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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Yale professor kicks off humanities speaker series with talk on cultural cognition

By Niko Pifferetti | Sep. 11, 2013

On the most polarizing scientific issues like climate change, more knowledge does not necessarily lead to more agreement. Or so said science communication theorist and Yale law professor Dan Kahan when he gave the first presentation Wednesday for the 2013-2014 Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Speaker Series, “‘Civil’ Society?”

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Hub renovations over budget but students now reaping benefits

By Isha Choksi | Sep. 11, 2013

The Hub may not be new, but students are noticing its improvements.

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METRO

Event offers wine-tasting for a cause

By Grace Kim | Sep. 11, 2013

The Fresh Market and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation are teaming up for a wine-tasting soiree to be held Sept. 12. All of the proceeds will go toward research for Type 1 diabetes.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Market for new iPhone models seen among high school and college students

By Melissa Dukes | Sep. 11, 2013

There’s a new iPhone in town, and it’s easier on the eyes and the wallet.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

Study says teacher underperformance linked to tenure

By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Sep. 11, 2013

Professors dimming the lights and reading off PowerPoint slides is nothing new to college students, but a new study from Northwestern University states a teacher’s underperformance might be due to tenure.

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METRO  |  POLITICS

Record number of students slate for October elections

By Colleen Wright | Sep. 11, 2013

After a slow start, more students qualified and slated for UF Student Government Senate seats than last semester.

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METRO

Terry Jones arrested in Polk County, found with gas-soaked Qurans

By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 11, 2013

MULBERRY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the Rev. Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center — which left Gainesville this summer — on Wednesday afternoon after they found a smoker full of kerosene-soaked Qurans attached to the car he was riding in.

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METRO

Porters Community Farm preps for workshops, next growing season

By Regina Sin | Sep. 11, 2013

By 10 a.m. Tuesday, locals were already bent over in the rich soil of Porters Community Farm, kneeling and pulling weeds to prepare for planting the next crop: lettuce.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Review those privacy settings — Facebook starting to track #trends

By Sarah Lapp | Sep. 11, 2013

On Monday, Facebook rolled out two new interfaces that will make the social media platform more public. By collecting valuable feedback, it’s becoming more like Twitter, some locals say.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Naked Juice settles GMO class-action lawsuit, consumers can be reimbursed

By Alex Harris | Sep. 11, 2013

Naked Juice may be leaving its customers feeling a little less bare after the conclusion of a class action legal settlement, and UF students may reap the benefits.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF Health migraine researchers discover source of throbbing pain is brain waves, not heartbeat

By RJ Schaffer | Sep. 11, 2013

UF Health scientists have discovered that the source of throbbing pain in migraines comes from alpha brain waves, not the heartbeat. These new findings could result in changes in how people receive therapy.

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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

HIV-positive writer and activist Regan Hofmann to speak at Reitz today

By Billy Jean Louis | Sep. 11, 2013

Award-winning journalist and HIV and AIDS activist Regan Hofmann will speak at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom today.

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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Wine thief tries to gouge out officer’s eyes

By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 11, 2013

A Gainesville man was arrested after attempting to gouge out a police officer’s eyes over a bottle of wine Tuesday.

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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

The NSA can now exploit and crack your data — what do you have to hide?

Sep. 11, 2013

We’re on the verge of a second civil war.

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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

We Can’t Stop: Why do we turn to pop culture in turmoil?

Sep. 11, 2013

When I find myself in times of trouble/Miley Cyrus comes to me/speaking words of wisdom:/”la-da-dee-da-dee, we like to party.”

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NEWS

Ladies who lift

By Cassidy Whitson | Sep. 11, 2013

Who wants to bring a whole new meaning to the phrase “Girl power?”

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NEWS

My loans dropped it like it’s hot

By Ashley Mondesir | Sep. 11, 2013

Loans have dropped and like the good student that you are supposed to be, you should go out and use it to buy books and school supplies or put it aside and use it to repay debts that you will accumulate throughout your college career. However, you and I both know that you are not a good student and you are going to use that loan money to buy anything but school supplies.

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THE AVENUE  |  MOVIES AND TV

Expect the unexpected during ‘Big Brother 15’ final eviction

By Desmond | Sep. 11, 2013

Season 15 of “Big Brother” has been particularly spectacular with the MVP twist, the creation and decimation of the Moving Company, the unprecedented return of an evicted HouseGuest, the numerous shattered showmances and the racial controversy.

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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Official trailer for Grand Theft Auto V released

By Lawrence Chan | Sep. 11, 2013

Rockstar Games recently released the official trailer for Grand Theft Auto V, the newest iteration into Rockstar’s crime-oriented open-world franchise.

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THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

UF alumnus searches for funding to publish third novel

By Chabeli Herrera | Sep. 11, 2013

High-powered entrepreneur and former UF graduate Paxton Atwood faces a nightmarish partnership with his older sister in the fictitious world of “The Curse of the Older Sister.”