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<title><![CDATA[Throwing your mother’s advice over the bridge]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Valerie Thornwell</p><br><p>
	 I’m sure you remember being in middle school and wanting to participate in stupid, illegal or possibly dangerous activities with your friends.


	 You would ask to go with them, and your mother’s response was always, “If your friends all jumped off...</p>]]>
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	 I’m sure you remember being in middle school and wanting to participate in stupid, illegal or possibly dangerous activities with your friends.


	 You would ask to go with them, and your mother’s response was always, “If your friends all jumped off...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Construction has silver lining]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/construction-has-silver-lining-1.2318130</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span></p><br><p>
	With all the new construction projects that are popping up around campus this semester, many students may feel that the school is inconveniencing them with its push to expand.

	People might complain that the construction is taking up valuable parkin...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:46:51 -0400</pubDate>
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	With all the new construction projects that are popping up around campus this semester, many students may feel that the school is inconveniencing them with its push to expand.

	People might complain that the construction is taking up valuable parkin...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social Security not dying]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/social-security-not-dying-1.2318129</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Bob Thomas</p><br><p>
	 Over the past month, there have been three items of interest pop up with regard to Social Security.


	 First, Social Security ran a deficit during the month of July.  Second, Social Security will be in the red by the year 2016. Finally, the privat...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:46:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[
	 Over the past month, there have been three items of interest pop up with regard to Social Security.


	 First, Social Security ran a deficit during the month of July.  Second, Social Security will be in the red by the year 2016. Finally, the privat...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beck is no king, just a  court jester]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/beck-is-no-king-just-a-court-jester-1.2318128</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Freedom Whiting</p><br><p>
	 This weekend, conservative commentator and Tea Party member Glenn Beck had his “Restoring Honor” rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.


	 When the rally was announced earlier this year, it was already under contention. Not because it was ...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:46:49 -0400</pubDate>
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	 This weekend, conservative commentator and Tea Party member Glenn Beck had his “Restoring Honor” rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.


