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UF student to appear on 'Wheel of Fortune'
By LYNSEY WILLIAMSON | Apr. 22, 2008Curiosity led Mary Katherine Smith to the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to spin that famous wheel.
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Floridance to showcase performance choreographed by students
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 22, 2008Floridance, UF's student-run dance company, invites the community to get "Caught in the Movement" and get caught doing a good deed on Sunday.
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Collegiate Veterans Society seeks to build memorial for local veterans
By JOEL MORA | Apr. 21, 2008As the United States enters the sixth year of the war in Iraq, a UF organization wants to install a memorial for local veterans who have served the country in the past 63 years.
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UF professor Lynn Bailey named Teacher Scholar of the Year
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 21, 2008At age 16, Lynn Bailey represented her home state of South Carolina in a nationwide 4-H competition for her research on nutrition and healthy dieting.
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UF to allow equipment-use fees in all colleges
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Apr. 21, 2008Equipment-use fees that UF piloted this semester in four colleges will be made available across the university this fall as part of a larger effort to generate funds in light of major budget cuts.
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Contacting UF trustees requires going through middleman
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 21, 2008At the beginning of the fall, all it took was two clicks from UF's home page to call up your favorite UF trustee and ask him or her your burning question. But not today.
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Exams keep UF students from families at Passover
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 20, 2008When Katie Krasne, a UF freshman, went out Saturday night, all she wanted was her family.
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UF group to combine arts for performance
By ERIN WILSON | Apr. 20, 2008Signs of Life, a UF student-run performance troupe, will merge hip-hop, acting, dancing, video, graffiti and more into an hour-long performance Monday and Tuesday in its new show, "Reaching Through the Static."
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LSU eyes Fouke for chancellor position
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Apr. 20, 2008UF Provost Janie Fouke, who announced her resignation from her post about a month ago, has been selected as one of six public candidates for the chancellor position at Louisiana State University.
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Emergency-message test deemed success by UF
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 20, 2008The first full-scale test of UF's emergency-notification system on Friday has been dubbed a success by UF officials, but questions about the text-messaging test still linger.
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UF updates policy for faculty-authored textbooks
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 20, 2008A UF council made recommendations to clean up a textbook-royalty policy for UF faculty members who assign books they authored in courses they teach.
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UF Equal Access Clinic provides health care to uninsured
By HAILEY MAC ARTHUR | Apr. 18, 2008It's a Thursday night in downtown Gainesville. While the rain is pouring, 13 people are standing in line outside a nondescript building.
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UF Equal Access Clinic provides health care to uninsured
By HAILEY MAC ARTHUR | Apr. 17, 2008It's a Thursday night in downtown Gainesville. While the rain is pouring, 13 people are standing in line outside a nondescript building.
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UF to test emergency text-message system
By KATIE SANDERS | Apr. 17, 2008UF plans to run a test of its emergency-notification system today.
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Machen still unsure about budget cuts
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 17, 2008Despite plans to announce next year's specific budget cuts at Thursday's Faculty Senate meeting, UF President Bernie Machen said he would delay his recommendations until the Florida Legislature ends its session and finalizes the state budget in May.
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International students face trials in adjusting to life in Gainesville
By YUDISLAIDY FERNANDEZ | Apr. 17, 2008Alma Othman arrived at the Gainesville Regional Airport after several connecting flights. To her, Gainesville was an unknown city in an unknown country. And she had no place to live.
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SFCC one step closer to offering bachelor's degree
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 17, 2008SFCC was one of five community colleges included in a Florida Senate bill that would upgrade them to four-year state colleges.
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SG replaces award banquet with donations to student groups
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 17, 2008Student Government officials gathered Wednesday night to reward their peers for their work this year, minus the $10,000 spent on banquets in past years.
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Matt Bai, Joe Trippi discuss role of media in presidential campaign at UF
Apr. 17, 2008In the midst of a political frenzy surrounding the 2008 presidential campaign, UF's Bob Graham Center for Public Service turned the focus from the candidates to the media.
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FIU threatens UF's lead in GoCrossCampus Florida Championship game
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Apr. 17, 2008The Gator Nation's armies have conquered almost 90 percent of the state of Florida.
