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All UF students should stand up to cuts
By Abdul Zalikha | Apr. 24, 2012Facing budget cuts, UF is planning to do some serious damage to the CISE department.
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STUDENT LIFE
Support is available for students seeking help
By Abdul Zalikha | Apr. 17, 2012The scene with the most impact in “The Shawshank Redemption,” for me, is the one in which Brooks ties a rope to the ceiling, scribbles “Brooks was here” on the wall, and kicks the chair from under himself.
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Politicians’ attacks on higher education need to stop
By Abdul Zalikha | Apr. 10, 2012This month, Mitt Romney continued the disturbing and growing trend of attacking higher education when he said that President Barack Obama “spent too much time at Harvard.”
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The Vatican should support open dialogue with researchers
By Abdul Zalikha | Apr. 3, 2012Sometimes those who are assumed to be the most truthful — clergymen and other religious figures — end up being the most disingenuous.
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Race relations in US still strained, need to be re-examined
By Abdul Zalikha | Mar. 27, 2012With the arrival of the first black president in the Oval Office in 2008, it seemed that the U.S. had made a giant leap in resolving race relations.
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STUDENT LIFE
Cheaters lessen value of all University of Florida degrees
By Abdul Zalikha | Mar. 20, 2012Repeat after me: “We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.”
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Women should fight legislation trying to control health care rights
By Abdul Zalikha | Mar. 13, 2012According to some political pundits, there’s a war going on in the United States.
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Voter coercion not responsible for Unite win
By Abdul Zalikha | Feb. 28, 2012While every UF Student Government election I’ve witnessed has been tinged with disgrace and folly, the last election was more embarrassing than I was prepared for, and its inordinate controversy deserves comment.
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Internet shouldn't change the way we read
By Abdul Zalikha | Feb. 21, 2012We're all familiar with people who claim to hate reading, yet spend hours perusing Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr posts.
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US should not support armed conflict
By Abdul Zalikha | Feb. 14, 2012With tension between Israel and Iran so heated that armed conflict seems inevitable, the U.S. military must decide on a plan of action should combat arise, and it must decide soon.
