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Do we really need awkward statues to get cultured?

By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 11, 2011

If you haven't noticed recently, there have been some new additions to the UF and Gainesville community. They aren't the swarms of parents and potential students who quizzically roam the campus, nor are they the people who hand out fliers for some benefit show or campus club. In fact, they don't do anything except waltz and creepily stare as you walk to your next class.

Titus O'Neil, whose real name is Thaddeus Bullard, hits Dean Ambrose with a back breaker at FCW Summer Slamarama at the Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center Friday.

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Powerbombs, pageantry on display at wrestling show

July 11, 2011

Any other time, this may have been grounds for a call to child services. But on Friday night, it was all part of the show.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

Grad student organizes swashbuckling flash mob using Facebook

By Kelsey Tomaselli | July 11, 2011

It began with a whistle, then an episode of organized chaos.

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Renowed photographer speaks at Harn

By Beatrice Dupuy | July 11, 2011

Standing in front of a crowd that included the admiring eyes of some of his former students, Jerry Uelsmann said he does not have an agenda behind his photography.

Gator fans crowd the stands during a UF basketball game at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. The O'Dome will be renovated by the end of the week.

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O'Dome to undergo $900,000 facelift

By Maria Castillo | July 6, 2011

The Stephen C. O'Connell Center is getting a facelift at an estimated cost of $900,000.

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Audit report released

By Erin Jester | July 6, 2011

A document released by UF's Office of Audit and Compliance Review has revealed the School of Architecture's director billed the school for the services of a design center he also directs, signaling a possible conflict of interest.

Left to right: Marisa Dunkel, Meagan Kaufman, John Slate and Alison Carestia cruise in a GOTCHA Ride down University Avenue on the way to midtown Wednesday night.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

GOTCHA Ride looking to give barflies a new way home

By Alexander Klausner | July 6, 2011

For at least one year, UF students' nighttime transportation options are expanding.

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UF grad dies while tubing

By Clare Lennon | July 6, 2011

A recent UF graduate died Saturday while tubing with his friends at Ginnie Springs on the Santa Fe River.

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Law experts weigh in on Anthony case

By Mehgan McLendon | July 6, 2011

One six-week-long trial, media frenzy and not-guilty verdict later, a few UF legal experts have weighed in with opinions on the Casey Anthony verdict.

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Southwest Rec weight room receives makeover

By Juan P. Alcala | July 6, 2011

It's like Christmas in the dead of summer at UF - for weightlifters, anyway.

NEWS | CAMPUS STUDENT LIFE

UF student senate defines online voting, stalls financial code revision

By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 6, 2011

The UF student senate voted Tuesday to further the defining of online voting and stall the revision of UF Student Government's financial codes.

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UF makes plans for hurricane season

By Katie Eberly | July 4, 2011

UF's Office of Risk Management is working to make sure students are prepared for this hurricane season.

A Gator Growl light projection shines over the crowd during a previous homecoming celebration. The event, known as "the largest student-run pep rally in the world," will have fireworks this year.

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Fireworks display coming back to Gator Growl

By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 4, 2011

After a two-year drought, Gator Growl will explode back onto the scene with fireworks.

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Jehovah's Witnesses knock on O'Dome's doors

By Chris Boogar | July 4, 2011

Jehovah's Witnesses probably didn't show up on your doorstep this weekend.

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UF obtains $5.5 million in grants

By Erin Jester | June 29, 2011

UF education researchers have received two federal grants totaling $5.5 million for studies focused on reducing behavioral problems that disrupt the learning environment.

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UF to update emergency notifications

By Marla Ortiz | June 27, 2011

UF is expected to be operating on a new integrated distribution system for emergency notifications this upcoming fall.

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Sculptures arrive on campus, city

By Gabriela Rosias | June 27, 2011

Seward Johnson Jr. went from soap and medicine to sculpture.

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Officials oppose confining UF to local counties

By Joey Flechas | June 27, 2011

If UF officials had their way, they would have the ability to offer academic programs around the state - both in online and face-to-face formats.

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UF: Fossil could be 13,000 years old

By Chris Boogar | June 27, 2011

UF is a part of history again.

Shannan Garrison, a biology freshman, left, and Addie Kraemer, a civil engineering freshman, right, study outside of Subway in the Reitz Union on Monday evening.

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They have arrived: Newly minted freshmen invade UF

By Erin Jester | June 27, 2011

After all the acceptance letters, grad parties and tearful goodbyes set to the tune of Vitamin C's "Graduation (Friends Forever)," UF's newest additions to the student body had one final step to make on their road to officially becoming Gators: going to class.