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COLUMNS
'Subprime' not a worthy selection
Jan. 8, 2008I feel misrepresented. I feel cheated. It's downright wrong.
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EDITORIALS
Vote despite partisan primaries
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 8, 2008While political pundits and election experts painfully regurgitate the results from Iowa and New Hampshire and supply their own twisted analyses, Florida is gearing up for its earliest primary ever.
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EDITORIALS
Have opinion, will write
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 8, 2008Ah, writing your very own Alligator column. While it may not get you to the front of the line at your favorite club or even so much as a free beer, it will give you a chance to voice your opinion and reach out to the UF and Gainesville communities. Oh, and you even get your picture in the paper. In fact, thanks to a little thing called the Internet, you may one day achieve worldwide fame for your perfect prose. The opportunity is yours.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Trustees wrong to give Machen more
By Benjamin Dictor | Jan. 7, 2008It is completely irresponsible for the UF Board of Trustees to approve nearly ,300,000 in performance bonuses for President Bernie Machen while the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences remains in crippling debt.
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EDITORIALS
RIAA losing digital war
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 7, 2008Just when you thought it couldn't get any lower than suing single moms for thousands of dollars, the Recording Industry Association of America has taken its fight one step further.
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COLUMNS
Interest in Pakistan too little, too late
By ANURADHA PANDEY | Jan. 7, 2008At last, another one of the Bush administration's foreign policy blunders has been placed under scrutiny: the protection of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at all costs. I'm willing to bet that most Americans hadn't even heard Benazir Bhutto's name until she was assassinated, let alone had known that she was Pakistan's prime minister under a power-sharing agreement with Musharraf that the Bush administration orchestrated.
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EDITORIALS
UF can't keep repeating LSU's mistake
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 7, 2008Following the massacre at Virginia Tech last April, the university's officials were criticized for the amount of time that passed between the first time Tech student Seung-Hui Cho opened fire and the time students were sent e-mails warning them to stay off campus.
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COLUMNS
Lost phones make for lots of stress
By VINCENT MASSARO | Jan. 6, 2008There are two kinds of people in the world: those who lose their cell phones and those who do not.
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EDITORIALS
Still In Doubt
By the Editorial Board | Jan. 6, 2008On Thursday, a Leon County circuit court judge tossed out a lawsuit intended to clarify who has the right to control tuition - the state Legislature or the Board of Governors, the governing body of Florida?s public universities.
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COLUMNS
Machen shouldn't get bonus
Dec. 4, 2007So UF President Bernie Machen got almost ,300,000 in bonuses from the UF Foundation right before Christmas. It was approved by the UF Board of Trustees.
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EDITORIALS
'Tis the season to give? Bah, humbug!
By ADAM BERRY | Dec. 4, 2007I hate a lot of things, but I really hate Christmas. Instead of studying for finals and figuring out what I'm going to do after graduation, I'm thinking about what the hell I'm going to buy people for the holidays.
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EDITORIALS
Coal & Presents
By the Editorial Board | Dec. 4, 2007The last day of the semester is more than just the last day of classes. It's more than the promise of a solid four days of drinking - er, studying. It's more than the upcoming Winter Break.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
City shouldn't pay for University Corners
By Randy Jewett | Dec. 4, 2007Tuesday's editorial asked about all the delay for construction of University Corners and blamed it on legal battles in the courts because of the ,98 million tax giveaway to the developers by the Gainesville City Commission.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
One common factor unites almost all
By Dylan Sawmore | Dec. 4, 2007Pepsi or Coke? Who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Machen's salary should anger us all
By Dave Steadman | Dec. 4, 2007Would someone please explain to me the logic of giving President Machen nearly ,300,000 in bonuses when his main accomplishments this year were implementing harsh budget cuts and promoting Pepsi?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Abortion laws must be consistent
By Mark LaBelle | Dec. 4, 2007I am writing in response to Tuesday's letters to the editor. Wylie Green's proposal that "we can have it both ways" when it comes to abortion is ridiculous. Anti-abortion Americans and abortion-rights Americans are diametrically opposed to one another.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Salary understandable when compared
By Michael Hall | Dec. 4, 2007I was surprised at some of my friends' reactions to the article on UF President Bernie Machen's salary.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Paul wants U.S. to withdraw from UN
By Brad Ibach | Dec. 4, 2007All this talk about Ron Paul is stupid. Yes, he wants to withdraw from Iraq immediately (along with Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel.) Yes, he opposes the war on drugs. And yes, he opposes the USA Patriot Act. But one issue trumps everything else: Mr. Paul wants to withdraw from the United Nations.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Fees necessary for improvements
By Eric Przybylinski | Dec. 3, 2007It's getting really old to read complaints about UF's costs and fees while simultaneously reading complaints about a budget deficit and erroneous comparisons of either of those numbers to UF President Bernie Machen's compensation.
