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Fire fee hurts property owners
By Jack L. Ward | June 30, 2010Dear Mayor and City Commissioners,
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Candidate defends headquater location
By Oswald Angulo | June 30, 2010The Laboratory is a hub for some of the most intellectual, artistic, creative and dynamic minds I’ve ever encountered. I spend my entire time debating, discussing and theorizing with the many patrons that come. It is my political training ground.
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Cold Cuts: County has no more room to slash budget
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 30, 2010Alachua County Commission candidates have been talking a lot about lowering taxes and cutting spending in the county, but we do not have a clue who they think they are kidding.
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Floridians should invest in education
By Perry C. McGriff | June 28, 2010Public education is the cornerstone of our nation’s economic might. When we make a true commitment to educating a future generation, we are not only producing a workforce that is better equipped to tackle the problems of today, but we are planting the seeds for the innovation of tomorrow. If we are going to prepare our children for the future, I believe Florida must change its course and make a proper investment in public education.
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Miami flights will help Gainesville airport
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 28, 2010Flying out of Gainesville is a chore. Not because Gainesville Regional Airport is lacking, but because to get anywhere from our tiny airport requires you to fly into the veritable labyrinth that is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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Smoking ban encroaches on rights
By Carter Lyles | June 28, 2010There is something very unsettling in the way modern society is beginning to parallel the fictional worlds presented by writers such as Orwell, Huxley and Rand. From the disturbing similarities between contemporary texting language and Orwell’s Newspeak to the health care battles that still continue to rage in Congress, it is undeniable that, at some point in the last 50 years, the line between fact and fiction began to blur.
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Soccer Sham
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 28, 2010The break between summer semesters was quite eventful if you were a soccer fan. The U.S. team made it out of group play and into the Round of 16 in the World Cup before falling to Ghana in an elimination game.
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Obama fumbles response to gulf spill
By Bryan Griffin | June 16, 2010The recent Gulf oil spill has become more than a tragedy, and the Obama administration has more than botched the response. This crisis illuminates the administration’s lack of leadership. Unfortunately for Americans, we see a president too tangled in a web of bureaucracy, ego and inexperience to appropriately handle the situation. It was well-worded in a recent column by Mark Steyn: “He has grand plans for ‘the environment’ - all of it, wherever it may be. Why should the great eco-Gulliver be ensnared by some Lilliputian oil spill lapping ‘round his boots?”
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
‘Good Life’ course serves a purpose for freshmen.
By Ben Sarbey | June 16, 2010The Editorial Board misunderstood the purpose of the course, ‘The Good Life.’ The course would challenge students’ views about what ‘the good life’ is and to think about whether it exists. The class doesn’t just “give incoming freshmen a chance to bond over coursework” but has the noble goal of making students reflect on their commonly held notions.
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Cutting post-doctoral health care benefits will hurt research
By <a mailto:"UFPostDocAssembly@gmail.com" Drs. Aaron T. Dossey | June 16, 2010We are writing as current postdoctoral associates and concerned members of the UF family to communicate concerns about the upcoming change in postdoctoral health care benefits. We believe this represents a step backward in UF’s mission to become a top-tier research institution. Cutting postdoctoral benefits will make UF much less competitive in attracting the best and brightest researchers. Postdoctoral associates are the driving force behind all aspects of research, including research training for undergraduates and graduates. Postdoctoral associates complete a majority of the research that brings millions of dollars in federal research grants, and they write a significant portion of those grants.
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Lowering the bar
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 16, 2010It has been a few months since he came in last place in Gainesville’s mayoral election, but Ozzy Angulo is ready to give politics another try in the upcoming race for City Commission District 3.
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Success Snub: Football shouldn’t get all the glory
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 16, 2010It is no secret that UF has a tradition of excellence on the football field, but we were shocked when we heard the University Athletic Association voted to spend $550,000 on statues of our three Heisman Trophy winners, Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow.
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Sunscreen is a pool party must-have
By KATHRYN STOLARZ | June 14, 2010My friend and I ventured to one of those notorious apartment pool parties last Saturday. We're not exactly regulars, but we wanted to check out the festivities and meet new people. As soon as we arrived, a guy gravitated toward - our sunscreen. Before even introducing himself, he asked to borrow the spray-on sunscreen we were covering ourselves with.
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The Good Class?
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 14, 2010Of the many topics covered at UF's Board of Trustees meeting last week, the one that piqued our interest was a class called "The Good Life."
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DUI reminds all Gators to drive responsibly
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 14, 2010Another UF football player was arrested and charged with a DUI and liquor possession early Sunday morning. Go Gators.
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Reader says that smoking Gainesville Green Sense is unsafe.
By Joan Chambers | June 14, 2010Responsible reporting carries the weight of presenting all facts concerned with the subject matter.
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Writer used ad hominem attacks in retort to Griffin’s column.
By Patrick Fitzsimmons | June 14, 2010It is a sign of intellectual vacuity when a writer has to resort to ad hominem attacks.
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Pro-life reader responds to Gov. Crist’s veto of House Bill 1143
By Dianne Skripek | June 14, 2010As a realistic pro-life Catholic, I expected Gov. Charlie Crist’s veto. Regardless of the throngs of national callers, obviously he’d opt for the majority opinion of Florida residents.
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Democracy failed when Board of Trustees approved fees
By Brittany Fox | June 14, 2010The Board of Trustees did its job. Instructed by President Machen to (as quoted in the Alligator) “wrassle” with the new student fees, the board did just that. What is “wrassle,” you say?
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Government should handle alcohol and marijuana the same way.
By Alan Martin | June 14, 2010Our government’s attempt to prevent people from getting high is a dangerous and futile exercise.
