Sports
This road win gives Gators something to build on
Feb. 27, 2008ATHENS, Ga. - For the first time in a month, the Florida Gators actually looked like the Florida Gators.
Opinion
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Gator Party must keep platform promises
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 27, 2008We won't act shocked or even remotely surprised.
Opinion
American dream has died for most
By Scott Erker | Feb. 27, 2008Like President Bush cherry-picking intelligence reports to show Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, Gerald Liles cherry-picks stats in his latest column to assert that the American dream is alive and well, although nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that working Americans have been at the job longer and working harder for wages that have been relatively stagnant since the Vietnam War.
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Huckabee should admit defeat, drop out of election now
By BRAD KNOTT | Feb. 27, 2008With a recent sweep in the Potomac primaries, Sen. John McCain is moving closer to securing the nomination for the Republican Party. In sweeping Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., McCain dealt a huge blow to former Gov. Mike Huckabee, his last major opponent for the nomination.
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UF must make medicines accessible
By Gloria Tavera | Feb. 27, 2008Scanning the Student Government ballot Tuesday, I was extremely pleased to see the referendum for the creation of a committee to advise UF's Board of Trustees on socially responsible policy.
Opinion
Campus preachers should be ignored
By Valerie Garman | Feb. 27, 2008I was told, "You are a woman, you have no voice," by a campus preacher on Turlington Plaza Monday afternoon. I was outraged. I was even more disgusted by the preacher's wife who stood in the distance saying nothing. I was also called a drunkard, a whore and a scantily dressed woman. I was pointed out by one of the preachers Tuesday while walking to class and bombarded with the same accusations. I was certainly not the only one.
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Air travel doesn't have to be a hassle
Feb. 27, 2008Be careful when traveling by plane for Spring Break this year. I wouldn't want to hear about any UF students getting detained by airport security with any inappropriate substances or, better yet, getting kicked off the plane for being "too pretty."
Opinion
Senator will make a good lecturer
By Margaret von Dolteren | Feb. 27, 2008As a freshman in 2005, I took state Sen. Mike Haridopolos' course on state politics, and I can say with confidence that he is a caring and competent teacher. He commuted to Gainesville to lecture and could always be reached when he was not here. On this front, he deserves more respect than the Alligator has given him.
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True patriots question country’s path
Feb. 26, 2008Americans have little to cheer about or believe in these days. The list of reasons to have lost faith in our republic is inordinately long and spectacularly depressing. Whether it's the incomprehensible incompetence of the government's response to Katrina, contentious elections rendering dubious results, complete disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law, the denigration of the environment, the use of torture on "enemy combatants" (whatever that means), the exponential increase of wealth disparity, steroids in baseball, "Spygate" in football or the quicksand quagmire that is Iraq - the American people have good reason to be despondent.
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Hiring sends UF staff disturbing message
By Jessica Clackum Herman | Feb. 26, 2008First, it was President Machen's bonus on the eve of a budget crisis that angered those of us who have put in many years of hard work into this university.
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Students should vote 'no’ on Iraq question
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 26, 2008The students that actually took the time to cast their ballots on the first day of the Student Government elections were met with some confusing and seemingly out-of-nowhere questions in the form of referenda and a constitutional amendment.
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Haridopolos overpaid, under-qualified
By BRANDON SACK | Feb. 26, 2008As a UF alumnus and current graduate student, I was angered at the news of the hiring of state Sen. Mike Haridopolos. That anger turned to rage as I read the "Inside UF" section with a little epithet from our friend Bernie about the looming budget crisis and $47 million shortfall expected next year. His plan for everyone else is to ask every college to make 6 percent "general" cuts to its departments, not "across-the-board reductions." However, he is personally taking action by drawing a $300,000 bonus for himself and overpaying an under-qualified professor to teach political science while he works on his Ph.D. part time.
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SG should be left to students, not admin
By Dave Chauncey | Feb. 25, 2008As a UF student, I have been interested in the controversy with online voting that has unfolded in recent weeks. I sympathize with both sides and see valid points all around concerning the issue.
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Politician's appointment presents conflict
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 25, 2008Apparently, state Sen. Mike Haridopolos is such a riveting lecturer that UF couldn't let a silly thing like an appearance of conflict of interest get in the way of offering him a position - even if he is poised to become the Senate president in 2010.
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American dream is still alive and well
By GERALD LILES | Feb. 25, 2008Has an authority figure ever forced you to try something you were almost positive you couldn't do?
Sports
Top 10 sports movies of all time
Feb. 24, 2008With college basketball talking brackets, baseball season preparing to get into full swing and college football's spring practice looming, it's about as good a time as any to take a break from the sports world.
Opinion
Serbian conflict not religious in nature
By Dardan Tigani | Feb. 24, 2008As a Kosovan-Albanian who has lived through the horrors of the Serbian occupation of Kosovo in the '90s, I am very disappointed that Mr. Jurich misled the Gainesville community Friday by suggesting that the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Germany and other western countries are sponsoring terrorism by supporting Kosovo's independence.
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New science standards are step forward
By Brent Henderson | Feb. 24, 2008The Alligator threw a dart to the State Board of Education Friday regarding its decision to amend proposed state science standards to include the qualifier "scientific theory of" before the term evolution.
Opinion
We back most of the Orange and Blue ticket
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 24, 2008In case you haven't already guessed based on all those flier-pushers lined up across campus, it's that time of year again - the always entertaining, sometimes irritating Student Government elections.
