Opinion

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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Complaints of bias undeserved

By Will Foster | Oct. 15, 2007

Shannyn Schott, an alumna who should have been labeled as such, should spend more time reading the Alligator and less time venting about "liberal bias." When did supporting school vouchers, limiting affirmative action and advocating for higher SAT and grade point average requirements (instead of need-based testing) for Bright Futures become causes célèbres among liberals? Never. Schott is either to the right of Genghis Khan or doesn't understand the political spectrum.

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Donations for homeless are few and far between

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 15, 2007

The donation meters set up to raise money for the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry have failed.

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Problematic Protest

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 15, 2007

You can't spell "disgusting" without SDS.

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Music industry today a losing business

By KYLE COX | Oct. 15, 2007

Music is dead.

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Virginity extends past the bedroom

By VINCENT MASSARO | Oct. 14, 2007

Let's talk about virginity.

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SG works hard: Alligator unfairly bashes

By Shannyn Schott | Oct. 14, 2007

Remember the time when you wanted Subway, but you didn't have any cash on you, so you starved? I do. Thankfully, Kevin Reilly changed that with "tangible results," and now Gators can use their credit and debit cards on campus. And didn't you give Student Government a LAUREL for their "tangible results" when it installed more blue lights on campus? Do you know who the chairwoman of that committee was? Kellie Dale. While her friends were out having fun, she was doing walk-throughs on campus with the University Police Department.

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Virginity too important to just give away

By Matthew Puopolo | Oct. 14, 2007

I read Colleen Shea's column Friday, and she wrote about how she is a college sophomore and still a virgin. So what? Still having your V-card is not something to be ashamed about. I just got married this summer. I was a virgin until my wedding night.

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Attend forum for new CLAS dean search

By Vanessa Goodwin | Oct. 14, 2007

I am writing this message as a member of the search committee for the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. We would like to invite you to an open forum Oct. 17 at Library East in Room 1A from 10 to 11 a.m. to solicit your ideas and opinions on this search.

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The time is now for environmental action

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 14, 2007

In case you didn't realize, climate change is a pretty big deal. So big a deal that Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to raise awareness about global warming. He shares the prize with the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Tuition increases won't make up for budget cuts

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 14, 2007

Friday was a busy day for the Florida Legislature. But at least it threw UF a bone - a ,4.8 million bone. UF expected to see its budget cut by ,26.9 million, but the Legislature only cut ,22.1 million.

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Darts & Laurels

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 11, 2007

Blah. That's how this week has been. We're all hitting that mid-semester slump. Midterms have turned us into hermits. Papers have us gnawing our pencils. Starbucks has probably sold more cups of coffee this week than all the previous weeks of this semester combined. And sleep? What's sleep? Maybe we'll finally find out this weekend. Hopefully your exams are coming to a close and you can clear those textbooks off your bed so you can, you know, sleep on it. But for now, take a five-minute study break for this week's high-stress edition of…

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College virgins out of place in hookup culture

By COLLEEN SHEA | Oct. 11, 2007

When people think of college, they probably think of a smorgasbord of sex. Education comes to mind too, but we college students live in an environment where sex is constantly on the brain.

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New Senate president won't bring change

By Mark McShera | Oct. 11, 2007

After the changing of the guard in the Student Senate, we now have another Gator Party insider attempting to implement the party's failed agenda.

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LSU fan apologizes for fans' misconduct

By Caitlin O'Sullivan | Oct. 11, 2007

I would like to apologize to UF fans, your football team and staff and Tim Tebow on behalf of the city of Baton Rouge. The classless things done (the cell phone incident) and said (I'm sure there are too many to say) are not a representation of Louisiana State University or its fans.

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Thanks for recognizing female athletes

By Stephanie Slade | Oct. 10, 2007

The Alligator made a very real contribution to UF's sports culture with Tuesday's article "The Family Business." Although football has rightfully maintained its cherished position at the epicenter of Gainesville life, the city and the school can only benefit when any one of the cadre of talented female athletes who represent The Gator Nation at the track or in the pool or on the volleyball court, soccer pitch or softball diamond receives deserved and positive attention.

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Eco-friendly plant good for Gainesville

By Eric Pheterson | Oct. 10, 2007

When I read the article "City OKs request for plant proposals," I couldn't quite get the grin off my face.

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Tuition based on inflation could cause frustration

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 10, 2007

Which do you want first, the good news or the bad?

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Gay? Fine by us.

By the Editorial Board | Oct. 10, 2007

Today would be a great day for you to reevaluate how you think about the people around you. What if you found out today that one of your friends were gay? What if your cousin told you he or she were transgender?

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Hurricane Katrina cannot be forgotten

Oct. 10, 2007

Today was a bad day. I failed another assignment. I missed the bus and got caught in the rain. I argued with my family. I stubbed my toe. The Reitz Union Food Court was out of spicy sushi rolls.

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Football player was treated unfairly

Oct. 9, 2007

Garrett Tyler and Jack Berry appear to have nothing to do with Tony Joiner. But there are moral lessons to be learned from Gators athletes leaving their sport and a football player's run-in with the law.