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Blam! Pow!
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 11, 2011Maybe there are superheroes among us.
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Full of Fili-Bluster
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2011Picture this scene. It’s an ungodly hot September day and our Florida Gators football team take the field to deliver their traditional, early-season Charles Sumner-style canning of a non-conference powerhouse St. Cecilia’s School of the Blind and Anorexic.
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Alligator should have offered coverage of Arizona shooting
By Cain Norris | Jan. 10, 2011The Alligator seems to have lost its way as a news source.
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Costly inauguration not unique to Scott
By Nate Rushing | Jan. 10, 2011A lot of people have been slagging Gov. Rick Scott for his extravagant inauguration festivities last Tuesday.
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Sinking Ship: Immigration bill needs a rewrite
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 10, 2011“I might not even vote for it myself.”
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Reader’s proposal for forced abortions not so modest
By JOSH NEDERVELD | Jan. 10, 2011While Chad Kimes’ vision for a brave new world certainly is breathtaking, his call for “forced abortions” is not a modest proposal.
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No blame game: Shooting shouldn’t be made political
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 9, 2011As a rule of thumb, people don’t have their political affiliations carved on their tombstones. Parties don’t matter in the face of tragedy and grief, but the memories of the deceased and the pain of the survivors do.
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Work pays off for Meat-Free Monday supporters
By Jared Misner | Jan. 9, 2011I have a lot of favorite quotations I’ve read through the years. Some are great for inspiration, others provide a laugh and others just make me think. But there’s one in particular that always, for me at least, seems to rise above the rest in the abundance of potential Facebook-favorite quotations. Margaret Mead, famed anthropologist and author, once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Well, Gators, the late Ms. Mead would be proud of all of us. For we have, indeed, changed civilization.
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Now boarding: spring semester classes
By Nate Rushing | Jan. 9, 2011Pilot: “Please make sure that your valuables are secured and your seat and dinner tray are in the upright, locked position as we prepare for takeoff.”
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A letter of modest proposal
By Chad Kimes | Jan. 9, 2011The pro-choice/pro-life dichotomy is truly silly. I have graduated from this school of thought into a much more sensible camp: pro-abortion. Abortion as birth control is a practice of the past; abortion as population control is what is needed for our society to function in the coming years.
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Are GPA and income-level related? Not in the way you think
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Jan. 6, 2011Dear freshmen,
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Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 6, 2011Welcome back, everyone. If you’re like us, you turned your brain off during the break and tried to forget about classes and grades. Now, everyone’s got to hit the ground running for the spring semester marathon. We’ve got some catching up to do in the remind-us-why-we-go-to-class-during-drop/add-again edition of... Darts & Laurels.
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Gentle giants deserve concern, help
By Katie Tripp | Jan. 6, 2011In 2010, 767 manatees were documented to have died or been killed in Florida.
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Power Shift: Republicans should tread carefully in new role
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 5, 2011After years of performance that could be best described as wildly inconsistent and at worst can be compared to a Big Ten team in a bowl game, the Democrats relinquished control of the House Wednesday in an episode that spliced together the ceremonious with the awkward.
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Some college mascots fail to intimidate
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 5, 2011Ah…the college mascot.
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Power Shift: Republicans should tread carefully in new role
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 5, 2011After years of performance that could be best described as wildly inconsistent and at worst can be compared to a Big Ten team in a bowl game, the Democrats relinquished control of the House Wednesday in an episode that spliced together the ceremonious with the awkward.
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Censory overload
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 5, 2011So much for great American novels being sacred.
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Urban Meyer respected as local leader
By Nate Rushing | Jan. 4, 2011I have been given the opportunity to address the biggest news story of the year for anyone within a 15-mile radius of The Swamp.
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Party time: Scott’s $3 million inauguration is excessive
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 4, 2011Welcome back, Gators.
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Jersey Shore is addicting, but not to be taken too seriously
By Sean Quinn | Jan. 4, 2011Welcome back, everyone. I hope that your winter break was relaxing and you got to spend time with family, friends and loved ones. Mine sure was, but it wasn’t the only thing I got to accomplish during my quick respite back home.
