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Only you can make or break your UF experience

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Aug. 14, 2011

In a week's time, this campus, this oasis of knowledge and aesthetic splendor, is going to be slammed-packed beyond your imagination. There are going to be bicyclists whizzing through herds of people, preachers damning the masses to hell and anything else you could possibly imagine, including tons and tons of dancing. It's going to be like Black Friday had a drunken hook-up with a Harry Potter premiere - on crack.

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Campus comes alive during gameday madness

By Jonny Shiver | Aug. 14, 2011

Of all the schools you could choose from, you picked UF - a Southeastern Conference powerhouse at the beginning of Will Muschamp's inaugural season as head coach.

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Gators get a bellyfull of meal options

By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011

Those extra pounds lurk somewhere between the first football game and Thanksgiving weekend. It's inevitable for your roommate who thinks pizza, beer and cheesy bread are the main food groups.

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Campus parking offers perks, pains

By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011

The hunt is on. You crawl forward under the stifling Florida sun when you finally see it. Just as you're about to stake your claim, another driver whips around a corner and screeches into the spot right in front of you.

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Students can choose from hundreds of organizations

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2011

So you're settling in - getting used to the roommate, eating at dining halls and making awkward conversation with that cute girl or boy who always gets breakfast the same time you do.

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Finding college overwhelming? UF offers ways to cope

By Erin Jester | Aug. 14, 2011

For brand new freshmen, the first few weeks of college life can be exciting and liberating, but they can also feel scary and overwhelming.

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Hey kids! Not all your classes have to suck

By Jasmine Earls | Aug. 14, 2011

Students are wising up to hard classes, taking a hint from Darwin and sniffing out the easy ones: adaptation at its best.

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Learning to navigate ISIS key to getting good classes

By Michael Sykes | Aug. 14, 2011

So you've been to Preview, learned the chomp, met advisers and heard a plethora of presentations. But as the euphoria of diving deeper into the Gator Nation wanes, there are things those who've crawled the swamps before you want you to know, like how to get the classes you want when 50,000 Gators are chomping for the same bite.

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Tutoring services provide boost come exam crunch time

By Clare Lennon | Aug. 14, 2011

Around October, brightly colored study guides, stacks of flashcards and coffee thermoses start popping up in the arms of students all over campus.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Tuesday nights showcase student political slugfests

By Alexander Klausner | Aug. 14, 2011

If you're not paying attention to UF Student Government, you probably should. It controls a $17 million budget paid for by you and 50,000 of your fellow students.

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Car still at home? UF offers other ways to get around

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 14, 2011

There is no yellow brick road of transportation in the land of the orange and blue.

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Students have options when purchasing textbooks

By Jasmine Earls | Aug. 14, 2011

With the ever-increasing cost of tuition and college students' budgets steadily shrinking, purchasing new books from the university bookstore just isn't an option for some anymore.

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Gator Nation needs leaders, not just members

By Ben Meyers | Aug. 14, 2011

On behalf of the UF Student Body, welcome to the Gator Nation! This is the beginning of the greatest years of your life, and we are here to guide you as you transition to college.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

SNAP gets tech upgrades

By Brittany Hagen | Aug. 6, 2011

A technology boost makes safe riding a snap.

Benny Benassi plays at the Florida Theatre on July 12. UF was ranked No. 9 best party school in the nation by "The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 Edition" of the Princeton Review Annual College Ranking.

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UF drops to No. 9 in party school ranks

By Kelli Folse | Aug. 6, 2011

UF took a dive in rankings that will simultaneously please administrators and leave students disgusted.

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Tropical storm may take stage at graduation

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 3, 2011

UF's newest graduates may have more to fear this weekend than an unfriendly job market.

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Guitar maker extends neck

By Estee Beck | Aug. 3, 2011

Archer, Fla., is but a speck on a map. It has a population of about 1,300, and its claim to fame might only be that it was once home to legendary rhythm and blues artist Bo Diddley.

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UF alum wins Emmy for seven-minute short film

By Daniela Guzman | Aug. 3, 2011

Three UF alumni captured the story of a community's support, a family's resilience and a special child's love for baseball in a seven-minute short film titled "Jacob's Turn."

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Program fights cancer through art

By Spencer L. Reeder | Aug. 1, 2011

The Chords of Color for a Cause program approaches cancer in a different way.

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New education dean selected

By Devaney Vazquez | Aug. 1, 2011

The UF College of Education announced Monday its new dean - Glenn Good.