METRO
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POLITICS
Mayor to be announced Friday after recount
Apr. 13, 2010Lowe secured 50.1 percent of the vote, a margin thin enough to require an automatic recount.
COVID-19
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Students should question authority
By Nick Miner | Apr. 13, 2010Modern students are not interested in learning. They are interested in passing their tests and getting good grades. It doesn’t matter how much you know, it only matters how well you regurgitate information. Why has American education devolved to this point? One reason is the loss of American industry to foreign countries with cheap labor. This has constricted the job market, making a college degree much more important. Employers give preeminence to the institution. Thus to get into excellent schools, you have to have top grades. Yet is there also a cultural backlash against questioning authority? The 1970s saw massive student protests that played a pivotal role in our withdrawal from Vietnam.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student senate discusses crisis response
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Apr. 13, 2010Senators learned about the UF Counseling Center’s response to the March 2 shooting of Kofi Adu-Brempong when they gathered for Tuesday’s meeting.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Student thanks RTS driver for keeping lost wallet safe
By Kayla Pack | Apr. 13, 2010Thank you Mr. Bus 22 Driver. I lost my wallet on bus 22 on Tuesday and tracked down the bus later. I just want to thank you for keeping my wallet safe for me. My mind was preoccupied with other things as I exited the bus, and my wallet had many valuables in it that would have been very difficult to replace. Also, whoever turned in my wallet to the driver, thank you. It’s so relieving to know that there are still good people in this world. I believe that karma will reward you both. You are honest and good people. Once again, thank you!
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Manufactured fear creates false reality
By Joshua Lee | Apr. 13, 2010It’s a scary world outside. Past the comforts of my tiny, messy dorm room, danger lurks at every turn. People from foreign lands plot to wipe me and my country off the map. Even getting into a Toyota is akin to dancing with death. Or that’s at least what the media would have you believe. To me, news today has increasingly become a stream of cautionary tales and exaggerated warnings.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Can you hear us now?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 13, 2010When this time of year rolls around and finals are looming, we can at least smile for teacher evaluations.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students get tattoos for International Month
By ALLYSON FOX | Apr. 13, 2010Some students who walked onto Turlington Plaza on Tuesday walked out with a temporary tattoo.
METRO
Marco Rubio postpones speech
By Andrew Wyzan | Apr. 13, 2010Rubio canceled his speech due to an illness in his family.
SPORTS
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SOFTBALL
Paculba sets tone for lineup
By GREG LUCA< | Apr. 13, 2010UF sophomore Michelle Moultrie would be batting leadoff for just about every other team in the nation.
NEWS
Plural nouns are already plural
By AMANDA MILLIGAN | Apr. 13, 2010Nouns like "people" and "money" are already plural, meaning they don't need as "s" at the end. Yet many still pluralize already plural words.
SPORTS
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BASEBALL
Bullpen gives UF late-game assurance
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Apr. 12, 2010The Gators’ bullpen has made games shorter for its opponents this season.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Bring On The Beach
Apr. 12, 2010Two years ago, Mary Wise couldn’t believe her eyes.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Fame Monster
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 12, 2010Some people think we’d do anything to take a jibe at the Palin family, but we have to wonder why they make it so easy.
METRO
Man goes nude in public, taken to psychiatric
Apr. 12, 2010Police took a 21-year-old man to a mental hospital after he ran up and down West University Avenue totally nude Monday morning.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students carry water buckets on heads for charity
By STEFANIA FERRO | Apr. 12, 2010About 25 students learned about the strength of women in developing countries when they carried buckets of water across campus Monday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Student fishermen win $100K for UF
By Emily Morrow | Apr. 12, 2010Jake Gipson and Matt Wercinski grew up fishing together in the ponds and lakes of golf courses in northern Florida.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students balance water buckets on heads for charity
By STEFANIA FERRO | Apr. 12, 2010About 25 students learned about the strength of women in developing countries when they carried buckets of water across campus Monday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Tea Party movement is about fiscal responsibility, not hate
By Jessica Clackum Herman | Apr. 12, 2010I am appalled by the ignorant assumption in your April 7 editorial “Tea-bags” which stated the Tea Party movement is “a group of angry, crazy people who will do absolutely anything to create a scene.”
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Students eat, listen at Read-A-Thon
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 12, 2010People spoke of police arrests gone wrong, talking coins and how not to survive a disaster on the Plaza of the Americas on Monday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Farmers market helps yield ideas
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Apr. 12, 2010A new crop of ideals is growing at UF: buy locally, eat organic and care about where food comes from.
