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Florida linebacker commit Hearns eager to return from ACL tear
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 4, 2012Football didn’t always come easy for James Hearns.
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UF football commit Adams playing in IFAF U-19 World Championship
By ADAM PINCUS< | July 3, 2012Rodney Adams wakes up every morning at 6:30 ready to take the field for two-a-days.
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The Alligator Awards: Which Florida duo was superior during the 2011-12 season?
By COREY MCCALL | July 3, 2012As a part of The Alligator Awards recognizing the best in UF athletics during the 2011-12 athletic season, columnists Joe Morgan and Corey McCall will debate two of the five nominees in each week’s category. Vote for the winner online at alligatorSports.org.
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Anxious freshmen, proud parents take over campus for Summer B
By Chris Alcantara | July 2, 2012UF is anticipating about 2,200 new students taking classes this summer, said UF spokesman Steve Orlando.
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Matheson Museum expands programming to residents
By Katherine Hahn | July 2, 2012Struggling to preserve Alachua County’s history yet little known to local residents, the museum, located at 513 E. University Ave., works to make a bigger impact on the community.
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UF’s Board of Trustees agree on a 9 percent tuition increase
By Erin Jester | July 2, 2012After an hour of haggling, storytelling and sidestepping on the last day of its meeting, the Board of Governors approved a 9 percent differential tuition increase for UF.
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UF beta testing new network that saves GatorLink password
By Javier Edwards | July 2, 2012The Unified Wireless Network is a part of the larger Unified Network Project, which was developed to increase the efficiency of Wi-Fi on UF’s campus, said Fedro Zazueta, the senior director of the Office of Academic Technology and a professor in the agricultural and biological engineering department.
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Congress passes bill to keep current loan interest rate
By Erin Jester | July 2, 2012In 2007, Congress made an agreement allowing the interest rate on Stafford loans to drop from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent over five years.
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Gainesville is home to growing student-based startups
By Webb | July 2, 2012More UF students are deciding to plant entrepreneurial roots in Gainesville — building companies with the readily available student work force.
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TutoringZone to move locations, offer more online study sessions
By Katherine Hahn | July 2, 2012A lot has changed since TutoringZone started helping UF students get through their classes in 1999.
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Supreme Court upholds health care law
By Clare Lennon | July 2, 2012Under the Affordable Care Act, U.S. citizens must purchase health insurance or face a penalty.
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UF alumna suspect in hit-and-run
By Benjamin S. Brasch | June 28, 2012Police have arrested a UF alumna for allegedly driving the car that hit a UF student on her bike, leaving her injured.
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UF researchers get $1.5 million to study cause of colon cancer
By Caitlin Hartley | June 26, 2012A team of UF researchers has received a $1.5 million grant to study the cause of colon cancer.
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Board of Governors approves tuition, fee increases
By Erin Jester | June 21, 2012After accepting a few losses during this year’s legislative session, UF is getting some approval at a critical time for the university.
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University of Florida's English Language Institute looking for conversation partners
By Mariela Ramirez | June 21, 2012UF’s English Language Institute, or ELI, is looking for student volunteers for the Conversation Partner Program during Summer B. Volunteers will be paired with at least one non-English speaking student from another country and meet for a minimum of one hour each week.
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Florida coping with abrupt end to College World Series run
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Last week, Brian Johnson was not thinking about life after Omaha.
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The Rally: Is baseball, softball or ‘John Carter’ the bigger disappointment?
By JOE MORGAN | June 20, 2012Joe: Rewind to January 1, 2012. The ball has dropped in New York City, and I’m drinking champagne out of a plastic wine glass. A fortune teller — decked out in purple robes with a crystal ball — saunters over and tells me the Gators will win three national championships in the first six months of the year and that John Carter would be the box-office bust of 2012.
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Some iPhone users choose phone over sex
By Rachel Stephens | June 20, 2012Stinnett, a 21-year-old UF political science senior, isn’t alone. According to a study released Monday, 15 percent of iPhone users would choose a sex-free weekend over giving up their phone for the same amount of time.
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UF Senate approves new Supervisor of Elections after extension
By Samantha Shavell | June 20, 2012Student Body President Tj Villamil left this position open later than others, hoping that more people would apply. UF junior Stephen Davis was chosen.
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UF Senator to begin 150-mile trek to Tallahassee Monday
By Samantha Shavell | June 20, 2012The trek is Wheeler’s way of giving back to his church, St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Tallahassee, and raising money for the construction of its new building.
