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First it was the hippies and communist professors who were corrupting our children’s minds with radical concepts such as gravity and the letter “Q.” Then it was those damn femi-Nazis who wanted to turn our prom queens into jezebels who choke down birth control pills like Skittles.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Neuroscience club kicks off Brain Awareness Week

Apr. 5, 2010

In an attempt to promote one of the human body’s most vital organs, UF’s Neuroscience Club kicked off its Brain Awareness Week Monday.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Students to rally to support shot graduate student

By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Apr. 5, 2010

A rally calling for justice for graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong will take place today from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Turlington Plaza.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Column about Catholic Church sex scandal misses mark

By Wesley Bivins | Apr. 5, 2010

Paul Murty made several appalling claims in his column last Friday. First, he claimed there were “pretty valid reasons” for the cover-ups of sexual abuse. The only reason he gave is a shortage of priests. Is that a reason to cover up child sex abuse? What about a teacher shortage? Then he claimed “people seem to think that these problems are only in the Catholic Church,” implicitly blaming the media for the misconception.

METRO

Commissioners support urbanization investments

By OLGA VELEZ | Apr. 5, 2010

City commissioners decided to support private investment in Five Points, a small urbanized area of the city, and land along Hawthorne Road in a Community Development Committee meeting Monday.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

3-D(on’t)

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Apr. 5, 2010

What is the deal with 3-D?

METRO

Site ranks schools based on texting

By GWEN RAHN | Apr. 5, 2010

After debate over which university is the No. 1 party school, some UF students have developed their own ways of deciding.

NEWS

Yawn on the Lawn

By Steven H. Keys | Apr. 5, 2010

Matthew Wagshol, a senior in UF's mechanical engineering program, takes his shoes off, sprawls out and enjoys his time between classes in the warm weather on Monday afternoon. He avoided the heat by lying in the shade beside his bicycle on the North Lawn behind the Reitz Union. Monday's temperatures reached a high of 87 degrees. Steven H. Keys / Alligator Staff

FORMS | CORRECTION

Correction

Apr. 5, 2010

An article in Friday’s Alligator incorrectly reported that 10 people attended a Pride Awareness Month Event at which Wilson Cruz spoke. The number was a misprint — about 100 people attended the event.

NEWS | CAMPUS

Former Senate majority leader holds video talk

By MATT HARRINGER | Apr. 5, 2010

Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., answered questions on health care legislation, obesity and Haiti recovery via satellite Monday night.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Zombie editorial disappointing

By Dunai Harris | Apr. 5, 2010

I am disappointed by the stance the Editorial Board took in Monday’s editorial “Zombie Nation.” Humans vs. Zombies is just a master game of tag that unites all different kinds of students across UF’s campus in a game that makes the boring walk to class more interesting for a week.

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