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Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Political correctness not a bastion of good

Recently, an Alligator editorial apologized for a column the newspaper published. In the appropriately titled column, "Mediocre Advice," the writer joked, because it is difficult to get a tan in Gainesville due to the daily downpour of rain, being "pale is better."


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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF gets pediatrics center

The Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of Health Dr. John Armstrong spoke at the UF Health Pediatrics Gerold L. Schiebler Children’s Medical Services Center on Thursday to celebrate something he called nothing short of remarkable.


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OPINION  |  DARTS LAURELS

Darts and Laurels 09/11/2015

Acclaimed poet Busta Rhymes, the man who delivered the best verse on A Tribe Called Quest’s seminal album "The Low End Theory," once wrote that "My making it is a combination of grinding, grinding, grinding and being lucky enough to finally get a shot."


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