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Freshman Bridget Sloan performs her bar routine during Florida's 198.10-196.85 win against Alabama on Feb. 8 in the O'Connell Center. Sloan won the all-around title at the SEC Championship meet on Saturday.
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UF tops Minnesota with program-record perfromance

With a crowd of 3,843 looking on as Florida’s senior gymnasts took to their final home meet of their careers, the team wasn’t overtaken by emotion. They reveled in front of an electric O’Connell Center crowd and shattered a record that stood for nearly 9 years.


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Darts & Laurels

It’s Spring Break, so most of you will never even read this paper because you’re already headed home. For those of you who are looking at this, we’re sorry. You must have had an exam or something.


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Sequestration could affect education

After a year of heated debate, the U.S. Senate failed to pass both Democratic and Republican proposals to avoid automatic, across-the-board spending cuts Thursday afternoon. As a result, the $85 billion cuts, known as the sequester, took effect at midnight.


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Coffee addicts double up on cups despite prices

A recent survey by Zagat discovered the average coffee drinker indulges in 2.2 cups each day. The love of the bean is so strong that in a sample of 1,700 caffeine lovers, a large majority are unwilling to go without it, even with the current economy and the high prices for a daily fix.


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Event promotes break safety

The Nightlife Navigators and officers from Gainesville Police gathered on the North Lawn on Thursday to educate students about how to stay safe during Spring Break.



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