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Balloon Boy

Patrick Wanninkhof, a UF sophomore known today as the "Water Balloon Fight Man," performs jumping jacks at Turlington Plaza on Thursday afternoon.


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If we ignore them, they’ll go away

People of UF: In my first official column as the Friday columnist for the largest student-run newspaper in the country, I want to touch on a very important issue on campus — the provoking and condemning preachers. This isn’t a blanket statement for all preachers on campus, but only those who are hatefully insulting for the purpose of garnering attention.


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Plenty of options for helping Haiti

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday is the worst to shake the country in 200 years, claiming the lives of up to 50,000 people and affecting more than 3 million people world wide, according to the American Red Cross. The disaster has left a country already stricken with political instability, poverty and humanitarian conflict in an even more devastating state. So, in the wake of the tragedy, it’s important for us to ask ourselves: What can we do to help?



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