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Library celebrates technology in GPS systems
By MEG WAGNER | Nov. 17, 2010If you’ve ever used a GPS, you’ve used GIS.
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Hillel hosts banquet, represents global issues
By Ali Robertson | Nov. 17, 2010Today, students will arrive at the UF Hillel for dinner. But if all goes according to plan, most will leave with nearly empty stomachs.
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UF frat house catches fire after hookah tips over on mattress
By Lidia Dinkova | Nov. 17, 2010A fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity house, 8 Fraternity Row, on Wednesday morning will lead to the eviction of one house resident and a mandatory fire safety educational session from the Gainesville Police Department.
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Student's project sends smiles overseas
By Kathryn Schofield | Nov. 17, 2010When Marielle Ness’s father, Lt. Col. James Ness, told her about the local kids who give him and other soldiers the thumbs up as they drive the streets of the green zone in Kabul, Afghanistan, it ignited an idea for a project.
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Students march with tuition petition for Machen
By Alexander Klausner | Nov. 17, 2010About 70 students chanted and marched with signs from Turlington Plaza to Tigert Hall on Wednesday to protest the administration’s block tuition proposals.
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Student senate gives $352,731 to special events
By Chelsea Hull | Nov. 16, 2010TJ Villamil said his committee increased the allotted budget by 5 percent this year, but the special event groups’ funding requests came in $1,800 under budget.
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Overturned vetoes mean money for UF
By Miguel A. Chateloin | Nov. 16, 2010A newly elected legislature overturned eight of outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist’s vetoes, including a $9.7 million budget appropriation for Shands Teaching Hospital, during a special session Tuesday.
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Block tuition proposal discriminatory, unsuitable for UF
By Alden Gillespy | Nov. 16, 2010Unless you live under a rock and don’t use Facebook or read this newspaper, you’ve heard about plans to bring a block tuition program to UF. UF President Bernie Machen is eager to implement block tuition as soon as possible, but his administration’s proposal is unsuitable for this campus.
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Student to meet celebrities in Paris through MTV contest
By Silvia Fernandez | Nov. 16, 2010A UF journalism student will be getting some face time with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie at the end of this month.
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Study abroad interest steady
By Mina Radman | Nov. 16, 2010Despite a modest decline among students nationwide, interest in studying abroad has not waned at UF.
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UF special-ed program offers on-the-job training
By BRANDON BRESLOW | Nov. 16, 2010When Jocelyn Nerey enrolled at UF in 2008, she didn’t pack up a U-Haul, slap a SunPass on her windshield and hit the northbound lanes on the turnpike. Instead, she continued working as a prekindergarten special education teacher at Coral Park Elementary School in Miami.
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UF ACTIONS! hosts poverty forum
By Max Reed | Nov. 15, 2010What would you do if you lived in poverty? How would you provide for your family? Where would you sleep? What would you eat?
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Weeklong World Humanities Expo shows off cultures
By Luke Gavin | Nov. 15, 2010Monday morning was the opening of the weeklong World Humanities Expo at Santa Fe College, where exhibits, speakers, food and performances give visitors a glimpse of cultures from around the world.
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UF biggest recipient of $10 million joint award
By Jon Silman | Nov. 15, 2010The initiative is a collaborative effort — along with business and government — to aid Florida’s economy and create high-technology and high-wage jobs.
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Engineering students’ ‘Chem-E-Car’ places nationally
By Meredith Rutland | Nov. 15, 2010As Cougar rolled to the finish, its creators held their breath.
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‘Smokeout’ urges quitting
By Mina Radman | Nov. 15, 2010Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to put out their cigarettes this week.
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Solo cups touts eco wares on campus
By Sofia Royce | Nov. 15, 2010While college students generally associate Solo cups with gameday fun and hazy weekends, they may soon be associating the brand with a more philanthropic and ecologically friendly type of fun.
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iPhone application by UF graduate helps musicians
By Alexander Klausner | Nov. 15, 2010A new iPhone application developed by a UF graduate is making it possible for even those who don’t know the difference between a C-note and a G-note to write the next hit song.
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1,000 honor veterans at Santa Fe’s Liberty Fest
By Tyler Cole | Nov. 14, 2010For Master Sgt. Jim Yakubsin, coming home from the Vietnam War wasn’t easy.
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International week to showcase opportunities abroad
By Gretchen Gordin | Nov. 14, 2010UF students and faculty will have the opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange this week.
