THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Scrum and strum: UF grad juggles rugby and music
By MARGARITA DELAPAZ | July 23, 2008Haylee "Ugh" Slaughter likes where she is in life.
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NEWS
Michael Oher's size only thing that disappoints
July 23, 2008If you love football and feel-good stories, you must read "The Blind Side" by Michael Lewis, author of "Moneyball." The book chronicles the story of how left tackles became one of the most important parts of any offense in the NFL and college, and it tells this tale through Michael Oher, the left tackle at Ole Miss.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Darts & Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Staff | July 23, 2008When it hasn't been raining, it's been hot as Hades in the center of The Gator Nation this week. As the dog days of summer sprint onward at break-neck speed, we at the Department of Darts and Laurels would like to advise our loyal readers to stay hydrated and keep cool. Heat stroke shouldn't be taken lightly and neither should this week's blazing edition of …
NEWS
Arian Foster, nice guy, briefly on Gators
July 23, 2008Both players from Tennessee, running back Arian Foster and defensive end Robert Ayers, showed up to SEC Media Days wearing white jackets and pants. Foster's jacket had some nice black pinstripes.
METRO
GPD summer programs strive to end local gang violence
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | July 23, 2008Are Gainesville summer programs decreasing tension among neighborhood gangs? Depends whom you ask.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Deregulation led to economic hangover
By BRANDON SACK | July 23, 2008The fact that most of us don't hold a mortgage, work a full-time job or have kids to support makes it pretty easy to ignore the current economic crisis. It doesn't help that for all but a few of us, economics is more boring than an episode of "Book TV" on C-SPAN 3 featuring an interview with Alan Greenspan.
METRO
City and county Equal Opportunity Offices host 4th annual expo
By APRIL DUDASH | July 23, 2008Both the city and county Equal Opportunity Offices have planned a day full of vendors, exhibits and support groups to celebrate the anniversary of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
METRO
Deputies confiscate counterfeit merchandise at local hotel
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | July 23, 2008It's not every day Alachua County deputies drive to the jail with Kate Spade, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton in their backseat.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Jehovah's Witnesses to host annual convention at O'Connell Center
By KRISTEN HUFF | July 23, 2008Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses will congregate on campus this weekend to attend an annual regional convention held at the O'Connell Center.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Calathes gears up for European championships
July 22, 2008You know what they say, everything is bigger in…Serbia.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
ESPN pushes back TitleTown announcement
July 22, 2008UF fans are going to have to wait a little longer to find out if Gainesville will be named "TitleTown USA."
NEWS
It's a circus at SEC Media Days
July 22, 2008This place is an absolute zoo. Southeastern Conference commish Mike Slive announced in his opening speech at about 12:45 Central Time that more than 850 people were in this hotel in the middle of Alabama. Approximately 750 of them are media members. That's quite a lot. The conference room here just for the print writers seems to be the size of a football field, complete with 10 rows of about 30 seats each. That's room for 300 print writers. There might be that many cameras in the building. And ESPN gets its own room.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Trautwein ready to get back on the field
July 22, 2008HOOVER, Ala. - The Gators' offensive line is supposed to be one of the team's best units this year.
NEWS
Report: Figueroa agrees to terms with Padres
July 22, 2008Cole Figueroa has agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres and will not return to UF next season, according to a report in the Tallahassee Democrat.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Tebow looks to improve on Heisman-winning season
July 22, 2008HOOVER, Ala. - Tim Tebow's success in his first season as a starter was well documented as he became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy amid a record-breaking campaign. But nestled in all his mind-boggling stats was a number that doesn't sit well: four.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
A new year for champion LSU
July 22, 2008HOOVER, Ala. - Les Miles wants to make it clear that his team, the reigning national champion LSU Tigers, will not be thinking of the 2008 season as a continuation of the 2007 campaign.
METRO
GPD investigates officer's decision to shoot armed man
By ZAHARA ZAHAV | July 21, 2008A Gainesville Police officer will return to work Wednesday after he shot a man in the chest early Saturday morning.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Program illustrates local mismanagement
July 21, 2008s long as they avoid the monument to capitalism that is Butler Plaza, many denizens of Alachua County are able to convince themselves that the county is their own little bohemian paradise, an enlightened splotch of blue in an otherwise hopelessly red part of the state. Along with the ivory-tower idealism leaching out from UF, this attitude has resulted in a certain political party controlling local government practically unopposed for decades. Throw in a huge tax base that doesn't vote and doesn't care (that's you, students), and you have a recipe for disaster.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF professors to volunteer at Beijing Olympics
By KRISTEN HUFF | July 21, 2008Today, two UF professors will leave on a mission to extend The Gator Nation to Beijing, China, as volunteers for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
