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OutFoxed
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 6, 2011Somewhere, Jon Stewart is mourning the death of an impression.
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Grinding Halt: Shutdown consequences can teach a lesson
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 6, 2011The cogs on the machine that is the federal government are about to grind to a halt. The shutdown is nearly at hand, and we have seen nothing to convince us that the two parties are willing to compromise on their views of the budget. So what is going to be put on hold?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Criticism of Coach Butler’s methods without merit
By Gene Ryan | Apr. 6, 2011Regarding the recent articles in the Alligator which, on balance, could only be considered as highly critical of your coaching job done by Lady Gators basketball coach Amanda Butler, my wife and I are longtime Gator fans, members of the Boosters Club and never miss a home game.
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Vouching For It; Budget proposal won’t solve Medicare problems
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 5, 2011Threatening the sacred cow carries dire consequences for politicians.
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Sounding the Alarm
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 5, 2011We realized years ago that constant noise affects our mental health. It was only recently, however, that the World Health Organization published a report on the physical fallout of living in a loud atmosphere. This goes beyond hearing implications; WHO even went as far as to point to heart problems that may derive from coping with noises our bodies weren’t meant to handle.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Columnist’s case against baseball overlooks prices, youth involvement
By Sarah Calise | Apr. 5, 2011In response to Laura Ellermeyer’s Tuesday column on Major League Baseball’s dwindling popularity: While I absolutely agree with Laura on the grounds of the declining popularity of baseball, she has gotten many of the reasons wrong.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Football ticket price increase harms cash-strapped students
By Alex Kaufman | Apr. 5, 2011I am not a fan of the student ticket price increase for football. Not for the amount, but for the principle.
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COLUMNS
Princess movies hurting young girls
By Wesley Campbell | Apr. 5, 2011Disney movies teach awful lessons to children. They have ruined entire generations of Americans’ concepts of love, happiness and the pursuit thereof.
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COLUMNS
Baseball waning as national pastime
By Laura Ellermeyer | Apr. 4, 2011Many beautiful things accompany the emergence of spring. Flowers explode, birds rejoice and a long-awaited end of the school year looms closer. But for any red-blooded American, these trivialities are just minor blips on the radar as the arrival of spring means only one thing: baseball.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Merit-pay plan rewards growth
By Danny Beaulieu | Apr. 4, 2011I would like to respond to a portion of Chad Mohammed’s Thursday column in which he said, “The merit-pay plan is flawed and simply will reward teachers for teaching in areas with students of higher socioeconomic status and punish those who teach students of lower socioeconomic standings.”
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EDITORIALS
Equalizing via E-books
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 4, 2011Two bills working their way through our state legislature are aimed at bringing public schools into the digital age. They would either require 50 percent of materials spending to go toward digital books and e-readers, as in the Florida House’s version of the bill, or test the waters with certain schools investing in said technology.
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Time Out: Students shouldn’t complain about price
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 4, 2011As many of you have discovered, the price for student season tickets to Gators football games has increased for the 2011 season. The price has jumped from $70 to $105, an increase of 50 percent that has some students reeling. But before you complain about the change, keep a few things in mind.
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COLUMNS
American exceptionalism exceptional
By Zack Smith | Apr. 3, 2011Over the past few weeks, the concept of “American exceptionalism” has dominated the airwaves.
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Gag Order: Consequences of pastor’s actions warrant comment
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 3, 2011Let us apologize for going back on our word.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Both sides should seek forgiveness for murders
By Joe Bialek Cleveland | Apr. 3, 2011This letter is in response to the articles covering the deadly protest in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, which appear to be a result of the antics of the Dove World Outreach Center’s Terry Jones.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Players’ complaints only sour grapes
By Jane Houston UF faculty | Mar. 31, 2011I read Matt Watts’ diatribe about our esteemed women’s basketball head coach Amanda Butler in Thursday’s paper.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Butler’s record speaks for itself
By Deb Dalziel | Mar. 31, 2011What’s the point of these articles? They list some of coach Butler’s accomplishments, praise her intensity and passion for the game, and then suggest her possible “downfall” based on comments from two former disgruntled players who abandoned their team last year as post-season play began.
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Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 31, 2011Be on your toes today, Gators. You’ve got to stay sharp, lest you fall victim to another lame April Fool’s joke.
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COLUMNS
Democrats’ driving tax is ridiculous
By Bob Minchin | Mar. 31, 2011Just when it seems like the Democrats have exhausted their playbook — just when it looks as if the left has attempted every trick in the liberal agenda — it turns out that they have.
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EDITORIALS
Supersize Lawsuit
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2011In case you haven’t heard, our favorite obnoxiously large supermarket chain is pleading its case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as it tries to avoid the largest job bias class action lawsuit ever. We don’t know yet if Walmart actually will go to trial over claims of sexism on the job, but we do know the court is split along gender and there are an incredible number of variables to keep in mind when considering a lawsuit with some 1.6 million people involved.
