METRO
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POLITICS
Darts & laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 2, 2012The weekend is here and football fans are preparing for Super Bowl Sunday.
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NEWS
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Florida Museum of Natural History unveils new fossil exhibit
By Kristen Morrell | Feb. 2, 2012The Florida Museum of Natural History will unveil its new fossil exhibit Saturday, complete with fossils, artwork and a lab.
NEWS
Bring on the beer: drinking resolutions for spring
By Caitlyn Finnegan | Feb. 2, 2012Now that the month of failed resolutions is behind us, we can focus on what's really going to make this semester great: beer.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Columnist shows elitism when addressing classroom, religion
By Joshua Fonzi | Feb. 2, 2012I confess that in the course of my very busy days here at UF, I rarely am afforded the opportunity to read the Alligator, let alone write in to opine.
METRO
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation cuts funding for Planned Parenthood
By Chris Alcantara | Feb. 2, 2012Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, the nation's leading breast cancer charity organization, ended its six-year partnership with the Planned Parenthood Federation of America on Wednesday.
NEWS
The tree: Gainesville’s jack-of-all-trades conservation specialist
By Chris Burg | Feb. 2, 2012City trees provide Gainesville residents with more than just aesthetics or a boost in property value; they play an active role in lowering carbon dioxide emissions and soaking up stormwater runoff.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Exonerated boxer Dewey Bozella inspires UF
By Emily Miller | Feb. 2, 2012Hurt, pain, anger. This is what Dewey Bozella felt in 1983 when he learned he would be spending 20 years to life in Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York for a murder he did not commit.
NEWS
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
New software checks documents for Associated Press style
By Timothy Schumacher | Feb. 2, 2012The Associated Press is taking the book out of stylebook and replacing it with software.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
Muschamp pulls in top-three recruiting class, replenishes lines of scrimmage
By MATT WATTS | Feb. 1, 2012Will Muschamp kept his word — and improved his first full recruiting class Wednesday — by getting one of the state’s top commits to do the opposite.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
No-sense Scott: Governor's position on tuition hikes confusing
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 1, 2012On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott, in a somewhat surprising statement, said he did not support increasing tuition for students at Florida's colleges and universities.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
Five-star Agholor spurns Florida on signing day, chooses USC
By Kelly Price | Feb. 1, 2012TAMPA — The mystery that is Nelson Agholor finally came to a conclusion Wednesday afternoon.
SPORTS
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF near top in SEC, last in rebounding
By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 1, 2012Billy Donovan entered Southeastern Conference play for the 16th time in his career with the belief that he had coached worse rebounding teams.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Lessons outside classroom matter most
By Garrett Bruno | Feb. 1, 2012We're told we attend UF to "get an education."
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF's Model United Nations to hold GatorMUN conference this weekend
By Barbara Bermudez | Feb. 1, 2012UF's Model United Nations student organization will hold its ninth-annual GatorMUN conference at the Reitz Union this weekend.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Pointless ratings, stars system turns recruiting into crapshoot
By GREG LUCA | Feb. 1, 2012Will Muschamp is back from the gas station.
NEWS
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
UF Spring Study Abroad Fair opens students to opportunities
By Chris Alcantara | Feb. 1, 2012Instead of going back home at the end of the spring semester, Jenni Wu could be taking classes in the United Kingdom, Italy or Australia this summer.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
Howard makes last-minute decision
By TOM GREEN | Feb. 1, 2012MIRAMAR — Tracy Howard could never really see himself playing at Miami.
SPORTS
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RECRUITING
Gators miss on Williams, top targets
By JOE MORGAN | Feb. 1, 2012DAYTONA BEACH — The Gators lost one of their own on National Signing Day in four-star defensive end Leonard Williams.
METRO
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Two public masturbators seen Sunday
By Emily Morrow | Feb. 1, 2012Gainesville Police are looking for two men who were spotted publicly masturbating on separate occasions Sunday night.
METRO
Pfizer recalls two types of birth control for packaging error
By Samantha Shavell | Feb. 1, 2012Drug company Pfizer Inc. recalled two types of birth control Wednesday that could be less effective because of a packaging error.
