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Anxious freshmen, proud parents take over campus for Summer B
By Chris Alcantara | July 2, 2012UF is anticipating about 2,200 new students taking classes this summer, said UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
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Matheson Museum expands programming to residents
By Katherine Hahn | July 2, 2012Struggling to preserve Alachua County’s history yet little known to local residents, the museum, located at 513 E. University Ave., works to make a bigger impact on the community.
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UF’s Board of Trustees agree on a 9 percent tuition increase
By Erin Jester | July 2, 2012After an hour of haggling, storytelling and sidestepping on the last day of its meeting, the Board of Governors approved a 9 percent differential tuition increase for UF.
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UF beta testing new network that saves GatorLink password
By Javier Edwards | July 2, 2012The Unified Wireless Network is a part of the larger Unified Network Project, which was developed to increase the efficiency of Wi-Fi on UF’s campus, said Fedro Zazueta, the senior director of the Office of Academic Technology and a professor in the agricultural and biological engineering department.
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Congress passes bill to keep current loan interest rate
By Erin Jester | July 2, 2012In 2007, Congress made an agreement allowing the interest rate on Stafford loans to drop from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent over five years.
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Gainesville is home to growing student-based startups
By Webb | July 2, 2012More UF students are deciding to plant entrepreneurial roots in Gainesville — building companies with the readily available student work force.
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TutoringZone to move locations, offer more online study sessions
By Katherine Hahn | July 2, 2012A lot has changed since TutoringZone started helping UF students get through their classes in 1999.
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Supreme Court upholds health care law
By Clare Lennon | July 2, 2012Under the Affordable Care Act, U.S. citizens must purchase health insurance or face a penalty.
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UF alumna suspect in hit-and-run
By Benjamin S. Brasch | June 28, 2012Police have arrested a UF alumna for allegedly driving the car that hit a UF student on her bike, leaving her injured.
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UF researchers get $1.5 million to study cause of colon cancer
By Caitlin Hartley | June 26, 2012A team of UF researchers has received a $1.5 million grant to study the cause of colon cancer.
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Board of Governors approves tuition, fee increases
By Erin Jester | June 21, 2012After accepting a few losses during this year’s legislative session, UF is getting some approval at a critical time for the university.
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University of Florida's English Language Institute looking for conversation partners
By Mariela Ramirez | June 21, 2012UF’s English Language Institute, or ELI, is looking for student volunteers for the Conversation Partner Program during Summer B. Volunteers will be paired with at least one non-English speaking student from another country and meet for a minimum of one hour each week.
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Florida coping with abrupt end to College World Series run
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Last week, Brian Johnson was not thinking about life after Omaha.
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The Rally: Is baseball, softball or ‘John Carter’ the bigger disappointment?
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Joe: Rewind to January 1, 2012. The ball has dropped in New York City, and I’m drinking champagne out of a plastic wine glass. A fortune teller — decked out in purple robes with a crystal ball — saunters over and tells me the Gators will win three national championships in the first six months of the year and that John Carter would be the box-office bust of 2012.
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Some iPhone users choose phone over sex
By Rachel Stephens | June 20, 2012Stinnett, a 21-year-old UF political science senior, isn’t alone. According to a study released Monday, 15 percent of iPhone users would choose a sex-free weekend over giving up their phone for the same amount of time.
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UF Senate approves new Supervisor of Elections after extension
By Samantha Shavell | June 20, 2012Student Body President Tj Villamil left this position open later than others, hoping that more people would apply. UF junior Stephen Davis was chosen.
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UF Senator to begin 150-mile trek to Tallahassee Monday
By Samantha Shavell | June 20, 2012The trek is Wheeler’s way of giving back to his church, St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, and raising money for the construction of its new building.
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Bus routes to change for Summer B schedule
By Chris Alcantara | June 20, 2012Bus service will be reduced during the weeklong break between Summer A and Summer B.
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Grads and students use Etsy to expand the Gator Nation
By Kathryn Varn | June 20, 2012Melnichuk, who spent her teenage years in Brooklyn, N.Y., painted throughout high school. She was accepted to the School of Visual Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design and other well-known art schools, as well as waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon for physics.
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Gators' mistakes prove costly in early College World Series exit
By JOE MORGAN | June 18, 2012The Gators were the last team to leave Omaha disappointed in 2011. In 2012, they are one of the first.
