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UF gets $5 million to study bugs
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 20, 2011Attention insects: You’re about to be put under the microscope.
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Speaker shares struggles of her Muslim upbringing
By Joshua Jurnovoy | Jan. 20, 2011More than 200 people crowded into the Pugh Hall Ocora Thursday night to hear Ayaan Hirsi Ali speak.
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UF grad is new breed of entrepreneur
By Kat Bein | Jan. 20, 2011Taylor McKnight has always been ambitious.
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Textbook rental programs pay off for students
By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Jan. 20, 2011This academic year, the UF Bookstore is running a textbook rental program that saved students a total of more than half a million dollars in the summer and fall semesters.
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AMPED: UF jumper Will Claye
By Kelly Richard | Jan. 19, 2011Four-time All-American jumper Will Claye has enjoyed soaring through the air since elementary school. And today, what really gives the UF athlete and 2009 NCAA outdoor men’s triple jump champion momentum is a super-energetic collection of gospel and rap music.
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Student activism responsible for stalling tuition overhaul
By Dave Schneider | Jan. 19, 2011There’s a reason we don’t celebrate Lyndon Johnson Day. This past Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I spent a lot of time thinking about the civil rights movement.
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Writing on the Wall project to be built Jan. 23
By Ashley Fierman | Jan. 19, 2011The Inter-Residence Hall Association will be sponsoring the ninth annual Writing on the Wall Project to help break through social, ethnic and religious boundaries within our society.
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Stacks of skeletons pile up at old museum
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 19, 2011An ecosystem of the dead rests hidden behind tendril-covered walls, guarded by a skeleton shark.
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Unicycle Unit prepares for one-wheeled polo tournament
By Allysar Hassan | Jan. 19, 2011You may spot them riding down Southwest 13th Street on their way to Krispy Kreme, or perhaps going through the drive-thru at McDonald’s — balanced, poised and beaming with enthusiasm and talent.
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Verizon to start selling iPhone
By Kiera Wright-Ruiz | Jan. 18, 2011Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that Apple’s iPhone will be available to Verizon users.
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SG meets with city officials to discuss student issues
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 18, 2011City and university interests joined forces in their first joint meeting in recent years to discuss issues concerning students, from taxi fares to apartment price gouging.
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Nursing student remembered as warm and caring
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 18, 2011Shayna Teijido, a UF nursing senior, died Monday due to complications involving blood clots in her lungs.
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Dance professor produces film to air on PBS tonight
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 18, 2011Instead of using words and ideas to tell a story, Joan Frosch prefers to use feet.
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Improv comedy groups prepare for annual festival
By Miguel Chateloin | Jan. 18, 2011Luke Sipka enters from stage right portraying a member of a marching band, based on a situation suggested by the audience.
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UF block tuition: not now, not ever
By Ben Meyers | Jan. 18, 2011With the exception of Gators football, I have not seen anything in my years at UF that has united the student body quite like block tuition.
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Class Act: Bill meant to involve parents falls flat
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Jan. 18, 2011When state Rep. Kelli Stargel filed a bill that would require elementary school teachers to grade not only students’ progress but parents’ participation, we rejoiced a little.
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UF Bookstore's $15 Microsoft Office sale caused waiting lines
By Alexander Klausner | Jan. 18, 2011Sales of UF’s discounted Microsoft Office discs have been bringing business to both the UF Bookstore and the Computer Help Desk.
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Run raises $6,000 for Haiti
By Daniela Guzman | Jan. 17, 2011The running support of UF students for the people of Haiti warmed up a particularly cold morning Saturday.
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Students respond to changed zodiac signs
By Leila Milgrim | Jan. 17, 2011After finding out about the zodiac change, Dana Orlando logged on to Facebook and posted, “What is an Ophiuchus, and why am I now one of these?”
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Haridopolos to run for Senate
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 17, 2011The race for one of Florida’s U.S. Senate seats is officially under way, and UF has one of its own professors in the political battle.
