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Islam Fair aims to break down stereotypes
Feb. 1, 2010About 200 people attended the Islam Fair in celebration of Islam Awareness Month at UF Monday.
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Black history events start
By NATASHA BETTY | Jan. 31, 2010“A Love Story,” the theme for this year’s Black History Month, is not a reference to a Taylor Swift song or Valentine’s Day.
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Unite, Student Alliance parties interview candidates
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 31, 2010Interviews for Student Government positions with the Unite and Student Alliance parties began Friday and will continue today and Tuesday.
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UF crackdowns on energy consumption
By NICOLE LYNN GREINER | Jan. 31, 2010UF is trying to take a bite out of last year’s $40 million energy bill for UF and Shands at UF.
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Project Makeover throws kickball fundraiser
By LYN KRAMER | Jan. 31, 2010Project Makeover, a UF organization that seeks to improve the educational environment for low-income students, kicked its fundraising efforts into gear Sunday with a kickball tournament on Flavet Field.
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UF Habitat needs project funding
By ALINA TORRES | Jan. 31, 2010UF Habitat for Humanity needs some help before it can help others this semester.
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Students smash ‘taboo’ bricks
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 31, 2010When the dust settled, students started to smash.
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Garage gets ‘green’ award
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Jan. 31, 2010UF’s Southwest Parking Garage Complex has been certified as one of the greenest facilities in the nation.
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Cyclists promote solar power during campus pit stop
By JENNIFER COLEMAN | Jan. 28, 2010After pedaling 12,993 miles, two cyclists made a pit stop in Gainesville Thursday as part of a worldwide bicycle tour to promote solar energy.
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Students walk for DREAM Act
By Emily Morrow | Jan. 28, 2010Four students from Miami Dade College pass through Gainesville on a hike from Miami to Washington, D.C.
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Students, professor comment on State of the Union
By MATT HARRINGER | Jan. 28, 2010After a difficult year and the end of a turbulent decade, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address evoked opinions from both sides of the political spectrum.
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'Oedipus' opens today
By MEGAN MCGARRELL | Jan. 28, 2010“Oedipus the King,” a more than 2,500-year-old play, will begin a nine-show run at the Nadine McGuire Black Box Theatre today.
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SG parties seek candidates
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 28, 2010Students interested in Student Government should go Reitz Union Room 284 Friday, Monday or Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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Web site scouts for funniest UF student
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 28, 2010Class clowns at UF could have the chance to get paid.
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Student Body president discusses fee with students
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 27, 2010Undergraduate and graduate students are far from united in their views about the future of the Reitz Union.
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Meghan McCain seeks reform for Republican Party
Jan. 27, 2010Meghan McCain, who spoke at the University Auditorium, focused on civility in politics and the need for the Republican Party being more receptive toward social issues.
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Five students protest Writing on Wall project
By ERICA JOHNSON | Jan. 27, 2010Lidice Ferrera created a Facebook event to protest the Writing on the Wall Project after she saw a cinder block with "Cuban" written on it.
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Southwest Recreation Center to lose 14 treadmills during renovations
By SOMA NWOKOLO | Jan. 27, 2010Working out just got a little bit harder.
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Hip-hop spices up plaza
By Joey Flechas | Jan. 27, 2010More than 50 people watched Hip-Hop Collective perform on Turlington Plaza.
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Students stop by study abroad fair
By LYN KRAMER | Jan. 27, 2010About 2,000 students cruised through the Reitz Union Colonnade Tuesday for the Study Abroad Fair.
