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Consumers should promote Fair Trade with chocolate purchases
By IRENE VAILIKIT | Oct. 3, 2011Trick or Treat?
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Social Security depletes government funds
By Travis Hornsby | Oct. 2, 2011A few weeks ago, presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Social Security a Ponzi scheme and was labeled as a far-right extremist. While his choice of words was indelicate, Social Security is a deeply flawed system that will not exist in its current form for anyone in college right now.
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Corrupt government a bigger threat than big government
By Greg Allard | Oct. 2, 2011The term "big government" has been loosely bandied about for several decades. Certainly it has been used to point out the over-spending by elected officials and their entities, something that now not only disturbs many of those in the higher tax bracket but also many people hurting in today's staggering economy.
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Universities should be able to consider race during admissions process
By Lewis Kirvan | Oct. 2, 2011Since the ‘90s, it's been a common right-wing practice to have a bake sale intended to demonstrate the inherent unfairness of using race as a factor in college admissions. White men get charged $2 for the brownies or muffins the Republicans baked to prove their point, while other races get charged a sliding scale based on the Republican protesters' perception of the severity of racial bias against different groups.
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EDITORIALS
Darts & laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 29, 2011The results are in for this semester's SG elections, and needless to say, there were a few problems. Although the make-up of the Student Senate probably would be about the same regardless of the errors, the situation doesn't really support the idea that SG is a corruption-free organization.
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Cyberbullying should be treated as a crime
By Akansha Mishra | Sep. 29, 2011It has been nearly a year since Tyler Clementi, former Rutgers student, committed suicide after his roommate streamed an intimate video of Clementi and another man. I remember when I first read about the tragedy in the news. I didn't understand - how did this happen? What caused Clementi so much pain that he had to end his life?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Villamil left out some details
By Alden Gillespy | Sep. 29, 2011I don't know which budget Unite Party member T.J. Villamil was talking about in his letter this week, but it isn't one that was passed by the Student Senate.
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Companies 'greenwash' consumers
By Stephen Harris | Sep. 29, 2011A recent phenomenon in the marketplace has become a big deal in the past couple of years. The trend I am referring to is the flood of "green" products on store shelves.
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Drinking age should be lowered
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 28, 2011It might be shocking to some, but college students, regardless of whether they are older than 21, sometimes drink adult beverages.
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Bachmann should be taken with grain of salt
By Alex Guilmartin | Sep. 28, 2011She's radical. She's outspoken. She's amusing. She's insane. She's even moderately attractive. She is, quite simply, absolutely entertaining.
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Gardeners should use compost in place of chemical fertilizers
By Kimberly Johnston | Sep. 28, 2011Ever since I was a little kid, I have been told that plants needed Miracle-Gro to grow big and strong.
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Facebook fodder; People need to shut up about the changes
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 27, 2011The American people are mad.
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Women play an influential role in politics
By Nicholas Butler | Sep. 27, 2011I have a humble rebuttal to last Tuesday's column "Politics Needs Better Female Role Models" by Sami Main. I reject the premise that today's young women do not have anyone to look up to.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Obama isn't 'walking on eggshells'
By Shelley Greenspan | Sep. 27, 2011Regarding this week's cartoon of President Barack Obama "walking on egg shells" around the Middle East conflict, I would like to point out that Obama and his administration have taken a clear stance on the Palestinians' recent request for statehood. In his address to the U.N. General Assembly, Obama reasserted his stance that negotiations are the only path to peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
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EDITORIALS
Low voter turnout the biggest SG issue
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 26, 2011Every semester, the Alligator Editorial Board endorses a Student Government party, candidate or issue to better help you, the students, decide whom to vote for when you step up to the polls.
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Lawmakers should back off athletics
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 25, 2011Lawmakers are in an interesting position.
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Americans are increasingly narrow-minded
By Akansha Mishra | Sep. 22, 2011A couple of days ago my friend and I found a humorous screen shot of a conversation between two friends. The first friend exclaimed, "Osama is dead!" and the second friend mistakenly took "Osama" for "Obama" and replied that she could not believe that the president was dead.
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 22, 2011Needless to say, there has been a lot of controversy on the Alligator's opinion pages this week.
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Death penalty not the answer; killing innocents is unjust
By William Tew | Sep. 22, 2011The state of Georgia killed Troy Davis Wednesday at 11:08 pm.
