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Weather brings excess strawberries
By KAREN SULLIVAN | Apr. 13, 2010Strawberry lovers are seeing steals at supermarket registers thanks to a surge in supply at season’s end.
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Group helps men cope with cancer
By MEGAN MERRILL | Apr. 12, 2010After the devastating loss of his father and brother to prostate cancer, Sam Gaddy needed a way to cope.
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Political parties absent from election ballots
By MEG WAGNER | Apr. 12, 2010As voters head to the polls today for Gainesville’s runoff election, they’ll notice their ballots lack something that might seem essential to the election.
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Police brutality activists to protest in DC
Apr. 12, 2010Protesters of the University Police Department shooting of a UF graduate student have been invited to carry their concerns from the front doors of Tigert Hall to the front doors of the White House.
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Man goes nude in public, taken to psychiatric
Apr. 12, 2010Police took a 21-year-old man to a mental hospital after he ran up and down West University Avenue totally nude Monday morning.
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Census deadline looms
Apr. 11, 2010About 63 percent of Alachua County residents have mailed their census forms and census workers will be going door-to-door starting May 1 to those who haven't completed the forms.
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Local students demonstrate Mandarin Chinese abilities
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 11, 2010Olivia Edmundson has been studying the Chinese language for four years, a skill she intends to use to prepare for college.
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20 compete in kickboxing, Muay Thai at fight night
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Apr. 11, 2010Country music and cowboy boots were replaced by martial arts fighters at :08 on Saturday night when Florida Fight Nights took over the dance floor.
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Members of UF science clubs faceoff at paintball match
By Meredith Rutland | Apr. 11, 2010Members of the physics and astrophysics clubs disagree with the chemistry club on a lot of things, among them being which science is superior and which group won the annual paintball match.
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Fla. Attorney General candidate makes two-day visit
Apr. 11, 2010For some, the Florida attorney general’s position may be seen as just another political stepping stone to bigger and better offices.
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Students compete in Wakefest
Apr. 11, 2010Saturday was about more than football for the 23 people who dragged 70-feet behind a boat and launched from the waves into the air at Lake Wauburg Saturday.
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Club bridges gap with show
By LEANDRA VALENTINE Alligator Contributing Writer | Apr. 11, 2010Rhythmic beats and traditional African dance were at the core of the African Student Union’s 38th annual showcase held at Lincoln Middle School Saturday night.
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Engineering students race hydrogen-run ‘cougar’
By VICTORIA ISRAELS | Apr. 11, 2010Comeback came in the form of a cougar for a group of UF students Saturday.
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Memorial program focuses on gay Holocaust victims
By KATIE EVANS | Apr. 11, 2010Geoffrey Giles, a UF professor in German history, spoke to about 350 people at the B’nai Israel Jewish Center for Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Youth art programs see decreased summer funding
By ROBERT HILSON | Apr. 11, 2010Dried up grass. Dried up funds. These are the givens as the summer months approach in Gainesville, and for William Eyerly, this is both unfortunate and totally expected.
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Drag queens, kings promote pride month
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Apr. 8, 2010About 300 students attended the Fierce and Fabulous Drag Show, a show for Pride Awareness Month that included several drag kings and queens.
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Walk to benefit MS patients
By KELLY MORGAN | Apr. 8, 2010Sharon McDow will be walking for a cure Saturday morning.
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Attorney General candidate to reach out to young voters
Apr. 8, 2010In an effort to attract more young voters, Florida Attorney General candidate Dave Aronberg will be paying a visit to Gainesville today and Saturday.
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Senate hopeful meets students
Apr. 7, 2010In his journey to become Florida’s newest senator, Congressman Kendrick Meek made a pit stop in Gainesville Wednesday night to listen to and talk with students.
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500 try vegan pizza, ice cream at VegFest
Apr. 7, 2010Cheese-free pizza and soy ice cream awaited about 500 students on the Plaza of the Americas Wednesday during VegFest.
