Slating brings annoyance, fliers for all
Sep. 3, 2009If you don't have a pair of headphones, I strongly suggest that this week or next you invest in a pair.
