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For students, action must follow idealism for future vocation
May 12, 2014Most of us will never have a great career.
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Like, just stop: good speech does matter
May 12, 2014The “L” word. It’s that four-letter word that some people hardly use, some people always use, and some people cringe when they hear it spoken out loud.
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Citizens Co-op not working as co-op should
May 12, 2014In a perfect world, more businesses would be operated in a worker-owner co-op fashion.
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Sweat, tears and tacos: The editor’s story
Apr. 22, 2014It’s freshman year, and I’m walking along University Avenue, worrying that I’m too sweaty to go into the Alligator’s open house. My resume is in a purple folder stuffed with clips from my high school newspaper. I don’t know what AP Style is.
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I’m confused, and it’s the newspaper’s fault
Apr. 22, 2014There have been plenty of times in the past four years I’ve woken up confused.
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Online editor asks: How did I get here, and how is everything over already?
Apr. 22, 2014Freshman-year me thought it was so cool that UF had a student-run newspaper.
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Embrace conflict, stories: Managing editor says fond farewell to the Alligator, college
Apr. 22, 2014I’ll probably never forget the Fourth of July last year: I was stuck on a pontoon boat under a bridge in a lightning storm.
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Journalist spreads xenophobic message
Apr. 22, 2014You know those relatives who have too much to drink at family gatherings and end up making jokes that aren’t actually funny and end up offending people? Well, think of CNN journalist Jeanne Moos as your drunken aunt giving a toast at your wedding — except she is completely sober, unrelated to you and addressing a national audience rather than a couple hundred friends and family. And instead of hurting the feelings of you, your spouse and a few others, she mocks an entire culture that is 800 years old.
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Wanted: Summer 2014 columnists and cartoonists
Apr. 21, 2014Summer is coming, and you could spend it any old boring way — loafing around your hometown, toiling away in Summer classes, working your butt off at an internship or backpacking through Europe on a cliched mission for self discovery.
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Zulkar Khan's final remarks: A call for honesty
Apr. 21, 2014On Wednesday, The New York Times ran a front-page story detailing how Florida State University and Tallahassee Police had left multiple rape allegations, including the one against star quarterback Jameis Winston, uninvestigated.
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Comma nightmares, caffeine and love: Copy desk chief says goodbye
Apr. 21, 2014I could write the cliche, “These last four years were perfect,” but they were far from it.
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Senior reality check: College is like walking upstairs in the dark
Apr. 21, 2014When I was getting ready to go to college four years ago, I thought I had it all figured out. With AP credits, I could have my degree in less than four years. I’d have internships every summer, tons of experience and a job offer before I crossed the stage.
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American democracy threatened by wealthy influence
Apr. 21, 2014I have written frequently in the past about how corporations and wealthy interests exert a disproportionate influence over the policies of the American federal government. Now that influence has been confirmed by an extensive, major academic study.
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SB 1400 blocked, Florida Legislature is a mess
Apr. 20, 2014The in-state tuition bill that has received support from both Florida Republicans and Democrats hit a major roadblock Thursday night. Sen. Joe Negron, the senate budget chairman, said he would not add it to the agenda of the final meeting of the Senate appropriations committee. Negron’s move was backed by Senate President Don Gaetz.
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Summertime wantonness: Six hookup types
Apr. 20, 2014“I just wanna get laid,” lamented one of the characters in “Wet Hot American Summer.”
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Anti-Semitism in Kansas, Ukraine proves hatred alive and well
Apr. 20, 2014As shocking as it may seem, the devastation and horror of World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. The world has changed considerably in the decades that followed, but recent events remind us just how fresh some of the wounds of that era remain. A deranged man went into a Jewish Community Center near Kansas City with the intent of killing Jews just prior to the start of Passover. He opened fire, killing three people — none happened to be Jewish — before shouting “Heil Hitler” after police had him in custody.
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Food waste damages the planet, and we’re to blame
Apr. 20, 2014Tomorrow will be too late. We need to reduce our waste now. Almost every environmental issue we face goes back to overconsumption. In the U.S. alone, 40 percent of food today goes uneaten, according to the National Resources Defense Council. That’s not only the equivalent of $165 billion of food Americans are wasting each year, but there is also the problem of environmental damage caused by its production and disposal.
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Summer is coming: Don’t be dumb
Apr. 17, 2014A lot of people did a lot of dumb things this week.
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Gun regulation is impotent
Apr. 17, 2014Cody Wilson is not your typical second-amendment activist. The former University of Texas law student has gained international notoriety by being the first to manufacture a gun with a 3-D printer and to make public the information necessary to allow anyone with access to a 3-D printer to do the same — actions that earned him the No. 14 spot on Wired.com’s list of “The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World.”
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FSU, Tallahassee Police seriously mishandled Jameis Winston case
Apr. 16, 2014The New York Times investigation published Wednesday reopened the discussion of the sexual assault allegations filed against Florida State University football’s crown jewel, Jameis Winston.
