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Professors take the easy way out, too
Sep. 10, 2012There are many general truths about UF that students should know.
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Passion Pit to perform at UF in October
By Colleen Wright | Sep. 10, 2012Passion Pit will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, according to Student Government Productions Vice Chair of Public Relations Evan Galin. The performance will be co-sponsored by Reitz Union Board Entertainment.
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UF combines alumni groups
By Andrew Kays | Sep. 10, 2012The University of Florida Alumni Association has nearly 350,000 members total, according to its website. “The integration came as part of an ongoing effort to further involve current students despite budget cuts,” said associate executive director Katie Marquis.
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Security increases prompted by 9/11 attacks still in place
By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 10, 2012Since that day, security has tightened across the nation, including in Gainesville, said Kelly, spokesman for the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
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Column: Florida's 'boring' plays keys important win
By ADAM PINCUS | Sep. 9, 2012COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Will Muschamp walked into his post-game press conference dripping in sweat with a white towel wrapped around his neck. He looked worn out from yet another close game.
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UF sees 60 percent increase in students seeking counseling
By Jared Ginsburg | Sep. 9, 2012The 18-year-old architecture freshman took four Advanced Placement classes in high school, ran both track and cross country and worked part time as a waiter. Yet, compared to his first three weeks in college, that was a piece of cake.
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Obama focuses on youth during tour of Florida
By Jennifer Cole | Sep. 9, 2012Obama stood in front of a crowd of about 3,000 adult and student spectators Saturday to speak about everything from education to health care. The speech was part of Obama’s two-day Florida tour to sway voters in the swing state.
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Thirty more students qualify for Senate than in Spring
By Samantha Shavell | Sep. 9, 2012Qualifying, which determines whether a candidate is eligible to be a student senator, continues today and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 284 of the Reitz Union.
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Mentoring center offers hope to low-income area
By Rosa Llamo | Sep. 9, 2012About 100 Gainesville residents gathered Saturday to celebrate the reopening of the Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County’s Rotary Campus & Mentor Center.
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Political psychologist to discuss moral, political beliefs at Bob Graham Center
By Drake Castaneda | Sep. 9, 2012Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion,” will speak at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. The event is free and open to the public. It will also be streamed live at www.bobgrahamcenter.ufl.edu.
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Video game tournament draws gamers and viewers alike
By Angela Tegnelia | Sep. 9, 2012From 4 p.m. to midnight, both rookie and expert gamers flocked to the Reitz Union Ballroom to participate in GatorLAN, a video game tournament hosted by Gator Gaming. About 800 people attended; at any point during the day, there were about 150 computers in the room, said Gator Gaming president Ed Fonseca.
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UF Genetics Institute gets new director with background in diabetes
By Alexa Volland | Sep. 9, 2012Concannon will come to UF from the University of Virginia, where he currently serves as a professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics. He is also the associate director of the Center for Public Health Genomics at UVA and has been an affiliate professor of immunology at the University of Washington.
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Gator women prep for tailgate
By Kelcee Griffis | Sep. 9, 2012About 150 Gator women of all ages met to celebrate football and fashion at a tailgating-themed expo hosted Friday by Gainesville Health & Fitness for Women.
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UF ranks No. 2 with Teach For America members
By Coleen Wright | Sep. 9, 2012Teach for America, an organization that recruits qualified graduates from more than 600 campuses to teach in low-income areas, ranked UF second overall of colleges contributing the most graduates in 2012, according to a press release.
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Gainesville celebrates year of the bat
By Tatila Brock | Sep. 9, 2012The Florida Museum of Natural History partnered with Gainesville’s nonprofit Lubee Bat Conservancy to host the Year of the Bat Celebration.
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Christian center to become restaurant venue, courtyard
By Alligator Contributing Writer | Sep. 6, 2012A University Avenue student center will transform into a food and business center next year.
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New RUB art committee to host first event on Monday
By Kathryn Varn | Sep. 6, 2012The new Reitz Union Board Entertainment Arts Committee will host its first event Monday.
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With Bastel at helm, Florida set to begin new season
Sep. 6, 2012When the Gators women’s golf team tees off this Sunday in Hanahan, S.C., in the 2012 Cougar Classic, it will be their first tournament under new Emily Bastel.
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Students react to new iPhone possibilities
By ANDREA CARROZ Alligator Contributing Writer | Sep. 6, 2012An Apple announcement scheduled for Wednesday has people across the nation — and UF’s campus — buzzing about possible new products.
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UF campus celebrating year of the bat today
By Jewel Midelis | Sep. 6, 2012The world’s only flying mammals are going to rise from the darkness at UF today.
