Opinion
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New players offer hope for GOP in 2016
May 21, 2014Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky wants to stir up dialogue — a word that has been forgotten in our hyper-partisan, deadlocked political climate.
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Leave the guns, take the burrito: Chipotle asks gun owners to not come in
May 21, 2014In recent years, an eruption of mass shootings at schools, malls, movie theaters and other places of business have plagued our great country. These senseless attacks instilled a certain level of fear among the American people, who have every reason to be on heightened alert when in public places. That’s why it is so disturbing that a pro-gun group at Chipotle Mexican Grill locations in Texas decided that the best side dish for a delicious burrito is an AR-15 assault rifle.
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EDITORIALS
Common Core part of the gay agenda?
May 19, 2014Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune published a compelling editorial defending Common Core, a set of proposed educational standards for U.S. students that was met first with overwhelming support and then with vitriol.
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The dress code dilemma: Your boner isn’t my problem
May 19, 2014College introduced me to some great things: keg parties, Midnight Cookies and a lack of dress code I had previously never enjoyed.
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Popular political television shows fuel conservative ideals
May 19, 2014Gone are the days of NBC’s hit political drama “The West Wing,” and President Josiah Bartlet’s fictional administration is but a distant memory. Although Bartlet was a democratic commander in chief, viewers of all political persuasions gravitated toward the fair-minded and principled president. America finally had its utopian chief executive, albeit one from a scripted primetime drama.
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DARTS LAURELS
Darts & Laurels 5/15/2014
May 14, 2014Summer A is upon us once again, and it’s a welcome relief. Campus is quiet — at least, until hordes of freshly minted UF first-years arrive for Preview — and we’re free to enjoy the last weeks of less-hellish weather before the brutal north Florida summer humidity sets in.
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Stop with Benghazi: Impeach Obama
May 14, 2014After spending years attacking President Barack Obama and the Democrats for the Affordable Care Act, Republicans watched in horror as 8 million Americans signed up for health insurance coverage through the exchanges set up by the law. The Republicans’ chief line of attack for the election came undone at the news that the number of uninsured Americans plummeted.
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For students, action must follow idealism for future vocation
May 12, 2014Most of us will never have a great career.
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Like, just stop: good speech does matter
May 12, 2014The “L” word. It’s that four-letter word that some people hardly use, some people always use, and some people cringe when they hear it spoken out loud.
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EDITORIALS
Citizens Co-op not working as co-op should
May 12, 2014In a perfect world, more businesses would be operated in a worker-owner co-op fashion.
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Sweat, tears and tacos: The editor’s story
Apr. 22, 2014It’s freshman year, and I’m walking along University Avenue, worrying that I’m too sweaty to go into the Alligator’s open house. My resume is in a purple folder stuffed with clips from my high school newspaper. I don’t know what AP Style is.
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I’m confused, and it’s the newspaper’s fault
Apr. 22, 2014There have been plenty of times in the past four years I’ve woken up confused.
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Online editor asks: How did I get here, and how is everything over already?
Apr. 22, 2014Freshman-year me thought it was so cool that UF had a student-run newspaper.
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Embrace conflict, stories: Managing editor says fond farewell to the Alligator, college
Apr. 22, 2014I’ll probably never forget the Fourth of July last year: I was stuck on a pontoon boat under a bridge in a lightning storm.
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Journalist spreads xenophobic message
Apr. 22, 2014You know those relatives who have too much to drink at family gatherings and end up making jokes that aren’t actually funny and end up offending people? Well, think of CNN journalist Jeanne Moos as your drunken aunt giving a toast at your wedding — except she is completely sober, unrelated to you and addressing a national audience rather than a couple hundred friends and family. And instead of hurting the feelings of you, your spouse and a few others, she mocks an entire culture that is 800 years old.
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Wanted: Summer 2014 columnists and cartoonists
Apr. 21, 2014Summer is coming, and you could spend it any old boring way — loafing around your hometown, toiling away in Summer classes, working your butt off at an internship or backpacking through Europe on a cliched mission for self discovery.
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Zulkar Khan's final remarks: A call for honesty
Apr. 21, 2014On Wednesday, The New York Times ran a front-page story detailing how Florida State University and Tallahassee Police had left multiple rape allegations, including the one against star quarterback Jameis Winston, uninvestigated.
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Comma nightmares, caffeine and love: Copy desk chief says goodbye
Apr. 21, 2014I could write the cliche, “These last four years were perfect,” but they were far from it.
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Senior reality check: College is like walking upstairs in the dark
Apr. 21, 2014When I was getting ready to go to college four years ago, I thought I had it all figured out. With AP credits, I could have my degree in less than four years. I’d have internships every summer, tons of experience and a job offer before I crossed the stage.
