METRO
Two UF students robbed
By KATIE EMMETS | Mar. 2, 2009In separate crimes, two UF students were pushed down and robbed late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
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OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Street Smarts
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 2, 2009In Philadelphia's prominent South Street corridor, the economic downturn has brought resurgence of one word rarely spoken these days - opportunity.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Shipman grows restless with defensive role
Mar. 2, 2009The transition from high school to college hasn't been an easy one for Ray Shipman.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
On–campus gym fails to consider the basic needs of males
By Joshua Nederveld | Mar. 2, 2009My gym partner and I have been pretty consistent this semester, and as lifting heavy weights is only a passing distraction for me, I take almost every opportunity I can get to people watch. I've noticed a disturbing trend: A divide exists between male and female gym-goers.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
'Scrubs' star speaks to about 1,700 at UF
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Mar. 2, 2009Actor and film director Zach Braff ran onto the stage with a Red Bull clutched in his left hand Monday night, greeting the crowd and pointing to his butt before planting it in a cushy armchair.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Public education should be a priority
By SKEET SURRENCY | Mar. 2, 2009This weekend I went to a rally organized by the Florida Education Association, Florida's largest educators' union, in support of full and sustainable funded public education in our state.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
UF travels to FSU on the heels of two loses
By JOSEPH R. HOLZER | Mar. 2, 2009The UF men's tennis team will attempt to avenge two losses when it hits the Scott Speicher courts against FSU today.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Budget cuts loom as Fla. legislative session begins
By THOMAS STEWART | Mar. 2, 2009The fat will hit the fire today in Tallahassee as state lawmakers convene in the capitol for the start of the spring legislative session.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
College should be an option for all
By Raul A. Baca | Mar. 2, 2009I want to commend the work the United We Dream at UF Campaign has done in the past week. I believe the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (the DREAM Act) is of great importance because it will resolve the tragic irony that occurs in America.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Darfur panel and documentary draws crowd at Pugh
By CAROLYN TILLO | Mar. 2, 2009Posters proclaiming "300,000 Dead 2.5 million displaced" and "It's not about our people or their people. It's about people" decorated Pugh Hall during a video and panel discussion about the genocide in Darfur Monday night.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
UF wins six games, loses Waleszonia to injury
By ADAM BERRY | Mar. 1, 2009It was a weekend full of wins for the UF softball team, but the Gators also suffered one very costly loss.
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Short-handed Gators drop match to 'Noles
Mar. 1, 2009UF's women's tennis team managed to win its last two matches with only five scholarship players, but was unable to pull out a third, as the Gators lost to Florida State, 5-2, on a windy Saturday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
METRO
New bowling alley opens
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | Mar. 1, 2009There's a new bowling alley in town, and it's trying to reinvent the business.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Tennessee hands UF first home loss of season
Mar. 1, 2009With the Gators down just 5 points and 16 seconds still left on the clock, fans began to file out of the O'Connell Center.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Early commits don't reflect team's future
Mar. 1, 2009Over the past few days, UF received verbal commitments from Charlotte (N.C.) Independence High's Victor Hampton and Bradenton Southeast High's Jonathan Dowling, two promising defensive backs.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Obama proves he can hang like the rest of us
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 1, 2009From commander-in-chief to leader of the free world, you can add another moniker to President Barack Obama's growing list of titles - regular guy.
METRO
Harvest of Hope Fest offers help for migrant workers
Mar. 1, 2009A half-mile west of the Devil's Millhopper, Ed Kellerman stood in his living room crammed with electric guitars, amplifiers and drums, glued to his TV screen with his son, Dillon, watching replays of his son's basketball game.
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CAMPUS
Fraternities and sororities compete in step show
By VALERIE FRITTS | Mar. 1, 2009About 4,197 people streamed into the O'Connell Center on Saturday night to see nine of the nation's best step teams face off in the 20th Annual Florida Invitational Step Show hosted by UF's Black Student Union. Each fraternity and sorority performing in the show was invited by the UF chapter of their organization. No UF teams performed at the event.
SPORTS
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GYMNASTICS
Bulldogs use nation's best score to dispose of Gators
Mar. 1, 2009The Gators had a good meet. The Bulldogs had an exceptional one.
