OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Smarty pants
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 6, 2010We’re, like, the smartest city in Florida, y’all!
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NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE
Student balances school with animal care
By Jillian Kremer | Dec. 6, 2010It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday when Bret Denney gets a call from his boss. One of the pigs is in serious trouble.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Professor debunks familial ideals
By Sara Solano | Dec. 6, 2010The idea that it’s “All in the Family” may seem like a notion abandoned in the golden age of the 1950s, but a UF professor is striving to teach Americans that the traditional family structure heralded as ideal doesn’t ensure picture-perfect families.
METRO
C-SPAN brings digital bus
By Alyssa Villarreal | Dec. 6, 2010C-SPAN is previewing a new Digital Bus in Gainesville on Wednesday, making a stop at Eastside High School and Cox Digital Store located on Northwest 43rd Street.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Gainesville alumni propose Gator Club
By Rachel Raddatz | Dec. 6, 2010In an effort to foster ties within The Gator Nation, the UF Alumni Association will soon have a new Gator Club in Gainesville.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
UF looks to rebound from loss
By MATT WATTS< | Dec. 6, 2010Florida’s performance this season has been somewhat of a puzzle.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Hillel reassembles uprooted menorah
By Samantha Liebhaber | Dec. 6, 2010The UF Jewish community reassembled the large menorah in the Hillel garden in an effort to stand against hate.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Public speaks out about UPD
By Kat Bein | Dec. 6, 2010The UF Police Department’s national accreditation is being re-evaluated, and students, faculty and citizens had the chance to put in their two cents Monday afternoon at a public forum held at the UPD administration building on Museum Road.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Engineering students show off flying, fetching robots
By Alexander Klausner | Dec. 6, 2010They are still a long way from C-3PO, R2-D2 and WALL-E, but over the course of the fall semester, the UF mechanical and electrical engineering students took cracks at creating their own robots.
METRO
Grooveshark University to teach website skills
Dec. 6, 2010Grooveshark.com, a music-streaming website founded by two former UF students, is giving programmers an opportunity to learn about the technology that makes it work by offering a free 12-week-long lecture series to college students.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Cornhole tournament raises money for Zimbabwe
By Matthew Riva | Dec. 5, 2010Beanbags and sparks flew on the windy roof above Beef ‘O’ Brady’s at the Holiday Inn on Sunday afternoon.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Senator admits ethics violations
By Shaneece Dixon | Dec. 5, 2010Florida Senate President and UF lecturer Mike Haridopolos admitted Friday that he made some ethical lapses over financial disclosures related to his employment at UF.
METRO
Homeless seek shelter from cold
By Meredith Rutland | Dec. 5, 2010When she was manager of a Palatka Huddle House, she would give coffee to homeless men who stopped by the restaurant. Now Kim Justice, 50, has been homeless for about a year.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Psychologist offers advice for ways to de-stress during finals
By JULIA JACOBO | Dec. 5, 2010These tips will help you study for hours while keeping that volatile mood at bay.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
UF to face Penn St. in Outback Bowl
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Dec. 5, 2010After a disappointing season, the Gators received some surprising news.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF grads hope ‘Dorito Pong’ video will be Super Bowl ad
By Liberty Bostwick | Dec. 5, 2010Theater graduates Nick Greene and Ryan George have entered a commercial in a contest to win a spot in the Super Bowl lineup of advertisements for Doritos.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Shooting woes prove costly in upset loss to Brown
By MATT WATTS< | Dec. 5, 2010Florida finally showed its youth.
METRO
For cage fighters, sport is physical and emotional
By Morgan Watkins | Dec. 5, 2010Andrew Tamayo steps into the cage.
