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'Workaholics'' popularity grows
By Devon Abelman | Jan. 16, 2013Wednesday nights just got weird.
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Metro
Arbor Day to be celebrated with tree planting
By Valerie Crum | Jan. 16, 2013Gainesville is celebrating another year of being a green city.
University
UF grad in Miss America
By Colleen Wright | Jan. 16, 2013In December 2010, Laura McKeeman wondered aloud to her Zeta Tau Alpha sisters about how she could get money to pay for her Summer class.
Sports
Eutsey's new training paying off
By KATIE AGOSTIN | Jan. 16, 2013Junior Ebony Eutsey wasn’t happy when coach Mike Holloway suggested she add short sprints to her training routine during the fall semester.
News
Florida to be tested by star Texas A&M scoring guard
By LANDON WATNICK | Jan. 16, 2013As Florida bullied LSU in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday, Texas A&M’s Elston Turner was putting on a show against Kentucky in Rupp Arena.
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The Heavy Pets perform Saturday with new format
By Samantha Doucette | Jan. 16, 2013The Heavy Pets will be performing at The Jam, formerly PUERTO tä’gwä, on Saturday. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.
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Mature Florida preparing for 2013
Jan. 16, 2013Senior Kitty Cullen remembers it like it was yesterday. Walking onto the field as the first lacrosse team in UF history, she and her teammates were terrified.
News
4chan's #CutForBieber goes too far
By Valerie Crum | Jan. 16, 2013In a private chat room, 4chan users planned an entire hoax centered on the Twitter hashtag #cutforBieber. YouTube channels, Twitter channels, Facebook posts — hours were spent creating an entire media trail to convince the world that preteen girls were cutting themselves to protest Justin Bieber smoking pot.
News
Do live instruments matter in EDM?
By Samantha Doucette | Jan. 16, 2013Now that we’re drifting away from the normal concert experience of a live band and trading it in for one or two people behind a DJ booth with multiple electronic machines, the issue of if concerts are live or pre-recorded has come to the forefront.
Sports
Boynton more than just shooting for Gators
By GREG LUCA | Jan. 16, 2013When discussing Kenny Boynton, fans and onlookers only seem to care about one thing: Is he hot, or is he cold?
University
Student Senate approves two for Election Commission
By Colleen Wright | Jan. 16, 2013Student Senate approved two new members to the Election Commission in the Senate meeting Tuesday night.
Metro
Supervisor of Elections office to consolidate
By Beatrice Dupuy | Jan. 16, 2013The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections will handle all its election operations under one roof if it moves to a new office later this year.
University
UF online graduate program ranks high in US
By Alyssa Fisher | Jan. 15, 2013UF’s online graduate business program was named the No. 1 program in the state and No. 4 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report Tuesday.
Opinion
We Get It: You’re all very angry because you can’t read
Jan. 15, 2013Welcome, new readers! We’re so glad you decided to pick up — or click on — our humble publication.
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UF grad creates anti-bullying campaign
By Alexa Volland | Jan. 15, 2013To create public conversations about reducing violence in communities, a UF graduate launched a national video anti-bullying campaign.
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Sakai spam promotes UF shopping site
By Jaclyn Rosen | Jan. 15, 2013Dianmarie De Jesus was one of about 10,000 students who received a mass email from a professor who appeared to be endorsing a new online shopping site for students called uVendors.
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America’s age of objectivity has ended
Jan. 15, 2013Last Monday, Alabama rolled — quite literally — over Notre Dame, crushing the Fighting Irish 42-14, becoming the third team to win three national titles in four seasons.
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UF center collects snakes for python roundup
By Kelcee Griffis | Jan. 15, 2013UF’s Research and Education Center began receiving a series of unusual specimens Saturday: Burmese pythons shot by hunters in South Florida wildlife preserves.
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International students respond to censorship
By Bethany Schuster | Jan. 15, 2013As a daughter of a Communist Party member, a 24-year-old Chinese UF student believes freedom of press is far from China’s horizon.
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We don’t need a ‘national service’ program
Jan. 15, 2013Isn’t it about time to reinstate the draft?
