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Gators sell ‘superfluous’ shirts
By Sara Solano | Nov. 1, 2010“Serving no useful purpose” since the summer of 2010.
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“Vagina Monologues” auditions held this week
By ALINA TORRES | Nov. 1, 2010The student organization Victory Over Violence will be hosting auditions for “The Vagina Monologues” this Tuesday and Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Reitz Union Room 275.
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Santa Fe College scares with "House of Seven"
By Nadine Korioth | Oct. 31, 2010A girl squeezes her stuffed animal as she sits on a couch rocking back and forth in a state of delirium.
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High schoolers debate at Blue Key
By Luke Gavin | Oct. 31, 2010High school students duked it out over the weekend at UF, but they hit with words instead of fists.
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Israeli consul to speak
By Jerry Bruno | Oct. 31, 2010Ishmael Khaldi, the first Bedouin Deputy Consul for the State of Israel and the nation’s first high-ranking Muslim in the Israeli Foreign Service, will be speaking at UF on Monday night.
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Knitting club uses ‘powerful craft’ to help cancer victims
By Meredith Rutland | Oct. 31, 2010Knitting isn’t just for grandmothers.
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UF professor Haridopolos faces ethics investigation
By Morgan Watkins | Oct. 28, 2010The Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that Haridopolos didn’t fully disclose financial information from 2004 to 2008.
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Sororities hold Halloween event for kids
By Jon Silman | Oct. 28, 2010Kids from around Gainesville got a spooky taste of sorority life Thursday night.
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Santa Fe to launch bachelor program in education
By Daniela Abratt | Oct. 28, 2010Santa Fe College is preparing to open its new Bachelor of Science degree program in early childhood education this spring.
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UF researchers compete for funding for babies with brain injuries
By Camille York | Oct. 28, 2010A UF group is hoping to receive funding to conduct research for babies born with brain injuries.
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Jacksonville midnight tailgate to feature silent dance party
By Kat Bein | Oct. 28, 2010The stage will feature Silent Disco, a party where revelers enjoy live music through headphones.
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Israeli political adviser addresses Iran, Palistine conflicts
By C.J. Pruner | Oct. 28, 2010Throughout his life, Effie Eitam has been a member of the Israeli legislature, a brigadier general, an adviser and consultant to the Israeli prime minister.
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UF sending research into orbit
By Jon Silman | Oct. 27, 2010UF will be using rocket fuel to generate biofuel during next week’s shuttle launch.
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UF rates high in sustainability
By Joey Flechas | Oct. 27, 2010In its efforts toward sustainability, UF gets a B+.
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Santa Fe gets spooky with haunting lecture
By Chelsea Hull | Oct. 27, 2010Andrew Nichols has used Ouija boards, locked his wife in a dungeon and stared as a grandfather clock rotated completely around by itself — all in the name of his career as a parapsychologist.
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IFAS gets $2.9 million to study strawberries
By Gennaro Scibelli | Oct. 27, 2010The grant will help the multi-state research team, led by UF plant pathologist Natalia Peres, find better ways to fight fruit rot that plagues the strawberries in Florida fields and refrigerators every year.
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Professor loses 10 years of racism research to burglars
By Jon Silman | Oct. 27, 2010Marilyn M. Thomas-Houston has spent the past 10 years studying racism in Nova Scotia — but now all of her research is gone.
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‘Sex on the lawn’ event offers food, free condoms, sex ed
By Mina Radman | Oct. 27, 2010Three blindfolded students raced to open condoms and place them on plastic model penises while others guessed how many condoms were in a jar Wednesday.
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Walking Gators kicks off fall semester walks with new routes
By Sara Solano | Oct. 27, 2010A small cluster gathered around library employee Jami Beserock, her orange Walking Gators T-shirt signaling their usual meeting spot outside Smathers Library.
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Consumer confidence up
By Meredith Rutland | Oct. 27, 2010The economy may be improving, according to a new UF study.
