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EDITORIALS
McCain’s war experience a hindrance, not an advantage
Sep. 2, 2008ByJimmy Pianka, U-Wire
Opinion
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
McCain presents sound economic plan
Sep. 2, 2008Mark McShera's letter to the editor Tuesday stands as one of the more egregious examples of incendiary fear-mongering I have seen yet during this campaign.
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COLUMNS
Storm relief gives students perspective
Sep. 2, 2008Countless Gulf Coast communities lie in the wake of Hurricane Gustav's path and are now in desperate need of rebuilding to help salvage the lives of thousands.
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EDITORIALS
The Greek party by any name is still Greek
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 2, 2008Looks like the Gator, err, Swamp Party - wait, which semester is it again?
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COLUMNS
McCain’s war experience a hindrance, not an advantage
By Jimmy Pianka | Sep. 2, 2008Despite its obvious appeal to a culture still enamored with war, Sen. John McCain's past as a tortured POW is in fact his greatest shortcoming. It is precisely what makes him ill-suited to lead us into an acceptable future.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Palin not agent for change
By Ben Cavataro | Sep. 2, 2008In Tuesday's Alligator, College Republicans Chairman Bryan Griffin said that Sen. John McCain's pick for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was a person of honesty and integrity.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
McCain won’t save UF’s budget crisis
By Mark McShera | Sep. 1, 2008UF President Bernie Machen declared in his State of the University address Thursday that UF lacks the resources it needs because of a "gloomy economy." Perhaps he should have taken this into consideration before endorsing Sen. John McCain in January.
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COLUMNS
Students should take advantage of chances to study abroad
By JESSICA HOLLAND | Sep. 1, 2008You're here. You've made it back to Gainesville, and some of you are here for the first time. That's great. Now get the hell out of here.
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EDITORIALS
Happy 50th: UF’s integration offers reason to celebrate
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 1, 2008Typically we only dole out laurels at the end of the week, but given the circumstances, we don't mind handing out a big one to start the week. Besides, a little positive opining once in a while couldn't hurt.
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EDITORIALS
Prescribing morality
By The Alligator Editorial Boad | Sep. 1, 2008The abortion debate always manages to rear its ugly head, but now it's finding more inconspicuous ways to do so.
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COLUMNS
Palin a weak choice for McCain’s ticket
Sep. 1, 2008In a move that was timed to steal media attention from Sen. Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech at the close of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. John McCain announced Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. Although the media craze surrounding her would have you think she is a demigod among mortal choices, Palin is not McCain's strongest possible vice presidential choice.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Alligator should support green efforts
By Rob Robins | Sep. 1, 2008The Alligator rendered an opinion that I feel most forward-thinking persons would find shortsighted and disagreeable.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Without western opposition, Russia gets bolder
By Nick Cook | Aug. 28, 2008Because no action was taken by the West to stop the invasion of Georgia, Russia has now become bolder. Russian troops remain on Georgian land, days after the newest cease-fire was brokered by Condoleezza Rice.
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COLUMNS
Clinton supporters vital for Obama win
By MICHAEL HEANEY | Aug. 28, 2008Unity is the talk of the town in Denver this week. The Democrats have gone out of their way to try to demonstrate that their party has healed its rift in the months following the grueling primary battle between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 28, 2008First off, we would like to issue an at-least-someone-does-their-homework LAUREL to UF spokesman Steve Orlando for calling out the Editorial Board for an embarrassing blunder. We wrongly implied that UF President Bernie Machen contacted the St. Petersburg Times with an editorial when it was the other way around. From now on, we will quadruple check ourselves before we wreck ourselves. Our bad.
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COLUMNS
Chinese, Americans not so different
By ANTHONY PAGLINO | Aug. 28, 2008I recently returned from a summer studying Chinese in Beijing. It was an intense summer, to say the least, in a war zone of culture fought in the urban jungle that is Beijing. The language barrier was daunting, the food hard to digest and the cabbies had a death wish that Charles Bronson couldn't deliver on.
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COLUMNS
Presidential candidates’ arguments lack real substance
By Kartik Sreepada | Aug. 27, 2008Our "nation of whiners" has evolved a novel way to express its discontent with what it already has. It incorporates a concept as hip with the young generation as live DJing: passive aggression.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Obama unique candidate
By Cliff Cleland | Aug. 27, 2008Barack Obama is to your generation what John F. Kennedy was to mine. The youth and vitality, the charm and disarming smile, the sense of humor and powerful intellect - these are qualities shared by these men. We must get beyond our prejudices and vote our hearts, minds and the issues.
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EDITORIALS
UF says we make better runners than fighters
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 27, 2008Throughout our precious years of existence, we have learned to appreciate the concept of self-preservation. Pain sucks, and that's that. There's no reason why protecting ourselves shouldn't be at the top of our list of personal priorities.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Senator stands by referendum
By Frank Bracco | Aug. 27, 2008It is unfortunate that the Alligator's Editorial Board does not share the same excitement I do over the Thanksgiving Travel Holiday, but I guess I have six weeks until the elections to try to change this.