	 When the rally was announced earlier this year, it was already under contention. Not because it was ...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Students scared about the unknowns after graduation]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/students-scared-about-the-unknowns-after-graduation-1.2232667</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span></p>Dr. Argo<br><p>Dr. Argo,
I'm going to be graduating this semester, and I'm really scared about getting a job. I'm majoring in broadcast journalism and have completed an internship, but I did not enjoy the work.
Plus, I've heard that it's difficult to get a job in jour...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:21:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Dr. Argo,
I'm going to be graduating this semester, and I'm really scared about getting a job. I'm majoring in broadcast journalism and have completed an internship, but I did not enjoy the work.
Plus, I've heard that it's difficult to get a job in jour...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Farewell from the old crew]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/farewell-from-the-old-crew-1.2232666</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span></p><br><p>The end of the spring semester is here, and that means graduates picking up their caps and gowns, sports teams wrapping up their seasons, new Student Government Association members being installed in their offices  and mdash; and a mostly new Voyager staf...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:21:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The end of the spring semester is here, and that means graduates picking up their caps and gowns, sports teams wrapping up their seasons, new Student Government Association members being installed in their offices  and mdash; and a mostly new Voyager staf...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Limbaugh’s rush to judgment]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/limbaugh-s-rush-to-judgment-1.2232665</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Freedom Whiting</p><br><p>Thanks to Rush Limbaugh, I get to write about my two favorite topics: politics and sports. Last week, the controversial and conservative radio personality put in a bid to become a minority owner for the St. Louis Rams.
Unsurprisingly, figures like Rev. A...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:21:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Limbaugh’s rush to judgment]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[Thanks to Rush Limbaugh, I get to write about my two favorite topics: politics and sports. Last week, the controversial and conservative radio personality put in a bid to become a minority owner for the St. Louis Rams.
Unsurprisingly, figures like Rev. A...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans make it too easy]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Mike Greear</p><br><p>I've picked on Republicans a lot this semester.  It's not entirely my fault, though.
Between them, their unofficial public relations department, Fox News, and their unofficial ground troops, the Tea Party, I've had a whole wealth of 'fail and rdquo; to w...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:21:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[I've picked on Republicans a lot this semester.  It's not entirely my fault, though.
Between them, their unofficial public relations department, Fox News, and their unofficial ground troops, the Tea Party, I've had a whole wealth of 'fail and rdquo; to w...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Only the senseless deny filling out the U. S. census]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/only-the-senseless-deny-filling-out-the-u-s-census-1.2221285</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Freedom Whiting</p><br><p>Before President Obama signed the health care reform bill there wasn't much getting done in Washington, at least in the substantial sense that citizens of Main Street could feel.
This stagnation from Washington stems mostly from pointless filibustering f...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:18:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Before President Obama signed the health care reform bill there wasn't much getting done in Washington, at least in the substantial sense that citizens of Main Street could feel.
This stagnation from Washington stems mostly from pointless filibustering f...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[America’s budget needs help]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/america-s-budget-needs-help-1.2221284</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Daniel Todd</p><br><p>The national debt is nearing $13 trillion  and mdash; and it's rising quickly.  I find that most Americans do not grasp the enormity of this situation.
While the debate rages about whether Americans should have nationalized health care or not, one questi...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:18:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[America’s budget needs help]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[The national debt is nearing $13 trillion  and mdash; and it's rising quickly.  I find that most Americans do not grasp the enormity of this situation.
While the debate rages about whether Americans should have nationalized health care or not, one questi...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Do the right thing, Gov. Crist]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/do-the-right-thing-gov-crist-1.2221283</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span></p><br><p>There is a bill sitting on Gov. Charlie Crist's desk that, if signed into law, will upend Florida's entire K-12 education system.
The Senate and the House both passed SB 6, a bill designed to overhaul teacher pay and evaluation methods, despite oppositio...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:18:52 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[There is a bill sitting on Gov. Charlie Crist's desk that, if signed into law, will upend Florida's entire K-12 education system.
The Senate and the House both passed SB 6, a bill designed to overhaul teacher pay and evaluation methods, despite oppositio...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lying Fox attacks watchdog]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/lying-fox-attacks-watchdog-1.2221282</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Mike Greear</p><br><p>Last Monday, the watchdog web site Wikileaks, a place built like Wikipedia where people from all over the internet can anonymously post classified information, released a video of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter gunning down unarmed Iraqis in 2007, includin...</p>]]>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Lying Fox attacks watchdog]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[Last Monday, the watchdog web site Wikileaks, a place built like Wikipedia where people from all over the internet can anonymously post classified information, released a video of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter gunning down unarmed Iraqis in 2007, includin...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Listen to what nature has to say]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/listen-to-what-nature-has-to-say-1.2221281</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Ron Besser</p><br><p>Do you hear what I hear? Probably not.
The other morning, Marty White, part of WXBM's 'Marty and Linda in the Morning, and rdquo; broke the news that a jogger on Hilton Head Beach, S.C. had been killed by a plane that landed on the beach in an emergency....</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:18:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Do you hear what I hear? Probably not.
The other morning, Marty White, part of WXBM's 'Marty and Linda in the Morning, and rdquo; broke the news that a jogger on Hilton Head Beach, S.C. had been killed by a plane that landed on the beach in an emergency....]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[SGA goes green with energy fund]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Daniel Osborn</p><br><p>At the Student Government Association Senate meeting on Friday, March 26, the SGA passed a resolution in support of the 'Student Green Energy Fund bill and rdquo; (Fla. Senate Bill 778) that is currently in the Florida Legislature.
The campaign for the S...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:25:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[At the Student Government Association Senate meeting on Friday, March 26, the SGA passed a resolution in support of the 'Student Green Energy Fund bill and rdquo; (Fla. Senate Bill 778) that is currently in the Florida Legislature.
The campaign for the S...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[A vote for the common man]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Rick Milliken</p><br><p>This was my first year voting in the Student Government Association elections, despite being my seventh year in college.
Maybe it was all the excitement from last year's presidential election, or my deeper involvement with campus happenings, or the fact ...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:25:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[This was my first year voting in the Student Government Association elections, despite being my seventh year in college.
Maybe it was all the excitement from last year's presidential election, or my deeper involvement with campus happenings, or the fact ...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Join the Voyager team for fall]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/join-the-voyager-team-for-fall-1.2212888</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span></p><br><p>Last week's editorial was a joke  and mdash; no minions of Rupert Murdoch have taken over The Voyager newsroom  and mdash; but it echoed a reality that is swiftly approaching: With the end of the spring semester, at least half of the current staff will be...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:25:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Join the Voyager team for fall]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[Last week's editorial was a joke  and mdash; no minions of Rupert Murdoch have taken over The Voyager newsroom  and mdash; but it echoed a reality that is swiftly approaching: With the end of the spring semester, at least half of the current staff will be...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tea party has double standards]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Mike Greear</p><br><p>Over the last 18 months or so, Tea Party activists have made a lifestyle out of traveling around America and protesting Obama's health care overhaul.
Now that the bill has been signed, sealed and delivered, the Tea Party is probably going to need somethi...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Apr 2010 15:25:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Tea party has double standards]]></media:title>
<media:description><![CDATA[Over the last 18 months or so, Tea Party activists have made a lifestyle out of traveling around America and protesting Obama's health care overhaul.
Now that the bill has been signed, sealed and delivered, the Tea Party is probably going to need somethi...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obamacare solves nothing]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Bob Thomas</p><br><p>The administration just doesn't seem to get the message and is at it again with Obamacare.
The Wall Street Journal's analysis of the current proposal is that it combines the worst of the previous House and Senate bills.
The administration and Congress n...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The administration just doesn't seem to get the message and is at it again with Obamacare.
The Wall Street Journal's analysis of the current proposal is that it combines the worst of the previous House and Senate bills.
The administration and Congress n...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Important legislation at UWF, too]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/important-legislation-at-uwf-too-1.2198595</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span></p><br><p>The United States House of Representatives passed health care legislation late Sunday that will affect almost every American in some way. If you backed the bill, you see this as a historic victory.
If not, you may see this as the end of America as we kno...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[The United States House of Representatives passed health care legislation late Sunday that will affect almost every American in some way. If you backed the bill, you see this as a historic victory.
If not, you may see this as the end of America as we kno...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[I tea bagged and I liked it]]></title>
<link>http://www.thevoyager.net/opinion/i-tea-bagged-and-i-liked-it-1.2198594</link>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Freedom Whiting</p><br><p>I've heard comments that my 'opinion and rdquo; columns are slanted and tend to be one-sided.
So, not wanting to be the only opinion columnist with his own 'slanted and rdquo; opinion, I decided to watch a whole hour of Glenn Beck on Fox News  and mdash;...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:34:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[I've heard comments that my 'opinion and rdquo; columns are slanted and tend to be one-sided.
So, not wanting to be the only opinion columnist with his own 'slanted and rdquo; opinion, I decided to watch a whole hour of Glenn Beck on Fox News  and mdash;...]]></media:description>
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