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Graduate assistants continue fight for salary raise
By Alexandra Fernandez | Nov. 30, 2015Cristina Popescu lives paycheck to paycheck. She considers herself lucky.
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Student Government executives donate salaries to scholarship
By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 30, 2015Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars will be getting an extra $28,000 for scholarships this year because of three students.
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Santa Fe professor sells earrings for nursing association
By Paisley Papineau | Nov. 30, 2015Rita Revak-Lutz spends her free time making earrings.
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Student Government debating New York Times online renewal
By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 30, 2015Students could potentially lose their online subscriptions to The New York Times.
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UF traditions hold strong for decades
By Katelyn Newberg | Nov. 30, 2015As graduation looms, UF seniors are finding that the best ways to connect to the university are through the oldest traditions.
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UF Smathers Libraries hosts talks with curators
By Courtney Grisby | Nov. 30, 2015UF students and members of the community smiled when they saw the original Superman comic book Monday.
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'Hi, I'm Kent': Students meet President Fuchs at first inauguration event
By Alexandra Fernandez | Nov. 30, 2015When UF President Kent Fuchs introduced himself to students on Monday, he said, "Hi, I’m Kent."
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Richmond Spiders could be “handful” for Florida men’s basketball
By ALEX MAMINAKIS | Nov. 30, 2015While Vermont and Florida Gulf Coast, whom Florida defeated Wednesday and Friday respectively, put up solid first half fights, they aren’t exactly offensive juggernauts.
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SEC Championship Game asserts UF’s return to relevance
By GRAHAM HALL | Nov. 30, 2015Saturday’s Southeastern Conference Championship Game is the most concrete evidence to date that the Gators have returned to the national spotlight sooner than anyone could have anticipated.
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UF CALS displays locally renowned poinsettias at inauguration event
By Van Miller | Nov. 30, 2015In one of the last greenhouses behind Fifield Hall on Hull Road there are 6,000 poinsettias.
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UF Student Government hosts first mental Health Awareness Week to break stigma
By Caitlin Ostroff | Nov. 30, 2015UF Student Government wants to show students that not all mental health struggles can be seen.
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Editorial: After yet another shooting, it’s time to decry extremist rhetoric
Nov. 30, 2015This editorial isn’t going to be about the need for greater gun control, seeing as it is redundant, worn and torn territory. You, the readers, already know the details: a white, male gunman on the fringes of society. A specifically chosen location. Innocent lives lost and wounded. A mass shooting in Colorado.
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A tale of two Thanksgivings: food insecurity in the US
Nov. 30, 2015With Thanksgiving now in the rearview mirror and the weight of finals looming heavily over us all, we students will likely degrade into a cluster of anxiety as opposed to reminiscing fondly on this past holiday.
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FSU Hate Week: beloved, but not PC
Nov. 30, 2015As we all reveled in Thanksgiving Break by taking endless pictures of our dogs, skillfully dodging questions about our futures and binging on relaxation, something else loomed eminent on the horizon. Interspersed among social media proclamations of being #thankful were posts of a much different nature. It was "FSU Hate Week," and there was no escape.
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Column: Jim McElwain’s turnaround is something to be marveled at
By GRAHAM HACK | Nov. 30, 2015Saturday, Florida will play Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, a contest even the most optimistic of Gator fans couldn’t have dreamed of being in for at least another two years.
Opinion
Domestic terrorism is more frightening than anything from the Middle East
Nov. 30, 2015The possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1. The odds of an American being killed in a terrorist attack (including terrorist attacks carried out overseas) are 1 in 20 million. C-3PO enlightened us with the former cosmic fact in 1980, while The Washington Post gave us the latter just two years ago. Despite the data, more than most on the campaign trail, including plenty who hold power in Washington, D.C., vie for further increases in discretionary spending for defense and cite the threat of terrorism (specifically attacks carried out by radical jihadists) as the primary reason for this necessity.
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A look at the opponent waiting the Gators in Atlanta: the Alabama Crimson Tide
By Luis Torres | Nov. 30, 2015With the regular season now in the rearview mirror, the No. 12 Gators (10-2) will head to Atlanta for a matchup against No. 2 Alabama (11-1) with the Southeastern Conference Championship on the line.
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UF volleyball unsatisfied with simply competing in NCAA Tournament
By Brian Lee | Nov. 30, 2015The Florida volleyball team is in familiar territory.
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UF looks to continue winning ways at South Alabama
By Ethan Bauer | Nov. 30, 2015It must feel pretty good to be a member of the Florida women’s basketball program right now.
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All about the Chase: Sophomore shining for UF men’s tennis
By Madison Belfour | Nov. 29, 2015When asked if he had any pre-match rituals, Florida men's tennis player Chase Perez-Blanco had a simple answer.
