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Government shouldn’t interfere with women’s access to care

By Natalie Muniz | Sep. 16, 2008

On Aug. 21, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is moving forward with a proposed regulation that, if enacted, would jeopardize women's health care by allowing providers to withhold services and critical information women need to make fully informed decisions about their health care. It also treads on democratically enacted state policies aimed at ensuring access to health care for the state's citizens.

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McCain represents Conservative value

By Andrew Fells | Sep. 16, 2008

Every morning when I get to campus, I find an Alligator newspaper and thumb through it. I am never surprised to find this liberally biased newspaper having some type of derogatory editorial referencing Sen. John McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin or the Republican Party.

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SG’s party system needs revamping

Sep. 14, 2008

Change is clearly the most powerful bipartisan player in this election cycle. It is joined by the call to throw entrenched special interests out of government.

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Libertarian Party stands for change

By NEAL CONNER | Sep. 11, 2008

Kyle Robisch missed the very point of voting in a constitutional republic in his Tuesday editorial titled "Libertarian candidate has no chance."

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New Cold War rhetoric only serves to distract Americans

By Johnathan M. Alba | Sep. 10, 2008

First, I want to say I agree with Mr. Sabbagh's Wednesday column because the United States is on hard times.

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Sept. 11 should be a national holiday

Sep. 10, 2008

Sitting quietly in biology class, my eyes were transfixed on the screen in front of me.

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U.S. can’t handle another Cold War

By Rafael Sabbagh | Sep. 9, 2008

We cannot continue to believe we are the greatest nation in the world.

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Libertarian candidate has no chance

Sep. 8, 2008

Who is Bob Barr?

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Republicans should take reality–based stance on sex–ed

By Monique Cunin | Sep. 8, 2008

Election 2008 has finally cast all of its actors.

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RTS schedule should reflect reality

Sep. 7, 2008

I don't own a car, so I keep a colorful, expensively designed Regional Transit System bus schedule by my bedside.

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Scalping deserves harsher penalties

By MARC WEINOTH | Sep. 4, 2008

I've got some good news for students still looking for a ticket to tomorrow's football game against Miami: There are plenty available. It will only cost you $150.

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Liberal bias on university campuses not fair to education

By Jimmy Paul | Sep. 3, 2008

Liberal bias runs rampant on the Syracuse University campus, even in places you wouldn't expect.

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Alligator launches undergrad resumes

Sep. 3, 2008

ByJessica DaSilva

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Storm relief gives students perspective

Sep. 2, 2008

Countless Gulf Coast communities lie in the wake of Hurricane Gustav's path and are now in desperate need of rebuilding to help salvage the lives of thousands.

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McCain’s war experience a hindrance, not an advantage

By Jimmy Pianka | Sep. 2, 2008

Despite its obvious appeal to a culture still enamored with war, Sen. John McCain's past as a tortured POW is in fact his greatest shortcoming. It is precisely what makes him ill-suited to lead us into an acceptable future.

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Palin a weak choice for McCain’s ticket

Sep. 1, 2008

In a move that was timed to steal media attention from Sen. Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech at the close of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. John McCain announced Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. Although the media craze surrounding her would have you think she is a demigod among mortal choices, Palin is not McCain's strongest possible vice presidential choice.

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Students should take advantage of chances to study abroad

By JESSICA HOLLAND | Sep. 1, 2008

You're here. You've made it back to Gainesville, and some of you are here for the first time. That's great. Now get the hell out of here.

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Chinese, Americans not so different

By ANTHONY PAGLINO | Aug. 28, 2008

I recently returned from a summer studying Chinese in Beijing. It was an intense summer, to say the least, in a war zone of culture fought in the urban jungle that is Beijing. The language barrier was daunting, the food hard to digest and the cabbies had a death wish that Charles Bronson couldn't deliver on.

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Clinton supporters vital for Obama win

By MICHAEL HEANEY | Aug. 28, 2008

Unity is the talk of the town in Denver this week. The Democrats have gone out of their way to try to demonstrate that their party has healed its rift in the months following the grueling primary battle between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Nine–year–old pitcher unfairly ousted

Aug. 27, 2008

A musician may win an award, an academic receives a grant and an athlete finds him or herself glorified by fans and the media. Jericho Scott, undoubtedly the best pitcher in his New Haven, Conn., league, received his accolades in the form of banishment from the sport of baseball for being "too good."