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UF club to help with Gator Growl
By Sujie Wu | Sep. 18, 2012This year, UF’s oldest public relations organization will help put on what is regarded as the largest student-run pep rally in the world.
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Bar connected to Munchies 420 Cafe opens in Midtown
By Webb | Sep. 18, 2012Fat Daddy’s, a new bar in Midtown, will open its doors beneath Munchies 420 Cafe for the first time this weekend.
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Downtown Library to host free film series
By Rosa Llamo | Sep. 18, 2012Mindful Movies, a free film series, kicks off 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Alachua County’s Downtown Branch Library. Mindful Movies will play documentaries to create community dialogue about global issues and how they can be addressed locally, press liaison Sarah Thompson said.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Health officials, smoke shops disagree about flavored tobacco
By Marisa Ross | Sep. 18, 2012The Alachua County Health Department plans to hold a candy-flavored tobacco task force meeting at 3 p.m. Sept. 27 in its main building.
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High school drama program scraping by despite little funding
By Audreyanna Loguerre | Sep. 18, 2012F. W. Buchholz High School is facing a major financial setback going into its theater season. The Alachua County School Board gave the drama program a $399 stipend, but the school’s first show is expected to cost between $4,000 and $5,000.
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Christmas arrives early in stores
By Ayana Stewart | Sep. 18, 2012It’s only September, but some Gainesville retailers have already started preparing for the holiday season.
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Occupy protests one year old
By Webb | Sep. 17, 2012Occupy Gainesville observed the one-year anniversary of its parent movement Monday. However, the organization decided not to host an event. Instead it opted to celebrate Occupy Gainesville’s one-year anniversary later this month, said Tommy Baker, a UF alumnus.
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Cantina to give out free shots as part of Twitter promotion
By CHRIS KIRSCHNER< | Sep. 17, 2012As part of a new promotion, 101 Cantina plans to give out 3,000 free shots as soon as it reaches 3,000 Twitter followers.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Grad student seriously injured in mystery incident
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 17, 2012At about 6 p.m. Wednesday, UPD received a call from a pedestrian who found Zachary Lovitch, 27, a music composition doctoral candidate, unconscious across the street from the Biomedical Sciences Building on Center Drive.
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While theater economy remains iffy in Gainesville, UF students have hope
By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 17, 2012Gainesville may welcome art in all its forms, but its job market for professional theater is about as bad as the rest of the country’s.
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Man robs pizza shop with gun
By Chris Alcantara | Sep. 17, 2012At about 3:10 a.m. Sunday, Curtis Hines, 36, walked into a Domino’s Pizza store in the 2000 block of Southwest 13th Street and demanded money from the cashier, according to a Gainesville Police arrest report.
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Event will feature painting elephant, pony rides
By Emily Padgett | Sep. 17, 2012Luke the elephant will paint for an audience this weekend as part of Elephant Appreciation Day. He is one of four elephants that will participate in the event, at Two Tails Ranch, 18655 NE 81st St., Williston, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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Kids push their limits to help people in need during triathlon
By Katie Campbell | Sep. 16, 2012Kids4Kids Florida Charities Inc. hosted the Fifth Annual Triathlon and Fun Run, which benefitted Shands Children’s Hospital, Child Advocacy Center and One Room School House. Children ages 4 to 18 could participate in the events, which were held at Haile Plantation Golf and Country Club.
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Downtown festival celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
By Jewel Midelis | Sep. 16, 2012People danced, savored dishes such as empanadas and celebrated the spirit of the Hispanic culture at the 11th annual Downtown Latino Festival on Saturday at Bo Diddley Community Plaza. About 2,000 people attended the festival, according to David Ruiz, director of the festival.
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K-12 EDUCATION
Loyalty, honesty don’t always go together
Sep. 16, 2012The kid who would always tell the teacher if he or she caught you chewing gum or not sharing the Slinky even if you’d been waiting for, like, 20 minutes for your turn knew the rules and wanted to make sure everybody followed them, a believer in a school-sanctioned system of justice.
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Artists gather at gardens to paint nature scenes
By Ayana Stewart | Sep. 16, 2012The Worldwide Artist Paint Out was held at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens to raise money for the gardens through art sales.
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McDonald’s adds calorie counts to menu
By Webb | Sep. 16, 2012McDonald’s Corp. announced Wednesday it will begin to include calorie information on restaurant and drive-thru menus nationwide.
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Gainesville Latino Film Festival reaches capacity at the Harn
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Sep. 13, 2012More than 250 people attended Thursday’s kickoff of the eighth annual Gainesville Latino Film Festival — necessitating a second screening of its first film showing.
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POLITICS
Rick Scott is Florida’s Public Enemy No. 1
Sep. 13, 2012The investigation is the result of a complaint filed by the National Employment Law Project, a national workers’ rights group, and Florida Legal Services, a state nonprofit organization, on behalf of unemployed Floridians.
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Composting company celebrates first anniversary
By Angela Tegnelia | Sep. 13, 2012Gainesville Compost, is giving away some food grown by its compost to celebrate its one-year anniversary. The event will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Tempo Bistro To Go, 1516 NW 13th St.
