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Midtown gets crafty as summer business slows
By Kelli Folse | May 30, 2011The summer heat has arrived. Students have fled the city, and the midtown business drought is on.
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Online courses continue to gain popularity at UF
By Amanda Eatman | Apr. 19, 2011UF freshman Eric Olson walked into his first macroeconomics class in Bryan Hall in fall 1980 not knowing what to expect.
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Innovation Square takes shape
By Hannah Winston | Apr. 19, 2011UF President Bernie Machen announced Tuesday that planning is under way for two new buildings in Innovation Square.
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Closed dog business’s future in hands of City Committee
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 18, 2011It’s up to a Gainesville City Commission committee to decide whether Bruce Baber can have his business back.
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Twelve UF restaurants cited for minor health code violations
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 12, 2011In the past year, 12 of the 46 eateries at UF violated state and county health codes, according to inspections by the County Health Department.
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Academic Cred: Professors shouldn’t be “strictly business”
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 28, 2011Professors might want to rethink how their students perceive them. In a study published in the March issue of Learning, Media and Technology, researchers found that professors who reveal a bit of their personal lives are viewed as being more credible and more caring by students.
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Business magazine ranks UF in top 50 business programs
By Mina Radman | Mar. 13, 2011The Warrington College of Business Administration has been ranked one of the top 50 business programs in the country.
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Student DJ defies gender stereotypes
By Kat Bein | Feb. 10, 2011When Kayla Radics goes to work, she knows people will stare. She can feel the eyes sizing her up as she puts on her headphones and starts her computer. They’re locked on her every move, waiting for her to screw up or show weakness.
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Gainesville can revitalize its job market with policy changes
By Thomas Hawkins | Feb. 8, 2011What is the city’s role in job creation?
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City Commission denies local resident to run a dog-walking business from home
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 3, 2011The City Commission overturned an earlier ruling Thursday that allowed Bruce Baber to run his dog-walking business from his house.
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Dog walker faces commission to keep business open
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 31, 2011When going from the corner of 18th Terrace and Seventh Avenue to find Bruce Baber, you can’t help but notice the signs.
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Crowd of 800 slurps soup from local restaurants
By Danielle Alvarez | Jan. 30, 2011St. Francis Catholic High School hosted its fourth annual Souper Fun Sunday event at the high school’s gymnasium, 4100 NW 115 Terrace.
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Student loses everything in apartment fire
By Jon Silman | Jan. 27, 2011In those bleary-eyed minutes between 8:49 and 8:53 a.m., there was just an eerie calm. When I look back on it, I want to say I knew. I knew that those voices yelling outside were firemen’s, and my building was on fire; I knew that I grabbed all my belongings, including my cat, and heroically ran outside to help. It didn’t happen like that.
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Local business owners appreciate tax break package
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 4, 20112011 might be Steve Raye’s best year.
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UF not setting a good business example
By CHRIS MOODY | Nov. 7, 2010Block tuition is not only foolish, but it’s also unrealistic.
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Local apartment reps tout off-campus living
By Mina Radman | Nov. 2, 2010Students gathered in the Reitz Colonnade on Tuesday to pick up free prizes, free food and information about off-campus student living.
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The Fest 9 means business for local restaurants
By Cristina Rabaza | Oct. 31, 2010From neighborhood regulars to visitors from as far as Europe, more than 280 bands and thousands of fans turned downtown into a giant punk playground at Gainesville’s annual punk rock festival this past weekend.
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Students’ business plans could net cash from mtvU
By Laura Hampson | Sep. 20, 2010MtvU and the New York Stock Exchange are offering $25,000 to college students with an original, socially conscious, innovative and potentially profitable business proposal that uses social media to market the business.
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Desperate Times? Maybe Not!
By Jonathon Arton | Sep. 15, 2010Due to the recent recession and records of high unemployment, the question regarding a college student’s future has become a little more uncomfortable to contemplate.
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Hough Hall namesake has long history as a Gator
By Brittany Alana Davis | Sep. 8, 2010When Bill and Hazel Hough donated the self-portrait that hangs in the new William R. Hough Hall, they chose a modern, multidimensional piece from their home in Aspen, Colo.
