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Pakistan not important for everyone

By Warren Rhea | Jan. 8, 2008

In response to Anuradha Pandey's column Tuesday, so what? I happen to be one American who knows what's happening in Pakistan, and that's why I support those who don't care. Your generalizations about most Americans being close-minded and careless aside, I'm sorry some of us don't reel in shock after hearing about yet another country plagued by fundamentalist Islamic terrorism.Please stop trying to make us all feel bad because you think you're the only one who is informed about the world. There are others. And please stop berating Americans about their political knowledge by assuming foreigners know our domestic politics better than we do.

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Trustees wrong to give Machen more

By Benjamin Dictor | Jan. 7, 2008

It is completely irresponsible for the UF Board of Trustees to approve nearly ,300,000 in performance bonuses for President Bernie Machen while the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences remains in crippling debt.

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Machen's salary should anger us all

By Dave Steadman | Dec. 4, 2007

Would someone please explain to me the logic of giving President Machen nearly ,300,000 in bonuses when his main accomplishments this year were implementing harsh budget cuts and promoting Pepsi?

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One common factor unites almost all

By Dylan Sawmore | Dec. 4, 2007

Pepsi or Coke? Who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election?

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Salary understandable when compared

By Michael Hall | Dec. 4, 2007

I was surprised at some of my friends' reactions to the article on UF President Bernie Machen's salary.

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Abortion laws must be consistent

By Mark LaBelle | Dec. 4, 2007

I am writing in response to Tuesday's letters to the editor. Wylie Green's proposal that "we can have it both ways" when it comes to abortion is ridiculous. Anti-abortion Americans and abortion-rights Americans are diametrically opposed to one another.

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Paul wants U.S. to withdraw from UN

By Brad Ibach | Dec. 4, 2007

All this talk about Ron Paul is stupid. Yes, he wants to withdraw from Iraq immediately (along with Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel.) Yes, he opposes the war on drugs. And yes, he opposes the USA Patriot Act. But one issue trumps everything else: Mr. Paul wants to withdraw from the United Nations.

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City shouldn't pay for University Corners

By Randy Jewett | Dec. 4, 2007

Tuesday's editorial asked about all the delay for construction of University Corners and blamed it on legal battles in the courts because of the ,98 million tax giveaway to the developers by the Gainesville City Commission.

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Fees necessary for improvements

By Eric Przybylinski | Dec. 3, 2007

It's getting really old to read complaints about UF's costs and fees while simultaneously reading complaints about a budget deficit and erroneous comparisons of either of those numbers to UF President Bernie Machen's compensation.

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Paul: Abortion for states to decide

By Wylie Green | Dec. 3, 2007

This letter is in response to Elizabeth Ruggieri's letter from Monday. Abortion is an on-going issue - one most people have a justifiable position on one way or the other. There will never be an objective "right" or "wrong" answer.

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Paul's abortion opinion not 'Libertarian'

By Elizabeth Ruggieri | Dec. 2, 2007

A friend of mine told me she would be supporting Ron Paul in the next election, so I found his Web site and took a look at the section titled "Issues."

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Muslims must fight against stereotypes

By Cris Wise | Dec. 2, 2007

Why would Muslims on campus be offended if the fliers read "Radical Islam Wants You Dead," not "Islam Wants You Dead"? Islam on Campus' reaction only fuels the stereotype that criticism of Islam cannot coexist with the Western ideal of free speech.

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Student should be praised for listening

By Nina Postlethwaite | Dec. 2, 2007

Thanks for the story in Friday's Alligator about Michael Berry, who listens. I once worked for a Mental Health Association in a large city, where we regularly gave a mini-course for bartenders and hair stylists because we understood they frequently become an inviting stop for the transiently troubled. Mr. Berry has taken it to the next level, and, unlike "Lucy" of comic-strip fame, his encounter just is what it is. That's nice.

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Not all presidential polls objective

By Erin Frost | Dec. 2, 2007

In Friday's Alligator, Danny Beaulieu's letter complains of constant coverage of Ron Paul over other candidates, saying that Barack Obama leads Paul in a Facebook poll. Is the Facebook poll scientific? Could the poll have been influenced by the way candidates are campaigning?

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Too many opinions based on fallacy

By Ghulam Khan | Dec. 2, 2007

It appears UF has been blessed with more than its fair share of armchair experts on First Amendment rights, counterterrorism and so-called "Radical Islam."

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Narcotics-unit funding poorly spent

By Tyler Lanza | Dec. 2, 2007

Gainesville has recently been afflicted with dorm-room robberies, downtown homicides and unfortunate traffic-accident casualties. In times like these, I would expect our tax dollars to be used wisely to protect us from recurrences. Instead, what did our honorable law enforcement officials choose to do? They responded to mounting pressure by creating a multi-agency narcotics unit, which, according to Gainesville Police Chief Norman Botsford, is the most important unit.

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Most students support Obama, not Paul

By Danny Beaulieu | Nov. 29, 2007

A great deal of Alligator articles and editorials recently have focused exclusively on Ron Paul, whereas there have been zero articles about any other candidates. An editorial Wednesday reported that 34 percent of Republican students on Facebook support Paul.

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Asking for apology not free-speech threat

By Alex Barbag | Nov. 29, 2007

Asking the groups responsible for recent ads for an apology does not put free speech in danger. This is not a question of free speech at all. There are no consequences for these groups for what they expressed.

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Tuition differential costs more than ,75

By Bruce Haupt | Nov. 29, 2007

I hate to play the part of institutional memory for the Alligator, but I remember last spring semester when the editorial board went ga-ga for the Academic Enhancement Program, now known as the Tuition Differential Program.

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To some students, ,75 makes difference

By Crystal Mason | Nov. 29, 2007

As a professional student, I will graduate six figures in debt.