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Recycling proves wasteful in long term
By Laura Ellermeyer | Feb. 14, 2011As usual, I will play devil’s advocate. This week’s topic: recycling.
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Fellow motorists deserve drivers’ full attention on the road
By Chris Wood | Feb. 14, 2011As I rode my motorcycle home from class today, the cars in the lane next to me and I approached a red light.
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Boycott hurts conservative movement
By Zack Smith | Feb. 13, 2011It may be “the economy, stupid,” but this weekend, the first shots were fired in the looming civil war among members of the GOP.
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Governor trying to streamline, not derail Florida education
By Sam Kowalczyk | Feb. 10, 2011Morgan Watkins’ subtle and professor Matheny’s not-so-subtle denouncements of Gov. Scott’s proposed cuts to education on the front page of Wednesday’s Alligator are, in a word, wrong.
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Everyone faces AIDS risk
By Andrew Briefman | Feb. 9, 2011At least Brett Wagner didn’t use the, “But I have lots of gay friends,” excuse in his attack on the LGBT community in Monday’s paper.
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President walking Egyptian tightrope
By Chad Mohammed | Feb. 9, 2011What began in Tunisia as a modest protest against the lack of socioeconomic mobility has spread quickly throughout the entire Arab world, from Morocco in the West to Yemen in the East. However, the seeds of dissent flourished most in the 80 million-strong country of Egypt.
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Medieval faire fun for nearly everyone
By Wesley Campbell | Feb. 8, 2011If you didn’t make it out to the 25th Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire during these last two weeks, you missed out. I can hear the naysayers now: That little show is a nest of seedy Alachua County residents, their bawling, scurvy-ridden children and people with enough body hair to make you ponder when exactly shaving was invented. These are the kinds of people who blow their entire tax refund on anachronistic, dull-edged replica swords, furry-esque fox tails, hats and funnel cakes.
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Lending a hand not a reality TV priority
By Laura Ellermeyer | Feb. 7, 2011Ah, reality TV.
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Teachers’ unions need schooling
By Zack Smith | Feb. 6, 2011Teachers are one of America’s most valuable resources. Unfortunately, many believe this resource has been diluted with impurities and imperfections to such an extent that the profession is often derided as one for the least among us.
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FDA’s ban is for nation’s own good
By Brett Wager | Feb. 6, 2011Gay and bisexual men have routinely been subjected to various forms of condemnation, prejudice, stereotyping, hate and physical brutality.
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Bill of Rights doesn’t know party lines
By Bob Minchin | Feb. 3, 2011Conservative thinkers could see this coming before President Obama was even elected.
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Bombs more important than our brains
By Chad Mohammed | Feb. 2, 2011In 107 days, the federal government spent as much money on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as it did on education. Granted, a large share of education funding comes from state and local sources, but if the Republicans have their way, even less money will go towards education.
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Cats more appropriate pets while in college
By Wesley Campbell | Feb. 1, 2011Are you a cat or dog person?
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Distributing fliers annoying, wasteful
By Laura Ellermeyer | Jan. 31, 2011As Patches O’Houlihan from the movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” wisely declared, “You’ve got to learn the five D’s of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.” I never thought these words would assist me at UF.
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Compromise DeLay-ing the inevitable
By Zack Smith | Jan. 30, 2011Hobbes. Locke. Montesquieu. Tom DeLay?
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Government work rewarding for students of all backgrounds
Jan. 30, 2011It’s that time of year again. If you are an underclassman like I am, the economy is still looking down, and you could use a well-paying internship or job to get you through the summer. For those UF seniors about to enter the “real world,” the job market is terrifying.
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Obama selling image through address
By Bob Minchin | Jan. 27, 2011So, who watched the State of the Union show this week? Did anyone really think that Snooki would actually lay off the booze?
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FDA should let gay men donate blood
By Jared Misner | Jan. 26, 2011I can’t help but wonder how Monday’s poll results asking how many of us have donated blood will inevitably be skewed by the number of potential respondents who felt too ashamed to answer one way or another.
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Every American wants to “win the future”
By Chad Mohammed | Jan. 26, 2011Hours before President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, the National Assessment of Educational Progress published an assessment of science proficiency among the country’s fourth-, eighth- and twelfth-graders. The results were disconcerting: Only 34 percent of the fourth-graders, 30 percent of the eighth-graders and 21 percent of the 12th-graders studied qualified as proficient. This might be the “Sputnik moment” the president described in his speech that night.
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Remakes pollute Hollywood magic
By Wesley Campbell | Jan. 25, 2011Within the next week, I will hear the phrase “the book was better.” While I usually agree if it’s a book I have read, I’ll be honest and say that unless it’s a hyped-up children’s series not involving vampires, or a trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, there are few books I’ve ever read that have film adaptations. I suppose that’s why some books get made into movies — so the stories they tell can be digested in less than two hours and I can get back to more important things, like choosing what combination of outerwear I want to lug around as the Florida weather covers every temperature and humidity level in the span of a day.
