THE AVENUE
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LIFESTYLE
Job leads to guilty conscience
By ERIK VOSS | Aug. 26, 2009From the moment we're born, we're all guilty of something.
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NEWS
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Machen predicts end to budget cuts
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 26, 2009He knows it could come back to haunt him, but he's willing to take that chance.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SG officials shouldn't get perks
By Jonathan Ossip | Aug. 26, 2009Tuesday was a sad day for democracy within UF Student Government. In that night's meeting, the Student Senate voted to keep giving top SG officials perks that are out of reach for ordinary students. They also illegally moved several powers of the Senate to the Unite-controlled executive branch, essentially creating the new office of Student Body Dictator.
THE AVENUE
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MOVIES AND TV
First glance at new Wonderland trailer
By Jon Silman | Aug. 26, 2009At the intersection of expectation and reality you can sometimes end up at disappointment street. You can look forward to something so much that it will never live up to the idea you had in your brain. A shame, really.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Lawmakers should ban ‘reptiles of concern’
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 25, 2009A 2-year-old girl getting strangled by her parents' escaped Burmese python should finally convince Florida to ban the sale of dangerous reptiles.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Scooter service seeks to eliminate DUIs
By EMILY FUGGETTA | Aug. 25, 2009Gators will have a chance to party with the president Wednesday night.
NEWS
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
UF grad files lawsuit over SG records
By THOMAS STEWART | Aug. 25, 2009A former UF student filed a lawsuit against the university Tuesday, alleging Student Government employees broke the law when they denied him access to audio and video recordings of Student Senate meetings.
OPINION
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COLUMNS
Internet invites people to gossip more
Aug. 25, 2009Sometimes, I think about how much the next generation will change because of the Internet, and I feel old in anticipation.
NEWS
CORRECTION
Aug. 25, 2009In the Aug. 25 edition of the Alligator, Yogaberry's product was incorrectly identified as sour frozen yogurt. The company sells frozen yogurt.
OPINION
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EDITORIALS
Scooter taxi service will keep drunks off road
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 25, 2009Students who want to celebrate their return to Gainesville will have a chance to do so safely on Wednesday night.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Hill impressing coaches, teammates in bid for snaps
Aug. 25, 2009With both starting safeties from last year's BCS national championship team returning and on preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, Will Hill's chances of expanding his role on defense in his second year at Florida seemed slim.
SPORTS
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COLUMNS
Playing through injuries just part of the game
By CALLOVI< | Aug. 25, 2009Despite what you see on Saturdays or hear in jokes, Tim Tebow is still only human.
METRO
City muggings drop by more than half
By JESSICA CHAPMAN | Aug. 25, 2009In less than a month, muggings in Gainesville have decreased from as many as 12 a day to five in the last two weeks.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
SEC Web site highlights schools' academic achievements
By JENNIFER TORMO | Aug. 25, 2009On game day, LSU is the enemy.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Pouncey returns to practice, raises energy level
Aug. 25, 2009Florida center Maurkice Pouncey participated in full-contact drills for the first time this month on Tuesday, moving the Gators one step closer to solidifying a starting five on the offensive line.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
UF to add indoor track, cardio equipment to Southwest Rec
By JIMMIE PAUL | Aug. 25, 2009The Southwest Recreation Center will be bigger and better come fall 2010, as a result of the demands made by students, UF director of recreational sports David Bowles said.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Teachers should abide by textbook law
By Don Kershaw | Aug. 25, 2009So it's that time of year again: mass textbook buying. Some would think that the new law signed last year, the Textbook Affordability Act, would help prevent some of the usual headaches that are associated with buying required textbooks.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
College Poster Sale in its 35th year at UF
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Aug. 25, 2009Freshman Ally Vitale is hoping to see the bands Death Cab for Cutie and Radiohead on a daily basis - and she can because she is shopping to fill the empty walls of her dorm room.
