Opinion
Opinion
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).
Opinion
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.
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Westboro Baptist idiots
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 6, 2010An unpopular Kansas “church” reminiscent of our very own Dove wants you to know God is your enemy.
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Cycling accident reminds us of safety
By Brenda Fields | Oct. 6, 2010Alfredo Kiernan’s cycling accident with a pedestrian on Stadium Road should remind us that we all share our spaces.
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Marijuana is a God-given right
By Stan White | Oct. 6, 2010Sean Quinn is mistaken when suggesting that Florida should decriminalize marijuana. It’s clearly time to completely re-legalize cannabis for responsible adults.
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Reader supports pro-marijuana articles
By Josh Wickam | Oct. 6, 2010I couldn’t agree more with Sean Quinn’s Wednesday column. Alcohol is a far worse drug than marijuana, and the fact that marijuana is still illegal in most states and federally is absolutely insane. I would love to see the Alligator do an in-depth article on recent studies that have been done to support the idea of marijuana being legal. I’m 30, and our generation, which is soon to be in power, largely thinks marijuana is no big deal. And it isn’t.
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Free Tilly: SeaWorld negligent in care
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 6, 2010Shamu is shaking his head.
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Consider this while fighting boredom
By Bryan Griffin | Oct. 6, 2010Editor's note on 10/8/10: This column has been taken down. The original column ran in Thursday's edition, but our readers pointed out a Reddit article with references too similar to Griffin's writing. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Sports
Reporters, fans just don’t understand
Oct. 5, 2010During the fall, I probably watch somewhere between 10-15 hours of college and professional football every weekend.
Opinion
Frito-Loud
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 5, 2010Just about a year and a half after Frito-Lay introduced its earmuff-almost-necessary-to-open-it biodegradable SunChips bag, the junk food giant is sending the bags to the dump and reintroducing the totally-not-sustainable old version while the company tries to find a bag that’s quietly biodegradable.
