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Actor, activist highlights culture of LGBT community
By JAMEL LANGLEY | Apr. 1, 2010At the age of 19, Wilson Cruz was ready to tell his secret.
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Student voted ‘Gentleman of the Year’ on Facebook
By RACHEL MANKO | Apr. 1, 2010David DiVirgilio showed that UF boys really “are the squarest” when he became the Network of Enlightened Women’s Gentleman of the Year Wednesday.
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Cancer carnival draws 200 for free haircuts, awareness
By KATIE FINNEY | Apr. 1, 2010For UF biology junior Elizabeth Mackall, the Chomp Cancer Carnival on the Reitz Union North Lawn Thursday was about more than free pizza and cotton candy.
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Administration not taking actions against audio tapes
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Apr. 1, 2010University officials have decided not to punish members of the Unite Party implicated for hazing and voter coercion in a recording of a February campaign meeting.
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Bobsledding gold medalist visits
By ERIN O’DEA | Apr. 1, 2010Olympian Steve Mesler showed his 2010 gold medal off to about 80 at the Florida Gym courts Thursday.
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Shands policy keeps some students’ identities secret
By Joey Flechas | Apr. 1, 2010Kofi Adu-Brempong is still recovering at Shands Cancer Hospital, but the hospital’s patient directory says otherwise.
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Aramark deal struck in favor of Immokalee workers
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Apr. 1, 2010After months of negotiations with the Student/Farmworker Alliance, Aramark will now pay its Immokalee workers 1 cent more for each pound of tomatoes they pick.
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Broken toilet floods Student Health Care Center
By CAROLYN TILLO | Apr. 1, 2010A sickly toilet on the third floor of the Student Health Care Center caused water to flood through three floors of the infirmary Thursday.
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Conservatives speak at forum
Apr. 1, 2010Conservative candidates from across the state converged on the Plaza of the Americas Thursday in an attempt to push students to make the “right” choices at the polls.
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Students celebrate Same-Sex Hand Holding day on plaza
By STEPHANIE RAMIREZ | Apr. 1, 2010Couples on the Plaza of the Americas Thursday spelled out their feelings for one another as part of Same-Sex Hand Holding Day.
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UF Forestry Club places high in Conclave events
By JAMES CHAPIN | Mar. 31, 2010At the Southern Forestry Conclave, the marquee event is the crosscut.
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UF physics professors break energy record
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 31, 2010A new, unexplored area of science just opened up, and UF plans to reap the benefits.
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RUB cancels Band of Horses concert
By VERONICA DANIEL | Mar. 31, 2010An unwritten law has moved the UF administration to cancel an indie-rock concert because it was scheduled during exam week.
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“He's Just Not That Into You” actor starts Pride Awareness Month
By LATIESHA RIVIERA | Mar. 31, 2010Actor Wilson Cruz will be at the Arrendondo Café in the Reitz Union tonight at 7 to kick off Pride Awareness Month.
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Graduate student's family pays bail to avoid jail
By MATT HARRINGER | Mar. 31, 2010Kofi Adu-Brempong is still recovering in the hospital, but he’s no longer under Alachua County Sheriff’s Office custody.
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Author talks about travels
Mar. 31, 2010When UF alumna Frances Mayes told her family she was moving to Tuscany, they thought she had completely lost it.
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Fla. H1N1 cases steady
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Mar. 31, 2010After several southeastern states reported an H1N1 outbreak this week, health officials in Florida and throughout the country are refreshing vaccination efforts in hopes of preventing a third wave of the virus.
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Harlem students tour campus
By STEFANIA FERRO | Mar. 30, 2010Keith Robinson made a promise to his 90 math students within the orange-and-blue -papered walls of his Harlem, N.Y., classroom.
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Ladies nights may end
Mar. 30, 2010This week, local bar and restaurant owners received a letter from Gainesville Equal Opportunity Director Cecil Howard telling them that offering ladies night specials may get them into trouble.
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Medical professor passes away at 81
By MATT HARRINGER | Mar. 30, 2010Willie Joe Sanders had five children of his own to care for, but he also acted as a father figure for countless UF medical students.
