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Election prep:part four
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug. 6, 2018Endorsements, much like winter in Westeros, are coming. The Alligator will be gathering information provided from most candidates for most offices in the coming weeks.
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Election Prep: Part 2
By EDITORIAL BOARD | July 23, 2018We’re chugging right along with our four-part series on the upcoming primary election Aug. 28. Alachua County residents have until July 30 to register or change party affiliations in order to vote for candidates in their party.
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Absent Minded: Faculty should embrace textbook savings law
By EDITORIAL BOARD | June 9, 2008The true measure of any college's or university's success is found in the quality and dedication of its faculty members. While a prescient administration and an intellectually eager and engaged student body are also essential elements of a successful institution of higher learning, without committed professors who challenge us academically and inculcate a life-long love of learning, the university system fails.
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Mad Money: Surplus funds raise serious questions
By EDITORIAL BOARD | June 2, 2008Over the past couple of weeks, we have dedicated copious editorial real estate to defending President Bernie Machen's proposed $47 million budget cuts as a necessary response to the Florida Legislature's abysmal failure to fully fund the state's university system. It now appears that we have been duped.
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A Senseless Death
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep. 16, 2007Only a few hours after a UF student died, presumably in an alcohol-related car accident, UF President Bernie Machen used the news to fuel the fire against underage drinking.
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Darts & Laurels
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep. 13, 2007It's been a busy week for the Department of Darts & Laurels. So much has been going on around campus. We've been so busy gathering quotes for "Overheard in Gainesville" and avoiding the Turlington preacher, we've barely had time to cross West University Avenue for a bite to eat or a pitcher to drink. Somehow we managed. But we also managed to bring you a special all UF, all the time edition for this week's…
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Soda Quota
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep. 11, 2007If you're addicted to caffeine - like so many college students are - you've probably noticed that soft drinks cost more on campus than they did last year. But did you notice that water, fruit drinks, Gatorade and Starbucks beverages' prices stayed the same?
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Corporation Nation
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep. 5, 2007This editorial brought to you by Speed Stick deodorant because our office is hot and smelly.
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Pointless Protest
By EDITORIAL BOARD | Sep. 5, 2007We want to start this off by saying we have nothing against protesting. We are firm supporters of First Amendment rights - this newspaper exists because of them, and we've been independent from UF since 1973.
