THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Valentine's Day playlist
By Joey Flechas | Feb. 10, 2010Every day needs a soundtrack, especially the holiday of love.
COVID-19
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
All hugged out: Crist-Obama hug not that big of a deal
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 10, 2010Hugs don’t mean much to us.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Iran covering up ‘Lost’ set duplicate
Feb. 10, 2010The announcement by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of an Iranian surprise that will “punch” the rest of the world and leave them “stunned” was met with an exaggerated yawn this week from a Western media enervated by vague threats from heavily bearded men.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Put a sock in it
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 10, 2010This week, the Editorial Board is taking a page out of Bill Maher’s book and issuing a “New Rule” of our own: Celebrities and politicians are no longer allowed to speak in public.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Dance like a Pussycat Doll
By ALLISON BANKO | Feb. 10, 2010When flipping through music videos, it is difficult to keep your mouth from dropping at the sight of a Pussycat Dolls music video. Whether you are a boy or a girl confronted with the spectacle is irrelevant. The Dolls’ sultry demeanor and flawless stomachs causes most guys to contain themselves in their inseam and turns girls green with envy.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Gay or straight, a lonely Valentine's hurts
By Jared Misner | Feb. 10, 2010In the end, all we're looking for is someone to love.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF looks to limit Downey
By ADAM BERRY | Feb. 9, 2010There’s no easy way to stop South Carolina guard Devan Downey.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Gators shake up infield
By GREG LUCA< | Feb. 9, 2010At the end of the 2009 season, the general consensus was that the 2010 UF softball team’s infield would feature a quartet of upperclassmen ready to build on the excellence of the 2009 unit.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Werner gives little more than minutes
Feb. 9, 2010Of all the twists and turns in Florida’s unlikely basketball season, there’s one fact that I can’t wrap my mind around.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Florida getting the most from its bench
Feb. 9, 2010Jordan Jones started Sunday’s game against Mississippi State in an unfamiliar position: on the bench.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Gators women's golf team falls to 12th place after struggling in second round
By KELSIE HOECHERL | Feb. 9, 2010With 36 holes completed and one round left in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif., the UF women’s golf team dropped two spots to 12th place.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Graduate students may not have pay potential Reitz Union fee
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 9, 2010Student Body President Jordan Johnson recommended Tuesday that graduate assistants should not have to pay a potential fee to help fund the expansion of the Reitz Union.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF students attempt water balloon fight record
By VINCENT ALVARADO | Feb. 9, 2010This is the second time UF is hosting an event of this kind.
METRO
Melting Pot short changes workers
By ROXANNE FRASER Alligator Contributing Writer | Feb. 9, 2010Former employees still have not received valid final paychecks or W-2 forms, though the restaurant closed in September.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Student Senate allocates $5,000 to UF organizations
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Feb. 9, 2010Student Government senators allocated more than $5,000 to UF organizations at their meeting Tuesday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Chaplain Khalid Latif speaks for Islam Awareness Month
By Joey Flechas | Feb. 9, 2010Latif spoke to more than 60 people Tuesday night in the Reitz Union’s Rion Ballroom.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Two teams debate how to close racial gap in education
By MINCH MINCHIN | Feb. 9, 2010The U.S. Department of Education should be dismantled and the money given to individual states, according to a five-judge panel at the inaugural Great Gator Debaters policy debate Tuesday night between the Military Law Student Association and Esquire, the Society of Minority Pre-law Students.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Reitz Union Board offers students chance to find love
By TATIANA QUIROGA | Feb. 9, 2010UF students looking for a little love in the lonely days before Valentine’s Day got their chance at the Reitz Union Board Entertainment’s second annual Dating Game at the Orange & Brew Tuesday night.
METRO
Candidate Monica Cooper pushes for fiscally conservative actions
By ALISON SCHWARTZ | Feb. 9, 2010Editor’s Note: This is the third segment of the Face in the Race series.
