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Lens Flair
By Dana Burke | Mar. 23, 2011For the latest frills, flair and everything fashion, check out what our lens caught this week.
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UF students help unemployed become marketable
By Skylar Ramsey | Mar. 23, 2011UF students conducted mock interviews and revised resumes for 25 unemployed Gainesville residents Wednesday in order to help them become competitive job applicants.
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UF comedy club president headlining group's last Gator Nights show
By Sami Main | Mar. 23, 2011This week marks the last University Stand-Up Comedy Club show with Gator Nights of the semester.
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Lakeside Hall evacuated after kitchen fire
By Alex Orlando | Mar. 22, 2011A grease fire caused minimal damage in a Lakeside Residence Hall kitchen Monday night.
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Senate honors student who died on Spring Break
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 22, 2011Senators unanimously passed a resolution honoring the memory of UF freshman Molly Ammon, who was found dead March 13, during Tuesday night’s meeting.
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Graduate assistants protest anti-union bills
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 22, 2011Members of Graduate Assistants United, the union for all graduate assistants at UF, rallied Tuesday in protest of two proposed bills that would take away the rights of unions in Florida.
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Activist to discuss environmental impact of coal mining
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 22, 2011Larry Gibson knows how a mountain dies. He’s seen it happen in West Virginia, where he has watched the surrounding mountaintops become flattened in the name of coal mining.
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UF professor’s documentary chronicles his fight with cancer
By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 22, 2011John Kaplan likened the pain to what it must feel like to get shot.
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UF teachers union threatened by proposed bill
By A'Shayla Passaretti | Mar. 21, 2011UF’s teachers union is in jeopardy of being decertified and having its collective bargaining rights revoked.
Community
UF student recounts effects Libya attacks have on her family
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 21, 2011The swing set 20-year-old Mercedes Farhat saw in 2008 while visiting her father’s family in Tripoli, Libya, was a metal skeleton.
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Beatlemania week lets students express love for music
By Shelley Greenspan | Mar. 21, 2011UF students have the opportunity to experience life in the ‘60s and express their love for The Beatles by participating in events involving the life and times of the fab four.
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Festival to raise awareness for relief efforts in Japan
By Greene | Mar. 21, 2011When planning this year’s spring festival for the UF Japanese Club, Andrea Powell figured the event would be relatively similar to previous years.
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UF team hosts first annual Quidditch Swamp Cup over weekend
By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Mar. 20, 2011The scene at Kanapaha Park had all the symptoms of a typical Sunday afternoon.
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Census results show Alachua County continues to grow
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 20, 2011The 2010 census results show that the county grew by 29,381 people since 2000, putting the latest population count at 247,336.
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UF students perform Shakespeare's “Macbeth” on Plaza
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 20, 2011As the sun set over the Plaza of the Americas on Saturday night, three women with dirt-smudged faces, torn clothes and leaves in their tangled hair gathered around a tire.
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Students hypnotized during “Magical Mystery Tour” on Saturday
By Margeaux Nelson | Mar. 20, 2011UF junior Courtney Read said almost all she can recall from her hypnosis was riding a motorcycle in a sandy, cactus-filled desert in Arizona.
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Harn Museum of Art to open Asian art wing in spring 2012
By Danielle Alvarez | Mar. 20, 2011The Harn Museum of Art will open an expanded 26,000-square-foot Asian art wing to the public in spring 2012.
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Despite female majority on campus, ACCENT's speakers are predominantly male
By ANNIE BOGGS | Mar. 18, 2011While watching Matisyahu perform earlier this week, I started thinking about what other speakers have come to the University of Florida since my time here. While going through the names in my head, I quickly came to the conclusion that they have been overwhelmingly male.
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Kay Bros. BBQ opens near UF
By Melanie Brkich | Mar. 17, 2011The brothers and owners of Designer Greens restaurants in Gainesville and Orlando opened a third restaurant, Kay Bros. BBQ, during Spring Break.
