Sports
Column: Defense emerges at key time to help spur pair of blowouts
By GREG LUCA | Mar. 18, 2012OMAHA, Neb.
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Freshmen lead Florida baseball's sweep of Vanderbilt; Thompson has torn ACL
Mar. 18, 2012The No. 1 baseball team in the country started four freshmen in its lineup Sunday afternoon. This wasn’t an exhibition or a midweek pushover — it was Florida against Vanderbilt with a sweep in the opening weekend of Southeastern Conference play on the line.
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Downtown businesses host First Fridays events
By Brittany Borsanyi | Mar. 18, 2012A recently created monthly event in downtown Gainesville has some business owners seeing an increase in downtown visitors.
Sports
Coyle, Haeger homer as patient Gators softball sweeps Gamecocks
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Mar. 18, 2012Sometimes, it is best to play the waiting game.
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Man leaves trail of drugs during chase
Mar. 18, 2012During a police chase Saturday night, a Williston man left behind a trail of crack cocaine, marijuana, a razor blade and a cellphone, police said.
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SG to install cellphone charging stations on campus
By Samantha Shavell | Mar. 18, 2012Student Government plans to install six cellphone charging stations across campus this week.
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Kappa Alpha Psi named in reported hazing case
By Clare Lennon | Mar. 18, 2012Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity was named Friday morning as the second fraternity recently involved in hazing at UF.
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Florida men's tennis faces tough trip out west against No. 1 USC
By ELI MARGER | Mar. 18, 2012In the midst of a Southeastern Conference slate described as “brutal” by coaches and players, Florida will take a trip west for an nonconference match tonight.
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Hedberg leads UF women's golf to repeat win; men finish third
By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Mar. 18, 2012It’s not every day that you hear about a freshman leading her team to victory. However, that’s exactly what Camilla Hedberg did this weekend at home in the SunTrust Gator Women’s Invitational.
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More To It: Elections not only indication of democracy
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 18, 2012This was the philosophy of President Bush’s foreign policy: By bringing democracy to certain places in the Middle East, it will create a push for democracy in other authoritarian regimes.
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Biomaterials Day promotes research, business
By Katherine Hahn | Mar. 18, 2012About 25 students shared research on biomedical topics from contact lenses to cancer Friday at UF’s first Biomaterials Day.
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Car enthusiasts show off rides for charity
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Mar. 18, 2012Gregg Freas walked hand-in-hand with his 4-year-old son, Samuel, and pointed out the shiniest engines he could find for his boy.
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Volunteers team up to beautify Gainesville as part of Great American
By Adara Ney | Mar. 18, 2012Emily Cottrell was expecting to find liquor bottles when she spent St. Patrick’s Day cleaning up trash, but she didn’t expect to find a brand-new ID or part of a dashboard.
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Volunteers shave heads in support of cure for children’s cancer
By Caitlin Hartley | Mar. 18, 2012Renee Shifrin-Tannenholtz grinned ear to ear as she had her head shaved in front of a crowd of about 115 people.
University
Columnist applies simulated sense of past he argues against
By Ryan Fenton | Mar. 18, 2012First, I would like to compliment Luke Bailey’s ongoing commitment to his conservative values.
News
Take a road trip to Bonnaroo, other summer music festivals
By Sarah Kinonen | Mar. 18, 2012Here are some summer music festivals we’re hoping to snag a ticket to.
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Musicians turned fashion designers include Gwen Stefani, Kanye West
By Natalia Sieukaran | Mar. 18, 2012Some musicians the world has come to love through their songs. Now fans have their designs to love, too.
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Machen should support bus drivers
By Conor Munro | Mar. 18, 2012Often, the controversy that surrounds Student Government overshadows the good things that get done.
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Tuition increases won’t do UF any favors
By Travis Hornsby | Mar. 18, 2012Like many of you who arrived at UF in the fall of 2008 or before, I’ve noticed a giant increase in the cost of attendance.
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Correction
Mar. 18, 2012Tuesday’s edition of the Alligator incorrectly identified Jeff Babik as the owner of a food truck. Babik interned for Commissioner Jeanna Mastrodicasa in Fall 2011 and worked with the public safety committee.
