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Victim-blaming ignores race, poverty ties
Jan. 15, 2014A black, single mother works two jobs to make ends meet.
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EDITORIALS
Post responsibly: Offensive social media use still rampant
Jan. 15, 2014It’s 2014, and social media has such a pervasive influence on modern life that the Modern Language Association created guidelines for citing tweets within academic papers. Home-improvement franchise Lowe’s uses Vine to produce six-second home-repair tutorials. And any individual — from unknown PR executives to UF football recruits — can be raked over the coals for posting offensive jokes online.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UF should condemn Ringling Bros. Circus
By Jennifer O’Connor | Jan. 14, 2014It’s no surprise that the words bully and bullhook are so similar.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Thanks to UF student lobbyists
By Philip Kellerman | Jan. 14, 2014Kudos to the approximately 30 UF students who lobbied legislators in Tallahassee on Thursday to support in-state tuition for foreign-born students who meet Florida residency requirements and graduated Florida high schools.
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COLUMNS
Gov. Rick Scott’s Christie-headlined fundraisers yet another questionable antic
Jan. 14, 2014The political news of the last few days has been dominated by details of a scandal involving senior members of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s Republican administration. Recently uncovered emails revealed a plot among senior members of the governor’s staff to cause major traffic jams in Fort Lee.
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COLUMNS
What voters need in 2014: skepticism
Jan. 14, 2014It’s far too easy to be cynical nowadays — especially when it comes to your opinions about politics and the government.
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EDITORIALS
Does ‘stand your ground’ apply in Tampa shooting?
Jan. 14, 2014Sadly, this week’s headlines were dominated by two tragic shootings. On Tuesday morning, a 12-year-old boy opened fire at a middle school in New Mexico, wounding two students. According to Reuters, it was the second shooting to take place in a U.S. middle school in three months.
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COLUMNS
Homeless people aren’t ducks
Jan. 13, 2014My mom had an interesting habit. Every morning, she’d take the previous night’s leftover rice and dump it in a corner of our lawn for the neighborhood ducks.
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COLUMNS
This year, resolve to create attainable goals
Jan. 13, 2014For gyms, the most wonderful time of year follows closely after Christmas.
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EDITORIALS
MTV’s ‘Teen Mom’ is effective advocacy journalism
Jan. 13, 2014In 2011, the creator of the MTV reality shows “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom” wrote an article for CNN defending the show’s value in response to media critics claiming the two shows glamorize teen pregnancy.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor 1/13/14
By Bruce Frendahl | Jan. 12, 2014Dear Editor,
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COLUMNS
Gov. Chris Christie’s bridge to nowhere
Jan. 12, 2014For commuters in New York and New Jersey, Sept. 9 was just another day — until they reached the George Washington Bridge that connects the two states.
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EDITORIALS
R.I.P. Sam Berns: The importance of public optimists
Jan. 12, 2014As consumers of media, we often encounter public intellectuals: well-known, intelligent, learned persons whose written works and other social and cultural contributions are recognized not only by academic audiences and readers, but also by many members of society in general. Vaclav Havel, Noam Chomsky and Gloria Steinem are all prominent public intellectuals who contribute to discourse across a wide span of topics that affect our lives, from politics to economics to feminism.
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COLUMNS
Because I got Gainesville: Don’t write off Afroman
Jan. 9, 2014Gather some Colt 45s and maybe a few Zig-Zags: Afroman is coming to the High Dive on Wednesday. Afroman, or Joseph Foreman, Grammy-nominated slacker rapper star behind the hits “Because I Got High” and dirty rap anthem “Crazy Rap” — known to many as “Colt 45 and Two Zig-Zags” — is leaving his beloved Palmdale to bring Gainesville the music that has enchanted generations since he rose to fame and fortune in the early 2000s.
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COLUMNS
Hairy situation: Don’t be bullied by trends
Jan. 9, 2014During my first semester of college, while killing time between classes, I found myself listening in on a classmate and his friends as they loudly engaged in a “Would you rather?” about girls.
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COLUMNS
Legalized marijuana means higher tax
Jan. 8, 2014New Year’s Eve was about lighting fireworks. New Year’s Day in Colorado was just about lighting up.
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EDITORIALS
F*** civil liberties, how do they work? Rap group sues FBI
Jan. 8, 2014“Workaholics” fans remember the episode in which Adam, Ders and Blake become entangled with the Juggalos, or devotees of the rap and hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse. Members of the Juggalos are, stereotypically, drug-addled low-income followers of the band famous for their yearly gathering — or as the New York Daily News called it, “weeklong bacchanal” — called the Gathering of the Juggalos. The Gathering is notorious for Juggalos engaging in “blatant drug use and general bad behavior.”
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COLUMNS
America’s problem is lack of social mobility
Jan. 7, 2014Another semester brought me another opportunity to contribute to the Alligator Opinions section. As I sat down and faced my laptop, preparing to write my first piece of the new year, I thought I should tackle the benefits of reading or my collegiate career so far. I wanted to stay away from politics at least for one week — we all want to start the semester on a good note.
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EDITORIALS
Drop it like it’s hot — or not: Drop/add week woes
Jan. 7, 2014Like taxes, gynecological exams and salad, drop/add week is a necessary evil — a time of the semester where classes are treated like sample stations at Costco, only instead of hairnet-wearing old ladies, professors and TAs are doling out the tastes of what the semester will bring.
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COLUMNS
New Year’s resolution for America 2014: Greater economic equality
Jan. 6, 2014Another year has come and gone. America began 2013 facing a number of difficult political and societal challenges, including an unemployment rate of 7.9 percent, increasing rates of economic inequality and poverty, and the ever-looming specter of global climate change.
