Opinion

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Opinion

Football loss can bring fans together

By Austin Shaw | Dec. 8, 2009

First and foremost, I am a huge supporter of all Gators athletics, and nothing disheartened me more than to see the team I root for every Saturday of the fall semester come up short in a high-stakes SEC Championship game. There were no promises to be delivered at the postgame press conference and there are zero weeks left for us to exonerate our loss. There will not be a new plaque to add to the South Endzone of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium reading “SEC Champs 2009,” Tim Tebow will not be the quarterback that wins three national championships and no one here in Gainesville will be heading to Pasadena, Calif., in January, unless they are visiting family.

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Opinion

Alligator distorts meaning of Rebel flag

By Ian R. Moore | Dec. 8, 2009

The editorial “Road Rebel: Confederate plate no debate for state” struck me as a skewed and misinformed perception of what the Confederate flag or those who wish to fly it believe in. The fact that someone is willing to say “those who would buy it already have jacked-up pickups with mud tires…” shows that the only reason the confederate flag being flown is frowned upon is because of a large generalization to which the answer can be found in a middle school history class. The civil war was not fought on the grounds of “racism, bigotry and backward thought.”

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Sports

Surprising loss needed to gain perspective

Dec. 7, 2009

The Gators didn’t lose to Alabama on Saturday, they got beaten.

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Opinion

Darts & Laurels

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2009

It’s not only the end of the week here at the Alligator, but the end of one great semester. We laughed, we cried... we got called names, and we cried some more (Well, a few made us laugh). But the saddest part of all is having to say goodbye.

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Opinion

Fake Tans & Flip-Flops

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2009

Our glowing governor, Charlie Crist, is bent on convincing Floridians that his ultra-conservative views will save the country from financial ruin.

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Opinion

Re: Rights: Accuracy can prevent trivial technicalities

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 7, 2009

“You have the right — in your anxious and confused state — to try to figure out what rights you may or may not have by deciphering the ambiguous statement I am currently reading in a robot-like voice — as if my true intentions are not to inform you of anything, but rather to show my disdain for civil liberties and humanity in general.”

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Opinion

First year doesn’t set tone for future

Dec. 7, 2009

A question for first-years here at UF: How was your semester?

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Opinion

Column a ‘pick-me-up’ for readers

By Brad Bruggeman | Dec. 7, 2009

Throughout the semester, I’ve always looked forward to Wednesday’s column. The sardonic humor underlying Hilary Lehman’s commentary on anything from the benefits of being judgmental to the lack of literary merit in the “Twilight” series has always been a welcome Hump Day pick-me-up.

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Opinion

Alligator lacks support for Gators

By Randall Lockhart | Dec. 7, 2009

After reading the Alligator sports page, I was greatly disappointed. Not because of our stinging loss to Alabama, but because of the lack of support. Nothing spoke of support for our team. I was at the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, and I stayed until the last second, cheering for our team. You could tell Tim Tebow and the rest of the team were crushed, and it pissed me off when Alabama fans cheered at Tim’s crying face.

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Opinion

Govt. should put rights first

By Christina Garcia de los Rios | Dec. 7, 2009

The following is an excerpt from a letter sent to New York State Sen. Tom Libous.

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Opinion

Public reaction to loss disappoints

By Lindsay Waldron UF criminology senior | Dec. 7, 2009

Three things to describe Tim Tebow: amazing athlete, outstanding character and 100 percent human. With humanity comes imperfection. Shocking, right? 

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Sports

Florida fans get rare taste of falling short

Dec. 6, 2009

ATLANTA — David Nelson didn’t want to leave the field.

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Opinion

Road Rebel: Confederate plate no debate for state

Dec. 6, 2009

As it turns out, the longest battle of the Civil War was not Gettysburg, or Marietta, or Yorktown.

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Opinion

'Mock' Trial

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2009

Italy’s courts threw the book at American college student Amanda Knox on Saturday, sentencing her to 26 years in prison for murdering her British roommate.

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Opinion

Reader thanks columnist for writings

By Sophia Aiguesvives | Dec. 6, 2009

Joe Dellosa,

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Opinion

Graduate students deserve pay increase

By Luke Rostant | Dec. 6, 2009

I am writing today to voice my opposition to the creation of any fee for the restoration or expansion of the Reitz Union.

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Opinion

2009: Year of distractions, scandals

Dec. 6, 2009

2009 hasn’t left us yet, but it’s not too soon to look back on the last of what Time Magazine recently dubbed “The Decade from Hell.”

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Opinion

Pedestrians must look out for cyclists

By Lily Bruns | Dec. 6, 2009

It’s about that time for another complaint from the beleaguered Gainesville cyclist. I come to you with scabby palms and bruised shins. The cause of my pain? This time around, an innocent pedestrian crossing the street.

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Opinion

Humor column lacks humor

By Ryan Scheb | Dec. 6, 2009

I would like to express my disgust at Erik Voss’ Avenue column, “Killing Christmas spirit.” Not only was it lacking humor, but it was simply revolting. If the Alligator must resort to publishing stories about the intentional public embarrassment of another human being for its “humor” column, it needs a new comedian.

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Opinion

Reader fails to detect sarcasm

By Caitlin Niblick | Dec. 6, 2009

Thank you, Mr. Maple, for bringing Tiger Woods’ affair to light for everyone who had unfortunately missed out on the “media sleaze machine” coverage. I’d have to say that yours was by far worse. Not only did you cite the same news sources you bashed, but you also managed to do so in a way far more offensive than the mainstream media. You refuted the media’s attack on Woods’ affair with a cocktail waitress by saying his actions were only really wrong because he didn’t choose the right type of woman to sleep with.