Opinion
Segregation alive on Turlington Plaza
By Danielle Emenhiser | Feb. 10, 2008Why does Turlington have two names?
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Opinion
Weekend in Boston offers life lessons
By VINCENT MASSARO | Feb. 10, 2008I don't know if I ever told you, but I went to Harvard. It's true.
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Religion and public policy shouldn’t mix
By Ashley Carnifax | Feb. 7, 2008After reading Benjamin Burwell's column on the Marriage Protection Amendment, I stared at it in disbelief. I'm not at all surprised that there are people who still think it is okay to discriminate against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
Opinion
Darts & Laurels
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 7, 2008If you've had enough of this on-again-off-again weather, rest assured that Spring Break is now officially one month away. So while you spend your time in class today calculating just how many beers your tax rebate will buy on some sunny beach in Mexico - or just how many will get you through Valentine's Day - join us for this week's edition of…
Opinion
Procreation does not define a marriage
By Theresa Sumrall | Feb. 7, 2008To claim, as Burwell did in Wednesday's column, that marriage is defined and given meaning by a couple's ability to have (heterosexual) sex - and subsequent offspring - is absurd.
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Column not representative of all Catholics
By Horacio Sierra | Feb. 7, 2008The column supporting the anti-gay marriage amendment is a disappointing rehash of illogical arguments.
Opinion
Vote for marriage amendment is hateful
By Pamela D'Andrea | Feb. 6, 2008I will vote against the marriage amendment simply because of Benjamin Burwell's ridiculous column. Essentially, what is a marriage? It is a couple's declaration of commitment. For some it is toward the church, but for all it is toward the government. Therefore, whatever the pope said about marriage doesn't matter to a majority of people. What right does he, or any church, have to define such a term in a country of free thought and religion?
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Development fee would make housing affordable
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 6, 2008The mortgage crisis has dealt a major blow to the Sunshine State's real estate market, affecting everyone in the process.
Opinion
Amendment would hurt everyone
By Adam Amir | Feb. 6, 2008What Benjamin Burwell doesn't realize is that the so-called "Marriage Protection Amendment" in Florida has nothing to do with gay marriage. In Florida, same-sex marriage is already banned by two state laws and a state court decision.
Sports
Defense-heavy recruting class could see lots of playing time
Feb. 6, 2008It's time for the UF defense to get on the defensive.
Opinion
Gay marriage is about law, not rights
By Taylor Hotchkiss | Feb. 6, 2008The debate over gay marriage is not the civil rights movement of our generation.
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Menu labels would help to fight obesity
Feb. 6, 2008The saying goes, "you are what you eat." Well if that's the case, everyone should be having an identity crisis.
Opinion
Reject marriage amendment to stop paranoia
Feb. 5, 2008On Friday, Florida4Marriage.org submitted the last few thousand signatures required to get a proposed state amendment banning gay marriage on the November ballot.
Opinion
Torture overshadows War on Terror
Feb. 5, 2008U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey still isn't sure if the interrogation practice known as waterboarding - where an individual is strapped down with a rag placed over the nose and mouth while water is poured over the rag to simulate drowning - constitutes torture. That is, unless he were to be subjected to it.
Opinion
Transgender ordinance is worthwhile
By Annette Merritt | Feb. 5, 2008Kudos to the Alligator. Finally an objective analysis of the transgender ordinance and what it really means. Everything else I have read has been slanted and inciting.
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State funds shouldn't go to private university
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 5, 2008UF has to cut $16 million come July 1, when officials project the total drop in recurring state support will be $47.2 million.Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University expects to lose another $4.6 million this year, and Florida State University anticipates a reduction of programs and a hiring freeze because of new cuts in the $16 million to $18 million range. The Board of Governors, facing $147 million in cuts to the state university system this year alone, gave university presidents the go-ahead last month to lay off faculty members, slash enrollment and take other actions to salvage their budgets.
Opinion
Student voice needed
By the Editorial Board | Feb. 5, 2008Do you keep up with the news? Are all your friends tired of hearing you talk about the upcoming election or the latest campus scandal? Would you like to have a say in what goes into the Alligator?
