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Gator Growl will be a great experience
By Anthony Reynolds | Nov. 1, 2011Greetings, Gators!
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Tuition traps; Unjust immigration system needs reform
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 31, 2011The country's absolute failure to address the problem of illegal immigration creates messy situations all over the country.
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Everyday life should contain politeness
By Sami Main | Oct. 31, 2011This column is going to be about tact and politeness, so stop reading now if those two things don't appeal to you.
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North Florida Herald to close its doors
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 30, 2011In this cruel economy, the news industry has suffered great losses over the past few years. October in particular has been a tough month for the newspapers in Florida.
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Tax-neutral plan can still fund Medicare and Social Security at current level
By Mignon A. Craig | Oct. 30, 2011The following is a tax-neutral and nonpartisan way to continue funding Medicare and Social Security at the current level. I have suggested this to all members of the Congressional "Super Committee," our senators and two local congressmen.
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Cultural appropriation is inappropriate
By Laura Guzman | Oct. 30, 2011Usually I laugh at the ignorance of your columnists, but the Alligator Editorial Board's dismissal of the STARS campaign is a new low.
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 27, 2011Halloween is the best holiday ever. No family, no annoying caroling and no fruitcake. Plus, you get to dress up as your favorite superhero, villain or monster and, for the ladies, any sexy "insert profession here."
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Foreign students can benefit work force
By Akansha Mishra | Oct. 27, 2011Now more than ever, Americans have been questioning the importation of foreign labor. With the illegal immigration issue heating up, conversations of ethics, morals and rationale have mixed together to form a complex debate.
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'180' film likens abortion to Holocaust
By Rosemary Daniels | Oct. 27, 2011On Tuesday, an anti-choice group came to campus. Members were offering DVDs with a cryptic "180" logo on their cases, the contents of which were not in any way mysterious or new. The film presented itself as a documentary, interviewing people on the street about their views on abortion.
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Hands off; Government abuses eminent domain
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 26, 2011In the U.S., the line between where your property rights end and the so-called "public interest" begin have always been a point of contention.
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Cain's candidacy not worth supporting
By Alex Guilmartin | Oct. 26, 2011"We've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen. But then, America's never seen a candidate like Herman Cain."
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Jury duty; Public should leave Anthony jurors alone
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 25, 2011On Tuesday, the state released the names of the jurors who acquitted Casey Anthony of first-degree murder charges.
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Bank's crooked system designed to ‘steal' money from customers
By Max Scholder | Oct. 25, 2011You always hear about big business screwing the little guy. You hear about corporations preying on the poor and uninformed. The majority of us agree that this happens and are seldom shocked to see it come up again and again in the news.
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Pride-ful priorities; Opponents have bigger problems to deal with
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 24, 2011This weekend, Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville was host to the Pride Festival.
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Occupy protesters teach a lesson in values
By Sami Main | Oct. 24, 2011These days, being a journalist can be hard.
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Angry atheist; Should prayer be in public school's mural?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 23, 2011The issue of religion in public schools is messy at best.
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Education needs comprehensive overhaul
By Travis Hornsby | Oct. 23, 2011While discussing affirmative action in class recently, a fellow student said the reason we need policies that give minorities preference in admissions to the best institutions of higher learning is because of educational inequality in primary and secondary schools.
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Darts and laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 20, 2011Well, it's almost the weekend here in Gainesville, but there's no football game at home or away. So what is there to do?
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Access to genome will advance medicine
By Akansha Mishra | Oct. 20, 2011The Human Genome Project is a mind-blowing development that has engaged scientists for the past 20 years. It can identify thousands of genes in human DNA and determine the sequences of 3 billion chemical base pairs.
