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Column attack on McCain misguided

By Kerry Hart | Apr. 9, 2008

Week after week, Joshua Frederickson writes impassioned columns bashing any thought that is on this side of far-left. I enjoy political discourse, but only when it is informed. I do not have room here to detail his numerous errors and misguided assertions, so I will focus on his attack against McCain over waterboarding. He claims that McCain's anti-torture "convictions" disappeared when he voted against the Senate's ban.

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Veterans highlight need to end Iraq war

By Michael Kesler | Apr. 9, 2008

Tuesday evening, in a packed room, several Iraq War veterans spoke of their experiences while on the ground in Iraq. Their aim was to simply inform the American people of the realities of the war. The content was not something that you will see on the evening news because it was reality.

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GPS system will improve RTS service

By Ryan Day | Apr. 9, 2008

In Wednesday's Alligator, Greg Perry asked if there was any true value gained from installing GPS on RTS buses. Mr. Perry appears to assume that the only benefit from GPS is providing knowledge about wait times to students and the community. Knowledge of wait times for students is merely an ancillary public benefit that comes with the system.

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Leak deserves credit for championship

By Dana Preble | Apr. 8, 2008

A little detail bugged me in Mondays Grad Tab 2008 article. It says …the Gators football team, led by quarterback Tim Tebow, snagged a championship of its own on Jan. 8, 2007. Im not trying to take anything away from Tim Tebow he is a tremendous athlete, a great person and he was a major contributor to our championship. He is now our leader and I look forward to the 2008 season.

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Adoption not harmless for birth mothers

By Ann Wilmer | Apr. 8, 2008

As an adoptee, active in adoption-law reform efforts since shortly after I graduated from UF, I am disappointed that UF would extend an invitation to Diablo Cody to speak at my alma mater.

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GPS on buses waste of student money

By Greg Perry | Apr. 8, 2008

I must have missed the desperately needed outcry to scold Student Government's blatant waste of spending, so here goes my version. The University of Florida is spending $204,000 to start up, then $110,000 per year to tell you how long you have to wait for a bus. If that's not enough, throw in a few high-definition LCD screens. Can we not wait for a bus like the rest of the world? Is there any true value gained in this system?

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Notes not needed to do well in course

By Erin Dickerson | Apr. 7, 2008

I truly don't understand what the uproar from the student body is all about in regard to the lawsuit against Einstein's Notes.

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Dean's student admission embarassing

By BRANDON SACK | Apr. 7, 2008

If it is indeed true, the story of the College of Medicine's dean allegedly admitting a student based not on his academic merit but on his connections is dangerous and offensive to College of Medicine students and faculty.

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Ends do not justify means in new bill

By Andre Samuels | Apr. 7, 2008

The scariest part of Dominic Palvisak's Monday letter on the abortion bill came at the end when he disclosed he was a second-year law student. I can understand how the emotion surrounding the abortion issue can lead many to support laws requiring women to seek ultrasounds before obtaining abortions, but this person is studying to be a lawyer.

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Abortion bill still offers women a choice

By Joel Lombardi | Apr. 7, 2008

I am writing in response to Friday's editorial giving the Florida House of Representatives a "dart" for passing a bill requiring that an ultrasound be taken and the option of viewing that ultrasound be given to a woman before an abortion.

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Ultrasound would educate patients

By Dominic Palvisak | Apr. 6, 2008

In Friday's edition of the Alligator, the Editorial Board attacked the Florida House of Representatives for passing a bill requiring all women seeking abortions to receive an ultrasound. The Darts & Laurels section called it "another conservative obstruction intended to prevent women from getting abortions."

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Corruption in Senate needs to be fixed

By Leslie Veiga | Apr. 3, 2008

For the last few days I've been called an unethical grandstander because I called for the resignation of a senator who ignored both common sense and the law when overseeing the appointment of a replacement senator.

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Comment was not offensive to gays

By Andrew Briefman | Apr. 3, 2008

Lighten up! Jay Leno was not insulting the entire LGBTQ community by asking Ryan Phillippe to give the camera his "gayest look." First of all, that doesn't make any sense, and second of all, it was not a derogatory comment. I don't even know what a "gay look" is, nor do I have a "gay look," a "Jewish look" or any other look for the things that I am. The fact that Phillippe played a gay character on an American soap opera was a huge event, and I'm glad Leno brought it up. It seemed like Leno was making Phillippe very uncomfortable more than anything else, and I do commend Phillippe for not going along with it.

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Nagesh should show his voter's card

Apr. 3, 2008

Although I am hesitant to render an opinion on such a silly matter, there seems to be an obvious answer to "Nageshgate." Though Student Government often seems a lot like play government, it is a part of the overall civic process. So the question in determining where Nagesh truly is in the civic sphere should be answered by his voter registration card. If he is part of the civic network at one location in terms of every other level of government, it should carry over to his participation in Student Government. Has someone asked to see Mr. Nagesh's voter registration card or checked with the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office?

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Recent coverage highlights corruption

By Sheldon Clark | Apr. 3, 2008

Thursday's letters from Gator Party officials were nothing more than political ploys designed to quell the recent publicity the Orange and Blue Party has been getting in regard to the scandals of Student Government.

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Orange and Blue accomplish nothing

Apr. 3, 2008

The current cadre of Orange and Blue Party senators came into office with majestic claims of progress, newfound unity and a list of action items longer than most term papers. They were going to fix WebMail; they were going to fix the budget; they were going to get online voting (for real this time); and they were going to fight the administration on, well, everything.

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Lawsuit is about professor's profits

By Crystal Mason | Apr. 2, 2008

I find it disgusting that there is a lawsuit over Einstein's Notes. I took Michael Moulton's Wildlife Issues class in 2005, and I was required to buy the mandatory "electronic textbook." At the time, it was $80 - a lot for a college student. The contents were nothing more than a CD, DVD and a booklet seemingly no larger than a driver's education manual. All of this mass-produced, all of this what I would call "cheap quality" and all overpriced.

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Faulkner seeks to stifle knowledge flow

By Patrick Flanagan | Apr. 2, 2008

Faulkner Press is suing Einstein's Notes for copying class notes without the professor's permission. Wait, what? I thought college was about passing on knowledge. I guess Faulkner Press disagrees.

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Tibet needs to be considered in context

By Gelin Looi | Apr. 2, 2008

The recent furor over the way China handled the Tibetan riot only highlighted the wide cultural gap between the Western World and China. From an ethnic Chinese point of view, the Tibetan uprising violated two extremely important rules of social conduct within the Chinese society.

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Student Senate Judiciary Committee chairman

By Sam Miorelli | Apr. 2, 2008

Committee meetings broke Florida law