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Library West to host Guitar Hero jam session today
By KARUNA SZE-NGAR TSANG | Mar. 4, 2008Library West is no longer just a place to study.
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Pulitzer winner speaks on importance of writing
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 4, 2008David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian for the books "Truman" and "John Adams," spoke to a sold-out UF audience Tuesday night about the importance of writing.
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Campus buildings evacuated after bomb threat, flooding
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 4, 2008Hundreds of UF students, faculty and staff were forced outside during stormy weather Tuesday after the Florida Gym was evacuated due to a bomb threat and Library West was cleared out because of a plumbing problem.
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New UF program encourages students to save money
By KAITLYN WELLER | Mar. 4, 2008Students in need of a financial wake-up call will be encouraged to start saving their money tonight.
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'Making the Band' performs for UF students
Mar. 2, 2008As soon as the doors flung open, girls pushed each other as they flooded the Reitz Union Auditorium, yelling things like "I'm here for Willie" and "Thank God, we've got good seats."
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CLAS dean candidate to visit campus today
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 2, 2008One of the finalists for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position will meet students, faculty and staff on campus today and Wednesday.
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Haridopolos defends UF hire, salary
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 2, 2008As the Florida legislative session starts today, many eyes will be on how lawmakers will shave the state budget down to $70 billion without compromising the quality of higher education.
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Open-investment push out, UF prepares for next hurdle: Board of Trustees
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 2, 2008Students for a Democratic Society is one step closer to creating more transparent investing at UF after a majority of students approved the group's referendum in last week's Student Government elections.
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UF groups receive cash for recycling efforts
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 2, 2008Sometimes it pays to be green.
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Hiroshima survivor shares memories
Feb. 28, 2008The windows blazed a reddish burnt orange, and 13-year-old Sadae Kasaoka stood in her bedroom and thought about how pretty the glass looked. An instant later, the blast pummeled her into the wall while shards of glass pierced her skin.
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Delegation of Russian teachers tours UF
By ALYSSA LaRENZIE | Feb. 28, 2008Five Russian teachers visited the UF campus and attended a beginner's Russian language class Thursday morning.
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Study: Police turn blind eye for game-day alcohol
By ELIZABETH LEVA | Feb. 28, 2008The root of UF's game-day alcohol problem stems from police negligence of the open-container law, UF researchers said at a presentation Thursday.
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Board backs off of Bright Futures plans for now
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Feb. 28, 2008Editor's Note: The state Board of Education does not oversee the Board of Governors.
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Complaints keep SG parties at odds
By ILEANA MORALES | Feb. 28, 2008Although the Student Government elections results were announced early Thursday morning, the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party kept battling until late Thursday night.
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Haridopolos' resume questionable on education
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 28, 2008State Sen. Mike Haridopolos, who was recently hired as a UF lecturer, told UF officials that he was working on his doctoral degree at the University of Arkansas, but Arkansas officials said he hasn't been since 2000.
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Trustees discuss ways to trim UF budget at retreat
By KATIE SANDERS | Feb. 28, 2008YULEE - UF's highest-ranking officials met Thursday to discuss ways to slash $50 million from UF's budget - an amount UF President Bernie Machen said UF should aim to cut next year to make up for legislative funding shortfalls.
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Coalition discuss Gainesville binge drinking
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Feb. 27, 2008Some students don T-shirts proclaiming Gainesville a "drinking town with a football problem." But to a group of UF students, drinking is no joke.
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Committee notes suggestions for CLAS' looming $3 million cuts
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Feb. 27, 2008UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences could implement a multi-year hiring freeze and eliminate its critical-tracking program if it heeds the budget-cutting recommendations of the college's Faculty Finance Committee.
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Gator Party takes executive positions, 33 of 47 Senate seats
By ILEANA MORALES | Feb. 27, 2008Editor's Note: Twelve members of the Gator Party ran unopposed in the spring Student Government election, and more than 8,000 students cast ballots in the two days of SG voting.
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Two fraternity members arrested for e-mail threats
By JESSICA PONN | Feb. 27, 2008Two members of UF's Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity were released from jail Wednesday after they were arrested Tuesday afternoon for threatening to harm a member of a neighboring fraternity.
