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COLUMNS
Jumpball: Gators should play it safe in season opener
Aug. 29, 2009Florida's backups could beat Charleston Southern on Saturday.
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SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Gators sweep opening matches, faces FSU tonight
By ANTHONY CHIANG | Aug. 29, 2009Florida ended the weekend with the same amount of downed sets as when they began it - zero.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF's outside research funding rises despite budget cuts
By Bridget Higginbotham | Aug. 29, 2009In the face of university-wide budget cuts, outside funding for UF research has increased.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Photography exhibit features UF students' travels
By Jillian Kremer | Aug. 29, 2009After a monthlong tour of Europe, two UF students displayed their experience to the public at an exhibit Friday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Volunteers renovate center for disabled
By Kathleen Birkhimer | Aug. 29, 2009About a dozen volunteers got together Saturday afternoon to plaster, paint and carpet areas of the Arc of Alachua County, an organization that serves the developmentally disabled community of Alachua.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Students should rally to permanently reinstate newspaper
By Jonathan Ossip | Aug. 29, 2009In Friday's edition of the Alligator, Student Body Treasurer Maryam Laguna wrote that after a temporary gap in delivery, The New York Times would be restored to newspaper boxes on campus starting Monday. However, what she neglected to mention is that despite the temporary return of the Times, the paper's readership program still has been cut from the next proposed Student Government budget.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Religious shirts OK in schools
By ROBERT HARRINGER | Aug. 29, 2009I'm tired of people being enraged at the few Christians who actually follow what the good book commands. In the same way evangelicals say, "Don't hate the sinner, hate the sin," I say, "Don't hate the Christian."
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Bartending leisure class registration begins today
By KRISTEN BOWE | Aug. 29, 2009Hurry up, Gainesville residents who are 21 and older - registration for the home bartending class begins today at 10 a.m.
METRO
Pole dancing fundraiser held for breast cancer research
By MEG WAGNER | Aug. 29, 2009From the outside, the front studio of the Unified Training Center looked like just another stop on the monthly Art Walk around Gainesville.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Orange and blue beer cans will not promote drinking
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 29, 2009Bernie Machen can't make up his mind about drinking.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Dems do little to combat craziness
Aug. 29, 2009Passing health care reform is the Democratic Party's ultimate panacea, but failing to do so, and failing publicly, would be President Obama's "waterloo," as Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., opined earlier this summer.
METRO
Two people fall from apartment complex as balcony collapses
By RAVIKA RAMESHWAR | Aug. 28, 2009Two people, including a pregnant woman, plummeted 15 feet on Thursday when the landing in front of their unit in Lyons Apartments gave way.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Gators' offense overcomes slow first half
Aug. 28, 2009It took 79 agonizing minutes, but Erika Tymrak scored her first college goal to put the Gators up 2-0 over Florida International on Friday night.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Debose's hamstring could require surgery
Aug. 28, 2009Freshman WR Andre Debose's hamstring injury appears to be more serious than just a strain.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Florida will count on youth in home opener against FIU
Aug. 27, 2009On the surface, the No. 7 UF women's soccer team looks like an experienced, senior-heavy squad.
METRO
New cart service offers free rides around Gainesville
By KATHRYN STOLARZ | Aug. 27, 2009Zipping around on doorless six-seat carts may soon become the most convenient and environmentally friendly way to move - and it's free.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Meyer: Best depth we've had at offensive line
Aug. 27, 2009When football and versatility are in the same sentence, 300-pound linemen aren't usually what come to mind.
METRO
Two people fall from apartment complex as balcony collapses
By RAVIKA RAMESHWAR | Aug. 27, 2009Two people, including a pregnant woman, plummeted 15 feet on Thursday when the landing in front of their unit in Lyons Apartments gave way.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Alligator welcomes prospective staffers
By RACHAEL PINO | Aug. 27, 2009The Independent Florida Alligator will hold an open house today from 2 to 5 p.m. to meet students interested in reporting, copy editing, graphic design, cartooning, generating online content and more.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Machen’s stance on cans hypocritical
By Alison Hightower | Aug. 27, 2009What a surprise. President Machen doesn't like Budweiser marketing orange and blue beer cans in Gainesville.
