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Gainesville trails unclean, unsafe

By Scott Paterson | Aug. 31, 2009

Like 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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Opinion

Doubt should be component of faith

Aug. 31, 2009

I 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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Opinion

Anti-Islam shirts send bad messages to kids

By Dave Gallo | Aug. 31, 2009

I 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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Opinion

Student Government responds to outcry

By Maryam Laguna | Aug. 31, 2009

It 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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Opinion

Dems do little to combat craziness

Aug. 29, 2009

Passing 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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Opinion

Religious shirts OK in schools

By ROBERT HARRINGER | Aug. 29, 2009

I'm tired of people being enraged at the few Christians who actually follow what the good book commands. In the same way evangelicals say, "Don't hate the sinner, hate the sin," I say, "Don't hate the Christian."

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Opinion

Students should rally to permanently reinstate newspaper

By Jonathan Ossip | Aug. 29, 2009

In Friday's edition of the Alligator, Student Body Treasurer Maryam Laguna wrote that after a temporary gap in delivery, The New York Times would be restored to newspaper boxes on campus starting Monday. However, what she neglected to mention is that despite the temporary return of the Times, the paper's readership program still has been cut from the next proposed Student Government budget.

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Sports

Meyer changes hazing culture

Aug. 27, 2009

Next time you're on your knees in a dark frat house getting beaten with a sack of doorknobs, try calling Urban Meyer for help.

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Opinion

New York Times program to be re-instated

By Maryam Laguna | Aug. 27, 2009

After hearing many people voice their concerns over the possible funding decreases from our Collegiate Readership Program, I wanted to take this opportunity to set the record straight on a few things and hopefully assuage some of your fears.

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Opinion

Alligator headline misleading

By Jorge Gonzales | Aug. 27, 2009

What incredible happy news I first thought from reading the Alligator headlines on Aug. 27: "Machen: No more cuts." On the Web site version, I found a less misleading headline for the story: "Machen predicts end to budget cuts." The "end" of budget cuts will happen after we have "more" budget cuts. I liked the positive quotes from Machen: "economy seems to be stabilized," "gonna be a positive year after a 'negative year.'" All preceded by he's "ready to predict there will be no more cuts to UF's budget next spring."

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Opinion

Student Government steeped in mystery

By Gary Benedix | Aug. 27, 2009

Why is it that our Student Government does not allow students to know what is going on? During my time at UF, I have seen a Student Government steeped in mystery and one that rarely interacts with the student body. I have seen SG officials ignore students, break the law and show an overall discontent for the issues facing us. As the lawsuit filed by Frank Bracco demonstrates, SG does not want us to know what is going on. SG has not only denied individuals the right to know what happens at public meetings, but it even goes so far as to not allow students to have the voting records of our elected officials, including our Student Body president who sits on the Board Of Trustees.

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Opinion

Bill concentrates too much power in SG

By Alden Gillepsy | Aug. 27, 2009

At Tuesday night's meeting of the Student Senate, the Unite Party passed a bill called the Executive Order Establishment Act, a bill that represents a serious threat to the democratic process within Student Government.

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