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GatorLAN gaming tournament coming to Reitz Union Grand Ballroom this Saturday for locals
By Angela Skane | Sep. 26, 2013Anthony Lopez spends 14 hours a week playing “League of Legends.”
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9 out of every 10 students drop out of massive open online courses
By Alex Harris | Sep. 26, 2013Online classes may be changing education, but students’ study habits are not.
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Public sees plans for UF walking, biking trail to be built in 2015
By Patricia Potestades | Sep. 26, 2013The Florida Department of Transportation presented the proposed route and design of a new walking and biking trail to be built on the UF campus in 2015 at an open house Thursday night.
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Gator Flugtag team wins People’s Choice award
By Angela Skane | Sep. 26, 2013At the beginning of the second day of voting for the People’s Choice award at National Red Bull Flugtag Miami, the Gator Aviators were in last place. Max Famiglietti, Jon Kistemaker, Chris Roda, Aaron Alanguilan and Rocky Flood started rallying for support.
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Dressing for fall in Florida
By Michelle Champalanne | Sep. 26, 2013As we’re all too familiar with, seasons in Florida just don’t exist. Temperatures rise and drop rapidly day by day, even in the heart of December. Watching the Northeast thrive in “fall weather” this past week was torture, let’s pretend we’re experiencing a rare cool front in September and need to break out our fall wardrobe.
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A year after being banned from campus, less luv luv luv from Turlington Dancer
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Sep. 25, 2013The Turlington Dancer, once known for his messages of peace and love, is wearing the same booty shorts but rocking a new attitude.
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Victims of "overflow housing" sound off
By Rebekkah Mar | Sep. 25, 2013On Aug. 7 Sarah Gold and her family filled a SUV with a bed comforter, multiple storage boxes and suitcases filled with clothes.
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Students have opportunity to read from favorite banned books on Plaza of the Americas today for Banned Book Week
By Brooke Austill | Sep. 25, 2013UF is encouraging students to burn through the pages of banned books.
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Golfweek rates UF's Mark Bostick Golf Course 20th best campus golf course
By Regina Sin | Sep. 25, 2013UF’s Mark Bostick Golf Course was recently ranked by Golfweek magazine as the 20th best campus golf course among others nationally.
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That expired milk in the back of your fridge may not be bad to drink after all
By Lauren Adamson | Sep. 25, 2013If only our food could talk, then there would be no confusion about what was still OK to eat or what should be thrown out. But of course, talking tomatoes would lead to a lot of general confusion and conflicted vegetarians.
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Student Senate does little at last pre-election meeting
By Colleen Wright | Sep. 24, 2013The last Student Senate meeting before Student Government Fall elections next week ended the current legislative session with a dull roar.
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Fraternity partnership to educate brothers on suicide prevention
By Thomas Lynn | Sep. 24, 2013Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ) has become the first fraternity to partner with national organization the Jed Foundation to promote mental health and suicide prevention at universities across the country — including through the fraternity’s UF chapter.
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San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro speaks to UF audience about being Hispanic and immigration
By Billy Jean Louis | Sep. 24, 2013In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the first Hispanic to give a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention spoke on campus Tuesday night about his career as a politician.
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UF Robotics team to try again in NASA competition
By Eric Bandin | Sep. 24, 2013After a robotic failure last year, UF’s NASA Robotics Mining Competition team is once again facing a simulated NASA interplanetary mission.
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DenTek "tooth fairies" to hold dental scavenger hunt with $100 prize Thursday
By Amanda Arevalo | Sep. 24, 2013The tooth fairy is coming to UF.
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Santa Fe College shows off new geological collection, complete with a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite
By Briana Erickson | Sep. 24, 2013A myriad of minerals, dinosaur fossils, petrified wood, agatized coral and a 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite graced the debut of Santa Fe College’s newest geological collection Tuesday afternoon.
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Final schedule released for upcoming Homecoming and Gator Growl
By Elizabeth Udell | Sep. 24, 2013UF’s Homecoming recently released its finalized schedule for its 90th anniversary in November.
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Eating cheap but still eating well
By Alexandra Booth | Sep. 24, 2013For most students, college comes as a bit of a culture shock, especially in terms of money. It’s hard to all of a sudden be limited to a budget which decides how much money you can spend per week.
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UF reacts to iOS 7
By Alexia Fernandez | Sep. 24, 2013With the fall semester well underway, Apple has introduced to the world a new look and feel to the iPhone: iOS 7.
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Out-of-the-ordinary Career Resource Center email wrongly sent to students Friday
By Alex Harris | Sep. 23, 2013Some UF students received an email from the Career Resource Center that was out of the norm Friday night.
