Opinion
BCS poll numbers frustrating
By Joshua Rose | Oct. 20, 2008The Bowl Championship Series poll is as biased as the sky is blue.
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What’s in a name?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 20, 2008There must be something in the water on the Atlantic side of the U.S. because people over here are making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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College degrees don’t mean anything
Oct. 20, 2008The college degree you're working so hard to get doesn't mean jack. Last week, I mentioned a professor at New Mexico University, Marcus Ross, a paleontologist who believes dinosaurs walked the earth more than 65 million years ago but is also a Young Earth creationist. Yeah, doctorates don't mean a damn thing anymore.
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Obama would risk national security
By Ken Senkow | Oct. 19, 2008Presidential candidates should be very clear on every issue, especially national security. For example, President Ronald Reagan emphasized the role of a strong military in keeping the peace. His policy eventually resulted in our Cold War victory and helped cause the breakdown of the Soviet Union.
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Gator Party accomplishments overrated
By GRAHAM CLARK | Oct. 19, 2008On Friday, Kevin Homrich-Micocci's column was largely dedicated to an informative summary of the poor decisions, mishaps, lies and conspiracies recently perpetrated by the UF administration and its lapdogs in the Gator Party. However, he also somehow found reason to praise the Gator Party's ability to "get something done" and criticize the Orange and Blue Party's "impotence."
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Flu vaccine not effective
By IAN SHTULMAN | Oct. 19, 2008I urge everyone to think twice before getting this year's flu vaccine. While getting a little jab in the arm and saving yourself from illness sounds like a great deal, it's really not.
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Obama could escape Bradley Effect
Oct. 19, 2008On a November morning in 1982, California residents awoke to see a San Francisco Chronicle story about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Bradley with a headline boasting "Bradley Win Projected."
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Column’s claims unfounded
By Sean Johnson | Oct. 19, 2008As a former Student Senator and a current student, I must say that Homrich-Micocci's guest column was factually inaccurate on many levels. I have sat on committees that discussed many of the problems he addressed. I am disgusted at the lack of insight or research into anything.
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Pallin' Around
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 19, 2008The theme of the 2008 presidential campaign, as with many others, has been a continued focus on topics extraneous to the core of our country's problems.
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McCain’s tactics miss the point
By Francisco Sotomayor | Oct. 19, 2008Sen. John McCain, please stop the nonsense. I'm tired of hearing about Ayers and ACORN. The roller-coaster economy needs your attention.
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Doggone Dumb
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 19, 2008Boy were we disappointed when we got to the HOWL-o-ween Dog Costume Contest at UF's Equine Auditorium.
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Compromise shouldn’t breed hatred
By ANDREW WYNN | Oct. 16, 2008The 2008 presidential election is less than three weeks away, and Sen. Barack Obama is slightly ahead in most national polls.
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Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 16, 2008Let's start on a good note this week. We'd like to offer a they-go-together-like-lamb-and-tuna-fish LAUREL to the UF Student Senate for their smooth and respectful transition.
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UF students’ concerns aren’t reflected in official decisions
By KEVIN HOMRICH–MICOCCI | Oct. 16, 2008It seems that the powers that be have lost their concern for the opinions of the UF student population. This year, we have been misrepresented and ignored by many of the different groups within our university.
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District 6 election echoes presidential race
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 15, 2008The great thing about politics is that if you allow yourself to take a step back from the headlines for a second, you can feel how absurd the entire system can be.
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Novice players should not use acoustic guitars as wingmen
By Collin Binkley | Oct. 15, 2008There is a growing epidemic saturating college campuses nationwide: the hobby guitarist.
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SDS protests justified, not exaggerated
By David Reznik | Oct. 15, 2008I found it strange that in an editorial that was otherwise touting the exact same principles as the Students for a Democratic Society-supported referendum against installing hand scanners at UF's gyms, there was need to chastise SDS for their "scanners-signal-the-apocalypse mentality."
