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OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

University’s decision to censor should raise red flags

By Christina Locke | Mar. 30, 2010

The University’s decision to censor the documentary film thesis of journalism students Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin should raise red flags for all students. Bougher and Safiullin, whose thesis centers on a Haitian aid organization, happened to be in Haiti when the earthquake struck. They may have lived to tell their story, but the University doesn’t want them to.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Idol Hands editorial insulting

By Anthony Piferrer | Mar. 30, 2010

It has been said that “anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the Left.” The Monday editorial “Idol Hands” is vivid proof this is true.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

All Fired Up

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2010

We’re always surprised at the new levels of hypocrisy some people reach, and the recently proposed Florida House of Representatives Bill 315 is no exception.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

We Want You: Alligator wants the Student Body’s input

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2010

If you could ask Secretary of Education Arne Duncan anything you wanted, what would it be? Would it be about the value of your degree when you graduate?

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sacrifices, transformation are needed for change

By CHRIS MOODY | Mar. 29, 2010

This is to correct something a letter said Friday: Americans do not elect leaders to alter their country. Now just to quickly get to my point, a leader is meant to usher in what is best for a group of people.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

City needs to focus on gender equality in workplace, not in bars

By Emily Jones | Mar. 29, 2010

The city’s actions prohibiting bars and restaurants from serving ladies’ nights specials are anything but an anti-discrimination attempt. If the city wants to stop promoting stereotypes and societal divisions, maybe it should focus its efforts on making sure that men and women are treated equally in the workplace, especially in matters of equal pay for equal work.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bright Futures should stay merit-based

By Chad Kimes | Mar. 29, 2010

Bright Futures should not be a need-based scholarship. It was merit-based not to reward students for being successful in high school, but to entice those successful students to stay at Florida schools.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dove World pastor should ashamed for displaying hatred

By Theodore Hayes | Mar. 29, 2010

It would seem that Dove World Outreach Center has a pastor appropriately named. Having viewed the video of his hate-filled rhetoric concerning a runoff election for mayor of the fine city of Gainesville, I believe that the minister in question, Wayne Sapp, definitely is one. Hatred in the name of Jesus is simply unbiblical, hypocritical and unacceptable. Shame!

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Sugar Daddies RNC spending both comical and outrageous

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 29, 2010

We understand Republicans are super pissed that whole historic social welfare, insurance-for-the-poor bill passed last week, and why shouldn’t they be? Who cares about the mere 32 million Americans who will now be able to afford crazy things like hospital visits and life-saving medication?

OPINION | COLUMNS

Suicides should inspire compassion

Mar. 29, 2010

Six Cornell University students have committed suicide since the start of the school year. Two of the six took their lives earlier this month.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

He Bangs ... He

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 29, 2010

Our favorite She-Bangin’ singer will most definitely not be banging any more “shes.”

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Double standard against conservatives caused censorship of speaker

By Tommy Rodriguez | Mar. 29, 2010

The Editorial Board’s one-sided analysis of Ann Coulter’s recent mistreatment by the University of Ottawa deserves greater analysis.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reader’s letter about health insurance was inaccurate

By Sam Thomas | Mar. 29, 2010

Alligator, get a hold of yourself.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bright Futures raise acceptable, but not enough

By Daniel Seeman | Mar. 28, 2010

This seems to be an unpopular opinion, but I’ll say it: The increased minimum scores for Bright Futures is the first step to fix it.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Idol Hands

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 28, 2010

In the old days, grabbing a fistful of altar boy would get you a cop car ride, a trial and a new girlfriend named LaDarius.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Bright Futures has become a middle-class entitlement

By Laura Diaz de Arce | Mar. 28, 2010

I bet the view from your ivory tower is quite lovely. But let’s put in a little perspective. Many people who have been proponents to the raising of the Bright Futures standards come at it from the idea that it is there to reward hard work, good grades and service.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Shame on Them: Church’s smear tactics cruel, indecent

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 28, 2010

First, it was the disturbingly homophobic fliers accusing Gainesville mayoral candidate Craig Lowe of being “responsible for legally allowing men in women’s restrooms.”

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reform is constitutional

By Mithcell Norton | Mar. 28, 2010

OPINION | COLUMNS

Student Government president blows golden political moment

Mar. 28, 2010

In the game of politics, Double J just rolled a double zero.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Current events bring sense of deja vu

By Ryan Spencer | Mar. 28, 2010

Rarely is this question posed: Have I unknowingly been in the hot tub time machine or has the past week or so been a really wicked case of déjà vu? I have recently been asking myself this as a series of seemingly long-exhausted events came to an incredibly startling — OK, slightly entertaining — temporal intersection.