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Junior pitcher taking on more responsibility for Florida
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN | Feb. 26, 2013Hannah Rogers had a busy weekend.
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Senate validates election results, welcomes members
By Colleen Wright | Feb. 26, 2013Newly elected and re-elected student senators raised their right hands and pledged as their victories were approved Tuesday night.
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Florida struggling to establish consistent inside presence
Feb. 26, 2013Earning trips to the foul line has been anything but charity recently for the Gators.
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Gators suffer fifth straight defeat
By JOSH JURNOVOY | Feb. 26, 2013Kevin O’Sullivan sat in the dugout and talked to his team for 20 minutes immediately following Tuesday night’s game.
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UF drops close contest to UT
By LANDON WATNICK | Feb. 26, 2013Tennessee’s Jordan McRae was too much for No. 8 Florida to handle on Tuesday night.
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UF students perform first ASL play
By Moriah Camenker | Feb. 26, 2013“Two Rooms,” UF’s first production using American Sign Language, was performed last week. The play, staged by the School of Theatre + Dance, garnered about 200 attendees in total and was adapted to incorporate Deaf culture by the Signing Gators.
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Florida sees rise in drug overdose deaths
By Jewel Midelis | Feb. 26, 2013Drug-related deaths increased in Florida during 2011, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press release published last week. But since 1999, the numbers have continued to increase.
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Dean of UF’s dental school resigns
By Colleen Wright | Feb. 26, 2013The dean of UF’s College of Dentistry is stepping down after about 24 years in the college. Teresa Dolan announced her resignation last week.
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Colorado university’s rape defense tips cause online uproar
By Kelsey Wonderlin | Feb. 26, 2013Tina Lamb believes urinating or vomiting on a rapist might not work.
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UF engineering students take charge of electric car donation
By Kathy Pierre | Feb. 26, 2013UF’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department recently received a gift from a private donor in the form of a car.
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Warm temps increase risk of droughts
By Sofia Rattes | Feb. 26, 2013With a rise in temperatures across northeast and central Florida this winter, the warm weather has increased the chance of possible droughts in the near future.
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Animal clinic participates in World Spay Day
By Kelcee Griffis | Feb. 26, 2013Felines in plastic crates moaned and meowed as their owners unloaded them from trucks and SUVs, and set them on the rain-splattered sidewalk Tuesday morning.
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East End Eatery: Don’t blink, you might miss it!
By Anna Edwards | Feb. 26, 2013If you’re not careful, you might just drive right past East End Eatery and not even know if. Located in Northeast Gainesville, the petite brunch and lunch spot is likely to be missed if you’re not looking for it. But if you do happen upon the Gainesville eatery, you’ll be glad you did.
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Spring break: it pays to take vacation days
By Allison Annear | Feb. 26, 2013Every college student dreams of having an outrageous spring break, whether it would include drinking margaritas on the beach, gallivanting in New York City or building houses for Habitat for Humanity. Here's how to have fun on all kinds of budgets.
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Fail Whale: The Onion stepped on some toes
Feb. 25, 2013Where do we draw the lines of comedy? Do we cross them when a satirical news publication calls a 9-year-old girl the C-word?
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Disobeying wage increase: Good or greed?
Feb. 25, 2013To the liberal activist group Progress New Mexico, Eric Szeman and Diane Avila represent evil, greedy capitalists who exploit their workers by refusing to comply with the city of Albuquerque’s minimum-wage increase.
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Representations of masculinity and femininity in advertisements affect social attitudes
Feb. 25, 2013The college campus is no doubt a progressive environment. Of all places, UF probably would not suffer from an issue like gender discrimination.
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Former sweatshop worker urges UF to cut Adidas contract
By Lauren Acton | Feb. 25, 2013During a talk at UF, an Indonesian sweatshop worker said he was threatened with death by factory owners for demanding severance pay for him and his coworkers.
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Project Makeover revamps Idylwild Elementary
By Shannon Kaestle | Feb. 25, 2013A sense of excitement hung in the air as Idylwild Elementary School students filed into the school’s cafeteria Monday morning.
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UF panel discusses diversity on campus, changing the diversity credit requirement
By Paige Kauffman | Feb. 25, 2013During a panel discussion Monday, six former and current faculty members examined historical attempts of diversity since the founding of UF.
