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Lessons outside classroom matter most
By Garrett Bruno | Feb. 1, 2012We're told we attend UF to "get an education."
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Lessons outside classroom matter most
By Garrett Bruno | Jan. 31, 2012I've recently come to the conclusion that the building blocks of success have little to do with your GPA. Rather, most of my "education" comes from outside the classroom.
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EDITORIALS
Lack of focus: Media obsessed with non-issues in GOP race
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 31, 2012Last night, the plurality of Florida Republican voters decided that Mitt Romney should be the nominee for the GOP.
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Giuliani should welcome 9/11 questions
Jan. 31, 2012Last Thursday, Rudy Giuliani's talk about leadership was led astray when a man had some questions about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Rituals still have value in age of reason
By Luke Bailey | Jan. 31, 2012Those of us who passed through the Plaza of the Americas last week observed one of the many peculiarities of college life.
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EDITORIALS
Rat race: All presidential candidates flawed
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 30, 2012When looking at the three top candidates for the presidency, what's the difference?
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COLUMNS
Americans need to acknowledge humanitarian crises
By Dyllan Furness | Jan. 30, 2012We readily scorn humanitarian crises in hindsight, but we have a selfish habit of ignoring those that persist in the present.
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Women get bombarded with sadistic messages
By Colleen Wright | Jan. 30, 2012"Miss Representation" is a refreshing, must-see documentary that differs from the normal, macho Hollywood blockbuster films.
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EDITORIALS
Interstate tragedy: Keep those affected in your thoughts
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 29, 2012Early Sunday morning, a brush fire in Paynes Prairie State Park created poor visibility along Interstate 75.
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COLUMNS
The poor need to be empowered, not victimized
By Travis Hornsby | Jan. 29, 2012At the risk of sounding like I don't care about poor people (when in fact those who would redistribute income would do more long-term damage than any other policy), the pictures currently painted in the media and by speakers at university campuses are inaccurate.
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Poor do not necessarily ‘deserve' poverty
By Chip Skambis | Jan. 29, 2012Not too long ago, I embodied a characteristic that I now cannot stand: I believed the poor deserved to be poor.
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Gingrich right for having ambition to explore space
By Jordan Claar | Jan. 29, 2012While reading last Friday's paper, the first section I read of Darts & Laurels criticized Newt Gingrich for wanting to colonize the moon.
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Darts & laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 26, 2012We have a lot to cover today, so without further ado, it's time for our does-anyone-even-read-this-introductory-part-anyway edition of...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Few things missing from "Shire" column
By Peter Colverson | Jan. 26, 2012This is a letter in response to Luke Bailey's column regarding the Shire as an ideal economic model. Being a Brit and a Tolkien nut myself, I thought I would provide you with a couple of insights that you appeared to be lacking based on your article.
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Guest columnist wrong about STEM degrees
By Brent Melvin | Jan. 26, 2012I applaud the underlying premise of Austin Swink's column regarding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) majors. There is a need to encourage students to pursue these fields because they provide a large part of the foundation upon which our economy and society rest. However, his proposal that raising the tuition for these students will increase the number of graduates with these degrees is wholly false.
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EDITORIALS
Copyright conflict: Current law caters to ‘creative class'
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 25, 2012Throughout the current debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA, and its sister bill the Protect Intellectual Property Act, PIPA, supporters and opponents have been in agreement that online piracy is a problem that should be addressed.
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Students should pick Gingrich in primary
By Garrett Bruno | Jan. 25, 2012It is now abundantly obvious that the Republican primary has become a two-man race.
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Students should pick Gingrich in primary
By Garrett Bruno | Jan. 25, 2012It is now abundantly obvious that the Republican primary has become a two-man race.
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We pick Paul: Editorial Board endorses Texas congressman
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 24, 2012On Tuesday, Jan. 31, voters will flock to the polls to distribute Florida's 50 delegates among the four contenders left in the Republican presidential primary.
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Shire from Lord of the Rings an ideal economic model
By Luke Bailey | Jan. 24, 2012For those who have read or watched the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, it can be easy to desire the sort of world J.R.R. Tolkien portrayed. The Shire, an idealistic agrarian community on the western edge of Middle Earth, appears to be a world of social and economic bliss. There, hobbits peacefully engage in their day-to-day business: growing crops, selling simple goods and ending a hard day's work with a pint of ale at The Green Dragon. It is enough to make one nostalgic for a world that never truly existed, and it prompts the question: Is this sort of realm possible?
