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Taylor should be UF’s starter
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Oct. 21, 2013After Florida defeated Toledo 24-6 on Mack Brown’s shoulders, the Alligator ran the headline: “What Can Brown Do For You?”
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‘Created Equal’ makes some women feel less than equal
Oct. 21, 2013If you had to make the unfortunate trek through Turlington Plaza last week, chances are you caught an eyeful of the Created Equal movement’s aborted fetus posters and stand-ups lining the walkways. The “graphic images ahead” signs weren’t quite emphatic enough to prepare us for what was there.
Opinion
Better resources for cyclists
By Bruce Frendahl | Oct. 21, 2013I recently became an avid biker after a church friend gave me a bike. I used to bike everywhere on campus and in town when I was a University of Florida student in the 1970s. Some streets around town don’t even have a bike lane.
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Michael Beato’s columns
By Brandon Duong | Oct. 21, 2013I just would like to say great job for having Michael Beato write a weekly column for the Alligator.
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Tea Party strategy is flawed, but it has good reason to be upset
Oct. 21, 2013With the government shutdown behind us, the media are declaring winners and losers. No matter what poll or TV station you turn to, there always seems to be universal disapproval for the House Tea Party Caucus.
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Thanks, Obama: Glitches stall health care website rollout
Oct. 21, 2013One day, our great-great-great grandchildren will laugh at our Dark-Ages digital technology — most likely while cruising around on jet packs and buying Google Glasses out of vending machines. They’ll probably speak of the stalled https://www.healthcare.gov/ website the same way we speak of rotary telephones and dial-up Internet.
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Florida not living up to lofty program standards
By ADAM PINCUS< | Oct. 20, 2013There’s no denying it now. The Gators aren’t very good.
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The ‘stateless’ Dominicans need international citizens to speak up
Oct. 20, 2013While U.S. policies aren’t anywhere near perfect, they are progressive in comparison to situations abroad.
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The white (and black) stuff: Oreos are like cocaine
Oct. 20, 2013This week, a scientific report caused national distress when it revealed Oreos are almost as addictive as cocaine.
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Guest column: A call for employer nondiscrimination
Oct. 20, 2013In 2009, testifying in front of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, then-Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) insisted he finds it hard to argue for legislation that bans discrimination. He commented it was hard not because he in anyway condones discrimination, but rather that it was hard due to nondiscrimination being so self-evident.
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The recent government shutdown is just a symptom of larger problems
Oct. 20, 2013Early Thursday morning, President Barack Obama signed a bill that reopened the federal government and avoided a default on our nation’s debts. Yet again, a manufactured crisis was solved, and our elected officials can rest easy.
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Picks Column: Missouri
Oct. 17, 2013So, we here at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column heard that the government was back in business and that they celebrated by raising the debt ceiling. Hooray!
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Minimum wage should be abolished
By J.D. Knee | Oct. 17, 2013In response to the Alligator’s editorial “Get your own fries with that” on Oct. 17:
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‘Captain Phillips’ paints incomplete story
Oct. 17, 2013As an avid movie enthusiast, I seized the opportunity last weekend to watch “Captain Phillips,” the two-hour account of the 2009 hijacking of the USS Maersk Alabama by Somali Pirates.
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Darts & Laurels 10/18/13
Oct. 17, 2013The last wave of midterms has finally rolled on, so now it’s time to focus on the important stuff: Halloween costumes and tomorrow’s game against Missouri. But first, a PSA: To all you overzealous autumn-lovers wearing sweaters and scarves, cease and desist. If you keep wearing sweaters during 89-degree weather like today, you WILL get heat stroke. And die.
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Get your own fries with that: Fast-food workers’ wages unfair
Oct. 16, 2013The phrase “fast-food worker” stirs up images of high school kids working an after-school job at Taco Bell to save up for college or a car. However, Marc Doussard, a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who co-authored a recent study on fast-food workers who receive public assistance, said this is not the case.
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The Rally: Who will win the FSU-Clemson game?
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | Oct. 16, 2013Each week, two alligatorSports columnists will debate the biggest looming matchup in college football. Today, Adam Lichtenstein and Joe Morgan preview No. 5 Florida State’s showdown against No. 3 Clemson in Clemson, S.C., on Saturday at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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Gators will face big test on Saturday
By ADAM PINCUS< | Oct. 15, 2013A foul smell of stale beer and unfortunate nights fills the streets as lime-green hand grenades line the sidewalks next to call cards for the city’s classiest establishments.
Opinion
The God mystery: Is He just chilling?
Oct. 15, 2013“If God is so caring and great, why is there suffering in life?”
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Not even Madonna is safe from wrath of movie theater rules
Oct. 15, 2013Madonna is officially banned from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
