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Some Republicans ‘condone rape’

By Erik Nyberg | Nov. 4, 2009

In response to Wednesday's letter to the editor written by James G., you failed to understand an important point, James. I agree with you that Paul's claim of racism in regard to Joe Wilson's remarks is unfounded and silly. I also agree that Paul's slander of the Republican Party in reference to ACORN was unjustified. But when it comes to the issue of Republicans being rapists for not passing "some bill," you showed a complete lack of knowledge about the subject.

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UPD officer responded well to stolen wallet

By Tina Reddick | Nov. 4, 2009

I would like to thank University Police Department Officer R. Howard for his assistance after my daughter's wallet was stolen. The most important item missing from it was her UF-Georgia ticket. He called the ticket office, and she was able to purchase another ticket. Many thanks from both of us.

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Students should vote to bring Weezer to UF

By Elliot Morgan | Nov. 4, 2009

Students should vote to bring Weezer to UF

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Israel not being held accountable for actions

By Alex Salam | Nov. 3, 2009

Israel has repeatedly defied United Nations resolutions. What other developed country in the world would be allowed this lawless refusal to abide by UN resolutions? Moreover, since its occupation of the Palestinian Territories in 1967, Israel has not implemented one single resolution stipulating its withdrawal from the occupied territories and refraining from all activities in these territories.

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Murty’s statements about Republicans biased

By James G. | Nov. 3, 2009

This is in response to Paul Murty's article on Monday that could only be described as a "slaughter of logic." Paul, your article was nothing short of a biased attempt to prove that the Republicans are all evil, racist Halliburton employees who rape women. I am not kidding. At one point in your article, you somehow deduce that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson was a racist for saying "you lie" to Obama.

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Machen responded well to rusting bicycle problem

By James N. Beeler Jr. | Nov. 3, 2009

This letter is to commend President Bernie Machen for an extremely prompt response to an e-mail I wrote to him regarding the rusting hulks of bicycles that have dotted campus since I arrived in fall 2008 as a graduate student. I wrote this e-mail Monday afternoon expressing my dismay at having to constantly dodge the rusty carcases of abandoned bikes, and was pleasantly surprised to receive a personal response that evening. Further, a phone call came from the appropriate person at UPD the next morning, with a pledge that the issue would be handled immediately. When I arrived at ARCH today, the worst of the problem was gone. Kudos to President Machen for making the time to care about the small problems.

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Library patron should be commended for reporting lewd behavior

By Kenny Picciano | Nov. 3, 2009

I am writing to give my full support behind Tuesday's Alligator editorial, "Public Porn." Reading that a brave patron of Library West had the courage to turn in this "jerking-class hero," Christopher Wallace, did nothing short of erect a smile on my face.

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Senate should not vote on resolution

By JUSTIN WOOTEN | Nov. 2, 2009

The Resolution Affirming Support for the State of Israel that Senate will be voting on tonight is a travesty. Every word of it represents the extremist pro-Israel position, from the first Whereas clauses that subtly try to deny any right of Palestinians to the land and which gloss over the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that took place during the founding of Israel, to quotes from president Ahmadinejad of dubious authenticity and support for sanctions against Iran (not unlike the ones that killed 500,000 Iraqi children in the 1990s), to trying to cover up the slaughter of over 1,300 innocent civilians by Israel in Gaza this December and January.

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Coverage should have included police reactions at similar parties

By SKEET SURRENCY | Nov. 2, 2009

In regards to your article covering Sunday morning's violent incident involving Fest goers and local police, I find it extremely interesting that the only perspective on the incident was from the police.

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SG should adopt resolution denouncing Goldstone report

By Jordan Greenberg | Nov. 2, 2009

Of many issues to be presented at the Student Senate meeting tonight, one is a resolution calling for the Student Senate to denounce the Goldstone report. The Goldstone report is a UN document ratified by 25 of the 47 nations involved in the UN. It was written after a fact-finding mission by Richard Goldstone, the former chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda.

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Music deserves some air time

By Peter Turner | Nov. 1, 2009

I would like to respond to letters from Gene Cowell and Meagan Gregory approving of the recent changes to WUFT-FM's radio schedule. Although I'm happy that some new NPR programming has been introduced, such as "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" and "This American Life," in other respects the changes have been for the worse for anyone with an appreciation of music. Classical music has been shunted off to HD radio, and jazz has gone away altogether.

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Margaret Sanger unfairly represented

By Desiree Orofino | Nov. 1, 2009

I was alarmed by the one-sided discussion of Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger in Thursday's Alligator article. Margaret Sanger was not a eugenist, a racist or an anti-Semite and was in no way affiliated with Nazi ideology. In fact, Sanger's books were of the first to be burned by the Nazis, as they contradicted their anti-family-planning agenda. Additionally, Sanger consistently stated that family planning decisions should be made on an individual basis, not on a social or cultural basis, which of course directly contradicts core eugenics ideology.

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Station switch to NPR a good move

By Meagan Gregory | Oct. 29, 2009

I am sure you are getting a large number of emails on the WUFT programming switch, so I will try to keep mine short. I am writing.

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New radio format rewarding, enriching

By Gene Cowell | Oct. 29, 2009

May I add my voice in support of WUFT-FM's current programming format, and I hope you will hear from many more who share my view that the new format offers an exciting, rewarding and enriching listening experience. It's impossible to fact-check the claims by those 40 music-lovers with the funds to buy a full-page ad in the Sun.

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East Gainesville not dependent on AGH

By Kathleen Fette | Oct. 29, 2009

Your editorial column "Closed Doors" was patently ridiculous. According to Mapquest Shands at AGH and Shands at UF are 1.42 miles apart. I hardly think a three-minute travel time will result in "cutting off access to those in need" and your hysterically dire predictions for infant mortality, STDs, homicide deaths, economic decline, crime, etc.

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Editorial misrepresents ordinance

By Jim Austin | Oct. 28, 2009

The Alligator has vented its outrage over the city adhering to its 130-meals limit for St. Francis House; now for some facts.

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Home Depot to ‘rot in hell’

By Josephine Gebhardt | Oct. 28, 2009

Home Depot to 'rot in hell'

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Editorial Board misses point

By Jordon Kalilich | Oct. 28, 2009

Should a Home Depot employee be allowed to wear a button reading, "One nation under God"? This is the wrong question to ask. By claiming that Trevor Keezor's button didn't have a "patently offensive phrase" because it's a quote from the Pledge of Allegiance, the Editorial Board misses the point.

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Weather too hot for fall

By Alejandra Toledo | Oct. 27, 2009

Today's date? Oct. 27, 2009. The season according to any 5-year-old that you ask? Fall. The temperature as of 4:54 p.m on this day: 82 degrees.

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Students: Speak out at Senate

By Fernando Figueroa UF student | Oct. 26, 2009

Anyone who made it out to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers protest on Saturday could tell you how just the struggle of these workers is. Because today there is a resolution being discussed in Student Senate that would help these people in their struggle, I hope we all have a chance to make it at 7:30 p.m. in Reitz Union Room 282 for a public debate so we can speak out for this righteous issue. Let's do our part to ensure slavery never comes back to Immokalee. I have faith the Progress Party will be able to push the legislation through.