METRO
Salsa dancing sees rise in popularity locally
Feb. 25, 2008For a horse trainer with a Southern drawl, 60-mile treks to attend salsa classes might seem unusual.
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METRO
Georgia politicians might ban UF license plates
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Feb. 24, 2008For Florida and Georgia, competition goes beyond football. A bill sponsored by Georgia state Rep. Barry Fleming would ban personalized license plates in Georgia honoring other state universities, including UF, if Florida and other states don't return the favor.
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SOFTBALL
Nelson strikes out career-high 13, UF remains undefeated
Feb. 24, 2008As the saying goes, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Gators fail to hold on to lead after second day, finish second in SEC Championships
Feb. 24, 2008After Day Two of the Southeastern Conference Championships, UF swimming and diving coach Gregg Troy said, "It's a four-day swim meet."
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Men dominate No. 9 Illinois
Feb. 24, 2008The UF men's tennis team that showed up to play Sunday looked like it was the one that had played in the national championship match a year ago rather than its opponent.
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CAMPUS
UF places second in ROTC Lime Cup competition
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 24, 2008UF's Air Force ROTC swept the board for push-ups and sit-ups and almost clinched first place in the soccer tournament in overtime.
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GREEK AFFAIRS
Sigma Alpha Epsilon's lion statue vandalized again
By KATE KENNEDY | Feb. 24, 2008Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity's lion statue outside the chapter's house was smashed again Friday - just a few months after an artist had to completely reconstruct its stone face.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Serbian conflict not religious in nature
By Dardan Tigani | Feb. 24, 2008As a Kosovan-Albanian who has lived through the horrors of the Serbian occupation of Kosovo in the '90s, I am very disappointed that Mr. Jurich misled the Gainesville community Friday by suggesting that the U.S., United Kingdom, France, Germany and other western countries are sponsoring terrorism by supporting Kosovo's independence.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Budget cuts cancels UF's day at the Capitol
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 24, 2008Following statewide budget cuts, UF canceled its annual lobbying day, known as Gator Day, at the Capitol.
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CAMPUS
UPD arrests man with stolen gun on UF campus
By JESSICA PONN | Feb. 24, 2008University Police Department officers arrested Kevin D. Bradshaw, 19, on UF's campus at Fletcher Drive and University Avenue after finding he had a stolen gun.
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Women dominate field in home tournament, win by 23
By Andy Hutchins < | Feb. 24, 2008The UF women's golfers expected to win the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New science standards are step forward
By Brent Henderson | Feb. 24, 2008The Alligator threw a dart to the State Board of Education Friday regarding its decision to amend proposed state science standards to include the qualifier "scientific theory of" before the term evolution.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
UF Teaching Observatory
Feb. 24, 2008UF students can gaze at the stars from UF's own observatory.
NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Summer readng chosen for UF's incoming freshmen
By KATIE SANDERS | Feb. 24, 2008The UF Dean of Students Office revealed "When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century" as the book incoming freshmen must read as part of the second year of UF's Common Reading Program.
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CAMPUS
Step Show draws thousands
Feb. 24, 2008Pounding bass, coordinated steps and strobe lights turned the O'Connell Center into a thunder dome as nine step teams from across the nation battled for first place at the 19th Annual Florida Invitational Step Show on Saturday night.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
State senator's hire raises questions
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 24, 2008A Florida senator will teach at UF and help students find government internships, but the recent hire has raised some questions among faculty.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Satellite destruction shows U.S. might
By VINCENT MASSARO | Feb. 24, 2008We did it!
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Gators lose heartbreaker in Bowden's final home game
Feb. 24, 2008This wasn't the ending one would've hoped for.
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COLUMNS
Top 10 sports movies of all time
Feb. 24, 2008With college basketball talking brackets, baseball season preparing to get into full swing and college football's spring practice looming, it's about as good a time as any to take a break from the sports world.
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Deep hues of Orange and Blue
By ILEANA MORALES | Feb. 24, 2008During high school, Tommy Jardon, the Orange and Blue party's candidate for UF Student Body president, was one round of interviews away from joining Catholic priesthood.
