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Bieber Fever
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 7, 2010Even The Bieber isn’t immune to bullying.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Rights should be protected, not attacked
By Noah Beckman | Nov. 7, 2010I am disappointed The Editorial Board worried about a setback to the gay rights movement and gun control in the same sentence. On one hand, The Editorial Board wants to grant more rights, yet on the other it wants to take rights away. Did you know Florida is actually a state where concealed carry has been legal since 1988? In all that time, only 0.02 percent of carry permits have been revoked. That means 99.98 percent of permit holders have been perfectly good, law-abiding citizens.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 4, 2010After this week, we’re seeing red.
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Philosophy graduates aren’t poor
By Gene Witmer | Nov. 4, 2010Thursday’s cartoon “Spin to Win” might be amusing, but it leans on a myth about philosophy majors the data simply do not support.
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Reader appreciates columnist’s views
By Douglas Stewart | Nov. 4, 2010Bravo to columnist Nate Rushing for his Thursday column.
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On how to find that one missing sock
By Hassan Casanova | Nov. 4, 2010As humans, we tend to lose lots of things.
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Entertainers just aren’t entertaining
By Nate Rushing | Nov. 3, 2010A friend of mine was required to watch “Singing in the Rain” for a class last week. She, like all blue-blooded Americans who have anything remotely close to a heart, loved the movie that tells the whimsical, fictitious story of the first talking movies. This prompted me to look up some of the singing and dancing numbers from the film. As I browsed through “Make ‘em Laugh,” “Singing in the Rain,” etc., I realized something: We settle for some sorry excuses for pop stars these days.
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Block the block: Proposed tuition change is unfair for students
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 3, 2010Imagine going to a coffee shop, ordering your typical 12-ounce latte and being charged for a 20-ounce drink. The shop doesn’t have room to hold any more wasteful small cups, and the large, which costs a good deal more, will lead to higher profits for the premier coffee institution.
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Columnist presents a flawed view of WikiLeaks
By Caitlin Plowfield | Nov. 3, 2010Wednesday’s guest column by Stephen Bartholomew from the University of Toledo on the justification of WikiLeaks’ releases is ridiculous.
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Fat chance
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Nov. 2, 2010The Brits have a big problem. In fact, they have an extra-extra-extra-extra-large problem to wrap their minds and belts around.
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Tea Partiers are sipping on Kool-Aid
By Sean Quinn | Nov. 2, 2010Congratulations to the 112th United States Congress and the new governor of the great state of Florida.
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Media’s credibility falling
By Bryan Hood | Nov. 2, 2010Mediocre journalism does more harm than good.
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Columnist presents a problematic viewpoint
By Caitlin Niblick | Nov. 1, 2010There are many problematic statements in Nate Rushing’s article. First of all, he suggests criminally charging abortion clinics and doctors, who provide a much-needed service.
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Column riddled with falsehoods
By Bryon Pointer | Nov. 1, 2010In Nate Rushing’s Thursday column, Rushing said “there’s strong evidence for an abortion and breast cancer link” and cited the discredited, conspiratorial abortionbreastcancer.com group as his source.
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Advice to the new Tea Party Congress
Nov. 1, 2010Now that the bloodletting has stopped and we collectively nurse our wounds after a messy and angry election cycle, the mantle of governance weighs heavy on newly minted insurgent members of Congress.
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Wednesday columnist should learn how to write opinions
By Jordan Peters | Nov. 1, 2010Can someone please explain the difference between journalism and advertising to the political science majors working for the editorial staff?
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Reader opposes airboat curfews
By Jerry Wetherington | Nov. 1, 2010If the proposed ordinance to enforce a 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. airboat curfew in Alachua County passes, it will cost county taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. During two years of public hearings on this issue, county reports have come to the conclusion that Alachua County has no compelling reason to adopt an airboat curfew. The county attorneys have indicated the same.
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Mission accomplished? Rally prompts reasonable dilemma
By Rebecca Bauman | Oct. 31, 2010I admit — I wept when Jon Stewart announced “The Rally to Restore Sanity.” Since entering college, this girl, who once thought there were no such things as “stupid people,” had grown into the kind of person burdened with very real nausea at a glimpse of Fox News. Or any news program, for that matter. Any message board, too. Any public political dialogue that descended into arrogance and insanity — and so many do. The reaction frustrated me, and when Stewart called for a rally to encourage reasonableness and respect in public discourse, I felt my anxieties might be soothed.
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Amendment 4 worth another look
By Chris Dodson | Oct. 31, 2010When you go to the voting precinct this week, you might notice a group of six amendments waiting for you. Just don’t let the numbering confuse you. Two of the amendments were removed, and someone decided not to change the numbering.
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Mo’ money, mo’ problems: Spending is too high
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 31, 2010As candidates across our great land of amber waves of grain push full throttle in the final two days of election season, they’re realizing it’s do-or-die time.
