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Homesickness shows one's strength
By Luke Bailey | Jan. 17, 2012We have made it to the second week of the spring semester.
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EDITORIALS
Internet ire: Congress should kill ‘anti-piracy' bill
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 16, 2012It appears as though one widely unpopular piece of legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) might be killed before the House of Representatives can bring it to a vote.
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Fast food disassociates us from nature
By Dyllan Furness | Jan. 16, 2012It seems characteristic of man, today more than ever, to move further away from his natural self with each notch of progress added to his belt.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Interior design requires licensing
By Clarissa Carr | Jan. 16, 2012In response to the editorial addressing interior design licensing, the students of UF's Department of Interior Design would like to have the opportunity to respond to the many misconceptions about the profession put forth.
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Company should stand up to Florida group's racist views
By Umair Asghar | Jan. 12, 2012On Dec. 10, 2011, Lowe's Companies, Inc. decided to pull its advertisements from TLC's "All-American Muslim."
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2012If you're reading this, congratulations! You made it through the first week of the semester.
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Join us: Alligator to hold open house Friday
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 11, 2012The time has come again for your friendly neighborhood Alligator to ask for help.
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Romney's conservatism questionable
By Guillermo R. Pradieu | Jan. 11, 2012How is it that an individual such as Mitt Romney could not have had better luck as a presidential candidate and still struggle?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
More work needs to be done for homeless
By Pat Fitzpatrick | Jan. 11, 2012This letter is in response to Adrianna Paidas' article about the requirement for police clearance imposed on the poor and homeless to be allowed to use services at St. Francis House homeless shelter and dining hall. This requirement was imposed at the same time the 130 meal limit ordinance was enacted, but the police clearance requirement was not enforced until the meal limit was lifted. For two and a half years, they were forced to turn away thousands of hungry people.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editorial about interior design licensing was misinformed
By Paige Walker | Jan. 11, 2012I am very disappointed to read the misinformed article regarding interior design. As someone who works for Shands in the facilities development department I can attest to the importance of an educated and licensed interior designer for commercial designs. The licensing laws have nothing to do with residential design; please check the facts before publishing.
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EDITORIALS
Chilling effect: College paper adviser didn't deserve firing
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2012In college, students have many opportunities to practice a lot of the same things they would be doing in the real world.
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Libertarianism can't help conservativism
By Luke Bailey | Jan. 10, 2012As the votes from the Iowa Republican caucus began to roll in a week ago, most of the nation's viewers were riveted by the small, fluctuating margin between Rick Santorum and the eventual winner, Mitt Romney.
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EDITORIALS
Right to decorate: Occupational licensing goes too far
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 9, 2012If you have ever thought of one day becoming an interior designer, you need to move the hell away from Florida.
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Technology undermines retained knowledge
By Dyllan Furness | Jan. 9, 2012Years ago I thought I was smart because I could name most of the state capitals, I knew the difference between a peach and a nectarine, and I could discern a Pink Floyd sample from that of Led Zeppelin.
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Students should protest required clickers
By Chip Skambis | Jan. 8, 2012Note: This column will use a response card ("clicker") to solicit reader responses to critical-thinking questions. Those without one will not receive full points for reading this column.
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What Iowa says about young conservatives
By Travis Hornsby | Jan. 8, 2012I hope you all enjoyed the break as much as I did. While we were away, it looks like the horse race for the Republican presidential nomination got even more unusual with the out-of-nowhere surge of Rick Santorum and the evaporation of the previously prominent Newt Gingrich.
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2011Well, it's the end of the Fall semester, and this is the last issue of the year. Although it's Wednesday, we can't end the year without giving you our last well-we-sure-have-had-fun-pissing-you-off-this-semester edition of ...
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Life after college still full of uncertainty
By CAITLIN E. O’CONNER | Dec. 6, 2011Life is in flux.
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Greed stands in the way of 'American Dream'
By Mitchell Norton | Dec. 6, 2011Travis Hornsby's column this week completely missed the mark.
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Spend time with friends, family this season
By Sami Main | Dec. 5, 2011If you've been following my columns throughout the semester, you probably know how much of a sap I am. I will be the first person to cry at a commercial involving soldiers and/or animals.
