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Middle class, students should fight against state budget cuts
By Dave Schneider | Mar. 24, 2011We’re living in a dark time.
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Machen names interim vice president of student affairs
By C.J. Pruner | Mar. 23, 2011Dave Kratzer has been chosen to replace Patricia Telles-Irvin, who is leaving her post to accept the same position at Northwestern University.
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Housing fair presents off-campus options
By Miranda Moore | Mar. 23, 2011Seventy-seven housing complexes tabled outside of the Reitz Union on Wednesday hoping to attract potential residents with cups, koozies, T-shirts and corn hole.
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Hope for Japan solicits donations for victims
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 23, 2011After a tsunami hit Japan, the Asian American Student Union was overwhelmed with offers of money and time.
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UF student arrested in underage sex sting
By Kat Bein | Mar. 23, 2011A UF student was arrested in Sumter County on Sunday as part of a sting operation in that area to catch sexual predators.
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Senate honors student who died on Spring Break
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 22, 2011Senators unanimously passed a resolution honoring the memory of UF freshman Molly Ammon, who was found dead March 13, during Tuesday night’s meeting.
Community
UF student recounts effects Libya attacks have on her family
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 21, 2011The swing set 20-year-old Mercedes Farhat saw in 2008 while visiting her father’s family in Tripoli, Libya, was a metal skeleton.
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Friends remember student as giving, adventurous
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 17, 2011Senior Stacie Lavender touched more lives during her time at UF than she may ever have realized.
Community
Student leaders: UF community can help Japan
By UF Student Leaders | Mar. 16, 2011We would like to express our condolences to the people of Japan.
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Students fast to combat homelessness, hunger
By Styliana Resvanis | Mar. 16, 2011UF students are encouraged to starve themselves — at least for a day.
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UF student-run theater group offers acting workshops
By Brittany Brave | Mar. 16, 2011Tiffany Dawson has a new dance routine to show off at parties whenever Lady Gaga's "Telephone" plays.
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Student voter turnout traditionally low in city elections
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 16, 2011Few students voted in Tuesday’s Gainesville City Commission, but history shows this is the norm.
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Block tuition debate not class warfare
By Nate Juster | Mar. 15, 2011The fight against block tuition began admirably but has spun out of control thanks to the volition of a few students. When Ben Meyers campaigned on a vote against block tuition he didn’t cast and Dave Schneider on a petition that he didn’t write, I was upset but realized it was just politics. However, on my first day back from break, I was greeted by signs and graffiti stating that, “The block might spare you if you have a trust fund,” and that the fight is some kind of class warfare.
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Friends raise money for student’s battle
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 14, 2011Just three days after learning he had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 20-year-old UF student Bryno Gay wanted to run in a 5K charity race.
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UF Student recounts Mardi Gras experience
By Kat Bein | Mar. 13, 2011I’d never been to Mardi Gras before, or even to New Orleans, but I was instructed to expect the worst.
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Artist plays role of student
By Kat Bein | Mar. 3, 2011Tom Miller had his life plan all sketched out when he came to Gainesville in 1984. It went something like this: go to school, get a degree in something and continue onward.
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Texting system will help students get a safe ride home
By Mina Radman | Mar. 1, 2011The UF Nightlife Navigators will try out a new text messaging system intended to aid students in getting home safely after a night downtown.
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Guns on college campuses debate continues in Legislature
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 27, 2011The idea of students sporting holsters does not appeal to Ben Meyers.
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Candidates talk to student crowd, albeit a small one
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 25, 2011Not many students showed up to the District 3 forum on Thursday, but what can you expect when there’s a basketball and baseball game on the same night?
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Darts and Laurels
By Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 24, 2011It’s been a heck of a week around here. Every Student Government election is stressful for us, but we can never quite get used to having our entire newsroom writing stories, taking photos or shooting video at 1 a.m. on a Thursday morning.
