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Students’ tablet use on the rise
Mar. 19, 2012When UF sophomore Opeola Bukola sits down to do her assigned reading, she doesn’t drop a stack of textbooks on her desk — she just taps on her tablet.
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Tampa Bay Times journalist Steve Bousquet to discuss covering state legislature
By Kristen Morrell | Mar. 19, 2012Students can discuss recent changes made by the Florida Legislature with a political journalist today at the Bob Graham Center in Pugh Hall.
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Happiness is a warm gun
By Webb | Mar. 18, 2012The hat looked like it survived a war, and its surface was so full of bumps from shrapnel it felt like Braille.
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Inaugural Gainesville Community Fest includes exhibits, crafts
Mar. 18, 2012Isabella McKee, 9, sat on Roxy’s back, swaying and smiling as the Asian elephant thumped along a circular path.
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St. Patrick’s Day revelers started early
By Adrianna Paidas | Mar. 18, 2012Every hour on the hour, Megan MacFarlane dropped a shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream and a shot of Jameson Irish Whiskey into a plastic cup filled halfway with Guinness.
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Downtown businesses host First Fridays events
By Brittany Borsanyi | Mar. 18, 2012A recently created monthly event in downtown Gainesville has some business owners seeing an increase in downtown visitors.
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SG to install cellphone charging stations on campus
By Samantha Shavell | Mar. 18, 2012Student Government plans to install six cellphone charging stations across campus this week.
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Kappa Alpha Psi named in reported hazing case
By Clare Lennon | Mar. 18, 2012Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity was named Friday morning as the second fraternity recently involved in hazing at UF.
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More To It: Elections not only indication of democracy
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 18, 2012This was the philosophy of President Bush’s foreign policy: By bringing democracy to certain places in the Middle East, it will create a push for democracy in other authoritarian regimes.
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Car enthusiasts show off rides for charity
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Mar. 18, 2012Gregg Freas walked hand-in-hand with his 4-year-old son, Samuel, and pointed out the shiniest engines he could find for his boy.
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Hooking up with opposite sects not advised, but possible
By Chip Skambis | Mar. 18, 2012The story you are about to read is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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Machen should support bus drivers
By Conor Munro | Mar. 18, 2012Often, the controversy that surrounds Student Government overshadows the good things that get done.
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Columnist applies simulated sense of past he argues against
By Ryan Fenton | Mar. 18, 2012First, I would like to compliment Luke Bailey’s ongoing commitment to his conservative values.
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Volunteers team up to beautify Gainesville as part of Great American
By Adara Ney | Mar. 18, 2012Emily Cottrell was expecting to find liquor bottles when she spent St. Patrick’s Day cleaning up trash, but she didn’t expect to find a brand-new ID or part of a dashboard.
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Volunteers shave heads in support of cure for children’s cancer
By Caitlin Hartley | Mar. 18, 2012Renee Shifrin-Tannenholtz grinned ear to ear as she had her head shaved in front of a crowd of about 115 people.
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Tuition increases won’t do UF any favors
By Travis Hornsby | Mar. 18, 2012Like many of you who arrived at UF in the fall of 2008 or before, I’ve noticed a giant increase in the cost of attendance.
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Prather's career-high performance provides much-needed spark for Gators
By JOHN BOOTHE | Mar. 16, 2012OMAHA, Neb. – When Billy Donovan met with the rest of his staff Thursday night to discuss stopping one of the best big men in the country, he already knew which Florida player could get the job done.
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Gators shut down Cavaliers, advance to face No. 15 seed Norfolk State
By MATT WATTS | Mar. 16, 2012OMAHA, Neb. – Florida’s second-round matchup with Virginia on Friday was billed as a clash of contrasting styles.
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Machen addresses tuition hikes, faculty self-insurance
By Erin Jester | Mar. 15, 2012UF President Bernie Machen laid out a plan for tuition increases and addressed members’ concerns about GatorCare during Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting.
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UF bookstore gets new iPad today sans student discount
By Kelsey Grentzer | Mar. 15, 2012The third-generation iPad tablet debuts at the UF bookstore today, but students won’t get a discount on the product.
