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Senate passes resolution against guns on campus
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 8, 2011It wasn’t a scene from a western shootout, but Tuesday’s Student Senate meeting was full of heated debate.
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Scott cuts education budget $3.3 billion
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 8, 2011Rick Scott’s budget proposal has only been available to the public for three days, but it’s already caused some state legislators’ blood pressure to rise and Florida residents’ jaws to drop.
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Applicants await UF acceptance notices
By Alexander Klausner | Feb. 8, 2011According to UF spokesman Steve Orlando, an estimated 11,000 out of 26,500 high school applicants across the country will find out Friday that they are Gators.
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Guns would eliminate defense-free zone
By Mike Lewis | Feb. 8, 2011I’m disappointed to hear about the Student Senate’s anti-gun resolution. I do hope they understand that their resolution will not stop people with bad intent from carrying guns, only those of us who follow the law and intend to use our weapons for self-defense.
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Great Civil Debate Wall to encourage students to voice opinions
By Morgan Watkins | Feb. 7, 2011Civil debate at UF is going high-tech.
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Progress Party members serve homeless
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 7, 2011Hairnet and latex gloves intact, Dave Schneider washed the trays that were handed to him though the small window in the St. Francis House kitchen.
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Two UF swimmers arrested for shoplifting in Orlando
By Kat Bein | Feb. 7, 2011The two UF swimmers just wanted jackets, but they got handcuffs and misdemeanors instead.
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UF student competes to enter Mongolian horse race
By ALLISON BANKO | Feb. 7, 2011In six months, more than two dozen horses and equestrians will pair up to take on 1,000 kilometers of rough Mongolian terrain.
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Running club holds 5K race for charity
By Styliana Resvanis | Feb. 7, 2011Students interested in running for a good cause might want to consider joining GatorSOLES, a new UF organization.
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Taco Bell's damage control may cause more harm
By Brittany Brave | Feb. 7, 2011Taco Bell is getting defensive in response to a class-action lawsuit filed against the company last week.
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Students pass on sleep for charity
By Meredith Rutland | Feb. 6, 2011Sleep Out for the Homeless was shut down early due to bad weather.
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Mentor program starting for gay students
By Marisa Gottesman | Feb. 6, 2011Pride Student Union is working on a mentorship program in the fall for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students.
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Life of Jamaican ‘icon’ celebrated
By Jessica Kramer | Feb. 6, 2011For three culture-infused hours, 66 years of life was celebrated.
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Vietnamese students celebrate lunar new year
By Rebecca Danta | Feb. 6, 2011People gathered to watch a yellow and purple lion puppet dance on stage to the beat of a drum and cymbal Saturday night, symbolizing good fortune in Vietnamese culture.
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This week in Gainesville
By Kat Bein | Feb. 6, 2011Feb. 9, 1968: Eleven people, including six UF students, are arrested by UPD during a protest of Dow Chemical Company’s campus recruitment and charged with trespassing.
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UF professor arrested for credit card fraud
By Kat Bein | Feb. 3, 2011A UF professor was arrested Jan. 27 by University Police on charges of funding trips to Malaysia on a UF credit card as far back as 2008, according to the police report.
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UF research team discovers six planets
By Hannah Winston | Feb. 3, 2011Finding a new planet isn’t the kind of thing that’s traditionally on a scientist’s daily itinerary. In the realm of science, it’s like winning a Super Bowl, meeting the pope and finding an extra $10 in your jeans all wrapped into one.
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Penn and Teller to perform at Phillips Center
By Angela Ribbler | Feb. 3, 2011Las Vegas magicians Penn and Teller have been making people laugh, cringe and gasp by sawing people in half, cracking jokes and exposing fraud for 30 years.
