METRO
Laptop funds raised with soup-tasting competition
By CINDY TAVERAS | Jan. 31, 2010Soup was served with a side of hospitality in the St. Francis Catholic High School gymnasium Sunday.
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CAMPUS
Garage gets ‘green’ award
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Jan. 31, 2010UF’s Southwest Parking Garage Complex has been certified as one of the greenest facilities in the nation.
METRO
Construction causes delays
By LAUREN BUFFINGTON | Jan. 31, 2010Students can expect 10- to 15-minute traffic delays due to construction starting today at the intersection of Southwest 23rd Street and 35th Place.
NEWS
Someone’s watching you - Things that even Facebook can’t save you from
By SWAPNA KASTURI | Jan. 31, 2010Be careful what you put on your Facebook. Someone is always watching and something you say in your status or wall can affect your life in a big way.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
UF men's basketball team hits stride with SEC up for grabs
By ADAM BERRY | Jan. 30, 2010Thanks to their recent success and a well-timed upset, the Gators are right back in the thick of things.
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
UF tennis team earns chance at tourney championship with win
By ANDREW OLSON < | Jan. 30, 2010The Gators showed up at 8:30 a.m. Saturday for their 10 a.m. match against Furman. At 8:15 p.m., after a 10-hour rain delay, the two teams finally squared off in the opening match of ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
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GYMNASTICS
Gators gymnastics puts up season-high team total to prevail over LSU
By TOM GREEN< | Jan. 29, 2010The Florida gymnastics team continued to improve Friday night in the O’Connell Center, as it topped No. 13 LSU (3-3, 1-2 Southeastern Conference), 196.725 – 195.050 for the Gators’ third-consecutive dual meet victory.
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FEATURES
Sportsmanlike Conduct
By ALLISON BANKO | Jan. 28, 2010The minute UF athletes slip on their orange-and-blue jerseys, they are shoved into the spotlight.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Well-rested Florida women's basketball team heads to face Ole Miss
Jan. 28, 2010While Bianca Thomas, the Southeastern Conference’s leading scorer, and Ole Miss (14-6, 5-2 SEC) spent part of this week prepping for their matchup with South Carolina on Thursday night, the Gators rested on their bye week.
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GYMNASTICS
Tough slate continues against LSU for UF gymnastics team
By TOM GREEN< | Jan. 28, 2010UF coach Rhonda Faehn has said several times the team’s goal is to get better as the season progresses and prepare itself for the postseason, and according to her, her young squad is right on schedule.
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OTHER SPORTS TRACK
Horn set for heptathlon
By RYAN BUTLER< | Jan. 28, 2010Gray Horn’s life revolves around competing in the decathlon.
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OTHER SPORTS SWIM AND DIVE
Gators swim team travels to Tennessee
By MATT RUBIN< | Jan. 28, 2010As the Florida men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams take on Tennessee in their last dual meet of the regular season, two undefeated streaks will be on the line.
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
UF tennis hosts weekend tournament
By ANDREW OLSON < | Jan. 28, 2010It’s a busy weekend for tennis in Gainesville.
METRO
"Ladies night" specials may see restriction
By Joey Flechas | Jan. 28, 2010The Florida Board of Governors may allow Florida counties the power to regulate gender-specific drink specials.
METRO
Medieval fair to start Saturday
By ERICA JOHNSON | Jan. 28, 2010Eight stages of entertainment and 160 artisans will take Gainesville back in time starting this weekend at the 24th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, organized by the City of Gainesville Division of Cultural Affairs.
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CAMPUS
Cyclists promote solar power during campus pit stop
By JENNIFER COLEMAN | Jan. 28, 2010After pedaling 12,993 miles, two cyclists made a pit stop in Gainesville Thursday as part of a worldwide bicycle tour to promote solar energy.
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CAMPUS
Students walk for DREAM Act
By Emily Morrow | Jan. 28, 2010Four students from Miami Dade College pass through Gainesville on a hike from Miami to Washington, D.C.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SG president does not appear to care about graduate students
By ANURADHA PANDEY | Jan. 28, 2010On Wednesday, I went to Student Body President Jordan Johnson’s town hall forum concerning the new fee for the Reitz Union expansion and repairs. The forum made clear that Johnson is all about appearances and does not care about substance. Despite the repeated explanations I and others gave him that graduate students are already financially stretched thin and do not use the Reitz Union enough to justify paying the fee, he continued to evade the issue and use George W. Bush-like circular logic. Such an approach was not only insulting, but it betrayed the fact that, at the end of the day, Student Government is for and by the undergraduate population, and among them, the Greeks.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Reader criticizes Tebow, Dove Center
By Dave Gallo | Jan. 28, 2010This letter is in response to a number of articles, editorials and letters to the editors over the last month or so. Although I intend to address issues from the Dove World Outreach Center to the upcoming Tim Tebow Super Bowl advertisement, my message is somewhat cohesive: Stop apologizing for bigotry.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Person who wrote 'Cuban' on brick felt victimized by person who perverted meaning
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 28, 2010I’m upset that Ana Laura Martinez was offended by the Writing on the Wall Project, but I’m even more upset that Martinez completely missed the point of the activity. The presence of the word “Cuban” on one of those bricks does not mean that the word itself is inherently offensive and derogatory. Instead, it means that the person who wrote “Cuban” on his/her brick felt offended when they heard someone say that word. This distinction is hardly about semantics. The difference is that the person who wrote “Cuban” on his or her brick felt victimized by the speaker, who perverted the meaning of a perfectly reasonable ethnic description.
