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Darts & Laurels
Aug. 1, 2012They are all featured in this week’s does-watching-the-Olympians-do-triple-back-flips-row-boats-for-200-meters-swim-faster-than-you-can-run-and-dive-from-high-in-the-air-make-you-feel-bad edition of...
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July 26, 2012While the Alligator certainly has problems of its own at the moment, they obviously pale in comparison to the horrible incident at “The Dark Knight Rises” premiere in Aurora, Colo., last week. That brings us to this week’s our-thoughts-go-out-to-everyone-affected-by-this-tragedy edition of...
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Darts & Laurels
July 11, 2012Is anyone else counting down the release of “The Dark Knight Rises”? If you aren’t excited about what will likely be the most epic movie of the year, we hope you enjoy our oh-well-that’s-cool-I-guess-hope-you-enjoy-Adam-Sandler’s-”That’s My Boy” edition of...
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High and Mighty: Vendetta against drugs is misguided
July 9, 2012On Monday, United States Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), officially won his battle against the now-infamous synthetic drug bath salts — the substance that supposedly caused Rudy Eugene to eat a man’s face on a causeway in Miami back in May.
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July 4, 2012We hope you enjoyed the fireworks and Fourth of July celebrations as much as we did. Unfortunately, we have no fun holiday to look forward to until Halloween.
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Same Old Story: Government in health care is nothing new
July 2, 2012Many Republicans and conservatives have expressed the sentiment that Obamacare constitutes a takeover of the health care industry by the government.
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Darts & Laurels
June 21, 2012Well, it’s the end of Summer A, which means the Alligator will be on break next week. However, we have a lot to cover this week, so sit tight, relax and prepare for our document-withholding-amnesty-granting-substance-banning-cancer-curing-animal-crashing-studio-bashing edition of...
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Sick of Regulations: Rules for medicine in schools lack sense
June 18, 2012When you were in high school, did you ever visit the school nurse only to be told that they couldn’t give you any medication?
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Darts & Laurels
June 13, 2012This week, it’s all about recognition. We’ll be recognizing outstanding students. We’ll be recognizing outstanding organizations. We’ll be recognizing fun Gainesville events.
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Breaking the Bank: Students need to know details of budget
June 11, 2012It would be an understatement to say that last week’s Board of Trustees meetings were eventful.
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Darts & Laurels
June 6, 2012Well, this week was certainly more tame than last week.
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Playground Bully
June 4, 2012Recently, Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law has raised some serious discussions about the ability of people to defend themselves or others in violent or aggressive situations.
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Darts & Laurels
May 30, 2012It’s starting to look like this hurricane season is going to be worse than the last few years. Of course, they seem to say that every year and nothing happens. Either way, we’re proud to bring you this week’s it’s-about-damn-time-for-some-global-warming edition of...
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Darts & Laurels
May 23, 2012It feels like the weeks are going by faster than the decline in Facebook’s stock price.
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Darts & Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | May 17, 2012We have a lot to cover today, so let’s skip the introduction and get right into this week’s first-Darts-and-Laurels-of-the-summer edition of...
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Welcome Back: Editorial Board wants to hear your voice
May 14, 2012The Alligator Editorial Board wants to welcome back all returning students and introduce ourselves to those who are new to Gainesville.
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Life or Death: Capital punishment debate is still relevant
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 15, 2012On Wednesday, state Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda will be speaking about the death penalty in the lounge at the Catholic Student Center at St. Augustine Church on 1738 W University Ave.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 12, 2012We present to you this week’s OK-only-a-couple-more-weeks-left-we-can-do-this-maybe-but-I-have-so-much-stuff-to-do-and-oh-wait-did-I-forget-about-that-paper-due-tomorrow edition of...
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Drug Dilemma: Scott vetoes bill offering treatment
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 11, 2012A report by the Florida Department of Corrections showed that 26.1 percent of all prisoners admitted for the fiscal year 2010-2011 were incarcerated for non-violent drug offenses, the most common type of offense for the year.
