OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New ticket system not that bad
By Ed Kallal | Oct. 15, 2008The new online ticket system is infinitely better than the old phone system.
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OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Senate transition goes smoothly
By Frank Walch | Oct. 15, 2008I arrived at Tuesday night's first meeting of the new Student Senate apprehensive of what was to come. I was afraid of the ugliness that would follow when the gloves came off in the start of a new Senate session.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
British author Fred Pearce discusses global water crisis at UF
By KRISTEN WILKIE | Oct. 15, 2008Fred Pearce drinks his own sewage water.
SPORTS
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VOLLEYBALL
Murphy swings match with second set performance
Oct. 15, 2008Wednesday night's dismantling of South Carolina came down to one thing: hitting percentage.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: Oasis – "Dig Out Your Soul"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008If the Cubs ever won a World Series, the universe would collapse on itself. Likewise if Oasis ever made another classic album -some things just aren't meant to happen. But Noel Gallagher has a go at greatness anyway, and on "Dig Out Your Soul," he comes very close before little brother Liam and friends set him back another hundred years. The first four songs, penned by the older, more talented sibling, make up a bristling suite channeling the sounds of London, circa 1969. "Bag It Up" and "The Shock of the Lightning" strut to quintessential Oasis - swaggering guitar rock, pissed off and brash. And too good to be true. Liam and the rotating cast of sidemen promptly pull a Steve Bartman: distracting the professional from accomplishing something special.
THE AVENUE
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MUSIC
Album review: Mercury Rev – "Snowflake Midnight"
By ROBERT HILSON | Oct. 15, 2008There's a place in the market for white noise, and nobody knows this better than Mercury Rev. With "Snowflake Midnight," the veteran space-rockers piece together an orthopedic pillow of an album that's not only as serenely unexciting as its name suggests but could likely accompany "trickling stream" and "rainforest animals" as the third setting on a Sleep Mate sound machine. Each of the few engaging moments scattered throughout - the soft-loud dynamic in "People Are So Unpredictable (There's No Bliss Like Home)," the Little-Drummer-Boy-learns-techno choral passage of "Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower" - is promptly smothered to death by an extended ambient interlude. This is the sonic equivalent of turkey: it's pretty bland by itself, and after consumption, all you want to do is take a nap.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Headphones may increase risk of permanent hearing loss, study says
By SELINA SOWERS | Oct. 15, 2008While blasting music through iPod headphones may seem harmless now, the noise could cause serious hearing problems in the future, according to a new European study.
SPORTS
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SOCCER
Aggressive defense looks to score
By CALLOVI< | Oct. 15, 2008To opposing teams' defenses, it sometimes appears as if the entire UF soccer team is attacking them.
SPORTS
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FOOTBALL
Jenkins all about confidence
Oct. 15, 2008When UF's coaching staff told Janoris Jenkins that he would be starting at cornerback opposite Joe Haden, the true freshman had a rather simple reaction.
METRO
SFC congressional forum features only one candidate
By KATIE EMMETS | Oct. 15, 2008A debate planned for Wednesday at Santa Fe College became heated, though only one candidate was present.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Man arrested for carrying gun on campus
By KATIE SANDERS | Oct. 15, 2008University Police Department officers arrested a man on campus Wednesday who they reported was carrying a gun.
SPORTS
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Taller team gives reason for optimism
Oct. 15, 2008At first glance of the 2008-09 UF women's basketball media guide, you can't help but notice the slogan at the bottom: Bigger and Better.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
New system allows students to access financial services online
Oct. 15, 2008A new electronic system for UF students to pay fees and access financial services went online Wednesday afternoon, two days after the initially planned launch on Monday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Supreme Court justice to visit UF in November
By LAUREN IRIZARRY | Oct. 15, 2008U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will speak at UF this November, according to an e-mail sent to UF law students Tuesday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SDS protests justified, not exaggerated
By David Reznik | Oct. 15, 2008I found it strange that in an editorial that was otherwise touting the exact same principles as the Students for a Democratic Society-supported referendum against installing hand scanners at UF's gyms, there was need to chastise SDS for their "scanners-signal-the-apocalypse mentality."
METRO
‘SNL’ expands election coverage with Thursday shows
By ASHLEY ROSS | Oct. 14, 2008Live from New York, it's Saturday night - on Thursday.
NEWS
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CAMPUS
Parents of overdosed toddler present case to Florida Board of Pharmacy
By THOMAS STEWART | Oct. 14, 2008The parents of a 3-year-old who died from a chemical overdose at Shands at UF about a year ago were given a chance to present their case to the Florida Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday.
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New ticket system not an improvement
Oct. 14, 2008Daniel Milian, 4EG
OPINION
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Students could change election
Oct. 14, 2008Buck McMullen, Vietnam Veteran Against McCain/For Barack Obama
