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Man behind image needs to lead U.S.
Jan. 19, 2009Starting Wednesday, President Barack Obama must live up to his celebrated image.
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No place for puppies in mainstream media
By ERIC CHIANESE | Jan. 15, 2009There has been a disturbing trend toward fluffy, feel-good stories in the mainstream media for some time now. In the wake of President-elect Barack Obama's thrilling victory in the general election, this trend became even more pronounced than usual.
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 15, 2009Forgetting to set your alarm has never seemed so innocent, especially when a 50-year-old man "morking the mindy" stands in the way of getting to class.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Unite Party offers nothing new
By Alden Gillespy | Jan. 15, 2009Jordan Johnson claims that his Unite Party "offers students something different." Let's not be fooled - the Unite Party is the Gator Party with a stinky new coat of paint.
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Take time to remember King’s legacy
By ADAM WYNN | Jan. 15, 2009I assume everyone realizes why Martin Luther King Jr. had a day dedicated to his memory, but I know for certain this weekend will spark more shouts of, "Sunday fun day!" than of the more appropriate, "Where the hell would we be without that guy?"
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Column ignores Americans killed by terrorists
By Josh Jenkins | Jan. 14, 2009My letter is in response to Naudia Jawad's blatantly terror-sympathetic column entitled "Is there life for detainees after Gitmo?" in Wednesday's Alligator.
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EDITORIALS
Lotion in motion
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 14, 2009When male genitalia make an unpublicized appearance on the bus ride to school, you know your morning can only "go up" from there.
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Obama’s bailout will be more of same
By JOHNATHAN LOTT | Jan. 14, 2009Better known as "the bailout," Congress passed the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program last October. This program was widely criticized for its sheer volume as it nearly doubled the federal deficit for 2008.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Commission’s proposition doesn’t spell prohibition
By Matthew White | Jan. 14, 2009The proposition concerning the limit of underage students in bars is a good thing in my opinion.
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EDITORIALS
City’s fairweather policies need overhaul
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 14, 2009As plummeting temperatures hit Gainesville this week, securing a bed in area homeless shelters has become a hotter commodity than the SG presidency.
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New ordinance won’t dry up Gainesville overnight
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 13, 2009Making an informed decision can often spell the difference between strutting your stuff to class in a pair of oh-so-tight Sevens or having to hide your face as you duck into the nearest Lane Bryant.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Activists transcend “hippie” image
By Nadine Sfeir | Jan. 13, 2009In response to Yoav Mor's Monday letter to the editor titled "Gainesville lacks informed intellectuals," I was one of those ill-informed "hippies" he was referring to â€" though human rights activist is a far more accurate term. As a matter of fact, those ill-informed hippies he was referring to are graduating this semester with their bachelor's degrees in Middle Eastern Studies.
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Palestinians should choose more moderate government
By Jason Attermann | Jan. 13, 2009So begins another chapter of the Middle East conflict.
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Is there life for detainees after Gitmo?
By NAUDIA JAWAD | Jan. 13, 2009As the dawn of the Age of Obama approaches, the president-elect is moving to distance himself from the former president as quickly and easily as possible. What better way to spend his first day in office than by closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, which for so long has been a symbol of the ongoing war on terror?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Israel ousting Hamas helps Palestinians
By David Drescher | Jan. 13, 2009Peter Nazzal missed a fundamental point in his Tuesday letter to the editor titled "Palestinian supporters not ignorant, should speak up," by failing to acknowledge that by ousting Hamas from power in Gaza, Israel is helping the Palestinian people.
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EDITORIALS
BCS gear shouldn’t cost us limbs we can’t spare
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2009When you're a Gator, you can almost always bet on Christmas coming twice a year.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BCS system breeds doubt
By Ali Khan | Jan. 12, 2009The BCS is a flawed system that has ruined the mystique of the bowls that existed before 1998.
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Jack Sparrow missing in Somali seas
Jan. 12, 2009While Somali gunboats and high-seas kidnappings have once again moved the most visible pirates back out into the open ocean, the piracy of copyrighted information remains one of the main grassroots responses to the flows of data products deemed legitimate by the controlling global corporate structure.
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Bye–bye Georgie
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 12, 2009The Editorial Board knows we aren't perfect - look around hard enough and you're bound to come across some minute error somewhere within our pages. But, unlike the outgoing president, when we admit our faults we would like to think we own up to them. Eight long years and you're halfway there, George.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Palestinian supporters not ignorant, should speak up
By Peter Nazzal | Jan. 12, 2009After reading a recent editorial on how Gainesville residents are ignorant about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I noticed that the the ignorance was directed toward those that support Palestinians.
