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Finding a home away from home
By Adrianna Paidas | Feb. 26, 2012Aidan Knowles is one of about 200 international exchange students who study at UF every year.
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Robotics club recreates 1950s robot for University of Florida Engineering Week
By Javier Edwards | Feb. 26, 2012Using three photographs, a 55-year-old video clip and $700 from the Benton Engineering Council, the UF Gator Robotics club resurrected a 7-foot robot from the past.
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University of Florida blog looking for student writers
By Kimberly Greenplate | Feb. 26, 2012A new UF blog about the Reitz Union is set to debut in early March and is still looking for student bloggers.
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Filmmakers brave deadlines in contest
By Webb | Feb. 26, 2012The deadline for SFC’s second annual 48 Hour Film Competition was 7 p.m. sharp Sunday night at Emiliano’s Cafe — a deadline so strict that two teams were disqualified for submitting three minutes late.
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UF women’s track team takes home SEC Indoor Championship
By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Feb. 26, 2012Although it was the men’s team that came into this weekend’s meet as defending champions, it was the women who added yet another Southeastern Conference title to the school’s history books Sunday.
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Election Commission rules Unite Party didn't coerce voters
By Samantha Shavell | Feb. 24, 2012The Election Commission ruled that the Unite Party did not directly or indirectly coerce voters to vote in the Student Government elections held on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Adderall no substitute for good study habits, experts say
By Maureen Mariano | Feb. 23, 2012Like other college students facing midterms, Santa Fe junior Laura Putlek has a project and paper due this week, two exams and two lab practicals.
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Speaker talks media bias against Islam at Reitz Union
By Javier Edwards | Feb. 23, 2012About 236 people attended Shaykh Omar Suleiman’s speech about American media bias toward Islam on Thursday night as part of Islam Awareness Month.
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Organization campaigns to better bus drivers’ contracts
Feb. 23, 2012One Regional Transit System mechanic joined eight members of Students for a Democratic Society in Tigert Hall on Thursday as they asked the UF administration to support bus drivers’ contract negotiations.
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Lawsuit sparks discussion of legality of unpaid internships
By Kelsey Meany | Feb. 23, 2012A former intern at Harper’s Bazaar filed a class-action lawsuit in regard to her unpaid work from August to December 2011.
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Miami couple donates $5 million to UF gene therapy research program
By Matt Boles | Feb. 23, 2012A Miami couple donated $5 million to a UF gene therapy program.
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UF finalist in Twitter contest
By Brittany Ann Morrisey | Feb. 23, 2012The Gator Nation recently showed its social media presence to the judges of an online contest.
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UF warns students about scam versions of Angry Birds apps
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Feb. 23, 2012Scam versions of Angry Birds have been flooding the Android application market, prompting UF to warn students about the potential danger.
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Cinema Verde Film Festival aims to raise awareness of social, environmental issues
By Sara Drumm | Feb. 23, 2012A 13-year-old’s short documentary about a homeless family will kick off the third annual Cinema Verde Film Festival today.
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All engineering votes should count
By Michael Andrews | Feb. 23, 2012My name is Michael Andrews and I am president of the Benton Engineering Council, the umbrella organization that serves as the official point of contact for all engineering involvement.
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Sorority member says expressing opinion not ‘unsisterly’
By Olivia Newan | Feb. 23, 2012This is a response to the article, “Sorority member speaks out about election.”
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Etnoecology Society uses UF's Student Agricultural Gardens sustainably
By Chris Burg | Feb. 23, 2012I had the pleasure of visiting the student gardens recently to check out what the Ethnoecology Society had to offer.
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Israeli defense veteran talks gay rights activism
By Jaime Sloane | Feb. 23, 2012Avner Even-Zohar has successfully combined two worlds that rarely mix: military work and gay rights activism.
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UF students to fast in support of migrants
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 22, 2012Three UF students will spend their Spring Break fasting to bring attention to the unfair treatment of tomato pickers.
