Opinion
A schleppy superhero for our time
Oct. 11, 2010Our society has been picking straws for years in the superhero department, forced to borrow champions of yore and update them to the modern era.
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It’s still great to be a Florida Gator
By Victoria Shell | Oct. 11, 2010Why does our football team only sing with the band and the fans after a win? I wasn’t as disappointed by the loss on Saturday as I was by how we trudged off the field with our tails between our legs. I hate losing as much as the next orange-and-blue-blooded fan, but it’s still great to be a Florida Gator, and another team can’t take that away. We let them have the game, but we didn’t have to let them have our pride. Our team should sing with the band even after a loss, because “in all kinds of weather we’ll all stick together.”
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Gator glory alive and well
By Jennifer Costa | Oct. 11, 2010I was shocked by the assertion UF is “no longer an academic [and] athletic force” and it has returned to “mediocrity” after falling behind the University of Miami as the top-ranked college in Florida.
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Injustice for all: Gay Americans face enormous persecution
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 11, 2010It is no longer a casual concern for a few individuals to get riled up about with megaphones and handmade signs, chanting phrases we’re all tired of hearing.
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Columnist’s behavior disappointing
By Mark McShera | Oct. 11, 2010When I first read Bryan Griffin’s Thursday column, I found it encouraging he would attempt to broaden his horizons and break from his normal pattern of beating Republican talking points. However, when it came to my attention Griffin had plagiarized, I could only feel disappointed. Griffin and I rarely agreed on political issues during our four years together as undergraduates, but I always thought he took his paeans to justice and American values seriously. Sadly, I was mistaken.
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Griffin unoriginal, unethical
Oct. 11, 2010I wrote last week that Bryan Griffin’s columns were unoriginal. In addition to his radically conservative views, the fact The Alligator fired him for his plagiarism shows he is unfit for any public office. When you go to the polls this November, be sure to vote against him for Alachua County Soil and Water Seat 4.
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Former columnist offers explanation
By Bryan Griffin | Oct. 11, 2010I want to thank The Alligator for the extraordinary opportunity given to me. It is a great privilege to be allowed to write a column.
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Americans not apathetic toward politics
By Carly Wilson | Oct. 10, 2010Nate Rushing's Friday column was much more pitiful than whatever he thinks of our country's political activity.
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Only voters have reasons to complain
By Chris Dodson | Oct. 10, 2010Despite what you might have been told, voting in midterm elections does matter.
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The incoherence of the tea party
By Chad Mohammed | Oct. 10, 2010The tea party movement has definitely been the star of the election season, causing quite a stir in the primary elections earlier this year.
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Animals not ours to exploit for entertainment
By Drew Winter | Oct. 7, 2010The Editorial Board could not be more spot-on: Orcas do not belong in tanks for their entire lives any more than humans belong in bathtubs for their entire lives.
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Parenting the root of intolerance, evil
By Hassan Casanova | Oct. 7, 2010So maybe it’s time to address the pink elephant in the column. I know readers have speculated, and, yes, my last name is Italian.
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Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 7, 2010Is it just us or is it the time of the year when everything just seems to become a race to the finish? It’s the time of the year when professors forget we have more than one class, and it feels like we’re taking 27 credits instead of a measly 12. It’s the time of the year when we can almost feel the winter holidays, and we start thinking about making those ring chains where we tear a ring off every day as we get closer to the finish (winter break).
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Animal liberation not actually a feasible option
By Kristina Crutchfield | Oct. 7, 2010Free Tilly?
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HR6156 good for Alachua families
By Shawn Salamida | Oct. 6, 2010Recently, Florida’s child-welfare system was given a 10-month extension to its Title IV-E waiver allowing organizations the flexibility to use federal funds to serve children in their own homes and reducing the number of children in foster care.
Opinion
Decriminalizing marijuana a good idea
By David Williams | Oct. 6, 2010Sean Quinn’s Wednesday column was right on the money, and for those readers who got that knee-jerk “Keep dreaming, stoner!” reaction,try to think rationally about the issue.
