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Sunday, June 14, 2026

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Florida Alligator
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Financial aid: the gift that keeps on giving

Every UF student’s favorite email is the one stating, “Financial Aid has been disbursed to your account.” Many of the social networking updates I read last weekend relayed the excitement of finally receiving these funds.


Florida Alligator
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Darts & Laurels

If the heat didn’t get you this week, then the rain most definitely did. Isaac gave us a pretty wet welcome back, so we hope all of you have invested in some sort of rain-protection gear. But it’s not Florida that has really been stomped on by storms this week.


Florida Alligator
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Charlie Crist among last of dying breed

In an op-ed published last Sunday in the Tampa Bay Times, Charlie Crist, former Republican governor of Florida, sang President Barack Obama’s praises and endorsed him for re-election this year against Mitt Romney.


Florida Alligator
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Republican’t: Check Ann’s facts first

Since this is kind of the biggest party of the Republican Party for every election cycle, the convention planners scheduled Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to speak.


Florida Alligator
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Rain boots: misandry for feet

I would like to address a gender inequality that has vexed me greatly the past two weeks. Both Tropical Storm Isaac and the general rainy nature of Florida have characterized the beginning of classes by a stoic low-energy conflict with nature.


Florida Alligator
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Emphasis should be on self-image, not appearance

Welcome back! In honor of the fresh and new theme of back-to-school season, I say we bury the idea of the acronym “YOLO” (you only live once), and choose to embody another expression by famed rapper Drake.


Florida Alligator
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Despite grades, some UF students are still lame

A long time ago, when I was a weaker man, a “friend” of mine hosted a party and had the gall to charge everyone who went a cover. Not a suggested donation to cover party expenses; straight-up cover.


Florida Alligator
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No need to fight when we can talk

The Israeli government is in an uproar about United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visiting Iran for a summit hosted by the Non-Aligned Movement, a group of 120 countries that formed during the Cold War. Many countries are those the United States has sought to marginalize.


Florida Alligator
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Darts & Laurels

So now it’s time for the sorry-for-the-abrupt-transition-but-we-don’t-want-to-rush edition of...


Florida Alligator
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Alligator misses the mark on Mars story

I was on campus yesterday and picked up a copy of the Alligator, which had a story on the cover titled “NASA sends rover to Mars, awes students.” This is good because students don’t know or care much about space flight.


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