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Some college mascots fail to intimidate
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 5, 2011Ah…the college mascot.
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EDITORIALS
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.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2010This is it, Gators. You’ve all made it through another semester, and many of you have made it through your very first one. It wasn’t that bad.
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Bush’s openness helped popularity
By Sean Quinn | Dec. 7, 2010According to a Gallup poll released Monday, 43 is now higher than 44. That is, former President George W. Bush is now more popular than current President Barack Obama with a 47 percent approval to 46 percent approval, respectively.
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Need an idea for a New Year’s resolution? Stop pretending
By Bianca Kahlenberg | Dec. 7, 2010Stop pretending. Stop it right now. If there’s one thing you can do for yourself and others this coming new year, I need you to stop pretending.
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Smarty pants
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2010We’re, like, the smartest city in Florida, y’all!
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2010 was a good year for Republicans
Dec. 6, 2010This was an excellent year to be a Republican and/or a fan of sludge.
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Festival of blights: Hillel vandalism shameful
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2010When UF’s Hillel should be focusing on celebrating its winter Festival of Lights, the organization for Jewish college students is, instead, trying to persevere in the face of alleged anti-Semitism.
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Dirty politics
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 5, 2010In an early showing of dirty, rotten things to come during the next handful of years, Sen.-elect Marco Rubio and Gov.-elect Rick Scott were quick to criticize President Barack Obama for extending the ban on oil drilling in federal waters off Florida’s coast.
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Year in review: U.S. has made a mess
By Chris Dodson | Dec. 5, 2010This year started off in memorable fashion with the president’s State of the Union address, in which he notably criticized the Supreme Court and got a round of applause for disrespecting the judicial branch. The government fighting like children was a running theme of the year.
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Truth and treason: WikiLeaks bans wrong
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 5, 2010If only BP could have pulled the same public relations response the federal government is rolling out now.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Online buyback story lacked fact
By Christopher Feagans | Dec. 2, 2010Bigwords.com: buy books for low prices, sell them for a mint? After reading Alexander Klausner’s article on Monday I had to see for myself. So, I went to the site, and looked into a few books.
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Grammys need Gaga; Gaga needs Grammys
By Hassan Casanova | Dec. 2, 2010It’s been a tragic week for the United States, and all of us should be mourning the events that have occurred.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Three-year journey coming to an end
By Frank Bracco | Dec. 2, 2010Dec. 16, students will see nearly three years of cumulative effort come to a vote when the Faculty Senate meets. Provost Joe Glover has stated the proposal to make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving a holiday will be considered at this meeting.
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Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 2, 2010This is a curious week, Gators. There’s not really a name for it either. It’s the post-Thanksgiving week where most of us grumble like Eeyore all the way to Gainesville, yet it’s not time for winter break. It’s the teaser week in between. It’s the week where professors plague our schedules with one final exam before the final exam. It’s the week where we switch our thermostats from air conditioning to heat in the span of an evening. It’s often called “Hell week.” So, for those of you wallowing in self-pity with your 98-page papers, your double-hand count of exams left and just general longing for the solace of winter break, never fear. The Department of Darts and Laurels is here to present you with your First-Of-Its-Kind-Thankscember edition of Darts & Laurels.
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Americans shouldn’t become complacent in concern for hunger of less fortunate
By Sade Sesay | Dec. 1, 2010The issue of world hunger has existed for many years. As an American, I know I sometimes forget the problem is right in my own backyard.
