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Unite's strong-arm agenda slaps students in the face
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 25, 2011If you're Micah Lewis, your bowtie must be spinning with delight.
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Students need to know what the Unite Party is up to
By Kevin Kleponis | July 25, 2011As an outgoing senior, I have been involved with Student Government for four years. While I have always appreciated a hard-fought campaign where things could get heated, the Student Senate was the place of open discourse and reason after campaigning ended. When I returned to serve as a summer replacement senator in my final semester, this is what I expected to see.
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Magazine ranking: UF is in the top 10 for 'douchiest colleges'
By Michael Sykes | July 20, 2011When did you become a Gatordouche?
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UF ranks No. 1 in SERU response rate
By Mehgan McLendon | July 20, 2011After almost five months of flooding students' inboxes with email reminders, the 2011 Student Experience in Research Universities, or SERU, survey closed July 5, and UF ranks at the top for student participation.
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Despite $1.6B cut, all is not lost, NASA says
By Michael Sykes | July 20, 2011With the final space shuttle and NASA's budget falling down to earth, students at UF are trying to keep their hopes skyward.
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Citing dwindling interest, UF cancels traditional luncheon
By Erin Jester | July 20, 2011The 40-year-old tradition of UF's Joint Civic Club Luncheon will come to a halt this year.
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Senate talks break down
By Alexander Klausner | July 20, 2011Some members of UF's Student Senate think the Florida Bright Futures Medallion Award should not exist.
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Goo Goo Dolls coming to Gator Growl this fall
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 20, 2011After last year's lack of a musical act, Gator Growl will be bringing in The Goo Goo Dolls to rock the crowd at this year's homecoming celebration.
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Direct deposit now required for aid disbursement
By Natalie Teer | July 20, 2011UF is now requiring students receiving financial aid to sign up for direct deposit.
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Seven programs at Shands ranked among nation's best
By Jasmine Earls | July 20, 2011UF health care physicians, researchers and staff can pat themselves on the back and say, "Job well done."
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Two disc jockeys leave 103.7 The Gator
By Gabriela Rosias | July 20, 2011Hosts Ron "Gator Ron" Brooks and Audrey Lynn will no longer be a part of UF's radio station, Country 103.7 The Gator.
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There's no 'I' in douche
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 20, 2011Congratulations, Gator Nation, you truly earned this one.
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Student hits high note on clarinet
By Lisa Gallo | July 18, 2011Natural ability combined with more than 10 years of practice has led UF student Dale Fedele to become one of the top clarinetists in the world.
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Engineering group helps minority students with college transition
By Jasmine Earls | July 18, 2011For 17 years, the UF STEPUP program has assisted minority engineering students with transitioning into college, and this year was no different
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Bats to be streamed online
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 18, 2011The daily life of UF bats will soon be available for all to see.
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UF to test emergency notification system Wednesday
By Devaney Vazquez | July 18, 2011From noon to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, UF will be testing its new emergency notification system, which has been redesigned to get the message out to everyone faster than before.
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What UF calls research one group calls torture
By Erin Jester | July 18, 2011A member of the extremist animal rights group Negotiation is Over may face criminal charges for violating a trespass order by distributing fliers on campus offering $100 for personal information about UF researchers who use animals in experiments.
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UF prof looks to get in his element with CD
By Erin Jester | July 18, 2011Before the first time UF jazz professor Scott Wilson visited the home of Earth, Wind and Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn, he had never seen a Grammy Award.
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Netflix announces new price plans with higher rates
By Natalie Teer | July 13, 2011The convenience of Netflix will now cost members a pretty penny.
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UF gets $6.5 million grant to study oil spill effects
By Benjamin S. Brasch | July 13, 2011About a dozen UF faculty members, with specialties ranging from traditional medicine to environmental sociology, have received a $6.5 million grant to study the psychological and environmental effects of the Gulf's latest oil spill.
