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Foreign policy should be cautious, decisive
By Luke Bailey | Mar. 27, 2012A clear agenda on foreign policy is something all our political parties lack.
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Race relations in US still strained, need to be re-examined
Mar. 27, 2012With the arrival of the first black president in the Oval Office in 2008, it seemed that the U.S. had made a giant leap in resolving race relations.
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Students should urge Gov. Scott to veto tuition-hike bill
By Eric Brown | Mar. 27, 2012Will a higher cost for a UF diploma result in better professors and a better learning environment?
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Baby Gator offers sign language classes for families
By Christy Hanbyul Na | Mar. 27, 2012Annie ran across the playground and signed the word “helicopter” to tell her teacher about a helicopter flying overhead.
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Fred Cone Park includes competition-quality track and field
By Lori Perry | Mar. 26, 2012Students looking for a place to jog can head down University Avenue to a new track at Fred Cone Park.
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Founding director of University of Florida brain institute dies
Mar. 26, 2012William G. “Bill” Luttge, the founding executive director of UF’s McKnight Brain Institute, died Saturday at Shands at UF. He was 68.
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Registration for University of Florida summer, fall courses now available on ISIS
By Chris Alcantara | Mar. 26, 2012Online registration opened for summer and fall courses on Monday. Students can sign up through the ISIS website.
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‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’ panelists encourage young women to become entrepreneurs
By Elizabeth Hamilton | Mar. 26, 2012Four Gainesville business owners swapped success stories Monday night, encouraging a generation of young women to follow in their footsteps.
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Students gather to urge action in Trayvon Martin case
By Webb | Mar. 26, 2012A group of about 100 people protesting the death of Trayvon Martin marched from Turlington Plaza to the FBI’s downtown office Monday afternoon.
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Services available for students filing taxes
By Samantha Shavell | Mar. 26, 2012Students have three weeks left to file their taxes.
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Grantoo offers chance for students to win money by playing games
By Joanna Berkowitz | Mar. 26, 2012Dimitri Sillam and Mikhael Naayem’s website Grantoo, a free social gaming website where students play games and win money for college, launched at UF on Sunday.
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University of Florida student startups win prizes in Innovation Hub competition
By Brittany Borsanyi | Mar. 26, 2012Three UF student-run startup companies won thousands of dollars in cash prizes and services at the Entrepreneurship Club’s Fourth Annual Venture Pitch Competition on Monday.
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Food delivery service The College Cuisine offers grocery alternative
By Brittany Borsanyi | Mar. 26, 2012Students who live off campus and can’t find the time to shop for groceries now have an alternative to standing in the checkout lines in Gainesville.
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Quidditch teams compete in Swamp Cup
By Kelsey Grentzer | Mar. 25, 2012The magic of Quidditch returned to UF over the weekend as Florida Quidditch hosted the second annual Swamp Cup.
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Duo surveys University of Florida students to find out what they listen to on campus
By Webb | Mar. 25, 2012Roommates Dalton Verhagen and Rehan Khan wanted to hear what students listen to on campus, so they stuck a camera in students’ faces and asked what artist and song they were listening to.
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University of Florida Relay for Life raises $127,000
By Emily Miller | Mar. 25, 2012About 2,100 participants raised roughly $127,000 by the end of the 18-hour UF Relay for Life, exceeding the $110,000 goal, said Allison Barkett, the 2012 event chair.
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Kanapaha Botanical Gardens hosts 22nd annual Spring Garden Festival
By Chris Alcantara | Mar. 25, 2012About 200 vendors were present during this weekend’s 22nd annual Spring Garden Festival at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens.
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Pride Awareness Month to host free concert tonight at Reitz Union
By Tova Miller | Mar. 25, 2012At 7:30 p.m. today, the Reitz Union’s Rion Ballroom doors will open for a Pride Awareness Month concert.
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Behind the night shift: A ride with a Gainesville Police officer
By Jon Silman | Mar. 25, 2012Tommy Harrison, 28, is a three-year veteran of the Gainesville Police Department, and he works four 10-hour shifts a week.
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Florida not relying on three ahead of Elite Eight showdown with Louisville
By MATT WATTS | Mar. 23, 2012PHOENIX – This time of year, college basketball teams are terrified of the bubble.
