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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Marching band worth the weight
By Bruce Matza | Aug. 27, 2007I am writing in response to Monday's article, "UF band marches on." I can relate to Scarlet Basler's frustrations in being assigned to play a sousaphone after years at the oboe. I joined the Gator Band in 1961 having played trumpet and baritone in high school, only to find all of those positions filled. I was asked to join the crew of the Big Bass Drum, a six-foot drum that sat on a large rolled carriage.
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Call for columnists
By the Editorial Board | Aug. 26, 2007Ah, the Alligator columnist. Esteemed in the eyes of your peers. Lauded on the streets. Free beer at all the best bars. All this could be yours.
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Students expect hard work from senators
By the Editorial Board | Aug. 26, 2007Our Student Senate is finally getting back to work. We can?t blame them for taking it easy over the break. It was summer, after all, and nothing is more tempting than a cool pool and an icy drink. We wouldn?t want to be cooped up in the Reitz Union while all our friends played Frisbee on the beach.
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Florida: Screwing up elections since 2000
By Gordon van Owen | Aug. 26, 2007After spending the summer interning in Washington D.C., I?ve learned that politics are about as useful as hanging chads, and congressional interns are more stuck up than their do-nothing bosses on Capitol Hill.
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Corn based ethanol not cure-all for gasoline, energy woes
By Jesse Butler | Aug. 26, 2007As we?ve all realized, perhaps too late, summer is ending, and the summer driving season is coming to a complete stop. Considering the price of gas, that?s probably a good thing. But long after our collective finances have recovered from the petrol outlays of summer 2007, we?ll be hearing about gas and more energy issues from a whole host of Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.
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No denying rankings matter
By Danny Beaulieu | Aug. 23, 2007Recently, U.S. News and World Report ranked UF as the 17th best public university in the country. Last year, UF was ranked No. 13 by the report, and UF President Bernie Machen was spearheading an aggressive campaign to get UF into the Top 10. Machen's obsession with the rankings was almost nauseating. Now Machen says, "The reality is, our change in the academic rankings is insignificant."
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Back up computer data to save money, sanity
By SEAN O'KEY | Aug. 23, 2007Every 15 seconds, a hard drive crashes. This summer, I was fortunate enough to experience it firsthand. Twice.
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Darts & Laurels
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug. 23, 2007New year, new you, new things for the Alligator editorial board to complain about.
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Rankings Game
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug. 22, 2007As the fall semester begins and visions of football dance in your head, you can give yourself a pat on the back for getting into the No. 17 public university in the country, according to the U.S News and World Report.
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New Alligator Web site full of goodies
By LYNDSEY LEWIS | Aug. 22, 2007Here at the Alligator, we love to yak about how old our newspaper is.
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Lawsuit makes illegal downloading not as sweet as it sounds
Aug. 22, 2007Warning - this column may contain absurd, random song lyrics. You may be under investigation for illegally downloading music on campus. And wait, you may be one of the students or personnel the Recording Industry Association of America plans to serve with a lawsuit. "I don?t want to lose your love tonight," but UF is one of 58 universities nationwide receiving these pre-litigation letters from the RIAA as a part of its "education and deterrence campaign." Mo? illegal downloading, mo? problems.
