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SPORTS
U.S soccer's Davies underwent surgery after car accident
Oct. 13, 2009THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Caimán
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Protest of Che Guevara misguided
By John Story | Oct. 13, 2009On Tuesday, I was very pleased reading Paul Murty's guest column, "Che is a hero, not a terrorist." This article, the superb cover story on the National Equality March and the report back on Hugo Chavez' health care campaigns in Venezuela made for a very progressive issue that made my day a happy one. In response to Friday's anti-Che Guevara rally, my friends and I hastily organized a counter-demonstration, using a flag with Guevara's portrait and the slogan "Hasta la victoria siempre" scrolled at the bottom.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Women should embrace feminism
Oct. 13, 2009It takes a TV show to make me appreciate being a woman in the 21st century.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alligator shows socialist slant
By Rafael A. Yaniz | Oct. 13, 2009By reading today's Alligator, it seems that the paper should be renamed Granma UF or The Socialist Newsletter of Gator Comrades. The International Socialist Organization was prominently quoted in one article without a counter position from a group that may not support their issue. Another article positively framed an event about a health clinic set up by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez without mentioning that he has stolen land without payment, a la Cuba's Fidel Castro, has nationalized private businesses and has shut down more than 50 private radio stations, television stations and newspapers critical of his totalitarian tactics. And the kicker was the opinion column calling Che Guevara a "hero" with laughable propaganda that failed to mention Guevara's death squads of innocent Cubans. The Alligator's motto "We Inform. You Decide." should be changed to "We Indoctrinate. You Obey."
METRO
Fla. Pledge of Allegiance rule comes under fire
By ALEXANDRA LAYOS | Oct. 13, 2009The Pledge of Allegiance, a required and generally unquestioned routine in Florida schools, went under scrutiny earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a case challenging the Florida law.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Elliott to redshirt, return next season
Oct. 13, 2009Ashlee Elliott is looking forward to "doing the Tebow."
METRO
March of Dimes to hold chicken-wing-eating contest
By ERICA JOHNSON | Oct. 13, 2009Chicken wings and babies don't mix - unless it's for the Rattle Battle Wing Bowl, a chicken-wing-eating contest to raise money for the March of Dimes' March for Babies.
METRO
Man arrested for slapping butt at apartment pool
By KATIE KLOSS | Oct. 13, 2009Police said a UF student was arrested Monday evening for slapping a sunbathing woman on the butt at the University Commons pool.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Breast cancer marketing overwhelming other diseases
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 13, 2009Americans have become obsessed with promoting breast cancer awareness, and corporations have noticed.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Lack of passing game could bite UF later
Oct. 13, 2009The Florida football team is 5-0, ranked No. 1 in both polls, quarterbacked by one of the best college football players of all time, led by one of the best defenses in a long while and should coast into the Southeastern Conference Championship Game.
METRO
Alabama residents look to P.K. Yonge for school model
By MOLLY LARMIE | Oct. 13, 2009Rivals in football, teammates in education.
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FOOTBALL
Moses Jenkins still out with concussion
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 13, 2009It was nearly impossible to miss how quarterback Tim Tebow suffered his concussion, but Moses Jenkins' concussion went barely noticed.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Final preparations begin for Gator Growl
Oct. 13, 2009Gator Growl begins setting up $1.1 million show
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
alligatorSports Fantasy Challenge: Week Six Recap
Oct. 13, 2009Narrated by MIKE McCALL
METRO
Students knit pumpkin hats for charity
Oct. 13, 2009Close-Knit Gators knit hats for Shands Children's Hospital
METRO
Child abuse center raises awareness through art
By Clare Lennon | Oct. 13, 2009Miniature masters of genius and imagination, along with their parents, come together Tuesdays and Thursdays at Do Art studio with one goal - to end child abuse with the Child Advocacy Center's Jay's Hands project.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Flash mobs too loud, obtrusive for indoors
By Chad Kimes | Oct. 13, 2009Last night at about 5:30 I was studying in the Reitz Union for my two Wednesday exams. The room gradually got a bit louder. People dressed in black hustled and bustled about but were being generally unobtrusive.
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COLUMNS
Protest challenged views of misinformed Guevara supporters
By JOHNATHAN LOTT | Oct. 13, 2009I have great reservation writing this response to Paul Murty's Tuesday column because I'm afraid it will give his ignorance an air of legitimacy. The letter was the most fallacious, logically incoherent and misleading piece the Alligator has published in months.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Baby Bonus: UF could afford more for graduate assistants
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 13, 2009In the next academic year, graduate students may receive a $500 stipend increase, thanks to a vote by the Graduate Assistants Student Union.
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FOOTBALL
UF relies on running game, defense to win
Oct. 13, 2009Florida's gameplan for a 5-0 start has been a whole lot of dominant defense and tough running, with a touch of passing.
