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UCF aims to imitate UF's no-tobacco policy
By Clare Lennon | Nov. 21, 2011UF's no-tobacco policy is helping to clear the air at other universities.
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Clear skin could improve job prospects, study finds
By Mina Radman | Nov. 21, 2011Acne isn't just a preteen worry anymore: It may be reason someone isn't hired for a job.
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Student arrested for vandalizing fraternity house this weekend
By Emily Morrow | Nov. 21, 2011A UF student was charged with a misdemeanor after vandalizing a fraternity house early Sunday morning.
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Classes canceled earlier next year
By Erin Jester | Nov. 21, 2011For the first time in his 20 years teaching at UF, journalism professor Laurence Alexander has canceled his class on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
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UF named second most vegan friendly
By Mina Radman | Nov. 21, 2011UF is the second most vegan-friendly large university in the nation.
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Alumnus starts petition against Gov. Rick Scott signing diplomas
By Erin Jester | Nov. 20, 2011One UF alumnus was so disturbed by Gov. Rick Scott's ideas about education, he started a petition to get the governor's signatures off university diplomas.
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Commuting undergraduates deal with long days, distances
By Meredith Rutland | Nov. 20, 2011For Samantha Scille, off-campus has a whole other meaning.
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Students transform trash into art
By Mary Anne Eades | Nov. 20, 2011Renate Balsamo knows how to turn stress into art.
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UF rugby team takes Florida Cup for third consecutive year
Nov. 20, 2011As Chris Coleman stood on the sidelines of the Collegiate Men's Rugby Florida Cup championship game Sunday with his swollen elbow in a sling and his nose plugged to stop the bleeding, he strategized about how to take off his jersey.
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Police, firefighters respond to two false alarms at Norman Hall
By Morgan Watkins | Nov. 17, 2011Students and faculty evacuated Norman Hall twice Thursday after police say someone pulled fire alarms without reason.
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Students experience life with disabilities at dinner event
By Maggie Powers | Nov. 17, 2011In November 2008, Cameron McIntosh was an 18-year-old basketball and football star at his Illinois high school. He ranked 10th in his class academically and hoped to attend UF the next fall. He had 20/20 vision.
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Alumnus donates for new medical center
Nov. 17, 2011A donation from a UF College of Medicine alumnus and his wife will kick-start the planning for a new medical education center, the college announced Wednesday.
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Teach for America selects 34 UF students
By Samantha Shavell | Nov. 17, 2011Sociology senior Darius Rucker, 21, expected his Nov. 8 rehearsal of "Chicago" to be just like the other ones. It wasn't.
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Faculty raises delayed due to union lawsuit
By Erin Jester | Nov. 17, 2011In the wake of a lawsuit, UF has delayed its proposal to give faculty members a 3 percent raise to offset a state requirement for public employees to contribute the same amount to their retirement.
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Century Tower dresses up for World Diabetes Day
By Kathleen Birkhimer | Nov. 17, 2011Music, bubbles and blue light will surround Century Tower on Friday night.
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Student charged with assaulting two women
By Morgan Watkins | Nov. 17, 2011A UF student was arrested early Thursday after police say he forced his way into a fellow UF student's apartment and attacked her and her roommate.
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Tips on how to tackle some of UF's toughest classes
By Raksheen Ayaz | Nov. 16, 2011It is the time of the year again to register for classes for the spring semester. Students, typically sophomores, juniors and seniors, are starting to take upper-level classes specific to their colleges. There are certain classes students take that are widely known as the most challenging. Compiled below are tips from professors and students in the various colleges of UF, on Biochemistry, Finance, Reporting and Thermodynamics - some of the hardest courses for students at UF.
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SG voting: An inside look at how it works at UF and other schools
By Clare Lennon | Nov. 16, 2011In September, about 8,000 UF students threaded their ways through fliers, stickers, party supporters and snaking lines to vote at the on-campus polls.
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Number of international students increasing nationwide
By Emily Morrow | Nov. 16, 2011Hyunji Lim and Moonhee Cho want to work in America.
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Graduate assistants rally against fee hikes
By Erin Jester | Nov. 16, 2011Waving colorful signs and chanting "stand up, fight back," UF graduate assistants rallied Wednesday to protest student fees they think are unfair.
