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NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Student Senate discusses parking, alcohol resolution
By SARA WATSON | July 15, 2009This fall, students will enjoy 300 more parking spaces than last semester.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
National resurgence of records noted locally
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | July 15, 2009While the CD bows out to digital music in terms of convenience, vinyl records are making a comeback nationwide with listeners who want more than a sound file.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF earns $26M grant
By THOMAS STEWART | July 15, 2009UF announced Tuesday it will receive a five-year, $26 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to cut the time it takes for scientific breakthroughs to become incorporated into medical practices.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Alligator editorial fails to justify Sotomayor support with facts
By Benjamin Camenker | July 15, 2009Tuesday's editorial regarding Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was filled with much of the same "empathy" we expect Sotomayor to rule with, but little fact.
METRO
Swine flu spreads in Gainesville
By THOMAS STEWART | July 15, 2009As confirmed and probable swine flu cases continue to mount across the state, the total exceeding 2,000, UF students have not been immune.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Tebow will take one of two ESPYs
July 15, 2009There are three events that consistently mark the middle of July on my calendar - the release of the annual update to EA Sports' NCAA Football game (which my colleague Adam Berry so generously opined on in Tuesday's paper), my birthday (today, time to do it big) and the always-interesting ESPY Awards.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Best health care reform strategy is unclear
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 15, 2009The wide-sweeping health insurance reform that President Barack Obama has promised is finally on its way to being delivered, and the Editorial Board is not sure how to feel about it.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Student Body president questions Machen’s meddling
By Jordan Johnson | July 15, 2009This fall many UF students will take the hour-and-a-half trek up to Jacksonville for the yearly tradition of the UF-Georgia football game. But if President Machen has his way, students will find a very different situation awaiting them in Jacksonville.
METRO
Traffic delays may last until 2011
By LINDSEY DURANT | July 15, 2009Drivers can expect traffic delays across central Gainesville to end no earlier than September 2011, according to a state official.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Country music offers support, advice for all stages of life
By Jon Silman | July 15, 2009It is the year of open-mindedness. We have a black president, and there's a good chance we'll have our first Hispanic Supreme Court judge. States are falling to gay marriage faster than the value of the American dollar. And the number one selling genre of music in our modern times is country.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Columnist ignored Obama critics
By Hubbard Harvey | July 15, 2009Soon-to-be-former Gov. Sarah Palin has been kicked around mercilessly by those who oppose her political views. Everything from her family to her wardrobe has been endlessly criticized.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Consistent Brooks leads to standout season for UF
July 13, 2009Four years ago, Sha Brooks may have wanted to play basketball for Tennessee.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF professor picked to lead neuropsychological society
By MADISON BEERBOHM | July 13, 2009A UF professor was announced Friday as the president-elect of the International Neuropsychological Society, a worldwide, nonprofit organization.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Enea rips through records on torn ACL
By ADAM BERRY | July 13, 2009During her junior year, Francesca Enea broke the UF career record for RBI, set the single-season RBI mark and shattered the school record for home runs in a career and a single season. And she basically did it all on only one good knee.
METRO
Muggings near campus rise
By THOMAS STEWART | July 13, 2009One UF student was robbed at gunpoint and another was kicked in the mouth in two muggings that occured over the weekend, according to police.
METRO
Students donate bicyles to needy
By ROBERTA O. ROBERTS | July 13, 2009For some, a bicycle is convenient. But for others, it can be a stepping stone to a better life.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Web site scams students unaware of free credit report law
July 13, 2009FreeCreditReport.com, the credit-reporting service owned by Experian, recently released its latest TV commercial in its ubiquitous "guy sings about his bad credit" ad campaign, which raises an important question: How the hell are these ads still on TV?
