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Knitting club uses ‘powerful craft’ to help cancer victims
By Meredith Rutland | Oct. 31, 2010Knitting isn’t just for grandmothers.
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UF professor Haridopolos faces ethics investigation
By Morgan Watkins | Oct. 28, 2010The Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that Haridopolos didn’t fully disclose financial information from 2004 to 2008.
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Sororities hold Halloween event for kids
By Jon Silman | Oct. 28, 2010Kids from around Gainesville got a spooky taste of sorority life Thursday night.
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Santa Fe to launch bachelor program in education
By Daniela Abratt | Oct. 28, 2010Santa Fe College is preparing to open its new Bachelor of Science degree program in early childhood education this spring.
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UF researchers compete for funding for babies with brain injuries
By Camille York | Oct. 28, 2010A UF group is hoping to receive funding to conduct research for babies born with brain injuries.
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Israeli political adviser addresses Iran, Palistine conflicts
By C.J. Pruner | Oct. 28, 2010Throughout his life, Effie Eitam has been a member of the Israeli legislature, a brigadier general, an adviser and consultant to the Israeli prime minister.
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UF sending research into orbit
By Jon Silman | Oct. 27, 2010UF will be using rocket fuel to generate biofuel during next week’s shuttle launch.
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UF rates high in sustainability
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 27, 2010In its efforts toward sustainability, UF gets a B+.
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Santa Fe gets spooky with haunting lecture
By Chelsea Hull | Oct. 27, 2010Andrew Nichols has used Ouija boards, locked his wife in a dungeon and stared as a grandfather clock rotated completely around by itself — all in the name of his career as a parapsychologist.
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IFAS gets $2.9 million to study strawberries
By Gennaro Scibelli | Oct. 27, 2010The grant will help the multi-state research team, led by UF plant pathologist Natalia Peres, find better ways to fight fruit rot that plagues the strawberries in Florida fields and refrigerators every year.
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CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Professor loses 10 years of racism research to burglars
By Jon Silman | Oct. 27, 2010Marilyn M. Thomas-Houston has spent the past 10 years studying racism in Nova Scotia — but now all of her research is gone.
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‘Sex on the lawn’ event offers food, free condoms, sex ed
By Mina Radman | Oct. 27, 2010Three blindfolded students raced to open condoms and place them on plastic model penises while others guessed how many condoms were in a jar Wednesday.
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Walking Gators kicks off fall semester walks with new routes
By Sara Solano | Oct. 27, 2010A small cluster gathered around library employee Jami Beserock, her orange Walking Gators T-shirt signaling their usual meeting spot outside Smathers Library.
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Consumer confidence up
By Meredith Rutland | Oct. 27, 2010The economy may be improving, according to a new UF study.
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Senate meeting heats up over bill about bills
By Lidia Dinkova | Oct. 26, 2010In a heated debate Tuesday night, Student Senators passed a bill that allows only for bills passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee to be heard in Senate meetings.
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UF travel ban to Haiti applies to undergrads
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 26, 2010A cholera outbreak in Haiti has prompted UF to restrict undergraduate travel to the recovering country.
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Hogwarts party draws 600 Harry Potter fans
By Max Reed | Oct. 26, 2010Students made a trip to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Tuesday night.
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Santa Fe rallies for buses
By Alexandria Ugarte | Oct. 26, 2010The legislation would allow all Florida colleges to add a small transportation fee to each credit hour for students.
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Local seniors strut stuff in dance classes
By Hannah Winston | Oct. 26, 2010After running five marathons, including the New York Marathon at the age of 62, John Brown’s knees gave out. Now, at 80, he dances.
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iPad draws mixed reactions at UF
By Heather Foley | Oct. 26, 2010While the iPad is entertaining people with its technological charm, students and teachers at UF are finding it unsuccessful in the classroom.
