Opinion
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Basic white girls literally can’t even handle fall season
Oct. 21, 2014It’s fall, y’all. The season of pumpkin spice lattes, candy corn, pumpkin carving and a very occasional nip in the air — after all, this is Florida — has fully descended upon us.
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EDITORIALS
Proposed travel restrictions fuel baseless Ebola fear
Oct. 21, 2014Americans are in a panic about the recent Ebola cases in Texas. On Sept. 30, Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian who was visiting family in Dallas, was diagnosed with Ebola. On Oct. 8, Duncan died of the virus. Two health care workers who treated Duncan, Amber Vinson and Nina Pham, were also diagnosed with Ebola and are currently being treated.
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Don’t fear after college: best years ahead
Oct. 21, 2014There comes a time in every college student’s life when a strange, unwelcome thought suddenly flashes through their mind: I am growing up.
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‘That is Enough’ — It is time for us to focus on humanities
Oct. 20, 2014Consider the following two events that transpired during UF’s Homecoming week. First, the UF Board of Trustees selected Dr. Kent Fuchs to be the university’s next president. Second, I attended a UF-based talk which, among other things, alluded to the “innovative” research that could possibly be going on in the area of creating apps to remind people to brush their teeth. Let’s now juxtapose these two aforementioned events that happened on the UF campus last week with three history-making events that happened in the broader U.S. society in the same time frame. First, the deadly Ebola virus made its way to the U.S. Second, gas prices fell to levels not seen since 2010. Third, our stock market dropped by as much as 460 points. What a week!
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Scott’s Ebola conference masks public health cuts
Oct. 19, 2014Gov. Rick Scott held a press conference Friday to discuss the recent Ebola cases in Texas. Fears about an outbreak in Florida were heightened after a plane carrying one of the nurses diagnosed with Ebola stopped at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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Looking other way will not end racism
Oct. 19, 2014Last week, Nick Eagle wrote a column in which he argued we should all “just be proud to be Americans.” Although Eagle’s proposal is a noble one, it is rooted in misconceptions and ignorance.
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Don’t buy into minimum wage myths this election
Oct. 19, 2014Every few months, a new issue takes prominence on the political scene, and most people quickly embrace a solution before considering any of its consequences. The latest political trend to gain popular support has been increasing minimum wage from its current federal rate of $7.25 an hour to $10.10 per hour. Supporters of a minimum wage increase often frame such a proposal as a cure-all for what ails the U.S. economy.
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DARTS LAURELS
Fangate, Chris Brown and HBO GO in Darts & Laurels 10/17/2014
Oct. 16, 2014It’s that time of the week again. From fan-blocked debates, too much Ebola in the news and a new UF president elect, this week has had its fair share of odd, good and frightening news for this week’s I-hope-we-don’t-lose-another-homecoming-game edition of....
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Vatican views of LGBT: a good start
Oct. 16, 2014I have been a Roman Catholic all my life. For 18 years, I went to church almost every Sunday without fail. While attending Mass, I realized that Catholics are especially resistant to one thing: change. I have experienced the same liturgy, the same teachings and the same traditions year after year with little hope of something different. The various popes have always looked the same and represented the same values. That is, until the selection of the current pope.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor
Oct. 16, 2014I appreciate the Alligator’s coverage of peta2’s “I, Chicken” virtual reality exhibit and would like to point to a correction in the article. Due to the inclement weather Tuesday, our team had to take down the exhibit.
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Friends with benefits benefit from dialogue
Oct. 16, 2014When Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake did the friends with benefits thing, they made it look easy. If only real life were that fair.
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EDITORIALS
UF gets it right with Fuchs presidential selection
Oct. 15, 2014On Wednesday, the UF Board of Trustees selected Kent Fuchs to be the university’s next president. Fuchs currently serves as the provost of Cornell University, one of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning.
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We can do more with modern technology
Oct. 15, 2014Last Wednesday, rockstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gave the keynote address at a conference for the information security industry. I refer to him as a rockstar because he’s the only astrophysicist I know by name. I’d imagine I’m not alone.
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Choice between life and death requires careful consideration
Oct. 14, 2014Brittany Maynard will die on Nov. 1. The Oregon resident will take a doctor-prescribed pill to end her life.
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EDITORIALS
Fox News gets it wrong, discourages youth voting
Oct. 14, 2014Last week, on Fox News’ “Outnumbered,” hosts Harris Faulkner and Lisa Kennedy Montgomery had a conversation about America’s youth voter population. Faulkner and Montgomery expressed concern that young people are uneducated about political issues and, therefore, would cause harm to America by voting.
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Try a pumpkin spice condom today
Oct. 14, 2014October is here, and you know what that means. No, we’re not talking about candy corn, haunted houses or ancient ritualistic pagan sacrifices. We here at Trojan are proud to announce our new pumpkin spice condoms.
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FSU, officials: justice system mockery
Oct. 14, 2014Last week, The New York Times released a damning report on an institutional failure by Florida State University and law enforcement officials in Tallahassee. The report looks at various offenses allegedly committed by FSU football players, and the actions — and more often than not, the inactions — taken by the university and law enforcement. The allegations include from sexual assault, theft, abuse and an ongoing BB gun fight between football players who terrified innocent bystanders.
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EDITORIALS
Memorial should inspire veteran commitment
Oct. 13, 2014This week in Washington, D.C., a new memorial honoring disabled veterans opened to the public. According to the Sun Sentinel, the memorial was funded by Florida heiress Lois Pope, who raised “$80 million, including some of her National Enquirer fortune.” The donations included $3 million from former presidential candidate Ross Perot and $270,000 from the Florida Disabled American Veterans.
