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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

America not a Christian nation

I'm sick and tired of the notion that America was founded on Christian values. In fact, the Constitution has clauses that attempt to bar any religion from entering government. Before you fall back on "In God We Trust," you should know that the phrase did not become the nation's official motto until an act of Congress in 1956.


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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Election codes help ward off volunteers

It is my first year here at UF, and I already know the horrors of Student Government elections. I asked some of my friends who had gone here if there was any way out of listening to the pointless nagging of students running for Senate, and all I got were suggestions to just avoid them. This was hardly sufficient for me, so after some investigating, I found my answer in the election codes. If you wear a "No Campaigning" sign or something to that effect, candidates are forbidden to talk to you and risk a fine if they do. With that news, I implore you all to liberate yourselves from the time-wasting politicos.


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METRO

UPDATED: Police officer gets caught in scuffle

UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2013: The charges against both Lowry and Hedges were dropped, and their records were expunged. The police officer was fired a month later for having sex with prostitutes while on duty. Read more here.


NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Debates inform UF voters

Two partisan UF student groups on campus are teaming up to inform voters of their chosen candidate's policies by hosting a series of debates sponsored by various student organizations until the early voting period begins on Oct. 20.



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