Opinion
Loving my failed foster puppy
July 8, 2013On a rainy afternoon in January, Fawn stretched her paws against the tile floor of a veterinarian’s office.
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World Cup will kill Brazil
July 8, 2013Joga Bonito, Portuguese for the beautiful game, is also known as association football and in our country — where a different football reigns supreme — soccer.
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NSA spying should come as no surprise
July 8, 2013In the midst of the National Security Agency snooping hysteria, Fox Business Network pundit, author and consumer reporter John Stossel claims the federal government spying on its citizens is not that big of a deal compared to the multitude of other ways government interferes in our lives.
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Our Hands Have Eyes: The Future of Police
July 8, 2013Are the days of Officer Friendly behind us?
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#StandWithWendy leads to midnight Texas Senate showdown
July 1, 2013At some point a week ago, a show became a spectacle.
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NSA Nonsense: We need to stand for our rights
July 1, 2013It was recently revealed that the U.S. has been engaged in the widespread monitoring of European Union diplomats.
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Darts & Laurels 6/20/13
June 19, 2013It’s the last week of Summer A. To those seniors who will be done with classes for good, congratulations!
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The Tea Party movement is a farce
June 17, 2013It is beyond comprehension why anyone would consider the Tea Party movement to be any different than Occupy Wall Street.
Sports
The Rally: Will Tim Tebow save his NFL career or flop in New England?
By LANDON WATNICK< | June 12, 2013A day after Tim Tebow’s release from the New York Jets, the Omaha Beef – an indoor football team in Nebraska – offered the former Florida quarterback a roster spot and $75 per game. Forty-one days later, the New England Patriots trumped the Beef’s offer, signing Tebow to a two-year, non-guaranteed contract. ESPN’s Ed Werder broke the story Monday afternoon, and immediately, our Facebook and Twitter feeds exploded. Tebowmania is a big deal – since ESPN tells us it is – so now it’s our turn to take a stab at it. As the hysteria slowly dies down for the time being, alligatorSports assistant editor Landon Watnick and alligatorSports.org editor Chuck Kingsbury will debate if Tebow will succeed in his first season in Foxborough, Mass.
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Video games are not inherently negative
June 12, 2013My family was channel surfing the other day when we came across a program. I don’t know what the program was about or what context I was viewing it under, but one part stuck out before the channel changed.
Sports
MLB Draft takes toll on Gators
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | June 10, 2013Florida baseball is in trouble. For the second straight year, the MLB Draft has sucked the best talent away from Gainesville.
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Athletes’ remarks about homosexuality are often overstated
June 10, 2013Following the Indiana Pacers’ Game 6 victory in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on June 1, star center Roy Hibbert made comments that many people deemed offensive.
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“The NSA routinely lies": Leaker reveals himself
June 10, 2013This weekend, one of the greatest news leaks in the history of the United States took place.
Sports
The Rally: Who is Florida’s equivalent of LeBron James?
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | June 5, 2013The NBA is nearing the end of its two-month haul through the postseason, and Miami Heat forward LeBron James has continued his dominance through the Eastern Conference Finals. As James leads his team into the Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, alligatorSports editors Adam Lichtenstein and Landon Watnick will decide which Florida player dominates or dominated his or her game in a LeBron-esque fashion.
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Despite loss, Florida’s future bright
By LANDON WATNICK< | June 5, 2013Tim Walton is a man of the present, not the future.
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Locavore, locashmore: The trend is trivial
June 5, 2013Every Wednesday at the Union Street Farmers Market in Gainesville you can find a wide array of locally produced food including organic produce and vegan-friendly food carts.
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Darts & Laurels 6/6/13
June 5, 2013Rain, rain, go away. But a tropical storm won’t stop us from doing what we love best... Darts & Laurels
Opinion
Trading liberty for new games
June 3, 2013Benjamin Franklin is credited with coining the phrase, “Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security.” But what about trading liberty for entertainment?
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Cody Wilson, a contemporary revolutionary
May 28, 2013Cody Wilson is a 25-year-old University of Texas law student, self-proclaimed market anarchist and co-founder of the arms manufacturing company Defense Distributed.
