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“Don’t ask, don’t tell” unconstitutional
By CHRIS MOODY | Nov. 30, 2010The idea of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is ridiculous.
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Columnist mourns Leslie Nielsen’s death
By Sean Quinn | Nov. 30, 2010There are a lot of important things going on in the world right now. WikiLeaks reared its ugly head back into the national spotlight with the release of diplomatic cables and a lot of juicy gossip.
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WikiLeaks a detriment to diplomacy
By Ron Binns UF student | Nov. 30, 2010I have accepted I will disagree with the editorial staff of the Alligator on almost any given political issue, but Monday’s offensive editorial needs to be addressed.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kyoto not about climate change
By Ian Mitchell | Nov. 30, 2010While the Kyoto Protocol has been signed and ratified by virtually every world power, the exceptions being the United States and Australia, the international policy itself offers no real solutions to climate change.
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EDITORIALS
Asked, told: Pentagon study was unnecessary
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 30, 2010Lindsey Graham should probably quiet down now.
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Mad Hatter
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 29, 2010Soon-to-be Speaker of The House John Boehner will soon add another title to his name: Fashion Police.
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Kyoto No-Go: Shame on U.S. for not signing treaty
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 29, 2010Beginning Monday, 15,000 world delegates, journalists and others swarmed to the sunny and spicy Cancun, Mexico, to discuss how in the world we should deal with the pending global climate crisis.
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WikiLeaks release dumps on diplomacy
Nov. 29, 2010WikiLeaks spewed out a bunch of classified American diplomatic documents this week, and it was disheartening to learn that what passes for statecraft these days could easily be mistaken for a worldly version of Us Weekly.
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Hot Mess: China should enforce sanctions to prevent war
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 28, 2010Sen. John McCain, the top Republican in the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said Sunday it’s time to start chatting about a “regime change” in North Korea.
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Wiki-Whoops
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 28, 2010Beginning Sunday, the website WikiLeaks, an organization designed to release covert government documents, began to release batches of top-secret papers.
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Joe Miller wasting time with lawsuit
By Chris Dodson | Nov. 28, 2010In the words of the lyrics sung by Kenny Rogers, “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.”
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Alcoholic chronicles descent into madness, road to sobriety
By Jon Silman | Nov. 28, 2010I see them out sometimes, and sometimes in class the next day. Bodies dry, withered and hated. Revelry at late night hours in 40-watt splendor. Sloppy and slippery moral codes bound to the most basic human needs.
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UF should hire professionals, not academic faculty
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Nov. 25, 2010When I was accepted to UF (after being rejected four times), I yelled. That's how excited I was.
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Leafy Green
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 23, 2010Good news for drivers looking to stick it to the gas-guzzling Man: The Environmental Protection Agency labeled the soon-to-be-released Nissan Leaf as the best midsize vehicle for fuel efficiency and best car for the environment as the Leaf clocks in at about 99 miles per gallon.
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Why I’m thankful for print journalism
By Sean Quinn | Nov. 23, 2010Since I began writing this column at the beginning of the year, I’ve had a few regrets.
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Picture Perfect
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 23, 2010We airbrush models and magazine centerfolds without much thought. Beauty, we’re told, is only skin-deep, and our models need to represent the image of perfection.
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Four Loko banned; freedom may be next
Nov. 22, 2010Now that whining politicians and journalists have bravely taken a stand against the malt energy phenomenon known as Four Loko, maybe they can now turn their sights to another powerful combination that can be hazardous to those who imbibe it in too-large doses.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Monday columnists’s assertions about Congressional lame-duck period are not correct
By Kyle Mitchell | Nov. 22, 2010Columnist Chris Dodson makes an inaccurate point about Congressional lame duck sessions in his Monday column.
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Condomania: Pope’s ruling problematic, ineffective
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 21, 2010Never fear, Gators. If any of you were musing on your sexual morality and overall human decency and/or worth while contemplating a trip to confessional after your purchase of a box of Trojans, don’t you worry.
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No one will be safer without Four Loko
By Ian Mitchell | Nov. 21, 2010I come from a family where everyone for several generations has graduated college, and most of my immediate family own businesses. What I’ve noticed most since becoming a student at the university is that I have a very uncommon perspective.
