METRO
Skate shop opens by park
By Tara Wind | June 16, 2010Skateboarders can now jump on their new boards and hit the half-pipe right after purchase.
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THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
UF group wins funniest comedy team
By ALI RIECK | June 16, 2010Gators have a new reason to turn their jorts-swag on: UF students Rudy Mendoza, Calvin Cole, Tim Keck and Brian Amos won the title of Funniest Comedy Team at the National College Comedy Competition.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Lowering the bar
By The Alligator Editorial Board | June 16, 2010It has been a few months since he came in last place in Gainesville’s mayoral election, but Ozzy Angulo is ready to give politics another try in the upcoming race for City Commission District 3.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cutting post-doctoral health care benefits will hurt research
By <a mailto:"UFPostDocAssembly@gmail.com" Drs. Aaron T. Dossey | June 16, 2010We are writing as current postdoctoral associates and concerned members of the UF family to communicate concerns about the upcoming change in postdoctoral health care benefits. We believe this represents a step backward in UF’s mission to become a top-tier research institution. Cutting postdoctoral benefits will make UF much less competitive in attracting the best and brightest researchers. Postdoctoral associates are the driving force behind all aspects of research, including research training for undergraduates and graduates. Postdoctoral associates complete a majority of the research that brings millions of dollars in federal research grants, and they write a significant portion of those grants.
THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Pool party brings despair
By RICHARD STEHLI | June 16, 2010Summer pool parties include beer, food, music, and girls in bikinis. What more could you ask for? Saturday seemed to be my lucky day, as Gainesville Place hosted its Summer A pool party.
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MUSIC
Jam band 3rd Stone connects with fans
By Alex Orlando | June 16, 2010Music echoed out of the Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Friday, bouncing off the courthouse walls and sending a booming bass line through downtown Gainesville.
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COLUMNS
Obama fumbles response to gulf spill
By Bryan Griffin | June 16, 2010The recent Gulf oil spill has become more than a tragedy, and the Obama administration has more than botched the response. This crisis illuminates the administration’s lack of leadership. Unfortunately for Americans, we see a president too tangled in a web of bureaucracy, ego and inexperience to appropriately handle the situation. It was well-worded in a recent column by Mark Steyn: “He has grand plans for ‘the environment’ - all of it, wherever it may be. Why should the great eco-Gulliver be ensnared by some Lilliputian oil spill lapping ‘round his boots?”
METRO
Magazine hosts auction for three charity groups
By ANDREW PANTAZI | June 14, 2010Nearly 400 people ate for charity Sunday night at the Hilton UF Conference Center.
METRO
Dog-sitting business may be shut down
By Alexander Klausner | June 14, 2010Brittany Lee first took her dog, Griffin, to Bruce Baber's Mydogspace in May 2009.
METRO
Bars appeal city’s restriction of underage patrons
By Kat Bein | June 14, 2010The Swamp Restaurant, 101 Cantina and Rum Runners (formerly Fat Tuesday) are appealing court decisions that would prohibit them from serving those under 21 after 9 p.m.
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CAMPUS
Machen raises faculty pay
By ANDREW PANTAZI | June 14, 2010UF's Board of Trustees met Thursday and Friday to make several changes for next year.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Hub will be meeting place between UF, downtown
By KATIE EVANS | June 14, 2010If you build it, they will come. At least that's UF's intent for the Florida Innovation Hub.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Professor hopes to win Pepsi grant to find herpes cure
By MICHAELA TRIMBLE | June 14, 2010Pepsi could help a UF professor cure herpes.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Sunscreen is a pool party must-have
By KATHRYN STOLARZ | June 14, 2010My friend and I ventured to one of those notorious apartment pool parties last Saturday. We're not exactly regulars, but we wanted to check out the festivities and meet new people. As soon as we arrived, a guy gravitated toward - our sunscreen. Before even introducing himself, he asked to borrow the spray-on sunscreen we were covering ourselves with.
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EDITORIALS
The Good Class?
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 14, 2010Of the many topics covered at UF's Board of Trustees meeting last week, the one that piqued our interest was a class called "The Good Life."
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EDITORIALS
DUI reminds all Gators to drive responsibly
By Alligator Editorial Board | June 14, 2010Another UF football player was arrested and charged with a DUI and liquor possession early Sunday morning. Go Gators.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Gators sweep 'Canes to earn CWS berth
By ANTHONY CHIANG | June 14, 2010The Gators’ hopes of clinching a berth to the College World Series seemed dead.
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COLUMNS
Democracy failed when Board of Trustees approved fees
By Brittany Fox | June 14, 2010The Board of Trustees did its job. Instructed by President Machen to (as quoted in the Alligator) “wrassle” with the new student fees, the board did just that. What is “wrassle,” you say?
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Government should handle alcohol and marijuana the same way.
By Alan Martin | June 14, 2010Our government’s attempt to prevent people from getting high is a dangerous and futile exercise.
SPORTS
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Men's team places second
By JESSE SIMONTON | June 14, 2010If history is any indication, the Gators men’s track and field team could find itself with an NCAA Outdoor Championship next season.
