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Running club holds 5K race for charity
By Styliana Resvanis | Feb. 7, 2011Students interested in running for a good cause might want to consider joining GatorSOLES, a new UF organization.
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Taco Bell's damage control may cause more harm
By Brittany Brave | Feb. 7, 2011Taco Bell is getting defensive in response to a class-action lawsuit filed against the company last week.
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Students pass on sleep for charity
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 6, 2011Sleep Out for the Homeless was shut down early due to bad weather.
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Mentor program starting for gay students
By Marisa Gottesman | Feb. 6, 2011Pride Student Union is working on a mentorship program in the fall for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students.
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Life of Jamaican ‘icon’ celebrated
By Jessica Kramer | Feb. 6, 2011For three culture-infused hours, 66 years of life was celebrated.
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Vietnamese students celebrate lunar new year
By Rebecca Danta | Feb. 6, 2011People gathered to watch a yellow and purple lion puppet dance on stage to the beat of a drum and cymbal Saturday night, symbolizing good fortune in Vietnamese culture.
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This week in Gainesville
By Kat Bein | Feb. 6, 2011Feb. 9, 1968: Eleven people, including six UF students, are arrested by UPD during a protest of Dow Chemical Company’s campus recruitment and charged with trespassing.
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UF professor arrested for credit card fraud
By Kat Bein | Feb. 3, 2011A UF professor was arrested Jan. 27 by University Police on charges of funding trips to Malaysia on a UF credit card as far back as 2008, according to the police report.
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UF research team discovers six planets
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 3, 2011Finding a new planet isn’t the kind of thing that’s traditionally on a scientist’s daily itinerary. In the realm of science, it’s like winning a Super Bowl, meeting the pope and finding an extra $10 in your jeans all wrapped into one.
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Penn and Teller to perform at Phillips Center
By Angela Ribbler | Feb. 3, 2011Las Vegas magicians Penn and Teller have been making people laugh, cringe and gasp by sawing people in half, cracking jokes and exposing fraud for 30 years.
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Exhibit comparing animal and human abuse protests for animal’s rights
By Taeyeon Hong | Feb. 2, 2011In front of Library West, tall displays sit in a circle of 12 and depict the words, “Slaughtered. Mutilated. Imprisoned.”
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Pastor to discuss love
By Christopher Glidden | Feb. 2, 2011A prominent pastor and best-selling author and speaker will give advice and talk about his perspective on love in a daylong conference Saturday.
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Students can vote for Gator Growl 2011 performers through online survey
By Alexandra Frank | Feb. 2, 2011In an effort to increase student turnout at Gator Growl, students have the opportunity to complete a survey allowing them to submit suggestions and vote on artists and performers they wish to see perform.
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UF ranks second in number of Peace Corps volunteers
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 2, 2011The Gator Nation really is everywhere — according to the U.S. Peace Corps at least.
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UF students plan to give makeover to low-income school
By Kristin Lopopolo | Feb. 1, 2011Duval Elementary School is in danger of closing if its students do not improve their FCAT scores.
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Police continue investigating death of UF student
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 1, 2011The investigation of the death of a UF student remains open and ongoing, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
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Second Amendment needs another look
By David Grundy | Feb. 1, 2011Contrasting the recent Alligator poll, which found that 69 percent of respondents were against state permission for guns on campus, there have been few letters attempting to discredit the gun control position while ridiculing the holders of that opinion.
