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I've got some good news for students still looking for a ticket to tomorrow's football game against Miami: There are plenty available. It will only cost you $150.

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Liberal bias on university campuses not fair to education

By Jimmy Paul | Sep. 3, 2008

Liberal bias runs rampant on the Syracuse University campus, even in places you wouldn't expect.

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Alligator launches undergrad resumes

Sep. 3, 2008

ByJessica DaSilva

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Storm relief gives students perspective

Sep. 2, 2008

Countless Gulf Coast communities lie in the wake of Hurricane Gustav's path and are now in desperate need of rebuilding to help salvage the lives of thousands.

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McCain’s war experience a hindrance, not an advantage

By Jimmy Pianka | Sep. 2, 2008

Despite its obvious appeal to a culture still enamored with war, Sen. John McCain's past as a tortured POW is in fact his greatest shortcoming. It is precisely what makes him ill-suited to lead us into an acceptable future.

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Palin a weak choice for McCain’s ticket

Sep. 1, 2008

In a move that was timed to steal media attention from Sen. Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech at the close of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. John McCain announced Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. Although the media craze surrounding her would have you think she is a demigod among mortal choices, Palin is not McCain's strongest possible vice presidential choice.

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Students should take advantage of chances to study abroad

By JESSICA HOLLAND | Sep. 1, 2008

You're here. You've made it back to Gainesville, and some of you are here for the first time. That's great. Now get the hell out of here.

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Chinese, Americans not so different

By ANTHONY PAGLINO | Aug. 28, 2008

I recently returned from a summer studying Chinese in Beijing. It was an intense summer, to say the least, in a war zone of culture fought in the urban jungle that is Beijing. The language barrier was daunting, the food hard to digest and the cabbies had a death wish that Charles Bronson couldn't deliver on.

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Clinton supporters vital for Obama win

By MICHAEL HEANEY | Aug. 28, 2008

Unity is the talk of the town in Denver this week. The Democrats have gone out of their way to try to demonstrate that their party has healed its rift in the months following the grueling primary battle between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Nine–year–old pitcher unfairly ousted

Aug. 27, 2008

A musician may win an award, an academic receives a grant and an athlete finds him or herself glorified by fans and the media. Jericho Scott, undoubtedly the best pitcher in his New Haven, Conn., league, received his accolades in the form of banishment from the sport of baseball for being "too good."

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Presidential candidates’ arguments lack real substance

By Kartik Sreepada | Aug. 27, 2008

Our "nation of whiners" has evolved a novel way to express its discontent with what it already has. It incorporates a concept as hip with the young generation as live DJing: passive aggression.

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Dems should rally around party values

Aug. 26, 2008

For years, I have encouraged others my age to participate in the unfolding, unique experience of a government by the people.

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Hillary’s pack rides indignation to Democratic convention

By Ben Cohen | Aug. 26, 2008

Despite what some scientists claim is the next great mass extinction, a new species has emerged after Sen. Barack Obama was named the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party. This fierce, new species, called the PUMA, is a mammal in the Hillary Clintonae family and is native to the Americas.

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Biden a smart choice, despite criticism

Aug. 25, 2008

After months of speculating, waiting and politicking, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has finally selected his running mate. Now that Sen. Joe Biden has completed the Democratic presidential ticket, the question is rapidly turning toward the Delaware senator's ability to serve Obama on the ticket. Without a doubt, Biden was the most complimentary choice Obama could have made given his available options.

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Alligator aims to rehaul, revamp itself

Aug. 24, 2008

During my two years at the Alligator, I've heard all the criticism UF students and Gainesville residents have to offer.

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Campus groups activate inner–activist

By BRANDON SACK | Aug. 17, 2008

Oh, to be young again, when I thought homework was for pansies, a fake ID was golden, withdrawing from a class would never come back to haunt me and hangovers only lasted an hour, if at all. Just as I did, all you incoming freshmen will have ample opportunities to make mistakes (and hopefully learn from them). And as someone who has been at UF for six years, at the very least I can pass on a little wisdom to all you whippersnappers to help you get the most out of your undergraduate experience.