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Career Showcase wraps up job search
By LYN KRAMER | Jan. 20, 2010Students continued to hunt for jobs and internships during the Spring Career Showcase at the O’Connell Center Wednesday.
'Fake IDs' give RTS, RecSports problems
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 20, 2010Regional Transit System and UF's RecSports employees are finding non-UF students are trying to cash in on the perks enjoyed by Gator 1 Card holders.
Student Government party names president pick
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 20, 2010The newly formed Student Government party has found its candidate for Student Body President in former Orange and Blue Party Sen. Ben Cavataro.
Students discuss survey results
By ALLY FOX | Jan. 20, 2010MORE THAN 28,000 STUDENTS TOOK THE SURVEY ABOUT UF EXPERIENCE.
Slumber party at the Swamp Restaurant addresses cancer awareness
Jan. 20, 2010The pajama party-themed meeting was to raise money for UF's Relay for Life chapter.
UF’s Ice Hockey club wins Georgia tournament
By Joey Flechas | Jan. 20, 2010More than 5,000 fans attended.
Employers remain optimistic despite lower turnout
By LYN KRAMER | Jan. 19, 2010The recession is making an impression on this year's Spring Career Showcase.
Former Sen. Tom Daschle speaks about health care reform
By CJ PRUNER Alligator Writer | Jan. 19, 2010DASCHLE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF REFORM.
Students get Reitz fee vote
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 19, 2010Senators discussed giving a voice to UF students on a potential Reitz Union fee at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
Student leaders weigh in on Obama’s first year
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 19, 2010Today marks President Obama’s first year in office, and UF political groups have differing views on how his term is going.
Vigil honors Martin Luther King Jr., Haitian victims
By Joey Flechas | Jan. 19, 2010The voice of soul singer Sam Cooke filled the air as about 100 people gathered in the Reitz Union Amphitheater Tuesday night.
Grant aims to keep civil rights movement alive
By ERICA JOHNSON | Jan. 19, 2010As memories of the civil rights movement begin to blur and tales of integration fade with time, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is striving to bring these stories back into focus.
Pierre-Louis arrested for domestic battery by strangulation
By MIKE MCALL | Jan. 19, 2010He turned himself in to local authorities Tuesday morning.
Writing on the Wall Project aims to tear down hate
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Jan. 19, 2010Bricks with statements including “You aren’t smart enough to do that” and “Homos are sinners” were stacked on the Reitz Union North Lawn Tuesday.
Law professor: airport body scanners legal
By ALLYSON FOX | Jan. 19, 2010Privacy is one thing travelers may soon have to do without.
Student groups rally to help Haiti
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 19, 2010In the aftershocks of last week’s earthquake in Haiti, UF students have rallied together to raise funds and supplies to send to the victims of the disaster.
Students save professor
By ALLY FOX | Jan. 18, 2010Michael Cook, a UF professor in the Rinker School of Building Construction, was taken to Shands at UF Saturday after he had a heart attack at the Southwest Recreation Center.
Fewer employers at showcase
By ROBERT IMFELD Alligator Contributing Writer | Jan. 18, 2010MORE JOB SEEKERS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND.
400 gather in support of Haiti
Jan. 18, 2010Candles illuminated the Reitz Union Amphitheater Friday night as hundreds of UF students and faculty gathered to remember those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.