Opinion
Opinion
AGH closure is good business, bad call
By the Editorial Board | Oct. 28, 2009Shands HealthCare is closing the doors at AGH on Nov. 1, citing persistent financial losses and the weakened economy. In recent years, these annual losses have climbed to more than $12 million.
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‘Halloween ain’t what it used to be’
Oct. 28, 2009Halloween evolves for each of us as we go through life more than perhaps any other holiday. Thanksgiving is always about food, family and football, and how one celebrates Christmas as a child usually has lifelong repercussions on your religious or commercial meaning for the holiday.
Opinion
Home Depot to ‘rot in hell’
By Josephine Gebhardt | Oct. 28, 2009Home Depot to 'rot in hell'
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Nation still devoted to consumption
By Lindsey Mills | Oct. 28, 2009I may or may not be the vegan mentioned in Wednesday's column, "Being eco-friendly isn't always easy." Regardless, I think to view the carbon footprint exercise as a demonstration of the futility of lifestyle choices is way off the mark.
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Editorial misrepresents ordinance
By Jim Austin | Oct. 28, 2009The Alligator has vented its outrage over the city adhering to its 130-meals limit for St. Francis House; now for some facts.
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Editorial Board misses point
By Jordon Kalilich | Oct. 28, 2009Should a Home Depot employee be allowed to wear a button reading, "One nation under God"? This is the wrong question to ask. By claiming that Trevor Keezor's button didn't have a "patently offensive phrase" because it's a quote from the Pledge of Allegiance, the Editorial Board misses the point.
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Cold Shoulder: City shouldn’t put a limit on holiday meals
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 27, 2009The Gainesville City Commission's choice to enforce a 130-meal limit for St. Francis House this Thanksgiving shows how disconnected it is from many of Gainesville's residents.
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Man shouldn't have been fired for wearing religious pin
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 27, 2009An Okeechobee man said he was fired from his cashier job at Home Depot for wearing a pin that read, "One nation under God."
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Being eco-friendly isn’t always easy
Oct. 27, 2009Maybe it's selfish, but I like to believe that humanity has evolved to the point that allows me to have a few modern mechanical luxuries.
Opinion
Exclusive Greek-only event furthers negative stereotypes
By ASHLEY ROSS | Oct. 27, 2009When we were in middle school, stuck in an awkward stage wearing bowl cuts and braces, not getting an invite to the coolest party in town could've crushed some of us. Now, however, we're all grown up, and exclusive guest lists don't move us to tears.
Opinion
Weather too hot for fall
By Alejandra Toledo | Oct. 27, 2009Today's date? Oct. 27, 2009. The season according to any 5-year-old that you ask? Fall. The temperature as of 4:54 p.m on this day: 82 degrees.
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Senseless Standard
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 26, 2009The owner of a hotel in Taos, N.M. has become the subject of national media coverage for his questionable management style.
Opinion
People in relationships shouldn’t settle
Oct. 26, 2009I think that, in some cases, one of the most ethical, selfless things you can do in a relationship is end it. And I think one of those cases is when you realize that, by staying with your significant other, you'd be settling for them.
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Pilots should have been flying, not using laptops
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 26, 2009There is a time and place for everything.
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Students: Speak out at Senate
By Fernando Figueroa UF student | Oct. 26, 2009Anyone who made it out to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers protest on Saturday could tell you how just the struggle of these workers is. Because today there is a resolution being discussed in Student Senate that would help these people in their struggle, I hope we all have a chance to make it at 7:30 p.m. in Reitz Union Room 282 for a public debate so we can speak out for this righteous issue. Let's do our part to ensure slavery never comes back to Immokalee. I have faith the Progress Party will be able to push the legislation through.
Opinion
Students should boycott Aramark
By Murielle Joseph | Oct. 26, 2009We often talk about justice and doing the right thing. Well, supporting the Coalition of Immokalee Workers is one way we could actually practice what we preach. Several food service providers have agreed to pay the one cent more per pound, but I have yet to hear that Aramark has decided to do the same.
Opinion
PETA approach too violent
By Amanda Watts | Oct. 26, 2009PETA's support for the humane treatment of animals is admirable, but their methods are questionable when they show violent videos with scenes of graphic animal abuse.
