THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
PostSecret creator to speak at Phillips Center
By MEAGAN MCGONE | Sep. 9, 2009Can you keep a secret? Well, Frank Warren can.
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OPINION
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EDITORIALS
President Obama fails to unite parties after speech
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Sep. 9, 2009If President Obama's speech did not manage to turn Republican members of Congress last night onto the idea of major health care reform, it will be a huge political failure and a huge disappointment.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Role-playing taps into fantasies
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | Sep. 9, 2009A good friend of mine was recently in need of a "sexy librarian" outfit for a costume party and requested my expertise in locating the appropriately slut-tastic attire. After some shopping, I ensured that my friend was sexed up in a button-down blouse, tight-fitting pencil skirt, yellow Calvin Klein glasses, six-inch black heels and a neon blue corset. Weeks later I discovered that her supposed costume party was actually a party for two to indulge the fantasies of her nerdy boyfriend.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Mullen gearing up for SEC opener
Sep. 9, 2009Last year's Mississippi State-Auburn match-up garnered plenty of national headlines but not for good reasons.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
College of Nursing dean finalist for Georgia Southern University presidency
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 9, 2009Kathleen Long, dean of UF's College of Nursing, has been tapped as one of the finalists for the presidency of Georgia Southern University, located in Statesboro, Ga.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Cat proves too much in battle of man versus beast
By ERIK VOSS | Sep. 9, 2009Classic "man versus beast" tales feature bears or sharks. Mine features a cat named Monkey.
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SPORTS
Jones-Drew back at practice after missing time with leg injury
Sep. 9, 2009THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Books do not need to be literary
By Caitlin Prichard | Sep. 9, 2009I picked up "Twilight" because my roommates told me that I'd love it and I wouldn't be able to put it down, not because I was expecting the next great American novel or anything of the sort. While I don't know if "Twilight" has any literary value (in whatever sense of the phrase you mean, that is), I do know that I've never heard anyone claiming that it does. So what if high school students of the future never end up analyzing examples of conflict in the books and underlining metaphors describing Edward's appearance as akin to David? And for that matter, "Harry Potter" isn't scheduled to reach the classroom any time soon, either. It's still highly entertaining when I want to lose myself in a fictional story.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Pop culture updates: Harry Potter actors caught with marijuana
By Alex Orlando | Sep. 9, 2009You might have had fun this past weekend, yelling Asher Roth's "I Love College" at your buddies across the beer pong table, but it was no such party for "Harry Potter" star Joshua Herdman.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Jumpball: College fans just dedicated to team
Sep. 9, 2009As usual, Kyle Maistri chooses to focus on the negatives and neglects the overwhelming positives about you, the college football fan. He fails to understand your unwavering passion and misconstrues your enthusiastic nature for something that it's not. Forgive him. He doesn't know any better. Unlike you and me, he doesn't embrace the joy of spending Saturday with 90,000 good friends.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF professor charged with assault, placed on leave
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | Sep. 9, 2009A UF professor was arrested and charged with sexual assault, stalking, unarmed burglary and burglary with assault or battery Sunday night after allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
"Up" portrays awkward American life
By MARGARET GRECO | Sep. 9, 2009Just so you know, "Up" is a play based on the life and family of a man who tied balloons to a lawn chair and ended up 16,000 feet in the air, not a stage adaptation of the 2009 Disney-Pixar cartoon with the same name. As long as you know this, you probably won't be confused for the entire first act by the lack of old men, little boys and flying houses. Not that I was. I can just imagine the confusion it might cause.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Hines emerges as possible option to add depth at receiver
Sep. 9, 2009When it comes to playing time, one player's setback is another player's opportunity.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"Twilight" inspires new readers
By Dana Connell | Sep. 9, 2009In regards to the "Twilight" article, I agree that the series has no literary value. But then again, I have heard no one in my daily travels claiming that it is of literary merit. To attack something that isn't even claimed to be "literary" seems like too much wasted effort to me. I read the books when I was a freshman here, and I thought they were very entertaining. That was the goal, right? They had the same effect on me that "Harry Potter" did, to be perfectly honest, mainly because I didn't think "Harry Potter" was high-quality writing either. And although "Wuthering Heights" may be great writing, when was the last time anyone lost themselves in that book?
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Bobby K collection seeks to empower women, show passion
By REBEKAH GEIER | Sep. 9, 2009Breaking up has never looked so damn good.
METRO
Hundreds of volunteers clean up preschools and outreach centers
By Laura Montalto | Sep. 9, 2009Hundreds of volunteers dedicated their time to help better the Gainesville community at the annual United Way Day of Action on Wednesday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
New Board of Trustees chairman takes seat at first meeting
By THOMAS STEWART | Sep. 9, 2009There won't be any tailgating. There won't be anyone scalping tickets. There won't even be alcohol, much less drunk fans playing beer pong along University Avenue with ESPN blaring from a TV in the background.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Health care debate ignores zombies
Sep. 9, 2009In a few years, Sarah Palin will be a hot forty-something with her own little media empire. The thing we may remember most about Sarah Smile, though, could be the way she hijacked the multifaceted debate about end-of-life care and turned the whole thing into a screaming match about government "death panels."
