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UF team hosts first annual Quidditch Swamp Cup over weekend
By THOMAS NASSIFF< | Mar. 20, 2011The scene at Kanapaha Park had all the symptoms of a typical Sunday afternoon.
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Census results show Alachua County continues to grow
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 20, 2011The 2010 census results show that the county grew by 29,381 people since 2000, putting the latest population count at 247,336.
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UF students perform Shakespeare's “Macbeth” on Plaza
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 20, 2011As the sun set over the Plaza of the Americas on Saturday night, three women with dirt-smudged faces, torn clothes and leaves in their tangled hair gathered around a tire.
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Students hypnotized during “Magical Mystery Tour” on Saturday
By Margeaux Nelson | Mar. 20, 2011UF junior Courtney Read said almost all she can recall from her hypnosis was riding a motorcycle in a sandy, cactus-filled desert in Arizona.
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Harn Museum of Art to open Asian art wing in spring 2012
By Danielle Alvarez | Mar. 20, 2011The Harn Museum of Art will open an expanded 26,000-square-foot Asian art wing to the public in spring 2012.
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Despite female majority on campus, ACCENT's speakers are predominantly male
By ANNIE BOGGS | Mar. 18, 2011While watching Matisyahu perform earlier this week, I started thinking about what other speakers have come to the University of Florida since my time here. While going through the names in my head, I quickly came to the conclusion that they have been overwhelmingly male.
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Kay Bros. BBQ opens near UF
By Melanie Brkich | Mar. 17, 2011The brothers and owners of Designer Greens restaurants in Gainesville and Orlando opened a third restaurant, Kay Bros. BBQ, during Spring Break.
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About 250 attend vigil to honor victims of Japan tsunami
By Skylar Ramsey | Mar. 17, 2011With candles in hand, 250 people gathered at the Reitz Union Amphitheater Thursday night to remember the lives affected by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Japan last week
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Shakespeare in the Park to perform “Macbeth” on the Plaza of the Americas
By Jeanna Arroyo | Mar. 17, 2011In most instances, shields, hubcaps and baseball bats are best reserved for scrapyards and street fights.
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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.
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Open carry dropped
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2011The Florida Legislature has abandoned the idea of allowing firearms to be carried on college campuses.
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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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Gainesville Meditation Guide: at the Hare Krishna House
By Robert Imfeld | Mar. 16, 2011Every day, the Hare Krishnas chant a melodic meditation and serve food to students in UF’s Plaza of the Americas.
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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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Funeral today for UF freshman
By Hannah Winston | Mar. 16, 2011Family and friends will gather today to bid farewell to a UF student who died over Spring Break.
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Florida Legislature shoots down campus open-carry gun bill
By Alexander Klausner | Mar. 16, 2011The Florida Legislature is no longer considering the bill that would have allowed students to openly carry guns on campus, and it now exists as a means to introduce open carry to the state.
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UF Ph.D. candidate recounts earthquake in Japan
By Morgan Watkins | Mar. 16, 2011Shinichi Amano was napping with his 3-year-old daughter in his Tokyo apartment when the shaking woke him.
