THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Dashboard releases forgettable album
By ADRIAN RUHI | Oct. 3, 2007Dashboard Confessional - "The Shade of Poison Trees"
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SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Picks Column: UF vs. LSU
Oct. 3, 2007This week, we at the alligatorSports Brand Picks Column are headed down to the Bayou where there are lions, and tigers and bea - well, actually just tigers.
THE AVENUE
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SEX
Don't overlook anti-heroes
By PAIGE USYK | Oct. 3, 2007Filming recently began on a big-screen adaptation to the wildly successful HBO sitcom "Sex and the City." And because I own all seven DVDs, watch the Season Two finale religiously after a breakup and use Samantha quotes as pickup lines, it pains me to admit this, but I think the fairy tale is over.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Gators seek redemption in Death Valley
Oct. 3, 2007The Gators will take on an unfamiliar role Saturday œ underdog.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
UF should not have postponed speech
By Scott Erker | Oct. 3, 2007UF's decision to postpone Kevorkian's talk is so reactionary. What message is this sending? Maybe we are being punished, and the powers-that-be do not have the confidence that we can listen to some old geezer speak about death without asking some pointed questions.
NEWS
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SFC
Zoo celebrates return of ocelots
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 3, 2007A grand opening will be held this weekend in honor of Emma, a 15.4 pound female ocelot.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
New student senators have their work cut out
By the Editorial Board | Oct. 3, 2007Was there ever any doubt?
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Steam sets off fire alarms inside Constans Theatre
By ILEANA MORALES | Oct. 3, 2007Fire alarms went off around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday inside the Constans Theatre on campus.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO
BK Protest
Oct. 3, 2007Protesters delivered a letter outlining farm-worker complaints to the Burger King at Broward Dining.
METRO
Meningitis death at USF causes concern at UF
By NICOLE LINTON | Oct. 3, 2007The UF Student Health Care Center received concerned inquiries from students and parents regarding vaccination for bacterial meningitis, a rare but deadly disease, following the death of a University of South Florida student.
METRO
Miracle Day gives kids a chance to watch UF basketball practice
By EVA MAE SMITH | Oct. 3, 2007Two-and-a-half-year-old Geoffrey Porter gazed down at the UF men's basketball team with a smile on his face as he clapped his hands together and shot at a make-believe basketball hoop.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Language barriers can hinder learning
By Phillip Madrid | Oct. 3, 2007I hate it when I can't understand what some foreign teaching assistants and professors say.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Gator Party wins 44 of 47 open Student Senate seats
By DEVIN CULCLASURE | Oct. 3, 2007With loud cheers and lit cigars, Gator Party candidates celebrated their near-sweep of the fall Student Government election early Thursday morning.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
O'Dome needs better acoustics
By Ryan Winkler | Oct. 3, 2007First let me say, as an avid Lil Weezy fan, I enjoyed Monday night's concert at the O'Connell Center. However, I was a little disappointed with the show, mainly the sound quality.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Horror Nights: Now with movie terrors
By GREG JOHNSON | Oct. 3, 2007Halloween Horror Nights is back and more intense than ever.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Joiner stripped of captain label, status for LSU uncertain
Oct. 3, 2007UF strong safety Tony Joiner practiced with the team Wednesday, but his status for Saturday's game against No. 1 LSU is still up in the air, Coach Urban Meyer said.
THE AVENUE
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ART AND THEATER
Local actors give new spin to classic playwright's work
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Oct. 3, 2007Scot Davis and Shamrock McShane's rendition of David Mamet's play "American Buffalo" is not your conventional theater production.The dimming lights, heavy curtains and theatrical music are nowhere to be found.Instead, they opt to produce the play with what Davis calls "organic staging" - the stage is set up so the audience can be included in the dramatic action.The audience sits on and around the set in the intimate setting of the Civic Media Center stage, which can hold about 30 people at the most."They see it from every possible perspective," McShane said."American Buffalo" will be opening at the center, 1021 W University Ave., on Friday.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
End of Student Government election brings calm
Oct. 3, 2007Because I could not stop for voting, it kindly stopped for me. Oh, Emily Dickinson's famous words will forever linger in my mind. Actually, I think it was traffic. Traffic kindly stopped for her, right?
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
LSU defense to pose challenges for Gators offense
Oct. 3, 2007The thumbs-up reviews described it as "explosive," "high octane," and "unstoppable" after three games.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS
Burleigh reflects on career as milestone win approaches
Oct. 3, 2007Becky Burleigh has a secret.
