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UF employee helps in Haiti
By Meredith Rutland | Mar. 15, 2010Four days after the earthquake hit, Jason Byrd was in Haiti counting bodies.
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Gator piano to be auctioned
By RACHAEL PINO | Mar. 14, 2010Artist Chris Cruz is giving Gators fans a way to represent the Orange and Blue and support the arts by bidding on his one-of-a-kind “Gatorized” piano.
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Public safety group looks into shooting
By KATHERINE BEIN and MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 14, 2010UF President Bernie Machen has called for an independent investigation.
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Student plays volleyball in buff
By STEFANIA FERRO and LAUREN MARKS | Mar. 14, 2010One UF student left behind his clothes and his worries about tan lines when he headed to the Lake Como Nudist Resort near Tampa for a nude volleyball tournament at the beginning of Spring Break.
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Campus shooting investigation underway
Mar. 14, 2010An independent investigation into the March 2 UPD shooting of a UF graduate student at Corry Village is underway, said University of Florida President Bernie Machen in a Friday e-mail to UF students, faculty and staff.
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New charges brought on graduate student in shooting
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 8, 2010The charges against Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong have been changed to one count of second-degree aggravated assault and one count of third-degree resisting arrest with violence.
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Unite audio reveals campaign tactics
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 4, 2010Among other things, the audio implicated Kappa Alpha Theta sorority for giving members alcohol for voting.
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Road near sorority to be repaved over Spring Break
By ERIN O’DEA | Mar. 4, 2010Perpendicular to Sorority Row is a road with cracks, potholes and a garbage bin where someone has scribbled “Dinosaur Zone.”
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Delta Upsilon wins Greek blood drive competition
By JAMEL F. LANGLEY | Mar. 4, 2010Delta Upsilon Fraternity members were willing to lose blood to win the Blood Cup Award, which was presented to the group at The Swamp Restaurant Thursday night.
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Miss Gainesville pageant kicks off Saturday
By DANIELLA DORCELUS | Mar. 4, 2010Growing up, Elizabeth Gonzalez never expected to compete in beauty pageants. The 21-year-old from Newberry said her style was “boyish” during her adolescent years, preferring jeans and T-shirts to skirts and stilettos. But earning the title of Miss Gainesville would help her do what she’s passionate about: reaching out to young people.
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Student Finance Group challenges UF clubs to hot-chicken-wing contest
By LYN KRAMER | Mar. 4, 2010The Student Finance Group is challenging all UF student organizations on campus to take on the nuclear chicken wing.
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Dorm timers cut shower times, conserve water
By NATASHA BETTY | Mar. 4, 2010Lather. Rinse. Don’t repeat.
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Nudist group to play volleyball this weekend
By LAUREN MARKS | Mar. 4, 2010While the recent cold weather has encouraged Gainesville residents to bundle up, there is one group of students who is choosing to do the opposite.
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More than 100 students to study abroad for break
By GLENN COINE | Mar. 4, 2010UF study-abroad students will be left with little time for a break this spring while taking weeklong courses overseas.
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Student Government minority party wins most seats in 8 years
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Mar. 4, 2010The Student Alliance party formed this semester, but it earned more Senate seats than any minority party participating in Student Government elections since spring 2002.
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Breaking spring fever
By ALLISON BANKO | Mar. 4, 2010UF’s campus is bursting with students packing up their shades and bathing suits, eager to hit the beach and make their mark on Spring Break. However, some Gators will be left behind, and rather than donning their swanky swimwear, they’ll be sporting jerseys.
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Students create ‘war zone’
By ANDREW PANTAZI | Mar. 3, 2010The Plaza of the Americas turned into a war zone Wednesday when Students for Justice in Palestine presented its own simulation of the Gaza Strip conflict.
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International student in Tuesday shooting is in critical condition
Mar. 3, 2010Ghanan graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong is now in critical condition and under custody of the Alachua County Department of Jail.
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Iraq vets share stories on campus
By Andrew Wyzan | Mar. 3, 2010Baghdad is more than 6,000 miles from Gainesville, but three veterans managed to bring the War in Iraq closer to home as they shared stories of their wartime experiences Wednesday night at the Reitz Union Amphitheatre.
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Hare Krishnas to conserve with compost program
By MINCH MINCHIN | Mar. 3, 2010Krishna lunches have always been karma-neutral. Soon, they will be almost carbon-neutral.
