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Two women perform at the 23rd annual Florida Invitational Step Show at the O'Connell Center on Saturday night.](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/ufa/8e8f58e0-4a1a-42ed-970e-4756dab4b147.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=1500&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
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University of Florida's Black Student Union hosts 23rd annual step show
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 19, 2012UF's Black Student Union held the 23rd annual Florida Invitational Step Show.
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Wednesday last day to register for Miss UF competition
By Katherine Hahn | Feb. 19, 2012The Miss UF pageant will take place at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Male engineering students vie for Xbox, Wii in pageant
By Olivia Bubri | Feb. 19, 2012Twenty of UF's most eligible male engineers competed at the second annual Mr. Engineer pageant on Friday night at the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom.
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University of Florida's Students Party vice presidential candidate Jesse Schmitt deserves vote
By Travis Hornsby | Feb. 19, 2012Go vote Feb. 21 and 22 for the zombie-killing Marine and football player Jesse Schmitt as your Student Body vice president.
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Inter-Residence Hall Association hosts 20-vendor farmers market on North Lawn
By Marisa Ross | Feb. 19, 2012Students flocked to the North Lawn on Friday afternoon for homemade food and locally made crafts at a farmers market.
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Walker sets career high as Gators explode for 98 in road rout of Razorbacks
By JOHN BOOTHE | Feb. 18, 2012When the Gators first arrived in Fayetteville, Ark., Kenny Boynton reminded his longtime teammate Erving Walker of their last trip to Bud Walton Arena more than two years ago.
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Men's tennis: Gators fall to Bulldogs at ITA Indoors
Feb. 18, 2012The Boar's Head Tennis Club has not been friendly to the Gators this year. Two weeks ago, Florida lost in Charlottesville, Va., against No. 2 Virginia. Up until the beginning of singles play on Saturday, it appeared the team's fortunes had turned around.
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Freshmen lead No. 1 Florida in season-opening win against Cal State Fullerton
Feb. 17, 2012The first pitch Taylor Gushue saw in his collegiate career was a fastball high and just a tad away.
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No. 2 Gators rest key gymnasts in win at Auburn
By LANDON WATNICK< | Feb. 17, 2012While three of the Gators' four main all-around competitors rested from at least one event, sophomore Alaina Johnson picked up the slack and lit up Auburn Arena.
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Haeger, Schutte homers help No. 1 Gators beat Spartans
By JONATHAN CZUPRYN< | Feb. 17, 2012Rain was in Friday night's forecast, but the only thing falling from the sky was softballs.
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Free Israel trip in high demand
By Nicole Berrio | Feb. 16, 2012About 190 UF students registered through UF Hillel as of Thursday for the Taglit-Birthright Israel trip.
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State Senate committee approves tuition-increase bill
By Erin Jester | Feb. 16, 2012As UF students flooded the Florida Capitol to meet with legislators, a state Senate committee passed a bill that would allow UF to charge higher tuition as early as this fall semester.
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Institute of Black Culture celebrates 40th anniversary
By Kelly Price | Feb. 16, 2012The Institute of Black Culture, a division of UF's Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, is celebrating its 40th anniversary today at the Arredondo Cafe in the Reitz Student Union.
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UF student, blogger creates art from Google Book anomalies
Feb. 16, 2012Krissy Wilson, a 22-year-old English senior, created The Art of Google Books, a Tumblr with about 800 posts of Google Book anomalies.
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Darts & laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Feb. 16, 2012Next week, students will be voting in Student Government elections on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Ranking: Dating in Gainesville easy
By Jacqueline Bond | Feb. 16, 2012A recent ranking suggest looking for love is easier in Gainesville than in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
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Man faces battery charge after Midtown slap-and-run
By Webb | Feb. 16, 2012A UF student faces a criminal charge after he slapped another student in the face outside the Swamp Restaurant on Thursday morning.
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Hip-hop artist Drake entertains about 6,600 people at the O'Connell Center
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 16, 2012Hip-hop artist Drake earned cheers, screams, camera clicks and a marriage proposal during his Wednesday night performance at UF.
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Gators tight end A.C. Leonard arrested, suspended on domestic battery charges
Feb. 16, 2012Gators freshman tight end A.C. Leonard was arrested Wednesday night for domestic battery.
