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Darts & Laurels

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 11, 2007

Blah. That's how this week has been. We're all hitting that mid-semester slump. Midterms have turned us into hermits. Papers have us gnawing our pencils. Starbucks has probably sold more cups of coffee this week than all the previous weeks of this semester combined. And sleep? What's sleep? Maybe we'll finally find out this weekend. Hopefully your exams are coming to a close and you can clear those textbooks off your bed so you can, you know, sleep on it. But for now, take a five-minute study break for this week's high-stress edition of…

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Gay? Fine by us.

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 10, 2007

Today would be a great day for you to reevaluate how you think about the people around you. What if you found out today that one of your friends were gay? What if your cousin told you he or she were transgender?

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Tuition based on inflation could cause frustration

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 10, 2007

Which do you want first, the good news or the bad?

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To Senate and Beyond

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 9, 2007

It appears that being president of Student Senate wasn't enough for him. Now that Robert Agrusa has ended his term for Student Government, he's moving into real-world government. Or at least the Gainesville City Commission.

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Students may face new fee

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 9, 2007

Add it to the list of things you thought you'd never have to pay for in college: a new technology fee.

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Gainesville will seek biomass plant proposals

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 8, 2007

This is just what we love to hear. The sustainability-obsessed, tree-hugging, bicycle-powered, compact-fluorescent-light-bulb-buying (which we recycle when they burn out because they contain potentially harmful mercury), recycling enthusiasts here at the Alligator are, like, totally excited, man, about the proposed biomass plant that will eventually be built at Gainesville Regional Utilities' Deerhaven site.

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Transparency committee wouldn't hurt UF's image

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 8, 2007

Imagine our surprise when we heard UF President Bernie Machen finally decided to meet with members of Students for a Democratic Society who descended upon Tigert Hall more than a month ago.

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Crist changes mind on tuition hike

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 7, 2007

Well, well, well. It seems Gov. Charlie Crist has finally come around to our side. Not willingly, of course. That would be crazy talk.

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Football > Law

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 7, 2007

Something seems a little shady.

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Darts & Laurels

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 4, 2007

It's a wild, wild world. This week has proven that to us. Student Government elections always seem a little animalistic - shark-like senate candidates preying on unsuspecting students, poll workers who seemed as slow as snails, plenty of revelers at the Orange & Brew who had a whale of a time. After all, we're animals, too. So hear us roar in this week's menagerie of…

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New student senators have their work cut out

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 3, 2007

Was there ever any doubt?

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Outgoing senators don't make the grade

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 2, 2007

As another Student Senate session comes to a close, we just have to ask, to paraphrase Janet Jackson: What have you done for us lately?

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No more excuses for voting procrastination

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 2, 2007

We can understand if you didn't vote Tuesday. We'd be lying if we said we never used the rain as an excuse to skip classes, including Tuesday.

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Be sure to vote

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 1, 2007

With the Student Government elections happening today and Wednesday, you, the students, can have a say in what happens at UF.

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Protests inevitable for Kevorkian's speech

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 1, 2007

By now, you've probably seen the e-mail sent by UF President Bernie Machen about the slight delay for Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Accent-sponsored speech, which has been moved to Jan. 15. Machen & Co. claim this is for the safety of students because many students have already protested Kevorkian's appearance.

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Get extra amenities when UF can afford them

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 1, 2007

Ah, a gentle breeze, the toll of the bells of Century Tower - and stacks of handbills shoved down your throat.

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Both SG parties are less than impressive

By the Editorial Board | Sep. 30, 2007

The time of the Student Government election is upon us. And you know what that means: The Alligator's endorsement will be bestowed on the most-deserving parties and candidates - or withheld because we think no one has any clue what they're doing.

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Darts & Laurels

By the Editorial Board | Sep. 27, 2007

Now that Tasergate is winding down, we've been turning up the tunes and dancing around the newsroom. The clubs downtown ain't got nothin' on the movers and shakers in the Department of Darts & Laurels. Actually, the only reason we had time to write this is because our Spice Girls' CD is skipping, so we're giving the old boom box a break. While we listen to nothing but commercials on the radio, we'll bring you this week's toe-tappin' edition of…

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