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Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 3, 2009With the second week under your belts, you're probably feeling a little fatigued.
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Slating brings annoyance, fliers for all
Sep. 3, 2009If you don't have a pair of headphones, I strongly suggest that this week or next you invest in a pair.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cyclists need to observe road rules
By V. Rubins | Sep. 3, 2009Dearest Katrina Lane, Newbie cyclists who use the sidewalks instead of the bicycle lanes or streets are a danger to pedestrians and to themselves. You are much safer to observe the rules of the road, stay in your bike lane or street and wear your helmet while cycling around campus. Your darting around pedestrians and assuming you have the right of way on SIDEWALKS is rather presumptuous. This is the adult world, not your high school back home.
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Fans should remember they represent UF on game days
By Jordan Johnson | Sep. 3, 2009Fresh off their 24-14 victory over Oklahoma in the 2008 BCS National Championship game in Miami, the Gators are ready to roll again Saturday in the season opener against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers.
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Political bumper stickers are childish, show driver stupidity
By ADAM WYNN | Sep. 3, 2009If the eyes are the window to the soul, then a bumper sticker is portal to the back of a moron's head.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Voting records should be made public
By Kevin Seymour | Sep. 2, 2009A huge battle was won at Tuesday night's Senate meeting in the war of Student Government transparency. The Progress Party's leading example of having voting records made public was echoed by President Jordan Johnson and the Unite Party.
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NEED HEADLINE
By Kevin Seymour | Sep. 1, 2009Voting records should be made public
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Fantasy sports provide real life skills
Sep. 1, 2009Labor Day will officially kick off the American fantasy football season in 2009, and no matter where you are this weekend you will be within earshot of a conversation about somebody's fantasy draft.
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Lawmakers overzealous in fighting H1N1
Sep. 1, 2009The government is acting like back-to-school season will somehow resemble "28 Days Later."
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Ossip used issue as political ploy
By Kevin Cronin | Sep. 1, 2009I'd like to express my concern with some of the facts represented in yesterday's Alligator regarding recent happenings in Student Government.
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Progress Party given undue credit
By Donte Hargrove | Sep. 1, 2009Tuesday's letters to the editor by Nina Martinez and Mark Jaskowski are both misleading and unjustly give credit to the Progress Party. It wasn't Progress that initiated discussions to save The New York Times on campus. Instead it was the Orange and Blue Party that repeatedly questioned the Budget Committee for the past month and brought the issue to the student body.
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Pedestrians should yield to cyclists
By Katrina Lane | Sep. 1, 2009To the oblivious masses of pedestrians:
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New DMV fees will help fund schools, prisons
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 31, 2009Motor vehicle fees are going up on Tuesday and many people feel it's inappropriate timing, given the current economic climate.
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Gainesville trails unclean, unsafe
By Scott Paterson | Aug. 31, 2009Like many students living in Gainesville, I love biking, especially mountain biking. Over the summer I went on a road trip across the country. I got to do some great mountain biking. My favorite location from the trip was a small town in Colorado called Durango. If you ever get a chance to go mountain biking there, you will get to go on some great trails. What you won't experience is a large homeless population living in tents on the bicycle trails.
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Doubt should be component of faith
Aug. 31, 2009I have a problem with the Bible. Specifically, I have a problem with a particular verse in the Bible. Even more specifically, a particular translation of a particular verse in the Bible.
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Matt Christ full of 'craziness,' too
By James Troxler | Aug. 31, 2009I am writing to respond to Monday's column by Matthew Christ. I must be one of the crazies he railed about because I'm having trouble finding any merit or truth in what was written. Let me explain.
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Anti-Islam shirts send bad messages to kids
By Dave Gallo | Aug. 31, 2009I would like to express my disappointment in the argument being put forth by Mr. Harringer in his letter in Monday's Alligator. It is unfortunate that it is not easier to find consensus in condemning the wearing of hateful religious messages in schools.
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Student Government responds to outcry
By Maryam Laguna | Aug. 31, 2009It was once said that "a basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency." I can proudly say that democracy must be alive and well, because I have had one of the most engaging dialogues with the student body in the past week than I have had in a long time.
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Dems do little to combat craziness
Aug. 29, 2009Passing health care reform is the Democratic Party's ultimate panacea, but failing to do so, and failing publicly, would be President Obama's "waterloo," as Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opined earlier this summer.
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Orange and blue beer cans will not promote drinking
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 29, 2009Bernie Machen can't make up his mind about drinking.
