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NEWS
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CAMPUS
Extra tickets on sale for students
By Erin Jester | Aug. 30, 2011Gone are the days of sneaking friends and family members into Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, at least for the first two games of the Fall 2011 football season.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Notebook: Corner situation muddled with Riggs in cast
By MATT WATTS | Aug. 30, 2011Sophomore Cody Riggs appeared in front of reporters Tuesday with a cast on his right hand, further jumbling an already unsettled situation in Florida’s secondary.
METRO
Chow Now Food Truck parked for good
By Katherine Greene | Aug. 30, 2011New York City has DessertTruck Works. Austin, Texas, has the Queso Monster Truck. Gainesville had Annabelle.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Program links UPD, students on campus
By Morgan Watkins | Aug. 30, 2011The University Police doesn't just want to protect students who live on campus - it wants to foster a better relationship with them, too.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Weis to unveil new pro-style offense Saturday
By TOM GREEN | Aug. 30, 2011Charlie Weis came in with a plan when he became offensive coordinator on coach Will Muschamp’s staff.
METRO
Thornebrook Gallery celebrates 30th anniversary
By Emily Morrow | Aug. 30, 2011If you're a customer of the Thornebrook Gallery, Tricia Fisher probably knows you.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Meyers talks block tuition; SG budget proposed
By Clare Lennon | Aug. 30, 2011Student Government kicked off its first Senate meeting of the fall semester with a few representative changes, comments about block tuition and a budget presentation.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Communism, capitalism both failures
By Ryan Fenton | Aug. 30, 2011I have often heard it said that communism sounds good in theory or principle but does not succeed in reality. Stalin and Cuba serve as examples. Hayek and von Mises are quoted. On the historical examples, they are no doubt correct.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Plan backfired; U.S. misplays hand in ‘war on drugs'
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 30, 2011The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives did its best to wipe the blood off of its hands when its acting director, Kenneth Melson, resigned Tuesday.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Town mourns loss of historic post office
By Erin Jester | Aug. 30, 2011If you drive 20 minutes south from Gainesville on U.S. 441 and hang a left just before the "Welcome to Marion County" sign, you'll end up on a narrow, two-lane road that seems to take you back in time.
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CAMPUS
Reitz poster sale continues through end of this week
By Mina Radman | Aug. 30, 2011Last-minute shoppers still have a few days left to purchase their posters.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New fitness classes offered at campus recreation centers
By Brianna Kolota | Aug. 30, 2011Students now have two more ways to work on their fitness at UF.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Hillel to combine art, Jewish beliefs with painting event
By Emily Morrow | Aug. 30, 2011UF Hillel is starting the school year off with a paint-filled bang tonight at the first Art for the Jewish Heart event of the semester.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Humane Society supports UF's Meatless Mondays
By Paul Shapiro | Aug. 30, 2011Congratulations to UF for participating in Meatless Monday ("Meatless Mondays are vital for creating a healthier campus," Aug. 23).
METRO
Grooveshark creators seek to help young entrepreneurs
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 29, 2011It's not easy starting a business. Josh Greenberg and Sam Tarantino remember when they created Grooveshark, which now boasts about 15 million users in North America alone. They started in 2006, working on improvised desks of cardboard boxes.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Bachmann addresses comments at the last stop of her Florida tour
By Jon Silman | Aug. 29, 2011Hot off a remark she made Sunday in Sarasota about drilling in the Everglades, Michele Bachmann said she was "aghast" at the notion that she was taken out of context.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Government-housing prices jump
By Meredith Rutland | Aug. 29, 2011A middle-aged father, covered in faded tattoos and muscles softened by time, watches toddlers play in a stairwell shaded by a government-subsidized apartment.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Two UF alums start app-making company
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 29, 2011Parking, professionalism and dubstep have all become easier thanks to your fellow Gators.
NEWS
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FEATURES
Twenty-two-year-old acrobat stars in Cirque du Soleil show
By Emily Morrow | Aug. 29, 2011Amanda Orozco used to do pull-ups every day in front of a window that looked directly out on her dream.
