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Guide to Greek life on campus
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2012Toga parties might be fun, but there’s more to UF’s Greek system of fraternities and sororities than liquor and letters.
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Less Than Jake touring for the band’s 20th anniversary
By Erin Jester | Aug. 14, 2012Less Than Jake might not look the same as they did when you first started listening to them.
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Dean of Students encourages students to join “culture of care”
Aug. 14, 2012At UF, we are very lucky. Our Student Body is incredibly talented in a variety of ways. Many of our faculty and staff are nationally or internationally recognized in their fields.
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Bike shop closes its doors for downtown SFC expansion
By Kathryn Varn | Aug. 14, 2012Ted Kubisek stood in front of the fan to combat the heat during the shop’s last week of being open for business. He spoke to customers and employees in a way that shows he’s known them for years.
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Indie Gainesville strives to keep the community informed
By Jessica Kegu | Aug. 14, 2012Mutch, a Gainesville native, created the blog Indie Gainesville last August as a way to organize a collective voice for the independent local businesses in Gainesville. As the wife of a local business owner, Mutch saw the issues that many local businesses were facing such as parking in the downtown area and felt they needed to be faced together.
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Nightlife options abound for under-21 crowd
By Kelly Price | Aug. 14, 2012When you first get to UF, that stretch of bars and restaurants across from the stadium, on a little lane called University Avenue, seem to glisten. That strip, in all its glory, beckons you from your dorm late at night after your parents move you in, when you’re finally free of curfews.
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The Jones Eastside to open new location downtown
By Jessica Kegu | Aug. 14, 2012After two years of growing pains, repairs and accommodations, the local restaurant The Jones Eastside is expanding with a new downtown location.
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The Reitz Union offers leisure courses
Aug. 14, 2012The Reitz Union offers leisure courses, or informal classes taken for fun, year-round. The classes meet periodically at the Reitz Union or at other locations in Gainesville, making them popular for students, faculty members and locals alike. People enroll each semester by the hundreds.
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On-campus dining offers a variety of options
By Kelly Price | Aug. 14, 2012It’s 6 p.m. You just woke up from a nap in your dorm room, and your stomach is screaming in hunger. The last thing you want to do is put an Easy Mac bowl in the common area’s sketchy microwave. It’s the first week of your freshman year, so you don’t know anything beyond the bounds of University Avenue or 13th Street.
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Local coffee shop opens with a mission to empower others
By Kathryn Varn | Aug. 14, 2012Coffee shops come in many forms — chain shops in strip malls, meet-ups for students to discuss literature and play board games or drive-thrus for convenience on the way to work.
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Alternative ways to get around
By Samantha Shavell | Aug. 14, 2012Southwest Recreation Center is a lot farther from your dorm than it looks on the map. That’s when buses come in handy.
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Where to find part-time jobs
By Chris Alcantara | Aug. 14, 2012Students interested in working on campus can find job openings on the university’s website, https://jobs.ufl.edu/, as well as listings on the Reitz Union’s website, www.union.ufl.edu/jobs, and UF’s Office of Human Resource Services’ website, www.hr.ufl.edu.
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Local music makes you cool, free concert on campus
By Ian Rowe | Aug. 14, 2012On Aug. 30, UF’s own Orange and Brew will open its doors (for free) to showcase some of Gainesville’s very own local musicians.
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“I want to ride my bicycle”: Tips for new Gainesville cyclists
By Natalie Teer | Aug. 14, 2012There are a ton of bike stores around here. These establishments will help with all fixes: if your lock gets rained on and rusts shut, if you get in an accident (knock on wood), if you need to buy a tube replacement, etc.
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Tutoring centers offered on and off UF campus
By Chris Alcantara | Aug. 14, 2012When UF students pack the libraries, stress levels spike and coffee replaces beer as the drink of choice, exam week has arrived.
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Everything you need to know about Student Government
By Samantha Shavell | Aug. 14, 2012Before you decide you want to be a student leader, or before you decide that you want nothing to do with Student Government, hear the facts.
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Otter and Trout Trading Co. offers holistic practices
By Samantha Solum | Aug. 14, 2012What began as a passion for Native American customs expanded into a boutique in 2008. Now the expansion continues in order to serve the community.
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Gainesville offers cultural attractions
By Katherine Hahn | Aug. 14, 2012A cornerstone of the area is the Hippodrome State Theatre, which is entering its 40th season. The Hipp, as locals know it, is housed in an old federal building with Corinthian columns at 25 SE Second Place.
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Clubs offer an escape
By Michael Scott Davidson | Aug. 14, 2012Student organizations like the UF Falling Gators Skydiving Club are a great way to make friends and break the monotony of the academic week.
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General education classes that won’t put you to sleep
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2012In between all of the true learning you will be doing for the next four years — like how to properly perform a keg stand and handle the subsequent hangover — remember, this is college and you do have to take classes.
